Tuesday, May 12, 2020

Zinequest 2 Post-Mortem Reviews

The Zinequest 2 for Kickstarter is long over. I backed way more than I should have. The consulting company data-scientist-AI-guru that detected February as a slow month for TTRPG projects did a great job, since the amount of zines, paired with the usual FOMO of us obsessive collectors, made it a financial success with a myriad of options on the menu.



But do they bring some quality to the table? Do I see myself using some of the contents in my own games? Whereas some of the creators were known faces, others are complete strangers to me. Products are slowly arriving to my mailbox. As an international backer in the heart of Europe™, I had to contempt myself with digital copies in most cases.

Kickstarter Format Backed Paid Received? My Impression
36 Stranger Chambers PDF
8 AU$
No TBD
Adventurer's Guide to the Yol'Najj Forest PDF 5 US$
Yes TBD
Best Left Buried: Zinequest Quartet Print + PDF
50£ Yes TBD
Dungeons & Dilemmas PDF
7 US$
Yes TBD
Gourmet Street: Fantasy Street Food Adventuring Zine Print + PDF
10 US$
Yes Review
Hunters in Death Print + PDF 8 US$ Yes Review
Madam Maze's Cabaret of Carrion Delights PDF5 US$
Yes TBD
Old School & Cool PDF
5 US$ Yes Review
Sinister Red PDF 5 US$
Yes Review
Sphinxes: the First of Sages PDF
5 US$ Yes Review
Ten People You Meet in the Undergarden PDF 5 US$ Yes Review
The Bone Age Print + PDF
16 US$
Yes TBD
The Phylactery PDF     5 US$ Yes TBD
The Waking of Willowby Hall Print + PDF
15 US$
Yes TBD
They Cried Monster PDF   
5 US$
Yes Review
THEY FEED ON FEAR Print + PDF 25 CA$
Yes TBD
Willow Print + PDF 14 CA$ Yes TBD

My aim is to give an overview/review of the content, one by one, about what I liked and where I think it failed short. Not to roast anyone. But to give a fair and constructive overview. It will also help me see other folk's work critically, and with the digested zine format it should go faster than a full module. It might will also keep me up at night seeing how much money I splurged on things I'll never have the time to run.



3 comments:

  1. I <3 Oldschool & Cool. I'm looking forward to your thoughts on the zine.

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    1. It's actually the first one I want to write about. They delivered a lot of great and varied content. A very pleasant surprise.

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