I collect a lot of RPG systems, often buying just to take a look. I’m fond of storytelling games, and although I have a hard time getting them on the table, I do think that reading a wide variety of types of systems helps a GM become more effective at telling a story and managing a table full of players. I’ve incorporated ideas from Luke Crane’s games (Burning Wheel, Mouse Guard, and Freemarket) into my Warhammer sessions, and I’ve found that they’ve positively impacted how the players at my table interact with each other and how they solve puzzles within the game world.
These days, many of the most intriguing new games start over at Kickstarter. If you’re a gaming junkie like we are, though, you can easily spend hours on Kickstarter looking up stuff in all of the categories of gaming you enjoy and miss some key projects. That’s why I was delighted to find the RPG Kickstarters feed over at Tumblr. Here, you’ll find a descriptions of all of the newest RPGs on Kickstarter and links to their funding pages. It’s a great resource for those of us who want to keep up with what’s happening in the Indie/Small Press scene. There’s also a great page of advice for writers considering Kickstarting their own games.
Go Kickstart some awesomeness!
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September 9, 2012 at 3:25 am
David Winchester
The title was provocative, but I was saddened just to see links. Readers want to know which projects you really look forward to, and which ones you are backing.
As I discuss on my very kickstarter-ventric blog, backing something and telling the world about it is the best possible advertisement.
September 9, 2012 at 9:50 am
llanwyre
In this case, I was mostly thinking of the tumblr itself as the “project” that really interested me. I often just pass on interacting with Kickstarter altogether because I waste so much time looking through junk that’s only tangentially relevant to my hobbies. I was delighted to see that somebody had already done the pre-screening for me.