I said:
I was a patron for the first adventure (20 bucks IIRC) and thoroughly enjoyed the process. The community is good. Baur is busy but he takes input seriously.
Since it's self selected and there is a minor financial commitment there isn't a lot of noise like you have on the message boards with one or two people perpetually pulling a topic off track or insisting that something has to be done their way.
In the questions that come up he does a very good job of addressing the meta-game and design issues.
It would be attractive if you want to experience working with a group of people to make a fun DnD game without having to do any heavy lifting yourself.
It should also be attractive if you're frustrated with the current paradigm of passive consumption of roleplaying materials. If you're unhappy with WotC & co. deciding and then selling you on their ideas this model provides an alternative.
Since it's self selected and there is a minor financial commitment there isn't a lot of noise like you have on the message boards with one or two people perpetually pulling a topic off track or insisting that something has to be done their way.
In the questions that come up he does a very good job of addressing the meta-game and design issues.
It would be attractive if you want to experience working with a group of people to make a fun DnD game without having to do any heavy lifting yourself.
It should also be attractive if you're frustrated with the current paradigm of passive consumption of roleplaying materials. If you're unhappy with WotC & co. deciding and then selling you on their ideas this model provides an alternative.
I should probably have also said:
- The 20 bucks for access to the patrons portion of the site is pretty awesome. He posts a lot and goes into great detail.
- And Livejournal with it's-obsessive-cranky-need-to-infest-your-browser-with-little-cookies is very irritating.
I would definitely vote for the Ghouls.
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