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Brandon Sanderson’s Cosmere RPG from Brotherwise Games has topped $11 million in its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter.This RPG crowdfunding project follows Brotherwise’s July 2024 retail launch announcement for Mistborn: The Deckbuilding Game (see “Retail Launch of Mistborn: The Deckbuilding Game”). Cosmere RPG dives into the world of Brandon Sanderson’s best-selling novels, providing players with a living RPG system to use as they take on the roles of heroes across different worlds. The RPG is set to operate under these universal rules, with each world book following this release having its own unique character options and magic system.The actual Cosmere RPG…

On September 10, 2024, Virtuix, the Austin-based developer of the Omni multi-directional VR treadmill, will launch the long-awaited Omni One. This is the culmination of a decade of work that began with a Kickstarter campaign in 2013, but it also marks a big step for home VR. No one has ever been able to do what Wade Watts did in Ready Player One: move freely in a virtual world just as you would in real life. Omni One makes that science fiction a reality. Virtuix was founded in 2013 by Jan Göttgerk, a mechanical engineer turned investment banker who believed…

A silly, family-friendly RPGI’ll say this right away: I’ve known James Spahn for over 10 years. I consider him a brother and he was my confirmation witness in the Catholic Church. James is, for better or worse, my family. So be grateful for that ;)Halfjinks is James’ current Kickstarter. If you’re a Halfling/Hobbit fan, it’s James. Totally unstoppable. This is literally his passion and his expertise. I’m buying ;)”Half-Jinx,” a teenage halfling prank known to local panicky folk, is a role-playing game that’s fun for the whole family. Halfjinks is a game inspired by and built around the Mausritter rules,…

The new graphic novel in the “Legacy of Kain” series, “Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver – The Dead Shall Rise,” which we recently introduced for its gorgeous soundtrack, a collaboration between Celldweller and Trivium’s Matthew Heaphy, will be released as scheduled on the 21st of this month. The Kickstarter campaign cleared its initial goal of $25,000 in just 24 hours, and has now raised about $1.04 million, more than four times the goal. Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver – The Dead Shall Rise is a prequel to Soul Reaver, focusing on the events that took place between the first Blood…

Welcome to this week’s The Beat’s Comics Crowdfunding Roundup! We’ve got a fan-made comic, a supernatural time travel story, a cyberpunk thriller from a game developer, and two more projects to share! Pink Kryptonite – Supercorp Fan Comic Book – Volume 2Creators: Sara Amorim (creator/writer), Ana Patricia Ramos (artist)Goal: $1,671End Date: September 20Bonuses: You can get the PDF version for $17, a PDF bundle with volumes 1 and 2 for $28, or the physical version and bonuses for $51. With the Birds of Prey teaming up with Supergirl, Lena and Kara must put their differences aside to get home safely.…

We are excited to announce that two well-known creators in the ttrpg world will be penning the pages of the book “Tower of the Vacant King,” which is currently in its final 48 hours of funding.Paweł Kicman is the prolific creator of Corp Borg and Kill Your Necromancer, with upcoming titles Whispers in the Woods, Odyssey of the Giant, and Hellpower. He blended humor with the relentless, unforgiving harshness of the corporate world to create Corp Borg and its unique atmosphere. Pierre-Philippe Renaud has taken the time to conduct deep and thoughtful interviews with many French-speaking creatives, giving a voice…

For the past month, our weekly Crowdfunding Corner posts have been spotlighting AWA Studios’ Ronda Rousey and AWA Presents: EXPECTING THE UNEXPECTED.AWA Studios, an indie publisher publishing bold, original stories from the world’s best creators, is offering avid fans first access to this 160-page action-packed original graphic novel and the opportunity to participate in exclusive reward tiers available only on Kickstarter.UFC, WWE, Judo champion and multiple ESPY Award-winning Hollywood actress Ronda Rousey has stepped out of the ring and into the world of comics with her debut graphic novel, EXPECTING THE UNEXPECTED!Teaming up with award-winning artist Mike Deodato Jr. (The…

Image courtesy of Image Comics The Energon-related revelations in Void Rivals #10 continue to pay off in interesting ways, especially in the dynamic between the two main characters who have been working together (albeit unwillingly) since issue #1. It also has a much stronger integration with the Transformers-related elements, and while it’s still not completely seamless (although Springer definitely feels like he fits in well with the main storyline), the debut of one of my favorite characters has made me a Transformers fan again – admittedly, this is a personal bias, especially as this particular character tends to be controversial…

Image courtesy of Image Comics Soraira is seriously injured and Autobot Springer thinks he has the equipment to heal her – and he might be right, because her biological secrets will come as a huge shock to the Autobots, as well as to Soraira herself… Finally, writer Robert Kirkman has made the case for including the Void Rivals in the Energon Universe, and he has done so in a very impressive way. This is one of the best issues of Void Rivals to date, completely justifying the introduction of a character that often seemed contrived up until now. Either way,…

The mysterious object Alex Campbell finds isn’t just any flashy, shiny relic: An ancient white supremacist organization is pursuing her, and they’ll stop at nothing to get their hands on it. What do they want it for? What are their plans? And what does Alex’s ancestor have to do with all this? Like Quantum Tangle, which brings together the first two chapters of volume one of author Henry Sherburne’s The Panharmonion Chronicles, Synchronic Velocity (featuring chapters three and four from volume one) has a very dense, layered story. The work is blessed with a vivid sense of place and time,…