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Two days to go on The Yellow King RPG Kickstarter…

…so now would be the time to jump in on this project that really drills down deep into the Yellow Sign and Carcosa and the King in Yellow and the rest of it.  As I think I’ve mentioned before: The Hastur Mythos is probably our generation’s contribution to the horror genre, and I’ve seen the raw files that are going to make up this supplement.  There’s genuinely good stuff, here: if you run horror games, you’re going to want to at least take a look at this.  Especially since I rather badly want to get some of the remaining stretch goals fulfilled.  Which ones? Won’t say. Better get ’em all, just to be safe.

Four days to go on the Yellow King RPG Kickstarter…

…and if you’ve been holding out on said Kickstarter because you wanted them to cough up the good stuff, well, Robin Laws has been coughing up the good stuff.  This is going to be an aesthetically pleasing RPG, in addition to being probably an interesting classic of the horror gaming genre. So go ahead and plop down the money. Or not, because Carcosa awaits, either way.

So, you might as well plop the money anyway.

The Mysterion 2 Speculative Fiction Kickstarter.

I got the first one a while back, and enjoyed it: Mysterion is a Christian-themed anthology of fantasy, science fiction, and horror.  Mysterion 2 promises to follow in the same vein; plus, they’re going to be taking submissions if it funds.  Am I thinking about writing something for up for that?  Mayyyyybe:

 

Attention, grognards! The Traveller RPG: The Great Rift & Deep Space Exploration Kickstarter.

I am not backing The Traveller RPG: The Great Rift & Deep Space Exploration Kickstarter, mostly because I only really know Traveller through GURPS and sixty-plus bucks for a box set for a game I don’t play is a bit much. However, I suspect that this may be tempting for some of my readers. And yes, there is a new edition of Traveller, from the same company (Mongoose Publishing). You can get the core rules at a discounted add-on.

Fair warning: Mongoose goes over deadline (they even admit it) with their Kickstarters. But they produce good stuff. Their new edition of Paranoia was good, although I am an unrepentant bad-pun Zap! player.

The Girl Genius Volume 16: The Incorruptible Library Kickstarter.

I typically pick up these graphic novels as soon as Studio Foglio Kickstarts them, and Girl Genius Volume 16 is no exception.  Girl Genius has been going on since… wow. I can’t remember when I wasn’t reading Girl Genius online. According to Wikipedia they started the comic in 2001 and put it online in 2005, which means that I’ve been reading it religiously for sixteen years.  ‘Course, I’ve been reading Phil Foglio himself for almost thirty.

Because I’m OLD. Or at least getting there. Anyway, good series, check it out.

Some good, if sad, news about the Prince Valiant RPG Kickstarter.

You may have heard of the sudden and recent passing of RPG great Stewart Wieck.  At the time of his death, Stewart was working on several projects, including fulfilling a Kickstarter for the Prince Valiant storytelling RPG.  The folks at Nocturnal Media just announced that they will, of course, take over finishing up that Kickstarter.  Obviously, it’s still sad news, but at least the game will still be coming out.

24 hours left on the Torg Eternity Kickstarter…

…which means 24 hours to go, and then I can stop resolutely ignoring the $200 tier.  I mean, i know full well that I’m not playing Torg Eternity any time soon.  The thirty buck level should be fine, given that I have half the PDFs from the old line already.  Still, it calls to me.  Callllllsssss…..

Tour de Lovecraft Volume 2 getting Kickstarted next month.

Volume 1 of Tour de Lovecraft is useful and insightful*.  The news that a second volume will be Kickstartered next month is welcome news. Ken Hite:

Particularly since I don’t think that I’ve actually read Ken’s Lost in Lovecraft’s stuff. Always nice to hear that there’s new material to read on the horizon, hey?

Moe Lane

*Although six hundred dollar for a print copy sounds absurd.  So absurd, in fact, that I’m not going to try to flog my own copy for that kind of money. I mean, geez, it’s ten bucks on the Kindle.

Ooh. They got Rachel Kahn to illustrate the Yellow King RPG.

I just noticed that.  Rachel Kahn is, of course, the artist behind By Crom!, whose “Then you must go and GET some” print would be up on my wall if there were any prints available for sale.  In fact… oh, excellent: it is.

Anyway, she’s doing some of the art for the Yellow King RPG, and she certainly deserves the work, so check it out.  …Some more, I guess.  Sorry. I’ve been reading through the pre-release files, and this is really going to be something special in terms of a multi-layered RPG campaign. Also, I’ve been playing Secret World Legends all day, and my brain is kind of fried. So everything is awesome and cool and that sort of thing, savvy?