A few days ago Geek Native covered the Kickstarter project to produce carefully designed Settlers of Catan gaming boards. In that time the project has raised many more thousands of dollars and hundreds of backers. At the time of writing Bill and Nate’s project is worth more than $150,000. We’re very pleased to say that […]
Mutants & Masterminds Kickstarter for 10 Year Anniversary
[Back this Campaign] Anniversary editions are a developing sub-genre of RPG industry Kickstarter action. We have the 20th anniversary of Werewolf already and now the 10th anniversary of Mutants & Masterminds. Wow. Was it only ten years between Werewolf: The Apocalypse and Mutants & Masterminds? This is Green Ronin’s first ever Kickstarter but the stats […]
Official Settlers of Catan gameboard on Kickstarter
This is an official gameboard because it has the backing of Mayfair Games. The idea, design and work is being pushed by Bill Trammel, a fan with the skill sets to making the gaming board happen. This Kickstarter has made the mainstream headlines – I read about it first on TechCrunch. Needless to say; goals […]
The Kickstarter launch: UK publishers and authors respond
Kickstarter is the most widely recognised crowdfunding site in the world and, this week, it announced UK launch dates. Publishers can create projects already but cannot begin funding campaigns until Halloween. It’s worth, just briefly, considering why this is so important for gamers. Kickstarter makes possible roleplaying games, books and miniatures that would otherwise have […]
Kickstarter launches in the UK
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 […]
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 […]
