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We're getting close to placing our print orders which means it's time to "right-size" the quantities we'll need from the various vendors.

What this means for you:

We're also taking pre-orders for Blades '68 so if you missed the crowdfunding campaign, now is a great time to reserve your copy of the game and get included in the first waves of fulfillment.

In terms of production, we're still cruising along with our project plan. The book is almost ready for the printer and we've already had some early drafts of the stretch goals pop into our inbox so production is on track.

This milestone is mostly a moment for you to review the rewards you chose and add on any extras you'd like. That way, when we order the print runs we dial in the right quantities.

Thanks for your support! We'll check back in when we have another milestone to share.

Thank you so much for supporting Blades '68!

We had high hopes for this campaign but did not expect that 6,667 fans would help us raise nearly $508,000. Blades '68 is officially the highest funded TTRPG campaign we've ever run in our 20 years of business.

We deeply appreciate all our long-term fans who showed up and a hearty welcome to all the new fans. Together you unlocked a mind-blowing 49 stretch goals.

And because of the strength of that financial backing, we're going to share the success: All of our contributors and stretch goal creators will be getting a 50% pay bump.

Another round of thanks goes to everyone who spread the word, shared a link online, or mentioned Blades '68 on reddit. Word of mouth is invaluable and we're so, so grateful for your enthusiasm.

If you have friends who missed the campaign, we do plan to open the BackerKit pre-order page very soon. Some of the limited rewards will have their quantities capped and could sell out, but if you have a friend who missed the crowdfund, point them to the BackerKit page.

The next couple weeks will be fairly quiet in terms of updates. BackerKit needs to collect and distribute your funds to us. Tim needs to work on the final art for the game and do another pass on the text. (We try not to print books with "See page XX" in it.) And after that wraps up, Tim will be working on getting the limited exclusives like the City Map, Player Gazette, Faction deck, etc. into the proper format for our vendors.

Again, just a reminder: The digital stretch goals are on an entirely separate production schedule. Sean Nittner, our Director of Projects will be wrangling that, and the Palace Dossier will get released when it's done. We're not going to let the content in the stretch goals delay our plan to deliver Blades '68 in August of this year.

We'll keep you apprised as we hit milestones, but for the near future we'll be busy working behind the scenes. We take pride in delivering our crowdfunding rewards on (or ahead of) schedule and we're going to make every effort to do that here.

Finally, if you have an issue with your pledge, your payment, or anything else you need our customer service team to tackle, please email us at [email protected]. We do our best to monitor the comments here, but emailing us directly is the most efficient way to get eyes on your issue.

On behalf of Tim and the whole team at Evil Hat, once again: Thank you again for making this game a reality!

Over the past three years we've watched the excitement for Blades '68 build but we truly had no idea it would bloom into such a roaring success. We're deeply grateful for your investment and enthusiasm. And we look forward to hearing about all the hectic, unruly escapes your crews get into. 

Hey friends,

We're barreling into the final 24 hours for Blades '68. Over 6000 fans have unlocked 44 stretch goals and we're still rolling! With all the extra goodies in the Palace Dossier, the PDF & POD tier is shaping up to be a terrific bargain.

If you've been on the fence about the bold, technicolor world of Blades '68, now is the time to join the electroplasmic revolution.

🚨🚨Special announcement for our UK fans.🚨🚨
 Leisure Games has swooped in to help you get those special campaign exclusives which won't be available overseas or in general retail distribution. They're currently taking limited time pre-orders for those items here.

So if you're in the UK and you've been coveting those exclusives like the fold-out City Map or the Faction Deck, Leisure Games has come to your rescue. 

But time is running out to back the campaign. Reserve your items now. This is not an open-ended pre-order, these items may not be available once the crowdfunding effort closes.

A reminder, if you are in the EU, Canada, Australia, or New Zealand, we've made a similar arrangement with local shops in those areas. Full details here.

Thanks again! Whether you're new to the city of Doskvol or a season veteran of Blades in the Dark. we're grateful to have you with us on the buzzing bullet train that is Blades '68.

Hey friends,

Just a few days left in the campaign, time for an update!

Your support has unlocked 36 stretch goals for the Palace Dossier! That's new Factions, additional Cold Opens, more artwork, fiction, sites, trends and trouble for the technicolor world of Doskvol 968.

And we have a very special goal we just put on the docket.

A lot of people on social media said "Blades '68? Sounds great. But what about... Blades '69?"

Well, we're not cowards.

If this project hits $420,000 in funding, we'll commission April Kit Walsh (designer of Thirsty Sword Lesbians) to develop Blades '69: The Sexual Revolution.

This addition to the Palace Dossier is more than just a one-off joke. It's pitched as both a world-building exercise and safety tool which will help you bring themes of countercultural liberation into your Blades '68 game. You can read more about it here.

Remember: We keep the development of these stretch goals on their own production schedule, they will not delay the delivery of the book in any way.

Since the last time we checked in, we've also added another retailer to support our fans in Canada. Ratti Incantati in Oshawa, Ontario has joined the line-up alongside Rain City Games in Vancouver.

So while ongoing (and, sadly, more recent) world events prevent us from shipping directly overseas, several local game shops have stepped up to take special pre-orders for fans in the EU, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. This gives you access to the limited rewards that won't be otherwise available outside the US.

Read more about this program here.

Finally, designer Tim Denee has been burning up the podcast airwaves: Yes Indie'd, Dice Exploder, Tabletop Talk, and The Smart Party to name a few. And there's more to come! 

If text is more your style, Tim has posted a pair of design blogs on his website covering The Visual Design of Blades '68 as well as the four meta-touchstones that served as his navigational guide while creating it.

Tim's really laid his design ethos and inspirations bare. Find out how Blades '68 plays the Deathloop counterpart to Blades in the Dark's riff on Dishonored.

Check out the Actual Play, Interviews and Media section of the BackerKit page.

This are the final few days of the campaign! We're so grateful and humbled by your support. Thanks to you, Blades '68 is on track to be one of our most successful TTRPG crowdfunding campaigns ever.

Please keep spreading the word in this last leg, we have even more goodies for the Palace Dossier on deck as we head into the last 72 hours of the campaign!