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Elizabeth Shoemaker Sampat

Mountain View, CA

Tabletop RPG designer, when not designing amazing social games. Former professional photographer, East Coast girl at heart. Award-winning writer. Decent baker.

  1. Barber Ella Shop 2012 by Scott Jon Siegel

    Inspired by the sexy, sci-fi classic "Barbarella," Barber Ella Shop is Burning Man theme camp that gives out hundreds of free haircuts.

    Funding Unsuccessful (05/25/2012)
  2. Darling Magazine - Print Edition by Darling Magazine

    If Audrey Hepburn started a magazine, it would be Darling. An ad-free mag that guides women through life with beauty & wisdom.

    • 117% funded $17,586 pledged
    • 320 backers
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  3. The REAL FORK Project: real food, real easy! by Jon Whitehead

    A vibrant online marketplace showcasing local, sustainable and artisan food with convenient pick up spots all over San Francisco.

    • 23% funded $2,628 pledged
    • 36 backers
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  4. Pathfinder Online Technology Demo by Goblinworks Inc.

    A fantasy sandbox MMO RPG where the character's actions are persistent, the players build kingdoms and YOU are the storytellers!

    • 204% funded $102,320 pledged
    • 1,588 backers
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  5. Storybricks, the storytelling online RPG by Storybricks

    Storybricks is the toolset that allows users to tell stories in a computer RPG and share them with friends.

    • 9% funded $23,239 pledged
    • 392 backers
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    The Graphic Textbook by Reading With Pictures

    A comic that every teacher will actually want to use... and a textbook that every student will actually want to read!

    • 119% funded $77,420 pledged
    • 971 backers
    • Funded May 17, 2012
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    "My Worst Best Friend" Children's short stories by Julie Cavacco

    Stories about an everyday friendship, that end with a humorous punchline, written for older children still learning to read.

    • 118% funded $2,375 pledged
    • 69 backers
    • Funded Apr 20, 2012
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    Prismatic Art Collection by Tracy Hurley

    By commissioning art from a diverse set of artists and releasing to the Creative Commons, we'll change how fantasy heroes are depicted.

    • 128% funded $6,416 pledged
    • 297 backers
    • Funded May 20, 2012
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    Artisan Dice by Charlie Brumfield

    Handmade Dice for the Discerning Gamer

    • 30,514% funded $91,542 pledged
    • 1,131 backers
    • Funded Apr 07, 2012
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    Dog Eat Dog by Liam Burke

    Dog Eat Dog is a fun, compelling game about colonialism and assimilation in the Pacific Islands.

    • 223% funded $6,704 pledged
    • 281 backers
    • Funded Apr 30, 2012
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    High Score - 3rd Edition: A Game History Book by Rusel DeMaria

    High Score is out of print. We need your help to bring it back - new, improved and expanded!

    • 140% funded $35,165 pledged
    • 416 backers
    • Funded Apr 04, 2012
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    Double Fine Adventure by Double Fine and 2 Player Productions

    An adventure game from Tim Schafer, Double Fine, and YOU!

    • 834% funded $3,336,371 pledged
    • 87,142 backers
    • Funded Mar 13, 2012
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    Flatpack: Fix the Future! Optimistic Apocalyptic RPG by David A Hill Jr

    Have you heard anyone say that the future's not so bright, and thought, "But I have lightbulbs?" If so, Flatpack is the game for you!

    • 785% funded $7,854 pledged
    • 209 backers
    • Funded Feb 13, 2012
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    A Road Paved in Iron: A Voodoo Western Dime novel by Don Corcoran

    One part haunting fantasy, one part historical fiction, and one part spaghetti western.

    • 102% funded $3,575 pledged
    • 57 backers
    • Funded Jan 15, 2012
  15. You Smell by Megan Cummins

    Let's face it: people like people who smell good, and sometimes this can be a daunting task. Allow us to help.

    Funding Unsuccessful (12/29/2011)
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    Little Bee Pops by Liz Snyder

    Bringing ice pops & awesome to Silicon Valley. Just funded- we ♥ our backers! Keep it coming & we'll get our first bike-powered cart!

    • 110% funded $16,507 pledged
    • 365 backers
    • Funded Jan 10, 2012
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    Always/Never/Now by Will Hindmarch

    A cyberpunk action-adventure roleplaying-game scenario ready to play with built-in player characters and simple game rules.

    • 557% funded $8,363 pledged
    • 266 backers
    • Funded Jan 09, 2012
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    Alphanatomy by Karen Bucher

    An alphabet book that showcases a different anatomical feature for each letter illustrated by a Certified Medical Illustrator.

    • 101% funded $5,090 pledged
    • 77 backers
    • Funded Jan 07, 2012
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    Matriarchy: A Social Game by Ben Lehman

    You are the queen of a remote mountain kingdom, isolated but being drawn into the outside world. Will your people thrive or perish?

    • 136% funded $4,090 pledged
    • 69 backers
    • Funded Dec 06, 2011
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    Z-Ward: a survival-horror Parsely game by Jared A. Sorensen

    The seventh and most terrifying game yet in the Parsely series. The goal? Help your sister escape Z-Ward...or die trying.

    • 769% funded $7,694 pledged
    • 281 backers
    • Funded Nov 30, 2011
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    Darshan: Photographic Series on Indian Deities by Manjari Sharma

    New York/Mumbai photographer Manjari Sharma re-imagines Indian deities in a new medium with detail and emotion. A series of 9 photos.

    • 133% funded $26,602 pledged
    • 405 backers
    • Funded Aug 28, 2011
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    ndp Microgame Issue #1: Be Ashamed Young Prince by Nathan D. Paoletta

    In this shortform fiction game, you play a Prince trying to save your kingdom - or damn it. Can you find your fathers murderer in time?

    • 455% funded $1,254 pledged
    • 69 backers
    • Funded Jun 29, 2011
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    The Inaugural Summer Season of New Players Theater Festival by New Players Theater Festival

    The New Players Theater Festival presents its inaugural season of Romeo and Juliet and Twelfth Night.

    • 109% funded $4,375 pledged
    • 60 backers
    • Funded May 23, 2011
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    I eat - you eat. A recipe book for parallel dining. by Caroline Hobkinson

    For 3 month the Zagreus Gallery in Berlin will send for every meal eaten the identical ingredients as a meal pack to Karachi Pakistan.

    Funding Unsuccessful (11/22/2010)
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    GAMEFUL, a Secret HQ for Worldchanging Game Developers by Jane McGonigal

    Good games make us better and change the world. We’re the people making and playing those games. We need a Secret HQ.

    • 3,248% funded $64,965 pledged
    • 593 backers
    • Funded Sep 29, 2010
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