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

Delta Green: The Role-Playing Game
TRF was started from a desire to play Delta Green, so we’re beyond ecstatic for this Kickstarter. This is a brand new ruleset for Delta Green, based on Call of Cthulhu. There’s also the option of picking up Pelgrane’s Fall of Delta Green, a 1960’s Gumshoe system. As the Kickstarter continues new supplements will become available!

“Delta Green was directly inspired by the horror fiction of H.P. Lovecraft and other Cthulhu Mythos authors. Just as Lovecraft’s stories were about the intersection of cosmic terror and cutting-edge technology in the 1920s and 1930s, Delta Green is about that intersection today.

In every game of Delta Green: The Role-Playing Game, agents investigate horrifying events, seek ways to thwart them, and try to save anyone else from being exposed. They face lethal threats and awful discoveries. To keep a low profile, they rarely have the resources they want. They often must make terrible choices for the greater good, as best they can perceive it. The longer an agent is active, the greater the toll those stresses take on the agent’s health, sanity, career, and family.”

 

Pathfinder Metal Dice Set
These are some very pretty dice from one of the best companies in the business. They’re pretty pricy, but they look so nice.

“Are you a Pathfinder player? Or a dice fan? Or a fan of shiny things in general? 🙂 Then this project is for you!

Q-workshop, the manufacturer of the most unusual dice in the world, together with Paizo Inc., the publisher of the Pathfinder RPG, are extremely happy to announce their new project to make the most awesome metal dice set on Earth – and possibly in the whole Universe.”

 

Masks: A New Generation
This is a new superhero game where you aren’t the first generation of superheroes, in fact everyone has gotten used to the idea of you being around. So where do you fit in this world? That’s for you to figure out as you fight crime and super villains.

“Masks is a tabletop roleplaying game in which you play young superheroes who are growing up in a city several generations into its superheroic age. Halcyon City has had more than its fair share of superheroes, superteams, supervillains, and everything in between. Over the course of three different generations of super-people, Halcyon City has seen it all.

You play members of the fourth generation, young adults trying to figure out who they are and what kind of heroes they want to be. The rest of the world is telling them what to do, but they’ll find their own path amidst the noise. And kick some butt along the way. After all, what’s the point of being a hero if you can’t fight for the things you believe in?”

 

Cultists and Cthulhu
This is a game based on Flapjacks, but developed to take advantage of the nerd bacon that is Cthulhu.

“Prolific Games has been around since 2008 with our most famous game being Flapjacks and Sasquatches*. We had some great ideas to change the game play of Flapjacks but decided our core fan base may not like changes in their favorite card game. So we decided to create a new game. Cultists & Cthulhu** uses the same basic mechanics of Flapjacks with some changes. The biggest change is the Sacrifices. Sacrifices are cards that can be used to help complete your ritual by adding dice to your roll every turn or discarded (sacrificed) to get automatic successes.

Why Cthulhu? We wanted to throw our hat in the Cthulhu ring but with the Prolific humor you all know and love. There are a bunch of Easter eggs in the game for those who are familiar with Lovecraft’s work. There are also images that we hope you all find laugh out loud worthy.”

 

Still active!

Project Bombshell
Galaxy Incorporated RPG
Fire and Bone 3
Charm City Blues: A Noir Game
Lovecraftesque
Bad Neighborhood Jigsaw puzzle
Tales of the Caribbean
Zucati Dice

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

Lovecraftesque
There are a lot of games out there that let you create your own Lovecraftian story. But I’m really excited for this project because it’s taking Lovecraft and making it much more inclusive by removing the racist stereotypes found in much of Lovecraft’s work and taking a much more modern view on mental health. This is the sort of game that I can see fitting very comfortably in TRF’s game shelf, and I can’t wait for it to be released.

“Lovecraftesque is a GMless storytelling game of brooding cosmic horror. You and your friends will each contribute strange clues to a slow-building mystery, culminating in a journey into darkness that ends in a climactic scene of horror. You will be surprised and creeped out by your friends’ contributions, but the game is designed so that it will feel like one person was GMing it, even though you never had to break the tension by pausing for discussion. In short, Lovecraftesque is the GMless, indie-style Lovecraft game you’ve been waiting for.

When you play Lovecraftesque you’ll be creating your own mystery, and your own unique monsters that will feel like something out of Lovecraft’s notebook. There won’t be any Mi-Go or Deep Ones – you’ll get a completely fresh take on the genre.

The game focuses on a single Witness, who is at the mercy of strange and terrifying events. Lovecraft’s stories rarely featured parties of investigators, and the hero rarely wins – that’s how our game works, too. You rotate responsibility for playing the Witness, but the role is much more about revealing their inner thoughts and fears than solving the mystery or beating up cultists.”

