There’s many interesting items to be found on Kickstarter, but these are the coolest ones this week.

HP Lovecraft Cthulhu Mythos Petroglyphs
These are really cool looking sets of glyphs depicting Cthulhu that you can display in your home as an artifact you found last time you were in the South Pacific. I really like the full slate with the glyphs in sequence.

“H.P. Lovecraft created a universe where outside forces came to and inhabited our planet before the dawn of man, and left a lasting record of their travails and accomplishments. In stories that are cornerstones of Lovecraft’s history of deep time, like “The Shadow Out of Time” and “At the Mountains of Madness,” explorers, antiquarians, and researchers discover this history through carvings in stone, bas-reliefs, petroglyphs, and murals left behind by ancient races. Our stones depict scenes from the Cthulhu Mythos using the South Pacific Island style of petroglyphs, like those made by the Rapa Nui (Easter Island) people and the Māori of New Zealand.”

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There’s many interesting items to be found on Kickstarter, but these are the coolest ones this week.

Cthulhu Mythos for Pathfinder
Sandy Petersen is a master of Lovecraftian mythos, especially when it comes to integrating it into RPGs. Now he is releasing Cthulhu Mythos for Pathfinder, which is certainly exciting. The project includes new rules, lore, stat blocks and even miniatures for over 100 mythos monsters. Since Paizo is releasing their own Adventure Path inspired by Lovecraft called Strange Aeons later this year, these new monsters may help to expand that campaign. This book also revises some of the stats released for mythos monsters in previous Bestiaries. I think this will definitely be worth it for the expanded number of monsters and artifacts, not to mention the gorgeous miniatures.

“Sandy Petersen is the undisputed authority on the Cthulhu Mythos in games as the author of the groundbreaking game Call of Cthulhu, the first game ever to bring HP Lovecraft’s work to the gaming world. He now proudly presents Sandy Petersen’s Cthulhu Mythos for Pathfinder, by Petersen Games. This is the definitive and ultimate guide to bringing Lovecraft to the high fantasy sword and sorcery worlds played using the Pathfinder rule system.

Your band of heroes can now fight (and maybe even defeat) monstrous horrors and bizarre, inhumanly advanced races in adventures featuring these unique entities, their magics, and the alien technologies accurately portrayed from Lovecraftian works!”

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There’s many interesting items to be found on Kickstarter, but these are the coolest ones this week.

Worlds of the Cypher System
Monte Cook Games have been teasing this kickstarter for a while, and I couldn’t be happier to see it this morning. The Cypher System is the only major book MCG didn’t Kickstart, but now we have the chance to pledge for world settings for the game. This will get us at minimum three settings books, all of which sounds like amazing places to set your game. The settings include modern people heading back in time to the dinosaurs, a fantasy setting where you can find your own divine spark, and super power horror setting, which just sounds amazing.

“Awaken your divine spark, claim a dominion, and become a god in a fantasy world in which the heavens smashed upon the Earth like a vengeful star.

Or find yourself trapped in the dark and dangerous world of the Cretaceous Period. First you’ll have to figure out how to survive using the tech you brought from the future—modern weapons, advanced science, and bioengineered dinosaurs. Then you can worry about the asteroid that history says wipes out most life on earth.

Or drift to the edge of insanity. They’ll say you’re dangerous. Insane. That you suffer from Dissociative Mask Disorder. Your parents and the doctors and the press and the military—they can’t believe what’s happening. They can’t believe what you can do. And they wouldn’t believe the price you pay.

Three exciting, 192-page campaign settings from the creative minds at Monte Cook Games! The Cypher System is an incredible tabletop roleplaying game engine that delivers all the narrative power and ease of play of Numenera to any campaign you want to run. The content in this Kickstarter will provide at least two full years of awesome Cypher System campaigns—plus the tools and content to build your own incredible games—all straight from the minds of the legendary Monte Cook Games creative team. We’re brewing some awesome books, and if this campaign does well, we’d add more cool stuff, like expanded rules and maybe even some fiction.”

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There’s many interesting items to be found on Kickstarter, but these are the coolest ones this week.

HP Lovecraft Birthplace Marker
HP Lovecraft is one of the founders of weird fiction, and for all his faults, he has inspired many to delve the depths of their minds for the horrors that lurk there. Currently there aren’t many markers in his hometown, and this kickstarter is looking to change it.

“Over 125 years after the birth of famed author H.P. Lovecraft, there remains no permanent marker to note where he was born in Providence, Rhode Island. We’re here to change that – with help from YOU.

We, the Lovecraft Arts & Sciences Council (a federally recognized nonprofit educational organization) would like to place a really special marker to commemorate where it all began – literally, where the literary creator of Cthulhu, the Necronomicon, Nyarlathotep, and myriad other creatures of cosmic imagination, himself came into being.

H.P. Lovecraft, the “father of weird fiction” (a unique blend of horror, science fiction, and fantasy), is revered around the world as one of the 20th Century’s greatest writers of such imaginative fiction – and yet, in his own home town, there are few things to indicate he ever existed here.”
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There’s many interesting items to be found on Kickstarter, but these are the coolest ones this week.

