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

Polyhero Dice: Wizard Set
I backed the Warrior dice and got them shortly before I left for GenCon. And these dice are really cool. I love that they are so uniquely shaped and the colors are really great. I don’t generally play magic users, but I want these really interesting dice in my collection as soon as possible. I mean, you’ll be able to roll a magic missile shaped die for your magic missile damage. Does it get any better? (Well, probably, but you have to admit it’s pretty cool)

“Last year we ran a Kickstarter to produce a set of imaginative dice, the Warrior Set, and thanks to 2000+ supporters they are now a reality! Now it’s time to get together and summon a series of special dice for spell-casters! The Wizard Set is once again the classic 7-piece set of RPG dice (plus a special Kickstarter bonus – see below), and this time we are also going for fancy and fittingly magical looking materials.”
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There’s many interesting items to be found on Kickstarter, but these are the coolest ones this week. It’s been a while since I posted one of these, but I couldn’t be more excited to have a new Monte Cook Games Kickstarter.

Invisible Sun
I love everything I have ever gotten from MCG. They’re a great company with great ideas, and I trust them to give me a great project. Which is why I’m willing to drop almost $200 for the base version of their new game. This is crazy expensive you guys, and pretty prohibitive for a lot of groups, but I can’t wait to see what the new game is like. Invisible Sun is a surreal fantasy game using an entirely new mechanic that is d10 based. It’s not a new Cypher game. Also the surreal setting and the mechanics are super tightly intertwined, so there isn’t any separating them. It’s also introducing a mode of play that’s away from the table using a web app to keep your group in contact. I don’t think there’s another game company I would trust to pull this all together, but MCG has earned my trust and I’m going to take the plunge.

“Do you dream of escape, but you don’t know from what, or to where? Looking for a chance to escape the insanity of the world, and immerse yourself into something rich, deep, and fantastical? Something that challenges the limits of your creativity and your intellect?

We at Monte Cook Games have done a number of Kickstarter campaigns in the past, and we are proud of our track record of delivering high-quality, on-time products. This Kickstarter campaign is a bit different. Befitting the nature of this game, each of the backer levels is a spell that summons an extradimensional box of secrets called (in the setting) the Black Cube. In this case, the Black Cube you’ll be summoning is filled with wonders. You can get the game, which itself is a deluxe product and a thing of beauty (Call the Black Cube) or you can get the game with the Directed Campaign and all the stretch goals (Control the Black Cube). There’s also a special level for our awesome retailers (Entreat With the Black Cube) and two for a few of you to get the really deluxe treatment (Master the Black Cube and Merge with the Black Cube).”

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

Reflections
This two person game lets you and the person you’re playing with build up tension as you build up the history of two samurai that were once friends, but now are mortal enemies. It’s a rewrite of the game A Single Moment, but it looks like the changes really help build up the background.

“Reflections is a two-player RPG about samurai that will duel to the death. The game begins with the two players setting the scene of their duel, then flashing back to play through the events that have led them to this moment. The game ends when one, or both, samurai are dead.”
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There’s many interesting items to be found on Kickstarter, but these are the coolest ones this week.

Mutant Crawl Classics RPG
Goodman Games goes post-apocalyptic with a sci-fi twist on the old school Renaissance in this game full of long lost technology tempting those willing to risk the hazards of an unfriendly world. We’ve been wanting to play Dungeon Crawl Classic for quite a while, but this might just be more up our alley.

“You’re no zero. You’re a wasteland wanderer: a mutant, a seeker, a robot-killer, a stoic shaman guarding forgotten ancient sciences. You seek triumph and technology, winning it with mutations and magic, soaked in the radiation and quantum fields of the mutated, the savage, the semi-sentient, and the artificially intelligent. There are treasures to be won in the taboo lands and ruins, and you shall have them. Return to the glory days of science fiction gaming with the Mutant Crawl Classics Role Playing Game. Adventure like it’s 1978 again, with modern rules grounded in the origins of post-apocalyptic role playing. Fast play, a mysterious future, and 100% compatibility with the DCC RPG system await you — just activate your artifact…

Mutant Crawl Classics (MCC RPG) is a stand-alone setting that applies the DCC RPG rules to a post-apocalyptic setting. You’ll love MCC if you like Gamma World, Metamorphosis Alpha, or DCC RPG. You don’t need to own DCC to play MCC.”
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There’s many interesting items to be found on Kickstarter, but these are the coolest ones this week.

Heroes of Red Hook
Unfortunately, a lot of Lovecraft’s writing was racist and based on a fear of the foreign. Fortunately, there’s books like Heroes of Red Hook that delve back into the worlds Lovecraft built and fill it with stories from viewpoints that Lovecraft avoided. Whether it be LGBTQA, women, or other races (or some combination there of!) if you want to read stories that have that same creeping horror with a whole lot less bigotry, this is an anthology worth checking out.

“Heroes of Red Hook is a collection of cosmic horror tales taking place during the Jazz Era with a very important focus. The protagonists of this anthology are members of the various under represented demographic in Lovecraftian fiction. Our heroes and heroines are the outsiders who are most often blamed (wrongly so) for the actions of various alien horrors of the mythos. Our stories put the spotlight on ethnic and religious minorities, immigrants, independent free thinking women, those with special needs, and members of the LGBT community. This collection features people struggling to overcome not only the horrors beyond mankind’s understanding, but an oppressive society seeking to deny them basic human rights.

