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Artwork for the RPG Penny Blood, which depicts its main characters
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Penny Blood Director Sues Dangen Entertainment Over Unpaid Funds

Penny Blood director and Studio Wildrose CEO Matsuzo Machida has announced that he's filed a lawsuit against production company Dangen Entertainment and its former CEO Ben Judd over "unpaid…

November 25, 2024 | 09:05 EST

A promotional screenshot of the board game, Deep Regrets: An Unfortunate Fishing Game.
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Deep Regrets Developer Voices Potential Impact of Imposed US Trade Tariffs

The developer of Deep Regrets has voiced the financial risks of proposed US trade tariffs. The tabletop developer is the first to articulate this major commerce issue facing the entire board game…

November 8, 2024 | 04:26 EST

The cast of My Time at Evershine standing in a field
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My Time at Evershine Skipping Early Access as Kickstarter Funds Reach $2.5m

Pathea Games has announced that it's skipping an Early Access phase for My Time at Evershine and going straight to a full release thanks to the staggering sum of money the game has raised via…

October 23, 2024 | 10:58 EDT

Little guys in construction uniforms running on a conveyor belt in artwork for Escape Factory, a game from The Day Before developer Fntastic
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The Day Before Developer Fntastic Is Once Again Asking for Your Money

Fntastic, whose name you might remember from the disaster that was The Day Before, is once again asking for your money, this time in the form of a Kickstarter campaign to revive the studio and help…

September 27, 2024 | 08:43 EDT

A young blonde woman looking out of the window dreamily in My Time at Evershine
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My Time at Evershine Kickstarter Fully Funded in Under an Hour

Pathea Games has launched the Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for My Time at Evershine, the third major game in the My Time series, and the response has been pretty remarkable. The studio was…

September 24, 2024 | 10:21 EDT

A promo image of the Centipede Blast Card Game, showing a handful of cards on a yellow background.
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Atari Launches Kickstarter Campaign for the Centipede Blast Card Game

Atari has launched a new Kickstarter campaign today. It isn't a revival of an older console, but a a dip into tabletop gaming. Their first project is the Centipede Blast Card Game, an adaptation of a…

September 19, 2024 | 03:44 EDT

An island with a treasure chest and a sailing ship in key art for Sea of Legends, an open-world CRPG designed in part by Jordan Weisman
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BattleTech Creator Unveils New RPG Sea of Legends, Kickstarter Coming Soon

Shadowrun and BattleTech designer Jordan Weisman has announced Sea of Legends, a new open-world CRPG based on the tabletop game of the same name, and it's getting a Kickstarter campaign very soon.…

September 10, 2024 | 11:00 EDT

Several characters depicted in colorful concept art for the Pathea Games title My Time at Evershine
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My Time at Evershine Is the Third My Time Game, Kickstarter Coming Soon

My Time at Sandrock and My Time at Portia developer Pathea Games has revealed My Time at Evershine, the third game in the cozy series of life sims. Right now, we don't know a whole lot about My Time…

September 6, 2024 | 09:08 EDT

A promo image of the Neopets TTRPG, showing dice, maps, books, and branded dice bags.
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Neopets TTRPG Kickstarter Has Doubled Its Funding Goal

Back in May, Geekify announced a Neopets TTRPG Kickstarter. This is part of a franchise revival of the beloved virtual pet franchise by World of Neopia. The series still has dedicated fans since the…

July 16, 2024 | 04:47 EDT

A promotional banner image of the TTRPG Hunt(er/ed) in white letters on a black background.
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Hunt(er/ed), A Two-Player TTRPG About Monsters and Hunters, Fully Funded On Kickstarter In 3 Hours

A new indie TTRPG project has gone live on Kickstarter. It is called HUNT(er/ed), a TTRPG about monsters and those that hunt them. It has several prolific indie designers attached, and it was fully…

July 15, 2024 | 04:24 EDT

A screenshot of promotional art showing the box art of the Unstoppable board game on a black background.
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Unstoppable Board Game, A Roguelike Deck-Builder, Is Fully Funded on Kickstarter

Renegade Game Studios has launched a new board game Kickstarter. The campaign is for the Unstoppable board game, a co-op roguelike momentum deck-builder by the creator of Mystic Vale. Within the…

June 18, 2024 | 04:40 EDT

Promotional image of the TTRPG Branch Riders, featuring artwork of eight different worlds separated by white stylized tree branches.
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Branch Riders, a TTRPG Designed For Theraputic And Educational Use Has Reached 150% Funding

Yesterday, the Branch Riders Kickstarter campaign went live. It is the first major original TTRPG project by The Bodhana Group, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the therapeutic application of…

June 12, 2024 | 04:31 EDT

A warrior fighting a tentacled monster in artwork for the Daggerfall spiritual successor The Wayward Realms
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Daggerfall Spiritual Successor The Wayward Realms Heads to Kickstarter Next Month

