Smiling Damned: Yakuza Stories

A project in Melbourne, AU by Jason Franks
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Stories of the Yakuza set in three different eras. Prison breaks, gang war, and bloody revenge in the Japanese noir tradition.
Backers: 56
Average Daily Pledges: $131 AUD
Average Pledge Per Backer: $49 AUD

Funding: $2,760 AUD of $2,500 AUD
Dates: Feb 12th -> Mar 5th (21 days)
Project By: Jason Franks
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Latest News

Day 18 of 21: the Knife is Mightier than the Sword

March 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Hey, killers, Well we are now in the last days of the campaign and I thought I'd give you a quick update of how it's all going.  We are sitting pretty at 104% funded and we have passed the 50 backer mark, so the Shadowmancy perk is now definitely... (Read More)

Day 14: Stretch goals and a new reward tier

February 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey, killers! Well, it's day 14 today and we are fully funded. Seven days left of the campaign. Feels like it's time to up the ante a bit, so here goes. A new perk, a new reward tier, and our first stretch goal! New Yak-ify Me Reward TierYak-ify Me.... (Read More)

Fully funded!

February 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Smiling Damned is now fully funded, and that means you will be receiving your rewards once the campaign ends and I can get this bad, bad baby to print. I would like to offer an enormous thank you to everyone who has supported the book, at every... (Read More)

Day 8 update

February 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello killers, Well we've just hit the end of day 8 and we are 92% funded. Thank you so very much! With not quite two weeks remaining we are in very good shape indeed. For today's update, I have written another long piece, this time exploring six of... (Read More)

Day 5

February 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone, We are now heading for the end of day 5 on this and we're 80% funded, with 38 backers. I would love to get to 100% and 50 backers by day 7, because I know from experience how much more difficult these get in the second week. Regardless.... (Read More)

Day 3 update

February 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey crew!  We are 3 days in and the book is now 71% funded, so things are looking really promising. This is a smidge behind where we were at this time for my Gourmand Go campaign, which I think is pretty good given the changed economy since 2023. I... (Read More)

And we are live!

February 13th - via: kickstarter.com
LIVE AND COMING AT YAWell, we launched a day later than planned (don't worry, I still have all my fingers), but SMILING DAMNED YAKUZA has been live for 24 hours and we're already 29% funded. This is my first time running a campaign solo and I'm... (Read More)

Launching on Wednesday!

February 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Konbanwa! Thank you so much for following the Smiling Damned Yakuza campaign. It has taken a while to get ready but I'm very pleased to announce that we will be going life this Wednesday at around 9pm Australian Eastern Standard Time, or Tuesday at... (Read More)

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