As long-time Bren-watchers may know, I rather like Kickstarter. I’ve launched three campaigns there in the last several years; one failed, but two were hugely successful. I’d like to do another one soon. There are three projects in particular that I’m interested in doing, and I welcome your opinions about which one(s) interest you.<\/p>\n
– A tabletop RPG<\/strong> (think of Dungeons & Dragons) set in the world of The Hidden Houses, my fantasy series<\/a>. This project probably has the most “momentum”, as it would be easily connected to my previous Kickstarter campaign. The text is already done; I just need to hire artists, beta-testers, and an editor.<\/p>\n – A second edition of “Clear and Present Thinking<\/a>“<\/strong>, my free college-level textbook on logic and critical reasoning. I’d like to expand it a little bit, and update the exercises and examples. I’ll need to hire contributors, and a designer, to do that. And, of course, I’d like to keep it free.<\/p>\n – A volume of “soft power” strategy games.<\/strong> A few years ago I published “Iron Age: Council of the Clans<\/a>“, a tabletop strategy game that I invented to teach political science to my students at Heritage College. I’ve invented two more similar games since then, one that looks at economics, and one which involves proposition-logic and argumentation. I’d like to hire an artist or two, and publish them, possibly as an expansion of “Iron Age”.<\/p>\n Naturally, I will make my own decision about which of these projects to run first. But I value your suggestions, and will certainly take them into account.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As long-time Bren-watchers may know, I rather like Kickstarter. I’ve launched three campaigns there in the last several years; one failed, but two were hugely successful. I’d like to do another one soon. There are three projects in particular that … Continue reading