Crowdfunding Gaming Roundup
Here’s a roundup of some gaming crowdfunding campaigns!
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Author: Jonathan H. Liu
Jonathan H. Liu is a stay-at-home dad in Portland, Oregon, who loves to read, is always up for a board game, and has a bit of a Kickstarter habit.
I can be reached at jonathan at geekdad dot com.
Kickstarter Tabletop Alert: Busy Bees Build ‘Propolis’
Deploy your worker bees, collect pollen, and build the most glorious hives!
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Kickstarter Tabletop Alert: Assemble Your Own ‘Point Galaxy’
Assemble your own galaxy by building solar systems and populating them with planets, moons, and other celestial bodies.
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Stack Overflow: Revisiting ‘Inkheart’, Exploring ‘Inkworld’
I re-read the ‘Inkheart’ series by Cornelia Funke before reading the latest book, ‘Inkworld: The Color of Revenge.’
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Kickstarter Tabletop Alert: ‘Vineyard: A Winemaking Game’
You and your friends have decided to open a vineyard together, working to put your love and hard work into quality wines, but be careful: even good friends can sometimes get a case of sour grapes!
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Stack Overflow: Comics on Comics
Several comic books about comic books (and art).
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Kickstarter Tabletop Alert: ‘Legends of Gadia’
Enter the fantasy world of Gadia with this card game from its stories.
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‘Let’s Go! To Japan’
Plan out a trip to Tokyo and Kyoto, trying to experience all that the cities have to offer!
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Stack Overflow: Recent Reads
Today’s column: a mixed bag of books I’ve been reading lately.
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Kickstarter Tabletop Alert: ‘Intent to Kill’
Can the detective puzzle out the serial killer’s motivation before it’s too late?
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Stack Overflow: Our Favorite Books of 2024
Every year we like to look back at what we’ve read and pick a few of our favorites. Here are some of our best reads from 2024.
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Stack Overflow: 2025 Reading Resolutions
The beginning of the year is always a time of reflections and projections, and what more appropriate way to think about turning over a new leaf than by considering the leaves we plan to be turning in our books?
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Stack Overflow: 2024 Reading Reflections
We look back at the year and see how reality lined up to our expectations and aspirations for our reading resolutions.
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‘Divinus’: A Stickery Legacy Game
Vikings have landed in Greece, setting off a conflict between the pantheons of Greek and Norse gods.
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‘Seaside’: A Go-Anywhere Game
‘Seaside’ is a clever little game you can take to the beach.
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Reaping the Rewards: ‘Adventure Party: The Role-Playing Party Game’
How well do you know your fellow adventurers? This party game will put you to the test!
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Wield Elemental Powers in ‘Command of Nature’
Summon elemental warriors and challenge other sages to a showdown.
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Stack Overflow: Play It Again, Sam
Looks like I’ve got a case of the sequels!
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‘Dice Cards’: 50 Mini Roll-and-Write Games
Love roll-and-write games? Dice Cards lets you play 6 different mini games at once!
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‘Apiary’: Bees … in Space!
After the humans, bees became the dominant species on Earth, and now they’re advanced enough to become space-faring. Explore planets, build technologies, and gather resources before it’s time to hibernate!
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Stack Overflow: Fantastical Fiction
Today’s stack are two very different books—the only thing they have in common is magic, though even that is of completely different sorts.
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Crowdfunding Tabletop Roundup
Today I’ve got a roundup of seven tabletop game projects on Kickstarter and Gamefound.
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Reaping the Rewards: ‘Dead Cells: The Rogue-Lite Board Game’
The bad news: you’re dead. The good news: somehow, that doesn’t stop you from exploring this weird dungeon and trying to battle your way out.
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Stack Overflow: Recent Reads
This week’s stack is a grab bag of recent reads!
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Reaping the Rewards: ‘Stonespine Architects’
The minotaur apprentices have one final project: constructing a dungeon to challenge Queen Amalia’s heroes to become Master Architect.
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Working Together Toward ‘Daybreak’
Battling climate change is a global affair. Nations must work together to build technologies and cut carbon emissions before the rising temperatures cause irreversible crises.
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Stack Overflow: Changing the World
These two novels are both about changing reality, though in very different ways: one is about how information shapes our understanding of the world (and who controls that information), and the other is about literally reshaping the world with an unusual ability.
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13 Fiendish Tabletop Games for Halloween
Hosting a haunted Halloween game night this year? Here’s a selection of tabletop games to get your guests and ghosts into the holiday spirit!
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Gamefound Tabletop Alert: ‘Avatar: Journey of Aang’
The only one who might be able to defeat Fire Lord Ozai is the Avatar … but will Aang be ready when the time comes? What Is Avatar: Journey of Aang? Avatar: Journey of Aang is a cooperative game for 1 to 4 players, ages 8 and up, and takes about 30–60 minutes to play. […]
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Stack Overflow: Get Ready to Vote
As you probably know, we’ve got an election coming up here in the US, and it’s a contentious one. The stakes are high … again. This will be the first presidential election that two of my kids will get to vote in, and we’ve had a lot of conversations about the state of the world, […]
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