Hey, all!

Sorry for the delay in updates. Not a whole lot new to report, as the tariff situation is still very volatile, but we expect to have at least a few more of the designs in the mail to us before the end of summer.

After the last update, our project manager spent 3 weeks sick in bed while managing the project for the tarot deck itself (we were funding the remaining card art), followed by recovering just in time to spend a week out of town for Kublacon [which fell on their birthday as well! 45 years!] (and where we saw at least one of you lovely backers in person when you stopped by our table!). 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!

The smoke test has been sent out!
As long as those proceed with no hiccups, everyone will have surveys before Easter.

Sorry we have been MIA. Life has been a bit of a shitstorm, including an assault and needing to get a restraining order and have the sheriff remove some violent tenants in our project manager's home. 
Now that things have finally calmed down, we are back to work. We still have to order the pins, as we were unable to do so while there were unstable persons with access to our products, but things are back in process now and we should be able to get everything out by the fall if everything else continues as planned.
You should all see the pledge manager by this weekend! We are putting the finishing touches on now, then it goes to review and the smoke test, then to everyone. :)
We did have a backer choose the custom Kobold, so you all have an extra design to choose from! We will be working with this backer over summer to finalise the design, so unfortunately we won't have a preview of it for you until we get further into this process.
You will see in the add ons that you can also pick up a few of our ttrpgs, a downloadable soundtrack, an STL or 3D print of the elf from The Star card, and a few other odds and ends. Feel free to add these if you're interested! Troubleseekers in particular is quite fun, using a deck of cards to play Blackjack against the GM to resolve actions rather than the more typical rolling of dice.