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Wednesday, April 22, 2026

2026.04.22 Kenny is Double-Dipping into AI Game "Mastery"

2026.04.22 Kenny is Double-Dipping into AI Game "Mastery"
We've already mentioned how Ken "Whit" Whitman is using AI to produce videos professing to help make you "A great game master" but he's also taking that heavy AI content and pushing it in book form over at DriveThruRPG.

So far the content between the two isn't as consistent as one would expect and when I start seeing the words "system" and "protocol" used prominently, my 1st thought is that it's AI generated content. If this wasn't bad enough, there's this gem on the DTRPG page:

Publisher’s Note

This pay-what-you-want release helps Whit complete remaining Kickstarter obligations while putting this book into more GMs’ hands.

Give Kenny more money so he can continue to kick the Kickstarter can down the road

Sure Kenny, sure.....like all of the extra money you've gotten in the past went to the appropriate project.

He's also made a couple of updates on the Deck Dice Kickstarter page. We don't have the exact posts, well not both of them fully at least, but here goes:

Deck Dice Update


"Here is a gift while you wait. I have prototype of cards. I plan to ship by June."


Deck Dice Update Clarification
"This isn't a business move. No upsell. No funnel. No mailing list. No follow-up ask. This is me giving something back. That's it. Why now? Because I've spent a lot of years building, pushing, and if I'm being honest-not always leaving things better than I found them. This is a small step in the other direction."

Seems like a LOT of understatement!

Now we do not know what this "gift" is, but we have to presume, based off of this new DTRPG offering and some Kickstarter comments, that he's giving away free copies of his "book".

Someone doesn't believe in Kenny?! SHOCKER

 "Nice, so 11 years past his ETA for the deck of cards which still have not been delivered, but he ships us a propaganda PDF about himself. I didn't see a chapter in there about how to rip off KS backers?"


Can you say "AI Cover"?

No, this doesn't look like flagrant self-promotion at all......

1 comment :

  1. LBApril 23, 2026 at 9:46 AM

    Pencil Dice backer here, can confirm he posted the exact same updates (minus the promise to ship by June) on Pencil Dice as well, and that it DOES include a free PDF to his book. The update also includes a link to his Youtube, which truly felt like a "business move," despite his denial of that.
    I don't want to speculate, but the "clarification" update came off to me as a complaint that the backers weren't thankful enough for the free book. The clarification ends with "If it's for you, take it and enjoy it. if it's not, that's okay too."
    I just wish he could understand that it feels in bad taste to show off his new projects without even updating us on his current projects.

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