Ballad of the Pistolero
A friend of mine has, completely by chance, been working on a Wild West RPG called Ballad of the Pistolero. I say completely by…
✦ Category: Kickstarter
Kickstarter: RPG Smith
This is just a quick update to let you folks know that the Kickstarter campaign to fund the RPGSmith (check out my article about…
Kickstarter: Secretum Mundi – The book of the Secret World
As I’ve mentioned before, I love the stuff Greg Saunders creates. Last year, I helped fund Esoterica, his occult-themed roleplaying game using the OpenD6…
Is Kickstarter a double edge sword?
A couple of weeks ago, as a consequence of the g+ exodus, I got into a conversation with another indie game developer. The gist…
Remember that Wild West game?
Some of you will remember me playing around with the idea of a wild west game using playing cards in place of dice and…
First Impressions Against The Darkmaster
So I came across Against the Darkmaster this week and it peaked my interest. The game is, according to its website, vsdarkmaster.com a fan…
When Orcs Are Real
I have come up against an interesting challenge this week. As some of you will remember I am working on a Wild West game.…
Three Kickstarter Projects Worth Your Time and Money
Especially in a niche hobby like pen & paper roleplaying games raising money for a new product is not always easy. The various crowdfunding…
Kickstarter: Esoterica
It seems Greg Saunders is on a roll! He just started a Kickstarter for Esoterica, his newest Open D6-based roleplaying game. The other two,…
Kickstarter: Nothing Stays Forgotten
Recently Kendel Ventonda contacted me and let me know about the “Nothing Stays Forgotten” Kickstarter project. The roleplaying game has already been released in…
Kickstarter: Summerland
Greg Saunders is currently kickstarting the 2nd edition of his Summerland RPG. You might remember him from his SF roleplaying game Exilium which I…
Distress Call, a Starfinder adventure on Kickstarter, an interview with the author.
A couple of weeks ago I found about a new product in Kickstarter. With the success of Starfinder there are a slew of new…
Sunglar’s Year in Review!
Hello one and all, and welcome to my look back at 2017, and a look at what may be in store for 2018. I…
Good night to the Devil
This will be my last post on Devil’s Staircase for a while. It is not going away, quite the opposite, but I will tell…
Fria Ligan Interview with Tomas Härenstam
Fria Ligan (or Free League Publishing) has quickly become one of my favorite game publishers/design teams. But even though I totally love what they…
Kickstarter: Forbidden Lands
I am taking a short break from my vacation to talk about something I am very excited about. Fria Ligan, creators of games like…
#RPGaDay2017 Day 29: Let’s kick(starter) things off!
Day 29 of #RPGaDay2017. T-Minus 3 days until another one of these is over… Despite it being a hectic month workwise, I’ve managed to…
#RPGaDay2017 Day 19: Writers, write. Gamers, game.
Well hello there! Thanks for coming back for the third Saturday installment of #RPGaDay2017. This seems to be D&D week for me. Now we’re…
Crowdfunding
Since their launch, platforms like Kickstarter and IndieGoGo helped to fund projects which would never have seen the light of day otherwise. Especially in…
#RPGaDay2017 Day 3: Inquiring minds want to know
Thank you for coming back dear reader. I hope you are all having fun with #RPGaDay207. If you missed yesterday’s post you can find…