Tagged: tabletop games

Officially-Licensed Walking Dead Board Game Cancels Kickstarter After Securing Distribution Deal

Those that are fans of The Walking Dead TV show on AMC may not necessarily be aware of the popular graphic novel series the show is based on. That series was the inspiration for a recent board game project launched on Kickstarter, but the campaign was… Read More

On Kickstarter: A Board Game Inspired By The Film “Inception” Bests Goal

Tabletop games continue to be a strong driver of growth for Kickstarter thanks in no small part to a tight-knit community of gamers and their voracious appetite for innovative games to play. Apparently Inceptor has struck a chord, because the game has raised over $50,000 with… Read More

Brief: Kickstarter For Mega Man Board Game Ends, Nets Huge Raise

A Kickstarter campaign for an officially-licensed Mega Man board game has ended. The campaign and Lubbock, Texas-based creator Jasco Games netted $415,041 on a goal of just $70,000. Over 11,000 backers chipped into the campaign. It is a bit of a disappointment considering over half… Read More

On Kickstarter: Mega Man Board Game Over $200,000 Within Hours Of Launch

We recently reported on tabletop gaming being a huge segment of successful Kickstarter raises. It seems the trend continues. A Mega Man board game in development by Lubbock, Texas-based Jasco Games is crowdfunding on Kickstarter now, and the campaign quickly met a $70,000 goal. It… Read More

Data On Kickstarter Success By Category, Visualized

Kevin M. Duvall allowed us to share some charts he has compiled based in part on a list of the top 50 all-time Kickstarter campaigns we compiled back in September. The aim of the data is to show how Kickstarter success stories are dispersed across… Read More

Mega Man Board Game Coming To Kickstarter, Creators Building An Army

If we’ve said it once we’ve said it a thousand times: crowdfunding is all about the crowd. Any smart crowdfunder will build that crowd before launching a crowdfunding campaign in order to increase the likelihood of success. Jasco Games is right in the midst of this… Read More

Tabletop Crowdfunding: How Much Art Before Kickstarter?

On the BoardGameGeek forums, a member preparing a crowdfunding campaign for a new tabletop game posed an interesting and simple question: How much art should be complete before the launch of the campaign? Here are a collection of thoughts shared in the thread. (You can… Read More