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 […]
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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 […]
AMP: Year Three going strong at Kickstarter
Third Eye Games are back to Kickstarter as their AMP: Year One range looks to expand again. Year 3 is doing well, still 30 days left to run and yet nearly $6,000 in the bank. The goal? Just $8,000 and you can track it here. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/eloylasanta/amp-year-3-the-war-of-2017-is-here-modern-supers-r [Back this Campaign] Year One was about hard choices; […]
Changing the game: Insight Fantasy RPG Kickstarts
The idea behind Insight Fantasy is that player’s discovering a truth about something could change the game. These truths go beyond what the GM knows. For example, all NPCs have secrets that can only be revealed by the players. At the time of writing there are two weeks left on the clock and the game […]
D&D fans paid to scan classic RPGs
Wizards of the Coast and DriveThruRPG are working together to make sure every RPG title published by the WoTC is available digitally. As a result they’ve been digitally re-mastering hundreds of classic D&D titles. All good? Sure, but there’s at least 600 more titles to go. In order to try and move the project along […]
Heldentaufe is a clever board game of two halves
With a base in Burgdorf in Switzerland, the clever Heldentaufe is back on Kickstarter. The game is after 34, 000 Swiss FR to fun and has about 28,000 CHF in the pot with two weeks left to run. You can keep track of progress at the campaign page. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/heldentaufe/heldentaufe-the-adventure-board-game-for-the-whole [Back the Campaign] The video looks […]
