Alright folks!

Our merch & media gremlin has tinkered with things to create and properly size the prints, and we have locked in the pricing! So, in the add-ons section, and in the pre-order store if you missed the campaign, you can pick up an 11x17 print of the Hijab girl, Dame Fortuna, or the Troubleseekers gang, or a 12x12 of the Mushroom Forest. And as an added bonus, our gremlin included 11x17 prints of both male Oligarchs (Rick hasn't completed the female Oligarch quite yet so we couldn't offer her) as well because they liked them so much!

So add on as many prints as you want, and share the preorder store link with friends and family! Remember, all proceeds over production costs for all the art print sales go to the artist, Rick, to help his family with post-hospital costs for their kids. Rick is getting back into the backlog of work he has now, but at a(n understandably) slower pace. He has touched base on which pieces remain for him to do for us, and once those are in, we can send him the text so he can start on the layout. The kids are slowly recovering, starting therapy both physical and psychological to process the extreme trauma, and he feels very blessed at the community support everyone has shown for them so far.

Beginning Monday 14 July 2025 at 6pm PST/9pm EST - and every 2nd and 4th Monday following through the end of September - we will be hosting a live play stream of Sleepy Hollow - one of Rick's games - run by one of Rick's team. We'll be sharing Rick's PayPal over chat during the stream for folks who wish to just contribute to him directly, so do tune in for that if you like spooky things and want to give to him directly rather than through GoFundMe or by purchasing the art prints through us.

Hey, all!

Here's the results from the poll! It was a tie between these three:

So! These are the three we will get prints done up of! Stay tuned to the pledge manager and pre-order store in the coming weeks as we get these pieces ready to order and added to the add-ons!

In our last update, we shared the current status for Rick's family. In this one, we'll let you know what our management team is dealing with currently:

Our project manager spent a week out of town for Kublacon (which fell on their birthday as well! 45 years!). After returning home from that, they have had a series of medical appointment follow-ups with their specialists only to learn they need three surgeries this year! Deviated septum (ENT specialist was waiting for their lungs to recover enough to withstand surgery), optic nerve lesion/pit in the left eye (they'll share the imaging from the optometrist below; it's actually on both eye nerves but is currently only dramatically affecting the left eye), and surgery on their left hip (avascular necrosis of femoral head alongside arthritis).

They are home for now, but over the next few weeks will be getting all those surgeries scheduled, so we don't know exact timings on some things until those are on the calendar to plan around. Will try to update monthly as we move forward, as much as health allows us to remember, so don't be afraid to poke in the comments to ask for updates - the reminders are appreciated, given the state of ... well ... *waves hands around* everything.

Here's the eye scans from last week's appointment. left vs right, and last year vs this. You can see the layer separation happening, it's kind of crazy!

Just a quick update for everyone on how our artist Rick's family is doing. 
(Tonya is their family friend who organised the Go Fund Me and has been a huge help to them all in so many ways.)
The art poll should be closing soon, so we'll have the final pieces that were popular on the pledge manager once that's finished. We are also collaborating with Rick's team at Kids In the Attic to do some charity stream one shots of Rick's ttrpgs. So stay tuned for those on our Twitch channel over the summer!
Meanwhile, here's the update from Rick:

May 22nd, 2025

We wanted to share a quick update on how the kids are doing, and to thank you, truly, for every bit of support you’ve given. This road hasn’t been easy, but your kindness has helped us breathe, regroup, and keep moving forward.

Here’s where we are right now:

Mya is still scheduled to undergo reconstructive surgery on her knee. She's in pain most days wearing an immobilization brace, but handling it like a champ. She just had an ER visit because ortho wanted to make sure she had no clots from swelling, and all is good for now. We’ll know more soon about timing and the recovery process ahead.

Marilyn continues to wear a back brace for her spinal fractures and is still healing from a broken collarbone and hand. She had X-rays today and has a neuro appointment at the end of this week to check on progress. She’s been pushing hard to graduate early, but the injuries have made that a struggle. We’re doing everything we can to help her cross that finish line.

Madilyn is doing better physically. She still has soreness and aches, but overall she's recovering well. Emotionally, though, this has hit her hard, as it has with all the kids in different ways.

Ricky is healing from major abdominal surgery. He had a nick to his kidney and aorta, and then had a small seroma we needed to treat with antibiotics. We're now waiting on follow-up appointments with a cardiovascular surgeon to monitor his recovery and make sure everything is healing as it should.

This week we also started psychological evaluations, and we should have resources in place soon for PTSD and trauma recovery, not just for one, but for any of the kids who need it. That kind of help is hard to come by, and it’s happening because of the support we’ve received.

There’s still a long way to go, but we’re doing it together. One day at a time. Thank you for helping us get this far and thank you to Tonya Sparks for organizing and handling this (and so much more).

With gratitude,
Rick Hershey & Family