Human Contact — a hard SF roleplaying game about humans

A project in Northampton, MA by Joshua A.C. Newman
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A roleplaying game of true science fiction about what and who we are. Inspired by Iain M. Banks' Culture and Ursula K. LeGuin's Ekumen.
Backers: 248
Average Pledge Per Backer: $32

Funded: $7,960 of $2,400
Dates: Oct 5th -> Dec 31st (14888 days)
Project By: Joshua A.C. Newman
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Latest News

A parallel project!

March 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi, Human Contact backers! I'm hoping to be able to write you all an update about an upcoming project of mine that you'll find interesting, but until that project gets to a better place, I want to encourage you to bide your time by backing Long... (Read More)

The Mobile Frame Zero: Rapid Attack Kickstarter is now live!

March 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey, backers, I thought you might be interested to know that Mobile Frame Zero: Rapid Attack is now up on Kickstarter! It's a collaboration between Vincent Baker, me, and Soren Roberts. If you like making things strategically and blowing things up... (Read More)

Kodrek sets — thank you, my big backers!

September 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
I just posted over at my blog that I've finally shipped out all Kodrek sets to my $100 backers. That was a very, very interesting challenge and I thank you all for sticking with me. Kodrek is designed to be a folk game, and as such has built-in room... (Read More)

Kodrek — the trials and tribulations of small-press manufacturing

July 12th - via: kickstarter.com
When I started working out my backer levels for Human Contact, I wanted to do a super-high level that one or two people, probably family members, could use to give me serious support. So I took the idea Vincent Baker, Rob Bohl, and I had come up... (Read More)

Book delays

April 11th - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)

Not one, but Two Jennisodes!

March 30th - via: kickstarter.com
About a week ago, Jenn Wong interviewed me about both Human Contact and Kickstarter for her show, Jennisodes. It's a two-part episode, which is good, because I talk a lot. If you want to know what excited about with the game and the publishing... (Read More)

Human Contact on my doorstep!

March 9th - via: kickstarter.com
After a lot of struggling, a huge stack of cartons showed up on my doorstep today. Hundreds of copies of Human Contact. Hundreds. I'm afraid I don't have time to ship them before I depart for PAX tomorrow, so if you'll be at PAX, please stop by the... (Read More)

Shock:Human Contact at PAX East

March 4th - via: kickstarter.com
I still have only a handful of copies of Shock:Human Contact, which is frustrating. Much less frustrating are the assurances that I'll have the rest of the print run in hand a day before PAX East! If you're going to be at PAX East (March 11-13),... (Read More)

Linking from the survey

February 7th - via: kickstarter.com
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Human Contact proof!

January 31st - via: kickstarter.com
I'm very excited that the proof of Human Contact arrived by FedEx today! There are some minor issues, but once resolved, I'll pull the trigger! Wanna see? Come over to http://glyphpress.com ! That means I'll have books at Dreamation 2011... (Read More)

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