Kickstarter comes to the UK – RPG publishers and fans rejoice

By on July 9, 2012 in Tabletop RPGs

It’s early days – very early days and we don’t have the full details yet but @Kickstarter has just tweeted to say that people in the UK will be able to launch projects on Kickstarter this autumn.

 

This is good news because the gaming community in the UK is strong. It also means publishers in mainland Europe may find it easier to deal with a UK partner on a project because of closer timezones or smiliar distribution deals.

Recently, French RPG The Shadows of Esteren found an American partner for a Kickstarter project to bring the game to an English language audience. Uhrwek Verlag teamed up with Chronicle City to bring Dungeonslayers up to a 4th edition and offer a free English language download.

With a bit of luck, Amazon will also be used to handle UK launched pledges and payment. Why? It seems like the single most important thing Kickstarter needs to do to keep confidence in the system up while also maintaining the user experience of the site.

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  • http://www.facebook.com/PaulHThornton Paul Thornton

    Kickstarter makes me wish I was rich. I would spend hours a day finding RPG ideas better than any I’ve come up with a help them out. Glad to see it’s making it to this side of the pond, as I know more than a few very talented writers and games designers who could do great things with it.

  • http://about.me/andrewgirdwood Andrew Girdwood

    Yeah. There’s certainly going to be a wallet impacting downside to UK companies getting access to this marketplace too!

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  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Stuart-Renton/763595190 Stuart Renton

    Best news ever. Thanks for letting us all know :)

  • http://about.me/andrewgirdwood Andrew Girdwood

    Does this mean we should be expecting… news? :)

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Stuart-Renton/763595190 Stuart Renton

    Ahem. No. Nothing to see here :P