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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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 Posted - 24 Jan 2014 : 03:54:58
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I'd imagine some Realms fans will find this of interest, even though it isn't RPG-related, but I know there are some fellow coders/programmers here.
This is a cause I've long championed [and attempted to encourage at local community events and such] and also something that I would've thought I'd work-up at some future point [SageTime pending {perhaps I should release a workbook on SageTime for Kickstarter?}  ]. It's a project entitled Hello Ruby, and it's a book aimed at teaching children the wonders of code and programming.
I'm backing this one. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36804 Posts |
Posted - 27 Jan 2014 : 22:58:48
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This one looks worthy of sharing: RAVENFELL 28mm Fantasy Village.
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RAVENFELL features our exclusive FOLD-FLAT terrain system which allows you to create fully modular 28mm scale village buildings for your RPG or wargame. The buildings are comprised of separate, stackable components, which can be mixed and matched between models for even greater variety, and folded flat for easy storage. Each village set is delivered in a downloadable PDF format via our online distribution partner DriveThruRPG.com, and once you have the set you can print and build as many pieces as you like and never run out or need to purchase more. Additionally, our graphic layer options allow you to customize your building to suit your tastes. This new village set is the culmination of nine years of terrain design experience, combining the best features of our previous sets such as modular components to mix and match, 2D interior tiles (now removable and swappable for maximum versatility) and fold-flat major components, creating the ultimate fantasy village terrain series! All sets include a 1" grid, 1.5" grid, and gridless texture options.
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idilippy
Senior Scribe
USA
417 Posts |
Posted - 13 Feb 2014 : 16:45:30
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| If you play Pathfinder and like having more NPCs, or any sort of RPG where you could make use of character/NPC images, check out Characters by Level and Game Avatars for Pathfinder, which looks like a potentially really cool idea if it comes to fruition. |
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The Hooded One
Lady Herald of Realmslore
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sleyvas
Skilled Spell Strategist
USA
11829 Posts |
Posted - 13 Mar 2014 : 12:07:04
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For those who liked the previous dwarven forge game tiles (the one that had all the room pieces you could lay down), they're apparently coming out with a caverns edition. It already hit 3/4 million dollars and has 2381 backers (and this is the first day), so its blowing through the goals. They look to be a little more expensive than the straight wall stuff, but they also look interesting.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dwarvenforge/dwarven-forges-caverns-dwarvenite-game-tiles-mini |
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
USA
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Acolyte
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Posted - 23 Mar 2014 : 10:14:27
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Over 600 system neutral ways to describe combat on a 100+ card deck
Please take a moment to check out the Combat Description Cards over on Kickstarter. We think you are going to love it...
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ConflictPvP
Acolyte
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Posted - 28 Mar 2014 : 11:46:32
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New Stretch Goal Announced: CARDS OF ILL INTENT
http://kck.st/1fC2qsX
COMBAT DESCRIPTION CARDS - Kickstarter
Over 600 system neutral ways to describe combat on a 100+ card deck.
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Cards of Ill Intent: Sometimes a storyteller needs to describe the attacks of the bad folk, or even of player characters who aren't so good themselves. And that is where the Cards of Ill Intent joins in – a booster pack of cards that are much like the set of regular Combat Description Cards, but these cards have action words to describe all of the cold-hearted and murderous bastards out there. |
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Hawkins
Great Reader
USA
2131 Posts |
Posted - 03 Apr 2014 : 22:34:43
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| Only 3 days left on the Wee Beasties: Bedtime KickStarter. My 2-1/2-year-old son really enjoyed her other RPG-themed children's book, Grubbins the Goblin. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36804 Posts |
Posted - 10 May 2014 : 14:21:50
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I decided to back another Kickstarter... Some big names, including Larry Elmore and our own Ed Greenwood, associated with this one. Some other FR alums, too, and another fave of mine, Michael Stackpole.
