Cubicle 7 already have a successful Lord of the Rings RPG with The One Ring and Sophisticated Games already works with them on that while developing book-based JRR Tolkien games under license from Middle-earth Enterprises. The two companies have teamed up again and this time they’ll be making a Dungeons & Dragons compatible RPG series […]
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Monster Hunter Academy wants to reach out to young gamers
There’s been some huge RPG Kickstarters this month. Let’s take the time to look at a much smaller project. In this case we’re looking at the Invisible Rocket project “Monster hUnter Academy”. Brian Colin wants to get children excited by mail and help parents spend time with their kids. You can follow the Kickstarter progress […]
Cool Mini Or Not push past $17m in revenue
Cool Mini Or Not started publishing board games five years ago. They’ve made heavy use of Kickstarter and produced some great games. The result? The company now employs 30 people and broke the $17m revenue line in 2015. On the Kickstarter front; Zombicide raised more than $4m, Blood Rage raised more than $900,000, and Arcadia […]
God-level RPG Godbound promises divine heroes and threats
Kevin Crawford of Sine Nomine Publishing specialises in Kickstarters. He even has a free to download Sandbox Guide on his techniques. There seems little reason to doubt his confidence as his latest project, Godbound: A Game of Divine Heroes, is doing well on Kickstarter. At the time of writing there are 18 days still to […]
English language Naruto Shippuden board game coming
Japanime Games have announced they’ll be translating Yoka Games’ Naruto Shippuden the Board Game and bringing it to market in the Spring of 2016. In the cooperative game players take on the role of the manga’s main characters as they battle against Akatsuki. There are three different levels of play and the range of enemies […]
Cthulhu as Pathfinder high fantasy
Sandy Petersen and son are back with more Cthulhu RPG material. This time the Kickstarter is in search of $10,000 to convert the mythos into something suitable for high fantasy and the Pathfinder RPG. Yup; this means playable races. The project has easily beaten that $10,000 goal and, at the time of writing, is well […]
The bestselling RPGs of Autumn 2015
ICv2 study of what associated retailers and manufacturers are selling in the US between September through to December is out. Dungeons and Dragons – Wizards of the Coast Pathfinder – Paizo Inc Star Wars – Fantasy Flight Games Dragon Age – Green Ronin Fantasy Age – Green Ronin Dungeons & Dragons 5 is still going […]
KULT reboot tears through the veil of Kickstarter
KULT lives up to its name and has become quite a cult classic. It seems to fall out of print quickly. The latest, KULT: Divinity Lost, looks to be getting a successful awakening thanks to a Kickstarter campaign. You can watch the Swedish krona tally up at the campaign page. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1037361623/kult-divinity-lost-horror-roleplaying-game-rpg [Back this Campaign] This […]
How RPG quests tend to develop
I bet this has happened to you. The first chunk of adventure looks easy. A few gold. A sure-in mission. Shouldn’t be too much of a challenge and a chance to go pick up those ingredients the wizard wanted. It’s what happens afterwards that causes all the bother. You know; dragon-sized bother across a battlefield […]
Shrike Studio tempts us with Emissary
The new UK-based publisher Shrike Studio is doing the sensible thing of putting their first RPG, which is nearly finished, up on Kickstarter for the final push. The science fantasy game is asking for £5,000 in funding and with 25 days, at the time of writing, to go has nearly £2,000 in the bank. You […]
