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Paths to Adventure > Game Marketing > Kickstarters

Kickstarters

I have created, managed, and maintained over 40 Kickstarter campaigns for more than a dozen different game publishing companies which have raised over $4.3mil USD and generated over 65k unique backer pledges.

My Available Services include: planning campaign framework, campaign creation and management, marketing and promotion, performance analysis, direct backer communication and handling of updates, graphic art, graphic design, video production, post campaign management (like BackerKit), and a myriad of other adjacent services.

The only Kickstarter project I’ve designed to date that did not successfully fund (though, just barely missing the mark) was a campaign that was itself created as a test: a well-established tabletop roleplaying game publisher assessing the viability of the non-collectable card game market.

The following is a detailed list of those campaigns sorted by total revenue raised for each project.

My Kickstarter Campaign Designs

Kickstarter: Vault of Magic
Publisher: Kobold Press
Funded: 948%
Date of Funding: Mar 2021
Revenue Raised: $474,240 USD
# of Backers: 8,742

Kickstarter: Tome of Beasts II
Publisher: Kobold Press
Funded: 1,376%
Date of Funding: Feb 2020
Revenue Raised: $413,021 USD
# of Backers: 6,524

Kickstarter: Southlands 5E
Publisher: Kobold Press
Funded: 531%
Date of Funding: Jan 2021
Revenue Raised: $265,726
# of Backers: 2,701

Kickstarter: Creature Codex
Publisher: Kobold Press
Funded: 829%
Date of Funding: Jan 2018
Revenue Raised: $248,771 USD
# of Backers: 4,166

Kickstarter: Deep Magic for 5E
Publisher: Kobold Press
Funded: 1,201%
Date of Funding: Oct 2019
Revenue Raised: $240,373
# of Backers: 4,456

Kickstarter: Rise of the Drow Collectors Edition
Publisher: AAW Games
Funded: 760%
Date of Funding: Mar 2019
Revenue Raised: $212,825 USD
# of Backers: 1,783

Kickstarter: Tome of Beasts
Publisher: Kobold Press
Funded: 957%
Date of Funding: Nov 2015
Revenue Raised: $191,431 USD
# of Backers: 2,312

Kickstarter: Midgard Campaign Setting
Publisher: Kobold Press
Funded: 957%
Date of Funding: Feb 2017
Revenue Raised: $191,428 USD
# of Backers: 1,933

Kickstarter: Empire of the Ghouls
Publisher: Kobold Press
Funded: 843%
Date of Funding: May 2019
Revenue Raised: $168,687 USD
# of Backers: 2,337

Kickstarter: Mini-Dungeon Tome (5E)
Publisher: AAW Games
Funded: 6,618%
Date of Funding: Oct 2017
Revenue Raised: $165,568 USD
# of Backers: 3,091

Kickstarter: The Scarlet Citadel
Publisher: Kobold Press
Funded: 518%
Date of Funding: Oct 2020
Revenue Raised: $155,429 USD
# of Backers: 2,575

Kickstarter: Ultimate Faeries
Publisher: Legendary Games
Funded: 1,318%
Date of Funding: Nov 2022
Revenue Raised: $131,823 USD
# of Backers: 1,577
* Awarded “Projects We Love” from Kickstarter

Kickstarter: The Dreams in Gary’s Basement
Publisher: Dorks of Yore
Funded: 474%
Date of Funding: Nov 2018
Revenue Raised: $118,687 USD
# of Backers: 1,848

Kickstarter: Boricubos
Publisher: Legendary Games
Funded: 2,278%
Date of Funding: Sep 2021
Revenue Raised: $113,925 USD
# of Backers: 2,045

Kickstarter: Tales of the Old Margreve
Publisher: Kobold Press
Funded: 701%
Date of Funding: Oct 2018
Revenue Raised: $105,279 USD
# of Backers: 1,797

Kickstarter: Mini-Dungeon Tome II (5E)
Publisher: AAW Games
Funded: 1,969%
Date of Funding: May 2023
Revenue Raised: $98,499 USD
# of Backers: 1,437
* Awarded “Projects We Love” from Kickstarter

Kickstarter: Southlands
Publisher: Kobold Press
Funded: 610%
Date of Funding: Oct 2014
Revenue Raised: $97,728 USD
# of Backers: 1,044

Kickstarter: Mini-Dungeon Tome (PF2)
Publisher: AAW Games
Funded: 3,897%
Date of Funding: March 2023
Revenue Raised: $77,949 USD
# of Backers: 1,439
* Awarded “Projects We Love” from Kickstarter

Kickstarter: Mediterranean Monsters
Publisher: Legendary Games
Funded: 1,385%
Date of Funding: Jul 2023
Revenue Raised: $69,276 USD
# of Backers: 1,195

