Custom Audio for Table Top Games Fully Funded on Kickstarter

Orange County Gaming Group, based in Anaheim, California, has fully funded it's Kickstarter project for Realmsound 2.0.  On it's second attempt, OCGG was able to fund it's project in just one day.  

The OCGG website explains the project: "The Orange County Gaming Group has always been dedicated to finding ways to advance the table top games we play. One of our biggest steps in doing so was adding audio. We began investing more and more into our audio, and eventually ended up with some truly amazing works that changed our games forever. Suddenly, we were able to hear the sounds of the Dwarves singing to their God. We were able to listen to the wind blowing through the towers. We jumped when the GM suddenly played the roar of a creature we’d come upon. Making such audio custom, based on our years of gaming experiences, made each sound original and exotic. It was music created FOR the game.

Realmsound is the Kickstarter created  not only to earn the donations to make the audio, but also to gain the support from fellow tabletop gamers. The Audio we source will be available through donations to our campaign- donations that will be used to continue building the library of soundscapes, voice-overs, background music, and racial music to enhance the roleplaying experience for everyone."

Here is what the soundboard will look like once the product is finalized:

The Soundboard

The intuitive design of the audio dashboard will make integration into the gaming experience simple.  Even as a beginner, you will find that adding audio will bring a new element of life to the game.  Check out Orange County Gaming Group here to learn more!

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Introduction

Hi and welcome!

We are the bloggers of Board Game Gab and we are dedicated to bringing you, tabletop game enthusiasts & novices, exciting information about the tabletop game industry.  One of the main types of content we hope to provide is insight into the tabletop game community through the eyes of first-timers.  What this means is we will interview people who have never played a tabletop game before, get their opinions/expectations of the game, have them actually play, and finally gather their opinions/outcomes after the game.  In addition to these types of posts, we will also occasionally feature information on new games as well as upcoming tabletop game events in the Orange County area.

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