Crowdfunding News – SLA Industries, PunkApocalyptic, Harper’s Tale, and more

From October 4th through the 10th, Kickstarter has at least 15 RPG and RPG-related projects ending and IndieGoGo has 2. These include some heavy hitters and fun projects worth checking out.

Historia: Dark Fantasy Renaissance Setting for 5e by Mana Project Studio

• END DATE: Fri, October 4 2019 11:30 AM EDT.
• SYSTEM(S): Dungeons & Dragons 5e
• PROJECT TYPE: Sourcebook
• MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: €42 plus S/H for the PDF and hardcover of the book plus other PDFs
• NOTE: Try out the quickstart here

“A merciless world populated by anthropomorphic animal races, new classes & game options, equipment, kinds of magic, and much more! Historia is a Dark Fantasy Renaissance setting for the 5th Edition of the world's greatest roleplaying game that introduce the setting of Vesteria, a merciless land, full of intrigues and populated by anthropomorphic animals. The characters will find themselves against the hardships and dangers of a feral and precarious world. The heroes of Historia will explore unknown lands, unravel plots and intrigue and will be forged by the fires of adventure. Historia is born from the collaboration between Mirko Failoni (concept artist and illustrator for Vampire The Masquerade, Age of Sigmar, The One Ring, Pathfinder, Wraith The Oblivion, Lost Citadel and many others), Michele Paroli (author of Journey To Ragnarok, founder and lead designer of Mana Project Studio) and Matteo Pedroni (part of the game design team of Journey To Ragnarok and upcoming CMON Zombicide RPG). Our goal is to produce a hardcover book of ~250 pages packed with full-color illustrations and maps, including (depending on the stretch goals reached, they may increase) 15 new playable races, called Familiae, divided into Species that will allow you to play ~50 different anthropomorphic animals, 9 new classes designed to fit a Renaissance setting, each with different archetypes, new powerful kinds of magic, and firearms rules and historically accurate equipment.”

Harper's Tale: An Adventure Path for DnD 5e by Saturday Morning Scenarios

• END DATE: Sat, October 5 2019
• SYSTEM(S): Dungeons & Dragons 5e
• PROJECT TYPE: Adventure module
• MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $21 for the PDF and POD of the book
• NOTE: This RPG and charity product are available via IndieGoGo. “All net proceeds from the crowdfunding campaign will be donated to benefit Friends of Kids with Cancer to help others like Harper [co-author of Harper’s Tale] who are battling cancer.”
• NOTE 2: On EN World, I interviewed Matt Corley of Saturday Morning Scenarios about his last crowdfunding project, Lamp's Light Sanitarium: A Horror Sourcebook for 5th Ed. (Read it here)

“Harper's Tale is a forest-based adventure path of 10 connected adventures culminating in the party, now 10th level, confronting the source of the plague within their homeland. The adventure is intended for players as young as 10, but I promise players of all ages will find plenty to keep them engaged with the story. The adventure path starts in the Village of Grove as the heroes come to a seemingly deserted village. Through exploration and investigation, they learn that a mysterious illness has taken over the town, leaving only two young women, Rose and Grace, to care for the populace.

The adventure is based on an outline my daughter, Harper, and I wrote after coming home from the hospital after her first round of chemotherapy treatment for leukemia. On February 2nd, 2019, my youngest daughter, Harper, was diagnosed with leukemia. The next few days were hard. Two days after diagnosis, while sitting in bed, Kelly from Child Services came in with a gift card from Friends of Kids with Cancer. Harper immediately perked up, and within 15 minutes she’d sent me out of the hospital to spend that money!! Friends of Kids with Cancer gave us our First Good Day. Harp is in remission and we want to give back some of what they’ve given us. Harper is a gamer; she’s in Tales of the Margreve (Kobold Press) with her sister, Ghoul Island (Petersen Games), and she plays D&D and loves to write stories. It only makes sense that we write a D&D adventure book together and to use it as a platform to raise funds Friends of Kids. This project began as a conversation in the hospital, turned into an outline after she was discharged, and is now an amazing book that we’re all so proud of. Joining Harper and I are an elite team of creators including Jeff Stevens, Ben McFarland, Brian Suskind, Hannah Rose, Ashley Warren, Kienna Shaw, Bill Barnett, MT Black, Donathin Frye, Anna Landin, Gwendy B, Anna Meyer, Dyson Logos, Jessica Ross, and others! Kobold Press and Petersen Games also pitched in to us bring this to life.”

