Every year, the ENNIE Awards celebrate some of the best work in tabletop roleplaying games, recognizing the designers, writers, artists, publishers, and creators pushing the medium forward.At this year’s awards, held during Gen Con, project…
In 2018, I thought I had finally cracked it.My porcelain kitchenware brand was selling through major department stores across Asia. Around 65 percent of my revenue came through distributors in Taiwan. Business was growing.Then my distributo…
Whether you're making a documentary, publishing your first comic, designing a tabletop game, recording an album, opening a neighborhood café, or bringing a new product to life, funding is often the biggest hurdle between an idea and making
Curious about crowdfunding? Crowdfunding is a way for many people to collectively fund an idea. Instead of relying on traditional investors or publishers, creators raise money directly from supporters who believe in their work. Kickstarter
Every year, San Diego Comic-Con brings together the artists, writers, publishers, and fans shaping the future of comics and pop culture. This year, Kickstarter is returning to SDCC with two panels that celebrate the creativity, craft, and c…
In 2021, Juni Ba transitioned into sequential art like he’d been there for decades. His major debut, TKO Studios’ Djeliya, offers a kinetic, winsome amalgamation of lore and heart conjured from the mythologies Ba devoured growing up in Sene…
For comic creators, printing is one of the final milestones before your project reaches backers. After months of writing, illustrating, crowdfunding, and preparing files, it's the moment your work becomes a physical book.Unfortunately, unex…
Every year, thousands of creators launch innovative products on Kickstarter. Some of them reach their funding goal within minutes and kickstart the birth of new, exciting businesses.From the outside, these campaigns can look very different.…
SideQuest is proving that successful Kickstarter campaigns can be small, affordable, and easy to deliver. As tabletop crowdfunding campaigns have grown in scale, they've also become more complex. SideQuest is an experiment designed to prove…
This recreation of the most iconic boombox ever made had a loyal following and a product their community had been requesting for years, but it was entering unproven territory. This is where the marketing team at TCF came in. The BB-777 is a…
We've been hard at work, rolling out updates designed to make fulfillment more flexible, improve project discovery, and strengthen creator and backer trust. At Kickstarter, we're always working to make it easier to bring creative projects t…
How did Legends of Avantris' Neon Odyssey raises more than $16 million? It might have had something to do with their 49,116 backers. Avantris Entertainment's Neon Odyssey is a certified hit. Drawing its inspiration from classic sci-fi, retr…