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After Hours: Far West - Part 1
🕑 Added 2023-10-17 17:33:36 +0000 UTCAfter 12 long years, Far West is finally free to conquer Earth! Or something like that. Aaron, Baz, Noah, and I explore the mysteries of Far West, a game I honestly thought would never be released. It was Kickstarted back in 2011 and was finally released last month.
Listen to Thinking Too Hard About Anime or visit Noah's website to keep up with his projects.
Comments
Ross Payton
That puts this whole game in a new perspective for me. So much has changed in the last 12 years. I'll have to mention it in the next After Hours.
Neal Dalton
I loved the episode. I was a backer of this RPG. When I look back, I’m amazed at how much my life changed since I backed the project. At the time, I was a widower with a 4 yo child. Now, that kid is 16. I’m remarried and have two stepchildren. A couple of things I wanted to comment on. First, originally, the system was d20 based with Fate aspects. It wasn’t until years later that it switched to the open license version of the D6 system that Star Wars original used, along with the additions you mentioned. The art was originally going to be done by Rick Hershey, IIRC. I don’t know exactly if it was due to a falling out between GMS and Hershey, but he dropped out before completing all the backer portraits were completed. So that left GMS doing it with Photoshop. At one point, GMS got hired by Cubicle 7 and per of their agreement was that they would publish Far West but that fell through too. After a certain point, I just stopped following it, only occasionally checking to see what happened.
Joseph Della Penna
Holy shit, it's out?! My favorite trainwreck has finally finished crashing.
Ross Payton
It's the longest fulfilled Kickstarter from date of the campaign ending, as far as I know.
Dirk Walls
Holy shit, 12 years to fulfill the KS? That has to be some sort of record, doesn't it?
