Ether Wars is a board game inspired by Real Time Strategy (RTS) and Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) computer games. The Spanish crew behind it are hoping to use Kickstarter to launch the game and perhaps as small studio. I think it’s worth taking a look at the campaign page. [Back this Campaign] This project […]
Who are the Origins 2015 winners?
The Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design (AAGAD) have announced the 2015 Origins Award Winners. The goal of Origins is to reward excellence in game design and takes the top 5 products in various categories into a head-to-head voted on by Academy members. Winners were announced at the Origins Game Fair in Columbus, Ohio. […]
Periorbis mines success from Kickstarter
Periorbis is an economic strategy game set in space around the business of mining asteroids has cleared it’s Kickstarter funding goal with days left on the clock. It’s worth a look at the campaign page. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gdmnw/periorbis-the-deep-space-mining-board-game-for-2-6 [Back this Campaign] The early bird pledge slots are all gone so the first tier that might interest you […]
Will you Beat the Dragon?
Arcasam: Beat the Dragon is a one-man Kickstarter project from Lukas Litvaj. He’s looking for $18,000 to bring his “RPG sandbox style” dragon fighting board game to life… and with more than 25 days left to run he’s already got $11,000 in the bank. You can check out the full pitch on Kickstarter.com. [Back this […]
Magical experimentation: Wizard’s Academy Kickstarter
The 3DTotal team found success with 404: Law Not Found and have now moved on to Wizard’s Academy. You can watch the pitch video below and read more about the Kickstarter on the campaign page. [Back this Project] The Kickstarter campaign launched today, 18th of March, and has nearly £5,000 in the bank already. That’s […]
A Star Wars version of Carcassonne is due
Board game publisher Hans im Gluck Verlags has announced Carcassonne Star Wars will be released in the autumn of 2015. The news came via Twitter after a public preview at the international toy fair, Spielwarenmesse, in Nuremberg. Cassonne was designed by Klaus-Jurgen Wrede, published first in Germany by Hans im Gluck and has gone on […]
Rum & Bones Kickstarter approaches half a million and adds Skullkickers
At the time of writing there’s still 5 days to jump on Cool Mini or Not’s Kickstarter for a mini-based pirate board game called Rum & Bones. There’s over $400,000 in the pot and they’ve just added Jim Zub’s Skullkicker’s characters. For more info check out campaign page. [Back this Campaign] It’s possible this board […]
Coming to life: 12 Realms – Ghost Town kickstarts
MAGE Company are doing well on Kickstarter. They’ve built board games with crowdfunding and now, with 12 Realms: Ghost Town they’re expanding. The company is successfully using Kickstarter, well-managed projects and good games to come to life. There’s more info on the campaign here. [Back this Campaign] At the time of writing there’s over $19,000 […]
Gaming night sends slapping girlfriend to jail
A Monopoly game row over whether too many $500 bills and who could play with the new cat token landed Alyssa Ferraro in jail. Police in Boston responded to a domestic disturbance charge. According to Boston.com the boyfriend did not require medical attention. It is alleged that Ferraro told responding officers that she had had […]
5 tips to beat the odds! Designing and kickstarting a board game by yourself
Vladimir Teneslav is a designer based in Bucharest in Romania. His company is What We Make. Teneslav’s designed and is in the process of Kickstarting a board game called MIND: The Fall of Paradise all by himself. Tough gig, right? I think the pitch video for MIND speaks for itself. I wanted to talk to […]
