Evil Hat Productions is creating
Adventures and Worlds for Fate

Evil Hat believes passion makes the best games.

740

patrons

$4,127.09

per Adventure or World Created

Milestone Goals

Taken by Storm!

$400 per Adventure or World Created

We're closing in on our first major milesone! When we hit this mark, we'll send a copy of Storm of the Century, an adventure for Spirit of the Century currently available on DriveThruRPG, to all our Adventurers and up.

Writing & Editing for 10,000 Words

$800 per Adventure or World Created

When we reach this goal, we'll have the writing and editing costs covered for 10,000 words. How much is that? Fate Accelerated was about 12k; each chapter (world) in the Fate Worlds books ran 10k-15k. In our 6x9 format, that comes in around 30-40 pages.

Black and White Art

$1,250 per Adventure or World Created

At this goal, we'll have a solid black and white art budget for our adventure/world. This should give us a solid key image to use as the "cover", and at least 5 or 6 interior pieces (perhaps more, depending) in black and white.

Writing Upgrade!

$1,750 per Adventure or World Created

When we reach this goal, we'll be able to increase the amount of writing and editing by 40-50% — at least another dozen pages, about 5,000 words.

Art Upgrade!

$2,250 per Adventure or World Created

At this goal our art budget is doubled: we can do all our interior art pieces in color, or double the number of black and white pieces commissioned.

Digitally Self-Sustaining

$4,000 per Adventure or World Created

By our calculations, at $4000, accounting for declined pledges, Patreon's cut, and payment processing fees, we're getting enough from this campaign that digital adventure production is self-sustaining: we'll be able to cover our digital production costs comprising writing, editing, development consultation, art, and art direction. (Fred Hicks is doing layout for these at no cost to the project.)

6 Milestone Goals

reached

33% More Wor(l)ds

$5,500 per Adventure or World Created

At this level, we'll raise our word-count cap on our Worlds from 15,000 words to 20,000 words. That'll represent about 12-15 more pages on average, with the attendant increase in writing, editing, art direction, and art costs. With that increase, we'll be able to provide longer adventures, deeper setting details, expanded systems, and a few more pieces of gorgeous art.

66% More Wor(l)ds

$7,000 per Adventure or World Created

At this level, we'll raise our word-count cap another 5,000 words to 25,000 words. Just like before, that'll add another 12-15 pages on average, paying for writing, editing, art direction, and art costs. If we've been leaving you craving greater depth with every release, this is the target to shoot for!

100% More Wor(l)ds

$8,500 per Adventure or World Created

At this level, we'll raise our word-count cap by 5,000 words a THIRD time, to 30,000 words. That's twice as many as our first wave were offered! At this point the new Worlds we develop under this milestone will be less "booklets" and more "books" in their own right, running 80-100 pages each!

Contact Evil

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About

Evil Hat started on a lark. When Fred and Rob created that first iteration of Fate on a road trip in 2000, they had no idea they were planting the seeds that would grow into a company. Since then, we’ve broken ground and won awards with RPG games like Fate Core, Spirit of the Century, and the Dresden Files RPG, as well as growing into tie-in fiction and board games. We hadn’t realized it until this moment, but somewhere along the way we developed a love of gardening metaphors. We’re not sure how that happened, but we’ll run with it.

Our company policies can be summed up pretty simply: Take care of your peeps, and your peeps will take care of you. Behind the scenes, we’re constantly evaluating how we can make this happen. Whether you’re a customer, an artist, or a Friendly Local Gaming Store, you’re a part of what makes this the heckloadiest fun ever. Recognizing that is important to us.

We treat our friends, fans, and freelancers like we want to be treated. Passion, access, honesty, transparency, and high-value awesomeness: that’s what we’re growing here at the Hat.

Location

Silver Spring, MD, USA

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