Grant Howitt (Goblin Quest, Drunken Bear Fighter) teamed up with Chris Taylor to make this universal RPG for those people who wants to really contribute to building a RPG world but don’t have oodles of time. The Kickstarter is asking for £22,000 to fund and at the time of writing they have 26 days on […]
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Karma to burn you: Era – Survival
I liked the look of Shades of Vengeance’s sci-fi RPG Era: The Consortium. The British publisher’s latest Kickstarter is also tempting me and is only a handful of backers away from funding. You can follow the progress on the official Kickstarter campaign page. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shadesofvengeance/era-survival [Back this Campaign] I like how they pitch this post-apocalyptic game […]
Humanity dies under the sea: Polaris floats on Kickstarter
Black Book Editions is the publisher that handles the French editions of Pathfinder. They’ve taken their underwater RPG Polaris to Kickstarter and it’s doing well. At the time of writing, there’s still 13-day still on the clock and they’re approaching 300% funding. You can follow the progress here. [Back this Campaign] Underwater kingdoms bled dry. […]
Ember rekindles on Kickstarter
I liked the look of the monster making Ember when it first appeared on Kickstarter. That promising campaign was pulled but the good news is that Ember has relaunched and is back on Kickstarter. Geek Native reached out to District 31 to ask why. You can see the current progress here. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1118172895/ember-the-magical-card-game [Back this Campaign] […]
Characters will die: The Carcass – Exodus
Jim Pinto’s second edition of The Carcass is pretty much written. This Kickstarter is to improve the art and tart adding extra classes. The game, which can be played without a GM, is about survival and it’s clear not every PC will. The funding goal was just $1,000 and at the time of writing there’s […]
Cubicle 7 and Sophisticated Games bring Lord of the Rings to D&D
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 […]
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 […]
