Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Othger Strangeness RPG Kickstarter has launched!

[AlexM]

It has launched! Pledge now! Just do it.

[Jefffar]

Pledged

[BookWyrm]

YAY!
I still have my hardcopy originals when they all came out back in the day.

[Jefffar]

We are over the line.

[AlexM]

Thank you for your support everyone.

[glitterboy2098]

We are over the line.

and that means that milestone 1, the free cover print, is now part of everyone's pledges.

[BookWyrm]

The KS went over a half-mil, hopefully they will update the page.

[Jefffar]

Over 700K now

[Warshield73]

Over 700K now

What surprises me is the number of backers, almost 4,500. I mean there were more than 5,000 people following the campaign before it launched but I never thought they would top 4k. And it looks like there are lots of people who are doing just $1 so they can get a few items on Backerkit so the money at the end won't be all of it.

Right now they are on track to have 4 times as many backers as Titan book and almost as many as the Robotech KS

Hope they don't f---- this up

[glitterboy2098]

Over 700K now

What surprises me is the number of backers, almost 4,500. I mean there were more than 5,000 people following the campaign before it launched but I never thought they would top 4k. And it looks like there are lots of people who are doing just $1 so they can get a few items on Backerkit so the money at the end won't be all of it.

an average pledge of about $156

Right now they are on track to have 4 times as many backers as Titan book and almost as many as the Robotech KS

Hope they don't f---- this up

i have more confidence in this KS than i did with the RTT one, though i backed the RTT one too. getting RPG books printed is PB's core competency, and while this one has a few details different than their normal, with the hardbacks and color printing, the fact is that it isn't all that different than stuff they've done before. and the actual text of the books is largely done since the 1980's, just needing an editing pass. the biggest hurdle i think is the dice and minis, but since those are a fairly minor part of this KS compared to the RTT one. and shouldn't be too much different than the recent rifts minis they did, or the various misc merchandise they sell.

the amount of work they need to do to get this out the door to backers is a lot lower than they needed for RTT. and they're starting at a position of greater work completion than they did with RTT.

[Jefffar]

Glitterboy2098 has more or less summed this up. Between changes in the leadership at Palladium, that this product is leaning into the core skills of the Palladium Books team and that this is a remastered special edition rather than a completely new product, this is as close to a sure thing as a Kickstarter gets.

We are on the very cusp of 750,000 right now, but this is the slow period for these things. I hope we can get the Fugitoid unlocked, but that might be the last tier.

[Warshield73]

Glitterboy2098 has more or less summed this up. Between changes in the leadership at Palladium, that this product is leaning into the core skills of the Palladium Books team and that this is a remastered special edition rather than a completely new product, this is as close to a sure thing as a Kickstarter gets.

To be clear I am not terribly concerned that this KS will fail in some way, it was a statement of general pessimism with the universe as a whole.

We are on the very cusp of 750,000 right now, but this is the slow period for these things. I hope we can get the Fugitoid unlocked, but that might be the last tier.

As I write this they are only about $500 away from the additional cover print but with just 14 days left I just don't see them getting another $250,000 before the end. I mean that would need at least another 1,500 backers to sign up in the time left or an equal number of the $1 backers upgrading to a few hundred dollars. Still, we can hope.

[AlexM]

As of this writing, we have passed 5,000 backers. Thank you everyone. Keep in mind that this is a license. The license holder has to approve everything we're doing, and they like what they're seeing.

[AlexM]

As of this writing, we are approaching $1 million. Thanks again.

[Thlaylie]

I would really love to contribute to this kickstarter, but I need .pdfs. I realize books sell for more, but I'd immediately be onboard if there was a .pdf tier. Please add one before this KS completes.

[NMI]

I would really love to contribute to this kickstarter, but I need .pdfs. I realize books sell for more, but I'd immediately be onboard if there was a .pdf tier. Please add one before this KS completes.

From what I know and have read, pdf's are not allowed per the license.

[Jefffar]

We have a Fugitoid!

[Warshield73]

We are on the very cusp of 750,000 right now, but this is the slow period for these things. I hope we can get the Fugitoid unlocked, but that might be the last tier.

As I write this they are only about $500 away from the additional cover print but with just 14 days left I just don't see them getting another $250,000 before the end. I mean that would need at least another 1,500 backers to sign up in the time left or an equal number of the $1 backers upgrading to a few hundred dollars. Still, we can hope.

I've said it a million times but the best part of being a pessimist is that being wrong can be great.

Congratulations on hitting a million and here's hoping we can get a few more in before the end. I am personally hoping we hi $1.2 million as I love the Triceritons. These have always been my favorite part of TMNT and I have used them in Heroes Unlimited and Rifts. I wish we could get a small squad of minis for them but one will do.

[AlexM]

Final hours !!! This is it! Pledge even One Dollar before the Kickstarter ends and you can upgrade during BackerKit which will start soon after.

[Warshield73]

The Mutagen Green Foil covers look amazing. Still hoping we hit 1.2 to get the Triceriton.

[AlexM]

Thank you everyone. We passed $1.2 million at the end of the Kickstarter. We couldn't have done it without you.

[oni no won]

Will the books be appearing in retail?

[Prince Artemis]

Hey folks, if you're interested in catching up on Ninja Turtle stuff in general, the entire recent run of IDW's TMNT stories are up on Humble Bundle. For less than $30 you can get the entire collection (on kobo mind you, readable through their site if you don't have the reader) and support the make a wish foundation at the same time. Great resource/idea material for when you get your hands on the new RPG.

https://www.humblebundle.com/books/teen ... n_reminder