World of Aetaltis: The Temple of Modren
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The Temple of Modren is a Pathfinder Compatible adventure set in the World of Aetaltis. It includes maps by Mike Schley, a cover and illustrations by Mitchell Malloy, and additional illustrations by the team at Universe M. Edited by veteran game designer Steven S. Long with rules edited by veteran Pathfinder® freelancer Amanda Hamon Kunz, this exciting journey into the monster infested ruins of the Deeplands provides a hands-on introduction to the World of Aetaltis. Put sword, spell, and spirit to the test as you explore this fantastic new setting.
And The Temple of Modren is just the beginning!
As stretch goals, a host of amazing authors have agreed to help bring the World of Aetaltis to life! Larry Correia, David Farland, Matt Forbeck, Ed Greenwood, Dave Gross, John Helfers, Steven S. Long, Mel Odom, Jean Rabe, Lucy A. Snyder, Michael A. Stackpole, James L. Sutter, and Elizabeth Vaughan have all agreed to support this project by writing short stories for you set in the World of Aetaltis!
And of course there’s art! We’re honored to announce that legendary fantasy artist Larry Elmore has agreed to create a new piece for the cover of one of the books offered in this Kickstarter as yet another fantastic stretch goal.
This is in addition to the incredible illustrations and covers from Mitchell Malloy as well as contributions from the talented team at Universe M.
Plus there are maps, more Pathfinder compatible books, original art pieces, one-of-a-kind hand-drawn sketchcards, and more! You have the chance to get it all when you make your pledge.
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sleyvas
Skilled Spell Strategist
USA
11829 Posts |
Posted - 10 May 2014 : 15:10:09
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| holy cow, how can Ed support all these kickstarters? I just got the deep magic pathfinder spellbook kickstarter and he had a great little short story in it. |
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Blueblade
Senior Scribe
USA
804 Posts |
Posted - 14 May 2014 : 19:36:27
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36804 Posts |
Posted - 16 Jun 2014 : 22:33:25
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Two Kickstarters of potential interest:
Iron Atlas: Digital Miniatures System for Roleplaying Games
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IRON ATLAS is a "Digital Miniatures System" by Lifeform Entertainment designed for iPad and ANDROID to serve as an alternative to physical maps and miniatures for roleplaying games. What does that mean? Build RPG encounters on your tablet! Game even when don't have your regular maps and minis! Use the art and maps from the books and settings you're currently playing!
IRON ATLAS takes many of the elements that you see in traditional, PC-based Virtual Tabletop systems (VTTs) and optimizes them for use on mobile devices. We're streamlining the UI to keep it simple, elegant, and focused on the basics for combat, plus providing tons of content for you to pick and choose for YOUR game.
We're taking the social component of gaming to heart with IRON ATLAS. Let's face it, when you want to play an RPG with your friends, you want to game WITH your friends. There, in the same room. The design of IRON ATLAS focuses on this "in-person" style of play, with room to include remote connectivity for your buddies that can't make it to the session.
And Prime Swords- A New Kind of Toy Sword
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Prime Swords are foam toy swords that have cool designs, are made of durable materials, and have interchangeable parts.
I'm particularly interested in the latter, though the swords are a bit pricy for my liking... They're really cool, and I like the idea, but my toddler is having a blast with a $4 foam scimitar, so I'm not sure... |
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sleyvas
Skilled Spell Strategist
USA
11829 Posts |
Posted - 17 Jun 2014 : 01:05:47
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
Two Kickstarters of potential interest:
Iron Atlas: Digital Miniatures System for Roleplaying Games
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IRON ATLAS is a "Digital Miniatures System" by Lifeform Entertainment designed for iPad and ANDROID to serve as an alternative to physical maps and miniatures for roleplaying games. What does that mean? Build RPG encounters on your tablet! Game even when don't have your regular maps and minis! Use the art and maps from the books and settings you're currently playing!
