For me, and I believe for a lot of gamers, there is a difficulty in deciding what we want because we have an actual desire and likelyhood to play/use/read in a way we enjoy, and a desire to acquire the perceived possibilities of what it might represent.

That is to say, your likelihood of actually using this may be low, and your likelihood to use this version of it — as opposed to just PDFs of the main rule books of whatever, or to play D&D at all — are maybe kinda low? And even if you do, maybe sub-optimal compared to using a more kid-friendly, don’t care if it gets fucked up at the table version?

But, often our emotional response seems to be based not on that, but on a heart-felt dream about what could happen if you were to play the game you desire to play with the kid. And you want that, and want to be able to buy that.

I know I back Kickstarters all the time less on my analysis of if the game will be good, or if I’ll play it, and more because I have a dream of what it could be, and a desire to reach that dream even though all logical analysis says this product will not achieve that.