I’m most familiar with Kickstarter even though it’s yet to launch in the UK (the autumn, I’m told – seems like they’re running tight on time) but the premise is very clear; if the project fails then supporters don’t spend their money. Isn’t IndieGoGo the same? No? Step forward the controversial James Desborough and the […]
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Devin Night’s awesome Tabletop Forge tokens
I backed the Tabletop Forge Kickstarter at a level where the pledge reward included a custom token. Tabletop Forge is an impressive Google+ Hangouts app for roleplayers. It allows gamers to have the tabletop gaming experience without actually all being at the same tabletop. Google+ Hangouts provide the impressive video functions and the Tabletop Forge […]
Free Loot! Uncharted Isles free for Talk Like a Pirate Day
Tabletop Adventures are giving a way a freebie for Talk Like a Pirate Day. Uncharted Isles costs $0.00. My favourite price. The free download contains 36 short descriptions of lots of pirate-y things; tropical island sights, strange ports and the like. They’re designed to be read out – thus helping you Talk Like a Pirate […]
Settlers of Catan Pizza
This is kinda cool. That said and speaking as a huge pizza fan (a fan of huge pizza) I’m not sure how tasty this Settlers of Catan pizza actually looks. I think I see olives on it. Olives? What next? Adding mushroom? Urg. P.S. It’s probably a good thing board games aren’t made from pizza. […]
Sean Patrick Fannon leaves DriveThruRPG to help design your characters
Sean Patrick Fannon has been at the helm of the community management around DriveThruRPG and RPGNow for a long while now and has done a stirling job. He’s moved on, though, to concentrate on his skills as a freelancer. In an interesting move he’s created a service called Your Savage Expert. In essence, Fannon draws […]
Did Kickstarter cut roleplayers out of their gamer thank you?
It’s good of Kickstarter to recognise the roll of gaming in that too. Here’s how important gaming is to them; these stats come from Kickstarter, noting how games leap from 8th to 1st. 1. Games — $50 million 2. Film — $42 million 3. Design — $40 million 4. Music — $25 million 5. Technology […]
Mongoose Publishing crowdfund Judge Dredd: Block War
Mongoose Publishing have the license to the Judge Dredd RPG and the Judge Dredd Miniatures Game. The Judge Dredd Miniatures Game as been taking off, with a community buillding around it and additional model sets being produced. Today, Matthew Sprange, the owner of Mongoose, turned to Kickstarter to attempt to crowdfund the Block War supplement […]
Assassin’s Creed 3 foam tomahawk
This foam tomahawk is a recreation of the weapon used by Connor in Assassin’s Creed 3. It’s 500mm by 225mm, nearly, and made from PU Latex with a fiberglass insert. Is this good enough for LARPing? It’ll depend on your marshalls and local rules but the axe head is a loop and looks rather fragile […]
Mercury: the computer game written by the gameplay
James Lantz’ Mercury is an impressive game. It started out simple; one character class and one monster. It has grown. Every few days, whoever has the top score, gets to add a little bit to the game. Now the game has 20 or so monsters and about 15 different character classes. In the graphic above […]
Armour your dog
In a world were we can turn horses into dragons it is important that we can also armour our trusty hounds. Or, from a roleplaying mechanics point of view; does your system cope with non-humanoid armour? Game systems with abstract armour rules tend to cope better than those which require hit locations and tables. Sure […]
