Once a month we'll be bringing you a look at some of the best local Kickstarter campaigns in order to let you know what's getting ready to be unleashed through the help of small investors.
Larpe Diem: Have you ever seen Darkon, the documentary someone made about foam sword fighting, live action RPGs? It's awesome. If they had that every Monday like football I would crash my car in order to get home on time to watch it.
Coming to us from the Fat Kids on the Block film crew, this is a similar film, except this time it's fictional. An average man named James is dragged by a friend to an underground LARP event where it turns out he is a naturally gifted foam weapons expert. Soon, he is an sensation in the LARP underworld, but success always makes you enemies.
Seriously, this is Kickboxer for the nerd crowd and I want it made yesterday. The only downside is that it's $75 to get a copy of the film (And a digital at that). Seems like a bit of a rip-off, but if they're angling for a theatrical release I can understand.
Goal: $7,500 by August 6
Puggernauts Pooch Paraphernalia Blastoff: This one goes out to my Aunt Kathy and all the pugs she's kept fat and happy over the years. Amberly Preston is dedicating herself to making the kind of items an elderly pug needs in their twilight years. These include diapers for incontinent dogs, and orthopedic, easily washable beds for their old bones. If dogs have saints, I can totally see Preston being one of them.
It's $75 to get a bed, but all the prizes below that come with stickers, dog clothes, autograph pictures, and other neat dog things. $500 gets you a big giant dog party, and that is the most adorable sounding thing ever!
Goal: $2,000 by August 7
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