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This week I share RPG crowdfunding projects that end between April 25th and May 11th. The first two million-dollar campaigns of April, an offer coming from the GameChangers website, a pair of The Fantasy Trip adventures, two books for MÖRK BORG, and an homage to the Super Mario Brothers, this sampling has a variety of options to share.
Dungeons & Dragons has plenty of support this week. Adventures, maps, and miniatures painted or primed including an ice troll and snow golems to celebrate snow in April in the USA. My current favorite RPG, The One Ring 2nd Edition, gets two types of dice (one for Gandalf and one for Sauron) with special symbols on some faces, a screen, and a magical elven city with new rule options. There are...
This week, I talk about a sampling of RPG crowdfunding projects ending between April 7th through the 24th. This is not an exhaustive list of the available RPG crowdfunding projects, but it gives an idea of what’s available. That said, I share four D&D 5e projects, one Mörk Borg book, a complete RPG for a dollar, and two projects that draw from the concepts of Jane Austen.
Dungeons & Dragons has gross miniatures (one of which is a zombie clot, yuck), DCC has a new cover and new patron support and a post-apocalyptic setting, and AD&D gets more support via a gaming magazine. Troika! gets its own version of Hogwarts and PCs will have backgrounds like daughter of mischief and vrilmonger. GMs get world building and campaign management support with trackers and...
High level adventures, metal inspiration coins, random encounters, and a GM screen with art of the outdoors on each side for D&D. The One Ring is back in an amazing new edition complete with character creation, monsters, magic items, and adventure and campaign creation. Dungeon Crawl Classics has a new adventure. There is a new anthropomorphic animal setting, a horror setting, support for...
The RPG crowdfunding campaigns I look at this week end between March 22nd and the 31st. Included in the article is a calendar based RPG, pirates, a grim dark offering, OSRs, a convention, and more. In addition, the highest funded Kickstarter to-date is Brandon Sanderson’s four mystery novels. I mention that to give a shout out to Brandon Sanderson’s RPG, Mistborn Adventure Game from Crafty...
Root is here so you too can play an animal Vagabond, deal with factions, and explore clearings. A new adventure for DCC for those in love or pining for love. Support for Delta Green, Power Rangers, and Blue Rose (which is quite the combination really). And new RPGs for cyberpunk, female barbarian fantasy, and anime superheroes with crystal hearts and shifting personalities.
This week’s column looks at projects that end between March 15th to 27th. There are some great projects out there including an option that helps with learning sign language, some OSR options, a new magazine, a gaming convention, and more.
This week’s collection for RPG crowdfunding projects end between February 28th through March 20th. This is a list of notable publishers getting their products out there including projects from Goodman Games, Pinnacle Entertainment, Green Ronin, Andrews McMeel Universal, 2CGaming, and more.
This week’s article includes reviews of some of the RPG crowdfunding projects ending between February 26th through March 18th. These campaigns offer 5e, OSR, Mothership, and system neutral books via Kickstarter and GameFound.
Internal self-consistency, creating stories that fit together and make sense, is critical if you want your players to be immersed in your game.
This week I look at RPG crowdfunding projects that end between February 15th and March 3rd. It’s February, and you know what that means? Zine Quest… er, ZIMO! It’s 28 days of RPG zines! As I’ve written recently, requests for promotional help have flooded my inbox. While it’s more than I can hope to cover, I try to include as many as I can. What follows is a mix of projects that excite me. This...
This week’s RPG crowdfunding projects end between February 8th and the 27th. Lots of good options for gaming tables including two 5e monster manual style books, some unique offerings, and the return of some fan favorite RPG engines. As always, this article is a sampling of what’s available via crowdfunding. During January, I received an unprecedented number of requests, much more than I can...
Dungeons & Dragons has a slip case with two reprinted books with alternate covers and a brand new book. Also for D&D are two collections of various adventures and new rules. Pathfinder 2E has new monsters, Dungeon Crawl Classics has two adventures, and there are insects for any system. Blue Rose gets a supplement, supers gets a dense new rulebook, and 18th century fairy tale RPGs with an easy...
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight gets pre-painted miniatures and Fateforge hits the ground running with a setting book, monsters, art, and pawns for Dungeons & Dragons. D&D also gets several decks of cards depicting magic items, spells, and monsters. Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG and Traveller get adventures and AD&D gets a magazine filled with interesting articles. Vampire the Masquerade gets a...
This week’s list of RPG crowdfunding projects and quickstarters end between January 28th and February 17th. Across Kickstarter as well as GameFound, there are a number of MÖRK BORG offerings, an OSR, lots of original systems, and one for Mage: The Ascension 20th Anniversary Edition.

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Reviews

A one-shot adventure which evokes the generational horror of Stephen King.
A beginner adventure written by comics writer Jim Zub.
An excellent introduction to the 40K universe.
Inject some grim OSR style wilderness mechanics into your favorite fantasy game.

Dungeons & Dragons

Passes the million dollar mark with just a day to go.
Book is near-final and includes psionic subclasses, and illustrations of named spell creators.
An innovative means for one of Allesund's wealthiest and most powerful families to inspire trust in their bank's customers might just be your big payday.
Cynidiceans, the werefoxes and polymars... oh my!
Monsters and NPCs from Eberron, Ravenloft, Dragonlance, and more!
Rise with me... for who can stop a god?

Industry News

Passes the million dollar mark with just a day to go.
After a disappointing 2023, latest earnings call from Hasbro shows tabletop games starting to recover.
Publisher of video games, Star Wars TTRPG, and owner of Middle Earth Enterprises restructures after turbulent year.
Twitter thinks there's a new WotC president who will give you a baby dragon.
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