7th Sea Second Edition
7th Sea has to be the first item on this list. Besides being an amazingly fun game where you can be a swashbuckling hero, it’s also breaking Kickstarter Tabletop records. It’s the third most funded RPG Kickstarter and it isn’t even near being done yet. If you like pirates, heroes, and stories like the Three Musketeers, this is the game for you. This kickstarter is also introducing new continents, South America and Africa equivalents.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/johnwickpresents/7th-sea-second-edition

“Since its release in 1999, 7th Sea has brought thousands of fans into the world of Théah—a place very similar to our own Europe in the year 1668. Inspired by the works of Alexandre Dumas, The Princess Bride, and other novels and movies of high adventure, 7th Sea played fast and furious, emulating the pace we’ve come to expect from movies such as Captain Blood, The Three Musketeers, and Pirates of the Caribbean.

And now 7th Sea is back in the hands of its original creator—that’s me! John Wick!—and that means it’s time to bring 7th Sea back to your gaming table!”

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There’s many interesting items to be found on Kickstarter, but these are the coolest ones this week.

The Lost Temple of Forgotten Evil
Interested in bringing Cthulhu Mythos cultists into your 5e game and don’t know where to start? This adventure looks like a great place to start. As a sandbox adventure there’s plenty of room to introduce any challenges you come up with as well as have a solid inspiration and spine to the story.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1931180102/the-lost-temple-of-forgotten-evil-a-5e-osr-adventu

“The Lost Temple of Forgotten Evil is an adventure for three to seven characters between levels four and six. It is designed for use with Fifth Edition and OSR versions of Gary and Dave’s RPG. It can be adapted to any fantasy RPG.

The small town of Boldon, and its surrounding villages, are afraid. Dozens of people are missing, some speculate lost to some nefarious purpose. Tales of an evil temple and the horrible things within circulate. The few who know the legends and history of the region are beginning to think the dark times have returned, not seen since the fall of the first age of man. People are beginning to feel the icy fingers of fear closing in. Upon arrival, the party encounters a broken man, a homeless drunkard prone to incessant rambling. This inspires an investigation into the stories of a lost temple. Has it been rediscovered by men seduced by its forgotten evil? The drunkard’s tale leads to others who might help the party discover more before they face The Lost Temple of Forgotten Evil.”

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There’s many interesting items to be found on Kickstarter, but these are the coolest ones this week.

Apocalypse World, 2nd Edition

Apocalypse World powers a lot of the great new games out on the market like Monsterhearts, Urban Shadows, and tremulus. The second edition promises to build upon the existing system, while improving mechanics from the first edition.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/226674021/apocalypse-world-2nd-edition?ref=users

“Apocalypse World is a critically acclaimed and award-winning tabletop roleplaying game. It’s a sexy, cinematic post-apocalypse, full of action, danger, mystery, romance, and horror. We first published it in 2010, and after five years of intensive play we’ve decided it’s time for a second edition.

We’re running a stripped-down and straightforward campaign just to get the second edition book out. The game design is done, the writing is done; we’re down to rewrites, editing, and book design. We want to finish the book, print it, and get it into your hands, no delays, no distractions.

If you’re already familiar with Apocalypse World and you’re interested in the changes we’re making, stay tuned for our updates. You’ll see a couple of obvious, big changes—streamlined Hx, a whole new set of battle moves, a threat map instead of fronts—and if you know your stuff, you’ll be able to spot a bunch of smaller changes too.”
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There’s many interesting items to be found on Kickstarter, but these are the coolest ones this week.

Handcrafted Dice Trays
Dice Trays are great addition to your table, especially since they prevent escaping dice and guarantee a flat surface for rolling. These dice trays are gorgeous, especially with the carving. I also really like the groove to hold the dice you aren’t rolling yet, which would help prevent confusion when you make your roll.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1661082863/handcrafted-dice-trays

“Featuring: Carved from Solid Hardwood, Magnetic lid for storage, real leather rolling surface, dice channel to hold extra dice when in use, and artwork and rationalization available.”

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There’s many interesting items to be found on Kickstarter, but these are the coolest ones this week.

Swirled Chocolate and Gummy Dice
If you have a gamer that you love, you need to check out this Kickstarter. They’ve promised delivery by Valentine’s day, and what better way to say I love you then a set of delicious dice. The gummy dice come in a variety of colors, and you can get the chocolate dice swirled as well. If you don’t want a whole set, you can just buy a huge d20!

“We are C.W. and Daemon Wolf, of Lunar Wolf Treats! Our Etsy shop has practically exploded with orders over the past year and a half as we expanded our selection of chocolates and gummies for geeks and gamers! We started out simple enough, with a TARDIS and Dalek mold set and a large D20 mold, and we’ve been growing our collection from there!

Recently we came up with the idea of mixing chocolates together in a swirl pattern inside the actual mold, to create swirled chocolate dice that resemble some of our favorite patterns of dice in real life.”

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