On March 31st, Boss Fight Books confirmed that it had acquired enough funds via its Kickstarter campaign to go forward with its latest project, a book about the 1997 strategy game Age of Empires, written by Richard Moss, an Australian gaming historian whose work is catalogued on his website here. Richard Moss has already interviewed 29 employees from Ensemble and Microsoft in this time period for the project.
The huge scope of the project is such that Boss Fight Books had hoped for, and now will be, publishing the Age of Empires book in two volumes, one the paperback copy that is standard for the publishing house, and a special edition hardcover edition featuring color photos, which are not typical in Boss Fight Books. The last such special edition hardcover was for the Goldeneye 007 book, which was the 29th title published by Boss Fight Books. Additionally, going forward Boss Fight Books is revamping their cover style, and is now commissioning original art instead of relying on stock images. Jack Grimes designed the cover for this book from the concept art stage.
As of this writing, the Kickstarter campaign has amassed $8,472 as it sets its sights toward stretch goals. At $10,000, Boss Fight Books will commission bookmarks based on the cover art, to be included alongside the special edition. Rewards continue in $5,000 increments until the final level, $50,000, where all backers who ordered physical books will receive free eBooks. Backers will also receive eBooks of Video Game Maps: SNES – Volume 1 at the $15,000 stretch goal level and Bottomless Pit: Running and Jumping Through Platform Games – Volume 1 at the $30,000 stretch goal level.
As is typical for Kickstarters, the pledges function as preorders. An $8 will yield a standard eBook, $16 for the paperback or the special edition eBook, and $30 for the special edition hardcover. All versions, plus bonus contents and special thanks in the hardcover and online, require a pledge of $60. The Boss Fight Books edition of Age of Empires is expected to see publication sometime in June as an eBook, July as a paperback, August as a deluxe eBook, and October as a hardcover.
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