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Month: January 2018

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The Wall

This month, the release through my Patreon is the Wall, a new role-playing game in which you play members of an occupying force in a foreign city.

You are the occupying soldiers of a foreign power garrisoning a city far from home. You do not share a culture with the citizens, and your state has decided to use the existing political structure to maintain its rule. You stand as the voice of the occupying power, ensuring the elite protect that power’s interests while avoiding antagonizing the regular citizens. You do not want political opposition and you do not want riots.

You are the Wall against chaos, against dissension, against revolution. But you are also the Wall against freedom and self-determination.

And now you need to live with that.

This is not a game about playing inhuman monsters. It’s a game about playing humans in a monstrous situation. You are right in the middle of various factions, all seeking to better their lives or increase their power. You need to maintain order without alienating the foreign elite or making enemies out of allies. When you are ordered to do something wrong, how do you avoid it? How do you find a better outcome? And then what are the repercussions for you?

You can find the Wall at my Patreon.

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Sales for 2017

I’ve been remiss in sharing sales data for 2017, and while a year-end round-up lacks the detail of monthly or quarterly reports, given the number of my sales this year, it seems fitting.

My sales have seen a jump in the last few months of 2017, and this I attribute to the only factor that I have reliably noted – regular releases push back catalogue sales. Since my Patreon is pushing me to produce product, that product will get released and that will drive my back catalogue. It’s not a huge leap. We’re still talking beer money here, but it’s substantial beer money.

For your edification, the year’s total sales figures, then the figures for PDF and print sales, followed by sales to date (meaning from 2004, when Raid on Ashkashem was released). The numbers of sales for Sword’s Edge only includes those sales outside of the Kickstarter.

Sales for 2017
All sales venues

Albenistan
Albenistan: Election Day, 5
Khorforjan Gambit, 5
Qalashar Device, 5
Raid On Ashkashem, 6

Arcane Kingdoms
Arcane Kingdoms, 7
For Simple Coin, 2
Gifts of the Elder Gods, 3

Covert Forces
Canada’s Combined Security Reconnaissance Section, 4
Covert Forces Redux, 5
In Her Majesty’s Service, 6

Other
The Boltcutter, 1
Centurion, 20
Cyber-state Avatar Toolkit, 3
Line Zero, 1
Nefertiti Overdrive, 31
Nefertiti Overdrive Quickstart Rules, 126
Starship Commandos, 20

Sword’s Edge System
Crossing the Millers, 10
Face ‘Splosion, 4
Kheufer Scrolls, 10
Kiss My Axe, 28
Lawless Heaven, 6
Suffer the Witch, 4
Sword’s Edge, 18
Sword Noir, 52

PDF Sales for 2017
Albenistan
Albenistan: Election Day, 5
Khorforjan Gambit, 5
Qalashar Device, 5
Raid On Ashkashem, 6

Arcane Kingdoms
Arcane Kingdoms, 7
For Simple Coin, 2
Gifts of the Elder Gods, 3

Covert Forces
Canada’s Combined Security Reconnaissance Section, 4
Covert Forces Redux, 5
In Her Majesty’s Service, 6

Other
The Boltcutter, 1
Centurion, 10
Cyber-state Avatar Toolkit, 3
Line Zero, 1
Nefertiti Overdrive, 10
Nefertiti Overdrive Quickstart Rules,
Starship Commandos, 20

Sword’s Edge System
Crossing the Millers, 10
Face ‘Splosion, 4
Kheufer Scrolls, 10
Kiss My Axe, 10
Lawless Heaven, 6
Suffer the Witch, 4
Sword’s Edge, 17
Sword Noir, 22

Print Sales for 2017
Centurion, 10
Nefertiti Overdrive, 21
Kiss My Axe, 19
Sword’s Edge, 1
Sword Noir, 31

Total Sales to Date
Albenistan
Albenistan: Election Day (Modern Dispatch 113), 47
Khorforjan Gambit, 127
Qalashar Device, 140
Raid On Ashkashem, 185

Arcane Kingdoms
Arcane Kingdoms, 75
For Simple Coin, 8
Gifts of the Elder Gods, 43

Charity Products
Relief Effort, 55

Covert Forces
Canada’s Combined Security Reconnaissance Section, 115
Covert Forces, 100
Covert Forces Redux, 189
In Her Majesty’s Service, 165

Other
The Boltcutter, 5
Centurion, 217
Cyber-state Avatar Toolkit, 46
Line Zero, 41
Nefertiti Overdrive, 144
Nefertiti Overdrive Quickstart Rules, 778
Operation Nearscape, Free Product, 430
Starship Commandos, 44

Sword’s Edge System
Crossing the Millers, 166
Face ‘Splosion, 4
Kheufer Scrolls, 213
Kiss My Axe, 257
Lawless Heaven, 6
Suffer the Witch, 101
Sword’s Edge System, Free Rules 1669
Sword’s Edge, 18
Sword Noir, 739