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The logo for the game Exploding Kittens on a red background, a pair of kittens are in the background, holding grenades.
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New Kickstarter Head of Games Is Former Exploding Kittens Senior Sales Manager

A new Kickstarter head of games has been named. In an attempt to remain competitive with other crowdfunding platforms, Kickstarter's newest Head of Games is one with considerable experience in…

July 19, 2024 | 04:21 EDT

A promo image of the TTRPG Starscape, showing the core rulebook's cover in a dark blue background.
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Starscape, a Sci-Fi RPG About Found Family On A Spaceship, Was Fully Funded Day One On Kickstarter

Recently, Golden Lasso Games launched a Kickstarter campaign for their latest tabletop project. The project was Starscape, a sci-fi TTRPG heavily inspired by themes of found family. It was fully…

July 11, 2024 | 05:52 EDT

Promotional image for the backerkit campaign of Project Dastan, featuring a set of fantasy maps on an office desk.
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KP Upadhyayula Launches Project Dastan, An Indian-Focused Actual Play, on Backerkit

Today, performer and cultural consultant KP Upadhyayula launched a crowdfunding campaign for Project Dastan. It is an ambitious project designed to uplift diverse voices within nerd culture.…

July 9, 2024 | 04:05 EDT

A promotional image of the Eldritch Automata TTRPG, showing a giant robot stabbing a giant dragon monster. A banner is visible saying the project was funded in 36 minutes.
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Eldritch Automata, The Cosmic Horror Mecha TTRPG, Blows Up On Backerkit

Back in January, Gehenna Games launched a Kickstarter campaign for the cosmic horror mecha TTRPG Eldritch Automata. Ultimately, the campaign fell short of its funding goal. Now, the studio has…

June 26, 2024 | 03:12 EDT

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The Word 'Meeple' Is Being Trademarked in the US

The word meeple refers to a certain game piece in the tabletop community. A tiny, stylized, painted, wooden human-shaped figure. They can be used in worker placement games or even rolled in games…

June 14, 2024 | 03:52 EDT

Promotional artwork from A Song of Ice & Fire: Tactics, showing a giant dragon followed by a "Thank You" message.
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Game of Thrones Skirmish Tabletop Game Ends Kickstarter Campaign with Almost $2 Million

About two weeks ago, CMON's crowdfunding campaign for A Song of Ice & Fire: Tactics went live. This Game of Thrones skirmish tabletop game was fully funded seven hours after going live. Now that…

February 23, 2024 | 04:14 EST

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Gale Force Nine Announces Two-Year Partnership With Gamefound

A new tabletop developer has announced a partnership with Gamefound. Gale Force Nine, developer of several Pathfinder board games, has agreed to an official partnership with the crowdfunding platform…

February 20, 2024 | 11:05 EST

A promotional image for A Song of Ice & Fire: Tactics, showing a giganctic dragon miniature.
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A Song of Ice & Fire: Tactics Fully Funded In Under 7 Hours

Recently, CMON Interactive launched a crowdfunding campaign for A Song of Ice & Fire: Tactics, a game based on George R.R. Martin's fantasy series. Less than seven hours after it went live, the…

February 9, 2024 | 06:15 EST

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Here's the First Look at Symphony of the Serpent, New Adult Game by the Creator of Treasure of Nadia

Today popular adult games developer NLT Media released the first trailer of its next title, Symphony of the Serpent, which is currently in development.  The game will be released in early 2024, and…

February 4, 2024 | 03:17 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

Mark Hamill's character in Squadron 42 and Star Citizen Logo
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Star Citizen Just Achieved Its Biggest Crowdfunding Year Ever and 6 Years of Growth

Another year has passed for Star Citizen, and it's time to take a look at its crowdfunding tally to see how it has progressed in 2023.  Fans of the game have pledged just north of 117.5 million…

January 1, 2024 | 09:09 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

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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

The new cover art of Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien Featuring Mitsuki and Haruka
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Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien Interview - The Return of a Visual Novel Legend Via Steam

Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien is one of the most beloved visual novels released in the early 2000s, and now it's coming back on PC via Steam.  The game was was initially born as an eroge, and it was never…

November 29, 2023 | 09:00 EST

Star Citizen - RSI and Arrastra and Mark Hamill
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Star Citizen Just Had its Biggest Crowdfunding Day Ever With $3.5 Million in 24 Hours

The crowdfunding effort for the space simulator Star Citizen continues, and the game just enjoyed its biggest day of funding ever.  According to the handy Star Citizen Funding Dashboard by CCU Game…

November 27, 2023 | 08:25 EST

The new cover art for Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien Featuring Mitsuki and Haruka
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Beloved Visual Novel Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien Will Come to Steam as Crowdfunding Campaign Is Fully Funded

The crowdfunding campaign to bring to Steam an all-ages version of the beloved visual novel Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien (also known as "Rumbling Hearts") has reached its funding goal this morning. …

