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Project Update: Happy Holidays and plans for 2026 - Bardic Armadillo
This will be our last message of 2026 and the last about the crows. What a year!
Thanks to your support, our games found some great new homes and we made fantastic new friends.
We hope that this holiday season you get a chance to enjoy your crows, mermaids, family, and friends, and that 2026 brings you joy and new adventures.
We are gonna relax for the holidays, and then get right back to work on the next project: Fish Out of Water! The cozy RPG of mermaids on field trips.
So stay tuned, and we'll see you in 2026!
Cheers,
Bardic Armadillo
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Project Update: Broken Wings - Crows versus Cats
We are very sorry. If your crows arrived with broken wings, or got blown off course completely, we understand how disappointed you are. There is something truly awful about anticipating something and then being let down when it arrives.
We are going to fix this. All UK and EU packages will be repacked and reshipped early this week (we aren't taking chances that you're not happy; we're resending to everyone, just in case). This means studier materials, more bubble wrap to protect the crows, and secure, larger cardboard sheets to protect the art. For US customers, please let us know by email if there is anything you are unhappy with in your package and we'll make it right.
You deserve beautiful crows and to be happy with your support of Bardic Armadillo.
No excuses. Just a heartfelt apology and assurance that we'll make this right and do better in the future (crows are good at learning and so are we).
To backers who reached out and let us know about the broken wings, thank you. We appreciate that you let us know, so we can fix this.
We'll keep you updated on this issue.
Cheers for now,
Bardic Armadillo
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Project Update: Where are those Crows?
You're probably wondering where your crow art and other items are. Well, after a bit of a think, we decided that rather than sending things in multiple shipments, we'd do it all at once. But this meant, we had to wait for the Crows games to arrive at our center and then put all the packets together.
Don't worry, the Crows are on their way to us (with some flight assistance from FedEx), and then they'll be on their way to you.
They should be flapping to you in plenty of time for Christmas.
Thank you for your patience.
Cheers,
Bardic Armadillo
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Project Update: We're back from Spiel and ready to ship!
We just got back from Spiel Games Expo in Germany where we got to see (and sell out of) Crows versus Cats in its final form, and we were not disappointed. The game looks great and the cards shuffle really well.
Don't worry! We kept your copies safe and sound and ready to ship out.
In fact, that's the next step. We'll begin shipping this weekend, with art and stickers sent in one package, and the games sent is another package. We don't want to make you wait, so we've decided to do it this way to cut down on time.
We'd like to say a special thanks to the backers who found us at Spiel, and a great big thanks to every backer who made this possible.
Cheers,
Lindsey B.
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Project Update: Of printing and kittens
We are happy to report that the printing of the first round is finished and decks will start shipping in a few weeks. We still have to get them to our fulfillment center but it's Mid-Autumn Festival and things are closed for a bit. We also have the artwork ready to go and PDF versions will be going out after the surveys have closed. FYI, if you selected a print copy you will receive the PDF of that print, rather than a different PDF.
In other art news, we've added the Magpie and the Velcrows to the art collection. These weren't available before, but they're in the Add-Ons section now if you'd like to go back and grab them up.
AND! We've decided that if you selected a Choose a Name category, you deserve an art copy of your named friend, so we'll be adding an extra print to your order if you picked this level.
We've also heard from our remaining Namers. So we are happy to share that the last two kittens and the cat are now officially named!
Kitten 8 - Loki may have left his old name behind at the shelter, but his love of turkey has remained steadfast.
Kitten 9 - Ferox will happily curl up in a spot and let her tortie spots hide her while she licks off some stolen maple syrup.
Cat - Purrsephone won’t let the life of soft cushions and sunshine in her vast Victorian home stop her late night zoomies.
Sadly, these names came a bit too late to be included in this print run of the game. SO! We'll be making some special updated rules sheets for these folks, and then all future decks will have the corrected kittens and cat names and info.
Thanks for sticking with us like Velcrows!
Cheers.
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