Hello everyone
I'm excited to say that Lovecraftesque is now on a boat (three boats actually) and on its way to warehouses in the US and UK. Shipping to customers will comme...
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Black Armada Games
26 days ago
November update
Hey folks
Everything is almost but not quite entirely unchanged since our last update:
• The estimated ship dates have been updated to 22 November (today!)...
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Black Armada Games
2 months ago
October update: a Halloween freebie, and shipping dates ahoy!
Hey folks
I'm very pleased to say that we now have some shipping dates.
Here's the plan:
• 12 November: manufacturing complete, freight forwarder collects three...
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Black Armada Games
3 months ago
September update - things are moving forward!
Hi folks
Last month's update felt a bit doomy - we'd had a ton of problems with the UV flashlights, and I was beginning to think we might have to drop them from the product alt...
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Black Armada Games
4 months ago
August update - some problems and delays
Hi folks
I wanted to let you know that we are currently dealing with some problems with the UV/blacklight flashlight that we had planned to include with Lovecraftesque, and thi...
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Black Armada Games
5 months ago
July update
Hey folks
Another quick update as we're mostly waiting on our manufacturer to do their thing.
Production of the "mass sample" - the final sample copy of the game, made to the ...
I'm excited to say that Lovecraftesque is now on a boat (three boats actually) and on its way to warehouses in the US and UK. Shipping to customers will commence soon after - likely in January.
If you are one of the many folks signed up for updates on the project but haven't yet backed - now is a good chance to jump on! We will be putting the price in early January when we close pre-orders, so don't miss the chance to pay less.
If you're a backer, you may see final notifications come in some time in the next month, warning you that you're about to be charged for shipping and your address locked. If you have any add-ons you want, or if you are changing address, you need to update your order before that happens.
As planned, the shipments left in late November, and are expected to arrive at the port late Dec/early Jan. There's another week or two for it to get from port to warehouse, and then time for the warehouse to pack everything up and send it out. So I would think late January is the most likely date for the product to be shipped to you - and arrival times dependent on where in the world you are.
For backers who (like me) enjoy watching a little dot move across a map, there's tracking details for each shipment below, along with pictures of some boats.
Everything is almost but not quite entirely unchanged since our last update:
The estimated ship dates have been updated to 22 November (today!) for the UK and US East Coast shipments, and 25 November (Tuesday!) for the US West Coast shipment.
However that hasn't changed the estimated arrival dates, which are late December for all three shipments. That's the date for arrival at a warehouse, not the date you'll receive it.
I am personally assuming that those dates are optimistic. Shipping is unpredictable at the best of times and these are not the best of times. So I am assuming that the real arrival date will be in January.
The dates for shipping to customers is therefore still expected to be around January, with arrival times dependent on customer location.
It only remains for me to remind you that shipping has not yet been charged! We will charge shipping once the product starts being sent out to customers. I will let you know when that is imminent.
One last thing - we will be at Dragonmeet in London in a week's time, and we'd love to see you there! You can find us on the UK Indie League stall; Becky will be on the solo journaling panel at 3pm and the women in gaming panel at 4pm, while Josh will be on the indie hotness panel at 5pm; and in the morning Josh will be running a multi-table Lovecraftesque game called Dark Legacy, for which there is exactly 1 seat still available. Book here if you'd like to join Dark Legacy.
We'll do another update in late December, when hopefully Lovecraftesque will be close to our shores. Best wishes
I'm very pleased to say that we now have some shipping dates.
Here's the plan:
12 November: manufacturing complete, freight forwarder collects three shipments (one to the UK, two to warehouses on the East and West side of the US).
End December to mid-January: estimated date that shipments arrive at the warehouses.
Shipping to customers therefore likely starts some time in January, with arrival times dependent on location.
Thanks for your patience - the above timeline is later than we'd estimated at the start, but still a pretty brisk delivery timetable for a TTRPG crowdfunding campaign. Our next update will be in mid-November when I hope we can confirm the product shipped as planned.
While I have your attention, there's a few other things to mention:
Lovecraftesque 2e PDF and VTT have gone on general sale. As a quintessentially zero-prep one-shot-friendly horror game, it's perfect for Halloween. So if you know folks who missed the campaign and might enjoy it, please point them to our website, where they can get the PDF, VTT, and even pre-order the physical game if they want.
We are running an epic game of Lovecraftesque at Dragonmeet! We'll have four tables running, with linked plot and unique clues written just for this game. You can find the full details here and book a ticket here. If you're coming to Dragonmeet, come and play with us!
For Halloween we are offering a free copy of Becky's spooky game What The Water Gave Me, a time-spanning ghost story about a cursed mill pool, to our discord members. You can join the discord server here - it's a lovely little community, so hope to see you there.
Last month's update felt a bit doomy - we'd had a ton of problems with the UV flashlights, and I was beginning to think we might have to drop them from the product altogether. Thank you to everyone who gave supportive comments in response - it was a big help, emotionally. Thankfully, after some hairy negotiations with our manufacturer over regulatory compliance and price, I've managed to get things moving - and we get to keep the flashlight. At some point I'll do a write-up of what exactly happened here and why - but for now, the main message is: the problem is fixed.
I didn't want to let September go by without an update, but right now it's a national holiday in China, so I don't have details of when the product will ship as yet. I'm expecting to hear during the second week in October. I'll update again when I know more.
This also means that shipping will be charged soon. I'm told by the experts at Backerkit that we should overcommunicate this fact so nobody is surprised when it happens. In fact I would say the word "overcommunicate" has been mentioned to us so many times that it's begun to sound like a dalek talking. They've overcommunicated the need to overcommunicate. But anyway, this is your reminder that there will be a separate charge for shipping. I will mention this again soon! You will be overcommunicated to! Overcommunicate!!!
Also: we got the mass production sample and it looks great! Worth the wait. We're gonna make some proper product pics and I'll share those when we have them. In the meantime I've taken a quick and dirty one, see below.
