[Back this Campaign] Some of my roleplaying game sessions make heavy use of music. I like to use it when I GM. It’s a challenge to find it though – first I look for movie or game scores as any singing tends to disrupt the game. The advantage computer game scores have over movie scores […]
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8 tips for promoting your Kickstarter on Google+ RPG Communities
Geek Native co-moderates one of my favourite RPG communities; the Roleplaying Games community on Google+. Every week we see plenty of people popping in to promote their RPG or related Kickstarter. Some do it well. Some do it badly. I want everyone to do well so scribbled down this little guide to help. 1. Don’t […]
Larry Elmore’s Sovereign Stone comes to Pathfinder
[Back this Campaign] This is a Kickstarter that’s on track to making x2 of its campaign goal within the first day of release. Here was I wondering whether there were any Kickstarters left that could excite the RPG crowd. Larry Elmore, of course, is famous. He’s the artist behind D&D’s Red Box (and SnarfQuest) as […]
Support women in gaming: GTFO’s pitch
[Back the Campaign] Another day. Another Kickstarter. Right? Perhaps – but GTFO: A Film About Women in Gaming has the promise of being both interesting and worthwhile. This is a project to raise money for a film exploring the harassment of women in video games. I’m sure you’ve seen it; especially online. At the time […]
On how to adapt your game for gamers and Jim Pinto’s latest Kickstarter
Jim Pinto of Post World Games is on a roll. King for a Day is now available after a successful Kickstarter and A Gallery of Rogues is underway after funding. Jim’s current Kickstarter is already past x3 times funding and so Toolcards: Fantasy GM Cards looks to complete the hat trick. Geek Native wanted Jim […]
Challenging conventions on steampunk and dice: The Edara RPG pitch
Carl Harrison is the Lead Deigner for Caelestis Designs and Ryan Schoon is the Lead Writer. The team has a Kickstarter pitch for a steampunk RPG that proposes a “Renaissance” view to steampunk and a close look at the use of dice and luck in RPGs. Geek Native was able to ask Ryan and Carl […]
A look inside Atlantis: The Second Age
Khepera Publishing, the team behind Godsend and Hellas, have bought the the rights to the classic Atlantean Trilogy by Bard Games. The result is a Kickstarter for the RPG Atlantis: The Second Age. [Back this Campaign] Jerry Grayson is offering a large degree of transparency on the project. The entire draft text of the RPG […]
The campaign for Fudge Dice and questions around gamer support
Is the roleplaying industry actually an industry at all? Or is it just a commercialised hobby? Do fan made products keep prices down and so low that professionals struggle to earn their keep? Do players pirate more content than they pay for? These are old questions but they circled my thoughts as I watched this […]
Joanna Gaskell: Elf barbarians and loyal geeks could put insipid network TV under pressure
[Back this Campaign] Standard Action is a webseries that follows a disparate group of heroes and would-be adventures in what’s clearly a roleplaying setting. The first season enjoyed tens of thousands of views on each episode. This Kickstarter has been launched to support season 3. Joanna Gaskell created the series, produces it and starts as […]
Invulnerable Comic Book Tabletop RPG Kickstarter offers OGL
[Back this Campaign] It’s quite hard to stand out as an RPG pitch on Kickstarter today and I suspect some companies are trying some headline grabbing techniques. There’s nothing wrong with that. The gaming industry needs to become masterminds of self-promotion. The promises attached to the Invulnerable Comic Book Tabletop RPG Kickstarter go beyond self-promotion. […]









