The following just happened:

I was sitting here thinking "holy crap, our Kickstarter may end up funding every single project I have in my drawing-board plans for Erfworld." But then I realized that, no, there was still the Erfworld browser game that loosely resembles Warlords IV that I always wanted.

So I went out and researched what it costs to develop a Flash game, figuring it was something like $50-150,000 and out of any reasonable range. But there have been Flash games funded on Kickstarter for a few thousand bucks. I looked at about seven different projects there, and sent inquiries to four different Flash developer companies.

Then I did a Kickstarter search on "browser game" figuring it would be broader than just Flash. I immediately found "WARBARONS," and my jaw dropped. Except for the art and the square map (instead of hexes), this is EXACTLY the kind of game I have envisioned. And it was 11 hours from wrapping up and still had not been funded.

I wrote the developer immediately and asked how much we would have to raise to fund a spinoff of their game, but with Erfworld themed cities and units, and a hex map. If they come back with a reasonable figure, we're going for it.

But in the meantime, don't let their project fail! I am about to pledge this project, and let's see if Erfworld can put them over their goal as a goodwill gesture.

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