On or about March 1 the KS for the conversion of Rappan Athuk will kick off. Start saving your money. I will post here when it goes live.
It might not be a case of "can't" as "it's not practical."
Even now, there are a lot of small American companies that will not ship to places outside of North America due to shipping costs. There's also quite a few who will not accept non-American currency in small amounts because they get screwed by the bank charges for exchanging it to American currency. Even some larger or more established companies use international subsidiaries or farm the work out to an entirely different company under contract with them to work around this issue.
Places outside the U.S. might have an easier time with it.
You used to see something similar with video games. Quite a few would not get released overseas from the nation of origin just due to the hassle of translating, shipping, and currency exchange rates and bank service charges. Some companies, like Natsume, made a lot of money being middlemen because of this.
I think it depends on how they're set up as far as profit focus.
FGG is probably set up to that it's his primary source of income, so there really isn't any room for eating a lot of unnecessary costs. A lot of other small companies might not be this way, so they can afford to take the hit because it's not their primary income.
It also depends on their banks, what contracts they've negotiated, the politics in place when they did those negotiations, and so on. There's a surprising amount of unrelated international politics involved in any international commerce.
The Kickstarter is set to go live any time now.
I believe it funded in about 6 hours. WHEW!
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Link?
This project will only be funded if it reaches its goal by Fri, March 30 2018 7:48 PM CDT.
There is a link above where it says, "It's alive." But I've posted it here too.
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The final countdown has begun. Pledge now!
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Coming up on the 48 hour countdown. Get your copy so you can lead your players Down the Well!
Can we get to 1500 backers?
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Classic adventure made for hardcore players. I love it! Can't wait to see the conversion, might even back a physical copy.
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With 9 hours to go, the KS is at $153k. They just unlocked the free .STL files to 3D print a Necromancer Games-themed dice box.
If $7000 more comes in, a free color poster is included.
If 58 more backers pledge, a large poster map of all the levels is unlocked.
Details listed here
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