2026.02.28 NAD's Main Author/Editor Outed and Our Tenkar's Tavern Post Was Removed Upon BS Request

EDITOR'S NOTE: The text below, between the "*****" is the original post from Tenkar's Tavern, after that is Kenny's "request" for removal (with some emphasis of ours) and finally some commentary/receipts. 

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Hello Tavern Patrons, long time no read. Christopher Stogdill (Frugal GM) here with a bit of a quick thanks and shout out to one of our communities biggest KickScammers I know of: Ken Whitman, or should I honor his attempted re-brand of Whit Whitman?

For more than a decade now I've been documenting every bit of Kenny's fuckery over at Not Another Dime! (for Ken Whitman). Now my name was overtly attached to that blog, but the only people, until today, that didn't know I was over there either didn't care, hadn't read my 2015 guests posts here at the Tavern, or were Ken "Whit" Whitman.

Seriously, it wasn't too effing hard to figure out:

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• I literally mentioned a "not another dime" campaign in an early post, just before forming the blog.
• I reserved his D20 Entertainment LLC domain from the state of Kentucky AFTER looking for his company from all 50 Secretary of State offices.
• I followed up with the hotel, in person, where Ken had allegedly reserved a room for his Kickstarter movies premieres at GenCon. Why? Because my wife had given him an extra $300 specifically for the after-party. 
• I referenced one of my personal blogs, with a review, on NAD.
• Getting information direct from LinkeIn lets a user know who's looked at their profile.

I'll be 110% honest that I was beyond pissed with Ken's bullshit during the KoDT:LAS Kickstarter era. He had fucked over so, so many of my friends. The lies upon lies upon lies....it got old quick. NAD was really intended to be as neutral as possible and simply document everything possible. I feel like my neutrality was, at best, questionable at the onset, but after a decade of uncovering all this....for lack of a better term...shit, I/we (I do have help.....) have difficulty even pretending to be neutral on this singular blog topic.

I think I've been quite clear that 1) NAD is for educational purposes, 2) We're no longer neutral, 3) NAD is a "jumping off" point to enable the reader to make their own informed decision about Mr. Whitman's history and business character, and 4) Don't believe us, follow the links you can and make your own decision.

Thing is, getting information is part of the problem....

You can still find some information regarding Ken's Rapid POD days, and if you talk to some of the old TSR folks you might get some details of Ken's actions. It is difficult to do and really, not many people are going to spend a lot of time doing a "deep dive" for information that you could use as a primary source. Ken has spent a LOT of effort to cover up his tracks. Delete, delete, attack, diminish, seek pity (remember the CTE excuses).....but the biggest single enabling factor for Ken, now Whit, to be able to begin his scams (my personal, legally protected opinion) anew: Time.

People have moved out of the hobby and new people have moved in. There are more gamers now than there have been in the past, and Kickstarter is still a thing.

Not Another Dime! (for Ken Whitman) exists to document as much as possible what Ken "Whit" Whitman has tried to get away with. Is it an attempt to "hound him" so he cannot make a living, of course not, but so he cannot scam people again, most definitely. The "people" I/we initially cared about was specifically the gaming community.

There is a LOT of history with this man and so far it looks like instead of working on his shortcomings and making good on past promises to the gaming community he's just rebranded himself with a new name and found himself a new community. Now it looks like maybe he's trying yet another community, but time will tell.

I'll admit that after 10 years of all this I'm not even upset at Kenny any more, well not really. Not Another Dime! (for Ken Whitman) is more of a pain these days, but it's a necessary pain, so I post when I get a tip (part of the whole "we" on NAD) and I make it a point to periodically poke about to see what's new.

Why out myself now?

Last night I poked around a bit and the deets I really wanted were on LinkedIn. I didn't want to create a fake account or ask someone else to log in on my behalf, so I'm pretty sure that's how Kenny figured it out. This afternoon I got an email from NAD's blog contact form:

I have to assume this came from Ken. I cannot prove it easily and I don't care enough to even try. Many times in the past Ken has threatened people with lawsuits and calls to the "FBI". Kind of comical actually, but I also have to assume that this message was intended to be a chilling effect on NAD.

THIS is why I'm saying "Thank You" to Mr. Whitman. By trying to intimidate me by letting me know that you know who I am you're actually freeing me. I don't have to try and discreetly hunt for crumbs of information to investigate. I don't have to take extra steps to insulate myself from my work. I just don't have to care about a whole extra level of bullshit anymore. Anyone who wants to share can now do so more readily....

It isn't hard to find me, never was, but since you've started this route of discovery, feel free to send the FBI my way......at least I know that everything I've ever posted is within my 1st Amendment rights and not libel or slander......since the truth is the best defense against either and I've been keeping receipts.

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Dear Mr. XXXXXXXX:

I write concerning defamatory1 content published on your website, Tenkar’s Tavern (tenkarstavern.com), specifically the article identified below.