IRON ATLAS takes many of the elements that you see in traditional, PC-based Virtual Tabletop systems (VTTs) and optimizes them for use on mobile devices. We're streamlining the UI to keep it simple, elegant, and focused on the basics for combat, plus providing tons of content for you to pick and choose for YOUR game.
We're taking the social component of gaming to heart with IRON ATLAS. Let's face it, when you want to play an RPG with your friends, you want to game WITH your friends. There, in the same room. The design of IRON ATLAS focuses on this "in-person" style of play, with room to include remote connectivity for your buddies that can't make it to the session.
And Prime Swords- A New Kind of Toy Sword
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Prime Swords are foam toy swords that have cool designs, are made of durable materials, and have interchangeable parts.
I'm particularly interested in the latter, though the swords are a bit pricy for my liking... They're really cool, and I like the idea, but my toddler is having a blast with a $4 foam scimitar, so I'm not sure...
Hmmm, the iron atlas thing is nice, but the general idea he had there of using it with like something that lets your computer or phone broadcast its screen to your TV is something I hadn't really thought much of. That could really change things a bit. Your bigscreen TV being the battlemat that everyone sees while you just move folks from the laptop that's right next to you... I've got a miracast enabled phone and a netgear PUSH2TV box that I got for free (but I think they're pretty cheap), and if I get a new laptop, it'll have Intel WiDi |
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Dalor Darden
Great Reader
USA
4211 Posts |
Posted - 17 Jun 2014 : 06:06:31
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| I love the idea of using digital tech to put a battle-mat on a big screen tv that the players can look at! |
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crazedventurers
Master of Realmslore
United Kingdom
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Faraer
Great Reader
3308 Posts |
Posted - 17 Jul 2014 : 20:54:58
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| Sean Reynolds's first Kickstarter has already reached its target: Goody White's Book of Folk Magic, a book and ebook of 29 spells based on our-world folk magic, in Pathfinder format. It could patch a few holes in the published Realms, and provide magic for figures like Eveningstar's Old Meg. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36804 Posts |
Posted - 17 Jul 2014 : 22:01:12
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Originally posted by Faraer
Sean Reynolds's first Kickstarter has already reached its target: Goody White's Book of Folk Magic, a book and ebook of 29 spells based on our-world folk magic, in Pathfinder format. It could patch a few holes in the published Realms, and provide magic for figures like Eveningstar's Old Meg.
I'm getting in on that one. I'm a fan of magical stuff, and I'm a fan of Sean K Reynolds material (I still think Curse of the Moon is one of the best 3.x products around). So this one is a definite, for me. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Faraer
Great Reader
3308 Posts |
Posted - 21 Jul 2014 : 21:38:39
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| Sean has posted a list of the remedies in the book. Some of these spells -- such as those to bless crops, ease birth, cure sickness in animals and heal a lame animal -- sound like they could well be part of the standard clerical repertoire. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36804 Posts |
Posted - 15 Sep 2014 : 18:33:08
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Because I did the Deep Magic Kickstarter, I got pinged on this one, which I immediately decided to jump on. It looks like it could be readily used for anyone wanted to do the Old Empires of the Realms.
Southlands: New Fantasy Options for Pathfinder RPG
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Adventure beneath the pitiless sun! New monsters, new magic, and realms inspired by the Arabian Nights, Egypt, & pulp adventure tales!
Lost empires! Cursed tombs! Dinosaurs and djinn! A Pathfinder RPG compatible sourcebook for adventures in the deserts and deep jungle.
Nothing says adventure quite like lost cities, tombs buried deep beneath the desert sands, and pirate ships sailing along a serpent-infested jungle coast. And nothing makes fantasy heroics quite as great as the graves of lost gods, mighty viziers commanding the charge of camel-riding cavalry, and enormous elemental lords trampling entire cities into ruin.