November 23, 2023 | 02:46 EST

Star Citizen Video - Garman Humble Sitting on a Cyclone Buggy
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Star Citizen Videos Featuring "Garman Humble" Leave the Community Confused and Amused

Today Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games released two funny narrative videos featuring "Garman Humble, Security Professional," leaving the community wondering.   The videos star a rough and…

November 18, 2023 | 10:25 EST

Dark Auction: Hitler’s Estate protagonist holding a hand out
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Dark Auction: Hitler’s Estate by Hotel Dusk Creator Ends Crowdfunding with 464% of Initial Goal

Today the crowdfunding campaign for the mystery adventure game Dark Auction: Hitler’s Estate has successfully concluded.  The campaign was hosted by publisher Izanagi Games on the Japanese…

October 31, 2023 | 10:15 EDT

A promotional image of Invisible Sun: Return of the Black Cube, featuring a black cube, a fur-covered monster, a man in a waistcoat wielding an ornate rifle, and a woman in a dress with flowers for a head.
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Invisible Sun: Return of the Black Cube's Crowdfunding Fully Funded in 2 hours

A modern urban fantasy TTRPG is getting reprinted. Monte Cook Games, the studio most well known for their Cypher system games and the Numenera series, is bringing back one of their most sought-after…

October 31, 2023 | 02:41 EDT

The new cover atrwork for Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien
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Crowdfunding to Bring Back Beloved Visual Novel Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien Available Now

Western visual novel fans have been asking for an English localization of the beloved game Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien for decades, and a clear path to that goal has opened today in the form of a…

October 27, 2023 | 10:11 EDT

Crusader A1 Spirit bombng the hell out of the enemy.
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Star Citizen Update Alpha 3.21 Released With New Ship, Missions, Tech and More

Today Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games released a new update to the game, numbered 3.21, titled "Mission Ready." The update, which is available to download right now, includes a few new…

October 19, 2023 | 11:37 EDT

Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien - Haruka & Mitsuki Sitting in Front of Hakuryou Tree
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Crowdfunding Campaign to Bring Back Beloved Visual Novel Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien Detailed

Few visual novels are as beloved among veteran Japanese fans as Âge's Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien, also known as Rumbling Hearts due to the English title of its dedicated anime series. Earlier this year,…

October 13, 2023 | 05:30 EDT

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Promising Mecha Game Vulture: Unlimited Frontier Gets Demo on Steam as Crowdfunding Passes 2 Million Yen

The developers of the upcoming mecha game Vulture: Unlimited Frontier have released a demo on Steam that can be downloaded right now. The demo can be found on the game's Steam page and provides a…

August 2, 2023 | 06:24 EDT

Milan Uprising atop a dark city line, with figures in silhouette on the rooftops.
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Vampire: The Masquerade - Milan Uprising Fully Funded in 1 Hour

Today, the Gamefound campaign for Vampire: The Masquerade - Milan Uprising went live. It is a coop board game only available for Xplored's Teburu system. It seems that World of Darkness fans have…

July 27, 2023 | 03:32 EDT

The player crouching in front of the Holy Grail (yes, really) and being prompted to pick it up in the Bible game Gate Zero
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Bible Exploration Game Gate Zero Hits 50% Kickstarter Funding In Just 9 Hours

Bible exploration game Gate Zero has reached a pretty impressive Kickstarter milestone right out of the gate. The campaign launched just a couple of days ago and reached 50% funding within nine hours…

June 8, 2023 | 10:35 EDT

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Crowdfunding Campaign for Mini Remake of Legendary X68000 Computer Achieves 10 Times Its Goal

Back in 1987, Sharp took the world of gaming in Japan by storm with its advanced (for the time) X68000, now this gem is coming back thanks to a crowdfunding campaign.  The Sharp X68000 was…

January 24, 2023 | 01:24 EST

HEROSCAPE AGE OF ANNIHILATION Vanguard Edition image showing off the game in action

Heroscape: Age of Annihilation Returns On Hasbro Pulse

During Pulse Con this past week, Hasbro and Avalon Hill announced that Heroscape would be making its valiant return to the tabletop community. Titled Heroscape: Age of Annihilation, players will be…

October 5, 2022 | 05:41 EDT

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Gamefound Stable Pledge Addresses Shipping Prices

A Gamefound secure pledge feature is being implemented. The crowdfunding platform is attempting to address a rising problem in this industry where potential customers end up paying more for something…

September 7, 2022 | 04:45 EDT

Kingdom Come Deliverance Kickstarter
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Kingdom Come: Deliverance Backer Alpha Starts

Kingdom Come: Deliverance is a game that promises the moon and seems to be making progress to deliver on it. It’s a game that seeks not to bury itself in fantasy tropes and clichés but instead to…

October 22, 2014 | 05:00 EDT