Article at Issue:
Title: “Here’s Something You Won’t Read Often: Thank You Ken Whitman”
Published: January 16, 2026
Author: Christopher Stogdill
URL: https://www.tenkarstavern.com/2026/01/heres-something-you-wont-read-often.html

The article contains statements that falsely assert or imply that I have engaged in fraudulent or criminal conduct2, including but not limited to referring to me as a “KickScammer” and stating that I may “scam people again.” In context, these statements convey to a reasonable reader that I have engaged in criminal fraud.3

I have never been charged with, indicted for, or convicted of any crime in any state or federal court.4

Statements that characterize an individual as having committed scams or engaged in fraudulent activity, when false, constitute defamation per se under Kentucky law.5

You are hereby placed on notice that these statements are disputed as false and defamatory.

Demand:

Pursuant to KRS 411.0516, I hereby request that within ten (10) days of receipt of this letter, you:

1. Remove statements that characterize me as a “scammer” or assert or imply that I have engaged in scams or fraudulent conduct;

2. Publish a correction clarifying that any statements asserting that I have engaged in scams or fraudulent conduct are disputed and unsupported; and

3. Cease and desist from publishing or republishing statements asserting that I have engaged in criminal or fraudulent activity.

If this matter is not resolved within ten (10) days, I will consider all available legal remedies as permitted under Kentucky law.

Additionally, please preserve all documents, communications, and records related to this article, including drafts, editorial communications with the author, and website analytics reflecting viewership in Kentucky.

Sincerely,
Kenneth E. Whitman Jr.

Remarks: Now while "we" don't agree that Tenkar's Tavern should've taken this "offending" post down, it makes sense seeing that Kenny currently has a lawsuit against Erik Tenkar in Kentucky right now. It's his blog anyway, so our opinion matters not. Now as to some very specific points....

1) Defamation: the act of communicating false statements about a person that injure the reputation of that person. We're going to circle around back to this.

2) Partially true. There hasn't been any allegation of criminal wrong-doing, though that isn't that much of a leap of logic. Using Kenny's logic though, there is nothing wrong with these comments because the author has "never been charged with, indicted for, or convicted of any crime in any state or federal court." Kenny has used this excuse of a lack of criminal charges to excuse behavior that would most likely be remedied in civil courts. By this rationale, there can be no defamation because none of our authors have been charged in criminal court. We do know that Ken has been reported to the authorities before, but we do not know the outcome except that the complainant was directed to civil court......

3) Probably true. A "reasonable reader" would probably come to this conclusion, but to be fair, a "reasonable reader" would also confuse civil vs. criminal action and would assume that at some point there probably would be criminal charges, but that's our opinion/speculation. The purpose of NAD is, and has always been "Not Another Dime! is dedicated to documenting the assorted, and sometimes wild, details of Mr. Ken Whitman's business dealings within the Role Playing Game (RPG) industry. This place is NOT intended to be a medium of discussion about Mr. Whitman, pro or con, but instead be a "jumping off" point to enable the reader to make their own informed decision about Mr. Whitman's history and business character." It is LITERALLY written at the top of every page, along with "Anything posted here is the opinion of the retrospective author and any content shown is to be considered "fair use" and posted for educational purposes only."

4) Technically true. Ken "Whit" Whitman was served with a Civil Suit in 2018 (details here) and more recently end of 2024 (details here). We can only hope that state and/or federal charges eventually appear.

5) Again, partially true. That is a factual statement, but only on it's own, not in relation to the original post. First off, there is a lot more to a defamation case than simply a false statement, and we don't even think we have met the threshold for any false statements, much less the remaining requirements for defamation under Kentucky law. Since we'll go into the law in our next point, let's stick to the facts, flavored with opinion, from the original post at the Tavern:

Ken Whitman had a series of Kickstarters that were fully funded, but not fulfilled (at least by Kenny). KoDT:LAS, Traveller, C&C, Deck Dice, Pencil Dice, RPG Pencil Dice. These Kickstarters overlapped and none have been fulfilled as promised. Ken admits, multiple times, to co-mingling Kickstarter funds ("Actually, yeah, all of it was put into the company fund.", and "Making Tv pilots and movies is my dream.   So I have funneled in extra monies from pencil dice to keep editing & producing.") Ken ran these specific six Kickstarters under d20 Entertainment, which was not an *actual* company he owned. Ken sold product as part of the project funding and lied about cost and production of said product. There's more, but this is enough.

So we have six unfulfilled Kickstarters that were definitely "stacked" upon each other, with some even sharing fundraising timelines, being run by a non-existent "company" and where the money was co-mingled by an individual. So not only is d20 Entertainment a lie, which means that Kenneth E. Whitman Jr. is personally (from a real and legal sense) responsible for everything associated with these Kickstarters, but we have evidence of him making specific lies about costs and production.

From Merriam.com

Scammer

one who perpetrates a scam : a person who commits or participates in a fraudulent scheme or operation

Notice how the definition doesn't actually mention anything about civil or criminal liability? No reference to having to be charged, much less convicted. Now clearly "Kickscammer" is not a real word, but a manufactured portmanteau combining "Kickstarter" and "Scammer". Since we've posted receipts here in this post showing the clear elements of a scam related to Kickstarter(s)......looks like a truthful statement!

