Here we are at the outset of 2017 looking back on 2016. Last year, I did a few retrospectives of SEP in 2015, both sales data and general activities. I’m afraid I don’t have time for that, but here are the fourth quarter sales for SEP, the annual sales, and the total, all-time sales. Even with my enforced absence from game design due to enrollment in a Master’s program, there will be a release in early 2017. I’m even thinking about Kickstarting it to try to recover some of the costs upfront. It would have to be a fairly hands-off Kickstarter, and it might be interesting to see how that would pan out.
The only new product in 2016 was Starship Commandos, which was released in September and has done fine for a PDF-only release with no marketing. That was simply a game that was done that could be released fairly inexpensively. My one other game that is ready to go would need significantly more investment to bring it to market, and so that’s not going to see the light of day, possibly ever.
In any case, here is the sales data.
Sales for Fourth Quarter 2016 (Oct – Dec)
All sales venues
Albenistan
Albenistan: Election Day, 1
Khorforjan Gambit, 1
Qalashar Device, 1
Raid On Ashkashem, 1
Arcane Kingdoms
Arcane Kingdoms, 1
Gifts of the Elder Gods, 1
Covert Forces
Canada’s Combined Security Reconnaissance Section, 2
Covert Forces Redux, 1
In Her Majesty’s Service, 3
Other
Centurion, 3
Line Zero, 1
Nefertiti Overdrive, 4
Starship Commandos, 6
Sword’s Edge System
Crossing the Millers,
Kheufer Scrolls,
Kiss My Axe, 7
Suffer the Witch, 1
Sword Noir, 10
Sales for 2016
All sales venues
Albenistan
Albenistan: Election Day, 1
Khorforjan Gambit, 1
Qalashar Device, 1
Raid On Ashkashem, 3
Arcane Kingdoms
Arcane Kingdoms, 5
For Simple Coin, 1
Gifts of the Elder Gods, 1
Covert Forces
Canada’s Combined Security Reconnaissance Section, 2
Covert Forces Redux, 3
In Her Majesty’s Service, 6
Other
The Boltcutter, 4
Centurion, 16
Line Zero, 1
Nefertiti Overdrive, 48
Nefertiti Overdrive Quickstart Rules, 54
Starship Commandos, 30
Sword’s Edge System
Crossing the Millers, 2
Kheufer Scrolls, 8
Kiss My Axe, 28
Suffer the Witch, 2
Sword Noir, 43
Total Sales to Date
Albenistan
Albenistan: Election Day (Modern Dispatch 113), 42
Khorforjan Gambit, 122
Qalashar Device, 135
Raid On Ashkashem, 179
Arcane Kingdoms
Arcane Kingdoms, 68
For Simple Coin, 6
Gifts of the Elder Gods, 40
Charity Products
Relief Effort, 55
Covert Forces
Canada’s Combined Security Reconnaissance Section, 111
Covert Forces, 100
Covert Forces Redux, 184
In Her Majesty’s Service, 159
Other
The Boltcutter, 4
Centurion, 197
Cyber-state Avatar Toolkit, 43
Line Zero, 40
Nefertiti Overdrive, 113
Nefertiti Overdrive Quickstart Rules, 652
Operation Nearscape, Free Product, 430
Starship Commandos, 24
Sword’s Edge System
Crossing the Millers, 156
Kheufer Scrolls, 203
Kiss My Axe, 229
Suffer the Witch, 97
Sword’s Edge System, Free Rules 1669
Sword Noir, 677