 

Bad Neighborhood Jigsaw puzzle
My family always puts together puzzles at Christmas time, so they hold a certain sense of nostalgia for me. And when the man behind Calamityware makes a puzzle, I can’t help but be interested. This puzzles shows a bad neighborhood, full of monsters, that you might actually want to live in.

“I designed the BAD NEIGHBORHOOD puzzle to give you abundant colors, beguiling details, and mild mystery. I hope you enjoy the challenge and delight in exploring this strange neighborhood.

What’s included in the drawings? This is my first venture into urban planning. I created several streets with a variety of buildings. Like most towns, there are signs, vehicles, and shop windows. All a little odd or twisted, but nothing to harm the delicate sensibilities of children. On the streets and in the buildings you’ll find an excellent demonstration of diversity—monster style. ”

 

Tales of the Caribbean
This collection includes at least 6 1920’s Call of Cthulhu scenarios set in the Caribbean. I think these would be a great way to take your campaign somewhere new and interesting, and all of the set ups sound fascinating.

“Across the azure waters of Caribbean Sea, under the warmth of the tropical sun, are more than seven hundred islands which make up many nations. Their citizens are a mix of native and colonial peoples, with unique cultures and traditions. But, there are many dark shadows in paradise. For upon these same islands are, unknown to most people, countless horrors which lurk just beyond the perception of mankind. Under the waves and deep in the jungles, beyond coral reefs and within smoldering volcanoes, stalking through sugarcane fields and banana groves, are the dark powers of the Cthulhu Mythos.

As always a few brave and resourceful men and women learn the truth. These heroes then stand before the darkness to face the untold horrors beyond human understanding. These are a few of their stories. Golden Goblin Press is very proud to bring you Tales of the Caribbean.”

 

Zucati Dice
This is another set of really pretty dice that are available. They come in aluminum, brass, tungsten, steel and copper, as well as several colors.

“These dice are made from solid metal and engraved using a CNC mill to be the finest, best looking and best rolling dice ever made. There’s nothing extra involved here… no gimmicks, no plating, no paint, only solid metal in either its natural state or anodized on one of several vibrant and amazing colors.”

 

Strange Nations
I think this looks like a pretty awesome guide to help you with worldbuilding in any campaign you’re building. This collection has write-ups on thirty different cultures that you can integrate into your games. I really love that he put a lot of details into each culture, like the ingredients for carrot whiskey or the salinity tolerance of plants. This is going to be available for everyone, he just needs help to pay for the art.

“I am putting together a worldbuilding resource book with detailed cultures designed to fit into your setting with only a minimum of adaptation necessary. Everything will be released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 4.0 License, so that you can use it even for commercial projects.

Strange Nations will hold detailed write-ups on thirty different cultures running the gamut from high fantasy to space opera to alternate history and the post-apocalypse.

There is the city-state of Iditt, where necromancy is accepted and self-mummification is the first step to repaying your lifelong debt to society. There are the Balas, whose buildings hang off the edge of a flat world. There are werejaguars, mad fairy refugees, and wagon-drivers with a religious injunction against touching the ground.”

 

Still active!

Project Bombshell
Recall of Cthulhu
The Incredible Chemistry Set
Ferroflow – A ferrofluid sculpture
The Cloud Dungeon: A DIY Paper Craft RPG Game
Shadow Over Sol: A Science Fiction and Horror RPG
BitCrates Component Boxes
Wargaming Basing Accessory Molds
Galaxy Incorporated RPG
Fire and Bone 3
LittleCLUUs Custom Dice
Charm City Blues: A Detective Noir Game

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

Galaxy Incorporated RPG
This new RPG sounds like an interesting setup, sort of like Shadowrun in space without the questionably racist magic background mixed with Paranoia.

“Galaxy Incorporated is an epic space fantasy roleplaying game set in a far-future utopia, and the human race has expanded throughout the galaxy. Mega-Corporations run the galaxy with the help of worldwide Artificial Intelligence systems. These AI systems oversee the needs for every corporate citizen. Local AI systems carefully monitor corporate citizens and link to a world AI to help the bureaucrats balance all resources for everyone. Famine and disease are things of the past. Everything a citizen could ever need or want is provided for.

Player characters are part of a spaceship crew looking for a way to survive in a galaxy run by these interplanetary Mega-Corporations..”

 

Fire and Bone 3
These beautiful renders of skulls can be displayed or worn. They’re designed using 3D scans of actual skulls, and I want them all everytime they release a kickstarter.

