The close after the deal

Board Game Royalty Reporting & Reconciliation

Turn actual sales lines, return adjustments, sublicense receipts, contract bands, and due dates into an inspectable royalty close. These tools start where a deal-comparison calculator stops.

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Six independent jobs

Use the tool that matches the evidence in front of you.

A publisher can assemble a transparent statement; a designer can independently recalculate it; either side can isolate tier, sublicense, reserve, or timing questions without hiding them inside one black-box total.

Statement preparation

Royalty Statement Builder

Convert channel and SKU sales rows into an itemized earned-royalty working table.

 Arithmetic check

Royalty Statement Reconciler

Compare reported line amounts with units × base × entered rate and expose variance.

 Contract bands

Tiered Royalty Recalculator

Allocate one reporting period correctly when cumulative units cross a rate breakpoint.

 Foreign and third-party deals

Sublicense Royalty Reconciler

Recalculate entered shares after creator-entered deductions by deal, territory, and language.

 Reserve movement

Returns Reserve Rollforward

Show how returns, releases, and the current holdback move the reserve and settlement.

 Reporting cadence

Statement & Payment Schedule Checker

Compare actual receipt and payment dates with the deadlines entered from your records.

A clean quarterly loop

1. Normalize the sales period

Keep channel, SKU, units, returns, royalty base, and rate visible at line level.

2. Recalculate exceptions

Separate tier crossings, sublicenses, and reserves because each uses a different rule.

3. Close and document

Compare expected and reported totals, record timing, then retain the source statement and agreement.

Cluster boundary

Actual-period controls, not deal advice.

Every rate, base, deduction, reserve percentage, and deadline comes from the user. The tools organize arithmetic and timing evidence; they do not interpret a contract.

Use this cluster after statements begin.

The six tools here work with actual period rows, reported amounts, cumulative unit bands, reserve movements, and dates. They do not supply market rates or decide what a party owes.

Minimum evidence set

Keep the source beside the calculation.

  • The signed agreement and any amendments
  • The publisher or licensee statement for the same period
  • Sales, returns, sublicense, and payment records used to build it
  • A note explaining any creator-entered deduction, rate, or deadline

Important limit

A variance is a question, not an accusation.

Timing differences, later returns, currency conversion, tax treatment, contract definitions, and omitted context can all explain a mismatch. Confirm the source and seek qualified legal or accounting help when the consequence matters.