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Kickstarter Roundup Week of February 6, 2012
07 Feb
Posted by Richard Bliss as Card Games, CCGs, Classic Board Games, Miniatures, Modern Board Games, Other, RPGs, War Games
It was a slow week for board games on Kickstarter. The week generated $55,000 in successful funding. Eleven projects ended and five failed to reach their funding goals. That is consistent with Kickstarter data that says just over half successfully fund.
One project, Shroud of the Ancients, reached the tipping point of 35% but still failed to reach their total. Kickstarter has said their data shows that a project reaching 30% has a 90% chance of success.
Another project, Monster Stand-ins, cancelled their project completely. They had already raised more than $5,000.
Eleven projects ended and fourteen new projects joined the list to take their place. There are currently 39 active projects.
Bold are new projects this week
| Project | Description | Required | % Funded | Days Remaining |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puzzle Me! | Family Puzzle Building Game | $5,000 | 130% | Funded |
| Shroud of the Ancients | Fantasy RPG | $5,000 | 35% | Unsuccessful |
| Double Spiral War RPG | Savage Worlds setting based on Warren C. Norwood | $500 | 164% | Funded |
| Fresh Artists’ Memory Game | Family game for kids by kids | $7,000 | 176% | Funded |
| Proto-Typical | Captains of Industry Card Game | $8,000 | 15% | Unsuccessful |
| Tephra | Steampunk RPG | $1,000 | 2282% | Funded |
| Conquest Tactics | Strategy Card Game | $7,000 | 143% | Funded |
| Divine Blood | Fate Source Book in the world of Divine Blood | $1,000 | 18% | Unsuccessful |
| Scorched Earth | Educational Interactive Global Climate Board Game | $16,000 | 46% | Unsuccessful |
| Ellis:Kingdom in Turmoil | Pen and paper RPG | $400 | 646% | Funded |
| Whot | Dynamic Card Game better than Uno | $5,500 | 5% | Unsuccessful |
| For The Win! | Tile Game | $15,000 | 171% | 1 |
| Fluke | Wealth Building Game of Accidental Inventions | $1,000 | 19% | 1 |
| Monster Stand-Ins | Cardboard Minis printed on Plastic | $10,000 | 57% | Cancelled |
| Exile Sun | Miniatures | $1,000 | 916% | 4 |
| Flatpack | Optimistic Apocalyptic RPG | $1,000 | 504% | 6 |
| Skittykitts | Addictive Fun Card Game | $3,000 | 168% | 8 |
| nothing | New board game | $10,000 | 24% | 8 |
| Dark Legacy | Strategy RPG, CCG | $7,000 | 38% | 9 |
| Rome | Ano Octavian Fantasy Historic RPG | $1,000 | 30% | 10 |
| Board Game God | Game Design Workshop | $2,500 | 8% | 10 |
| grAtitude! | Board and Card game that teaches Gratitude | $19,000 | 1% | 11 |
| Pieces of Eight | Pirate Card Game | $2,500 | 72% | 11 |
| Beer and Board Games | Webseries | $500 | 283% | 13 |
| Improbable Tales | Mini-scenarios for ICON RPG | $400 | 177% | 13 |
| Hull Breach | Sci-fi stortelling naval and marine tactics card game | $20,000 | 2% | 17 |
| Killshot | Assassination RPG | $800 | 68% | 17 |
| Zoneplex | Tile-laying Sci-fi adventure game | $12,000 | 50% | 18 |
| 5 to Close | Retro Style Word Strategy Game | $7,000 | 13% | 19 |
| Sordid Dystopia | Low Fantasy Apocalyptic RPG | $500 | 272% | 19 |
| JammerUp | Roller Derby Board Game | $9,500 | 29% | 20 |
| Police Precent | Cooperative Police Game | $8,500 | 38% | 20 |
| Sailing the Starlit Sea | Fantasy Space Travel Pathfinder Supplement | $4,500 | 31% | 22 |
| Medieval Settlements & Cities | Settlers of Catan playing pieces | $1,500 | 43% | 23 |
| VivaJava | A euro style coffee game | $15,000 | 142% | 23 |
| Farmageddon | Plant and harvest or blow them up | $5,000 | 101% | 26 |
| Gangland | Cops and Robbers RPG | $14,000 | 0% | 27 |
| Rogue Mage | RPG based on Rogue Mage Novel Series | $6,000 | 58% | 27 |
| Legacy:Gears of Time | Card game of Time Travel. Build your Legacy | $5,500 | 22% | 29 |
| Roller Derby Card Game | Trading card game with real skaters | $8,000 | 6% | 29 |
| Geek Fight | Geek Fighting Card Game | $10,000 | 0% | 29 |
| The Planet Kit | 21st Century Game System | $88,000 | 0% | 29 |
| Wizard’s Tournament | Deck Building Fantasy Card Game | $12,000 | 33% | 34 |
| Chicken Caesar | Ancient Roman Rooster Families Fighting | $20,000 | 31% | 34 |
| Seven Sisters | Worker Placement Hand Management | $8,000 | 20% | 34 |
| Monster Stock Art | Monster stock art for web and PDF | $4,500 | 72% | 37 |
| Edition Wars | Strategy Card Game | $7,500 | 12% | 38 |
| Agents of SMERSH | A Storytelling spy game set in the cold war | $20,000 | 175% | 42 |
| Final Twilight | Urban-fantasy card game | $3,500 | 52% | 42 |
| Lions of the North | 24th Century RPG | $9,000 | 5% | 46 |
| KantCon | Overland Park Board Game Convention | $3,000 | 109% | 54 |
| Mythic Hero | Supplement for Hero System | $33,000 | 8% | 55 |
| IndieGoGo Projects | Description | Funded | Days Remaining |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eragra | Unfolding Card Game | $75 | 43 |
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Greetings Adventurers,
First of all, I want to thank each and every one of you that helped and supported our Shroud of the Ancients Kickstarter. Although we did not make our goal, please don’t be discouraged. We will relaunch an updated Kickstarter within the next few weeks. The relaunch will have more pledge tiers, more game details and more frequent updates to help keep you in the loop.
Second, if any of you are in the Orlando, Florida area on February 19th, we will be at MegaCon in the RPG game room between 1-2 pm to answer questions or if you just want to talk games.
Thank you, again, for believing in us. We won’t let you down. In the meantime keep the dice warm and drinks cool.
Rod Edwards
Dark Tavern Press
Just wondering if you might not want to include Rich Berlew’s Order of the Stick kickstarter campaign in the list:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/599092525/the-order-of-the-stick-reprint-drive
Admittedly, it’s not a game in and of itself, but it’s certainly game-related.
I’d say the same about Jeff Dee’s several kickstarter campaigns to pay for redoing his various pieces of original art from the Deities and Demigods book; apparently the originals were discarded way back when, and he’s been redrawing them one pantheon at a time.