Today is your last chance to back Godzilla: The Roleplaying Game on Kickstarter. IDW Games' tabletop RPG has raised more than three times its $60,000 goal since launching on March 3, marking the publisher's first new release in over five years.
The game ditches dice entirely in favour of a standard 52-card deck, keeping sessions fast and unpredictable. Players join G-Force, an organisation fighting kaiju while investigating a mysterious energy source called kai-sei. The setting draws from IDW Publishing's Kai-Sei Era comics, where humanity has learned to adapt to a world where giant monsters are part of daily life.
The creative team brings notable tabletop pedigree. Jervis Johnson, Gav Thorpe, and Mark A. Latham all cut their teeth on Warhammer 40,000 before turning their attention to building a system where your character might end up fleeing Godzilla in a helicopter while trading fire with cultists.
That scenario is not hypothetical. At PAX East 2026, a two-hour demo saw a four-person party (including a former quarterback turned field commander and a kaiju-mutated human seeking a cure) build toward exactly that kind of escalating action. The system leans into cinematic "Rule of Cool" moments, prioritising forward momentum over mechanical complexity.
IDW Games has been quiet since its earlier struggles, making this comeback worth watching. Fulfilment is expected in October 2026. If you are interested, the campaign page closes today, April 2.
Sources: Kickstarter | Nerdist | Popverse