The Ogre Miniatures Second Edition Kickstarter.

Fine, let me go get my credit card.

Geez, and I thought that I had published this one, too.  I think I need to back to bed.  — But, seriously, way cool.

The Pacific Rim: Extinction Kickstarter.

As mentioned in comments:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1428582690/pacific-rim-extinction

Pacific Rim: Extinction. I’m not getting this because I don’t really do minis and I don’t have the space.  But if I did have the space, I’d probably get this.  It looks pretty sweet. And it’s got a good foreign exchange deal going on, from my point of view.

In the Mail: Sun Spots.

Sun Spots was a Call of Cthulhu RPG supplement from Kickstarter.

I love the modern era. It’s absolutely never been easier to do one-off publishing like this. It’s not even the money; it’s the satisfaction of being able to get or make the book you want. The first Renaissance printers must have felt like this, only now everybody can do it.

The Kartoffelfried Kickstarter starts next month.

I get sent stuff like this, because people apparently think that things like this would be of interest to me.

They are, of course, correct. The Kartoffelkrieg Kickstarter starts next month; click here to sign up.  And may God have mercy on all our souls.

The ‘Good Society: A Jane Austen RPG’ Kickstarter is live.

The Good Society: A Jane Austen Kickstarter may not seem to be, superficially, my cup of tea. But  I like Austen. Her books are filled with sarcasm and wit.  And I absolutely regret her never getting to really see the Gothic literary movement in full flower*.  She would have loved it, with all the passion of a late convert.

Continue reading The ‘Good Society: A Jane Austen RPG’ Kickstarter is live.

The Jane Austen RPG Kickstarter starts February 4th.

I have been personally assured that there will be some sort of provision for zombies in the game.  Napoleonic-era draconic air combat has not been similarly addressed, but I remain hopeful (and determined to call for its inclusion).  After all, if Jane Austen was alive today she would absolutely be writing supernatural romance novels — and her social media presence would be lit. That woman was a total nerd, tragically born far before her time.