I’ve been putting off this announcement for a while, but as of a couple of days ago I have a signed contract, so this is a done deal and I can finally talk about it.

Architect of Worlds has a publisher: Ad Astra Games, a small press that’s primarily known for games like Squadron Strike and Attack Vector: Tactical, highly realistic yet playable simulations of space warfare. Ad Astra also publishes a few non-fiction pieces that are great resources for anyone trying to develop fictional futures.

Ad Astra is a one-man show, with Ken Burnside as the proprietor. Ken is a long-standing acquaintance who has been watching the development of Architect of Worlds for quite some time. He seems to think that Architect would be a good fit for the rest of his product line and his usual audience, and I tend to agree. It helps that Ken has advertising, promotion, and distribution contacts that I simply can’t match – I suspect Architect will see at least a full order of magnitude better sales as a result of this deal.

The terms Ken offered me are pretty generous, so I’m quite pleased with this development, and I’m looking forward to seeing the results.

In the meantime, as promised, my patrons at the Intermediate Support level and above – along with a few “patrons emeritus” who have contributed to the “playtesting” of Architect over the years – can expect to receive their copies of the released e-book once it’s ready. Look for that sometime in the February-March timeframe. My deadline to get finished drafts over to Ken is 1 February, but to be honest I can’t see that taking any longer than very early January at the rate I’m moving. We should be able to have both e-book and printed copies ready for the spring convention season.