From Kickstarter to the ENNIE Awards: Celebrating This Year’s Winning Creators
Tabletop creators who brought their projects to life on Kickstarter took home some of the biggest honors at this year’s ENNIE Awards.
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Explore the world of gaming from board games, video games, card games, and RPGs to everything in between, all brought to life through crowdfunding. This category is a testament to the innovation and community spirit driving the gaming industry forward.
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Meet SideQuest: A Community Effort to Bring Tabletop Crowdfunding Back to Basics
SideQuest is proving that successful Kickstarter campaigns can be small, affordable, and easy to deliver.
Eight Kickstarter Campaigns Later, Here's What FLYOS Would Tell New Creators
The Montreal-based studio, FLYOS, is known for immersive narrative experiences like Vampire: The Masquerade — CHAPTERS and Rayman: The Board Game. What's next?
Creator Spotlight: Restoration Games Brings The King's Gambit to Middle-earth
From a long-simmering dream project to an unlikely collaboration with Space Cowboys, Restoration Games co-founder Justin Jacobson shares the story behind The King's Gambit, the evolution of his studio, and why community remains at the heart of every Kickstarter campaign.
How to Playtest Your Board Game Before You Launch on Kickstarter
Long before a game makes it to Kickstarter, playtesting is how you find out if it's ready.
Video Games Are Leveling Up on Kickstarter
Video games on Kickstarter are off to a strong start in 2026.
Cyberpunk TCG Becomes the Most Funded Game in Crowdfunding History
We speak with WeirdCo co-founder and president Elliot Cook about community, curiosity, why he chose to work with Kickstarter, and what it feels like to have the biggest trading card game in crowdfunding history.
Case Study: Cyberpunk TCG Uses Kickstarter to Solve the Industry's Biggest Problem
WeirdCo’s launched their major trading card game on Kickstarter to put cards directly in the hands of players and collectors—not price-gouging resellers.
Creator Spotlight: How Ten Hundred Built a Trading Card Game With His YouTube Community
Artist and YouTuber Ten Hundred invited fans into every step of the process. The result: a community-built card game that funded in just two minutes.
Case Study: Why Gamely Returned to Kickstarter After Selling 1 Million Games
10 years after launching Randomise, Hazel Reynolds is back on Kickstarter with The Curator, her most ambitious game to date.
Creator Spotlight: How Paws and Leaves Turned a Failed Campaign into 200% Funding
The first launch fell short, but the story didn’t end there. With clearer roles, earlier community engagement, and a focused relaunch strategy, Paws and Leaves came back to nearly double its goal.
Creator Spotlight: How Game Designer Peter McPherson Stays Curious About the Everyday
The brain behind LODGE, Tiny Towns, and Wormholes discusses defining goals, finding the soul of a project, and what he views as success.
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