Interviews, reviews, and all-new goodies for your Open Gaming enjoyment!
Wait… Klickstarter?… What’s a KLICKstarter with an “L”? Well, it’s a promotional campaign for a Starfinder product that Owen KC Stephens, Starfinder Design Lead at Paizo Inc., has developed and released …
Read More...
I hope the holidays have been, and continue to be, good to you! This week is a quick review of two year-end/year-begins projects, one through Indiegogo, the other through Humble …
Read More...
At their core, roleplaying games should inspire you to think of great adventures for your characters. Horror should conjure dread. Low fantasy should lead to a gritty game night. The right …
Read More...
With the new year, there are new projects going up on Kickstarter and Indiegogo. New 5e (and 1e) games. In this article, I look at some adventures, a book of …
Read More...
In the run up to Christmas, I look at two projects, one that’s an epic adventure matched with gonzo art while the other is talking about a tabletop RPG that …
Read More...
Everyone experiences setbacks and defeats. Gamer, writer, and publisher, Jeremy Tangman, is going through a difficult period due to “several major spinal issues”. Jeremy, co-writer and publisher of the steampunk …
Read More...
Thanksgiving and Black Friday are done in the United States for another year so it’s back to focusing on games, which means checking out RPG crowdfunding campaigns! This week, I …
Read More...
On Kickstarter and Indiegogo there are over 120 RPGs, related items, and RPG zines running at the moment. As well, Rogue Genius Games’ (Owen KC Stephens) Starfarer’s Codex: Horrifically Overpowered Feats Klickstarter (the not …
Read More...
There are three RPGs on Kickstarter featuring legends, video games, or pulp characters coming to your tabletop. It’s an interesting time to game as more and more properties are moving into …
Read More...
For this pre-Halloween edition of “RPG Kickstarters You Should Back“, I’m reviewing options for Dungeon Crawl Classics, Dungeons & Dragons 5e, Pathfinder 1e, and Sword & Wizardry with great entry-level deals ranging from $2 …
Read More...
This week’s “RPG Kickstarters You Should Back,” sponsored by the Open Gaming Store, looks at three of the best OGL RPG crowdfunding campaigns running on Kickstarter. Two of these games exist …
Read More...
Looking for an immersive 5e or Pathfinder adventure appropriate to the Halloween season? Want to check out the newest edition of Savage Worlds? Need additional D&D 5e rules? On Kickstarter, there …
Read More...
A serpent empire for 5e? An alternate look at World War One? A band of dog and cat miniatures for 5e? On the Open Gaming Network, thanks to the Open Gaming …
Read More...
Welcome to “RPG Kickstarters You Should Back” at its new home on the Open Gaming Network (sponsored by the Open Gaming Store)! For returning readers, thank you for following this …
Read More...
The Open Gaming License allows professionals, as well as fans of the Dungeons & Dragons system, to expand on Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson’s designs. For the Thanksgiving holiday week, I look …
Read More...
This week I look at more zines than “standard” RPGs. Why cover zines at all? Beyond my interest in them, there have been 101 launched in February during Kickstarters Zine …
Read More...
This week I’m looking at RPG Kickstarters that build on existing systems but also build on their own legacies. While their engines use Pathfinder, Savage Worlds, Powered by the Apocalypse, …
Read More...
The number of RPG crowdfunding campaigns is still down from its pre-holiday season height, but as Kickstarter bulks back up with a variety of new games, I’ve sifted through the …
Read More...
Since the Open Gaming Store and the Open Gaming Network added the Black Hack SRD to the list of games they provide System Reference Documents for (you can find the Black Hack’s SRD here), it …
Read More...
Currently, the volume of active RPG projects on Kickstarter is staggering. As of this writing, it’s orbiting around 100. There are so many worthy projects from that horde, but I’ve narrowed this …
Read More...
Because there are so many deserving RPG projects on Kickstarter, I’m experimenting with the format on this article, mixing the quotes and reviews a bit more and covering some additional …
Read More...
For those that celebrate it, tomorrow is Christmas (and for everyone else, it’s Tuesday). For many, there’s a lot going on, and for those that are looking for a break …
Read More...
