Haven't done any statistics. Average success rate on KS is 44% according to the stats page, and for project I backed I haven't seen it go that low. Still, it's possible that people are pledging less right now than a couple of months earlier. There's quite a bit of variation. Certainly April-May had quite a few projects reaching the most funded list, and it's possible June-July weren't as big, although they still had some high pledge projects such as the Omni or the ARKYD space telescope.

I showed my girlfriend the phoenix kickstarter rewards for Project Phoenix, and now I'm stuck with a FIERY STEED $80 pledge :p

I threw my 20 on Prject Phoenix. There's a lot of talent there. Apparently they've made a deal, that the high talent will work pretty much for free in exchange for possible percentages from the profits, which makes the low 100k goal possible. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1300298569/project-phoenix-japans-indie-rpg-feat-aaa-talent

They already have 43K. It will get well, well over 100K.

A couple more suggestions for the "big list"... ;)

Boardgames:
Historical Conquest: The Booster Packs (Aug 15)
Attractive-looking card game based on historical figures
Funemployed! (Aug 22)
Employment seeking card game with a few twists
Chaos and Alchemy (Aug 23)
Card and dice based alchemy game
ZERO HOUR: Survival Horror Card Game (Aug 24)
Survival horror card game featuring vintage photos on the cards
Artful Deductions Game (Aug 24)
Trivia game using photographs - ships in US only
Dungeon Dwellers The Card Game (Aug 29)
Co-operative dungeon exploration card game
OS: Survival - Competitive miniature prison survival game (Aug 30)
Attractive(!) prison-based boardgame
Thy Dunjon Quest Prototype (Aug 31)
Tongue-in-check dungeon clearance card game
Fangs and Crosses - Carnevale Winter Sourcebook (Sep 8)
Carnevale miniatures game expansion - base game available too
Rasputin - The Board Game (Sep 11)
Compete with up to 3 other players to assassinate the notorious Russian monk - standard and all wood game versions available
Noble Blood (Sep 16)
Play a vampire, managing a human herd and minions - cute/funny card graphics

RPGs:
Mechanika: Empires of Blood and Steam core rulebook (Aug 14)
Steampunk horror RPG - collector's edition leather/parchment rulebooks on offer
Frozen Skies - A Savage Worlds Dieselpunk RPG (Aug 14)
Savage World RPG setting
Ponies for Pathfinder, Setting Handbook
Add My Little Pony/ies to your Pathfinder campaign! D&D 4E now included
Field Manual Mounts (Field Manual Volume 1) (Aug 31)
Savage World/Kaiser's Gate expansion
Spheres of Power: A New Pathfinder Magic System (Sep 1)
More flexible magic system for Pathfinder
25 Quick & Dirty Map Tutorials Guide Book (Sep 1)
Guide to map-making using Photoshop, GIMP, Inkscape and Xara Designer
The Misery Index: Terrible Games about Terrible Realities (Sep 1)
8 RPGs covering various social ills like racism, poverty and death
Pirates & Dragons the RPG (Sep 11)
Swashbuckling RPG using the Renaissance D100 system
Promised Sands for Sixcess Core (Sep 23)
Desert post-apolcalypse campaign setting for Sixcess, adaptable to other RPG systems

PC Games:
Shadow of the Eternals (Aug 23)
Psychological horror adventure game - rerun of failed KS
Dwarven Delve (Aug 29)
Action puzzle game - lead a band of dwarves through a modifiable dungeon
Bring Revolution 60 to PC and Mac! (Aug 30)
Cinematic game - play an assassin tasked with finding the cause of an orbital weapon failure
StellarBrink - Open-World, RPG, Mining, Crafting, Space Game (Sep 5)
Isometric sci-fi RPG centred on the player's (customisable) starship