6) Yet again, partially true. Technically Kenny has provided factual statements regarding Kentucky Revised Statute 411.051, but so not applicable to the matter at hand.

 

411.051 Libel actions against newspaper, magazine, or periodical -- Demand for

and publication of correction -- Effect.

(1) In any action for damages for the publication of a defamatory statement in a

newspaper, magazine, or periodical, the defendant shall be liable for actual damages

sustained by plaintiff. The defendant may plead the publication of a correction in

mitigation of damages. Punitive damages may be recovered only if the plaintiff

shall allege and prove publication with legal malice and that the newspaper,

magazine, or periodical failed to make conspicuous and timely publication of a

correction after receiving a sufficient demand for correction.

(2) A "sufficient demand for correction" is a demand for correction which is in writing;

which is signed by the plaintiff or his duly-authorized attorney or agent; which

specifies the statement or statements claimed to be false and defamatory, states

wherein they are false, and sets forth the facts; and which is delivered to the

defendant prior to the commencement of the action.

(3) A "correction" is either:

(a) The publication of an acknowledgment that the statement or statements

specified as false and defamatory in the plaintiff's demand for correction are

erroneous; or

(b) The publication, in a fair and impartial manner as a matter of law, of the

plaintiff's statement of the facts (as set forth in his demand for correction) or a

fair summary thereof, exclusive of any portions thereof which are defamatory

of another, obscene, or otherwise improper for publication.

If the demand for correction has specified two (2) or more statements as false and

defamatory, the correction may deal with some of such statements pursuant to (a)

above and with other of such statements pursuant to (b) above.

(4) A "conspicuous publication" in a newspaper is a publication which is printed in

substantially as conspicuous a manner as the statement or statements specified as

false and defamatory in the demand for correction.

(5) A "timely publication" in a daily newspaper is a publication within ten (10) business

days after the day on which a sufficient demand for correction is received by the

defendant. A "timely publication" in a newspaper, magazine, or periodical other

than a daily newspaper is a publication in or prior to the next regular issue which is

published not less than ten (10) business days after the day on which a sufficient

demand for correction is received by the defendant.

Effective: July 15, 1996

History: Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 202, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1996. -- Created

1964 Ky. Acts ch. 66, sec. 1.

• We've already shown that our commentary in the original post, and here, is truthful and therefor not defamatory by definition.
• Kenny has to prove damages. If there are no damages there is no civil defamation. For example, we could post that Kenny has the word "Buffoon" tattooed across his forehead. It would be a patently false statement (or we assume it would be), but if doesn't cause demonstrable damages.....not civil defamation. 
• KS 411.501 also requires "legal malice" which generally means that the comments were done willfully on purpose, without justification, and with the knowledge they will cause injury. The comments were done on purpose, but were justified and there is no knowledge that they will cause injury. Making it easier to inform people so they do not risk their resources on a future Kickstarter scam (Kenny has stated he can start a new Kickstarter "at any time"), is not "injury".

Final Comments: We've always considered Ken "Whit" Whitman to be a con-man, a fraudster, a scammer. Ok, technically not correct since we've known the guy for at least 20 years. This opinion was formed over the last 11 years or so. Not Another Dime (for Ken Whitman) was created a decade or so ago strictly for documentation, but it clearly has a heavy dose of opinion in the form of commentary. We literally reference this at the top of every page because we utterly failed to remain neutral. Because of this we've stated many times to feel free to assume we're heavily biased (we are) liars (we're not) and follow the links, where you can, and make your own opinions. Please.....please...don't take our word for anything. Browse through the links still remaining on the "Ken Sez" page. Take some time running through the various Kickstarter comments (in the right sidebar).

2026.02.11 Whit Whitman Posting over at Facebook

We got an email today through the blog:

Ken is posting regularly on FB under Whit Whitman ( https://www.facebook.com/whit.whitman.2025 ) A regualr series of "Tales from a TSR Alumni: White Wolf Gen Con Parties Were WILD! by Ken "Whit" Whitman"

Good luck, and thanks for your great work!

Regards,

[REDACTED]

Note: This email was sent via the Contact Form gadget on 

https://notanotherdime.blogspot.com

Now we do go in an periodically review our raison d'être on Facebook, so we fired up the old sparkbox and surfed the interwebs for any new news.

For the most part, not a surprise. A ton of self-promotion, as usual, and mostly stories hyping up Ken's time at TSR. You'd think he was there for decades with all of this "insider knowledge" he has. Really comes off of as an attempt to inflate his self-importance and connection to the various creatives from TSR's heyday. It really felt like a big page of ads in an attempt to legitimize his Legends of TSR endeavor.  

