Hi all,

Just a quick update on a few things.

Pregen Errata

First, we caught a few errors with the FYOV Pregen Character sheets that made it into the manufactured version of the game. One error was just a spelling error for a name in the character descriptions in a few places, so no big deal. The other error was in the character description for Kirra in the Australia cohort, where Kirra's description was replaced with another character's. We have corrected the error in the pregen character print & play file and have uploaded the corrected version to your digital downloads in Backerkit (which you can access here: https://five-hundred-year-old-vampire.backerkit.com/). We have also added the corrected file as a free download to our product page on our website (here: https://cmichpress.com).

Shipping Costs

Second, we have pushed the date for charging shipping costs to Monday, October 7. You will receive a 48-hour notice from Backerkit directly about charging for shipping on Friday, October 4, but we wanted to give you a little more of a heads up. You can check your orders in Backerkit to see the shipping charges by going here: https://five-hundred-year-old-vampire.backerkit.com/.

Like we mentioned in our last update, the shipping costs for US backers ranged between $15-$20, with the vast majority on $15 (that's the base package of the game, the journal, and the expansion deck; higher shipping costs here reflects additional copies or other games added on).

Cost ranges for international backers vary by country. For instance, UK backers (our largest international cohort) have virtually the same costs as US backers (in this case, $15-$19.50) because our main fulfillment warehouse for international backers is in the UK. For other international backers, it varies by country, but the overall range is $18.50-$55, depending on which country and what's in the order. There are a couple of outsized shipping costs because of unusual circumstances (for instance, our Brazil backers have rather high shipping costs because our fulfillment warehouses cannot ship there at reduced rates for some reason, and there's one package to a German backer that weighs over 11kg, so will cost a lot).

Schedule and Port Strike

Once we charge shipping, our US warehouse is scheduled to start processing orders the week of October 14, so that's when we expect fulfillment to kick off in earnest. For international backers, we will have a bit of a delay because of the US port workers strike is triggering cascading shipping delays (we don't have our stock at the UK warehouse yet and are waiting on our fulfillment partner to gives us an update on those logistics). 

Thanks all for your patience on everything. If you have any questions about anything, please ask.

Stay undead, everyone!

Hi all,

We're gearing up for fulfillment on Five Hundred Year Old Vampire. The games have landed stateside, cleared customs, and are scheduled for delivery to our New York warehouse on Friday, Sept 6 (that's tomorrow!). How exciting! That leaves only the FYOV keepsake journal stretch goal/add-on still yet to come (its container ship is in or near the Panama Canal right now, scheduled to arrive in New York at the end of next week). Once that and our add-on copies of Thousand Year Old Vampire arrive (uh, there's a sequel out there crowdfunding in the wild right now, in case you have been dead and buried for many years now -- check it out!), we'll have all the pieces in one place. Wundebar!

The next step is to get shipping added to your accounts and charged to your credit card on file. Starting sometime next week, you should be able to head over to Backerkit and see the shipping charges applied to your account.

For just a single copy of the base game, plus the keepsake journal and Beguiling Whispers stretch goal add-ons, shipped in the US to a US address, we've landed at around $15.00, which is a little bit higher than the range we quoted last summer, but our picking and warehouse fees have gone up from last year, so that needed to be accounted for. Additional copies and add-ons max out at no more than $20 for everything.

International backers will have higher shipping costs for obvious reasons that vary from country to country; however, European backers will have customs friendly shipping already baked into their costs. We will have those costs added next week as well.

To check out the shipping costs on your order when they are added, you can head over here to access your survey again:

https://five-hundred-year-old-vampire.backerkit.com/

Additionally, Backerkit itself will be sending you an automated email with a link to your survey roughly 48-hours before we charge cards. We'll give you more heads up on this as we go forward.

We will be charging cards again for shipping costs on Friday, September 27. If you see anything wonky in the costs added to your account or have any questions about anything, please reach out, so we can troubleshoot that.

Once shipping is charged, we'll proceed with fulfillment. US domestic fulfillment will be quicker than international fulfillment. We will first need to sea freight the requisite copies of everything over to our international fulfillment partner, GamesQuest. That process will get underway in late September/early October. Once GamesQuest has the stock, they tend to fulfill pretty quickly.

Finally, if any followers who haven't backed yet would like to jump on the FYOV bandwagon, you can preorder FYOV through our CMich Press website right now (https://cmichpress.com). Go on, do it. Do it.

Stay goth, everyone!