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Funded! This project successfully raised its funding goal on January 30, 2012.

How We Spent the Money

Update #21 · May 13, 2012 · 1 comment

Now that fulfillment is finished, here's the final tally of where the money went:

  • $15,660 pledged
  • -200 unmet pledges
  • -1,380 Amazon and Kickstarter's 8.9% cut
  • +180 sent afterwards from people who forgot to include shipping in pledges
  • -6,275 for artists, layout, and remaining owed to writer
  • -820 to write and layout 46 page bonus Booklet of the Empress
  • -4,700 to print 1121 copies (including 12 bonus pages) with shipping to warehouse
  • -1,200 for fulfillment expenses other than shipping-
  • 1,290 for packing materials, shipping and handling to send out 135 copies (60% of that was for the 18 copies to Canada and Europe)

So we covered all but $25 of expenses, with many copies left over to sell online and to distributors so it can make its way to game stores worldwide. Thank you very much for  your support!

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      Creator John B on May 13, 2012

      Thanks for breaking out your costs- very interesting.

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Dec 26, 2011 - Jan 30, 2012

  • Pledge $10 or more

    5 backers

    Imperial Minion: We’ll thank you on our website and in the credits of the book.

    Estimated delivery: Feb 2012
  • Pledge $25 or more

    76 backers

    Imperial Battalioneer: We’ll send you a PDF of the book and a copy of the Hero Designer Character Pack for it, and we’ll thank you on our website and in the credits of the book.

    Estimated delivery: Feb 2012
  • Pledge $50 or more

    86 backers

    Imperial Herald: As “Imperial Battalioneer,” plus we’ll ship you a copy of the printed book when it’s done. (Price includes shipping within the continental United States; for shipping to Canada or Mexico add $30; for shipping to Europe add $50.)

    Estimated delivery: Apr 2012
  • Pledge $80 or more

    27 backers Limited (63 of 90 left)

    Imperial Viceroy: As “Imperial Herald,” but you’ll receive a numbered (10-99 of 100) copy of the book with a bookplate signed by author Steven S. Long. (Price includes shipping within the continental United States; for shipping to Canada or Mexico add $30; for shipping to Europe add $50.)

    Estimated delivery: Apr 2012
  • Pledge $150 or more

    10 backers All gone!

    Imperial Hero: You’ll receive a copy of the book with a bookplate signed by author Steven S. Long, a PDF of the book, and the Hero Designer Character Pack for the book, plus thanks on our website and in the book’s credits. (Price includes shipping within the continental United States; for shipping to Canada or Mexico add $30; for shipping to Europe add $50.) In addition, Steve will create a new character — a member of the Imperial Battalion or the Crusaders of the Infinite Realities — based on ideas and input you provide! These characters will be collected into a PDF and distributed to all backers, and you’ll be prominently identified as the one who provided the inspiration.

    Estimated delivery: Apr 2012
  • Pledge $200 or more

    6 backers All gone!

    Imperial Regent: As “Imperial Viceroy,” but you’ll receive a numbered (4-9 of 100) copy of the book with a bookplate signed by author Steven S. Long. (Price includes shipping anywhere in the world.)

    Estimated delivery: Apr 2012
  • Pledge $1,000 or more

    2 backers All gone!

    Imperial Consort: As “Imperial Regent,” but you’ll receive a numbered (2-3 of 100) copy of the book with a bookplate signed by author Steven S. Long. (Price includes shipping anywhere in the world.) You’ll also receive one copy of the PDF of every HERO System 6th Edition book produced to date.

    Estimated delivery: Apr 2012
  • Pledge $2,000 or more

    1 backer All gone!

    Secret Power Behind The Throne: As “Imperial Consort,” but you’ll receive the #1 copy of the book with a bookplate signed by author Steven S. Long. The book will be dedicated to you, and you’ll be specially thanked on the Hero Games website. Your name will also appear somewhere else in the book, hidden to represent the awesome influence you wield as a Secret Power Behind the Throne. You’ll also receive two additional copies of the book (signed if you wish) and three copies of the PDF of every HERO System 6th Edition book produced to date. (Price includes shipping anywhere in the world.) Last but not least, the author of the book, Steve Long, will travel at Hero Games’s expense anywhere in the US or Canada to run a Champions adventure for you and up to four of your friends on a mutually agreed date. You provide the friends and snacks.

    Estimated delivery: Apr 2012