Savage Rifts Kickstarter

Xar · Unread post by **Xar** » Fri Apr 08, 2016 4:37 pm

Pinnacle is teasing the heck out of it.

Coming soon to Kickstarter. Tune in 4-12 for the Official Launch Date!

https://www.peginc.com/

kaid · Unread post by **kaid** » Fri Apr 08, 2016 5:19 pm

Xar wrote:Pinnacle is teasing the heck out of it.

Coming soon to Kickstarter. Tune in 4-12 for the Official Launch Date!

https://www.peginc.com/

OOOO hype level set to maximum I AM CHARGIN MAH LAZERS.

BuzzardB · Unread post by **BuzzardB** » Fri Apr 08, 2016 6:15 pm

I hyped too hard and hurt myself

Xar · Unread post by **Xar** » Fri Apr 08, 2016 10:11 pm

BuzzardB wrote:I hyped too hard and hurt myself

I am sad that there is no like button here.

ffranceschi · Unread post by **ffranceschi** » Sat Apr 09, 2016 9:26 am

I really hope that this KS Campaign becomes a turning point in the RIFTS RPG popularity! So far the art looks very good: the Glitter Boy rocks...the Red Borg looks a little thin compared with the classic Long.

Sureshot · Unread post by **Sureshot** » Sat Apr 09, 2016 10:07 am

It could both ways really. A increase in popularity for Rifts yet only the SW version. Or possibly of the PB system. My money is on the first option.

Damian Magecraft · Sat Apr 09, 2016 5:57 pm

Sureshot wrote:It could both ways really. A increase in popularity for Rifts yet only the SW version. Or possibly of the PB system. My money is on the first option.

it will be both due the method of the design as described by Sean Patrick Fannon.
the SW books will cover the broad strokes but if you want more indepth info on certain areas or classes then you will still need the PB world books and source books.

Riftmaker · Unread post by **Riftmaker** » Sat Apr 09, 2016 8:17 pm

Sweet been wanting to know when this will drop

Fell · Unread post by **Fell** » Sat Apr 09, 2016 9:20 pm

Cool preview art. Eagerly awaiting.

Snake Eyes · Unread post by **Snake Eyes** » Sun Apr 10, 2016 12:23 pm

Very cool art indeed......i'm really looking forward to this

BTW, what occ is the guy with glasses to the left of the red borg

ffranceschi · Unread post by **ffranceschi** » Mon Apr 11, 2016 7:26 am

Snake Eyes wrote:Very cool art indeed......i'm really looking forward to this

BTW, what occ is the guy with glasses to the left of the red borg

Cyberknight?

Svartalf · Unread post by **Svartalf** » Mon Apr 11, 2016 9:30 am

I guess the cyberknight is to the RIGHT of the red borg, the guy to the left is probably a mind melter or some kind of psychic

ffranceschi · Unread post by **ffranceschi** » Mon Apr 11, 2016 10:38 am

Svartalf wrote:I guess the cyberknight is to the RIGHT of the red borg, the guy to the left is probably a mind melter or some kind of psychic

I assumed they were both Cyberknights, because their armors look more or less the same (fabric, color, etc.) and both have Psi-Swords. However, it doesn´t make sense to put two characters of the same class in the promo, so perhaps, I am with you about one of them being a Psychic of some kind. By the way, no classic old style SAMAS in the picture is a mistake...it´s iconic!

Riftmaker · Unread post by **Riftmaker** » Mon Apr 11, 2016 11:02 am

I was thinking that was a mind melter but meh message received we have psi swords and amster psionics and such. Also this guys a play tester and we know hes got a cyber knight so im betting its all there kiddies

http://johnwickpresents.com/updates/sav ... -spoilers/

kaid · Unread post by **kaid** » Mon Apr 11, 2016 11:24 am

ffranceschi wrote:I really hope that this KS Campaign becomes a turning point in the RIFTS RPG popularity! So far the art looks very good: the Glitter Boy rocks...the Red Borg looks a little thin compared with the classic Long.

I am hoping so too. If there are decent conversion rules I can see a lot of people who get interested in this going back and buying a lot of old school rifts stuff because god knows there are decades worth of world information available for people who are interested. Every extra set of eyes on rifts in whatever form it takes has to be good for palladium long run.

kaid · Unread post by **kaid** » Tue Apr 12, 2016 12:10 pm

Looks like the kick starter for this starts april 26th and runs until may 19th.

Fell · Unread post by **Fell** » Tue Apr 12, 2016 12:12 pm

RIFTS® for Savage Worlds Kickstarter Starts April 26!

Awesome. Look forward to seeing how this goes.

https://www.peginc.com/rifts-for-savage ... -april-26/ The News

https://www.peginc.com/wp-content/uploa ... 4/7fnl.jpg That Juicer! Love it.

