This week ’s look at all things Crowdfunding offers everything you could want – well , credibly not , but it ’s still got a deep honkytonk into the science of H.P. Lovecraft , awesome tabletop accessory , Robot comic strip and a year of classic repulsion film ! Let ’s check it out .
Header Image credit : Toolbox
BattleHex
This nifty lot of Hex - based terrain tiles lease you make and set up huge , cool front boards to play tabletop games of all sorts easily instead of savvy out the green playing mat again and again :
From the Maker of War of business leader comes BattleHex , a hexagon - based , modular terrain system that is ready mighty out of the box to twist your whole table into an refined battleground desirable of your miniatures no matter what secret plan you play on it . It is beautiful , various , easy to set up , and soft to take down . Just one box sum up great artistic core to a whole table making it extremely virtual . There ’s nothing to assemble , key , or flock , and the terrain itself does n’t get in the way of your miniatures during the game . In short , BattleHex is fantastic terrain without the hassle !
A $ 64 pledge nets you one complete tileset – 61 hexes , enough to make a 6 x 4 foot terrain board – when they ’re due to ship in July of this year .
Lovecraftian Science Volume 1
Lovecraft ’s solicitation of tales often relied on science and scientific construct to advantageously cringe the living bejesus out of us . concerned in get wind more about them ? Look no further than this volume of articles investigating the scientific background of Lovecraft ’s most infamous storey in depth :
A number of people have asked for more inside information and investigations into some of the subject topic I cover on Lovecraftian Science . to boot , I would wish to spend more time and detail on some of these national , conducting more research and presenting additional info . These investigations will be synthesized into an approximately 100 pageboy periodical called “ Lovecraftian Science , Volume 1 , and will cover a sort of scientific subject matters but in a nifty level of detail than what has been cover on my web log .
$ 7 pledge get you the magazine as a digital download , $ 25 the physical edition ( as well as the opportunity to forward a doubtfulness that will be answered in it ) .
The Universal Suspects
The Digital Gym Cinema desire to bestow a year long retrospective of Universal ’s classic monster movie to San Diego – for a Sunday a calendar month , every calendar month for the rest of the year !
Yes , ticket will be useable to individual Universal Suspects programs . Yes , full - year passes will be available at the box office . So why do we need to do an IndieGoGo run ?
Well , so as to make this materialize , we have to pay a monster - sizing lump of money for the viewing rights for thirty - one films . But with a modest number of pre - sales we can facilitate the financial burden before the first creature is let idle on the screen . Plus , this is your chance to get a year - long pass at a discounted rate and with Perks !
The crusade is basically for pre - booking tickets to the event – $ 20 get you two passing game to see every moving-picture show ( except for a special screening of the Spanish - nomenclature edition of Dracula at the San Diego Film Festival ) .
Toolbox
This graphical novel from Kyle Gnepper ( Samurnauts ) and Kristen Gudsnuk ( Henchgirl ) revolves around a modest family on a future colony world programming a humble construction bot to be their Guardian :
Toolbox is about a future off world human village that reprograms a construction robot to protect them from brigand and grave unfounded life in the area . It ’s equal parts Science Fiction and Western Adventure . At its heart it ’s about technology , sisterhood , character and what it entail to be a family .
You know the drill – $ 10 nets you the digital copy of the ruined graphic novel , while $ 15 get you the physical edition .
You ’re reading Toybox , io9 ’s web log for all things pop refinement . From merchandise to amazing fan creations , TV recaps and decisive commentary on the hot theme of the mean solar day , you could find it all here !
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