Burgschneider is throwing the Brandywine Festival in October 2025.
Burgschneider is throwing the Brandywine Festival in October 2025.
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Burgschneider blows past Kickstarter goals for Middle-earth Brandywine Festival

Burgschneider, a German live events company, has runway past its goals on Kickstarter to hold The Brandywine Festival, in partnership with Middle-earth Enterprises.

The live-action role-playing (LARP) event will take place in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, — the first ever live game event for Burgschneider in the U.S. The Brandywine Festival is in partnership with Middle-earth Enterprises (owned by Embracer Freemode). The Kickstarter campaign has raised more than $529,000 from nearly 1,100 backers, far above the goal of $80,000. It’s a big result for a fan event (scheduled for October 7 to October 12, 2025), and owners of game intellectual properties ought to take notice.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.