December Update
about 3 years ago
– Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 06:41:37 PM
Hey, everyone!
The factory just sent these sample pictures over this morning, so I thought you'd want to see them. A lot of the details are over-emphasized so they will show up in mass production (which tends to dull these things).
The factory is about to close for all of January, then card and box finalized in February to get printing and get these to us in late April. So the pledge manager will probably open late January or early February.
Happy holidays to everyone, and thanks again for everything.
See you on the other side of 2020.
Jack
Update on Add-Ons and the Pledge Manager
over 3 years ago
– Mon, Jan 04, 2021 at 11:28:18 AM
Hi again, everyone.
I now know that some people missed the warnings that the pledge manager may not offer add-ons.
I don't think there are that many of you. I think by far, most people saw the updates. If that is the case, I may be able to put a rubber band on this and fix it with what little surplus inventory will exist.
I might be able to add these to the PM:
- Danika and Iva
- Swamp Zombies
- 3/4 Player Gates
I can add the leftover coins, but they will be $15 for enough for a 2-player game, not the double amount from the campaign.
All of these things will have to be first come first served, since the order will be placed well before the pledge manager goes out. But since there are so few of you, this might work and everyone might be able to get what they want.
I am looking into this because add-ons in the campaign are so new as a concept. And because Kickstarter has conditioned so many people to stretch campaigns into 1.5 territory, which can be a real bear for budgeting and all kinds of other things.
When I was a kid, Kickstarter was all pine trees as far as you could see, and campaigns lasted 30 days and 30 days only. Something something no crowdfunding country for old men something.
Again, every physical copy of North Woods will already contain:
I'll know more about this when I poke around Gamefound and hear from the factory about stuff.
Thanks!
Jack
NORTH WOODS PRODUCTION UPDATE
over 3 years ago
– Mon, Jan 04, 2021 at 11:27:49 AM
Hey, everyone!
The funds all cleared last week, and I paid the factory immediately. So they are already working on everything.
But in classic 2020 fashion, the pandemic is resurfacing to disrupt production somewhat. Things have slowed down, and China has even restricted the import of raw materials to factories like these. The more time goes by, the more it looks like the Lunar New Year (when the factory closes for weeks in January), will once again become a factor for fulfillment. To be absolutely safe, I am going to predict April as the shipping month for these. They should get here a lot sooner, but Covid is a huge finger flicking pieces off of the conveyor belt right now.
The very good news from this is it gives us time to refine these fighters. We have played a lot of games with them, and I LOVE using the North Woods team, but I want to make sure they are as fun to use as possible.
If you have the time, we would really appreciate you joining the Gatefall Play Testing discord and playing some games online with your friends to get us more feedback. Here is the link:
https://discord.gg/SqCSTe7
For those of you who are new to Kickstarter: I will not need your addresses for some time. I will collect those in the pledge manager, which I will walk you through later when it is finished. So you're totally fine right now.
Speaking of the pledge manager, it looks like most of the items will be available in limited supply, since I was only really able to order what people pledged for. All that will be on the pledge manager will be items that had extra copies due to minimum order quantities. The most limited item will be the coins, but I think everyone will be able to get whatever they needed. Anything that runs out will be back in the next campaign or sooner if sales allow.
For those of you who pledged for the print files: I am hoping to have those ready for you to download this weekend. I have never done digital downloads in a pledge manager, but I'm being told they are easy to set up.
Thanks for everything, and I will keep the updates coming as we keep everything moving.
Thanks again,
Jack
November/December Update
over 3 years ago
– Mon, Jan 04, 2021 at 11:27:36 AM
Hey, everyone!
Everything is going smoothly with production. The biggest pothole for Chapter One was the painstaking task of turning Alexei's very detailed work into something that can actually be mass-produced. Those of you who were around for that will remember that Brog's cleaver alone took a couple weeks to fix. But I'm happy to report that process is already finished for the North Woods fighters. There were no huge pose or design sacrifices, just little things like thickening an antler here and a tentacle there so things don't break.
For those of you who sleeve cards, I made sure the components tray design will hold all of the standard cards while they are sleeved.
For those of you who missed it last time: it looks like everything from the campaign will be available in the pledge manager that is still being set up. That pledge manager will open some time next month.
For those of you who backed for digital files during the campaign, I will be sending out a dropbox link next week. If you add the files during the pledge manager, the files will be sent to you via the pledge manager. I will be using Gamefound for this campaign's pledge manager.
I will not need your addresses or shipping payments until January at the earliest to give everyone some financial space with the holidays and everything going on.
We are putting the finishing touches on the North Woods stats. We are working on making the Swamp Zombies a bigger asset, which I like a lot. Testing has shown that things are balancing really well.
Finally: Check out the starting lineup for Chapter Two's Classic Monsters team!
Left to right: The Mummy, Frankenstein's monster, and Dracula.
They will be squaring off against The Wild West in Chapter Two. I am very excited about this set.
That's it for now. Thanks for everything, and I hope you all have a great holiday season.
More soon,
Jack
Thank You!
over 3 years ago
– Mon, Oct 26, 2020 at 11:19:05 AM
Hey, backers!
Thank you all so much for making this such a successful campaign. I really appreciate the support. It's worth reminding all of you that this set one hundred percent would not have existed without you. So it's no small thing to me that you gave me money for it to exist before it existed.
I immediately sent all of the final numbers to the factory. There will probably not be any add-ons or anything but shipping in the pledge manager. I do these campaigns by myself every time (as you may have noticed, due to the fact that I am the one answering every question), and there are just too many variables to try to run "campaign 1.5" through a pledge manager. I will likely be switching from BackerKit to Gamefound, and I want to fulfill your pledges as quickly and as well as I possible can. Sticking to the numbers in front of me will help me do that.
Once the factory works out how big each item's package will be and how much they will weigh, Quartermaster can start working out how much it will cost to ship to you. Once we know that, I will add it to the pledge manager and open it to everyone to pay for shipping and provide addresses. That will happen weeks from now, so I will not need your address until then. I'll update more when that gets closer.
Thanks again for everything!
Jack
