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Project Update: May Update: Production & Keep the Faith Game Manual
Hi all,
We wanted to jump in here before May got away from us to update y'all on a few things since our last update.
Production
As last month's "Whoa whoa, slow down, partner!" post regarding tariffs, we have decided to move forward with production after all! Our original production partner on this game, Panda Game Manufacturing, will be getting the files this month, with the hope that we can fulfill backers and release into the retail wilds this fall. We did investigate other quotes from manufacturers in Europe and in the US (such as there are), but, even with the onerous Chinese tariffs in place at the moment, manufacturing with Panda remains the cheapest, best quality option for us.
In terms of how tariffs might affect US-based backers of Keep the Faith, we have not locked in any decisions about that yet. We are still actively exploring options for mitigating the effects of the tariffs on our US-based backers. We'll let you know as we get closer to collecting shipping in the pledge manager, but we don't expect it to affect shipping costs extensively.
Pledge Manager and Surveys
Now that we are moving forward on manufacturing, it's time to get the pledge manager in order. You should see the Preorder Store in Backerkit open up next week. Surveys from Backerkit will be off to you by the end of May. And, once again, we'll be collecting shipping costs closer to fulfillment. We'll send out an update about each of these steps as they go live.
Game Manual Preprint
Here's a preprint draft version of the Keep the Faith game manual for you to check out: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gieFSPv8OwLxKH2HqJotRVV6FKGIOZAP/view?usp=sharing.
Let us know if you see any problems accessing the file or if you see any typos/issues (always good to have extra eyes on things). There are a few things in this draft that are a little out of date. For instance, as we have been finalizing things, we decided to shift the first player token into a card, but we haven't made the change to reflect that in the game manual yet. We're also still mucking around with font sizes and placement in the example setup images.
Spring's heating up here in the Northern Hemisphere. Stay cool, everyone!
We wanted to jump in here before May got away from us to update y'all on a few things since our last update.
Production
As last month's "Whoa whoa, slow down, partner!" post regarding tariffs, we have decided to move forward with production after all! Our original production partner on this game, Panda Game Manufacturing, will be getting the files this month, with the hope that we can fulfill backers and release into the retail wilds this fall. We did investigate other quotes from manufacturers in Europe and in the US (such as there are), but, even with the onerous Chinese tariffs in place at the moment, manufacturing with Panda remains the cheapest, best quality option for us.
In terms of how tariffs might affect US-based backers of Keep the Faith, we have not locked in any decisions about that yet. We are still actively exploring options for mitigating the effects of the tariffs on our US-based backers. We'll let you know as we get closer to collecting shipping in the pledge manager, but we don't expect it to affect shipping costs extensively.
Pledge Manager and Surveys
Now that we are moving forward on manufacturing, it's time to get the pledge manager in order. You should see the Preorder Store in Backerkit open up next week. Surveys from Backerkit will be off to you by the end of May. And, once again, we'll be collecting shipping costs closer to fulfillment. We'll send out an update about each of these steps as they go live.
Game Manual Preprint
Here's a preprint draft version of the Keep the Faith game manual for you to check out: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gieFSPv8OwLxKH2HqJotRVV6FKGIOZAP/view?usp=sharing.
Let us know if you see any problems accessing the file or if you see any typos/issues (always good to have extra eyes on things). There are a few things in this draft that are a little out of date. For instance, as we have been finalizing things, we decided to shift the first player token into a card, but we haven't made the change to reflect that in the game manual yet. We're also still mucking around with font sizes and placement in the example setup images.
Spring's heating up here in the Northern Hemisphere. Stay cool, everyone!
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