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Gamefound Articles
Delve into our stories on Gamefound. This collection primarily covers topics in Sites and Tabletop & RPGs.
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Ulisses Games announces Fighting Fantasy board game, The Warlock of Firetop Mountain
The classic Fighting Fantasy gamebook from Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson, The Warlock of Firetop Mountain, is being adapted into a modern co-op board game by Ulisses Games.
The first official Berserk board game embraces the manga’s darkness with an 18+ rating
Explore the dark world of Guts and the Band of the Hawk in Berserk: The Board Game, a cooperative adventure now crowdfunding.
Tabletop giant Gamefound buys crowdfunding pioneer Indiegogo
The deal will see Indiegogo, a pioneer of the sector, adopt the technology and business terms of the Polish challenger that has come to dominate board game fundraising. Kickstarter’s competition just got fiercer.
RPG Party: GameFound partners with DriveThruRPG and some publishers
The initiative is designed for small to mid-sized TTRPG creators with projects that have not been previously crowdfunded.
Hinterdom: A hopeful TTRPG aiming for Gamefound and fewer colonial tropes
Roll Play Studio will be taking their tabletop RPG Hinterdom to the crowdfunding platform Gamefound. You can buy the core rules now, and if the crowdfunding is a success, more advanced rules will emerge.
Malediction: The world’s first 3d-printable MCG funds
The headline is that it took less than a quarter of an hour to fund a game that blends the strategy of a customisable deck builder with a skirmish game.
Malediction: Tracy Hickman penned lore, freebies and the first 3D printable miniatures card game
While one big aspect of Malediction is that you can use 3d printing for the minis, you don’t need to. The box contains standees.
Zombie Road TTRPG: Character sheets, cheat sheet and crowdfunding success
In Zombie Road, you play as yourself, and one of you is a traitor. That really is an uncommon and exciting pitch for a TTRPG.
Exclusive: Terra Mortis RPG – art from a ruined cyberpunk world
Terra Mortis, a tabletop RPG in a shattered cyberpunk world, is coming to Gamefound! The campaign offers a hardcover book, battle map book, GM screen and miniature sets.
