Thank you for your patience and apologies for the long silence. I am going to jump into Keep the Faith stuff for you all and then share some other happenings at the press.
On tariffs: We really don't know what is going to be going on in the fall. We can't know because nobody knows. We have tried to find options outside of China for Keep the Faith, and it just didn't work, not for a reasonable price at the number of copies we need printed. So we decided to go with Plan A, which is continuing to work with Panda Manufacturing. Panda has some options available to us should things become truly untenable and we are looking for warehousing in Canada as an additional option.
What does this mean for you? Unfortunately, I can't promise anything connected to tariff costs at the moment and we likely won't be able to commit to anything until they are at least on a ship crossing the Pacific. We will update you as we are able.
News currently: our copy editor has the game. She should be wrapping up with it this week. Files will be finalized shortly after that and it should be into manufacturing by the end of the month at the latest (maybe sooner). Arrival of the game should be mid to late fall (but don't hold me to that because the world is in a volatile spot at the moment).
We have also been playing with the Print and Play version of the game. We tested a version out at the Reacting to the Past Annual Conference last week and caught one small change. Tweaks are being made and it should arrive to you all in July. We plan to have a printed out copy of it at Gen Con (though we are hoping for a prototype - but that may not happen).
The curriculum guide will arrive mid-July-ish. We will need some time to format it and then send it through copy editing at that point as well. It will likely be a September arrival for you all as July sees us doing lots of preparations for Gen Con.
Other news:
You may have heard we have another project launching July 8th (we are able to do this because in May we hired on a new person! Welcome Veronica!). We wouldn't have started the next project if we didn't have the hands available and know that KtF was going into manufacturing imminently. That project focuses on two games Making History and Witch Hunt 1649. You can find more info here.
We are also launching a new series: Art and System: Games for Expanded Play in the fall. Tim Hutchings is helping us with this one. You can find more info here.
Finally, we will be at Gen Con. If you will be there come see us at our customary spot on Community Row or stop by booth 2759 in the exhibit hall where you can see and buy our games!
