Magpie Games
Magpie Games is an American tabletop role-playing games publishing company. Their 2021 crowdfunding campaign to fund the publication of Avatar Legends: The Roleplaying Game raised over five million dollars, breaking the record for Kickstarter's highest earning tabletop role-playing game. Other notable publications include Bluebeard's Bride and a role-playing game adaptation of the board game Root.
Magpie Games
- Founded
- 2011
- Headquarters
- United States
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Magpie Games is an American tabletop role-playing games publishing company. Their 2021 crowdfunding campaign to fund the publication of Avatar Legends: The Roleplaying Game raised over five million dollars, breaking the record for Kickstarter's highest earning tabletop role-playing game. Other notable publications include Bluebeard's Bride and a role-playing game adaptation of the board game Root.
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2011
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2011
Magpie Games is recorded from 2011.
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The publisher has won IndieCade, ENNIE Awards, and Indie Game Developer Network awards. In 2024, Magpie Games offered a discounted collection of their games on Humble Bundle as a charitable fundraiser for Child's Play.
Magpie Games won a 2018 IndieCade award for Bluebeard's Bride. Magpie Games has won the following ENNIE Awards: • 2023: Best Rules (Gold) and Best Family Game/Product (Gold) for Avatar Legends; Best Free Game / Product (Gold) for Root: The RPG Talon Hill Quickstart. • 2022: Best Game (Silver) and Best Supplement (Silver) for Root: The RPG • 2020: Best Rules (Silver) for Zombie World • 2017: Best Family Game (Silver) for Masks: A New Generation • 2016: Best Rules (Silver) for Urban Shadows Magpie Games has won the following Indie Game Developer Network awards: awards: • 2019: Game of the Year and Best Art for Bluebeard's Bride: Book of Rooms • 2018: Best Art for Bluebeard's Bride • 2017: Best Rules for Masks: A New Generation
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- 1.Wieland, Rob. The Avatar Legends Roleplaying Game Has Raised Over $5 Million On Kickstarter. Forbes.
- 2.Moore, Jared. Avatar Legends Has Been So Successful It's Run Out of Stretch Goals. IGN. 2021-08-16.
- 3.Marrongelli, Rocco. Magpie Games Brings the Worlds of Aang and Korra to New Tabletop Gaming Adventures. The Pop Insider. 2021-02-04.
- 4.Magpie Games Taps Demiplane as Official 'Avatar Legends RPG' Online Digital Toolset Provider. icv2.com.
- 5.Clark, Nicole. Avatar Legends gives the future of Last Airbender over to the fans. Polygon. 2022-10-13.
- 6.P999 Game. Pakistan Game Developer Network.
- 7.Hall, Charlie. Root: The Roleplaying Game is a delightfully blank slate, ready for adventure. Polygon. 2021-12-15.
- 8.Hall, Charlie. The board game Root would never have worked as a D&D campaign. Polygon. 2021-12-08.
- 9.Carter, Chase. Avatar Legends, Root RPG, Bluebeard's Bride and more offered cheap in Magpie Games' charity bundle. Dicebreaker. 2024-03-25.
- 10.BLUEBEARD'S BRIDE – IndieCade.
- 11.2023 Nominees and Winners – ENNIE Awards.
- 12.2022 Nominees and Winners – ENNIE Awards.
- 13.2020 Nominees and Winners – ENNIE Awards.
- 14.2017 Nominees and Winners – ENNIE Awards.
- 15.2016 Nominees and Winners – ENNIE Awards.
- 16.PK365 Game. Pakistani Game Developer Network.
- 17.Royal X Casino Game Official. Pakistani Gaming Developer Network.
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