KickStarter Kickstarter Watch.

[Jaesun]

Music is very important and his work on Icewind Dale was fucking phenomenal, problem?

He is however NOT the single greatest game composer in history. That just made me vomit.

 

[Zed]

Consortium is an FPS set in space, with adventure and RPG-lite elements, and C&C. Got System Shock 2 and Deus Ex vibes from the video; it also has timed dialogue like TWD. Looks interesting.

looks pretty nice. surprised they haven't got more backers.

 

[LordDenton]

Consortium is an FPS set in space, with adventure and RPG-lite elements, and C&C. Got System Shock 2 and Deus Ex vibes from the video; it also has timed dialogue like TWD. Looks interesting.

PC exclusive + Science Fiction RPG + First Person + No DRM + Non-violence is encouraged. Fuck yeah I pledged.

 

[groke]

Jeremy Soule is the goddam John Williams of video games. Fuck that guy.

 

[Kz3r0]

UP FRONT, a game of small-unit combat in World War II, is an award-winning game recognized for its innovative, card-driven play.

Pledge $125 or more
197 backers
Sold out

M/SGT - You will receive the base game of Up Front (US vs. Germany) AND all 5 additional nationalities (Britain, France, Italy, Japan and Soviet Union) AND the UP FRONT cloth patch. This is over 1300 cards!

802
Backers
$118,393
pledged of $30,000 goal
29
days to go

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1325766284/up-front-the-card-game/?ref=kicktraq

 

[tuluse]

I'm fine with hyping up Jeremy Soule (honestly a great catch for an indie), I just want to see some kind of assurance the writing will be good.

 

[PosledniKovboj]

Guido finally gave it up

 

[skuphundaku]

Imminent Kickstarter campaign for Evil Hat's Fate Core ruleset (table top gaem). The Kickstarter will be launched next week, but you can see and comments about information, video and rewards. According to the creator, they deliberately chose a long campaign to tweak an improve the rules of the game with backers playtesting during the two month campaign duration.

You'll get instant access to the PDF with the rules the moment you pledge (so they say), even at the $1 level.

More information at Evil Hat's site :advertisingplant:

Fate Core just went live: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/evilhat/fate-core

 

[Kosmonaut]

Imminent Kickstarter campaign for Evil Hat's Fate Core ruleset (table top gaem). The Kickstarter will be launched next week, but you can see and comments about information, video and rewards. According to the creator, they deliberately chose a long campaign to tweak an improve the rules of the game with backers playtesting during the two month campaign duration.

You'll get instant access to the PDF with the rules the moment you pledge (so they say), even at the $1 level.

More information at Evil Hat's site :advertisingplant:

Fate Core just went live: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/evilhat/fate-core

Damn. Fred's Stash with Fudge-like dices is already sold out. Bummer. Pledging at the $30 level then.

 

[skuphundaku]

Damn. Fred's Stash with Fudge-like dices is already sold out. Bummer. Pledging at the $30 level then.

Yeah, I'm bummed out about that too.

 

[Kosmonaut]

OK. Pledged and downloaded the Fate Core pdf. Gonna read it later because I'm going to work.

 

[Kosmonaut]

Damn. Fred's Stash with Fudge-like dices is already sold out. Bummer. Pledging at the $30 level then.

Yeah, I'm bummed out about that too.

skuphundaku: They added 100 additional slots to this level. Hurry!

 

[skuphundaku]

Damn. Fred's Stash with Fudge-like dices is already sold out. Bummer. Pledging at the $30 level then.

Yeah, I'm bummed out about that too.

skuphundaku: They added 100 additional slots to this level. Hurry!

Got one! You're a true bro! Thank you!

Edit: At this rate, I think they'll all be gone in less than 15 minutes. It reminds me of this card deck KS ( http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/encarded/aurum-custom-playing-cards-from-encarded ) which was sold out in something like 4 hours since launch.

 

[Kosmonaut]

Yeah. There's still like 20 slots available, but they'll be gone today.

 

[Alex]

Here is a kickstarter for a huge atlas for the Glorantha game world. Glorantha is an old creation by Greg Stafford, the creator of a few famous games and RPGs. Among his credits is the awesome Pendragon game, considered by many the definitive Arthurian game, and Runequest, a realy old RPG that also shares this setting. However, it is not the only game to use it. You guys might have seen it in a few other games, like the Hero Quest RPG (not the board game), the White Bear and Red Moon wargame and the codex favorite, King of Dragon Pass.

Runequest is really an awesome game, with some of the best setting books for sandbox campaigns. Alas, I have never been able to play it much, but the books are full of good ideas and interesting situations and cultures. I think the Glorantha feel is somewhat akin to Morrowind's. At least in that there is a certain sense of realism here, of individual, small communities, sometimes near big cities and other features, each with their own cultures, expectations, needs and economies.

The book itself seems to be system free, simply describing the areas and what kind of things one could find in them. While I don't like this a whole lot, that is the way Glorantha books have been doing it for a while, and Runequest stats for stuff shouldn't be too hard to come up with.

 

[skuphundaku]

Yeah. There's still like 20 slots available, but they'll be gone today.

FATE Core is on a rampage: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/evilhat/fate-core/posts/362485

 

[Kz3r0]

If you want to be a millionaire make a board game:

Cooperative board game set in a nightmare-horror world. Fight for your life, scavenge, craft, and band together to survive.

2,180
Backers
$478,671
pledged of $35,000 goal
32
days to go

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/poots/kingdom-death-monster/?ref=kicktraq

 

[groke]

If you want to be a millionaire make a board game

They have spent a lot of time and money building a brand for themselves:

 

[Kosmonaut]

If you want to be a millionaire make a board game:

Cooperative board game set in a nightmare-horror world. Fight for your life, scavenge, craft, and band together to survive.

2,180
Backers
$478,671
pledged of $35,000 goal
32
days to go

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/poots/kingdom-death-monster/?ref=kicktraq

Well the presentation video and the design are pretty cool. It's a very flashy game. They have a lot of things o show (sculptures and art) so maybe that's why this project got a lot of pledges and money.

 

[Kz3r0]

Well the presentation video and the design are pretty cool. It's a very flashy game. They have a lot of things o show (sculptures and art) so maybe that's why this project got a lot of pledges and money.

Actually it seems that it's just a cardboard game thingie on Kickstarter, I am not even sure if one of this projects failed.


PS:

Freelance Henchman brofisted this.

 

[Kosmonaut]

That one goes directly to the tits or ass thread.

 

[skuphundaku]

FATE Core stretch goals and update about stretch goals: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/evilhat/fate-core/posts/363892

 

[Kosmonaut]

FATE Core stretch goals and update about stretch goals: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/evilhat/fate-core/posts/363892

Nice! Printed extras toolbox and expansion book.

 

[kaizoku]

these may interest the codex
(although I haven't really spent much time reading their pages)

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/richardorr/colonia?ref=category

Single-player space 4X / RTS hybrid strategy game focused on combat. Crush your enemies and expand your empire across the solar system.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/maksw/dominion-episode-1?ref=category

The first chapter in an ongoing sci-fi space-combat spectacular!

lots of ideas, very few substance




I'm starting to wonder that crowdsourcing is getting very crowed, with funds splitting across, and not enough to prevent starvation.

 

[Destroid]

Many of the games look pretty awful though. As long as pledgers are discerning it shouldn't be a problem.