&gt; Aren&#x27;t board games some what popular on kick starter<p>Yes, very much so, and miniatures games (not really the same thing) also.<p>&gt; don&#x27;t they have a pretty bad history of abuse&#x2F;fraud&#x2F;mismanagement&#x2F;underperformance?<p>No? At least not by Kickstarter standards. The category has a much better track record than computer games or new hardware gadgets.