I just got back from a trip abroad and am ready to lock down the orders. There are still about 30 people who haven't finalized their order by clicking on the survey link in their email. It is very important that everyone do this so I know how many stickers of each type to make and how many bubble mailers of each size to order.
If you haven't been receiving the reminders from Backerkit, you can check your spam folder or send me a message and I will re-send the link.
I will be locking orders on Monday July 6th. If you haven't responded by then, you may end up with a randomly selected sticker.
This goes for the pre-order store as well. It will close at the same time and future sales will be back over on my main shopify website or in-person at events.
We have officially entered the print queue now, having paid the Printer and approved the proofs, so we are right on schedule!
Stay cool out there! (Maybe put an ice pack inside your pointy hat?) ~Adam
We have approved the digital proofs and sent the first payment, kicking off the official start of manufacturing Gelt Galore: Pocket Edition! 🥳
On the back end, this means we can start organizing details like freight shipping, safety testing, and more. So there's still plenty to do to get the games in, but this is a major step.
For those who haven't yet filled out your surveys, please make sure to do so by July 22nd. Even if you aren't planning to add anything to your pledge, we need the survey filled out to confirm your shipping address, and your choices for things like stickers and cards (if applicable).
(not all available designs and colors are pictured here)
These will ship directly to you once you order (not with your campaign rewards). For now, we're limiting it to V-neck and crewneck tee shirts, but if you'd like to see our designs available on other types of items, leave your suggestions in the comments!
For those in the US, have a wonderful Fourth of July! And to everyone, have a fantastic weekend 😊
The big news is that we've gotten the first round of digital proofs from our manufacturer! We've also sent over a few corrections to the files. Once the digital proofs look good, we'll be able to place the final order for the pocket edition games. The current tweaks are small, but we're trying to ensure everything is just right.
What this really means is that we're getting close to beginning production!
As we get close to finalizing the order, it's really helpful that so many of you have already filled out your surveys. Thanks for being so prompt!
While the deadline is still a ways out, it really does help with planning and ordering all the rewards if everyone gets their surveys in sooner rather than later.
We'll be locking completed surveys on a rolling basis. If you'd like to make changes after your survey is locked and before the deadline (July 22nd), please email us to unlock your survey.
No survey changes will be able to be made after the deadline, but the preorder store will remain open for available items.
As always, if you have any questions about the surveys or regarding our games, please don't hesitate to reach out!
Hopefully we'll have more good news to share soon.
Please remember to go fill out your post-campaign survey! Everyone needs to confirm their order quantities and enter their addresses (for tax purposes) and payment information (I know, it's silly that you have to re-enter it when you already did during the campaign). I will be taking a trip next week so will be unavailable until July 2nd when everything is supposed to technically be locked.
The pre-order store will also close on June 30th, so if you've been lurking in the tall grass don't wait!
But in the meantime, great news: The printer has confirmed the print files and has invoiced me for the order! That means that we will be entering the print queue ahead of schedule.
I'm happy to report that the banner reward stickers arrived today and they look great!
actual size: 6"x2"
They're made of thick, weather-proof, laminate coated vinyl so should look good on anything you decide to gnomify with them. If you backed a minimum of 3 projects in the Family Friendly banner, you will automatically receive one of these bad boys!
Meanwhile, the print files for the game are at the printers and the order is just waiting on final counts. So, the sooner everyone completes their survey to confirm their order quantities, the sooner I can hit GO and get the machines producing!
Remember: even though it is asking for your shipping address now, you will not be charged shipping until I am ready to actually send the games out. When we are at that stage of the process there will be options for local pickup or to donate yours to the "community copy" fund.
I'm sorry it took so long to write this first post-campaign update: May has been brutal and I'm just emerging from the rubbles. But now it seems congratulations are in order, since hey, the project funded! 155 backers ain't nothing and I was so happy to see a lot of familiar names in the crowd, with many more new. Thank you to each and everyone of you! The money raised amounts to what I initially budgeted for a softcover book with nothing fancy inside (except the beautiful drawings of François, of course). I'll be blunt and say I was disappointed with this, since I had a vision of a much nicer book in my mind, one that I thought was attainable... so I took some time to think, I crunched some numbers, I contacted some printers and you know what, I'm going to make this nice book even if it costs me money from my own pocket, dang it! In the past month my TTRPG sales have been very good, so I might as well put this money to good use, don't you think? I've yet to sign on the dotted line but it looks like the game will be printed in Latvia and will be a hardcover volume with a quarter cloth binding, just like those gorgeous children books. And while I'm at it, I'm adding more art by François sprinkled here and there and a full map of Poppy Valley as one of the endpapers!!
All of this is, I hope you'll agree, quite rad, but it's going to take a bit more time: François will try to deliver the new illustrations in about a month, and then the printer has a waiting list, meaning that I'll probably being posting your packages by late August / early September. I'll keep you updated on this, of course, and you'll receive notice of a late pledge / open survey period to add anything you want to your order and pay your shipping fees! In the meantime, I've opened a pre-order shop for the game: if you've got friends who could be interested in A Week with Frog and Rabbit but have not backed it, pass the news around!
I'll write to you again in a couple of weeks, when I have new illustrations to show you :)
Best, Côme
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Salut tout le monde !
