{"id":13231,"date":"2011-05-03T00:14:22","date_gmt":"2011-05-03T07:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=13231"},"modified":"2021-03-05T19:12:50","modified_gmt":"2021-03-06T03:12:50","slug":"kickstarter-for-eldritch-skies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=13231","title":{"rendered":"Kickstarter for Eldritch Skies"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Hi. My name is John Snead. And this is Cythulu and my cat.”<\/em><\/p>\n

“HP Lovecraft was more than a horror writer. He was a visionary.”<\/em><\/p>\n

“This game has horror in it, but it also has wonder.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

My friend John Snead has been a professional role-playing game writer for fifteen years, but now he’s doing something new: He’s working on a project with an established rpg publisher, but funded by Kickstarter<\/a>. My friend AJ Luxton, who has occasionally left comments here on “Alas,” will be contributing some short-short fiction to the game.<\/p>\n

“Eldritch Skies” is a rather artsy game based on the writings of HP Lovecraft. It’s a game John has wanted to do for years<\/em>. And frankly, if this were five years ago, I’m not sure that it would get made; it’s really sort of chancy, and rpg publishers have to have an eye on the bottom line just to keep existing. (Most really <\/em>experimental role-playing games are self-published by the creators, often at a loss). <\/p>\n

But with Kickstarter, the publisher can raise some funds (and, in effect, sell some copies) before the game is published. It’s a way for them to publish riskier games without so much, you know, risk<\/em>. If this model becomes popular, we could see a much greater variety of RPGs coming from RPG publishers. <\/p>\n

Happily, “Eldritch Skies” is now fully funded, with nine days still to go. But if you want to see more role-playing games that are labors of love for the creators, go check out the kickstarter page<\/a>. Watch the video that John and AJ made, which is adorable. <\/p>\n

You can pre-order a copy (either very cheaply in electronic form for $15, or a physical book for $40). This is an experiment for the publisher (and I’d guess that other publishers are watching as well); the better the kickstarter model does for them, the more likely they are to fund more oddball and heartfelt projects this way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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