Xar · Unread post by **Xar** » Tue Apr 12, 2016 12:43 pm

Sweet. So based on the last two Pinnacle Kickstarters I've backed, we should have PDFs available approximately mid-June.

jcfiala · Unread post by **jcfiala** » Tue Apr 12, 2016 12:58 pm

I'm really excited for this kickstarter. I've backed a number of kickstarters from Pinnacle (going way back to Deadlands Noir) and I know that they're always a well run campaign - I'm currently waiting for my Rippers Ressurected books from the last one I backed.

blackwingedheaven · Tue Apr 12, 2016 1:31 pm

Xar wrote:Sweet. So based on the last two Pinnacle Kickstarters I've backed, we should have PDFs available approximately mid-June.

Probably something like that! Pinnacle has an amazing track record with KS, especially thanks to their policy of "only announce once everything is basically ready to go."

Daniel Stoker · Tue Apr 12, 2016 3:09 pm

I admit, I'm very excited about this and can't wait... but sadly I'm going to have to for a bit it seems.

Daniel Stoker

kaid · Unread post by **kaid** » Tue Apr 12, 2016 4:06 pm

curious what extra goody stuff will come with this kickstarter.

Bill · Unread post by **Bill** » Tue Apr 12, 2016 4:19 pm

kaid wrote:curious what extra goody stuff will come with this kickstarter.

PEG has a relationship with Reaper Miniatures to produce models for other Savage Worlds games. I doubt the license extends that far, but I'll throw so much money at this if the Kickstarter includes good quality minis.

kaid · Unread post by **kaid** » Tue Apr 12, 2016 4:24 pm

Bill wrote:
kaid wrote:curious what extra goody stuff will come with this kickstarter.

PEG has a relationship with Reaper Miniatures to produce models for other Savage Worlds games. I doubt the license extends that far, but I'll throw so much money at this if the Kickstarter includes good quality minis.

Yup that would be great but that opens up the question palladium had some minis at one point and I am not sure if there are any outstanding licensing issues there that would cause problems.

Bill · Unread post by **Bill** » Tue Apr 12, 2016 4:42 pm

I'm more inclined to think that the legalities of producing minis under a license to a third party company would be prohibitively obnoxious. The old figures were produced by Rafm and some are still available through Palladium's online store and other internet outlets. I don't think they've been produced in more than a decade though. KS dropped a hint in a weekly update back in 2012 that they were in talks to get some figures recast, but I don't think anything came of it.

Xar · Unread post by **Xar** » Wed Apr 13, 2016 10:32 am

kaid wrote:curious what extra goody stuff will come with this kickstarter.

It'd be nice to see a plot point campaign and/or a fleshed out adventure as an extra.

Also, some of the announced stretch goals for their most recent KS campaign, Weird Wars 1, were infantry, sailor and airmen archetypes for soldiers of different nations. Those haven't come out yet, but they should be pretty soon.

So, we could have some archetypes - NPCs for the Coalition, Tolkeen, Federation of Magic, Pecos Empire, Archie, Atlantis, NGR, whatever.

They also released some short fiction pieces for ePub and Kindle for WW1. That's kind of cool.

Oh, and they also did some battle mats. I'm still not sold on using minis for Rifts...even Savage Rifts.

Bill · Unread post by **Bill** » Wed Apr 13, 2016 11:24 am

Xar wrote:I'm still not sold on using minis for Rifts...even Savage Rifts.

I'd like them as collectibles.

Shawn Merrow · Unread post by **Shawn Merrow** » Sat Apr 16, 2016 2:23 am

Bill wrote:
kaid wrote:curious what extra goody stuff will come with this kickstarter.

PEG has a relationship with Reaper Miniatures to produce models for other Savage Worlds games. I doubt the license extends that far, but I'll throw so much money at this if the Kickstarter includes good quality minis.

They did a podcast where they said that miniatures were not part of the license.

Damian Magecraft · Sat Apr 16, 2016 3:11 am

Bill wrote:
Xar wrote:I'm still not sold on using minis for Rifts...even Savage Rifts.

I'd like them as collectibles.

they work well with Savage Worlds.

Bill · Unread post by **Bill** » Sat Apr 16, 2016 11:20 am

Shawn Merrow wrote:
Bill wrote:
kaid wrote:curious what extra goody stuff will come with this kickstarter.

PEG has a relationship with Reaper Miniatures to produce models for other Savage Worlds games. I doubt the license extends that far, but I'll throw so much money at this if the Kickstarter includes good quality minis.

They did a podcast where they said that miniatures were not part of the license.

I figured as much. How is the relationship between PB and Ninja Division? If that bridge hasn't been burned, a side deal might get made...

oni no won · Unread post by **oni no won** » Sat Apr 16, 2016 7:20 pm

Snake Eyes wrote:Very cool art indeed......i'm really looking forward to this

BTW, what occ is the guy with glasses to the left of the red borg

I only can make out the Line Walker, Glitterboy, Burster, and Full Conversion Cyborg. The other four just look like mercenaries although 2 of them seem to have psyswords. In fact, I think the lady is from PsyScape. The black dude may be a Mind Melter?

blackwingedheaven · Sat Apr 16, 2016 9:43 pm

oni no won wrote:I only can make out the Line Walker, Glitterboy, Burster, and Full Conversion Cyborg. The other four just look like mercenaries although 2 of them seem to have psyswords. In fact, I think the lady is from PsyScape. The black dude may be a Mind Melter?