Désolé, je comptais vous écrire ce premier billet post-financement avant, mais le mois de mai a été brutal et je commence tout juste à émerger des décombres. Mais ce par quoi je devrais commencer, ce sont des merci et des félicitations, puisque grâce à vous le projet est financé ! 155 contributeur⋅ices, ce n'est pas rien, et j'étais très content de reconnaître de nombreux noms dans la foule, ainsi que pas mal de nouveaux⋅elles. Merci à chacun⋅e d'entre vous ! La somme collectée correspond à ce que j'avais initialement calculé pour la fabrication d'un livre en couverture souple, sans aucun froufrou (mais avec les belles illustrations de François à l'intérieur). Pour être franc, ça m'a un peu déçu, car j'avais en tête la vision d'un livre bien plus beau, et je pensais que c'était atteignable... Alors j'ai pris un peu de temps pour réfléchir, j'ai additionné des chiffres, j'ai contacté des imprimeurs et vous savez quoi, je vais quand même le faire ce joli livre, même si ça me coûte plus d'argent que prévu, et toc ! Ces derniers mois, mes ventes de JdR ont été très bonnes, alors autant mettre cet argent à contribution, non ? Je n'ai encore signé aucun contrat, mais on dirait bien que le jeu sera imprimé en Lettonie et consistera en un volume couverture rigide avec reliure en tissu, tout comme ces livres pour enfants magnifiques. Et tant que j'y suis, je rajoute des illustrations de François un peu partout et une carte complète de la Vallée des Coquelicots en page de garde !!
Tout ça, j'espère que vous en conviendrez, c'est super chouette, mais ça veut dire que la complétion du projet va prendre un peu plus de temps : François va essayer de livrer les nouvelles illustrations dans à peu près un mois, et puis l'imprimeur a une liste d'attente, ce qui signifie que je me retrouverai probablement à poster vos colis fin août / début septembre. Je vous tiendrai au courant, bien sûr, et vous recevrez un lien pour une période de late pledge / questionnaire pour ajouter ce que vous voulez à votre commande et payer vos frais d'expédition ! En attendant, j'ai ouvert une boutique de précommande pour le jeu : si vous avez des ami⋅es qui pourraient être intéressé⋅s par Une Semaine avec Grenouille et Lapin mais n'ont pas participé à la précommande, prévenez-les !
Je vous écrirai à nouveau dans quelques semaines, quand j'aurai de nouvelles illustrations à vous montrer :)
It's been quite the whirlwind since the campaign ended, putting all the pieces together to order games and also finalize the pledge manager surveys.
We have some big news regarding the game components:
We'll be including the Night Tracker as a separate card!
Though we didn't quite reach that stretch goal during the campaign, thanks to both backer generosity and some bonus support after the campaign ended, we will be able to separate out the Night Tracker component, so it is no longer on the back of the rule booklet. This will make it possible to reference the rulebook while playing, which was an important upgrade for us.
This also means the quick reference for turn actions will no longer need to be on the cards, as that will move to the back of the rule booklet in place of the original Night Tracker.
That means 2 bonus trivia cards included in the deck!
These are new questions, not included in the original board game.
With all that settled, we've just about finished all the art files for the game. We'll be sending them to the manufacturer soon for their checks, and then carefully double-checking the proofs.
Once the order is placed, we'll be working on the PNP edition, which should be ready later this summer.
Meanwhile, we will soon be sending out the surveys.
First up, the Smoke Test: a small number of backers will receive their surveys first, to ensure everything is working smoothly.
When we're sure they're all set, we'll be sending the surveys to everyone else. So if you're in that first batch, please fill out your surveys when you see them!
Please note: shipping will be charged later.
You'll see this noted in the surveys as well, but to clarify, the pledge manager will work in a few stages:
You fill out the surveys to confirm your goodies and add-ons.
Please make sure to fill yours out by July 22, 2026, when surveys will lock.
Digital rewards (the PNP file) go out.
You receive a reminder to verify or update your mailing address, if receiving physical rewards.
Shipping fees are charged once games and goodies are ready to be sent.
If you have any questions about the surveys, please don't hesitate to reach out!
And if you missed the campaign but would still like to order goodies (or know someone who does):
+++ Statement from Betty "Two Bricks" Costalotta +++
"In these trying times, the small business person faces difficulties. This is why, Betty Industries is teaming up with Mabel Enterprises and newcomer Nessie's, to offer you an opportunity you can't refuse. A chance to get you hands on three fantastic games".
We've also decided to update the tag line for the pocket edition games!
Because this version of the game prioritizes playing with tokens instead of goodies like gelt and candy, using "treats" in the tagline felt a little misleading. So we'll be updating this version's tag line to:
👉 A game of tradition, twists, and trivia! 👈
What do you think? Let us know in the comments!
We're just a few tweaks away from sending art files to the manufacturer and officially kicking off the process of creating these games! Of course, we'll keep you posted all the way ☺️
I've spent some time today prepping the print files for all the cards with their voted-upon gnames and making some updates to the rulebook. I just sent those all off to the printer for proofing, so we're moving right along on that front!
And since that went so smoothly, I've also just hit "send" on the full list of backer surveys. You all should be receiving them shortly before or after you get this update! Please go ahead with confirming your order contents (adding any extras you feel so moved to grab up) so I can finalize the print order quantity, enter your shipping address, and confirm your payment method. The orders won't be locked down until later this month and remember that shipping won't be charged until the Fall when games are ready to go out.