Wave Man: Samurai RPG by Thunderegg Productions

• END DATE: Sun, October 6 2019 9:13 AM EDT.
• SYSTEM(S): “An expansion of Nate Treme's brilliant Tunnel Goons game”
• PROJECT TYPE: Core rulebook
• MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $25 for the PDF and POD of the book

“A tabletop RPG of ronin, ninja, martial arts and fantastic creatures. For group or solo play. The Japanese term ronin translates to "wave man". A ronin was a masterless samurai who had to travel from village to village looking for a patron. Starvation, bandits, and worse were regular hazards of life. Yet the most skilled of these warriors became legends. As a wave man, can you overcome the hand that destiny's dealt you? Learn the way of the Bushi. These warriors are samurai who use the katana and other weapons to deadly effect. Their class feature is swordsman schools, which enhance their combat ability when they fight using specific elemental stances. If you've ever read the works of Takashi Matsuoka or James Clavell, or are a fan of films such as The Last Samurai or those directed by Akira Kurosawa, then you're familiar with the inspirations for this game. This game is a simple 2d6 system that is an expansion of Nate Treme's brilliant Tunnel Goons game. All you need to play, besides the book, is a pencil, paper and a few six-sided dice. This makes it easier for you to pick up and play the game wherever you happen to be.”

Rod, Reel, & Fist by Richard Kelly

• END DATE: Mon, October 7 2019 11:45 AM EDT.
• SYSTEM(S): An original system
• PROJECT TYPE: Core rulebook
• MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $10 for the PDF

“Embark on an expedition to save your village in this tabletop fishing RPG. Rod, Reel, And Fist is a tabletop roleplaying game in which the players take on the roles of fishers attempting to save their village. To do so, they must navigate the obstacles of the Old Region, catching fish and defending themselves against hostile animals, until they finally come face to face with the Fish Of Legend.”

SLA Industries: 2nd Edition by Nightfall Games

• END DATE: Tue, October 8 2019 6:59 PM EDT.
• SYSTEM(S): SLA Industries
• PROJECT TYPE: Core rulebook
• MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: £50 plus S/H for the PDFs, hardcover, GM screen, and dice for this game
• NOTE: Try out the quickstart here

“The long awaited 2nd Edition for SLA Industries is here. Featuring a new rules system, new playable races and beautiful art. SLA Industries (pronounced "Slay Industries") is an award-winning pen-and-paper role-playing game that was first published in Scotland in 1993. The game is a horror noir science-fiction setting set in a dystopian reality in which the majority of the known universe is either owned or indirectly controlled by the eponymous corporation SLA Industries. The game incorporates themes from the cyberpunk, gothic horror and conspiracy genres, and has always been praised on the quality of writing and art. SLA Industries is considered one of the first and best examples of the Splatterpunk genre in RPGs. The World of Progress, the universe in which SLA Industries operates, is a science-fiction image of the 1980s, where the fax machine spews out information alongside green-screen computers and vat-grown biogenetic monsters, who compete with humans and exotic alien races for work in an overgrown city that plunges deep underground. We are very lucky to still have the original creative team at the core of this RPG. Dave Allsop and Jared Earle have been here from the beginning and have a clear vision for the future of SLA Industries. As with all of the SLA Industries publications, there will be high-quality art, brief stories, character quotes and other in-game content to bring The World of Progress to life. SLA Industries 2nd Edition will be crammed full of full-colour art, presenting one of the best visualised worlds in the RPG arena and the the most stunningly visual representation of The World of Progress to date.”

Low Fantasy Gaming – Companion by Pickpocket Press

• END DATE: Wed, October 9 2019 7:51 AM EDT.
• SYSTEM(S): OSR
• PROJECT TYPE: Sourcebook
• MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: AU$20 for the PDF and POD of this book

