Sunday, January 19, 2014

Ares Magazine: Science Fiction Magazine Kickstarter Update


Ares Magazine: In the last couple of weeks, we’ve added several new reward levels--and we’re most excited about the addition of two subscription-based levels. The Ithacan gives pledgers six issues chock-full of quality science fiction wrapped around a unique board game for $120—that’s $60 off the cover price. The Athenian is for collectors: two copies of the first six issues for $235, which is $125 off the cover price.


We want to provide customers with a range of products to best suit their tastes, so we also offer pledge levels to allow separate purchases of the fiction magazine or the game. We pay all of our fiction contributors a fixed price per word. We have a small editorial staff that reads each story and assesses it on the bases of preferred genre, quality of writing, and originality. Two of our staff members have worked as staff on magazines, and one has worked on the staff of a newspaper. All of our editors are mad science fiction fans.

Game designs are paid for at a flat rate depending upon completeness and pedigree of the design. Ares Magazine is a project of OSS Games, which has almost two decades of experience in designing and marketing games.

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