https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1780208966/freeport-the-city-of-adventure-for-the-pathfinder/ [Support this Project] Freeport is part of Green Ronin’s history. I remember when the first books started to appear back during the dizzy days of the d20 bubble. In this video Chris Pramas admits Freeport has been off the boil, in fact the series has been slumbing like a Great Old One. Given the […]
The game designer challenge with Stan! Cyberpunk in Japan
Stan! is a name that many gamers are familiar with. Along with Hyrum Savage, Stan! is a co-founder at Super Genius Games where he is both a Senior Producer and Designer. In the run up to Christmas he managed a successful Kickstarter for the Littlest Shoggoth, a Cthulhu for kids book, which is now at […]
Roleplayers chuck money at Busty Barbarian Bimbos
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/burrowowl/busty-barbarian-bimbos/ [Back this Campaign] Busty Barbarian Bimbos is a funded but still live Kickstarter (at the time of posting). It’s a project from Burrowing Owl and John Fitzgerald. At this point in time I’ve not reached out to John to ask what it’s all about – and the game appears to be walking a careful […]
Should gamers pay extra for professional cartography?
Charles White is the co-founder and director of marketing at Fabled Environments. Fabled Environments is an Ennie Award nominated cartography studio with a speciality in modern floor plans and diagrams for RPGs. As we find in this interview with Charles, cyberpunk is about as far into the future as Fabled Environments will go. That’s an […]
Rick Priestley: Beyond the Gates of Antares delayed, not dead
The surprise news last night was Beyond the Gates of Antares pulling the plug on their Kickstarter campaign. This wasn’t a campaign to get a second edition for the wargame out or a quest to fund some sourcebooks; this was a Kickstarter to launch the game in the first place. So where does that leave […]
Why is cyberpunk so popular? Let’s ask a Line Developer!
David Viars is the Line Developer for the cyberpunk RPG Interface Zero. As this post goes live Interface Zero 2.0 is rocking it on Kickstarter and the game is expanding before our eyes. Geek Native grabbed time from David for a catch up and questions. We talk about cyberpunk, Savage Worlds, the balance between systems […]
Hopeful Warhammer 40K alternative Beyond the Gates of Antares scraps launch plans
Beyond the Gates of Antares had raised more than £100,000 on Kickstarter but today the news come the project has been cancelled. The war game was the work of Warlord Studios and Rick Priestley’s Dark Space Corp. Priestley is the co-author of Warhammer 40K, Warhammer Ancient Battles and Warhammer Fantasy Battle. You can never count […]
Modiphius takes the Kickstarter gamble for Achtung! Cthulhu
There’s no doubt that Modiphius was making an impact with Achtung! Cthulhu. The blend of World War II and the Cthulhu mythos was so horrible that it was right. The multi-system approach was modern and widened the appeal of the game. Geek Native intervied Chris Birch in July 2012 and dug a little deeper into […]
Gas Powered Games cancel million dollar Wildman RPG Kickstarter
At the start of the year Gas Powered Games wanted $1,100,000 to fund the Wildman RPG. It as going to be a mix of RTS with RPG. The update is brief and worrying; At this point, it makes sense for us to focus our attention on other ways to keep Gas Powered Games running. That’s […]
The Elite RPG: Elite Encounters
Elite: Dangerous was one of the biggest Kickstarters yet. It asked for the highest target cash total for its generation and was successful. It’s not surprising to see spin-off projects. Step forward gamer Dave Hughes, of Daftworks, Derby, UK. Daftworks being the web company he works in. [Back this RPG] A number of things are […]
