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Hello everyone! With Witch Hunt about to be put on boats to ship to our US and UK warehouses, we are ready to reach out about our next step: Backerkit surveys! These surveys are important because they allow you to finalize your shipping information, include any add-ons you want as part of your pledge, and collect payment information for add-ons and, eventually, shipping fees. Let's get our ducks in a row for fulfillment.

 

When Are Surveys Coming?
First, the timing: surveys will go live a few days after we launch our smoke test (where we send out surveys to a small subset to check for errors or other issues). Right now, the plan is to initiate the smoke test on Monday, February 9. Assuming the smoke test goes ok, the remaining surveys will roll out after that in batches starting on Wednesday, February 11 until all are in the wild!

 

Where Is the Survey Coming From?
Our backend fulfillment partner is Backerkit (naturally), so your survey email will come from them.

 

How Do You Complete the Survey?
You don’t need to create a BackerKit account to fill out your survey (although you already have one from when you backed the campaign...on Backerkit). When you receive the email with the survey, click the survey link to respond. Answer the questions about your reward preferences, provide shipping information, and purchase add-on items if you like.

Why Aren't Shipping Fees in Backerkit Yet?
Due to the eternal volatility of shipping prices globally right now, shipping fees for this project will be calculated closer to fulfillment. We plan to enter & charge backers for shipping before fulfillment when we have better estimates of what it will cost to ship backers rewards; this will most likely be in April 2026. We will alert backers when shipping costs are finalized & before we charge your cards in your BackerKit survey, so that you can review the charges.
 

How Long Do You Have to Complete the Survey?
Surveys will be live until March 18, 2026, after which we will close surveys to begin ramping up to fulfillment, so you will have plenty of time if you don't get to it right away. Also, after you respond to your survey, you can go back later and change your responses at any time before we close the surveys.
 

How Do You Access Your Survey After Completion?
If you need to review your information or pledge status, you can return to your survey by clicking the link in your survey email or requesting your survey link under "Lost your survey?" on our BackerKit project page at https://witch-hst.backerkit.com/.
 

What If You Don't Receive the Survey Email?
Beyond checking the spam or junk folder in your email, there are two other steps to check if you do not receive a survey email.
 

First, if you used your Facebook credentials to log in to your crowdfunding account, the BackerKit survey is sent to the email address associated with your Facebook account. If you have another email address that you prefer to use, please contact support at https://witch-hst.backerkit.com/faq/.
 

Second, after surveys are sent, if you did not receive the email, and you Signed in with Apple ID, your email address might be a private relay email address. We can help locate your survey and update your email address, please message us or post a comment with your Backer ID or Pledge # found on your confirmation. You can learn more about your email hiding for your Apple ID here.

We'll be in touch again soon to let you know when the smoke test is starting. 

Stay warm, everyone!

Hello, all!

Things are moving along for Witch Hunt: 1649! We're at the stage where we have a manufacturing proof, but after making some necessary changes, we're waiting on a new box. In the meantime, here are some images of the components! They turned out vibrant, beautiful, and ready for hours of gameplay. Stay tuned for more updates!

Thank each and every one of you for backing this project. We are so grateful for your support for Making History and the revised edition of Witch Hunt 1649. You have made it possible to not only meet our initial funding benchmark, but also nearly cross it twice! 

Now, for the fun part! Our aim is to send the fruits of your pledge to you as fast as we can. Stay tuned on this page for details about next steps! 

Once again, thank you for making this project possible and bringing these games to more tabletops!

Thank you so much to everyone who has jumped on the backer train! We are two hours away from the end of this campaign -- can we double our original goal before it ends? Don't forget about the stretch goals if we hit 20K, too! 

What can we accomplish in 5 hours today? We are so excited at the response to Making History and Witch Hunt 1649 and are so grateful that you’ve brought us this far! Let’s keep going and bring those stretch goals within reach!