I think you may have misunderstood it.

The cards do not mean that the animals you won't get unless you have them.

ALL The animals are in the base game, and you simply have to FIND them and have a chance to recruit them. Some are extremely rare, etc.

These cards are merely a way to get quick-access to them without having to find them within the game world, they are not required in any way shape or form to get access to the creatures in game.

The codes merely let you by-pass finding them in game and have access to them by inputing the code on the card (which can then be put back on the card and traded/given to someone else).

Read the description of some cards in the tiers, they are indicated as "exclusive to backers", the cheapest of these ones is in the $100 tier (black dolphin) and the more expensive one in $5000 tier (glass dolphin)

There's a Pathfinder sourcebook based on Aden, the steam-fantasy setting of Thunderscape:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1860935013/thunderscape-the-world-of-aden

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/yachtclubgames/shovel-knight/posts/445878?ref=activity
Shovel Knights has just got the person who did all the sounds, including music for Mega Man now working on their project.

Crazy old bastard (who may be my father, though I do try to deny any resemblance) trying to get his second book published:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1646930491/martas-pod

His first book he did self publishing entirely out of pocket, including a professional editor (which ain't cheap).. he can't afford to do that again with the 2nd, which is twice as long as the first. The 2nd book (Marta's Pod) is completely written and revised, just awaiting an editor.

His writing is Science Fiction, with a Christian bent to it.. but tends more towards "christian values in a real world" as opposed to what most Christian Fiction is (Preachy dreck full of perfect Christians who never do anything wrong).

Torment: Tides of Numenera is having their closing party/webcast starting at 2:30 PDT

http://www.twitch.tv/inxile_entertainment

Ghost of a Tale

This looks very intersting

http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ghost-of-a-tale

The beard...

I think that he should have done a promotion of the first book. It's kind of difficult to do now, with the first book being part of the rewards. Selling it for a low price alongside a KIckstarter (or giving it up front to anyone who pledged) might have won him some more fans who might have put some money towards a sequel.

Brilliant, I've always wanted a Redwall inspired game! :D
The graphics are brilliant for a game from one person, especially their first game! His animation experience really shows in it.
This game is also fixed funding, meaning the game won't take your money if it fails, for people who are iffy about that. Just saying cause I badly want to see it succeed.

Dice fetishists may wish to check out Artisan Dice which have added a new option - flame-polished metal dice which look pretty cool.

