Hey Ya'll!

I'm glad to say that we're finally wrapping up making the book. With the exception of content from our collaborators and backers (or content reliant on that) - the book print ready!

There aren't very many game play changes here - instead we've focused on cleaning up the book and getting it print ready. What that means is:

While this may seem like a smaller update in comparison to the breadth of stuff in 1.5 or 1.4, completing all the assets and making sure everything was print ready was a massive accomplishment.

Aside from content from our collaborators and backers, there isn't a lot left to expect from the next update. With that said, there are still Four Friends of Usashi backers who haven't completed their survey - if that's you, please complete it as soon as possible so we can lock in the book. Failure to complete the survey may mean sacrificing your place on the Special Victims List.

Instead, with the next update, you should expect the inclusion of game play tools such as:

It's possible that this may take some time, so the next update may be a little longer away then the previous ones. We don't want to bombard you with versions of the game that largely change nothing.

In the mean time, we'll also be locking down our printers and hopefully getting test prints done so we can make sure there are no issues. This does mean we'll need to start locking down our plans for shipping, which is still difficult given despite the pause on tariffs, there's still very much room for them to return right as we start actually shipping. This means we have two options: Either we print the books cheaper and US backers are likely to take on an additional cost, or we print the books at a slightly higher price with a longer time to print but US backers are less likely to face additional costs. Most of our backers are from the USA, so we want to avoid too high of an additional cost if possible, but especially for backers who purchased the playing card deck, shipping costs may be higher then we anticipated when we launched. At the same time, it feels unfair to punish people outside the US with overall higher shipping costs and a longer time to produce the book.

We'll have to make this decision ourselves eventually after doing some math, but as our backers we'd love to hear your thoughts and in put on the decision. 

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Thank you,
Nora Jean Haynes