This crowdfunding campaign is our third for Central Michigan University Press, and, as always, there are a myriad of inherent risks and unintended consequences that come with running a crowdfunding campaign in our early days. Any number of things could pop up and toss spanners in the works. However, the team behind this campaign does have experience running and fulfilling successful crowdfunding campaigns for games in the last few years (including Monumental Consequence and Rising Waters through Kickstarter). We feel we have a good handle on the pinch points and trouble spots that could emerge and have built in leeway to deal with them. 1) The game’s design is fairly advanced, having been playtested over the last few years in a number of classrooms and cons (including at Gen Con and PaxU in 2022). Other than tweaks and polish, it does not need extensive design work. It is largely ready to go. 2) We have built in as much slack as possible to our schedule, in order to account for manufacturing and shipping delays due to the ongoing global supply chain issues that continue to plague us all.

Our manufacturer will use 100% FSC-Certified paper in the printing and manufacturing of the game, and the game will be produced using a majority of environmentally sustainable materials, only using less sustainable materials when reasonable alternatives are not available.

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