You won’t find the card game Humanity Hates Trump on Kickstarter because a cease and desist letter from Cards Against Humanity was enough for the platform to pull the plug. Cards Against Humanity is normally a cool company so what was its beef with Humanity Hates Trump? To begin with the original tagline for the […]
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The factions of Wyrd Games’ The Other Side
Wyrd are expected to take The Other Side to Kickstarter next week. The game is set on an alternative Earth with chaos-based steampunk armies on the rampage. The teaser video above reveals the factions in the game. This is a world connected to Malifaux, a name already familiar to Wyrd fans. Abyssinia Born in Ethiopia […]
Batman: The Animated Series dice game ships
The partnership between SJ Games, Cryptozoic and DC Comics has left the shadows and made it to game store shelves. The dice game based on Batman: The Animated Series is now available to buy. The team of companies have been able to get this game into a range of interesting locations including some Hot Topic […]
How an illustrator gets into drawing for RPGs: An interview with Jackie Musto
Bedrock Games have a “Pay What you Want” RPG in the form of Wandering Heroes of Ogre Gate. The wuxi inspired game has its own detailed martial arts setting and uses the Network System. There’s 180 Kung Fu techniques in the game, along with tips on how to help the game develop and art from […]
Exclusive: A look inside the new Puppetland horror RPG
The human maker of all puppets has been slain by Punch. He now rules Puppetland with a wooden fist. Punch is a cruel lord who wears the skin of the murdered puppetmaker in a desperate attempt to retain his magic. Puppetland is a horror RPG from Arc Dream Publishing. A Kickstarter project was successful in […]
Legal nightmare won’t derail this card game
Battle of the Bands is a Kickstarter in which you race to earn fans. The card game is asking for £15,000 and after only a few days has over £7,000 pledged. What could go wrong? I’d say “battle of the bands” is a generic term. Actual battle of the bands rage across the country and […]
Third Eye Games and Ninja Crusade 2E campaigns
Third Eye Games have been successful with their superhero AMP range and mystic martial arts range with Ninja Crusade through a combination of Kickstarter and hardwork. Now they’re back on the crowdfunding platform looking to expand Ninja Crusade with this campaign. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/eloylasanta/empires-reign-and-other-ninja-crusade-2e-expansion [Back this Campaign] At the time of writing there’s 9 days left to […]
Fighting Fantasy in Spaaaace! Stellar Adventures on Kickstarter
Here’s a straight forward Kickstarter proposition for you. In 2011 Arion Games re-released the Advanced Fighting Fantasy RPG and now they’re offering to take it to space with Stellar Adventures. You can follow the campaign progress online. [Back this Campaign] There’s no video pitch. Arion are asking for £3,500 and with 20 days on the […]
Privateer Press makes Warmachine and Hordes MK.III rules available for free
You can grab the new MK.III versions of Warmachine and Hordes from Privateer Press. They’re entirely free PDFs. If you’ve already bought MK.II copies of the rules and want to see what’s changed between them then this thread started by Dybbuk on the Privateer Forums helps sum up the differences.
Massive Darkness rakes in massive mega bucks
Cool Mini or Not’s latest Kickstarter has two weeks left to run and is well over the $2,000,000 mark! Check out the campaign page. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/coolminiornot/massive-darkness [Back this Campaign] The pledge tiers are simple. The early bird has sold out. That leaves you with the ‘Lightbringer Pledge’ level for $120. You’ll get the Massive Darkness core […]