OnceLost Games has announced that The Wayward Realms, a spiritual successor to The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall created by former Elder Scrolls staffers, is heading to Kickstarter next month. In a…

April 23, 2024 | 12:00 EDT

A promotional image of Horror On The Orient Express: The Board Game, showing the board game on a dark red velvet cover.
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Horror On The Orient Express: The Board Game Kickstarter Fully Funded in 10 Minutes

Today the Kickstarter campaign for Chaosium's latest project, Horror on the Orient Express: The Board Game went live. The crowdfunding campaign for this board game adaptation of the Call of Cthulhu…

April 2, 2024 | 02:52 EDT

A display of Bugxnax: The Card Game, showing the box, cards, and a Bunger plush.
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Bugsnax: The Card Game Brings Snacky Goodness To The Table

This April Fools' Day, indie developer Young Horses made an interesting announcement. A Kickstarter campaign for Bugsnax: The Card Game, a lightly strategic competitive card game based on their…

April 1, 2024 | 02:48 EDT

Promotional artwork of Coriolis: The Great Dark, showing a thin, pale figure in dark dress, silhouetted by the fiery image of a bird in the background.
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Coriolis: The Great Dark Fully Funded in 7 Minutes On Kickstarter

Today, Free League Publishing launched its Kickstarter campaign for Coriolis: The Great Dark. This TTRPG would be the latest edition of their spacefaring sci-fi TTRPG, one that would progress the…

March 19, 2024 | 04:07 EDT

A promo image of the Altered TCG Kickstarter, celebrating the campaign as the most funded TCG ever.
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Altered TCG Ends Kickstarter as Most Funded TCG Ever

Near the end of last January, the Kickstarter campaign for the Altered TCG went live. It promoted a novel take on TCG design and raised more than $1 million within its first day. That campaign has…

March 1, 2024 | 12:28 EST

The logo for Our Brilliant Ruin surrounded by people in formal attire.
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Our Brilliant Ruin Kickstarter Remains Cultured During The End

A new TTRPG Kickstarter has gone live. One that appears to be part of a growing trend of combining genre elements with the posh formal trappings of class-based society. This new project, Our…

February 27, 2024 | 04:06 EST

Promotional screenshot of EVE: War For New Eden, featuring the box art, ship miniatures, and several officers in the background.
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EVE: War For New Eden Kickstarter Ends With Over 12 Times Its Funding Goal

Recently, a tabletop game Kickstarter concluded. The project was EVE: War For New Eden, a board game set in the world of EVE Online developed by Titanforge Games. The campaign wasn't just a success,…

February 21, 2024 | 05:33 EST

Characters gathered around a table in a pub in the RPG Little Devil Inside
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Little Devil Inside Devs Break Over Two Years of Silence With New Kickstarter Update and Trailer

Ambitious-looking Kickstarted RPG Little Devil Inside has re-emerged after over two years of radio silence (and almost four years since the last Kickstarter update). The last we heard from the game…

February 21, 2024 | 08:08 EST

Promotional Artwork for Street Masters: Champion Edition, featuring several characters in martial arts poses.
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Street Masters: Champion Edition Announced by Steamforged Games

Back in November, Steamforged Games acquired the rights to the retro brawler-inspired board game Street Masters. Now, the tabletop developer has announced a Kickstarter campaign for Street Masters:…

February 1, 2024 | 05:57 EST

Kickstarter Stormgate
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Starcraft Spiritual Successor Stormgate Wins Almost $2.4 Million with Successful Kickstarter

The Kickstarter campaign for Stormgate, a spiritual successor of Starcraft by Frost Giant Studios, has just concluded successfully.  28,143 backers pledged $2,380,701 for the game on Kickstarter,…

February 1, 2024 | 02:14 EST

Official promotional artwork for the Altered TCG.
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Altered TCG Kickstarter Raises Over $1 Million In A Day

The world of tabletop Kickstarter campaigns has seen a new massive success. This campaign isn't for a D&D 5e supplement like Crooked Moon but a new card game. The Altered TCG campaign went live…

January 31, 2024 | 06:40 EST

A collection of Valheim merchandise, including to-scale weapons, plushies, and dice, courtesy of Heroic Replicas
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New Valheim Merch Kickstarter Campaign Includes a $1,300 Sword and Much More

Iron Gate and merch company Heroic Replicas have announced a Kickstarter campaign for a new set of Valheim merchandise, including a full-scale replica of the game's ethereal Mistwalker sword. The…

January 29, 2024 | 10:26 EST

The title for the game Eldritch Automata, a giant robot with a sword fighting a giant grotesque monster that appears to be made out of human limbs.
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Eldritch Automata Combines Mecha With Cosmic Horror