While we just skimmed for the most part we did read a good bit of a particular post. We don't want to put the entire body of the text here, but highlight a few key parts. The emphasis is ours and we cut out content to highlight some key segments, but otherwise did no editing to change context or order:

Tales from a TSR Alumni: I'm the BAD GUY in many people's stories by Ken "Whit" Whitman

Not because I meant to be. Because unmedicated ADHD is a wrecking ball with a smiley face painted on it. People want to believe in you. You're charming. You're full of ideas. You talk a great game. And then something falls apart, and they feel stupid for trusting you. That guilt turns into anger, and that anger turns you into the villain. Not because you were malicious. Because the wreckage showed up and you were the one holding the keys. That's a particular kind of shame. The kind where you know you didn't mean it, and you also know that doesn't matter. 

Today I'm ten years medicated. About a sixth of my life. The other five-sixths? Severe ADHD. Didn't know it.

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That confidence cost me. I had Kickstarters that failed. Not because I couldn't do the work. Because I couldn't manage the load. There's a difference, and nobody cares about the difference when they're waiting for something you promised.

Then Larry Elmore changed my life.

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For about ten years I worked hand-in-hand with him. We created his Kickstarter for "The Complete Elmore." Raised $300,000. We were supposed to get that book out in six months. Took closer to a year.

<edit>

He got so frustrated he looked me dead in the face and said: 

"You're going to go get medicated for ADHD, or I'm going to fire you."

<edit>

Getting medicated doesn't mean you take a pill and things start working. It took me about eighteen months before my brain settled into what I'd consider a safe path. Eighteen months of adjustment. Of figuring out what focus actually felt like after fifty-something years of never having it.

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I'm happy to be TEN YEARS medicated.

ADHD is a hell of a thing! 

XOXOX - Whit

Now we do not expect every, well really ANY reader, to pick up on we noticed right off the bat....the timing. According to this post, Ken has been medicated for the last decade, presumably since 2016, and now he's good. 

We call bullshit. Not that Ken's on medication and that Whit has a decade of being properly medicated behind him, but the general story he's trying to portray in this post, and to a larger extent, all the other posts on this page.

According to the layout of this post, Ken was not taking meds and therefor in the throes of unmedicated ADHD, resulting in an overconfidence that is the reason he "had Kickstarters that failed". Then Larry Elmore changed his life, working with him to get out another Kickstarter for the Complete Elmore. It was that process that led to the exchange where Larry told him "You're going to go get medicated for ADHD, or I'm going to fire you." Now, 10 years later, Ken is happy "figuring out what focus actually felt like after fifty-something years of never having it."

Complete and utter bullshit.

1st off, Kenny was born in 1967, according to a later post on this Facebook page. This makes him either 58 or 59 depending on when his birthday is. Starting ADHD meds 10 years ago would mean he was 48 or 49 when he started, which makes "fifty-something years of never having it." contradictory.

Now sure....maybe he's just rounding it up to 50 and now he's rounding up to 60....that's 10 years close enough.

Nope...still calling bullshit.

We cannot fixate on the specific start date of that collaboration with Larry Elmore, but the Kickstarter shows a projected fulfillment date of "August 2013" and if they thought they would "get that book out in six months" then we can assume that the Kickstarter was set to end in February of 2013.

The failed Kickstarters were before this collaboration, remember.....

....but they weren't.

We picked up this blog in response to the Knights of the Dinner Table: Live Action Series Kickstarter, arguably the 1st "failed" Kickstarter in the chain of failure that drew attention to Ken "Whit" Whitman, conveniently also a decade ago. KoDT: LAS had it's funding period December 8, 2013 to February 4, 2014.

Last I checked, these dates occur AFTER February-August 2013.

Aside: Ken logged in to Kickstarter yesterday, but no update!

So again, calling bullshit.

Well, maybe the whole before or after is just Kenny being confused. He was working on that project, got the advice, and then started medication, which is the crux of the post.

Nope... still bullshit. First of all, according to the timeline Kenny posted, the Elmore book took closer to a year to finish, which means he was working on that while he was soliciting for KoDT: LAS funding. If we take the timeline at face value and he started ADHD medication in the summer of 2013, AND it took him "Eighteen months of adjustment" then we could presume he's "adjusted" around the start of 2015.   

Our 1st post here was in August of 2015.....a full eight (8!) months into the year were he's "adjusted", according to his own words! Just read pretty much any post with a date of 2015 in the title.

So we currently have Kenny starting ADHD meds during fulfillment of The Complete Elmore, which was Summer/Fall of 2013. This was AFTER the failed Kickstarters, according to Kenny. We know these Kickstarters were AFTER The Complete Elmore, not before.....

......but really, is all this enough to call bullshit?

