Kickstarter
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‘Inis in space’ board game Galactic Renaissance mixes portals and politics
Influence one planet, outfluence another.
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King Kong and Pacific Rim coming next for D&D 5E compatible adventure project
Mechanics for mayhem with monkeys and mechs.
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West Kingdom board game maker mix-and-matches over 100 dice in Scholars of the South Tigris
Garphill Games' latest title is another marriage of theme and engine that doesn't skimp of colourblind accomodations.
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Tabletop accessories maker Wyrmwood responds to allegations of mishandled sexual assault claims
CEO Douglas Costello apologises for initial “tone deaf” video response.
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Morrowind-inspired Zine Month RPG Electrum Archive explores a desert city in newest edition
Sniffed any good ink lately?
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Warhammer RPG maker announces new D&D 5E compatible system alongside “tragic fantasy” setting
Broken Weave will crowdfund in February and offer first hints at Cubicle 7’s upcoming C7d20 system
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Mad King Ludwig board game sequel trades tiles for blueprint drafting paper
Trapdoors and geese-filled moats, by royal decree!
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BackerKit discusses challenging the 'big green K' as it moves from crowdfunding tool to competitor
From background support to leading player in crowdsourced financing.
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Hexcrawl-curious adventurers should check out this toolbox of tabletop RPG aides
Crawl through the hexes and burn through the witches.
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Kickstarter is releasing its first card game, and you can get it for free at PAX Unplugged
Ask weird questions in Blow My Mind, designed by TEAM3 studio.
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Science Fantasy RPG Troika’s new softback reprint is an excellent entry point for new players
This sourcebook is monochrome, but multi-use.
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Outcast Silver Raiders is a tabletop RPG from the Satanic Panic’s worst nightmares
The law of this land is "Do as thou wilt."
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Monty Python RPG nears $1m in crowdfunding for a decidedly silly take on tabletop gaming
Includes a 30-sided die, whether you like it or not.
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This procedurally generated dungeon crawler always ends in a total party kill
Delve well and leave a half-dissolved corpse.
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Kickstarter's new CEO talks future of tabletop crowdfunding, Gamefound rivalry and blockchain plans
"We have a lot to improve on that will keep our hands full."
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Kickstarter hires Everette Taylor as CEO amid growing competition and blockchain worries
33-year-old Taylor replaces Aziz Hasan after the latter stepped down in March 2022.
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Feature: How new tabletop RPG The Zone embraced, and then kicked, AI-generated art
Journeys of self-destruction.
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Black God’s Kiss adapts the work of sword & sorcery fiction pioneer for D&D 5E and OSE
The perilous RPG adventure republishes two of C. L. Moore’s works as short stories.
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Rune looks like the perfect solo TRPG for those of us who need more Elden Ring in our lives
Soulsborne fun for the maidenless and mateless.
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This D&D 5E campaign book from a team of Black creators sweeps an entire continent onto new maps
The Sundering says it focuses on inclusion at the table as much as adventure within its pages.
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Red Opera and Sirens RPG writer Rick Heinz discusses the tribulations of working at Apotheosis.
Heinz alleges shady contracts, long overdue payment and a work culture of distrust and ego-stroking.
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Kickstarter brings Zine Quest back to February for 2023’s fifth annual indie TRPG event
A representative says the creator-focused event will keep this schedule going forward.
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Backerkit launches its own crowdfunding platform with nearly 40 planned projects
The newest competitor in the crowdfunding scene will open more broadly in 2023 with a Gloomhaven exclusive.
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Munchkin publisher CEO among members of Kickstarter's community advisory council
Reining in the crowdfunding platform’s blockchain dreams will only be one of their expressed duties.
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Industrial Cyberpunk TRPG Gangs of Titan City is Peaky Blinders meets Spire and Blades in the Dark
Top of humanity’s trash heap.
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Root and Oath creator’s new board game, Arcs, splits its campaign mode into an expansion
Now crowdfunding on Kickstarter, Arcs will sell both pieces of the original design separately
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Acclaimed AD&D adventure Dark Tower gets a hefty and faithful three-volume reprinting
Players can delve through the classic crawl using either DCC or D&D 5E’s ruleset
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Children of Uma puts RPG players in the driver’s seat of the post-apocalypse
We’re not in Kansas any– what? We *are* in Kansas?
