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here's the website with all of the episodes
here's the link
and here's an embedded player with the latest entry
Here's a link to all the stuff I've done
Total Numbers
Combined sales numbers of all copies sold of all pdfs in 2009 = approximately 400
Top Sellers: A series of WW2 themed short pdfs that were written by Charles Rice that I adapted to Mutants and Masterminds (from RPGObjects in-house system Modern20) were the best sellers
M&M: Pearl Harbor December 31
M&M: Super-spies and Commandos of WW2 32
M&M: The Crown Guard 58
M&M: The Eugenics Brigade 42
M&M: Vigilance Force 39
Another top seller was The Ice Palace - which took the Nazi Antarctic base map from Defcon and sold it seperately. This moved ~ 60 copies.
These were all inexpensive pdfs and they focused on WW2 -- always a popular era among supers gamers.
Middling
After moving to RPGObjects from Adamant, Defcon sold 28 copies. Given that it had already moved ~70 while an Adamant product, this is something of note. Also - we cut the price in half and sold it for 5 bucks.
Wargames 1 moved ~20 copies in just the last two weeks December of 2009. While that's a moderate number - for two weeks of sales for an M+M Superlink product, that's a very nice number.
Disappointments
Soldiers and Spellfighters moved around 20 copies in 2009. We released 4 supplements from late 2008 and into mid 2009 to support S+SF. They all had moderate numbers for short pdfs (they're all hovering around or slightly above the 20 copies mark). Frankly - we were hoping for better.
new cover for the Wargames series - by the ever-talented Darren Calvert. It captures the 1980s action movie vibe that I was hoping for
Let me show this this link
and here's an explanation from Rick
Hey Everyone,
My name is Rick Hershey, and I own Empty Room Studios. Due to several circumstances, my family and I are going through some tough times. My friend Rocky has set up a blog explaining the details here:
Help The Hershey's
For anyone that helps out, no matter how much, I'll be sending a free copy of our new Dungeon Dwellers: Junior Edition board game. So, please help out and view the blog if possible. Also, if you can, please post this info in your blog/facebook/etc.
A lot of these issues we are going through involve the fact that I've covered a lot of pay to my artists when clients have failed to pay or are extremely late. At current, I'm owed $7,550 from a handful of clients (most being mid-tier to large companies) for work completed. If I can get a single dollar donation that will help cover the artists still waiting to get payed, the medical bills involved with my wife's treatments, and the emergency out-of-state move we are facing in 2 weeks.
Thanks for your time, and I'll answer any questions you may have if I can.
=====My name is Rick Hershey, and I own Empty Room Studios. Due to several circumstances, my family and I are going through some tough times. My friend Rocky has set up a blog explaining the details here:
Help The Hershey's
For anyone that helps out, no matter how much, I'll be sending a free copy of our new Dungeon Dwellers: Junior Edition board game. So, please help out and view the blog if possible. Also, if you can, please post this info in your blog/facebook/etc.
A lot of these issues we are going through involve the fact that I've covered a lot of pay to my artists when clients have failed to pay or are extremely late. At current, I'm owed $7,550 from a handful of clients (most being mid-tier to large companies) for work completed. If I can get a single dollar donation that will help cover the artists still waiting to get payed, the medical bills involved with my wife's treatments, and the emergency out-of-state move we are facing in 2 weeks.
Thanks for your time, and I'll answer any questions you may have if I can.
I've known Rick through the RPG biz for a few years. He's truly one of the good guys and he's in a bad place and could use a hand. If you can - -please do something good for a fellow gamer and pitch in whatever you can...
Previews of the art for Wargames 3: Superspies and Secret Agencies of the Cold War
This particular batch was done by Rich Hershey of Empty Room Studios
Art after the jump to save your friends page
Link (in case embed doesn't work for you)
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