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    BOOK OF THE EMPRESS Kickstarter

    Howdy Herophiles!

    Hero Games is proud to announce the launch of its first Kickstarter project: The Book Of The Empress!

    You can go to Kickstarter and pledge your support here: Book Of The Empress Kickstarter.

    Our goal is to raise $10,000 in pledges by January 29 to produce the book. We'd appreciate any support you can offer!


    For those of you who are unfamiliar with Kickstarter, here's how it works. Kickstarter is a form of "crowdfunding," in which people such as yourselves offer their financial support for a creative project to see it completed. You can pledge as much as you want, from $1 up to any amount. At certain pledge levels (such as $10, $25, and $50), there are special "rewards" you get for backing the project. For example, for the BotE Kickstarter, pledging $25 gets you a PDF of the book and thanks in the credits, while pledging $50 gets you all that and a copy of the hardcopy printed book.

    When you pledge to back a Kickstarter project, no money is taken from you unless the project reaches its full funding level. If it fails to reach its goal (in the case of BotE, $10,000), then no money is taken from anyone and the project doesn't see the light of day.

    But naturally, we hope that doesn't happen! Here at Hero we're looking at Kickstarter as an intriguing new way to continue to publish HERO System books the fans want. If this one funds successfully, then we'll plan and launch Kickstarters for other books. Please join us in leading Hero into a new and exciting era!
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    $50.00 pledged. But I noticed someone else already got in ahead of me.

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    $50 Pledged.
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    Wow, who's that handsomw fellow in the video that you hired to play the part of Steve Long?
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    That $50 postage (I assume it's worldwide, not just Europe) is pretty much a shut-out for me on the physical book.

    I'll think about the PDF for support-showing purposes. I don't play Champions, and there's stuff in the Hero Store I want more than this (heh - Champions 6ed is one of those things... I've kept meaning to find out what the fuss is about.)

    Edit: Yeah, I'm in chalk me up one PDF. And I got the Champions PDF as well.
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    Wow, who's that handsomw fellow in the video that you hired to play the part of Steve Long?
    I dunno -- some guy we hired from the drama program at the local community college.
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    Re: BOOK OF THE EMPRESS Kickstarter

    Quote Originally Posted by Steve Long View Post
    I dunno -- some guy we hired from the drama program at the local community college.
    Nice find... He's a dead ringer for that Long character.

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    He also bears a passing resemblance to Timothy Gersh.

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    I'll probably kick in for 50 bucks once payday rears its head again. Like the Kirbyesque cover art.
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    Note that no money changes hands until the Kickstarter ends successfully, in which case Amazon Payments will bill your credit card on January 30th.

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    Re: BOOK OF THE EMPRESS Kickstarter

    Pledged $50.

    Only $8,230 to go.
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    Re: BOOK OF THE EMPRESS Kickstarter

    If I start working, I may be able to kick some money in. Otherwise, we'll see.

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    Pledged! I am going to go out and wait next to my mailbox. Also, I seriously doubt that is actually THE Steve Long in the video. I'm pretty sure I saw that guy working the Hero booth at Gencon
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    Re: BOOK OF THE EMPRESS Kickstarter

    Well, we just passed the 40% mark! Thanx to everyone who's supported the project so far, and we hope the rest of you will jump in and help us make it to the finish line in the next 27 days.

    Also, I seriously doubt that is actually THE Steve Long in the video. I'm pretty sure I saw that guy working the Hero booth at Gencon
    Yeah, he's obviously some cheap imposter.
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    Hey! I was at that guy's house!
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