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DIE the RPG announces return to Kickstarter for comic’s tabletop adaptation
DIE-ing from anticipation.
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Passover RPG Ma Nishtana lets players tell a collaborative Exodus ritual
“This is a story for all of us: Jews, non-Jews, and the Jew-’ish’ alike.”
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Blades in the Dark publisher crowdfunds Improv for Gamers 2E on Gamefound
Learn to "yes, and" your dungeon delving.
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Grannies versus cosmic horror RPG Brindlewood Bay crowdfunds two physical books
Cthulhu fht–agh! My back!
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Cyanide & Happiness left Kickstarter for Gamefound, but don’t call it a breakup
"It's amazing competitors are finally emerging because Kickstarter is not perfect."
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Kickstarter CEO Aziz Hasan steps down after three years
Chief Operating Officer Sean Leow has been named interim CEO.
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Kickstarter opens applications for paid positions on a community advisory council
Members will help the crowdfunding company make decisions regarding blockchain tech, among other user-focused issues.
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Revenge TRPG The Slow Knife is Count of Monte Cristo with a red-string conspiracy board
Prepare those villainous monologues.
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Over 100 tabletop games made $500,000 on Kickstarter last year for the first time
Crowdfunding site hits another record figure, despite recent blockchain controversy.
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9 Zine Month RPGs that let you explore sunken submarines, wait for the train and be a hungry seagull
This second batch of RPG zines will send you to the furthest depths of the ocean or just into your backyard.
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The One Ring RPG announces a release date for anticipated second edition
Forget Isengard, they’re taking the Hobbits to retail.
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9 Zine Month RPGs you should check out (and where to crowdfund them)
Stapled and saddle-stitched gems.
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Legend Has It uses a deck of cards to transform a bookshelf into a myth-making engine
Rank and bibliophile.
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Thunder Road: Vendetta returns to Kickstarter with a full tank of crowdfunding gas
Putting the car in carnage.
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Hexcrawl across sand and sea with a pair of bookless RPG settings geared towards exploration
It’s in the bag, literally.
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Wanderhome studio’s next game dumps Kickstarter to crowdfund on Indiegogo
“We’re hoping to forge a new path forward for TTRPG creators so they aren’t depending on a union-busting anti-creator corporation.”
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Kickstarter moves annual ZineQuest initiative to August, but indie designers have different plans
ZineQuest is dead; long live ZineQuest.
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Gamefound jabs at Kickstarter in its own ‘vision of crowdfunding’s future’
Outlines incoming tax improvements, recent infrastructure changes and plan for 2022.
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Kickstarter is getting into crypto, plans blockchain move in 2022
The announcement has gone down about as well as you’d expect.
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Official Cowboy Bebop tabletop RPG drops out of hyperspace and onto Kickstarter in 2022
The adaptation of Watanabe’s popular anime comes by way of Don’t Panic Games and Mana Project Studio.
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Cybernoir RPG Ecopunk 2044 wants to inspire action through its stories of environmental resistance
The government-funded tabletop RPG imagines a world uncomfortably close to our own likely future.
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Gastronomic detective comic Chew plates up a Forged in the Dark-style RPG adaptation
Grab your dice and a fork.
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Brazilian TRPG designer calls attention to the relative invisibility of games from the Global South
“Here we are, writing games in a second language, swimming against the tide, in the hopes of reaching a larger audience and making ends meet.”
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Talent-studded D&D 5E setting Tanares earns over $1m in first day of crowdfunding
Publisher Dragori Games boasts Forgotten Realms, Skyrim and Scarred Lands designers on an unfortunately white team.
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28 tabletop games have made $1m on Kickstarter in 2021 so far
More tabletop RPGs reached impressive figure in first half of year than on crowdfunding site to date.
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A Blades in the Dark style heist RPG is coming from the co-designer of D&D 3E
We’re Stealing Stories for the Devil.
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CollegeHumor is releasing a party game based on its Um, Actually! YouTube series
Reply guys universally suck.
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Kickstarter’s Head of Community and The Perfect RPG campaign creator leaves company
The “mutual decision” follows Luke Crane’s public apology.
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Precious Little Animal's RPG critters help you foster mindfulness through once-a-day reflection
From Star Crossed creator.
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Hibernation Games bundle delivers five journalling RPGs to help weather the cold
Fun for all ice ages.
