I played a lot of Rifts back at University. There was just so much world, so many dimensions, to play with. Ooph, though, did that system begin to struggle! I can see why fans are pleased the Shane Hensley and co finally have permission to take a Savage Worlds conversion to Kickstater. You can follow […]
Competition: Win The Cohort and Carrotia board games
One prize not good enough for you? Here’s a chance to win Mage Company’s Carrotia for 1-6 players, ages 8+, as well as The Cohort for 2-6 players and ages 8+. What do you have to do to win these excellent games? You just have to check out Aether Captains! Aether Captains is a game […]
The zombies lure in money as Toxicity comes to life in Kickstarter
I Am Zombie is a RPG from Vampire: the Masquerade creator Mark Rein-Hagen. Toxicity is both a supplement and a standalone zombie RPG that takes the zombie action into the mean-streets of 70s NYC. You can follow its undead shuffle on the campaign page. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/make-believegames/toxicity-i-am-zombie-rpg [Back this Campaign] At the time of writing Toxicity has […]
Unknown Armies is a Kickstarter hit
A new edition of the modern occult RPG has been raking in the funds on Kickstarter. Atlas Games asked for $40,000 to fund Unknown Armies 3 and at the time of posting the project has 27 days to go, over 1,300 backers and more than $130,000 in pledges. You can watch the campaign here. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/atlasgames/unknown-armies-third-edition-roleplaying-game […]
World creation with a universal RPG: It’s Unbound
Grant Howitt (Goblin Quest, Drunken Bear Fighter) teamed up with Chris Taylor to make this universal RPG for those people who wants to really contribute to building a RPG world but don’t have oodles of time. The Kickstarter is asking for £22,000 to fund and at the time of writing they have 26 days on […]
Karma to burn you: Era – Survival
I liked the look of Shades of Vengeance’s sci-fi RPG Era: The Consortium. The British publisher’s latest Kickstarter is also tempting me and is only a handful of backers away from funding. You can follow the progress on the official Kickstarter campaign page. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shadesofvengeance/era-survival [Back this Campaign] I like how they pitch this post-apocalyptic game […]
Short film: Code 8
This is more than a short film. This in an Indiegogo pitch from Arrow actor Stephen Amell, who was ex-producer for this and will be in the feature film in the role of the electrician once made. It’s funded already; in just two days. You can follow progress here. [Back this Campaign] In the short […]
Humanity dies under the sea: Polaris floats on Kickstarter
Black Book Editions is the publisher that handles the French editions of Pathfinder. They’ve taken their underwater RPG Polaris to Kickstarter and it’s doing well. At the time of writing, there’s still 13-day still on the clock and they’re approaching 300% funding. You can follow the progress here. [Back this Campaign] Underwater kingdoms bled dry. […]
Ember rekindles on Kickstarter
I liked the look of the monster making Ember when it first appeared on Kickstarter. That promising campaign was pulled but the good news is that Ember has relaunched and is back on Kickstarter. Geek Native reached out to District 31 to ask why. You can see the current progress here. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1118172895/ember-the-magical-card-game [Back this Campaign] […]
Writing cliché free material for gaming worlds: An interview with Maurice Broaddus
Maurice Broaddus is an author based out of Indianapolis and known for his urban fantasy trilogy, The Knights of Breton Court, and has written for the Firefly RPG, the Marvel RPG and Leverage RPG. Broaddus has an impressive stash of over 20,000 comic books in his attic and grew up playing D&D, Palladium RPGs and […]
