They would need to be confident about running a large print run (5k+?) and selling through over time. But at these prices? I wouldn't have that confidence.
Not sure what their plan was. The campaign goal is a joke (kinda' literally), and not representative of any actual costs.
Their production cost per backer will be sky high. Just 1,500 backers, tons of SKUs, and metal slip cases?!?
But, to your point, yeah, that's a trend I've been noticing lately. Big campaigns, but I look at the backer count, and it's like $250+ average pledge. This one is $360. Ridiculous.
It's the last day of the Public Access campaign, and we have just revealed the final Secret Stretch Goal, a solo journaling game called Public Access: Apartment 319!
Read more here, and be sure to back before it's too late!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/gau...
Kickstarter’s tech support appears to have glitched to the Chromatic Desert, so the number is currently frozen. Please back this to give Jason the shock of his life when it unfreezes.
The aesthetics alone are like 8 stars out of 5.
A onestar review from Itch.io, with the username tastefully blacked out for privacy.
Someone left a 1 star review on DEEPSPACE VOIDTRUCKERS, which was part of the Trans Rights for Idaho bundle.
Heres the thing, this game rips. I love it. This shit is so hurtful.
If you can spare a pity rating, that might mend my soul.
Clear some space on the shelf! Stonetop is staggeringly good.
RIP to my SEO. Haha.
I've got some exciting news...
As a way of saying thank you to the TTRPG community for all the love and support y'all have given me for Breathless over the years, I decided to fully revamp the original pamphlet and giive it for free for y'all to enjoy some zombie survival horror gaming ^^
Enjoy ❤️!
Episode 9 of 10 for the 2026 Solo RPG Relay is up! And it's mine 🥰
Such a cool collaboration event with a bunch of awesome solo creators!
youtu.be/eOxlNXjsapo?...
#solorpg #ironsworn #ironswornrpg
This week’s Black Cinders entry just dropped. A new threat rises against Kanno and Kalidas!
#BlackCindersIS #Ironsworn #solorpg #writing #OC
It's finally time for Ash, Fenwyn, Theia and Calyxe to explore The Lands Remaining.
New episodes Mondays.
@jessjewell.bsky.social @michellicopter.bsky.social @masquewren.bsky.social @jasoncordova.bsky.social @fkth.bsky.social
youtu.be/mMyH-qZQQ28
Thanks so much for playing and sharing! It was a thrill to have you give Starforged a go, and your storytelling was top-notch.
Thumbnail for Iron Rising, an Ironsworn: Starforged actual play. A sci-fi sunset fills the background with giant ring-like ruins and a tall spaceship silhouette above the clouds. Large text reads “Episode 9 Season Talkback” with a red “Spoilers” label. The title “Iron Rising” appears on the left, and a webcam frame at the bottom right shows two smiling hosts wearing headsets during a recorded discussion.
Our series talkback is up!
Iron Rising was SUCH an incredible journey! Selene is the character I am so so proud of and couldn't be happier with how the overall story went.
This game is ANOTHER reminder of why I love storytelling in the TTRPG format!
Listen here: tinyurl.com/iron-rising-...
Average pledge is over $800. These are not my people.
Just your version of roman history. You're fine.
Good luck with the grand opening! 🎉
Out there doing hero's work. Thank you!
I just paid a ridiculous amount of money to reprint them, so they are on the way! Available now in EU/UK, and in a month or two stateside.
Ironsworn: Starforged is out there in distribution (4th printing on the way!), but my only encounter in the wild was at a local Half Price Books. I was bummed to see someone giving up their copy, but oddly pleased that it was in the locked cabinet and marked up to 80 bucks like a treasured rarity.
I hope I'll see lots of folks at Go Play NW this year! It's my favorite con - small and covid-conscious, with a wide variety of games run by kind and interesting people <3 Buying your ticket now helps ensure the event can happen, so please register if you plan to come! goplaynw.org/membership-d...
Printable Sticky-Note templates for Clocks, Progress Tracks, Connections, Incidental Vehicles, etc. #ironsworn #starforged #rpg #print-and-play #stickynote
The cover of Blades '68. Colorful characters inspired by the 1960s are illustrated in bright shades of blue, orange, and yellow. Caption: Final hours on BackerKit.
24 hours left!
Blades '68 turns a bright, electroplasmic light on the grimy streets of Doskvol and catapults your crew 100 years into the future. Racers, Radicals, Swingers and shadowy Operatives all mix in this mind-bending retro-dystopia.
The future...
...is now.
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/e...
Thanks to PJ for having me on The Solo RolePlayers Podcast, we had such a good chat about my solo journey so far and discuss different solo roleplay philosophies as well! @pjsack.bsky.social
Future Starforged collab?! haha
open.spotify.com/episode/01lU...
This looks rad as hell.
🆕 Welcome to the promised land, traveler! Fly the NEW CANAAN RUN with 6 shiny new sector starters for #ironsworn #starforged by @shawntomkin.bsky.social. Trade (or smuggle) your way between 11 worlds across 5 star systems of The 'Verse. #firefly #serenity #theverse #keepflying #itch #ttrpg
A screencap of a forum post. It reads: This is my fourth run with Ironsworn since discovering the system in 2021. One game solo. One GM-led game with me as GM + 4 players playing bog-standard Ironsworn classic. One co-op game with me + 1 playing Ironsworn: Starforged. Just started co-op game with me + 1, with another + 1 friend to be joining, playing Ironsworn classic with a setting shift to ancient Greece. Every single time I have turned to this system to run a game, as long as I follow its core premises, procedures, and ethos, it has delivered beyond my expectations each time. It's fun, it's engaging, it produces compelling gameplay and narratives. It's almost . . . eerie, in a sense. Like, there's a secretly a part of me that keeps thinking, "Surely this game can't be this good. Surely it's going to be a let down at some point, or not deliver the goods." But that secret fear continues to be smashed every time I use Ironsworn in play. It's a wholly unique experience of its own that is unlike anything else I have played. It delivers a level of energy and engagement that is unique, and frankly rare relative to other roleplaying experiences I've had. Maybe 1-in-3 or 1-in-4 sessions of other games I've played consistently reach that same level of engagement I've seen in nearly every session of Ironsworn I've ever held.
Everything is awful, but this very kind Ironsworn comment over at EN World sure did put some wind in my sails.
Even without looking at the thread, I thought "hey, a trunkfish."
I love those derpy guys.
Selene knows something is wrong. The Venture was cloaked. So how did the enemy find them? Her questions turn toward her brother Dorian.
THE FINALE IS HERE! 🫨
Listen here: dub.sh/ir-ep8-finale
#starforged #ironrising #ironsworn #actualplay #podcast
1. A sponsored first look from a creator who was in the space at the time, but is no longer (for reasons)
2. Quinns is easily the most influential voice in the indie TTRPG community (although I'd personally be terrified to have them review any of my stuff, so I hesitate to say I'd wish for it).
