Fed up of “traditional” folklore being a heavy influence in your RPGs? You know; northern European dwarves, elves and trolls with occasional influence from Norse and Egyptian legends? Maybe this Kickstarter for Awaken, which is a dark fantasy RPG influenced by Slavic and Mediterranean folklore will interest you. You can read more about it on […]
Seed & Spark: Basic Adventuring 101
The good thing about good ideas is that they’re persistent. Last May I wrote about the LARP series Basic Adventuring 101, reckoned it was worth a shout and backed it on Kickstarter. The team raised nearly $17,000 which is a heck of a lot of funds for a webseries but fell short of their $25,000. […]
Symbaroum turns to crowd-funding for English edition
Symbaroum is a gorgeous looking RPG. Back in 2014, Geek Native shared the stunning art and design. The RPG, though, was in Swedish. Now the team have turned to Indiegogo, on a flexible funding campaign, to raise funds for an English language edition. You can read about it on the campaign page. [Back this Campaign] […]
Skeleton Candles pitch the melting owl
Last year Geek Native wrote about PyroPets and a cat-shaped candle that melted to reveal a sinister metal skeleton. You can know buy them from Firebox. The story doesn’t end there. Skeleton Candles.com have had similar success with bear shaped candles and now they’re Kickstarting their owl line. There’s more details on the campaign page. […]
Will you Beat the Dragon?
Arcasam: Beat the Dragon is a one-man Kickstarter project from Lukas Litvaj. He’s looking for $18,000 to bring his “RPG sandbox style” dragon fighting board game to life… and with more than 25 days left to run he’s already got $11,000 in the bank. You can check out the full pitch on Kickstarter.com. [Back this […]
The 5 best ways to fail on Kickstarter
Gregory Carslaw was born to a gaming couple and rolled his first die before speaking a word. He has a PhD in Psychology, studied Artificial Intelligence and joined 3DTotal games in 2013. His first game took six months to design … only for it to be shelved. It was going to be too expensive to […]
Explore inside the Neon Sanctum
Grenade Punch Games have just launched their Kickstarteer for the card-based cyberpunk RPG Neon Sanctum. You can read more about the campaign here, watch the pitch video below and scroll down for an interview that explores inside the game. [Back the Campaign] Can you give us a quick description to Neon Sanctum? Neon Sanctum is […]
Competition: Win A Witch RPG spirit board
The Witch RPG is impressing people and the Kickstarter is going well. At the time of writing Angry Hamster Publishing have raised more than twice the money they need for their dark roleplaying game. Geek Native has a rather exclusive competition. This post gives you the chance to win a Witch RPG spirit board. Don’t […]
Magical experimentation: Wizard’s Academy Kickstarter
The 3DTotal team found success with 404: Law Not Found and have now moved on to Wizard’s Academy. You can watch the pitch video below and read more about the Kickstarter on the campaign page. [Back this Project] The Kickstarter campaign launched today, 18th of March, and has nearly £5,000 in the bank already. That’s […]
6 insider tips for GMs running a FAITH: the Sci-fi RPG campaign
Looking for improving your GM skills? Tips on running a sci-fi RPG? There are plenty of great advice sites to read and communities like Roleplaying Games on G+ where you can ask for advice. There are ways and means of getting generic sci-fi RPG tips… but perhaps your looking for something special? FAITH: The Sci-Fi […]
