Each year, we come up with a set of goals that we want to accomplish for the year. 2013 is no different. The 2012 theme was the Year of Angels; all of our releases were Angels books, and we had our best month ever because of that. The theme in 2013 will be New Players. A lot of our games and strategies are geared to get  new audiences and new players to our games. We'll be using Board Game Geek and RPG Geek a little more to spread the word, and going through new distribution channels to get our games into the new hands. we are planning on 2013 to be our best year yet. So here's our goals.

• Make $15.00 to keep the site running (always the top goal)
• Become a Limited Liability Corporation (COMPLETED - took less time than we thought it would)
• Release 1 new game line on Amazon and Barnes & Noble e-reader devices.
• Release 1 new game on TheGameCrafter.com
• Release 5 books to support games Powered by -U- the Game of Stories
• Release 1 new Angels - the Game of Divine Stories book.
• Improve the number of likes we have on Facebook by giving away a free game book.
• Have all 2014 releases ready for launch by the end of October 2013. This worked really well for us this year.
• Stretch Goal - have the best sales year ever.
• Stretch Goal - work on a new version of DiColumns for 2014 release.
• Stretch Goal - release Print-on-Demand copies of Angels, WyshMaykers, and -U- the Game of Stories.

All of these are doable, and most of these are just waiting for the right time to occur. We thank you, as always, for your support. Enjoy 2013... we will.

We have been busy planning our 2013 launches, and we are happy to report that we have a lot of stuff coming out in the next year. In fact, 2013 will be notable for a few reasons.

1. We have 100% of all our 2013 releases done. As in, complete. As in, ready to launch on 01-Jan-2013, if we so desired. That's a first. We like having that out of the way. It will be annoying to wait until September for that last release to come out, though.
2. We are going to be venturing into selling on Amazon and Barnes&Noble bookstores with one, maybe 2, of our games. Here's hoping that gamble pays off.
3. We are launching 3 brand new games or game lines. That is huge for us whose primary bread and butter has come from -U- the Game of Stories or games Powered by the -U- system. Don't worry -U- fans, we have support for those games in 2013 as well.
4. We will release more books in 2013 than we ever have before. In 2009, we released 3 books. In 2010, we released 6 card games (the 100 Points line) and 1 revised -U- core rule book. In 2011 we released 7 books, including WyshMaykers. In 2012, we released 4 books, all about Angels. In 2013, we are going to release 21 new books. That is equal to all of the other years combined.

A lot of work has gone into making 2013 our best year yet. If not from a sales point of view, then at least creatively. We're finalizing the complete release schedule now, so check back with us for the full list of game titles, concepts, and release dates.

UPDATED:  Thank you to everyone who helped raise over $15,000 with this relief bundle. We appreciate your generosity.

Our friends over at Roleplayer's Chronicle have put together a bundle of great games to help those affected by hurricane Sandy. For $20 you get over $400 worth of games, and all proceeds go to the American Red Cross for hurricane Sandy efforts. We've put Angels in the mix to do our part. Go do yours and help our Northeastern neighbors, please.

Link to find out more:  http://roleplayerschronicle.com/?p=28651