In episode 41 of Carnagecast, Rod and Tyler discuss the boom of crowdfunding, the process whereby individuals contribute money to the creation of an item or event in exchange for backer rewards, and the tabletop game hobby. Before the meat of the conversation, they talk Carnage on the Mountain, the way to reserve rooms at Killington by calling the hotel directly and Green Mountain Gamers’ Spring Meltdown, a full day of tabletop gaming at the Lake Morey Resort, beloved stomping ground of Carnage-goers.
What is crowdfunding? How does it differ from a preorder system like GMT Games’? The role of crowdfunding as a tool for established publishers and a means for new designers to make their mark. Crowdfunding removes barriers to entry, which has positive and negative consequences. Rod expresses concern about whether those dropping barriers allow more sub-par games to make it to the market, as they’re propelled directly by the people to whom they appeal.
Wrapping up, they speculate about the future of crowdfunding. Listen in for astonishing predictions!
Enjoy extensive, comprehensive notes behind the jump!
Show Links
- Carnage on the Mountain lodging information
- Killington Grand
- Green Mountain Gamers’ Spring Meltdown
- Tammany Hall kickstarter
- Android: Netrunner
- Wild Talents
- Clever Mojo Games
- GMT Games
- Steve Jackson Games’ Ogre Kickstarter
- Eagle Games / Gryphon Games
- White Wolf’s 20th anniversary kickstarters: Vampire: the Masquerade V20 Companion, Werewolf: the Apocalypse, Mage: the Ascension
- Neil Carr’s Geek Industrial Complex
- Carnagecast 27: Companions of the Firmament and Geek Industrial Complex
- Companions of the Firmament kickstarter
- Zombiecide: Season 2 kickstarter
- Kingdom Death kickstarter
- Sedition Wars kickstarter
- Indie Board Games & Cards
- Tasty Minstrel Games
- Sturgeon’s law
- desktop publishing
- Black Diamond Comics: “Quest for Fun: Kickstarter and d20”
- Green Ronin
- Mutants & Masterminds
- Pandasaurus Games
- Mile High Comics: “The Vicious Downward Spiral of the 1990’s”
- They Became Flesh kickstarter
- Order of the Stick kickstarter
- Escape Pod Games
- Triassic Terror kickstarter
- Frost Forge Games
- Carnagecast 12: Going Cardboard
- Nystul’s Infinite Dungeon kickstarter
- The Gamers: Hands of Fate kickstarter
- Up Front kickstarter
- “Be informed before backing Valley Games on Kickstarter”
- Vampire: the Masquerade
- Role Playing Public Radio‘s Dread actual play video
- Eden Studios
- Zombie Planet
- Conspiracy X Extraterrestrials Sourcebook kickstarter
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