Join Kobold Press in bringing high adventure back to the tabletop, with a full-color book of ancient hieroglyphic magic, powerful genie lords, and monsters that would give Sindbad nightmares—all compatible with Pathfinder Roleplaying Game (but relatively light on rules crunch, so it’s a great sourcebook for any fantasy RPG).
The core Southlands book currently stands at 152 pages, but it could easily reach 296 pages if the project funds and hits its stretch goals. Our recent Deep Magic project started as just 96 pages and grew to almost 400.
Come explore the ruins and plunder these rewards as a backer of the Southlands!
And another relevant blurb:
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The book is built for the Midgard Campaign Setting; but its cities, lore, peculiar creatures, and characters are designed to be easily portable into any campaign with Southlands themes or regions.
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sleyvas
Skilled Spell Strategist
USA
11829 Posts |
Posted - 16 Sep 2014 : 02:58:10
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
Because I did the Deep Magic Kickstarter, I got pinged on this one, which I immediately decided to jump on. It looks like it could be readily used for anyone wanted to do the Old Empires of the Realms.
Southlands: New Fantasy Options for Pathfinder RPG
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Adventure beneath the pitiless sun! New monsters, new magic, and realms inspired by the Arabian Nights, Egypt, & pulp adventure tales!
Lost empires! Cursed tombs! Dinosaurs and djinn! A Pathfinder RPG compatible sourcebook for adventures in the deserts and deep jungle.
Nothing says adventure quite like lost cities, tombs buried deep beneath the desert sands, and pirate ships sailing along a serpent-infested jungle coast. And nothing makes fantasy heroics quite as great as the graves of lost gods, mighty viziers commanding the charge of camel-riding cavalry, and enormous elemental lords trampling entire cities into ruin.
Join Kobold Press in bringing high adventure back to the tabletop, with a full-color book of ancient hieroglyphic magic, powerful genie lords, and monsters that would give Sindbad nightmares—all compatible with Pathfinder Roleplaying Game (but relatively light on rules crunch, so it’s a great sourcebook for any fantasy RPG).
The core Southlands book currently stands at 152 pages, but it could easily reach 296 pages if the project funds and hits its stretch goals. Our recent Deep Magic project started as just 96 pages and grew to almost 400.
Come explore the ruins and plunder these rewards as a backer of the Southlands!
And another relevant blurb:
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The book is built for the Midgard Campaign Setting; but its cities, lore, peculiar creatures, and characters are designed to be easily portable into any campaign with Southlands themes or regions.
Adding my +1 for this.... deep magic was damn good... I'm impressed by Kobold Press... and Wolfgang Baur's work in Zakhara made me love the region (though sadly, I never appreciated it until AFTER it was out of print and I had the money/time to delve it). |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31774 Posts |
Posted - 17 Sep 2014 : 03:54:35
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
Because I did the Deep Magic Kickstarter, I got pinged on this one, which I immediately decided to jump on. It looks like it could be readily used for anyone wanted to do the Old Empires of the Realms.
Southlands: New Fantasy Options for Pathfinder RPG
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Adventure beneath the pitiless sun! New monsters, new magic, and realms inspired by the Arabian Nights, Egypt, & pulp adventure tales!
Lost empires! Cursed tombs! Dinosaurs and djinn! A Pathfinder RPG compatible sourcebook for adventures in the deserts and deep jungle.
Nothing says adventure quite like lost cities, tombs buried deep beneath the desert sands, and pirate ships sailing along a serpent-infested jungle coast. And nothing makes fantasy heroics quite as great as the graves of lost gods, mighty viziers commanding the charge of camel-riding cavalry, and enormous elemental lords trampling entire cities into ruin.
Join Kobold Press in bringing high adventure back to the tabletop, with a full-color book of ancient hieroglyphic magic, powerful genie lords, and monsters that would give Sindbad nightmares—all compatible with Pathfinder Roleplaying Game (but relatively light on rules crunch, so it’s a great sourcebook for any fantasy RPG).
