I’m trying to think if I’ve ever seen a successful pitch for a specialised game table on Kickstarter until Carolina Game Tables came along. This one is a winner; asking for $15,000 and beating $20,000. At the time of writing there’s more than a day to go and a tally of $25,000 isn’t impossible. You […]
Kickstarter fails to turn Apple Watch into a monster
WATCHme failed on Kickstarter, coming just €5,000 or so short. It was an attempt to have a charging stand for your Apple Watch that would be a little monster. In the comments we find backers asking for alternative ways to get their hands on the design anyway as well as comments about the clean style. […]
Rebuild or loot? Infected Zombie RPG
Infected! is the first RPG from Immersion Studios and Holocaust Survivor Stories: Georgina author Oliver Shead. Zombies are infected humans – fast, deadly and cunning. Mankind is winning, though, and civilisation is beginning to recover which gives the PCs options… this twist on the post-apocalyptic story is Kickstarter that’s doing well, needing just a nudge […]
ViewScream merges virtual tabletop with LARP
Rafael Chandler is a game writer and designer who’s worked on computer games like MAG, Rainbow Six: Lockdown and SOCOM 4. On the tabletop RPG front he has Lusus Naturae and No Salvation for Witches in his credits. ViewScream is different; mixing the growing popularity of Google Hangouts powered virtual tabletops, with LARP and with […]
New RPG studio offers up Gun-Fu with Purgatoria: City of Angels
It’s not a contradiction to suggest a game can be anime-esq and gritty. Some of the best animes are noirs so Purgatoria: City of Angels caught my attention with their Kickstarter. You can read the campaign page here. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1597847626/purgatoria-city-of-angels [Back this Campaign] In the Risks and Challenges section of the Kickstarter the RPGs creators acknowledge; […]
Short film: The Alchemist’s Letter
Made possible by a Kickstarter, with the voice of John Hurt and with art direction by the Boxtroll’s Daniel Casey, The Alchemist’s Letter is stunning. The film picks up as the son of the alchemist finds a mysterious device, one that consumes memories, and a letter. As the contents of the letter becomes clear the […]
Dark Souls inspired horror takes miniatures to Kickstarter
[Back this Campaign] Erebus Studios are working on Veil Fall, a miniatures board game from the dark future Veil Fall universe. The game, we’re told, is inspired by the computer games Dark Souls and Bloodborne. This means it’ll be hard. The Coalition has declined into civil war and some of those supporting the return of […]
When the plans of GMs go wrong: RPG concept cards
At the time of writing there are a few days left on the clock to back this Kickstarter. It’s asked for £2,000 and is approaching £10,000 which is good nws for the Kicking it Forward.org it’s part of. For more details about the campaign check out the pitch. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/703093372/rpg-concept-cards-creatures-treasures-and-a-9-deck [Back this Campaign] The pitch video […]
Cubicle 7 bring Cthulhu to the Cold War
There are new owners at Chaosium who have a focus on Call of Cthulhu, the game they are famous for. Does that mean all other Call of Cthulhu projects are dead in the water? Perhaps not – today Cubicle 7 launched a Kickstarter for World War Cthulhu: Cold War for the Call of Cthulhu RPG. […]
Green Ronin’s Blue Rose makes a colourful return
It’s a little strange to think that Green Ronin’s Blue Rose is 10 years old – but it is. The game dates back to the days where publishers wanted to do something different with the Open Game License after a slew of d20 products and Green Ronin had found success with Mutants & Masterminds. Now […]