Not by itself, but we've been posting for 10 and a half years now and we remember.....again, emphasis is ours:

"The fact Ken pulled together Brothers Barbarian season 1 and 2 largely on his own (writing the scriipt, assembling the talent, finding the camera, crews etc) was damn impressive. True he ultimately never delivered BB2 but I was there when it was being shot in KY and to my eye it looked like a professionally run operation. They knocked that a thing out over a four day period and the logistics of doing that was made an impression. That coupled with Ken's apologies and talk of being on new meds for his ADHD and having turned over a new leaf... Hell, I believe in second chances. So when he came to us with a KODTLAS proof of concept teaser in his hand (all paid for, cast and shot by him from what I understood) it seemed ike a no brainer. Especially when he presented a short list of names of people who were going to be working with him. AND including a 'money guy' who was to monitor all the money."

This commentary from Jolly Blackburn was regarding a site visit he and Barbara Blackburn made to the set of filming for Brothers Barbarian Season 2 Episode 2....in September 2012. That episode was shown as airing simply in "2012". Pretty sure that if it aired in 2012, after Season 2 Episode 1, that it was filmed sometime before December 31, 2012.

Hmmm.......last time we checked 2012 is most definitely before 2013! None of Kenny's proposed timeline works out with reality and even IF we dismiss the timing and accept that he's been "adjusted" since 2016 (according to his post), we literally have a decades' worth of documentation that seems to indicate that Ken "Whit" Whitman has been anything but "adjusted" these last 10 years.

What seems more likely, that our main man is on the "up and up" since getting his meds right in 2015 (our math with his series of events) or 2016 (his math), or that he's been a scamming people since at least 2015 and this is just another attempt to show that he's turned a new leaf and someone you can hire to access VIPs for your convention? We literally just showed documentation of him claiming "improvement due to ADHD meds" (paraphrasing).

By all means, browse Not Another Dime, follow the links that still work, and make up your own mind....  

2026.04.23 EDIT

In the "About the Author" section of his "book" The Whitman Method: Becoming a Great Game Master in the Face of Chaos, Kenny states he was "Diagnosed with ADHD in his forties". This strengthens one argument, and weakens another....

2025.09.21 Ken "Whit" Whitman's Wikipedia Page (with interesting activity)

 

It's been a while since we've checked in on Ken "Whit" Whitman's Wikipedia page and we got word that Kenny's been editing his page to (presumably) make himself look better.

We poked around a bit and there has been a couple recent edits, but not by Ken.

More than likely he formed the page himself, which is why there is a notice on the page: A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject. It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies, particularly neutral point of view. Please discuss further on the talk page. (August 2025)

Now we do have a wikipedia editor on staff, but we specifically asked that she doesn't update there and here because we consider that a conflict of interest. That being said, there's clearly a LOT missing from that page:

1: The sheer number of "companies" not listed. too many for this post, but we have been keeping track on our pseudonym page.

2. Ken Whitman Games is missing, with it's two Kickstarters, including the infamous Dice O'Matic. It is important to note that a LOT of people didn't get their product or all of their product (for those that were allegedly fulfilled).

Bonus Information:

Kenny logged into this account last week!

3. This entry is misleading: "Whitman later began doing business in late 2013 as D20 Entertainment on Kickstarter.[7] Whitman created and funded six projects on Kickstarter between December 8, 2013, and April 7, 2015, for three short movies and three gaming accessories.[citation needed]"

• While he was doing business as d20 Entertainment (not D20 Entertainment), he never incorporated the name and it is literally just a pseudonym. We documented, with links, here. The post, and links, are a secondary source, but there was a link to a primary source from the Tenlar's Tavern post.
• Whitman created at least seven projects (don't forget the Dice O'Matic!) and while we cannot prove it directly, the "creator" of the Cthulhu Dice Tower references d20 Entertainment and the reported resin problems are consistent with those reported for the disastrous Traveller minis, which we've reported on a few times in the past: "The Cthulhu Dice Tow Kickstarter is now over but you can find more information about it at http://fredfieldsart.com OR http://d20entertainment.com/cthulhu-dice-tower/" that makes our count at 8, that we know of!
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• If we take the date back 5 months we can add Knight's Quest Family Card Game for a total of 9 Kickstarters!
• The entry itself is misleading as it appears there were 6 successful Kickstarter campaigns, when in reality Ken "Whit" Whitman is batting 0-9. No Kickstarter project was delivered as promised, or even close. The closest was KoDT: LAS having video produced by an unrelated 3rd party. That doesn't count.
• Btw...here is a primary source: "My name is Ken Whitman and I am a bad businessman when it comes to figuring out how much money I need to create a Kickstarter. I started 6 Kickstarter, and have only managed to officially finish one to date. I am still working to finish them. Thank you for your patience." It's a lie (since he didn't actually fulfill one, unless you count the not-as-ordered Castles & Crusades Video)
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Again, we will not be updating the Wikipedia page, for reasons, but if we have a Wikipedia editor unrelated to us that wants to take on this task, feel free to hit us up for links to primary sources where available. Don't leave us comments here, instead send off an email:

2024.11.25 Ken "Whit" Whitman Reaches Out to KS Backers, Clearly Trying to Take Credit for ZOE's Efforts

Today one of our editors was perusing Facebook and saw this post from an old gaming buddy that had backed Kenny's KoDT: Live Action Series Kickstarter:

"Ken Whitman asking for help was not not [sic] on my 2024 Bingo card. What a joke"

Of course his interest was piqued and one info request later we got this message:

"I am writing to verify the distribution status of the KODT DVDs. The completed episodes were

provided to ZOE, who out of kindness handled DVD distribution to backers. However, I want to confirm whether you received your copy.

