Numenera: The Strand
Numenera! Kickstarter! A movie! All things I love, and I really can’t wait to see the Ninth World brought to life in this short.

“A drifter/scavenger roams a desolate beach in the Ninth World looking for useful items and stumbles upon an artifact of the Numenera. This starts a chain of events that leads to an experience that changes the very essence of his being.”

 

Death Saves: Fallen Heroes of the Kitchen Table
A collection of comics about the times things just don’t work out in an adventure. I can’t wait to read it.

“‘Death Saves: Fallen Heroes of the Kitchen Table’ collects 16 all-new comic book stories about what happens when fantasy gaming characters run out of hit points. This book will be a 132 pages, full-color, perfect bound softcover printed in digest format (5.5″ x 7.75″) and features an original cover by artist Jared Morgan.”

 

Mt. Hood: The Oregon Pint Glass
I really want to get one of these for my dad – he collects pint glasses and grew up in Portland. But I want one too! They’re a bit pricier, but I think they’re beautiful and unique.

“In making The Oregon Pint, we’ve combined modern technology with the old world craft of blowing glass to make a beautiful and relevant new product. With our design concept in place we took USGS topographical data of Mt. Hood and converted it to a digital 3D model. We then made 3D prints of our designs for design evaluation and prototyping. Once we were satisfied with our design, we created molds for our first blown glass prototypes. With our design finalized, we’ve ordered our first production mold and are almost ready to start production.”

 

Binary Dice
I love dice and these are pretty cool. They’re a bit more then I want to spend on a pair of d6 though.

 

World of Darkness: Dark Eras Prestige Edition
A bunch of adventures set throughout the ages for nWoD. They look pretty intriguing and the book they’re planning is going to be gorgeous.

“nWoD Dark Eras starts out presenting a chapter for each of nine historical eras; one for each of the New World of Darkness game lines. The sections are written for the currently available edition of the game line, but they are designed to be usable with any edition. Each terrifying time period and location is examined through the supernatural creatures that dwell there”

Ako Dice
These metal dice look pretty awesome. They’re available in two colors and are made out of aluminum.

 

The Last Days of Anglekite
We haven’t played any Dungeon World games for TRF yet – but this setting looks like a lot of fun.

“The Last Days of Anglekite is a Dying Earth-style weird fantasy setting for Dungeon World in which you play members of the Anglekite Adventurer’s Guild, the last line of defense for a dying world threatened by catastrophic powers. The Last Days of Anglekite has everything you need to play out an epic struggle to save a world at the end of its time, drawing from weird sword and sorcery tales and over-the-top fantasy by authors like Jack Vance, Clark Ashton Smith, and Michael Moorcock.”

 

Nefertiti Overdrive: High Octane Action in Ancient Egypt
So many RPGs are set in a medieval European setting, so I think writing one in Ancient Egypt is pretty interesting.

“Defying physics and common sense, you are legendary heroes protecting the royal house of 25th Dynasty Egypt from both internal enemies and the marauding Assyrian army. Do you want to leap from crocodile head to crocodile head before planting your sandaled foot directly in the face of an Assyrian giant bearing an axe bigger than you? Do you want to rebound off the side of a pyramid and fly into the centre of a mob of badguys, whom you then lay low with your lightning-fast fists?

Then you are our kind of people. Nefertiti Overdrive is a role-playing game of crazy wire-fu action set in Ancient Egypt. This is a game about kicking badguys in the face, or using a fallen foe as a step to get your character high enough to drive her knee into another bad-guy’s face.”

 

Heal Dice!!
These dice are intended to be used by your party’s healer so that you can get a visual just how much good you’re doing.

 

Pencil Dice
Just in case carrying around a d6 is too arduous, you can just use your pencil to make your rolls!

I spend a lot of time looking for cool new things to get on Kickstarter, and this is what I think is worth looking into!

Unspeakable Words
They played this game on Tabletop and it looks like a lot of fun – plus there’s all kinds of Cthulhu tokens.

“Unspeakable Words™ is the Call of Cthulhu Word Game designed by James Ernest and Mike Selinker. In the game, you and your opponents will attempt to form words from the letter cards in your hand. Each letter is worth points – the amount of points is determined by the number of angles in the letter (where the hounds of Tindalos are lurking!). You may try to make the highest scoring word possible, but… you’ll have to test the strength of the word against a roll of the 20-sided die. Roll equal to or higher than the value of your word and you’re safe… but roll less than the value of your word and you lose a precious piece of your sanity, represented by an adorable Cthulhu pawn!

Each letter is uniquely illustrated with a horrifying character from the works of H.P. Lovecraft, which adds to the dark whimsy of the game.”

Rise of Cthulhu: A Card Game of Influence and Horror
The cards in this game are beautiful – I love the artwork.

