We’ve seen lots of competition in the virtual tabletop space. Some companies try to push into the 3d space, but we have seen few successes. Even D&D’s own Playspace news with Unreal Engine hasn’t been universally loved.
Brave Alice, though, has picked up a “Project We Love” from Kickstarter and hit the £20,000 funding goal quickly for RPG Stories. There’s still about a month to join the project.
What are the selling points? The 3d virtual tabletop leans strongly into its large world-building abilities and already has more than 1,000 models from fantasy, horror and sci-fi for you to pop into it.
Brave Alice is also offering to let Backer shape the roadmap. I suspect the Commercial-Free usage is a big draw to streamers who know they’ll be able to broadcast their games on the engine without additional fees.
However, some virtual tabletops charge the DM a pretty penny and let players come free. RPG Stories does not; players pay a little, and GMs pay a bit more.
There’s also the concern of vapourware with software projects like this, but Brave Alice convincingly presents RPG Stories as all-but-done.
You can back the project by offering cash and social shares. Those who offer at least £10 will get 1 player version of the download and Discord action. I think the £12 tweak is you, as a GM, get to add one player to your game.
If you are a GM or might be later, the pledge to get that version of the download is £30.
We’re dealing with software that’s licensed to one person and their machine versus the ability of someone running that software to let people into their game.
Can’t be bothered with that? A £50 pledget gets a party package, making getting going more straightforward, but that access paradigm still applies.
There are higher tiers; £70 for the Pro GM package and £120 for the VIP Membership. After that, we leap up to £350, £750 and even £1,800 to get assets created for you. That impressive £1,800 has had two backers, and the life-long perks and discounts that come with it may be why.
The top tier? £4,000 to be… god.
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