The vast majority of the fans of Cosmic Horror Fiction struggle to reconcile their love for the genre with inherent racism of the original works of its creator, H.P. Lovecraft. Many of us are disturbed that bigots and hateful groups treat Lovecraftian fiction a manifesto to support their racism. They point to stories like The Horror at Red Hook and say, “See there, that is what’s wrong with the world.” They point to places like Brooklyn, and all they see is taint, corruption, and shadows.

We here at Golden Goblin Press reject their message and their ignorance, as we stand up and try to guide our genre towards a more inclusive future. We see the mixing of races, cultures, genders, and orientations not as a negative, but as mankind’s greatest strength. These are not shadows to be fearful of but our brightest light guiding us to a more enlightened tomorrow. Together we can change the legacy of Lovecraft, from one of blame, fear, and bigotry, into something more representative of our greater humanity. We know that one little book won’t solve the problem in our genre, but maybe it can be a nudge in the direction it needs to move coming into the 21st century.

That might be a lot to ask from one book, but those familiar with cosmic horror know all too well the power one little book can sometimes wield.”
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There’s many interesting items to be found on Kickstarter, but these are the coolest ones this week.

Whelps to Wyrms
This game looks like a lot of fun, you start out as a baby dragon, and as you grow and you start building up your horde of gold. Unfortunately, the townsfolk don’t like you eating them, and you also have to survive a Slayer trying to kill you. The art is really nice, and it sounds like a fun, pretty quick game, lasting 10 rounds.

“Whelps to Wyrms is a limited action tile exploration game designed by Ricky Perez. Each player will play as a recently hatched Dragon whelp and spend the game trying to acquire the largest treasure hoard (gold). Along the way the players will be able to gain experience and grow in size (level up) by eating livestock and even people!

Be warned though – the people of this world will not sit idly by while you consume their livelihood. Every turn at least one mighty Slayer will be hired by the people of the world to stop you from completing your mission.”
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There’s many interesting items to be found on Kickstarter, but these are the coolest ones this week.

Godsfall Worldbook
Godsfall is an amazing 5e podcast with so much world building done by the GM Aram in an unique setting. You can use this setting for your own game now, with divinities and all the maps and world information you need to bring it to life. I love how the divinities contribute to the game Aram runs, and think it would be a great way to make your game a little more exciting.

“Godsfall is a broken land. A land in which the Old Gods slaughtered one another in a great war that ravaged the world and stripped divine and arcane casters alike of their magic. It is a world where the five kingdoms that remain bicker over resources, taking up arms to defend shipping lanes and tariffs instead of a common defense. It is ninety-eight years after the destruction of most of the known world and all her Gods, but a God can never truly die. Their power is seeping back into the realm of mortals to anoint new Deities – and you are one of the chosen.

The expanded Godsfall Worldbook will contain full rules for all thirty-six Divinities from levels 1-20, rich descriptions and original art of lands and major cities across the Five Kingdoms, original portraits of dozens of NPCs from the Godsfall podcast, a Godsfall character sheet with space for player Divinities, drawings and descriptions of original creatures that stalk the Godsfall world, and detailed world and city maps.”
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There’s many interesting items to be found on Kickstarter, but these are the coolest ones this week.

Cameo Creeps
I love these amazing little cameo paintings, mostly because of the amazing monsters in period costume. The detail in them is amazing, and I would love to have a few them hanging on my wall.

“I’ve been painting in miniature for the last 2 years and what has emerged is the Cameo Creeps series. My love of fantasy and horror illustration coalesced into these fun and ghoulish creations. I can’t keep the original prototypes in stock, so I’ve decided the best way to satisfy the public’s bloodthirsty craving for these beyond-cool miniatures is to offer To-Scale framed reproductions.

But, to offer Cameo Creeps on a large scale I need to have the frames manufactured. These miniature cameos are near impossible to find. I have turned to Kickstarter to raise the funds needed to manufacture the frames myself. Here is your chance to be a part of the miniature monster craze that is sweeping the nation!”
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There’s many interesting items to be found on Kickstarter, but these are the coolest ones this week.

Red Markets
We’re currently working our way through No Soul Left Behind, a campaign for Better Angels written by Caleb Stokes, which is a joy to read and run. I can’t wait to get my hands on his newest project, Red Markets, a game focused on a factor everyone seems to ignore after the zombie apocalypse – economics. This game tries to answer the question ‘Why would you go into the dungeon?’ and it’s take is pretty simple, bills to pay. In any sane world no one would go adventuring, so Red Markets gives your players the zombie apocalypse to motivate them, and the not-fun job of surviving until retirement.

“Red Markets is a tabletop RPG about economic horror. In Red Markets, characters risk their lives trading between the massive quarantine zones containing a zombie outbreak and the remains of civilization. They are Takers: mercenary entrepreneurs unwilling to accept their abandonment. Bound together into competing crews, each seeks to profit from mankind’s near-extinction before it claims them. They must hustle, scheme, and scam as hard as they fight if they hope to survive the competing factions and undead hordes the GM throws at them.

Takers that are quick, clever, or brutal enough might live to see retirement in a safe zone, but many discover too late that the cycle of poverty proves harder to escape than the hordes of undead. Red Markets uses the traditional zombie genre to tell a story about surviving on the wrong end of the economy. It’s cut-throat capitalism with its knife on your neck.”
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