The nature of the beast means there’s no such thing as a ‘safe Kickstarter’ but Khan of Khans is complete, just waiting for the Kickstarter campaign to finish before going to the printers, it has more than 300% of target in funds and is being managed by Chaosium. Check out the campaign page here. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/448333182/khan-of-khans-family-game […]
Corrupt next year: War in Christmas Village
War in Christmas Village is a successful Kickstarter with, at the time of writing, 16 days left go. Pick up a set of unpainted 28mm twisted holiday miniatures with a Christmas theme. Check out the campaign page here. [Back this Campaign] It takes a $25 pledge to get into the miniature range but that first […]
Call of Cthulhu’s Sandy Petersen sues PayPal
Petersen Entertainment LP has taken PayPal to court for withholding $57,000 in funds. The money due apparently relates to a Kickstarter for one of the 12 games the company has successfully funded. The complaint [PDF link] stats that Petersen has been fulfilling gamers’ orders despite PayPal withholding funds. This is good news for gamers as […]
Magic and Time Paradoxes: Shintiara passes Kickstarter goal
Shintiara is a fantasy world caught between two stars. On of the stars has collapsed into a black hole and is dragging the planet slowly towards it. The result? Weird time effects. Past and future technologies and other hazards are now active in the world. Shintiara RPG: A World of Magic and Time Paradoxes will […]
Cards Against Humanity faces lawsuit on Kickstarter bullying
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 […]
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 […]
An exclusive peak at concept art from Ether Wars
Ether Wars is back from the ether of an unsuccessful Kickstarter. The game was always one that could have funded and it looks like the second attempt has addressed one of the issues that were annoying some backers. The English and Spanish editions will now be entirely separate so there’s no more sharing space. You […]
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 […]