The core Southlands book currently stands at 152 pages, but it could easily reach 296 pages if the project funds and hits its stretch goals. Our recent Deep Magic project started as just 96 pages and grew to almost 400.
Come explore the ruins and plunder these rewards as a backer of the Southlands!
And another relevant blurb:
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The book is built for the Midgard Campaign Setting; but its cities, lore, peculiar creatures, and characters are designed to be easily portable into any campaign with Southlands themes or regions.
Ruins? Lost empires? Cursed tombs? It's like I'm eagerly waiting for the release of Lost Empires of Faerûn all other again.
So, yeah, I'm backing this one.  |
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Dark Wizard
Senior Scribe
USA
830 Posts |
Posted - 17 Sep 2014 : 04:20:14
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Awesome vibes from this one, but that's usually the case with Kobold Press material.
My loyalty to the Kobolds runs deep, as it is well earned, and I dove into this project. |
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Steven Schend
Forgotten Realms Designer & Author
USA
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Dark Wizard
Senior Scribe
USA
830 Posts |
Posted - 03 Oct 2014 : 04:43:45
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A preview PDF for the Southlands from Kobold Press is up at Paizo: Here.
The Kickstarter page is Here.
The project is 43 backers away from achieving the stretch goal of having the Bestiary as a standalone book, which necessitates more monsters, including 25 spots for backer submitted entries.
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Some other interesting projects I've been keeping an eye on (your wallet and non-gaming spouse/partner will hate this list):
- Feng Shui 2: Action Movie Roleplaying Game by Robin D. Laws: This is an update of the Feng Shui system from the '90s which sought to emulate the style and pacing of Asian action cinema. They've gone through some stretch goals that expand the themes beyond Asian movie archetypes (gene freek, two-fisted archaeologist, pirate, swordsman, musketeers, looks like Kaiju Patrol 'pop-up juncture' (seems like mini-settings) is next).
- Demon Hunters RPG: A Comedy of Terrors: This is from Dead Gentlemen Productions (makers of the films The Gamers, The Gamers: Dorkness Rising, and The Gamers: Hands of Fate). Demon Hunters was an RPG inspired by supernatural and/or action TV shows like Supernatural, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and The A-Team, along with movies like Army of Darkness, Evil Dead 2, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, Ghostbusters, and James Bond. Originally published by Margaret Weis Productions, for this iteration they've decided to recruit experienced game designers and artists (such as Cam Banks and Jason Engle) to work for them instead under their own banner. The new system will be inspired by Fate.
- 13th Age in Glorantha: This kickstarter offers a 13th Age (Archmage system, a modified mix of 3E and 4E from Pelgrane Press) rendition of the venerable Glorantha setting (of RuneQuest fame, and one of the earliest and long supported game settings). This may be the first time Glorantha is presented in a d20 style system.
- The Ultimate Adequate Commoner: This is a smaller project focusing on playing the Commoner NPC class in a world full of menacing monsters and mighty heroes. Product is designed for Pathfinder and other d20 games, possibly of value for other systems as well. Perhaps with this playing really regular folk with some impact amongst the adventuring classes wouldn't be much a stretch after all.
- Chill 3rd Edition: A Horror Roleplaying Game: Chill from Pacesetter games and later Mayfair games was one of the original horror genre roleplaying games. This will be the third edition of the game, based more on the Mayfair edition with some modifications/updated rules and modern layout, design, and production values.
- Worldspinner: Fantasy RPG Worldbuilder & Map Maker: Appears to be a cartography tool and campaign setting note organizer. Not sure if there's a subscription based useage, as that would kill it for me. However, a lot of known names in gaming and game fiction are involved as stretch goals (Bill Webb, Mur Lafferty, Lisa Smedman, Wolfgang Baur, Philip Athans, John Wick, Ian Irvine, Mark Teppo, Elizabeth Bear, Matt Finch), so this project may be worth further reading.