Quite a few new entries for everyone to peek at:
PC Games:
Lords of New York (Apr 17)
Adventure/RPG set during Prohibition with strong emphasis on poker.
BLEAK (Apr 20)
Action platform game, but set in a world deep and detailed enough to justify its own RPG sourcebook. Includes several unique races with their own alphabets.
Muti (Apr 26)
First person occult horror game set in South Africa.
Bloodhound (Apr 27)
1st person FPS, where you have to escape from a planet your ship has crash landed on.
Battle Worlds: Kronos - Turn-based strategy revisited (Apr 28)
Good looking turn-based strategy game, inspired by the likes of Battle Isle and Advance Wars.
Revelation (Apr 30)
X-COM fans, get to play the other side! With the option of trying to save humanity or sacrifice it...
Infinite Space 3: Sea of Stars (May 4)
3D sequel to Strange Adventures and Weird Worlds games - pilot a spacecraft and explore a randomly generated galaxy.
Dogfight Elite (May 5)
WWI/II aerial combat simulator.
Boardgames:
Spinespur, The Survival Horror miniatures game (Apr 7)
Horror game featuring some nice looking miniatures.
Ruination - 54mm Heroic Fantasy Battle Game (Apr 10)
Larger-scale miniatures with some good-looking terrain pieces planned, but pricey.
Eminent Domain: Escalation aka "ED:E" (Apr 11)
Expansion for the Eminent Domain KS.
Rise of Cthulhu: Battle for New York City (Apr 13)
Cthulhu versus NYC - but can it handle rush-hour traffic?
Fields of Fire: Miniatures rules for modern combat (Apr 15)
Miniatures rules covering NATO/Warsaw Pact combat.
Fairy Mischief (Apr 16)
A boardgame for young girls? Could be the antidote to Justin Bieber...
Future INC. High-Tech Stakes – the boardgame (Apr 17)
Cyberpunk corporation management with some good-looking artwork.
Arena Rex: Gladiator Combat in a Mythic Age (Apr 21)
Gladiator game with resin miniatures and attractive accessories.
Dragon Clash (Apr 25)
Dragon combat cardgame.
Warriors of Darkmyre (Apr 28)
Arena combat game with detailed miniatures.
Zpocalypse Aftermath: This Time, the Living are Rising Up (May 2)
Expansion to the Zpocalypse KS, adding new miniatures, fortifications and scenarios. Original game also included at some pledge levels.
Sailpower v2.0: Fun Scale Combat in the Age of Sail (May 4)
Ship combat with miniatures included at higher pledge levels.
Teramyyd: Earthsphere (May 13)
Good-looking boardgame with cards and miniatures - steampunk/fantasy theme.
RPG:
Blade of the Iron Throne RPG (Apr 8)
Sword and sorcery RPG in the style of Robert E Howard.
The Spark Roleplaying Game (Apr 12)
World creation and belief based RPG.
Dimensions Pen & Paper Role-Playing System (Apr 13)
Universal RPG with good looking artwork.
Kalijor: The Role Playing Game (Apr 21)
Attractive-looking far-future+fantasy RPG with 3 levels of rules and dice/diceless play.
MYTH (Apr 24)
Fantasy co-operative RPG including miniatures and tiles. Offers solo play also.
The Shadowlands Campaign Setting Guidebook for Pathfinder (May 3)
Forgotten Realms inspired campaign setting - project has been joined by FR creator Ed Greenwood.
Throne of Night, a Pathfinder RPG Adventure Path (May 7)
Underworld based adventure with six 100-page volumes, available as PDF or softback.
Accessories:
What Did I Blow Up?! AoE Markers for Table Top RPG's (Apr 13)
Area markers for square grids (2 scales) and D&D/Pathfinder games.
Dungeon Crawler, Fantasy Miniatures (Apr 16)
Choice of unpainted and painted miniatures.
Rocket Dice (Apr 18)
Rocket-shaped dice. They seem to offer everything up to d20 but don't mention actual types in the pledge rewards.
DUNGEONS of the MOUNTAIN KING (Apr 28)
Very attractive modular dungeon terrain set - supplied as PDF, requiring printout and assembly.
Dwarven Forge's Game Tiles: Revolutionary Miniature Terrain (May 1)
3D dungeon tile set - lots of small pieces make it flexible but probably more time-consuming to set up. Offered in flat gray and fully painted form.
Professional MP3 Background Loops for Role-Playing Games (May 1)
11 10-minute loops suited for various environments.
East Asian Village for 28mm Gamers (May 3)
Unpainted modular building set for oriental campaigns.

Wow! Those are truly the best looking dice I've ever seen. I like dice a lot, but looking at the pledge tiers on this project helped convince me that I'm not a dice fetishist.

We need an awesome scifi RPG

Would "dice voyeur" be a better term then? :)

I'm tempted by some of them myself, but the numbers on some of the more "patterned" dice look as if they'd be hard to read. Maybe inked numbers will come in as a stretch goal, but it's still nice to see someone pushing the polyhedral envelope...

J.D. & The Chasers Kickstarter

Do you remember a time when country music didn't suck?

Do you remember a time when black people made good music?

Or maybe like me you were born after that mythical age but have learned of it bit by bit here and there and wondered what the hell happened. :-P

The point is that these these guys have made some great sounding blues and honky-tonk covers and want to make a new album full of such sonic goodness.

Only 2 backers and $50 of a $2000 goal with 4 days to go. Looking grim... but hey, you never know, right? Check it out! Pledging $5 gets you a digital download of the album if the project is successful.

Links:

Born Under A Bad Sign (Albert King cover)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKJt_bxX1aE

Eagle Bird (North Mississippi Allstars cover)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HUY0m0W0RE

Jump, Baby, Jump (Bo Ramsey cover)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIaPxMbP17g

According to their last update Traveller 5th Edition was starting to ship books out so if you signed up for that, you shouldn't have long to wait. :) Otherwise, Kalijor above may be worth a look (a fantasy/scifi hybrid).

The biggie for RPG fans may be Shadowlands given they now have Ed Greenwood (creator of D&D's Forgotten Realms setting) on their team. Given their progress so far (funded within 3 days) they'll probably get through a fair few stretch goals also.

As an aside, RockPaperShotgun did a hands-on with Divinity Original Sin - Larian's Kickstarter is slightly different in that the basic game is largely done, but they want to add a second design team to expand the gameworld. It's looking interesting and the mod tools will be included with the basic game, rather than offered as a stretch goal (though they have some cool goals also).