Diamond (but not Spade) Dogs: Untamed Playing Cards

Diamond (but not Spade) Dogs: Untamed Playing Cards

Untamed Playing Cards Kickstarter ending 2/5/16 Okay, I’m torn. I want to talk about this nice little playing card project, it’s got great lines and amusingly sturdy characters. But I really want to talk about the project creator, Fek, who has had remarkable success with crowdfunding in the last few weeks. What to lead with? ..

The Great Ratsby: Urban Jungles

The Great Ratsby: Urban Jungles

 A fur-noir game from the makers of Ironclaw… Urban Jungle: Anthropomorphic Tabletop Role-Play Kickstarter ending 11/8/15 Urban Jungle is Sanguine Games’ latest entry into furry tabletop role play, and it’s unusual in a number of different ways. First, it’s a new anthro setting by Sanguine Games, which alone is pretty exciting–their “Ironclaw” world has been leaning heavily ..

FINALLY I can play Don Karnage: Wild Skies

FINALLY I can play Don Karnage: Wild Skies

  An Action/drama tabletop RPG soaring over a war-torn Europe… Wild Skies: Europa Tempest Kickstarter ending 10/31/15 Short and sweet: “Wild Skies” is the first in, ideally, a series of tabletop role-playing games, set in an alternate-history, anthropomorphic world. The concept: World War I never really ended, it just slowly shifted toward a series of unstable ..

Soar with the Horses: Roan

Soar with the Horses: Roan

High-flying adventure and hoofs storming the beaches in a pulp-inspired, 1940s ponyverse… Roan Kickstarter ending 9/8/15 Pulp-inspired gaming is, in that very specific sense of the word used by tabletop RPG publishing, pretty big right now, with Spirit of the Century making the rounds in indie gaming and Piazo’s Pathfinder game dipping a toe into the genre ..

Space Hyenas and Metal Mice: HC SVNT DRACONES returns

Space Hyenas and Metal Mice: HC SVNT DRACONES returns

A return to exploration, politics, culture, survival, and furries in space…  HC SVNT DRACONES: Core Extension Kickstarter ending 8/26/15 As I have said a number of times, I am a sucker for a good tabletop role-playing game. And the semi-unspellable HC SVNT DRACONES has every chance of becoming the darling of the v-e-r-y small furry TRPG “industry.” The artwork ..

Spaaaaaace Baaadgers…. Vanguard: Varmisk Fallen

Spaaaaaace Baaadgers…. Vanguard: Varmisk Fallen

Tabletop role-playing drama and action in a galaxy poised on the brink of war… Vanguard – Varmisk Fallen Kickstarter ending 4/9/15 Fair warning: This product isn’t for everyone. Indie tabletop RPGs (TRPGs henceforth) are a segment of a section of a percentage of the population, and a TRPG that steps outside the mainstream is going ..

Never Trust a Raccoon with a Wand: Wizards of the Wild

Never Trust a Raccoon with a Wand: Wizards of the Wild

A game of enchantments and intrigues in the shadow of Stonehenge… Wizards of the Wild Kickstarter ending 4/9/15 Imagine if you will… The evening of the longest night. Each star is perfectly clear in the chill air, and the moon climbs inexorably toward its zenith in the sky. As the shadows of Stonehenge’s ancient monoliths shorten, ..

In 3038 there are only bears: Anthro Borgs

In 3038 there are only bears: Anthro Borgs

Spinning blades and bionic bears in a danger room dungeon crawl… Anthro Borgs [EDIT: Funding and project cancelled :( ] One of the best things about Nazis–and, yes, it is kind of a short list–is that, year in and year out, they’re a great go-to villain. Like hula hoops and oligarchy, they just keep coming ..

Here There Be Latinate Constructions: HC SVNT DRACONES

Here There Be Latinate Constructions: HC SVNT DRACONES

Tabletop RPG set in a posthuman future… HC SVNT DRACONES: Post-Human Tabletop Roleplay Kickstarter ending 10-3-14 The tabletop RPG industry has moved, so far as any real creativity and innovation goes, to Kickstarter. Is this a good thing?  Hard to say–given that the vast majority of indie RPGs aren’t going to outlive their first print run, ..