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. […]
The world’s smallest smartphone charger
[Back this Campaign] At the time of posting, the Kickstarter campaign for Fuel, the world’s smallest smartphone charger, has 18 days to go and has raised more than twice the $20,000 they asked for. Technology wise this campaign just makes sense and it’s a surprise to see big players aren’t already in this space. My […]
5 Kickstarters to consider for International #TableTopDay
It’s past midnight here in the UK and so Geek & Sundry’s International TableTop Day starts. Europe joins the ranks of Asian and Aussie gamers who’ve been tweeting for hours and turns to watch the US and Canada as they wait to join us. There are lots of great deals on today. Local stores are […]
Succubus: The Reborn
[Back this Campaign] Mark Rein-Hagen co-founded the RPG publisher White Wolf and created iconic games like Vampire: The Masquerade and Werewolf: The Apocalypse. His next game might be Succubus: The Reborn if this Kickstarter is successful. This game is very different from the storyteller RPGs. This is a card game in which players, working in […]
Chris Pramas: Green Ronin survived the theft of $100,000 and now deals directly with George R. R. Martin
Chris Pramas is the President of Green Ronin Publishing and veteran of the roleplaying industry. He’s worked for Wizards of the Coast, signed deals with George R. R. Martin and is currently mid-Kickstarter with Freeport: The City of Adventure for the Pathfinder RPG. In this interview we’re reminded that Green Ronin had a whirlwind of […]
Mutant Chronicles RPG makes a return
Already busy with a super successful Kickstarter project for Achtung! Cthulhu, British based Modiphius have announced Mutant Chronicles: Dark Symmetry. This will be the 3rd edition, a complete re-write of the 2nd edition, that’ll use d20s with a new approach to the system. The first release, due in Autumn 2013, is Mutant Chronicles: Dark Symmetry […]
Wicked Fantasy to rewrite classic fantasy races
[Back this Campaign] John Wick’s Wicked Fantasy is a suppliment for the Pathfinder RPG that promises to revive the classic fantasy races. In the pitch video Wick explains they took each of the classic fantasy races, worked out what makes them special and then ramps that aspect up to 11. I’ve lots of sympathy for […]
