This week, I have a look at RPG crowdfunding initiatives that finish between August 4th and nineteenth. Why such a decent timeframe? As a result of I’m headed to Gen Con and deadlines loom. It is a sampling of what’s accessible, however doesn’t delve into Kickstarters’s 2022 RPG Zine Quest occasion. Shifting from its February timeframe for one 12 months, this occasion goes head-to-head with Gen Con for protection, which limits a few of what I’ve room to share. Nonetheless, you will discover the campaigns within the hyperlink above or you’ll be able to take a look at this Zine Quest 4 Stats Google Sheet displaying all this 12 months’s initiatives.

Trinity Continuum: Aether Tabletop Roleplaying Sport from Onyx Path Publishing

• END DATE: Thu, August 18 2022 2:00 PM EDT.
• SYSTEM(S): Storypath system
• PROJECT TYPE: Sourcebook
• MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $55 + S/H for the PDF, POD, and hardcover variations of the guide
• WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? This guide expands Trinity Continuum into the aether with a Victorian period steampunk setting and thriller. Steampunk, Martians, and superpowers, 1895 represents a defining 12 months on this RPG as the key of aether and its customers involves the floor when the Martians invade. When you’re a fan of Trinity Continuum, this guide gives 250 to 300 pages of latest content material to allow you to discover their alternate historical past.

Blood Crimson Mars 5e from Why Not Video games

• END DATE: Wed, August 10 2022
• SYSTEM(S): Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Version
• PROJECT TYPE: Sourcebook
• MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $35 for the PDF and POD variations of the guide
• WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? The Crimson Planet meets the Rocket Age 5e RPG. When you love retro futurism like Flash Gordon, Buck Rogers, and John Carter mixed with 5e mechanics, then this venture might communicate to you. This sourcebook explores Mars, creating authentic cultures there, discussing the fauna and societies you’ll journey by. If rocketships and Martians with swords and rayguns appears like your jam, take a look at this venture on IndieGoGo.

BADLANDER: A Fury of Thorns — RPG Handbook from Lostlorn Video games

• END DATE: Fri, August 19 2022 11:00 PM EDT.
• SYSTEM(S): TaleSpinner
• PROJECT TYPE: Core rulebook
• MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $65 + S/H for the PDF and hardcover of the principle guide plus different PDFs and maps
• WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? Mark Rein-Hagen of Vampire: The Masquerade, Werewolf: The Apocalypse, Mage: The Ascension, and Ars Magica fame, amongst others, brings a brand new tackle fantasy utilizing an authentic d20 system. That includes birthrights as an alternative of ancestries and guilds as an alternative of courses, this RPG is a low magic, grimdark horror setting that brushes up in opposition to medieval and renaissance cultures. You might be exploring the methods between the urbanized lands of Lostlorn, risking your life for crown and glory to maintain the world related. That is an RPG of thriller, one that gives new depths to discover. When you want a contemporary fantasy utilizing a redefined d20 system from one of many legends of RPG, that is price studying over.

The Sport Grasp Display screen from Wyrmwood Gaming

• END DATE: Mon, August 15 2022 12:01 AM EDT.
• PROJECT TYPE: RPG accent
• MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $65 + S/H for the display screen
• WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? When you want a GM display screen that has its personal presence, that brings a way of sophistication to your position, then this display screen is price reviewing. A static picture doesn’t do that venture justice, it’s picket with attachable choices galore reminiscent of trays, towers, and magnetic pads. The Kickstarter web page has plenty of gifs and a video to offer you an thought of what they’re providing. If you need an inspiring display screen, this can be the one for you.

Into The Cess And Citadel from Moist Ink Video games

• END DATE: Saturday, August 13, 2022, 10:00:00 PM
• SYSTEM(S): System impartial
• PROJECT TYPE: Sourcebook
• MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $35 + S/H for the PDF and print variations of the guide
• CROWDFUNDING ON: GameFound
• WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? Want to show your fantasy metropolis into one thing new? Make it an city horror mega dungeon with metropolis parts. If the idea of 248 pages of GM steering, guidelines, and tables to raise your metropolis from hamlet to dangerous sounds interesting, this can be the appropriate match. It brings within the horrors of a supernatural dwelling and gives the gamers a lot to do whereas they’re in-town. Whereas this guide is system impartial, it incorporates naked bones d20 stats match for an OSR or a modified 5e. In case your marketing campaign wants some dungeon-towns, this guide might attraction.

Trapped Inside – a Mörk Borg zine from Philip Jensen

• END DATE: Mon, August 8 2022 4:00 PM EDT.
• SYSTEM(S): Mörk Borg
• PROJECT TYPE: RPG zine
• MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: DKK 180 + S/H for the PDF and print zine plus a restricted version map
• WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? 40 pages of Mörk Borg dungeon with a twist: this can be a jail and it holds the worst magics, these created by a king’s nightmares. Put together your characters for one thing that they can’t be ready for: Breaking out of a twenty-room jail stuffed with nightmare horrors, new creatures, and tainted NPCs armed on with the bounds of Mörk Borg guidelines. With random tables, artifacts, and extra, you’ll get the Mörk Borg vibe whereas making an attempt to outlive a dungeon. This one is for followers of Mörk Borg’s model of doom and gloom.

Tainted Gold for the Age of Ambition RPG from Tab Creations LLC

• END DATE: Tue, August 9 2022 8:00 PM EDT.
• SYSTEM(S): Age of Ambition RPG
• PROJECT TYPE: Journey module
• MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $5 for the PDF of the guide
• TRY BEFORE YOU BUY: Age of Ambition: Fast-Begin is free at DriveThruRPG
• WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? It is a 32-page journey supposed for 2 to 4 classes. You’ll heist a consignment of gold, discover an apocalypse wasteland, and take care of secret agendas. The Age of Ambition RPG cites such influences as Joe Abercrombie’s First Legislation collection, Terry Pratchett’s Discworld, Scott Lynch’s Gentleman Bastard collection, and Brian McClellan’s Powder Mage trilogies. If this sounds fascinating, take a look at the marketing campaign web page for a free quickstart to check the system out.

Castles & Crusades Character Supervisor from Troll Lord Video games

• END DATE: Fri, August 5 2022
• SYSTEM(S): Fort & Crusades
• PROJECT TYPE: App
• MOST POPULAR PLEDGE: $13 for the app
• WHY SPOTLIGHT THIS CAMPAIGN? Do you play Castles & Crusades? If that’s the case, this app from Troll Lord Video games means that you can create and retailer your characters in your pc or cellphone. You possibly can have a cell expertise, one the place you all the time have your character accessible, prepared for play. If you’re on the lookout for a enjoyable option to create C&C characters or retailer them, this app could also be best for you.

I’m headed to Gen Con 2022. When you see me there, don’t hesitate to speak RPGs with me. Be at liberty to ask me for a bodily copy of HUMAN… ALMOST. If I’ve any left, it’s yours (or seize the free PDF model at DriveThruRPG and Itch.io).

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