Today, Kickstarter named a launch date for the UK and this can only be great news for gamers. This Geek Native blogger is aware of a handful of British based gaming companies that had been waiting for the crowdfunding power-house to hop over the pond before launching projects. Chris Tregenza of 6d6 Fireball said; “This […]
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Looking back to 3rd October 2012, Andrew Girdwood filed a report detailed as "[Back this project]. The second World of Darkness game, Werewolf: the Apocalypse, is due it's 20th anniversary. Designers Bill Bridges,...". It also was tagged with Mark Rein-Hagen.
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Robin D. Law’s Hillfolk and the DramaSystem
Robin D. Law’s is a well known games designer who brought us the GUMSHOE investigative roleplaying system. He tends to work closely with Pelgrane Press, who have a number of GUMSHOE products, and is actually the Creative Director at Stone Skin Press which is Pelgrane’s fiction imprint. His latest project, foreshadowed by his book Hamlet’s […]
Original developers attempt Deluxe Werewolf: the Apocalypse 20th Anniversary Edition
[Back this project]. The second World of Darkness game, Werewolf: the Apocalypse, is due it’s 20th anniversary. Designers Bill Bridges, who worked on the first supplement, and Ethan Skemp have turned to Kickstarter to try and rise $85,000 to publish a deluxe edition to mark the date. This will happen. At the time of posting […]
A look inside the stonepunk RPG: Cavemaster
Cavemaster was a successful Kickstarter project from Jeff Dee. The game positioned itself as a “stonepunk” RPG – playing on the steampunk evolution from cyberpunk. Players could take on the roles of hunters, gathers, warriors, shaman and other stone age classes, the game would feature historitically accurate creatures alongside magic and other fantasy rules. The […]
If this funding project fails – we’ll keep your money
I’m most familiar with Kickstarter even though it’s yet to launch in the UK (the autumn, I’m told – seems like they’re running tight on time) but the premise is very clear; if the project fails then supporters don’t spend their money. Isn’t IndieGoGo the same? No? Step forward the controversial James Desborough and the […]
Damon______ comic
Damon______ (and the underscores are, apparently, part of the title) is a new comic that the creators say will appeal to fans of Person of Interest and Doctor Who. Okay; I’ll give it some time. The comic is written by Quinton Miles and the art is by Miguel Mendonça. It follows the adventures of an […]
Anime Con Otakon creates cosplayer battle game
This is a new direction for a geeky convention. In this case the anime con, Otakon, is creating a computer game in order to promote the gathering. How can they afford to do this? Kickstarter! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2080650728/the-official-otakon-super-beat-em-up-video-game/ [Support this campaign] The multi-player game, is a side-scrolling, beat’em up. I thought it slightly odd that the game […]
Did Kickstarter cut roleplayers out of their gamer thank you?
It’s good of Kickstarter to recognise the roll of gaming in that too. Here’s how important gaming is to them; these stats come from Kickstarter, noting how games leap from 8th to 1st. 1. Games — $50 million 2. Film — $42 million 3. Design — $40 million 4. Music — $25 million 5. Technology […]
Mongoose Publishing crowdfund Judge Dredd: Block War
Mongoose Publishing have the license to the Judge Dredd RPG and the Judge Dredd Miniatures Game. The Judge Dredd Miniatures Game as been taking off, with a community buillding around it and additional model sets being produced. Today, Matthew Sprange, the owner of Mongoose, turned to Kickstarter to attempt to crowdfund the Block War supplement […]
Lovecraft horror RPG tremulus slaughters goals
[Pledge here] Tremulus (actually, I think the branding demands lower case t – tremulus) has a storytelling RPG Kickstarter project. We’ve seen some large projects in recent days but tremulus is at the other end of the evolutionary scale – asking for only $5,000. The result? At the time of posting, tremulus has slaughtered its […]
