[Back this Campaign] Free RPG Day is a good idea. It’s goal is to get gamers to try something new. This supports the industry as a whole. Organised by Impressions the event makes use of local stores to offer quality free RPGs to gamers as a starting off point. This year Free RPG Day is […]
$50K Megadungeon ensnares backers and publisher in legal woes
The question “Is the $50K Dwimmermount RPG Megadungeon doomed? was asked about a month ago. It seemed the designer of the dungeon, the person who collected almost $50K worth of Kickstarter funds, had dropped off the grid. Kickstarter makes it clear that sometimes projects, even if backed, don’t happen. That’s the risk you take as […]
Exclusive insight into the cyberpunk RPG Interface Zero 2.0
In January Gun Metal Games launched a Kickstarter for Interface Zero. This is a full metal cyberpunk RPG. Geek Native was able to grab David Jarvis of Gun Metal Games, ask some questions about the project and secure some previews of the game’s fantastic art. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/821979583/interface-zero-20-full-metal-cyberpunk/ [Back this Game] There’s a lot of excitement around […]
An exclusive look inside A Gallery of Rogues
A Gallery of Rogues is a project from artist Eric Lofgren and the game designer Jim Pinto. Pinto created the World’s Largest Dungeon which sells on eBay for well over $100, King for a Day as well 7th Sea material and Legend of the Five Rings material. Logfren has worked for the lives of AEG, […]
Evil Hat announce Dresden Files Accelerated RPG
Evil Hat Productions have announced a new Dresden Files RPG. The new game is set to launch in 2014 and will be called Dresden Files Accelerated. They initial projection is for a 160 to 240 paged, 6″ x9″ full colour softcover. It’s going to be a slimmer form factor factor than the original Dresden Files. […]
Gas Powered Games ask a million for Wildman
The current record asking price for a successful Kickstarter is Elite: Dangerous. Frontier Developments asked for £1,250,000 to fund that computer game. That’s just shy of $2m US. Gas Powered Games are asking $1.1m US for the Wildman RPG. They describe Wildman RPG as an “action RPG”. That’s a term that’s become to be used […]
HabitRPG: A roleplaying game that improves your life
Habit RPG is a real, live and currently active game. It gamifies your life, rewarding you for to-do list success, healthy habits and slaps your hit points otherwise. HabitRPG’s been so successful that the server is stressing. Now there’s a Kickstarter to help fix that, similar to EN World, and to provide a mobile app. […]
Interface Zero 2.0: Full Metal Cyberpunk kickstarter
[Back this Campaign] Interface Zero 2.0 launched with lots of buzz. We’re a day or so into the Kickstarter campaign and the $10,000 goal has already been met. Gun Metal Games and David Jarvis have raised $16,200 with 240 backers and more than 40 days to go. They’ve two backers at the $350+ mark too. […]
Is the $50K Dwimmermount RPG Megadungeon doomed?
Kickstarter projects for RPGs and gamers are still going strong. They’re still a great way to bring products to the market and to fans that would have never been able to make it otherwise. However, as time ticks on we’re now looking for some of the older projects to start to deliver and it’s a […]
Rebuild EN World (Kickstarter makes an exception)
Popular gaming forum EN World has had a tough 2012. The site towers above many others in the RPG fan space and represents an aspirational success for Geek Native – but it was also an aspiration for hackers. In December last year the site was infected by malware. Kickstarter doesn’t deal with web build projects […]