“We make tiny, true-to-life animal skull reproductions based on high-definition 3D scans of original specimens, carefully miniaturized in a digital process, then cast in metal. This is our third collection here on Kickstarter and it’s our best yet! We keep listening to the requests and advice of our passionate customers, who are naturalists and animal lovers like us. What we’ve brought to Kickstarter this time keeps these suggestions in mind, with a couple twists of our own.

Fire & Bone pieces take full advantage of exciting new technologies, including 3D scanning and 3D printing, to create something that’s not available anywhere else: miniature skulls that are highly detailed and faithful to nature’s design. And, Fire & Bone skulls look beautiful both as pendants or when exhibited as collector’s items.”

 

LittleCLUUs Custom Dice
These dice have adorable little dragons inside them. There are also other colors of dice, and little dragons to hold your dice.

“I’ve wanted to bring something a little more special to the world of gaming for quite sometime, and after a lot of trial and errors I landed on making some very special and custom dice. I started bringing them to fruition and noticed that everyone seemed to love them and I would LOVE to make them more commercially available. This is where you can help me out, and in return I can also bring these dice and special hand made creations to you!

All the dragons and critters are made of high quality polymer clay and each of the dice are cast in a jewelers grade epoxy resin. This not only gives very balanced dice but they are extremely durable! Plus all of the colors I create are mixed directly into the resin so theres no color fade! You will also have the option to have the numbers painted to any color of your choosing!”

 

Charm City Blues: A Detective Noir Game
I love cooperative games and Noir, so this game caught my attention pretty quickly. It looks like an interesting set up that could be a lot of fun.

“Charm City Blues is a cooperative detective-noir game where players take on the role of members of the Vice Squad, racing across the city trying to catch a suspect before the clock strikes 12 or the Suspicion Track fills.”

 

Still active!

Project Bombshell
Recall of Cthulhu
The Incredible Chemistry Set
Ferroflow – A ferrofluid sculpture
The Cloud Dungeon: A DIY Paper Craft RPG Game
Shadow Over Sol: A Science Fiction and Horror RPG
BitCrates Component Boxes
Wargaming Basing Accessory Molds

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

The Cloud Dungeon: A DIY Paper Craft RPG Game
I really love the idea that you’re coloring and adding on to your character as you go.

“AndHeDrew brings you The Cloud Dungeon, a DIY Adventure Game with paper craft, coloring, co-op and competitive mini games, and difficult decisions with permanent (often hilarious) consequences. It’s a creativity-inspiring co-op experience that’s fantastic to play as a family. It can be played in 90 min-120 min, or broken up into 30-45 minute sessions, as the book is divided into three chapters.

This is the first book in the DIY Adventure Games format, an entirely new way to play games. Permanent team and individual decisions and the possibility of death and resurrection as a ghost make this a unique new way to team up and create a story together.”

 

Shadow Over Sol: A Science Fiction and Horror RPG
This game is based on some of my favorite horror movies – those with Science Fiction. I think it would make a great addition to your SciFi collection. It uses the Saga Machine core system.

“Players in Shadows Over Sol can take any number of roles, ranging from determined explorers or hardened military personnel, to corp troubleshooters or profit-driven “scrappers” that skirt the gray areas of the law.

Shadows Over Sol is inspired by a variety of science fiction and horror media, ranging from Ridley Scott’s classic film Alien and John Carpenter’s The Thing, to more recent works such as James S. A. Corey’s excellent The Expanse series.”

 

BitCrates Component Boxes
These are some really nice boxes for holding the pieces for your favorite board games. You’ll no longer have to go searching through your cupboards for some spare tupperware!

“Components (aka Bits) have become a huge part of modern board game play. Each game though pose the same question — how do you fit all these components on the table? BitCrates were built to answer just that.

BitCrates are a carefully designed, handcrafted set of boxes made from hardwood and aluminum. They are meant to help contain, pass and save space on your gaming table while playing the board game.”

 

Wargaming Basing Accessory Molds
I’ve barely painted my own miniatures, let alone build them, but this project gives you access to some awesome bases and pieces you can add to improve what you’re creating!

“I am asking for funding to bring my new range of accessory press molds to the market. Made from Polyurethane Rubber, simply mix your modeling putty and fill in the mold. When the putty has hardened remove the casting and add to your bases. they are designed to fit into the popular 28mm sale fantasy wargaming.

Materials: Made from performance Polyurethane Rubber. Dimensions: W 115mm, 62mm. Designed for: All 28mm wargaming”

 

Still active!

Numenera: Into the Ninth World ***Ending this week! Now with more Character Options and a new Bestiary!!!
Vurt: The Tabletop Roleplaying Game
All Fathomed Out
Project Bombshell
Recall of Cthulhu
The Incredible Chemistry Set
Ferroflow – A ferrofluid sculpture