“Expanded Options for Low Fantasy Gaming RPG. Monsters. Magic Items. Downtime. Domain Management. More materials, tools, and optional rules for use with Low Fantasy Gaming RPG and similar systems. Behold! 100+ New Monsters to terrorize your adventurers. 50 Minor Charms (minor magical items that don't require attunement). 40+ Major Magical Items, individually illustrated, with concise histories set in the Midlands Low Magic Sandbox Setting (easily refluffed for other worlds). Perilous Magic Table; a less "dark" but no less dangerous variant of the LFG Dark & Dangerous Magic table, which might better suit some game worlds. XP System; an alternative experience point leveling system that rewards exploration, braving danger, looting, and social - customizable by the GM to emphasize themes of their choosing - with slower progression as PCs gain higher levels. 25+ Unique Features as further examples of PC customisation to inspire your players. Downtime Expansion; whether it's new things for PCs to spend their ill-gotten gains on, or GM tables to make Downtime more interesting, we've got you covered with Artificing, Alchemy, Attunement, Black Market Trade, Carousing, Contacts, Enemies & Rivals, Gambling, General Research, Healing, Herbalism, Languages, Local Events, Magical Research, Masterforged Items, Obligations, Pets, Pit Fighting, Potion Brewing, Professions, Profiteering (side businesses), Reputation, Rumours, Scroll Inscribing, Skills, Thievin' (criminal activity), Training, and Weapon & Armour Accessories. Domain Management; guidelines for the trials and tribulations of PC base builders, including Acquiring Land, Construction, Special Purpose Buildings, Garrisons, Servants & Specialists, Overseers, Domain Events, Law & Order, and Population Morale. Note this chapter is still being written and playtested, and will likely change based on feedback as we near completion.”

'Henshin! A Sentai RPG' Deluxe Book by Cave of Monsters Games

• END DATE: Wed, October 9 2019 12:03 PM EDT.
• SYSTEM(S): A unique system
• PROJECT TYPE: Core rulebook
• MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $35 for the PDF and POD of the book

“Help create a 120+ page deluxe print and ebook edition of Henshin! with new modules, resources, pre-made characters, and much more! Henshin! is a diceless, story-forward tabletop role-playing game that is our love letter to all things Super Sentai. Super Sentai is a series of TV shows in Japan that feature brightly colored teams of heroes that have also been adapted in America as shows such as Power Rangers. Henshin! has been available for two years as a digital PDF, alongside modules & additional playbooks consistently released since Dec 2017. Since then the game sold over 2,600 units across 30 countries. We’ve also engaged with the Super Sentai & Power Rangers communities and debuted an exclusive version of the game at Power Morphicon 2018. Henshin! is intended to be accessible to all types of game players. We've heard from players, that they enjoy that the game allows for diverse representation of heroes (heroes of color, LGBTQ+ heroes, disabled heroes) not always seen in the sentai genre, which we are immensely proud of. Our goal with this campaign is to collect all our published content, including new modules, to expand on resources fans have asked for, and to publish everything as a 120+ page paperback book and ebook available for order on demand through DriveThruRPG.”

PunkApocalyptic: The RPG by Schwalb Entertainment

• END DATE: Thu, October 10 2019 5:00 PM EDT.
• SYSTEM(S): Demon Lord Engine
• PROJECT TYPE: Core rulebook
• MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $60 plus S/H for the PDF and print versions of the book
• NOTE: Try out the quickstart here
• The Kickstarter page is NSFW

“A tabletop roleplaying game set in the PunkApocalyptic world! The world has gone to hell and nearly everyone who has lived through it has gone mad. In PunkApocalyptic: The Roleplaying Game, based on the wild and irreverent miniatures game of the same name by Bad Roll Games, you and your friends assume the roles of mercenaries who roam the Wasteland. In this bleak and radioactive land, you fight to survive, explore the ruins of what came before, and trade blood, sweat, and tears for the precious bullets that have become the land's currency. Explore the radioactive ruins, fight battle-crazed mutants, negotiate with bizarre cultists, bargain with junkers and scavengers, and unearth fantastic relics from the past. Brutal and filthy, PunkApocalyptic: The RPG offers thrilling adventures steeped in the carnage of a bleak and devastated future. PunkApocalyptic: The RPG uses a variant of the Demon Lord Engine, introduced first in the horror-fantasy roleplaying game, Shadow of the Demon Lord. Designed for a short-burst campaign of eleven adventures, with flexible character development, and no-nonsense, streamlined rules, you can bang out a character in no time and get down to the business of kicking ass.”

RPG QUICK HITS

The Last Will and Testament of Obediah Felkner (for DCC RPG) by Thick Skull Adventures

• END DATE: Mon, October 7 2019 11:39 AM EDT.
• “A 1st-level, horror-themed western adventure for Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG. (DCC RPG)”

Otherworlds RPG: Core Rulebook by Vindicated Entertainment

• END DATE: Thu, October 10 2019 10:00 AM EDT.
• “Future fantasy RPG with simple rules and deep customization.”

RPG ACCESSORIES

Rokucon by Trevor Cuba

• END DATE: Fri, October 4 2019 5:15 PM EDT.
• “An Unofficial Legend of the Five Rings and Gaming Convention.”