2024 is here, and with it come new tabletop ideas. Recently, Gehenna Games launched its very first TTRPG Kickstarter for Eldritch Automata. It is a game that combines the mech pilot action of Pacific…

January 2, 2024 | 06:09 EST

A character on a computer screen saying "they're coming for ya!" in the homebrew NES cyberpunk adventure Courier
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Actual NES Cyberpunk Adventure Game Courier Crowdfunded in Under Three Hours

Homebrew NES adventure game Courier has been fully funded on Kickstarter in less than three hours. The game, which will be fully playable on actual NES machines, had a relatively modest funding goal…

January 2, 2024 | 11:52 EST

A featured screenshot of the box and cards for the tactical card game Gudnak.
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Gudnak Kickstarter Concludes With Over 10 Times Its Funding Goal

With 2023 coming to a close, various crowdfunding projects are wrapping up as well. One of these campaigns is for the tactical expandable card game Gudnak, the debut project by developer Chaotic…

December 29, 2023 | 05:52 EST

The new cover art for Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien
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Crowdfunding for Beloved Visual Novel Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien Ends Successfully at Almost 58 Million Yen

The crowdfunding campaign to port an all-ages version of the beloved visual novel Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien (also known as Rumbling Hearts) to Steam has just concluded successfully. The campaign on the…

December 29, 2023 | 10:03 EST

A promotional image of a physical compass from the Pathfinder Wayfinder Compass Kickstarter
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Own a Piece of Golarion With The Pathfinder Wayfinder Compass Kickstarter

A new crowdfunding campaign has gone live. Type 40, an Australian company known for making leather journals and props for Call of Cthulhu, has launched their Pathfinder Wayfinder Compass Kickstarter…

December 28, 2023 | 03:18 EST

A promotional image for the Undergrove Kickstarter, showing the boardgame on an overgrown mushroom table.
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Undergrove Kickstarter Ends Campaign Over 6000% Funded

Back in November, Elizabeth Hargrave launched the Undergrove Kickstarter. The campaign's success would go on to fund the developer's next major board game after the massive success of the bird-…

December 8, 2023 | 08:31 EST

Stormgate art and Kickstarter logo
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Starcraft Spiritual Successor Stormgate Achieves Kickstarter Goal in 15 Minutes

Frost Giant Studios launched today a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for its upcoming RTS game Stormgate, and it reached its funding goal almost immediately. While the goal was a relatively modest…

December 5, 2023 | 04:31 EST

A promotional banner for Horizon Forbidden West: Seeds of Rebellion.
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Horizon Forbidden West: Seeds of Rebellion Board Game Is A Kickstarter Success

Back in September, Steamforged Games announced a Kickstarter campaign for a Horizon Forbidden West: Seeds of Rebellion board game. Now, that campaign for the canonical companion to Guerilla Games'…

November 21, 2023 | 07:21 EST

The banner for the Kickstarter project of the board game, Undergrove.
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Wingspan Creator's Next Game, Undergrove, Smashes Kickstarter Goals

Back in 2019, Elizabeth Hargrave released Wingspan. This board game about managing a bird reserve sold almost 750k copies in 2021. Hargrave's newest project, Undergrove, seems ready to repeat that…

November 8, 2023 | 06:32 EST

Promotional artwork for the Backwards RPG, featuring a malicious figure in silhouette with a top hat leaning against a tree.
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Backwards RPG Interview: Growing a Horror Series

The world of horror TTRPGs has been eating well recently. The Magnus Archives is getting a tabletop adaptation. The Crooked Moon is on its way to being one of the biggest tabletop successes on…

October 28, 2023 | 02:20 EDT

The title for The Crooked Moon, an ominous wooden effigy is being burned in the background.
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The Crooked Moon D&D Supplement Gets Over 10,000% Funded On Kickstarter

A new TTRPG crowdfunding campaign has seen historic success. The Kickstarter campaign for the D&D 5e folk horror supplement, The Crooked Moon, has currently funded more than $2 million, making it…

October 19, 2023 | 04:46 EDT

Cover art of the TMNT & Other Strangeness RPG, featuring Leonardo with his swords drawn in front of a sunset city.
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TMNT & Other Strangeness Tabletop RPG Comes Back To Print

A beloved licensed RPG is coming out of print. Palladium Books, in partnership with Paramount, will be bringing remastered versions of the TMNT & Other Strangeness TTRPG to new audiences. Better…

October 18, 2023 | 02:42 EDT

Official Kickstarter box art for Saw: The Jigsaw Trials. The box is on a dirty tile floor with puddles of bright red blood nearby.
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Saw: The Jigsaw Trials Brings Death Traps To Gaming Table