Emberwind: The Skies of Axia Nomnivore Games Guest review by Andrew Peregrine One of my favourite things about conventions is finding something you’ve never seen or even heard of before. …
Read More...
Love’s Labour’s Liberated introduces the theme of February, love, into your 5e campaign. Part of Kickstarter’s RPG Zine Quest, this publication focuses on a romanticized view of Cavaliers, Enchanters, Magic Items, and more for the world’s …
Read More...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE UPDATE YOUR FAVORITE SRDs FOR FUN & PROFIT! Transcribe OGL Content for the Open Gaming Network Interested in being paid to add Open Game License (OGL) content …
Read More...
“Olivia is a Super Smart Princess who Experiments With Science. Rowan is a Cool Robot who Loves Ooey-Gooey Things. They just found out that their friend Wiffle has been captured …
Read More...
Every week, 5e projects kickoff crowdfunding campaigns and, in this column, I’m talking to creators about what makes their projects unique. For the first article, Scott Fitzgerald Gray discusses “The …
Read More...
Johnn Four of Roleplaying Tips is running a Kickstarter for The Demonplague – A 5E Campaign With Sandbox & Hexcrawl. His project offers more than just adventures, it also has the …
Read More...
The Kickstarter for The Cruellest Mistress of All. An adventure for d20 rpg’s introduced me to John R Davis and his Viking-esque RPG ideas. Through a vanity press reward for …
Read More...
A few months ago, Jonathan M. Thompson of Battlefield Press reached out to me to share his excitement about his Kickstarter for Stewart Cowley’s Spacecraft 2000 to 2100 AD. I was …
Read More...
How do you know a Kickstarter is worth checking out? When a friend messages you to point it out. In the case of Rampage Dungeon, that someone was my editor …
Read More...
Jon Neddo of Dragon-Knight Publishing is kickstarting the second part of his Starfall 5e adventure module trilogy. Jon took some time to talk about the first module, Whispers of Starfall and the campaign …
Read More...
I “met” Brian Colin (creative lead writer for Atmar’s Cardography) at Origins Game Fair 2018. As we talked, he asked if I was from Georgia and, after some questions, it …
Read More...
On my personal site I’ve done three interviews with Ed Jowett of Shades of Vengeance and one Era: The Consortium gameplay review because I’m a fan of Ed and his system, Era …
Read More...
On my site, I cover RPG Kickstarters and, in November of 2017, Dark Naga Adventures’ Confronting Hastur for 5th Edition, the fourth part of the Haunting of Hastur series, caught …
Read More...
I first read about Domina Magica through ConTessa when DM’s (ha!) creator, Emily Reinhart, did some public playtesting of the system through them at Gen Con. The game’s anime-Magical-Girl-brought-to-tabletop put a smile on my face. …
Read More...
Jimmy Sanders of Mythica Gaming sat down to talk about his RPG card game, Fates of Madness, how he partnered with Legendary Games to make this happen, and more. Because the concept of a …
Read More...
Grimtooth, the troll, of Trapsylvania is one of the premier figures of the RPG industry. The first humans heard of him was 1981, but his legacy pre-dates that in his own …
Read More...
In this column, I’m looking at RPG-related Kickstarters and interviewing the creators to find out what makes their project standout from the rest. This week, I’m talking with Alyssa Raabe, …
Read More...
Dragonlance: The Legend of Huma. Kaz the Minotaur. Dragonrealm: Firedrake. Ice Dragon. Starting in the late 1980s and running through today, Richard A. Knaak, has written for a variety of …
Read More...
As a child of the AD&D era of RPG, one of the key pieces of magic from that time was the artwork, and one of the most magical names from …
Read More...
[Disclosure: One of this project’s stretch goals is “$3,850 – Stretch Goal #2 – One Sheet Adventure by Egg Embry“.] I met Jonathan M. Thompson of Battlefield Press International at …
Read More...
Matthew A. Bogdan of Dark by Dezign is kickstarting both The Lost Tomes and The Book of Dark Secrets for 5e and Pathfinder in one crowdfunding campaign. Each book is …
Read More...
I first met Jaye Sonia of Storm Bunny Studios through Design Camp 2 – The Conversion! with Ben McFarland, Jason Sonia, and Brian Suskind. He was an exceedingly nice instructor and I …
Read More...