Please respond to this message with:

Your backer name/information Whether you received a DVD from ZOE 

If you recieve it, please confirm your current mailing address This information will help me:

Document which backers still need fulfillment 

Follow up with ZOE regarding any missing deliveries 

Create a clear record of the current situation

I understand there has been a lot of confusion and frustration around this project. While I no longer hold the rights to produce or distribute KODT content, I want to ensure every backer receives what they were promised.

Please respond within the next 14 days so I can compile a complete list and determine next steps.

Thank you for your patience and assistance in resolving this matter.

Sincerely, Ken Whitman"

Holy hell, this is a lot to digest......lets go through it quickly:

"I am writing to verify the distribution status of the KODT DVDs. The completed episodes were provided to ZOE, who out of kindness handled DVD distribution to backers. However, I want to confirm whether you received your copy."

No....."complete episodes" were not provided to ZOE. They got the one episode and a bunch of rough cuts and raw footage that Ben Dobyns worked on in his "own time (and dime)" according to Jolly Blackburn. Kenny DID try to take credit for those DVDs, in court no less, BUT they were supposed to be Blu-Rays. 291 were promised Blu-Rays that had a lot more than just the three episodes...

"Please respond to this message with:

Your backer name/information Whether you received a DVD from ZOE 

If you receive it, please confirm your current mailing address This information will help me:

Document which backers still need fulfillment 

Follow up with ZOE regarding any missing deliveries 

Create a clear record of the current situation"

So if ZOE missed someone you are going to do...what? You've already stated you cannot deliver the product, the product that was worked on privately by a third party isn't the product you promised, and were paid for....the clear record of the situation is that you owe a LOT of people refunds as you don't/can't/haven't provide(d) what you signed up for. THAT is the "current situation".

"I understand there has been a lot of confusion and frustration around this project. While I no longer hold the rights to produce or distribute KODT content, I want to ensure every backer receives what they were promised."

No confusion as you haven't delivered much of anything technically. No DVDs, no Blu-Rays, no movie posters, no premier (don't forget that the GenCon premiere wasn't ACTUALLY the promised premiere as he showed footage at an earlier convention...oh and you didn't have the promised, and again paid for, after-party with the actors. Again, 99% of promised content has not been delivered by Ken "Whit" Whitman (remember that he is personally liable as D20 Entertainment didn't exist when the Kickstarter ran) and he's telling us he cannot deliver it even if he had something to deliver....

"Please respond within the next 14 days so I can compile a complete list and determine next steps.

Thank you for your patience and assistance in resolving this matter.

Sincerely, Ken Whitman"

Please, please hurry and give Kenny your contact info that he already has access to (providing it doesn't need updating) so he can hurry up and resolve an issue he's largely ignored for....what...roughly 116 weeks at least?

2024.04.25 1st Hand Account of One of Ken Whit Whitman's Actors

 

So one of Whit Whitman's actors for Unnatural has spoken up. Megan Reneau has this to say (the one emphasis is ours):

"I had a lot of fun last year with the filming of UnNatural. Can’t say I’m not grateful for the plot twist it gave my life which was needed for my heart. 

It was supposed to be the start of an on set educational experience for aspiring actors. There were promises of one on one with the lead actors(names), classes etc. This was supposed to be run like a SAG set (yes they used union name), it was a far cry from union. And I should know, that’s how my career started, was all union. I could list how many ways this set was a far cry from union standards.

It was unfortunate for so many students to not acquire what was in their contracts, like demo reels, return investments, one on ones etc. 

Then to really show how non union and not good this set was. Crew was not paid and still hasn’t been paid to date. 

To this company, Little Monsters Entertainment(LME), they believe in using who they can, actors and crew for money. Taking advantage. They use them and then figure if they don’t like not being paid or not getting what they were contractually promised, they’ll find the next gullible team and actors. 

On 12 Till Dawn, following to film closely after UnNatural, I took part, hoping the kinks were worked out and that it was a work in progress. It was not. This production was worse. This is when I stepped out. KMVoice had to stop due to what was going on. They weren’t going to back LME if they were treating both them and students wrongfully.

On 12 Till Dawn, LME told all the local Kentucky actors that he thought nothing of them. That they were just local actors and that the film was probably not going to be any good. He said this to their faces. Paying students! Within the first few days, and that he didn’t even read the script till a few days before (give or take a day). Only one crew member did all the work even though coming down to film,  was told there would be more crew. He made the whole movie! Sound, AD, DP you name it. LME took advantage of KMVoice. 

When KMVoice didn’t want to crew the next projects because of contracts not being paid or being accountable. Or at least not till problems were rectified. LME treated them like trash and discarded them.

