KickTraq

If you’re looking for a Warhammer 40k alternative, you’re not alone. Tired of house-ruling away problems in the popular wargames they’d grown up playing, Australian indie wargame designers The Brothers Grim made their own game system, Warsurge. Billed as a universal wargame that allows you to play with any model, the game is free to try, already has an international community, and a hardback rulebook is currently on Kickstarter. (Read More)

The Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) has launched a project to support crowdfunding for anime production, whereby five Japanese animation studios have begun Kickstarter campaigns where backers can make pledges through February 13, 2023. (Read More)

Since 2007, pixiv has built a creation platform, with over 80 million users and more than 3 billion page views monthly — billed as the world’s largest. Now pixiv, Media Do International, Inc. and Clover Press are partnering to bring this community into print with two art books, Artists in Taiwan and Artists in Korea, just launched on Kickstarter. These deluxe books showcase over 150 talented creators — just a small fraction of the artists actively engaged on pixiv. (Read More)

The tabletop RPG has players building their characters using a deck of tarot cards, putting each card together to form a living creature. In a similar vein to the films of director David Cronenberg – such as Videodrome or The Fly (1986) - Lichoma readily employees body horror to explore its themes of worker oppression, ecological collapse and the threat of corporations. (Read More)

Star Wars may be what you know Matt Busch for, but soon it’s likely that Aladdin 3477 will be the first thing you think of when you hear his name. With the long-gestating project closer to fruition than ever, Matt has launched a Kickstarter campaign (which hit target in mere hours) and here’s the details on how to follow and support this fascinating project. (Read More)

If you pledge $20, you’ll get a sourdough loaf at opening; for $50, they’ll throw in a linen bread bag; $100 will get you access to Edwards’s sourdough starter (his “other child”); and there are more rewards on the Kickstarter page. (Read More)

Bezier Games has announced their most recent tabletop game on the way today with Blueprints Of Mad King Ludwig. The game will essentially have you creating a masterful floorplan fit for a king; however, all of the requests make little to no sense, and you'll have to do your best to make everything work with the tools you are given. (Read More)