Should Established Publishers be Crowd-Funding Their Games?

A few weeks ago we told you that Hans im Gluck is preparing to crowd fund the latest edition of Saint Petersburg. Firestone and I (Jeremiah) have recently had some discussions about whether or not it’s right, or a misuse of the crowd funding tools, for well-established publishers to bring new titles–or special edition/big box versions of classic titles–into the marketplace via crowd-funding sites such as Kickstarter. 

St. Petersburg is Getting a Reprint

Well…maybe. The game company Hans im Gluck has announced that, thanks to numerous requests from gamers, they’ll be crowd-funding a new edition of St. Petersburg.