The Cubicle 7 team has been scouring the darkest corners of London seeking forbidden knowledge for their Kickstarter project Cthulhu Britannica: London. Writer David Wade invites you to join him to peruse a selection of weird and wonderful tales from the city. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/461807648/cthulhu-britannica-london-call-of-cthulhu-rpg-boxe/ [Find out more] 1. The Oldest Mummy in the World In 1892, […]
Exclusive art peak: Demon – The Descent Prestige Edition
[Back this Campaign] Onyx Path have been hugely successful in running Kickstarters to revamp and luxe up many of the old White Wolf titles. The latest effort, Demon: The Descent Prestige edition, closes on Kickstarter in about a day (at the time of posting), has raised nearly $140,000 and asked for $40,000. Geek Native spoke […]
5 favourite monster templates from the famous Advanced Bestiary
Geek Native checked in with Chris Pramas, the President of Green Ronin, to talk about their Kickstarter for Advanced Bestiary for the Pathfinder RPG. Here’s the pitch. [Back the Campaign] This will fund. There are 4 days left on the clock, when this post went live, and 700+ backers have taken the fund total to […]
Pirate World readies for sail
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2041872302/pirate-world-the-explosive-dungeon-world-fate-sour/ [Back this Campaign] I discovered this Kickstarter at 1am last night. At the time this blog post goes up Pirate World still has 14 hours left of funding to run – so hop on if you can. This will be a successful campaign having beaten the £1,300 ask with over £7,000 so far. Pirate […]
Is this the ultimate GM kit bag? Chester!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/731983185/dont-starve-chester-plush/ [Back this Campaign] I don’t know the game Don’t Starve but a scan of interesting toys brought Chester to my attention. Look at him. What a striking fellow. In game he’s a walking chest, a cute creature that will follow you around and act like a treasure chest on legs. Hence; Chester. The Kickstarter […]
The Pathfinder Dice Arena rolls towards Kickstarter funding
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1225737959/pathfinder-dice-arena/ [Back this Campaign] The team up of Paizo and FunTo11 on Kickstarter for the Pathfinder Dice Arena lets you play the iconic Pathfinder characters in a tournament. The area-tournament is there to explain why these characters might be fighting in the first place and avoids the damage dealing or luck aspects of some dice […]
Kickstarting Chaos – crowdfunding a classic
Kevin Gilmartin is the editor of GeekChocolate. He reads a lot of sci-fi, plays a lot of Warhammer 40k and is old enough to know better. [Read the prelaunch page] “Retro” is term used too lightly these days. Stuff from 1997 is not retro – it’s just a bit old. When people talk about retro […]
Go green with your luck: Upcycled machined dice
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2055437273/upcycled-machined-dice-d6-d20-fudge-artillery-and/ [Back this Campaign] Yup, that was probably the shortest pitch video you’ve seen for a Kickstarter in a long time. It’s a simple concept though; it is good to recycle stuff so why not use that make dice. This Kickstarter pitch includes d6, d20, Fudge and scatter dice. The latter being the type to […]
The death of the $200,000 funded game controller ICP2 Kickstarter
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1703567677/icontrolpad-2-the-open-source-controller/ The iControlPad 2 collected nearly $210,000 from over 2,000 backers. The most popular tier cost $75 and attracted nearly 1,000 people who wanted a boxed edition ICP2 that would connect to the mobile device. The pitch was simple: a device that acted as a console controller for your smartphone. Funding ended in October 2012 […]
Alien vs Predator The Miniatures Game is winning the Kickstarter battle
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/513277403/alien-vs-predator-the-miniatures-game/ [Back this Campaign] When I first heard there was an Alien vs Predator board game on Kickstarter my very first thought was; “How did they get permission?” I asked about the pitch video and was answered with a shrug and a comment about there not really being a pitch video of note. I had […]
