Wow. We started with a modest goal of $30,000 and one month later, when it's all said and done, 5,486 of you raised over $266,000.

We are so grateful for the massive showing of support.  This has been our third-largest crowdfunding campaign, next to Thirsty Sword Lesbians and the original Fate Core effort which we launched a decade ago. Thank you for stepping up and sharing your passion and hard-earned dollars for Girl By Moonlight. It's been an amazing 30 days.

And if for some reason you're getting this update and missed the campaign, never fear - we'll open BackerKit up to pre-orders here soon and you'll be able to get in on the full menu of rewards we've had on offer throughout the campaign.

What Happens Next

Most of the next steps happen behind the scenes. BackerKit will process pledges and transfer the initial funds to us. (If you missed out on an add-on or want to upgrade your pledge, don't worry - that will be possible when we shift into Pledge Manager mode.)

On our side, the book is text complete and the final art has been sourced. So while there's still a bit of work to be done, in very short order we'll be gearing up to start the back-and-forth process of submitting print files, reviewing galleys, etc.

If you've never backed an Evil Hat crowdfunding campaign, we do our best to deliver on time or ahead of time.

Our most recent crowdfunding effort, Monster of the Week: Codex of Worlds, funded in March, was scheduled to deliver in September 2023, and will begin fulfillment for backers on July 10th. That's at least 2 full months ahead of schedule. So while delivery of Girl By Moonlight is set for January of 2024, we're hopeful that (barring supply chain disruptions, printer meltdowns, or extradimensional invaders) we get your books and other rewards out before then.

We'll keep you updated here along the way. In the meantime, you still have the text-complete rules PDF and access to the Roll20 Quickstart (and Roll20 character sheets). You're ready to begin your Magical Girl adventures right now.

In terms of the stretch goals that make up the Zine By Moonlight, the work on those is just beginning. Shortly we'll be sending out final contracts and setting up the tools to create the many different eclectic pieces of Magical Girl inspiration from our talented roster of contributors.

A quick reminder: the stretch goals will be delivered separately from the physical book. We don't have definitive dates for them, but we'll likely release them in batches as they are complete. The intended format is one PDF you can print at home (or at your local copy shop). We're still ironing out the details on that one. But they will in no way hinder the work on creating your rewards.

Thank You

We've never published a game quite like Girl By Moonlight, and right out of the gate you blew away all our expectations. Quite frankly, we ran out of reasonable stretch goals we could confidently deliver - and we had a pretty big list of contributors on board in the first place! To see the outpouring of passion and excitement for this innovative, transcendent, and very queer game has been humbling. We were especially touched by all the press interviews, podcast pieces, and social media love this project got.

On behalf of Andrew and the whole team at Evil Hat, thank you. We are very, very grateful for your support.