Our original funding project, which was running on Kickstarter, has been cancelled but now revamped over on Indiegogo. There were a few reasons for this. Firstly, it was obviously not going to hit it’s funding at the base goal I had set for it by way of a lot of factors including the hodgepodge way I set it up, an overly optimistic goal, and a real lack of my spreading the word. Second, there were some folks who weren’t interested in using Kickstarter or wanted to be able to use PayPal but couldn’t; since Kickstarter is operated by Amazon KS won’t touch PayPal. Third is people emailed me saying as much as they’d like to get a T-Shirt or snag one of the games, they saw there was no realistic way to hit our goal so they knew they wouldn’t end up getting the reward they were looking to receive so why bother pledging.
With Indiegogo many of the limitations the project faced have been lifted. Now folks have more options as to how they can help us reach our financial goal, including PayPal. Also even if one person pledges for a reward level they’re going to be able to receive whatever it is they picked. Or in other words if only five dice bags are needed or a single game reward is selected those people are going to get exactly that – even if the project finishes up at $200! Plus whatever funds, and I mean what ever funds, are generated by the project will help keep The Gaming Gang humming along.
Here’s hoping you consider TGG a site you enjoy visiting on a daily basis and show your support to keep us that way! I understand we’re in tough economic times so if you can’t help us financially I’ll have my fingers crossed you’ll help spread the word about our website and the project as well as our Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook feeds.
Founder/Editor-in-chief of The Gaming Gang website and host of The Gaming Gang Dispatch and other TGG media, Jeff tackles any and all sorts of games but has a special fondness for strategy, conflict sims, and roleplaying games. Plus, he's certainly never at a loss for an opinion...
