I'm Sorry To Have to Report...
over 1 year ago – Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 03:41:01 AM

...that Vampire Hunter Belladonna shall be 36 pages instead of 32.

First preliminary layout including art and all monster stats is done. I need to run some simulations/fight tests though, because I think some of the encounters - and one of them in particular - is a Kobayashi Maru situation.  "Hard" is one thing. "Poor decision get you killed?" is all fine and good.

"No way to win?" That's not cool.

And that's a wrap!
over 1 year ago – Mon, Aug 29, 2022 at 07:02:27 AM

Thanks to all for a spectacular warm welcome back to the Old-School D&D space.

This was my most backed, most followed campaign, and I still feel like there's room to grow here.

In short, I'm thrilled...and I'll be back.

But first, need to finish up this one. 

I'm going to take a breather, and then go full-bore on getting the Backerkit phase one surveys set up. That'll allow pledge-shifting, pre-orders, and better visibility to add-ons.

Then after those are mostly done (like 85-90%), I'll lock orders and start rolling charges. 

THEN there will be a SECOND WAVE of charges for shipping. Please don't let that be alarming or confusing...charging shipping just before I actually put things in the mail allows really, really good calibration of actual rates, so that as closely as possible, they're nearly a pass-through.

But I'm going to give myself one evening off. Then it's grindstone time.

Thanks again!!

One Hour Left!
over 1 year ago – Sun, Aug 28, 2022 at 01:01:46 PM

It’s been a great campaign so far and there’s a single hour remaining. If you’ve been following…this is your moment!

If the timing is poor, a $1 pledge ensures you’ll get all the Backerkit emails and surveys. No surprises and no price changes. The same stuff will be available through pledge upgrades and pre-orders.

Until then…onward to the end!!

Last 12 Hours...today is the day.
over 1 year ago – Sun, Aug 28, 2022 at 06:26:50 AM

This is the final day of the campaign.

A Success No Matter What

No matter what, I can comfortably call this a success:

• We funded in the first hour
• There was never really a "doldrums" period in the funding progress
• We beat the number of followers (backed or not) on my prior best-ever by five hundred people; this project saw that number go over 1,000 for the first time for me as well
• We also have more backers than my prior best-ever effort (685) by 50 backers, and that number is climbing

Home-Stretch Goal Still Reachable

Of the over 1,400 followers, we still have over 1,150 who haven't jumped on board.

We need only 165 of those to jump over - only about 15% - and everyone gets the PDF Quick-Reference cards that match whatever adventures come with your pledge.

This is still achievable ... very much so. So I hope that we see a final surge through the day.

Otherwise...Have a great weekend! 

We're #1! OSE Solos is officially my most-backed Kickstarter!
over 1 year ago – Fri, Aug 26, 2022 at 10:01:30 PM

Thanks to Steve, who was the 686th backer, we have now surpassed my prior best-ever project, the Nordlondr Ovinabokin (Nordlond Bestiary and Enemies Book), in backer count.

But we're definitely not close to done. There are still 1,180 people following but not backed...so there's still a lot of potential there.

For what it's worth, breaking the "most raised in a Kickstarter" would happen around 1,165 backers.  That's right at the upper bound of "plausible," but would require 40% of those FNBs to come on board. It's happened before (two of my projects were 50-53% final conversion of followers to backers), but that's getting a bit optimistic even for me.

But ... the next key milestone is a lot closer in, at 900 backers. 213 more people and everyone gets PDFs of the Quick Reference cards that match their pledge.