12 for ’12 Record Smashed!

Yesterday evening, the Dangerous Games Kickstarter crossed the $13,276 mark set by the Brave New World trilogy, which officially makes this the best-funded of the three 12 for ’12 drives! We’re still a little shy of the number of backers the Shotguns & Sorcery trilogy had, but if we can add another 24 people in the next five days, we’ll snap that tape too. …

Dangerous Games Stretch Goal #1 Unlocked!

Yesterday, the Dangerous Games Kickstarter drive smashed through the $12,000 barrier, which unlocks the first Respect the Streak stretch goal! That means all pledges of $50 or more get free ebook copies of the Matt Forbeck’s Brave New World trilogy of novels. Since the first one is already out, I’ll send that to all the eligible backers as soon as this Kickstarter drive ends. …

Kicking a Kickstarter

I’ve wanted to write something about how the 12 for ’12 Kickstarter drives have been going – and what’s made each of them different – for a while. Then I woke up to find out that Steve Jackson had personally plugged the Dangerous Games Kickstarter in an update for his phenomenally successful Kickstarter for his Ogre Designer’s Edition. Last night, we …

What a Week!

Yesterday marked the end of the first full week of the Dangerous Games Kickstarter, and we’re already up to 68% 70% of our goal! I can’t tell you how thrilled that makes me, and yet humbled at the same time. I want to thank each and every one of my backers, and I want to give a special shout-out to David …

Launches and Other Things

It’s been a crazy week. I launched the Dangerous Games drive on Wednesday, and it’s already up over $5k, which is the best start yet, by far. Thanks to everyone that’s pitched in over there! The rest of us have until June 17, Father’s Day, but please don’t put it off until the last second. My poor heart can’t take it. 🙂 Meanwhile, I’ve …

Dangerous Games Is On!

I just launched my latest Kickstarter for my third trilogy in the 12 for ’12 series: Dangerous Games. The pitch goes something like this: Once a year, the greatest tabletop gamers in the world descend upon Indianapolis for Gen Con, the Best Four Days in Gaming, to play games, see friends, and have fun. They play things like D&D, Magic: …

The Next Kickstarter: Dangerous Games

I’m in the final stages of planning my next 12 for ’12 Kickstarter. It’s for a trilogy of thrillers set at Gen Con, the largest tabletop games convention in the hemisphere. I call it Dangerous Games. This combines two of my great loves – fiction and games – and just thinking about it gets me excited for it. I’ve been …