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This project successfully raised its funding goal on May 10, 2011.
Pledge $20 or more Pledge $20 or more
At the $20 level, you will be listed as a backer in the final product. As well, you will receive the PDF version of Amaranthine upon release. We're exploring options for alternate digital releases, such as HTML, Kindle, and other formats. You'll be given any such formats as well. You'll also be given the digital proof copy before it goes to publication.
Pledge $30 or more Pledge $30 or more
At the $30 level, you'll all previously listed benefits. As well, upon release of the digital copy to the public, you'll receive a 1gb USB flash drive imprinted with the Amaranthine logo. We're still hammering out the specific details, but it'll have a pretty wooden or leather case.
Pledge $60 or more Pledge $60 or more
At the $60 level, you'll be listed as a backer in the final product, and receive the digital form of the game. As well, you'll be the proud owner of the hard copy of Amaranthine. This will be a 200-300 page hardcover, full-color text.
Pledge $75 or more Pledge $75 or more
This is a package deal. You get the PDF, the flash drive form, and the hardcover form of Amaranthine.
Pledge $100 or more Pledge $100 or more
Just like at $75, you'll get PDF, USB, and hardcover forms of the game. As well, we'll write you into the game fiction of the core rulebook. Your copy of Amaranthine will be personally signed.
Pledge $150 or more Pledge $150 or more
This is the "friend of Machine Age" level. You get a lot of cool stuff. 1) The PDF/Digital version of Amaranthine. 2) The hardcover of Amaranthine. 3) The USB Flash Drive version of Amaranthine. 4) A print copy of Maschine Zeit. 5) A flash drive of Maschine Zeit. 6) Three adventures for Maschine Zeit, in one print anthology. 7) Written into Amaranthine, per the $100 level. 8) Special thanks in the front of Amaranthine. 9) Your copy of Amaranthine will be personally signed.
Pledge $250 or more Pledge $250 or more
Special friend level? You get all eight things listed in the $150 level. As well, we owe you a meal. At the next convention we're at together, we'll get food with you. Nothing spectacular, but more to the point of spending some time with us, where we'll talk on our thanks, our upcoming projects, et cetera. We'll be doing release at Gen Con. We go to a number of conventions per year. Or if you're in the SoCal area, we'll just make it happen here. Either way, we'll owe you a meal.
Pledge $500 or more Pledge $500 or more
This is the "Employer of Machine Age Productions" level. As above. But, we will work for you. Going rate for writing in RPGs is about 3-5 cents per word. Since we're really dedicated to getting Amaranthine funded, if you give us $500, not only do you get a whole ton of awesome stuff, you are effectively hiring us at a premium rate. We'll work for two cents per word (about 25,000 words) on whatever you want. Do you want your own game based on an idea you've been mulling over? Done. Do you want us to develop and flesh out something you've been working on? Done. Do you have a 25,000 opening on an RPG project and a tighter budget than you'd like? Done. In fact, we'll repeat this rate for anything higher than $500. Discuss the details with us. We can produce 25,000 words in about a month, depending on our current workload. More words, we'll have to discuss terms. We'll write up a contract. You can have whatever rights over those words you want, so long as we're credited. If you want, this offer can extend to development, editing, consultation, or any other game design work you'd like. Are you writing something you're not sure about? We'll develop it for you, and polish it into something we'd play. If you pledge at this level, we'll discuss what it means for you. We'll err on the side of Doing More Cool Things For You.
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David A Hill Jr is the chief designer of Farewell to Fear. He's a loud, outspoken liberal. A writer. A father. A lot of things. He's won awards for his work on games such as Hunter: The Vigil, Shadowrun, and Pathfinder. He's worked on a ton of others, including Vampire: The Requiem, Werewolf: The Forsaken, Eclipse Phase, Dragon Age, Leverage, and others. With his and his wife's company, Machine Age Productions, they've released a plethora of games including Maschine Zeit, Amaranthine, Flatpack: Fix the Future, and Kicking Historical Asses.
Any ETA on the print version? Europe-wise?
Where is your booth at Gen Con?
Thank you! It's daunting, I must say.
Congratulations! :)
Thank you so much! Couldn't have done it without you.
Congratulations on beating the $6k mark!
I am running "Design an RPG in an Hour" twice, and "Lessons from Indie Publishing" once. As well, we have a booth, amongst other things. You should at very least come by the booth and say hi.
Congrats! What are your Gen Con plans? Do you already have an event submitted?
LOL. We're a good Kickstarter to pop it on.
This will be my first funding...You guys are popping my Kickstarter cherry! *GRIN*
Congrats!
Michael: You're right. Holy crap. Looks like we've hit a point and are resonating with people. I'm excited.
Huh, you reached the $4000 mark before the Darker Days episode even hit the airwaves!
Rock on. Thank you.
Sorry, I meant 60$. I'm interested in getting the book, really. I'll update my pledge to that value right now.
$30 is the flash drive version. Yes, you can do that. You can increase pledge levels. For the flash drive version, shipping won't be very much. If you go up to the $60 level and get the book, I'll figure out what the shipping is. Again, it shouldn't be much. I'll just charge the difference between the US shipping and Portugal shipping, if it's more than a couple of dollars.
I've pleged $20. Can I change my mind and go for the 30$ tier in order to get the book? If so and since I'm from Portugal, can you send it here? How much should I add to the pledge? :)
It will be available for purchase after the Kickstarter, probably in August.
Is this the only time the book will be available, or will we be able to purchase it later? I'd love to pledge now but just don't have the money.
We're most of the way done with the text. We have about half the total art. Layout just begun. We're finishing sections concurrently.
Just how close to being finished is the game book? Are you still waiting for art? How close is it to layout?
Cool Chris. I'll look at that once I find out how heavy the book is.
Well I've thrown in from the UK! Let me know what the dealio will be with P&P
Nice. Congrats on reaching and exceeding the goal. I can't wait.
I'm super excited! I'll be pledging later once I get finances sorted.
....super excited.
*Raises fist to the sky* NOOOOOOOO!
I don't know if it helps, but remember, Kickstarter doesn't charge until after the terms. So it'd be like mid May.
Gah, I really want to back this but I'm fucking BROKE this month. Nooooooooo
Cool, thanks. I'm keeping an eye on this.
Daniel: I'm going to be blogging more about it in the coming week. For a very basic synopsis, think a more romanticized version of Highlander. Amidst a scene, you can improvise a flashback (using certain rules and limitations) to give you bonuses now.
David, where can I go to read up on the game? The quick pitch sounds interesting but I'd like to know more about it.
Good thinking, Neal. I'll be blogging that ASAP. I'm actually writing that chapter right now.
I've been waiting for this since I heard you on The Bear Swarm. I really think you need to do an update regarding the character creation system. Especially the part about "I've always loved you...", "I've always killed you..." That was what sold me on it.
I'll ship to Canada for the same amount. No worries.
Outside of US and Canada, I'll look at options.
Extra charge for non US supporters? Canadian here, some projects require some extra for intl. Shipping.