Kickstarter: Deep Magic Spell Cards
Publisher: Kobold Press
Funded: 151%
Date of Funding: May 2021
Revenue Raised: $66,829 USD
# of Backers: 682

Kickstarter: The Libram of Lost Spells
Publisher: TPK Games
Funded: 330%
Date of Funding: April 2024
Revenue Raised: $66,040 USD
# of Backers: 1,022

Kickstarter: Rultmoork
Publisher: AAW Games
Funded: 123%
Date of Funding: Sep 2022
Revenue Raised: $61,709 USD
# of Backers: 672
* Awarded “Projects We Love” from Kickstarter

Kickstarter: Advanced Races Compendium
Publisher: Kobold Press
Funded: 204%
Date of Funding: May 2015
Revenue Raised: $51,040 USD
# of Backers: 797

Kickstarter: Demon Cults & Secret Societies
Publisher: Kobold Press
Funded: 655%
Date of Funding: Oct 2016
Revenue Raised: $50,461 USD
# of Backers: 1,310

Kickstarter: Underworld Races & Classes
Publisher: AAW Games
Funded: 5,030%
Date of Funding: Apr 2017
Revenue Raised: $50,304 USD
# of Backers: 882

Kickstarter: Snow White
Publisher: AAW Games
Funded: 237%
Date of Funding: Aug 2014
Revenue Raised: $35,488 USD
# of Backers: 500

Kickstarter: New Paths Compendium
Publisher: Kobold Press
Funded: 309%
Date of Funding: Jul 2017
Revenue Raised: $34,028
# of Backers: 840

Kickstarter: Mini-Dungeon Tome II (PF2)
Publisher: AAW Games
Funded: 1,461%
Date of Funding: November 2023
Revenue Raised: $29,229 USD
# of Backers: 517

Kickstarter: Adventure Omnibus
Publisher: AAW Games
Funded: 488%
Date of Funding: Dec 2018
Revenue Raised: $24,434 USD
# of Backers: 308

Kickstarter: Big Book of Maps
Publisher: Paths to Adventure
Funded: 2,356%
Date of Funding: Mar 2017
Revenue Raised: $23,562 USD
# of Backers: 947

Kickstarter: Big Book of Maps II
Publisher: Paths to Adventure
Funded: 2,100%
Date of Funding: Mar 2018
Revenue Raised: $21,003 USD
# of Backers: 569

Kickstarter: Mini-Dungeon Monthly Zine
Publisher: AAW Games
Funded: 1,918%
Date of Funding: Feb 2019
Revenue Raised: $19,185 USD
# of Backers: 804

Kickstarter: Into the Wintery Gale
Publisher: AAW Games
Funded: 928%
Date of Funding: Apr 2015
Revenue Raised: $18,556
# of Backers: 515

Kickstarter: Aventyr Bestiary
Publisher: AAW Games
Funded: 897%
Date of Funding: Jul 2015
Revenue Raised: $17,944 USD
# of Backers: 527

Kickstarter: Haunting of Hastur Campaign
Publisher: Dark Naga Adventures
Funded: 122%
Date of Funding: Feb 2019
Revenue Raised: $12,228 USD
# of Backers: 107

Kickstarter: Occult Secrets of the Underworld
Publisher: AAW Games
Funded: 238%
Date of Funding: Jul 2018
Revenue Raised: $11,945 USD
# of Backers: 557

Kickstarter: Ice & Dice Gaming Convention
Publisher: 2 King Games
Funded: 232%
Date of Funding: Oct 2022
Revenue Raised: $11,605 USD
# of Backers: 92

Kickstarter: Veranthea Codex
Publisher: Rogue Genius Games
Funded: 113%
Date of Funding: Oct 2014
Revenue Raised: $9,083 USD
# of Backers: 206

Kickstarter: Hypercorps 2099
Publisher: Rogue Genius Games
Funded: 134%
Date of Funding: Oct 2015
Revenue Raised: $8,073
# of Backers: 158

Kickstarter: Age of Ancients: Like Rats
Publisher: 2 Kings Games
Funded: 130%
Date of Funding: May 2022
Revenue Raised: $3,256 USD
# of Backers: 68

Kickstarter: Arena: Fury of Hellas
Publisher: Kobold Press
Funded: 41%
Date of Funding: Ended May 2016
Revenue Raised: $0 ($4,130 USD Pledged)
# of Backers: 158
Note: This unfunded project was intended as a market test run by the publisher.

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I am a professional and freelance game designer and developer, ENnie award-winning best selling author, and Map Master award-winning fantasy and science fiction cartographer (among the many other hats I often wear in the game design industry).
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