Late this past Thursday I posted a special piece of art and an important message to go along with it called “A Call to Arms.” If you missed it, I encourage you to go check it out first before reading on here.
When I posted the Call to Arms, the Kickstarter campaign for the SuperFogeys Sourcebook and Adventure Game stood at $1,971 with 41 backers. That was after one week of activity. Now, just a few days later (remember, it was late Thursday that the post went live), as of this writing, the campaign has 76 backers and $3,433! Holy crud!
I asked you guys to show up–and you did! And you still are! We’re almost $500 past our goal and that amazes me. It means that there’s a lot of you out there that love SuperFogeys and are willing to do something to show it. I’m truly humbled by that. Thank you. On behalf of myself and Marc and Th3rd World and Team Frog, I thank you.
Of course, we still have a ways to go if we’re going to meet our stretch goals. If you’re like me, you desperately want a Spy Gal mini figure. And a Space Pig. And a Soviet Sam. And a Swifty. And…
There’s 16 days to go. Those of you that have already backed the project, we’re in this together now. Spread the word! More rewards, believe it or not, are coming! We’re looking into a special set of dice with Space Pig’s face on it right now. Don’t know that it will happen, but we’re exploring everything. Have an idea for a reward you’d like to see? Let us know!
One more thing: by far the most popular reward level is Storied Hero, a $50 level that gets you the printed Source/Gamebook, the Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket mini figures, your name in the book and the SuperFogeys Volume One Collection. This a limited level, with only 18 left. A lot of you have been asking how to get SuperFogeys Vol. 1 and if you don’t have one already, this is the ONLY way to get a copy. That number 18? That’s how many more Vol. 1 books are up for grabs, period. We won’t be reprinting them. Storied Hero is going fast, so if you’re thinking about jumping on it, I wouldn’t wait anymore.
So what do you do if you want a printed SuperFogeys collection after this Kickstarter is over? Hoping to have an answer on that soon. As I said on Thursday, a big part of this Kickstarter is establishing a demand for SF. Safe to say we’re getting there.
Okay, that’s it for today! You can look for updates on the blog from now on. Thank you all again. Hope you dig today’s strip. Lots of stuff coming together at once.Ā
Woo! Glad to see you’re pumped. We need to blow the roof off of this project and getting some more sweet add-ons is a great way to do it. Dice are a perfect start. I would sell them in sets of 4-6. Another thing that is marketable (since people are here for you and Marc) would be autographs. You could sell autographs for $5-10, basically just an add-on for you and Marc to put your J. Hancocks down on the rulebook. You could even incentivize Storied Hero a bit more by saying you’ll sign the collection books (this is a selfish wish, since I want you to sign mine š )!
This is always hard to balance, but if you can work it into the margins, I would also offer some kind of freebie for people pledging 30+ dollars. Maybe 1-2 free dice if the $4,500 goal is hit?
Anyway, keep up the great work, and today’s comic has me excited for more. Percy meets daddy should be AWESOME!
Thanks, recruittons! We’re looking into the dice and I really hope we can make that happen. Also working on something else game-related that will basically be a must have item. Hopefully more details soon!
Sorry I can’t donate. Laid off Mar 2011 and with the new/old regime I may never see a regular job again. I may be eating off the Bishop’s storehouse soon, so donating to *any* web comic is not in the cards.
But the point of this post is Dice. It would be bizarrely appropriate to make loaded dice with Dr. Rocket, Jerry/Dr. Klein/3rd Man, or other villains on the loaded side.
Percy seems to be really excited and eager….. Like a new puppy. Hilarity is bound to ensue. š
Man, Percy just took the wind out of Tom’s sails. Tell ya what, circle around for a few minutes Tom, it’ll make having to go on foot that much more bearable.
It’s going to be weird for Cap when he finds out that not only is his son alive – both he’s a daddy all over again! lawls
Percy’s existence combined with Tom’s news about Jerry will undoubtedly kick CS back into gear. And if it doesn’t, that man is likely lost forever.
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Tom just assumes that Percy can fly.
Tom pretty much assumes that if he has a brother and he looks like THAT, then Percy must have gotten the long end of the genetic stick.
These two could be good buddies under diff. circumstances, wait until Tom finds out Percy’s Mom killed his Mom.