Kickstarter Page: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/545820095/weird-wars-rome-savage-worlds
Pinnacle Entertainment Group announces a swift start to their latest crowdfunding initiative through Kickstarter.com: Weird Wars Rome for Savage Worlds. The project reached complete funding within the first hour.
Weird Wars Rome is the latest in a series of tabletop roleplaying game books for the Weird Wars line by Pinnacle Entertainment Group. Weird Wars imagines military campaigns in history twisted by the supernatural for adventures both horrific and violent. In Weird Wars Rome, players are legionaries for the vast Roman Empire encountering the horrors of war and far darker things.
Pinnacle Entertainment Group and owner Shane Lacy Hensley achieved Kickstarter recognition with the Deadlands Noir Kickstarter last summer. Deadlands Noir also achieved full funding on the first day, and ended with 1470% of the goal ($117, 648) after 30 days. At the time of this announcement, the Weird Wars Rome Kickstarter has achieved more than 260% of the goal with funding over $16,000.
“I’m humbled by the enthusiastic reaction from our fans so quickly,” said Hensley. “I was blown away by the support for Deadlands Noir last year, and feedback on Weird Wars Rome has been just as exciting.”
The Weird Wars Rome Kickstarter has a simple tier structure where backers automatically receive new digital rewards as each stretch goal is reached—there are no for-pay “add-ons.” Backers have already responded positively to this reward structure for Weird Wars Rome on Kickstarter.
Backers will download the completed book as a pdf and any digital rewards that are finished at that time. Digital rewards include an original soundtrack, short adventures, new monsters, and other surprises at certain funding levels.
Funding levels begin at $20 (“Auxilia”) for the Weird Wars Rome pdf and some digital rewards. Other levels gain the backer two double-sided, dry-erase poster maps, custom dice, GM’s Screen, and an adventure, Noctic Germanicus, written by the mysterious “Teller.” There are also Roman red dice from Chessex added at the $90 “Legatus” backer level.
Pinnacle is very happy to support “brick and mortar” retailers as well; the “Merchant” backer level includes multiple copies of Weird Wars Rome in limited edition hardback, softcover “graphic novel” format, GM Screens and Noctic Germanicus adventures, and the poster maps. Best of all, these retailers will receive the products for sale before the regular retail street date.
Weird Wars Rome requires the Savage Worlds core rules to play, also available from Pinnacle Entertainment Group directly and through normal distribution channels. Savage Worlds is a customizable tabletop roleplaying game system usable for any genre—from superheroes to scifi and fantasy—winning several industry awards since its initial release in 2003 including Best Game, Best Setting, Best Adventure, and many more.
For more information, visit Pinnacle Entertainment Group (www.peginc.com). The Weird Wars Rome Kickstarter page is https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/545820095/weird-wars-rome-savage-worlds?ref=tag.
