Mech Borg Itchfund Postmortem!

So, the campaign has ended. In the interest of full disclosure, this is how we did:

The initial, private ashcan campaign lasted for about three weeks in January. I sold ten copies for $200 gross. Since each of those included $5 towards shipping, I initially applied $150 towards the proper Itchfund campaign.

The Itchfund period was from about 1 AM CST on February 1st to just after midnight on March 1st, so 28 days. Mëch Borg had a total of 39 payments, grossing $699. 22 of those orders were for physical books, 17 for just the PDF. Five more copies of the ashcan were sold during the first-day special. Two more people have bought the book since the campaign ended, including one person who paid $25; I'll send them a copy of the physical book, since I hadn't revised the campaign page.

Because I mixed up shipping with actual sales, I've decided to bite the bullet and consider Mëch Borg to have made just under $900 during its finding periods. That is really freaking impressive for something that was mostly advertised through my Twitter feed! Huge thanks to everyone that shouted me out, too - y'all rock.

I have pushed back expected delivery to August. My graphics tablet died and, thanks to Paypal's general awfulness, I couldn't get a replacement in a timely fashion. I still hope to have it sooner, but I'm asking for a little patience here as I try to catch up.

I'm very happy with how the campaign went. You'll all be getting a really good zine, 32 pages with a full-color cover.

Unfortunately, this will likely be my last project. For personal reasons, I'm planning on leaving the TTRPG space after Mëch Borg has shipped. It's been a lot of fun!

All the best,

Roland