KickTraq

Every cat owner has been there - you’re playing a tabletop RPG with friends around the living room table when there’s suddenly a blur of fur and your dice, miniatures and character sheets go flying. Now, a new RPG wants to solve the issue of feline-induced tabletop chaos by making your cat part of the game itself. (Read More)

Verdant is a tableau-building game for 1 to 4 players, ages 10 and up, and takes about 30–45 minutes to play. It’s currently seeking funding on Kickstarter, with a pledge level of $29 for a copy of the game. Verdant was designed by Molly Johnson, Robert Melvin, Aaron Mesburne, Kevin Russ, and Shawn Stankewich. It is published by Flatout Games, with illustrations by Beth Sobel. (Read More)

Imagining Games is launching a Kickstarter to fund the development and production of a tabletop roleplaying game based on the Chew comics series. The recently announced tabletop roleplaying game uses the Forged in the Dark game engine and will involve investigating food-related cases, balancing personal issues with solving the case, and tracking relationships and campaign progress on a shared corkboard. (Read More)

American comic book artist, writer, and Archie Comics legend Dan Parent announced today a Kickstarter campaign to develop KEVIN KELLER CELEBRATION!, an omnibus of the trailblazing character’s first decade in Riverdale. With the blessing of Archie Comics, this complete compendium of all things Kevin will feature over 700-pages of comic book fun, chronicling Kevin’s game-changing first appearance to where Kevin’s legacy stands today. (Read More)

Independent game developer Corvus Studio has announced that they will be launching a Kickstarter campaign to fund their game, 13:Origin. The adventure-puzzle game will release on Steam. (Read More)

Currently sat at $105,002 from 2003 backers, Iragon isn’t your usual VR role-playing adventure; adding an erotic twist to the gameplay. It still has all the hallmarks of a classic RPG with a focus on narrative and a hero tasked with saving the day in a fantasy world, there just happens to be romance and a bisexual sorceress thrown in for good measure. (Read More)

In How To RPG With Your Cat, your pet is unwittingly cast as an important character in the game’s world. Should the cat choose to leap onto the table and start pawing various figures, well, it was supposed to do that! This is a story event that the other players will have to respond to…in any other fashion than the normal one (carrying the cat into another room and locking the door). If the cat decides to take a figure off the table, carry it to the corner and start chomping….well, it was nice knowing you, Larry. (Read More)

The creators of the classic Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting Dragonlance has announced plans to build a new world for players to explore. Earlier this week, Tracy and Laura Hickman launched the website for Skyraiders of Abarax, a new campaign setting compatible for D&D's Fifth Edition. The setting seems themed around flying ships and a pirate theme and will use a "Living Tome System" to help bring the world to life. (Read More)

Movie Games has announced that it has started a Kickstarter campaign to crowd-source MythBusters: The Game. The forthcoming title allows players to step into the shoes of the beloved Discovery television series and “turn popular real-world myths inside out”. The development team is working in conjunction with Discovery to ensure that the game is faithful to its roots. (Read More)

Prolific authors and game designers Tracy and Laura Hickman have announced they are working on Skyraiders of Abarax, a new tabletop RPG setting compatible with Dungeons & Dragons 5E. The pair plan to crowdfund the project on Kickstarter later this year. (Read More)

Autoexec Games action-RTS hybrid Timemelters has launched a Kickstarter campaign in an effort to expand the scope of the title. While it’s already far into development, with a Steam Early Access launch coming slated for later this year, there are a slew of extra features Autoexec would like to implement that would require additional support. (Read More)

The AnyCubic Photon Ultra is launching via Kickstarter on September 14, introducing a typically expensive feature into the desktop printing space. DLP (digital light processing) technology is favored in industries like jewelry design and dentistry as it can create incredibly detailed prints much faster than SLA-type printers, but is usually far too expensive for most everyday consumers. (Read More)

The stars seem to be aligning for an intriguing partnership with some of the most iconic names in horror. Recently announced via fan-favorite actress Geretta Geretta’s (Demons, Rats: Night of Terror, Shocking Dark) Instagram page is the Kickstarter campaign for an untitled feature written and directed by Geretta and co-produced by the Italian horror baron, Lamberto Bava (Demons, Demons 2). (Read More)

Writer/director and videogame industry vet Levi Buchanan is taking his two loves and mashing them up in his new film, Sitra Achra (“Other Side”). Taking the trope of cursed media (such as the mysterious tapes in David Cronenberg’s Videodrome or the reels of Super 8 footage in Sinister) and applying it to video games is something you don’t see very often. Nor is it often that you create the video game found in your film that’s alleged to be cursed. (Read More)

Today, visionary world-builder and author J.L. Johnson Jr. invites readers to Kickstart a whole new realm of fantasy, with two new installments of Ennead: The Rule of Nine, now live on Kickstarter. With art and letters by Luke Horsman (Judge Dredd), art by Apple Nunez (Heart That Wanders), and covers by children’s illustrator Martin Nihlen (A Hunt Such as This), storyboard and concept artist Edward Lilley (High Value Target), rounds out this fantastic line-up! (Read More)