Dice Everywhere by Erikka Kroeger

• END DATE: Sat, October 5 2019
• NOTE: Available via IndieGoGo
• “The dice were a success! Now I need help to expand. Help me make ALL THE DICE!”

MOOD ALTERING DICE TRAY: Color Changing Lights! by RPFab LLC

• END DATE: Sun, October 6 2019 12:59 AM EDT.
• “Shift the mood from "Walk in the forest GREEN" to "Sudden attack RED". Change the color, change the atmosphere with many color options.”

Polyhedral Dice Advent-ure Calendar 1 by Black Oak Workshop

• END DATE: Sun, October 6 2019 8:00 PM EDT.
• “Do you love dice and the holiday season? If so, the Advent-ure Calendar is for you! There are 24 all new custom polyhedral dice inside!”

Handmade Zodiac Pure Gemstone Dice 3 by Diving Hippo Studio

• END DATE: Mon, October 7 2019 2:00 PM EDT.
• “Gemstone d6 dice with Planet and Zodiac engravings. For collections, dungeons and dragons, board games, tabletop games, and more!”

Spellbook Minis by Elderwood Academy

• END DATE: Mon, October 7 2019 11:59 PM EDT.
• “Pocket-sized gaming boxes for your Dungeons and Dragons miniatures and dice.”

Fantasy Soundscapes Vol 5 & 6 + FREE Cthulhu Vol by Oliver McNeil

• END DATE: Wed, October 9 2019 2:11 PM EDT.
• “50 Fantasy Soundscapes for D&D, AD&D, GURPS, Vampire, Pathfinder, Cthulhu and other roleplaying, board games & LARP.”

 

[Superchunk77]

Don't forget the Forbidden Lands expansion, the Bitter Reach!

7 days to go and it's nearing it's final stretch goal!

Forbidden Lands - The Bitter Reach Campaign and Reprint

Hunt for treasure in the icy vistas of The Bitter Reach - the first major expansion to the multiple award-winning Forbidden Lands RPG.

www.kickstarter.com

 

[doctheweasel]

Also take a look at the Root RPG from Magpie games.

Root: The Tabletop Roleplaying Game

A tabletop roleplaying game based on the award-winning Root: A Game of Woodland Might and Right board game.

www.kickstarter.com

 

[Michele Paroli]

Hello there,
I'm Mike, one of the authors of Historia and lead designer for Mana Project Studio.

Thank you very much for featuring our campaign!!!

 

[Morrus]

Don't forget the Forbidden Lands expansion, the Bitter Reach!

7 days to go and it's nearing it's final stretch goal!

Forbidden Lands - The Bitter Reach Campaign and Reprint

Hunt for treasure in the icy vistas of The Bitter Reach - the first major expansion to the multiple award-winning Forbidden Lands RPG.

www.kickstarter.com

He didn’t forget. You forget that he did that last week!

 

[Psikerlord#]

Thanks for the shout out Egg, appreciate it man!

 

[Robert Turk]

Backed a couple of these! (And a few from last week.)

Also, don't forget Scouts of the Wyrdwood Forest! It ends on Oct 10th.

Wyrdscouts: a storytelling adventure game

A tabletop RPG about magical scouts in an enchanted wood! Explore the Wyrdwood, earn your badges, and befriend the Fae!

www.kickstarter.com

 

[Egg Embry]

doctheweasel,

Root is on my radar. Thanks!

 

[Egg Embry]

Backed a couple of these! (And a few from last week.)

Also, don't forget Scouts of the Wyrdwood Forest! It ends on Oct 10th.

Wyrdscouts: a storytelling adventure game

A tabletop RPG about magical scouts in an enchanted wood! Explore the Wyrdwood, earn your badges, and befriend the Fae!

www.kickstarter.com

Robert,

I apologize, I missed Scouts of the Wyrdwood Forest. But, I'll cover it next week.

Wyrdscouts: a storytelling adventure game

A tabletop RPG about magical scouts in an enchanted wood! Explore the Wyrdwood, earn your badges, and befriend the Fae!

www.kickstarter.com

 

[Egg Embry]

On the 68th podcast for Morrus’ Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk, Morrus and Pete use this article to review some Kickstarters. Starting at 23:12 (really earlier with a discussion about the Root RPG), they look at:

• Wave Man Wave Man: Samurai RPG
• Rod, Reel, and Fist Rod, Reel, & Fist
• PunkApocalyptic PunkApocalyptic: The RPG
• Historia Historia: Dark Fantasy Renaissance Setting for 5e