“In Rise of Cthulhu you play as the leader of a cultist faction wishing to awaken Cthulhu and the other Old Ones to rule this world. But a competing faction races against you to be the first to awaken these chaotic masters.”

Shadowrun: Hong Kong
This video game is fully funded and looks like it will be a lot of fun, especially with all the stretch goals being met.

“HONG KONG. A stable and prosperous port of call in a sea of chaos, warfare, and political turmoil. The Hong Kong Free Enterprise Zone is a land of contradictions – it is one of the most successful centers of business in the Sixth World, and home to one of the world’s most dangerous sprawl sites. A land of bright lights, gleaming towers, and restless spirits where life is cheap and everything is for sale.

The lure of a quick payday draws you from Seattle into the neon glow of Victoria Harbor… and into a corporate conspiracy nearly thirty years in the making. A terrifying threat looms on the horizon – a supernatural force that corrupts and consumes everything it touches. Dragged into the shadows of Kowloon City, you will need to forge new connections and gain “face” to survive.

Hong Kong contains fantastic elements for a new Shadowrun setting: an underworld of triads, tongs, and gangs to navigate, wild magic to harness, and bleeding edge cybertech to equip. Plus, Hong Kong’s culture is steeped in “guanxi” – a network of influence and relationships based upon a combination of social status, and prestige. All of these elements add up to a great new setting for running the shadows.”

World’s Toughest Chainmail Dice Bag
In case you need a sweet new bag to contain your dice!

Exploding Kittens

“Exploding Kittens is a highly strategic kitty-powered version of Russian Roulette. Players take turns drawing cards until someone draws an exploding kitten and loses the game. The deck is made up of cards that let you avoid exploding by peeking at cards before you draw, forcing your opponent to draw multiple cards, or shuffling the deck.”

Here are some projects on Kickstarter I think look promising!

Cephalovepod Letterpress Valentines Card

I got the previous card made by this group for the #CreeperXmas2015 gift exchange, and can’t wait to get another piece! I had to get two so I’d have one to give to my Valentine and one to keep for myself.

Lovecraftian Science
“Since September 2013 I have posted numerous articles discussing how Lovecraft used science in his stories.The first series of articles was an expansion on some of the ideas and concepts I presented on the Biology of the Old Ones at the NecronomiCon.Subsequent articles have included investigations on a story-specific basis, as well as on specific subject matters, such as the solar system, the use of Einstein’s theories in Lovecraft’s stories, the role of fungi in Lovecraft’s fiction, and how Lovecraft would actually modify his stories to agree with emerging scientific ideas and discoveries.Some more academic and philosophical subjects were also discussed such as how Lovecraft attempted to use science to justify some of his racist views and how his materialism philosophy impacted his work.”

Real Precious Stone full 16mm polyhedral dice sets
“We have made a few samples of these using hand carved techniques. However, for mass-production, we will need to invest in a quality steel mold that will guide the stone carving into more precise shapes, which will later be hand polished to finish the manufacturing process. Using this steel mold to guide the process will also help with the precision of our stone dice.

This is where KickStarter comes in. The steel mold to make the dice more precise is costly; the materials themselves (being semi-precious stones) are also very costly. This KickStarter will help us make the mold and start with manufacturing 4 different stone materials: Clear Quartz, Hematite, Synthetic Opalite, and Red Jasper.”

Necronomicon Horror RPG
“This is a horror themed sandbox, storytelling game steeped in demonology and the occult. It can be played extensively for missions, experience and quests…or as a Halloween/horror themed party as a one off. It is a frightening game that requires team work, cunning, strategy and a great deal of imagination. This isn’t just a Cthulhu mythos game but links the horrors of Lovecraft to medieval deadly sins and modern horror. It creates a horror tailored to the player’s deepest fears.”

Ten Candles: A Tragic Horror Storytelling Game

“Ten Candles is a tragic horror time-based storytelling game. Through cooperative storytelling, it is up to you and your friends to tell this dark tale. The story of a sunless apocalypse, and the final hours of those who fall victim to it.

The sky has darkened, and the sun is nowhere to be seen. Worse still, They are on the hunt, whatever They are. But this isn’t a story about Them. This is a story about what happens in the dark. What happens when doomed survivors try to light up their little corner of the world and do something meaningful within it in the few hours they have left. This is a story of desperation, and what happens when those in the darkness find that their lights are flickering low.”

I’m pretty intrigued by the premise of this game and the mechanics that ramp up desperation in the final stages are also pretty interesting.

Numenera Boxed Set
This kickstarter is over so you can’t get in on this awesome deal, but I wanted to comment on the fact there were 24 amazing stretch goals that are going to be sent out and I can’t wait to get mine!

-Megan