A Gaming Resource: Kickstarter.com

Many of you are likely already aware of this interesting and largely successful web site known as Kickstarter. For those that aren't, it is a website, that allows people or companies to ask for the general internet populous to support their project (be it a physical product, a web site, a media production etc) with real cash monies, paid for through Amazon's website.

Why is it a gaming resource? Well, they have sections specifically for board games, card games, video games, books etc. Recently, I backed a project by Steve Jackson games—whom many will recognize as the creator of the Munchkin line of card games, among other things—to bring the strategy game OGRE back out of retirement (Link). At the time of writing this, the project has 16 days to go. There are many support levels, which earn you everything from a basic thank you, to copies of the game and extras, to an expensive $4500 custom made game. Other gaming related things that I have seen on here recently include custom made dice hand crafted out of rare or antique wood (Link), hand made counters (Link), a new Shadowrun video game (Link), multiple zombie-themed boardgames to include Zombicide and Zpocalypse, RPG updates and re-releases (Myth and Magic Players guide 2nd Ed Revived and Update), even terrain (Modest Magics Modular Terrain), or specialized gaming tables —in this case for Settlers of Catan (Link). For those interested in books and comics, each of those has its own category as well. 


In short, for those interested in seeing what is coming out—and in some cases, getting a chance at an advance copy, Kickstarter is one of the ideal ways to go, you can support based off of your budget, pick your projects—and if the goal isn't met—you don't pay. It is also a way to help some of the indie games that might otherwise never see the light of day.


-Skoriaan