FTC Takes Action Against Crowdfunded Board Game Project

The Federal Trade Commission is going after the company behind “The Doom That Came to Atlantic City” in its first ever enforcement action against a crowdfunded project, reports The Washington Post. The game’s Kickstarter campaign launched in 2012 with illustrator Lee Moyer, game designer Keith Baker, sculptor Paul Komoda and special effects guru H.R. Giger attached, and nearly quadrupled its financial goal. However, Portland, Oregon-based The Forking Path never delivered the game. Now the FTC is alleging that Erik Chevalier, the individual behind The Forking Path, spent the funds on himself, rather than developing the game. The order includes a $111,793.71 judgment against Chevaliar.

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