LME still has contracts with KMVoice that haven’t been terminated and still haven’t expired. 

What I see here is LME trying to make claims to stand on because what they are doing is wrong. This has become a huge scam. 

I feel sorry for the actors who are signing up for LME’s future projects. Investing in these “educational” movies. 

I’ve said very little on here to how much is going on because it would be very long.

I hope SAG-AFTRA gets involved. As LME’s trying to sell false educational system using SAGs name as their standard. 

I hope my post deters actors from supporting the Little Monsters Entertainment company. Productions need to stop till things are rectified or fixed. Or someone does it, but does it the right way.

Was almost a good thing."

Just as a point of order.....allegedly these productions, at least according to IMDB, which presumably Ken Whit Whitman is in charge of updating, are being done by the "School of Cinematic Arts"

So....the business, at least according to the initial state filing, is a for-profit business. If it's really Little Monster Entertainment (LME) actually "employing" students, is the School of Cinematic Arts a front? Who is there to teach students and enable them to grow and learn....and why would they be PAYING?! That does sound like a for-profit "School", but it begs the question, what is supposed to be the profit-generating operation, as in who is the customer? Those watching the released film or those creating the unreleased film?

Generally speaking, anytime a job asks you to pay to work, it's a scam. This isn't an opinion of anyone here at NAD (Edit: Yes, yes it is!), but this comes from the Federal Trade Commission, on their "scam jobs" page:

"Honest employers, including the federal government, will never ask you to pay to get a job. Anyone who does is a scammer."

2024.05.01 Edit: The author had some confusion between the School of Cinematic Arts and the Community Film Collaborative. The former is listed as a for-profit enterprise, at least until they fail to file the yearly report, and the latter is a defunct charity, while both appear to be scam fronts for the Little Monster Entertainment, which is a current LLC that Whit Whitman is running (under his legal name of Kenneth Whitman). If this sounds confusing, our presumption is that is by intention......and even we get tripped up sometimes!

2024.02.13 Ken "Whit" Whitman Will Still Take Your Money, but Probably not Legally

Over a year ago we totally waived the Bullshit flag that our main man Ken "Whit" Whitman was up to some shady shit. Ok, we just said things were not passing the sniff test in regard to his (then) new company Community Film Collaborative, Inc. 

Now we know Kenny's been bad with movie money, he knows he's been bad with movie money ("My name is Ken Whitman and I am a bad businessman" and if you've followed along with any of the various movie-related Kickstarters, you'd probably come to the same natural conclusion.

So, what's a better idea than donating more money to Kenny so he can start "Teaching Underprivileged Young Adults the Art of Filmmaking & Storytelling" This is direct from Kenny's Whit Whitman LinkedIn Profile, where he's listed himself as "President" from "Oct 2022 to Present"

We have to give Kenny some credit because, on paper, he looked like he was trying to be legit. Thing is when it comes to money, he's proven time and time again (come on....at least 11 Kickstarters) that he cannot be trusted.

Now before anyone wants to support Mr. Whitman here and come to his defense by stating, "What do you mean he can't be trusted?!" I cannot state upfront or unequivocally that he's stolen money through the Community Film Collaborative, Inc., but I <edit> This particular author, although the rest of the team probably agrees</edit> do ascribe to the belief that if something looks shady, that's just as bad as being shady and in the absence of proof otherwise, it is safe to make a logical assumption.

Now a good point has already been made that the info that Ken "Whit" Whitman was putting out about his non-profit didn't add up (pass the sniff test). If you haven't read that post, then you should do so and then continue on here......we'll wait.

Ok then.

A quick search shows that the Community Film Collaborative, Inc. was formed on August 3rd, 2022, BUT it was inactivated a year later when the company did not file the required Annual Report. 

So right off the bat, the company that Kenny is President of.....doesn't exist. Might want to scratch that off of the old LinkedIn profile there buddy!

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Now since Kenny was touting that he was a non-profit, he had to do an extra filing with the IRS and sure enough, that particular form was filed 2022.09.14, but wait a second.....what's that over there by Form 990 required? Oh yeah, that says "Yes".

Now you may not realize this, but non-profits need to file taxes too!

From the Library of Congress: "The 990 is the tax form the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) requires all 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charitable and nonprofit organizations to submit annually. The Form 990 is designed to increase financial transparency and includes revenue, expenditure, and income data in addition to information used to assess whether a nonprofit aligns with federal requirements for tax-exempt status. "

Even though Community Film Collaborative, Inc. isn't an actual company now, much less a legitimate 501c3 non-profit, they were one at the end of 2022, so they were to file one for 2022. Now that is publicly available information, so we should conceivably be able to find that information through the Kentucky Attorney General's Office: "The Form 990 shall be filed with the Attorney General each year in which contributors are solicited in the Commonwealth at the same time the form is filed with the Internal Revenue Service." 

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That means we can look up Kenny's fundraising information!