From left to right: crazy, ley line walker, glitter boy, burster, mind melter, 'borg, cyber-knight, and juicer. That seems to be the consensus right now due to the names of the pictures as the banner updated over the last couple of weeks.

kaid · Unread post by **kaid** » Wed Apr 20, 2016 5:02 pm

Interesting it sounds like from their forums that the makers of this expect if the kickstarter goes as they expect it to have at least the .pdf files for the kick start backers by sometime in june. Thats a pretty good indication that the books are pretty close to complete or near completion already which makes for a pretty easy/safe kickstarter.

Riftmaker · Unread post by **Riftmaker** » Wed Apr 20, 2016 10:14 pm

If i understand the business model this company uses RnD is either done or almost done by the time the kick starter hits.

Damian Magecraft · Thu Apr 21, 2016 12:38 am

Jodi Black's Progress Update
word from she who knows (COO and Managing Editor).

blackwingedheaven · Thu Apr 21, 2016 7:05 am

Riftmaker wrote:If i understand the business model this company uses RnD is either done or almost done by the time the kick starter hits.

Yeah. As someone who's worked with Pinnacle in the past and supported a fair number of their Kickstarters as a fan, they're pretty loathe to promise anything that there's any possible chance they can't deliver on. Generally, they don't even announce the Kickstarter unless work is 90% done. It's pretty likely that the June release is just a delay to add in stretch goal content and the like, and that we'll probably be seeing additional content trickle out for several months afterward.

kaid · Unread post by **kaid** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 10:33 am

Yup given they are saying probable june release for PDF of a kick starter that ends in may clearly they feel they have things pretty close to done other than maybe some final edits/errata/art approval type stuff.

Xar · Unread post by **Xar** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 12:14 pm

It's up! Fully funded in less than 10 minutes, and has hit the 2nd stretch goal in less than 15 minutes total! Woo-hoo!

Edit: It may have funded way faster than that.

Daniel Stoker · Tue Apr 26, 2016 12:18 pm

LOL, 17 minutes in and they've hit their 3rd stretch goal.

Daniel Stoker

Fell · Unread post by **Fell** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 12:22 pm

255
backers
$31,796
pledged of $8,000 goal

in 20 minutes

UPDATE:

328
backers
$40,501
pledged of $8,000 goal

every stretch goal made in 30 minutes lol

Daniel Stoker · Tue Apr 26, 2016 12:30 pm

30 minutes in:

329
backers
$40,753
pledged of $8,000 goal

And they've gotten to all 6 of their stretch goals.

Daniel Stoker

kaid · Unread post by **kaid** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 12:46 pm

Not to surprising looks like a lot of folks are going for the player or gm print levels which are pretty big chunks so did not take to many backers to hit those levels. This looks to be a very healthy kick starter for them and the art work shown on the page is really really good. I love good rifts art and this looks like its going to have a very high amount of that. I want to see what the map looks like will probably wind up putting some extra for the print poster map I love me some good maps.

Bill · Unread post by **Bill** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 1:43 pm

I'm in for the GM package and hardcover upgrades.

kaid · Unread post by **kaid** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 1:56 pm

I went with the gm print package but have not decided yet if I want to upgrade to hard cover. My shelves are getting really packed so may stick with the soft cover. The savage worlds books I have in soft cover are well made so the quality should not be an issue.

blackwingedheaven · Tue Apr 26, 2016 2:19 pm

Whew. 80 grand in two hours is pretty great. This could well be on track for a million bucks (he said hopefully). They're into me for $115 right now, to get the GM books collection plus that lovely poster map. If I can scrounge up 15 more bucks somewhere, I'll be upgrading those bad boys to hardcover. =)

knightgoblin · Unread post by **knightgoblin** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 2:34 pm

Yeah looking pretty sweet! I've been looking forward to this for some time now. Can't wait to read the PDF in June! And I love words in a book, but I'm really excited to see all this color art for Rifts! Thank you Kevin and Sean for making this possible! You folks at Palladium, Evil Beagle Games, and Pinnacle have created beautiful thing. :-D

Maybe, just maybe some one in Hollywood will get excited too!

Phaze · Unread post by **Phaze** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 2:36 pm

It has gone spectacularly well. I cant wait to see the results.

Jefffar · Unread post by **Jefffar** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 10:35 pm

I've put in my share.

Rogue Shadow · Unread post by **Rogue Shadow** » Wed Apr 27, 2016 1:02 am

I am in, can't wait.

Fell · Unread post by **Fell** » Wed Apr 27, 2016 1:21 am

thank you credit card.....in...for a lot lol