Kickstarter has long been a great way for small start-ups to get their ideas out there, and for established companies to float new ideas. Unfortunately, initially, this cut out places like Black Knight Games from the process. We want to be a part of bringing great new games to our customers, and supporting exciting new products. Now, many companies have figured out how to make places like Black Knight Games a part of this exciting process, and we are very happy to be able to bring you some great products from our partners on Kickstarter!
Why Pledge Through Retail?
When you pledge through Black Knight Games on these Kickstarters, you will get the same great products, at the same time as if you pledged yourself, for the same price! You will also avoid paying any additional shipping or duty charges. Lastly, you will be supporting BKG, and enabling us to continue to be a great spot that promotes your local gaming community!
What Projects Does Black Knight Games Back?
As a store we are very interested in many of the great projects that find their beginning on Kickstarter. We will be very enthusiastic about supporting projects that meet the following criteria:
- The project looks like something that our customers will be interested in.
- The Project Creators are interested in providing a retail pledge level, that isn’t prohibitive in scope.
- That pledge level leaves a reasonable percentage of profit for us to make our efforts worthwhile, without requiring too steep an up-front charge (we aren’t interested in spending $1000 up front on games we won’t have in stock for a year and a half)
- The shipping isn’t prohibitive to Canada.
This means that if you discover a Kickstarter that you are in love with, you should let us know! Perhaps the KS might be something BKG should bring in, allowing you to piggy back on our order!
The following is a comprehensive list of Kickstarters that BKG has backed. Some of these are projects that you can still pledge for. Some are projects that have long come in, and that we now stock regularly:
| KICKSTARTER PROJECT | KS Link | Are We Backing It? |
Is It Available to Buy In Store? |
Has It Arrived? |
| Immersive Battle Maps for RPGs (flatfold book) | |
Yes | Yes – Pledge It! | No |
| Vindication Board Game | |
Yes | Yes – Pledge It! | No |
| Resident Evil 2 Board Game | |
Yes | We Stock It | Yes |
| Terror Below | |
Yes | Yes – Pledge It! | No |
| Trecherous Traps (5e) | |
Yes | Yes – Pledge It! | No |
| Project Elite | |
Yes | Yes – Pledge It! | No |
| Starcadia Quest | |
Yes | Yes – Pledge It! | No |
| Tsuro – Phoenix Rising | |
Yes | Yes – Pledge It! | No |
| Archvillain Gauntlets – Beautiful 5e Character Sheet Cases | |
Campaign Cancelled Relaunching in 2019 |
No | No |
| The Deck of Many Animated Spells | |
Yes | Yes – Pledge It | No |
| For the Love of Board Games — A Book for Board Gamers | |
Yes | Yes – Pledge It | No |
| 5e: Objects of Intrigue Decks | |
Yes | Yes – Pledge It | No |
| Call to Adventure | |
Yes | Yes – Pledge It | No |
| Gorus Maximus | |
Yes | Yes – Pledge It | No |
| Spectacular Settlements for 5e | |
Yes | Yes – Pledge It | No |
| Cthulhu, Death May Die | |
Yes | Yes – Pledge It | No |
| Arcadia Quest Riders | |
No | ||
| Court of the Dead: Mourner’s Call | |
Yes | Yes – Pledge It | No |
| Overlight | |
Yes | We Stock It | Yes |
| Hellboy – Board Game | |
Yes | Yes – Pledge It | No |
| Zombicide: Invasion | |
Yes | Yes – Pledge It | No |
| Fireball Island | |
Yes | We Stock It | Yes |
| HATE – Board Game | |
Yes | Yes – Pledge It | No |
| The Deck of Many | |
Yes | We Stock It | Yes |
| Song of Ice & Fire Miniatures Game | |
Yes | We Stock It | Yes |
| Reaper Miniatures: Bones 4 | |
Yes | Not Yet | No |
| The Yellow King RPG | |
Yes | Not Yet | No |
| Zombicide: Green Horde | |
Yes | We Stock It | Yes |
| Rising Sun | |
Yes | We Stock It | Yes |
| Terrain Crate | |
Yes | We Stock It | Yes |
| The White Box: Game Design Kit | |
Yes | We Stock It | Yes |
| Crusaders: Thy Will Be Done Deluxified | |
Yes | Not Yet | No |
| The Other Side Miniatures Game | Yes | No | No | |
| Bears VS Babies | Yes | We Stock It | Yes | |
| Blood & Plunder | Yes | We Stock It | Yes | |
| Walking Dead Miniatures Game | Yes | We Stock It | Yes | |
| Joking Hazard | Yes | We Stock It | Yes | |
| Arcadia Quest: Inferno | Yes | We Stock It | Yes | |
| Scythe | Yes | We Stock It | Yes | |
| The Others: 7 Deadly Sins | Yes | We Stock It | Yes | |
| Coup: Rebellion G54 | Yes | We Stock It | Yes | |
| B-Sieged: Sons of the Abyss | Yes | We Stock It | Yes | |
| Boss Monster: The Next Level | Yes | We Stock It | Yes | |
| One Night Resistance | Yes | We Stock It | Yes | |
| Salem Card Game | Yes | Special Order | Yes | |
| Ninja All Stars | Yes | Special Order | Yes | |
| Conan | Yes | We Stock It | Yes | |
| Exploding Kittens | Yes | We Stock It | Yes | |
| Rum & Bones | Yes | We Stock It | Yes | |
| The Resistance: Hostile Intent & Hidden Agenda | Yes | We Stock It | Yes | |
| Dogs of War | Yes | We Stock It | Yes | |
| Coup: Reformation | Yes | We Stock It | Yes | |
| Arcadia Quest | Yes | We Stock It | Yes | |
| Mars Attacks: Miniature Game | Yes | Special Order | Yes | |
| Rivet Wars | Yes | Special Order | Yes | |
| Crit Success Dice Rings | Yes | We Stock It | Yes | |
| Reaper Miniatures: Bones 2 | Yes | We Stock It | Yes |