Of course, there is no way he's going to let that happen. The KY AG does let you download the rather long list of all the non-profits that have filed their Form 990 and wouldn't you know, Community Film Collaborative is not listed! The PDF is larger than letter-sized and 147 pages long. Ken "Whit" Whitman's charity should be listed on page 32, but there is a noticeable gap.

Now this particular page doesn't have any 2023 entries on it, other pages do, and it was updated yesterday.

To make things a little easier, here is a quick shot of the entries that should be before and after "Community Film Collaborative, Inc." To be thorough, I did look up the organization number just to make sure it wasn't misfiled somehow, just because we know Kenny isn't the best as spelling, although I doubt that could be a factor in this particular instance.

If you haven't read the post before this one, you might want to because we're circling around to a point from that post. 

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To sum things up we now have Ken "Whit" Whitman running a new company he's calling a school, as in it's literally in the name "School of Cinematic Arts", and it has taken over as producer (according to IMDB, which presumably Kenny has been updating) of all of the films in the Little Monster Entertainment pipeline, including the one that was crowdfunded several years ago. Ken is still promoting himself as President of a defunct charity that has never submitted its books to the Kentucky Attorney General, as required by the IRS. We have no idea how much money he's collected, much less spent, but at least he's not using the defunct company to solicit more donations.....

Oh wait......he still is......and he's calling himself CEO on the donation/funding/commerce/squaresite page for Community Film Collaborative, Inc., the company that was....for not even a year.

I Know We've Already Called Bullshit, But Can We Do So Again?!

 

So we still haven't heard much of anything with regards to the Unmortal: Out of Time Kickstarter. Still not a single back message since August of 2021.....when the film was allegedly in post-production. We don't know anything about film production, but we do know enough about Kickstarter to know that 9 months without a peep on Kickstarter updates or even responses on the comments page....well, it is a long time.

This really isn't newsworthy in itself and we were just going to tack on a quick edit to the previous post about the subject, but then we got to taking a peek at IMDB....

....and we're a little shocked.

If you remember back last June we had someone reach out to the Unmortal: Out of Time Kickstarter and ask about Ken "Whit" Whitman's involvement, just to be told  (I) "assure you that Mr. Whitman is not involved with our company's business practices and is merely part of the creative team along with several dozen other talented contractors."

So Kenny's not that involved in this project then.....oh, ok. Does somebody want to tell IMDB?

Last I checked, being a film's director (or one of) is a bit more than a bit part......

Well at least that's all he's involved in.....

OFFS, there's a second project and Ken "Whit" Whitman is getting to act in it? 

Great. Ken "Whit" Whitman has a main role (?...well he did get the #2 billing....) as "Lord Dumonu"? Really?

Seriously guys, we cannot make this shit up if we tried. Ken "Whit" Whitman is being billed as Lord Dumb-on-you in this project. This NAD editor doesn't know if that's a joke or some snipe at Kenny's retractors or what.

Lord Dumb-on-you....either way, it is fricken hilarious. Even if it's just a one-off....

Wait, so the side project has a side project and Ken "Whit" Whitman has the top billing as Lord Dumb-on-you?!

This is clearly not a minor part of this overall Unmortal "thing" and it's all a bit much, but there it is. We again call bullshit that Kenny isn't all up in this project like we originally projected. At least it looks like he's not scamming the RPG industry this time. If only these actor/producer types would spend more time on looking up who they want to get in bed with (project-wise).......

When Do We Get to Call Bullshit? We're Calling Bullshit

 

It has been three weeks now since Ken "Whit" Whitman reached out to us to bitch and moan about our "negative" coverage and how we don't cover when he does the bare minimum:

"It seems you only like to post the negative.   Pencil Dice are starting to ship and not a peep about it...."

Yeah, well if he's been shipping pencils that means he's fulfilling his Kickstarter Backers, albeit six (6!) years late.

Hmm........according to the USPS, the slowest mail rate they have is 2-8 days, so since it has been 22 days since he reached out, we should have found some......SOME....trace of 'ol Kenny filling out his obligations, right?

Right?

Yeah, come on....unless this is your first visit to Not Another Dime (For Ken Whitman), you should already know the answer.....NOPE!

From the Pencil Dice Comments (Going back 22 days, mind you, and emphasis is ours):

2021.09.26 EDIT: It has now been 30! days and these comments shown below are STILL the most current....

From the RPG Pencil Dice Comments (Going back 22 days, mind you, and there is nothing to emphasize):

Now to be fair, not shown in the Pencil Dice comments since I only went back 22 days, there is one other comment about a backer getting their pencils. Both of these people.....BOTH...were referenced in our post 21 days ago.

So in three weeks we have not had a SINGLE Kickstarter backer report that they've received their Kickstarter pencils from "d20 Entertainment" or Ken "Whit" Whitman. Now we wouldn't expect every backer to post that they got their pencils, but 6 years late you'd logically expect someone....ANYONE to post their surprise pencil package mailing.....

....yeah, we're calling bullshit.