Tim Roberts
CREATOR
25 days ago
Project Update: Mixed news.
Hey there,
So, we have had word from the printers!
It's not the best news, but it's still news worth reporting.
They will send us the games out in the first week of January. They will likely be ready before then, but they are not willing to ship anything so close to Christmas.
The negative of that is it pushes the fulfilment from us to January. The positive is that we will can now work out the exact timetable for the fulfilment which we expect to take us 3 to 4 weeks from receipt of the books.
For full transparency, there have been four main reasons for the delay in production:
So, we have had word from the printers!
It's not the best news, but it's still news worth reporting.
They will send us the games out in the first week of January. They will likely be ready before then, but they are not willing to ship anything so close to Christmas.
The negative of that is it pushes the fulfilment from us to January. The positive is that we will can now work out the exact timetable for the fulfilment which we expect to take us 3 to 4 weeks from receipt of the books.
For full transparency, there have been four main reasons for the delay in production:
- I spent way longer tweaking rules and designs than I anticipated.
- There was a LOT of to-ing and fro-ing with the printer to get things correct. Especially with regards to the Pantone inks and technical issues. It was a baptism of fire for me, but I've learned so much in the process and I feel like the final books will look truly fabulous.
- We had more backers than we originally anticpated which means we had more production to arrange. This likely only added a few weeks to the production, rather than months, but nevertheless it all adds up.
- The printers don't want to ship until Jan 2025. That said, even if we had recieved the books in December, we would have likely held them until January as shipping from the UK during Christmas is a nightmare.
In any case, before we receive the books I will have more things to show you from the rewards.
We anticpated this book going out in June. We are now looking at a seven month overshoot of that and I apologise for the delays. I have learned a few things during this process that I am carrying through to future projects and that should help us create better campaigns going forward.
That said, we are almost there, so thank you for your patience and support and I really can't wait until you have the books in your hands.
Tim
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