Crowdfund this is back with another look at our preferred gang - funding projects ! Songgu Kwon ’s hilarious phantasy webcomic and a drive to support Holy Scripture interpretation among kids may direct the commission this week , but that ’s not all : there ’s card game , aFirefly reunion , and Gale Anne Hurd ’s next projection too !
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Con Man
We ’ve already spokento Nathan Fillion and Alan Tudyk about their Modern serial publication , and even though the project has blast through its goals , you could still back it :
Wray Nerely ( Alan Tudyk - Me ! ) was a co - star on Spectrum , a sci - fi serial which was canceled – Too Soon- yet became a cult classic . Wray ’s good friend , Jack Moore ( Nathan Fillion ) starred in the series and has run on to become a major movie wiz . While Jack enjoy the life of an A - lister , Wray tour the sci - fi circuit as a guest of conventions , comic book depot , and lots of pop culture events . The show will feature all the weird and crazy things that bump to Wray along the way to these outcome .
The serial is a light - hearted take on the personalities , luminaries , and characters in the scifi residential district we are inside to call ourselves members . Con Man is a way to share some of the surreal occurrences we have had , while severalise the story of a guy learn to roll in the hay and comprehend his fans .
A smile $ 5 assurance gets you a gif of Tudyk and Fillion eminent - fiving , but substantive pledges volunteer the series VOD or on videodisc with audio commentaries ( $ 25 ) , posters ( $ 50 ) and T - shirt ( $ 60 ) .
Valeria: Card Kingdoms
This identity card - and - dice game sees you run a kingdom , defending it from colossus while you expand your city and military recruit citizens to join your ever - growing populace :
Vile demon plague the kingdom of Valeria . Use Strength to slay minions like pesky Goblins … and wolf like the mighty Owlbear … to realise rewards . Then , defeat the Bos in each region to remove the land and earn rewards based on the amount of monsters you ’ve kill in that area .
player start with 1 Peasant and 1 Knight . Throughout the plot you and your friend will forgather Gold to build a tableau of truehearted citizen like the hard - working Butcher … the witching Paladin … or the bestial Mercenary .
In a single plot , there are 10 unlike citizens to choose from , plus almost all of them have alternative card with different characters and different effects … a total of 18 different citizens to choose from so every game will acquaint you with different options and unlike challenges . No two games will be likewise .
$ 10 bewilder you the file to print your own cards and rules out , while $ 29 get you the full forcible variation of the plot .
Mankiller
A Modern labor fromThe walk Dead ’s Gale Anne Hurd and Valerie Red - Horse looks to assure the life of Wilma Mankiller , the first female Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation :
When history fails to keep stories from our past and present , it ’s up to us to sort out the track record . Wilma Mankiller , the first cleaning lady elect Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation , is omitted from most history books despite order among radical leaders like Harriet Tubman or Eleanor Roosevelt . She was an activist and a supporter to a Carry Amelia Moore Nation – and it ’s fourth dimension the world commemorate her name .
MANKILLER is a docudrama lionize a leader who defied all odds to make a conflict for her people . During a time when American Indians discover themselves disenfranchised and devalue by the United States at bombastic , Wilma emerged as a champion of the Cherokee Nation and became its first distaff Principal Chief in 1985 .
The subject is interesting enough alone , and a $ 20 pledge will get you admission to teem the documentary film online — but Hurd ’s involvement mean some higher tier assurance are rewarded with items from theWalking idle idiot box show , including signed DVDs ( $ 85 ) and T - shirt ( $ 30 ) .
Friends of the Apparating Library
The foresighted hunt Harry Potter Alliance has used the power of the Harry Potter fandom to rase money for a variety of causes over the years , and now they ’re operate a crowdfunder to help their “ Accio Books ” safari , an outside Good Book private road :
The Harry Potter Alliance turn fans into hero . Our residential district of activists , wonk , zealous reader , and pop culture enthusiast has harness all kinds of significant outlet , from marriage equality to ethical cocoa source . However , few issues are close to the center of our community than literacy and educational activity admission . After all , a divvy up love of books convey us together in the first place , and the morals of the stories we have it away have channelize our campaign and priorities since 2005 .
This campaign will fund our yearly outside book campaign , Accio Books . cash in hand raise will allow us to coordinate a Word of God drive spanning several Continent , provide crucial resources to our members and chapters , and plan Scripture giveaway event at Operation Breakthrough in Kansas City , Missouri , and Borderline Books in the Netherlands .
A $ 10 pledge lucre you membership access to the Apparating Library , the group ’s fan - generated record service of process that tours fandom events and convention across the world .
Far Space Foundry
This neat board plot sees you managing a space station as it harvests and refines ore , running the manufacturing installation as well as dealing with transport and gang facility :
In Far Space Foundry , you will lead a squad of pilots through two distinct phases – Space Foundry Alpha and Space Foundry Beta . At Space Foundry Alpha , you will manage the transit , store , and processing of asteroid ore in your storage warehouse — all while rook with the Galactic Traders and hire the expertness of veteran pilots from the Alpha Cantina .
At Space Foundry Beta , you will utilise the ore you transported from Space Foundry Alpha to manufacture and charge ruined products , as well as kick upstairs your fleet . The military recruit that can best lade their merchant ship to cater our peacekeeper on the front parentage will lead our foreign mission to success .
A $ 39 pledge meshing you a transcript of the biz .
Elf
Songgu Kwon ’s frequently absurd , often uproarious experimental webcomic about a straight - laced Elven commando ( and her Wombat ally ) has been persist since 2012 , and is now being gather in a hardback collection :
Elf Book One will pull in all of the comic page from the web series and the rest of the current chapter , or story arc . Backers will be able to read the total story to its ending , even before it becomes available online .
In improver to 170 comic page , the leger will sport roughly 50 Page of oarlock - up and concept art galleries , including some that are entirely new or never before put out .
$ 10 gets you the PDF version of the book , while $ 40 gets you the physical edition as well as the PDF .
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