A major horror franchise is getting a board game adaptation. Specifically, Lionsgate and Twisted Pictures have announced the death trap tension of the Saw series will be coming to tables with Saw:…

October 4, 2023 | 03:45 EDT

A display box and machine miniature from the Horizon Forbidden West: Seeds of Rebellion board game.
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Horizon Forbidden West: Seeds of Rebellion Coming to Kickstarter

Steamforged Games announced a new board game Kickstarter. The tabletop studio is known for high-quality board games based on official licenses like Monster Hunter World and Devil May Cry 5. Now, they…

September 19, 2023 | 04:18 EDT

The box art for the Guilty Gear Strive Board Game, May is visible on the left side of the screen.
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Guilty Gear Strive Board Game Fully Funded on Kickstarter

A new tabletop fighting game adaptation has entered the arena. Level 99 Games' Kickstarter campaign for the Guilty Gear Strive board game, adapting Arc System Works' stylish anime action game.to…

September 13, 2023 | 04:17 EDT

Dark Auction: Hitler’s Estate Cropped Key Art showing the protagonist with Hitler himself in the background
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Dark Auction: Hitler’s Estate by Hotel Dusk Creator Fully Funded in a Day

Just yesterday, Izanagi Games launched a crowdfunding campaign for the upcoming mystery adventure game Dark Auction: Hitler’s Estate, and the goal has been already achieved.  While the goal on the…

September 2, 2023 | 11:30 EDT

Ratatan Celebratory Art showing the ratatan on an airship
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Patapon Spiritual Successor Ratatan Ends Successful Kickstarter Campaign at $1.5 Million

The Kickstarter campaign of the Patapon spiritual successor Ratatan just ended, and fans of the rhythm genre certainly came together to support the project.  The campaign earned 219,314,335 yen in…

September 1, 2023 | 12:18 EDT

Dark Auction: Hitler’s Estate Key Artwork Showing its characters
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Dark Auction: Hitler’s Estate by Hotel Dusk's Rika Suzuki Will Start Crowdfunding Tomorrow

Izanagi Games announced that it plans to publish the next game written by Rika Suzuki, Dark Auction: Hitler’s Estate. If you're unfamiliar with Rika Suzuki, she's the writer and designer behind…

September 1, 2023 | 11:55 EDT

The title for The One Ring Moria – Through The Doors of Durin expansion, the title in front of a a stone wall glowing with runes
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The One Ring Moria – Through The Doors of Durin Fully Funded In 4 Minutes

Recently, the Kickstarter for a brand new The One Ring expansion went live. Free League Publishing's latest tale for the Middle-earth TTRPG, Moria – Through The Doors of Durin, brings players to one…

August 30, 2023 | 02:48 EDT

Vulture: Unlimited Frontier
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Cool Mecha Game Vulture: Unlimited Frontier Fully Funded on Campfire With 2 Days to Go

Good news for fans of mecha games, as the super-cool indie title Vulture: Unlimited Frontier is now fully funded on the Japanese Kickstarter-like crowdfunding platform Campfire.  Earlier today, the…

August 18, 2023 | 09:41 EDT

The title of Shadow of the Weird Wizard in purple text, overlayed over a group of adventurers in a dungeon.
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Shadow of the Weird Wizard Kickstarter Funded In One Day

A new fantasy TTRPG Kickstarter campaign, Shadow of the Weird Wizard, went live today. It was designed to be an evolution of an earlier TTRPG, Shadow of the Demon Lord. That very campaign has not…

August 9, 2023 | 12:38 EDT

Ratatan
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Patapon Spiritual Successor Ratatan Coming to PS5, Switch, & Xbox as Kickstarter Passes $600,000

The Kickstarter campaign for the rhythm game Ratatan, spiritual successor to the popular Patapon series, has achieved some relevant stretch goals.  The Kickstarter campaign has now passed $600,000 (…

August 2, 2023 | 11:16 EDT

A group photo of several characters in an anime artstyle. The group includes a blonde man with a lute and sword, a brown-skinned wizard, a petite girl with long pink hair in a dress, a tall muscular female orc with a scar on her face, and an elf with red eyes.
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Cloudbreaker Alliance Kickstarter Project Now Live

A new TTRPG Kickstarter campaign has gone live. But this one isn't a D&D 5e supplement like Obojima, nor is it a new VTT platform like Alchemy RPG. It is a new indie project called Cloudbreaker…

August 1, 2023 | 03:46 EDT

Ratatan Key Art
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Patapon Spiritual Successor Ratatan Reveals Super-Catchy Music & Clears Multiplayer Stretch Goal

The spiritual successor of Patapon, titled Ratatan, is continuing its crowdfunding cavalcade, while new music has been released for fans to enjoy.   The game's Kickstarter campaign is now sitting at…

August 1, 2023 | 10:26 EDT