Accessories:
Daft Dice (Aug 17)
Aside from offering the most expensive dice ever ($10,000 for a gold and diamond set - all taken now), there's a range of materials and designs on offer
Ironwood Engraving - Affordable Role-Playing Tokens and Maps (Aug 23)
Laser engraved wooden character/monster tokens, terrain tiles and 3D foilage on offer
The Game Chest (Aug 24)
Attractive-looking wooden briefcase for game storage
Base Stampers: Textured Base Stamps for Miniature Wargaming (Aug 24)
Wide range of miniature bases available
Tinker Dice - Steampunk Metal Dice (Aug 25)
Metal dice with two designs and several shapes on offer
Dwarf Brewery (Aug 30)
A must-have set of miniatures for dwarven players!
Worldsmith Industries: Wrecked Vehicles for Sci-Fi Wargames (Aug 31)
Four categories/sizes of wrecks available
Tabletop Towns - Castle Sets (Sep 2)
Cardboard fold-flat castle set with plastic or resin doors and gates
BIOME BLOX (Sep 8)
Lego-like terrain system
Creative Gamescapes Spaceship X (Sep 8)
3D spaceship terrain tileset allowing multi-level setups

Tech:
Kossel Clear - Let's build a full sized delta 3D printer! (Aug 29)
3D printer available in kit form from $550

Finally a privacy problem has arisen with Kickstarter. Successfully funded projects send a survey to their backers (usually when ready to deliver) to request details like address, requested rewards and suchlike. Since name and address is usually asked for, these surveys should be confidential. However Kickstarter has not been using encrypted (https) webpages for these resulting in survey data being viewable to anyone with network access. I have raised a support request with KS to fix this and would suggest anyone else concerned do likewise.

A acessory software for tabletop RPG players:
3D Virtual Tabletop

Caribbean Island: A Pirate Adventure

Caribbean Island: A Pirate Adventure is a point-and-click game in the style and spirit of Monkey Island games.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1125357480/paranautical-activity-old-school-fps-meets-rogueli
Beta is great so no doubt that the full game will rock especially with the extras this will add

They said they are gonna try for PS4 and Vita, they say theres a 90% of that happening.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1300298569/project-phoenix-japans-indie-rpg-feat-aaa-talent/ (it says it near the bottom)



also while i'm here;
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1404279758/steel-and-steam-episode-1?ref=category
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/autisticateworkshops/i-am-educational-gaming-for-children-with-autism?ref=category
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2144810080/black-talons?ref=category

Shades of Sanity, by the original developers of adventure game Sanitarium

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1409430337/shades-of-sanity-psychological-horror-game

"Beta access. Download the DRM-free beta right away and receive a Steam key once we're on Steam. And as a bonus you will also receive the Paranautical Activity papertoys!"

After all the 'issues" doubt they will get on Steam (this is there 2nd shot at it)

in the comics realm:

The Chronicles of Faro - 27 days to go.

"An immortal love story begins when an ill fated time traveler attempts to prevent the Lincoln Assassination. Cover by FRANCHESCO."

attached pic is one of my favorite ones (that i can post on GOG), the pitch video shows loads of the other artists styles who are going to be featured.

84 pages and some tarot cards featuring the comic characters.

"Told in 3 acts with a kick ass James Bond themed action intro, we are using 4 artists from four corners of the world in order to provide the mind altering effects and experience of time travel, wounded psyches and lost memories. "

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spaced out about it after posting in the old thread >_<

Balrum is needing almost 13K to fund and has less than a day and half to go:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/balconyteam/balrum

This one looks interesting for fans of retro-looking platformers:
BiT: Evolution

Video Games LIve is creating their 3rd album:
VIDEO GAMES LIVE: LEVEL 3! Game Composers of the World UNITE

Comics projects:
Technically Magi: Adventure begins where Science ends
TEMPLATE, Volume 1

Gods Will Be Watching campaign is 36 hours till the end.

I'll give Balrum a callout also - it's a good-looking RPG with the promise of a world that works around you (NPCs following daily schedules, etc). Very few games offer this (the classic Ultima series, Witcher and Divinity Original Sin being other examples) and they're close to their goal.

CoolMiniOrNot have just announced their latest (fantasy-based) KS:

Wrath of Kings (Sep 16)