- Hex Chests: These are hexagonal boxes made of premious woods for storing dice. They seem to be compact, have good fit & finish, and constructed of woods that look gorgeous. Standard precautions for a new company on KS applies, but the images and project layout look nice.
- Quests of Doom - Pathfinder and Swords & Wizardry Modules: A Frog God Games offering, this time Pathfinder and 5E updates for two 3E-era module sets of "themed" adventures Demons & Devils and Vampires & Liches. As the funding increases, these adventures will be joined by similarly themed adventures written by some of the most notable names in old school-style gaming, including, you guessed it, Ed Greenwood. He's not the only one, here's the full list (parentheses indicates number of individual adventures under that title):
- (3) Demons & Devils - Bill Webb and Clark Peterson
- (3) Vampires & Liches - Casey Christofferson and Bill Webb
- (1) Lycanthropes - Steve Winter
- (1) Elementals - Michael Curtis
- (1) Lycanthropes & Elementals - Skip Williams
- (1) Men - Jim Ward
- (1) Monstrosities - Matt Finch
- (1) Men & Monstrosities - Casey Christofferson
- (1) Giants - Michael Curtis
- (1) Dragons - Jim Ward
- (1) Giants & Dragons - Ed Greenwood
- (1) Bugs - Bill Webb
- (1) Blobs - Jim Collura
- (1) Bugs & Blobs - Matt Finch + Bill Webb
Also read the Risks and Challenges section for general hilarity and an occurrence that may very likely happen to (harmlessly) delay Ed from completing his contribution to this project.
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36804 Posts |
Posted - 04 Oct 2014 : 23:53:46
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Originally posted by Dark Wizard
Worldspinner: Fantasy RPG Worldbuilder & Map Maker: Appears to be a cartography tool and campaign setting note organizer. Not sure if there's a subscription based useage, as that would kill it for me. However, a lot of known names in gaming and game fiction are involved as stretch goals (Bill Webb, Mur Lafferty, Lisa Smedman, Wolfgang Baur, Philip Athans, John Wick, Ian Irvine, Mark Teppo, Elizabeth Bear, Matt Finch), so this project may be worth further reading.
I was just coming here to share that one... I know some of our map-making folks will be interested in this one.
I like the looks of it, but I'd be more apt to support it if it included a local installation. I'm not a huge fan of that which is online-only. |
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Dark Wizard
Senior Scribe
USA
830 Posts |
Posted - 07 Oct 2014 : 06:02:14
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Quick update on Kobold Press' Southlands Kickstarter. The project has exceeded the 600 backer goal, thus the Southlands Bestiary is expanded from a chapter in the main book (~20 to 25 monsters) into its own book (perhaps ~50 to 60 monsters).
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
I was just coming here to share that one... I know some of our map-making folks will be interested in this one.
I like the looks of it, but I'd be more apt to support it if it included a local installation. I'm not a huge fan of that which is online-only.
I too liked standalone offline software.
With minimal effort a program can have a pretty decent lifespan (decades) even if not supported for years, provided the base program has the features needed to accomplish its purpose. Once the online aspect comes into play, the second the company decides to stop supporting the program, then its over.
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36804 Posts |
Posted - 15 Oct 2014 : 21:26:12
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The Southlands Kickstarter has gained a lot of steam, and a lot of stretch goals and add-ons. I've upped my own pledge twice, now!
55 hours left on that one. |
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Dark Wizard
Senior Scribe
USA
830 Posts |
Posted - 16 Oct 2014 : 02:35:51
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Southlands is very close to having an introduction written by Jeff Grubb.
(Edit: Make that, Southlands is having an introduction written by Jeff Grubb.)
Increased my pledge a while ago to leap into a higher tier, have added again to pick up some add-ons, will probably do so again for the dice and other things.
Most likely the project will knock down the next couple of goals. The revealed "end game" goals are very intriguing and I hope the project reaches, because those would expand the material of the book yet again, or in the case of the backer goal, add 25 more monsters to the bestiary. |
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