Kickstarter

Before we get to the important update stuff, here's your new wallpaper:

As always, you can get the new wallpaper on the site's Wallpaper page. I couldn't tell you why... Read more

Your new wallpaper can be seen below, and downloaded here. I came up with the idea as a tribute to Leonard Nemoy when he passed away, but as always with... Read more

The second of the Backer's Choice PDFs is now complete: Therkla the half-orc ninja in "Spoiler Alert." (That's the name of the story, not an actual spoiler alert.) It's sixteen... Read more

Hey guys. I have the flu, I think, or something, so this update is going to be straight to the point. Let's start with the wallpaper again. 

 I call this... Read more

I’m happy to announce that the second set of A Monster for Every Seasonis completed; you’ll be getting the download link in a separate update email in a few... Read more

Let's get the important stuff out of the way first: The Haleo and Julelan story, spoofing Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, is done. Finally. It ended up a lot longer... Read more

Sometimes, I get into this...loop. I think to myself, "I'm going to get Task X done, and then I'm going to do an update." And then I get about half... Read more

Today is the one-year anniversary of the end of this pledge drive and our long fulfillment together. I bet you thought I forgot.

In celebration, I am releasing the first... Read more

Welcome to what is probably the last Kickstarter update for 2012. It's going to be a fairly short one.

Physical therapy has been proceeding apace, and I've gotten to the... Read more

Hey guys. I know a lot of you have been waiting for an update on my thumb, which I've posted over on the main Giant in the Playground website (short... Read more

Hi Everyone,

This is Mrs. Giant writing (AKA Rich's WIfe). He wanted me to let you guys know some stuff that's been going on. Rich had an accident earlier this... Read more

Golly, I wonder what I'm going to talk about in this update, given that you almost certainly looked at the picture below this before reading this sentence OH LOOK:

Yes,... Read more

This update has taken a little longer to emerge from the primordial update soup because I wanted to wait until I had any actual progress to report. Which is not... Read more

Here's what's happening:

Books started shipping out on May 17th. While I don't have exact figures on how many packages have left the warehouse, I've been told that Ookoodook is... Read more

The coloring books arrived on Friday, and they are fantastic. I'm so excited about them; they look well-made and everyone who has gotten a peek inside so far has been... Read more

We have received reports—scattered at first, but growing in frequency—that backers have begun getting their magnets in the mail. Should this prove true, I can only say that no one... Read more

My days as an official millionaire have come and gone. The money became available to use on Friday, and I started spending it this morning. A heady 55 hours during... Read more

So we've gotten the final tally for how many pledges went through, and the total of all pledges that were dropped (due to irresolvable processing errors or the like) added up to... Read more

Hey, remember when I said I was saving some stuff to say when this ended? Turns out I'm mostly speechless. Well, speechless for me, which still means that I cram... Read more

Well, you did it, and way ahead of the deadline, too. We passed the million dollar mark last night, Sunday February 19th, at around 5:45 pm EST (10:45 UTC). This... Read more

I told you those two lines were dead to me.

Since I'm pretty sure I have everyone's attention right now, I thought it would be a good idea to go... Read more

As predicted, here we are again to talk about embroidered patches. First, let's remind everyone what it looks like:

Then, let's point out that you can now add it to... Read more

Apparently, you all really like the idea of things getting stuck to you. I haven't crunched any numbers, but that burst of pledging seemed like it just about equaled our... Read more

Hey gang, this will be the only update this weekend (I'll be back Monday), but I really quickly wanted to go over something kind of important for international customers. If... Read more

We reached the "Super-Size" line sometime this morning, so that means that every order of $125 or more will get two stickers and two notepads, while every order over $250... Read more

We are juuuuust shy of the $500k mark, which means I better make an update fast so that I have something left to talk about tomorrow. You guys surpassed the... Read more

Just a quick update tonight, since I know I'll be updating it again later today. You ran the table on the mini-prizes in a day, so here's a peek at... Read more

Every time I think I've figured out what the ceiling is for your support, you burst through it. The last 24 hours have raised the most money in the time... Read more

So we've been at this for a week and a day now, folks, and I've been told by reliable sources that we now hold the total fundraising record in the... Read more

Another day, another two goals shattered. Ho hum. Just a day in the life of having the best fans in the entire world. Seriously, you guys, we actually acceleratedthe... Read more

Last year's Snips, Snails, and Dragon Talesfeatured a story in a more action-oriented comic book style about the original Dashing Swordsman, Julio Scoundrél. At the end of that story,... Read more

I didn't even get 24 hours before having to do another update. We pushed the minimum funding goal over and stomped up and down on its face at around 5:10... Read more