This week marks the launch of those articles that we’ve been meaning to do as a regular thing and haven’t. So today, I bring you Kickstarter Highlights!
In Kickstarter Highlights, we’ll be pointing out the gaming Kickstarters that we think are rad. Our focus for now is on the cool things being produced for tabletop roleplaying, but in the future we may spotlight a cool board game or video game that we think is worth mentioning.
Urban Shadows RPG
5 days to go. Goal Exceeded.
Urban Shadows RPG specifically caught my eye today. We’ve focused on D&D and Pathfinder here at Rules & Riddles because it’s what we know. But really, tabletop RPG is awesome in all incarnations.
Urban Shadows is an urban-fantasy game, with different factions, a ton of classes (called Archetypes), and a bundle of settings based on real cities to play in. When I read that the creator had drawn on some of my favorite shows and books (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the Dresden Files, and the Iron Druid Chronicles to mention a few) for inspiration, I knew I had to own this system.
A $10 pledge will get you the PDFs of all of the rules as well as the PDFs for all of the specialty stretch goal material (like the city manuals for New York, LA, Chicago, and Tokyo). A $25 pledge will get you a softcover printed version of all rules in addition to the PDFs.
We’ll be testing out and reviewing Urban Shadows here when it comes out.
Pop-Up Miniature Terrain Kit
4 days to go. Goal Exceeded.
Terrain for gaming is usually expensive as hell. Check out Dwarven Forge and then try to figure out just how much money it would cost to do a fully terrained one-shot. Good luck with that. So this pop-up terrain is really cool. Beware though, for those of you who are craft challenged, assembly is required at the basic pledge levels.
$15 will get you the PDFs and instructions to print and assemble your own set of buildings, but I would go with the more expensive $32 offering. The $32 comes with a printed set of buildings that are probably higher quality than anything you can print at home and doesn’t use your ink.
I personally like the graveyard scene the best. It’s open enough to play on and detailed enough to give spooky atmosphere.
Treasure Chest: Realistic Resource Tokens for Board Games
15 days to go. Goal Exceeded.
Ever wanted a bitching hoard of treasure? This may be as close as you’re going to get. This Kickstarter is for a treasure chest full of resource tokens, meant to be used for games like Agricola and Stone Age. Personally, I have no use for this chest other than to stare at it and run my hands through all of the resource pieces since I don’t own any compatible games. But really, isn’t that enough of a reason…
The resource pieces are beautifully made of metal and resin. The box is cardboard, but looks really cool so I don’t mind so much. One chest full of riches will run you $33.
If you see any awesome Kickstarters that deserve a special feature, let us know by comment or email. For now, adios and happy spending.
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