Fed up of Kickstarter? Noticed how the production value for Kickstarter pitches just keep on rising? Do you ever suspect that we’re getting Kickstarters for books that would happen anyway? It’s all good. Kickstarter is a boon to the tabletop RPG industry. That said; wouldn’t it be great if we could spot a Kickstarter for […]
Ubunto Edge: World’s fastest crowdfunding effort avoids Kickstarter
Ubunto want to bring their OS style to the world of mobile. So they should. As Mark Shuttleworth points out in the opening seconds of the pitch video; convergence is the future of computing. I wish I could just plug my smartphone into my bank of screens and get on with work. [Back the Campaign] […]
The Oleg Story heading to Kickstarter
The Edward Snowden story as a board game? The Gary McKinnon as a board game? Not quite. Throw in a touch of the A-Team or Tango and Cash and we’re getting closer. Details of The Oleg Story board game from Latest Pursuit appeared on BoardGame Geek at the start of the month with the promise […]
Forge of Honor: Roleplaying parents can defend their kids from monsters
[Back this Campaign] As a gaming parent you invite monsters into your home on a regular basis. Sometimes you slay them. Sometimes you become them. That’s cool. Okay, it’s cool but as The Simpsons’ Helen Lovejoy reminds us; Think of the children! Oh, won’t somebody please think of the children! That’s why a Targimal and […]
RED AEGIS promises hard choices and a new style of RPG
Red Aegis launched today as a Kickstarter asking for $25,000. We’re already at $10,000+. There’s big names associated with the project including Ed Greenwood of Forgotten Realms fame.
Will Little Witch Academia 2 awaken anime studios across Japan?
This isn’t yet another Kicktarter. For a start, this is a Kickstarter to do the wonderful Little Witch Academia a free anime from Studio Trigger. Also, this is the Kickstarter that introduced the Japanese anime studios to crowd funding. Here’s the original. If the promise of a sequel feels like a “shut up and take […]
Will Space 1889 see a new English edition?
Space: 1889 dates back to 1988 when it was published by Game Designers Workshop. It’s a steampunk RPG set in a world that might have been created by Jules Verne or H.G. Wells. Right now – the Germans have it. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/440453703/space-1889-sf-role-playing-in-a-more-civilized-tim/ [Support this Campaign] Uhrwek Verlag (Clockwork Publishing) is one of the larger German games […]
EN Publishing’s Zeitgiest AP hardcover storms Kickstarter
With a few days on the clock EN Publishing’s Zeitgeist AP Kickstarter project will beat its target by more than $10,000. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/enworld/zeitgeist-ap-hardcover-compilation-pathfinder-and/ [Back this Campaign] The project from Russ Morrisey (aka Morrus) and Ryan Nock looks to put together as many of the Zeitgeist: The Gears of Revolution together in a hardback. It’ll be available […]
White Wolf co-founder takes the Darkling Plain to Kickstarter
Stewart Wieck co-founded White Wolf and co-created the original World of Darkness. It was Wieck who was the editor-in-chief and co-founder of White Wolf with his brother Steve. It was in 1990 that the company merged with Lion Rampant, publisher of Ars Magica and he and Lion Rampant’s Mark Rein*Hagen became co-owners of the White […]
Cthulhu Wars Kicktarter races past $1,000,000 with hours to go
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1816687860/cthulhu-wars [Back this Campaign] The creator of Call of Cthulhu has seen his Kickstarter race through the one million dollar mark. With less than a day on the clock the pledge fund is at $1,224,958 and rising. Backers are supporting efforts to create a combination of a strategy board game with the Cthulhu mythos from […]
