Apparently You got to him, as there's a physical copy now.

He also mentions "a free digital copy of the game", which I assume means "DRM-free", since there was a "free" copy with every pledge in the first place? Not sure though, with all the piracy-issues he mentions.
They seem to have some exclusivity deal with BigFish I think, since the games aren't on GamersGate or anywhere. Hopefully not though.

I'm also assuming, as the poster there, that this was April Fools? ;P
"What if we did manufacture a boxed "collector's edition" of the game as a free bonus to people who pledge? This would be a real, sealed box with a printed CD inside, however, the CD would be blank."

That's no April Fool's joke. It's real. He really intends to do that, because he thinks that by including a copy of the game on CD, it will encourage piracy. According to Bryan, their DRM-free retail copies caused people to spread the game around on piracy websites, and they had a hard time cracking down on those.

It's his choice of course, but you know that old saying that these people would never have bought your game anyway. Even the big players on Kickstarter are going the DRM-free route too. It's all about trust, and if you can't trust the people who are paying to keep you in the business, who else can you. One thing that I'm frowning on is that Bryan hasn't made it clear that the game is not going to be DRM-free. I'm not saying BFG is a travesty, but I'm willing to put my money on the table when I say there are people who are backing this project and don't know it's not going to be DRM-free.

Personally, I would have pledged even if it was a digital version + a collector's box. I don't mind copying the game into a cheap thumbdrive.

Well, "what You said", basically. Sad to say , I don't see this happening with reservations like that.

As for a box with a blank CD, that sounds really weird to me. I guess You're right though, if that's a writable disc, I guess I'll be fine ;P

I dont get this Delaware St. John project. Never heard of this series before and based on the screnshots and the involvement of Big Fish Games it sounds like yet another casual pixel-hunt game. BFG is full those, their point&click definition seems to be bit different than what I am used to. Maybe I am wrong here?

How about...

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1451923705/make-leisure-suit-larry-come-again?ref=discover_rec

@kalmis666
The Delaware St. John games are actually quite enjoyable and not your usual BFG defined p&c games - they do have actual p&c adventures, see here. A friend has the 1st one and I've played it I've played (IIRC, they are rather short (a few hours) and not that difficult) and I've checked out the demos of the the other two. In the third one, you play as the female character at some point., which was a nice touch.

@lowyhong
The BFG Games Manager (as it is called) is required to download, install and verify your license of a game you got from them. It's not required to play the games, though you need to change the shortcut as the default one brings up the Games Manager.
The problem is that you can't really back up BFG games, unless you track down where it stores the installation files (number depends on size of the game) while downloading and copy them some place else before the installation is completed as they get deleted. Your license info is stored in a .xml file which you would also need to back up.
I'm not sure if correctly merging the installation files results into an .exe file that will allow you to re-install the game without the Game Manager or if keeping the .xml file saves you the trouble of re-verifying your license, as I've never tried it.

I must say I got a little disappointed with the Delaware St. John Kickstarter. The page won't attract people that don't know the series and B. Wiegele sounds a bit detached in the vid. Answering questions and concerns on a forum rather than on the project page is also not good, imho.
And I agree with lowyhong, he needs to disclose the info about BFG - he actually needs to disclose a lot more information.

Has anyone else noticed that the $50 and $75 pledges are delivered almost 6 months earlier than the rest?

I'm starting to wonder, don't people study what other projects did successfully, before they start their own Kickstarter campaign? One would think that this is the first step to take by now. Especially when asking any amount of money with six digits.

@MoP
I don't think that the term "free" he used on the Adventure Gamers forum means "DRM-free", I think he just means that all the goodies described at every pledge level come with no additional cost.

I hope this does well, but BFG is putting me off.

Why? Why? For fuck's sake, why?

This.
Duration is tooooo short.
Don't think I'll manage to get a second job in time.

God dammit... I promised to my self: no more pledges. Way to make me to lie myself.

Lol, for $250 you get the Larry Condom.

Man. Collector's Edition is $100, and the Premium is $250. These things are starting to become more and more expensive.

Worth noting about Larry:

3) If you'd like the game as a stand alone PC version, NOT on Steam, we'll give that to you too....DRM FREE!! :)

Pretty much this. Also, $500,000 for a remake of a small point-and-click adventure?

It's the future of CE.

In a few years you'll have a choice - digital download or expensive CE.

Sorry, misunderstood you.
Maybe they have an undying passion for the series?