Hello, backers of Old-School Adventures and Pinball Crawl Classics!
We have two important updates for you today:
Screen-res PDFs are ready!
Latest advance photos!
Screen-Res PDFs Are Ready!
Exciting news today! The screen-res PDFs are now ready for all of the titles in this project!
In BackerKit, after logging in you'll want to navigate to your completed survey for this project. Near the top of your confirmation page, there is a button that looks like this:
Click on this!
If your order is locked in, this button will take you to all the goodies!
Latest Printer Advances
We are steadily receiving advance copies of "final books." A new sample arrives every day or two. Within the next week we anticipate receiving the last of advances. Then we can issue final approvals so the bulk shipment can depart the printer. Here are a few photos of recent advance copies that have landed.
The judge's screen features a removable label for bar code, price, and so on.
This shows the three versions of Old-School Adventures #1. The far left is what retail buyers will get. Middle shows the color cover with foil accents that crowdfunding backers receive. Far right shows the variant cover from this crowdfunding.
Random open page of OSA #1.
Some of the stretch goal materials and earlybird rewards.
Hello, backers of Old-School Adventures and Pinball Crawl Classics,
Just a quick note to let you know that the pledge manager has been locked for purposes of product choices.
Cards will be charged tomorrow.
If you really need to change something, we can usually accommodate it via special request. Email [email protected] with any such special requests.
You can still change your mailing address, for now.
Once we have confirmation of the print goods shipping, we will lock down mailing addresses and advise on estimated fulfillment date.
As of "right now", the sound chip and Pinball Crawl Classics boxes are the final items in production. The printer estimates shipping from their location overseas will happen around mid-September, which puts fulfillment in roughly November-ish. Once we have a specific ship date we can nail that down more solidly!
Now that all print proofing is complete, we have final files. The proofing process often reveals mistakes that we fix along the way, so it's good to get through print proofing before generating PDFs. Now that we are past that, we'll start on the screen-res PDF creation and fulfill those once ready.
It was great seeing so many familiar faces at Gen Con! Thanks to everyone who made the trip. Before we dive into today's update on pledge manager, printer proofs, and Foundry adaptations, let's share just a few photos from the con.
The whole gang in front of one of our banners!
Our gaming area in the Lucas Oil Stadium. Behold the Doom Gong peeking through in the background!
DCC line editor Michael Curtis taking his role as tournament referee very seriously!
We have many more photos on our blog if you'd like to see more. Overall it was a great con and we're so lucky to have such enthusiastic fans. Whether you realize it or not, if you're a Goodman Games fan, you are part of an amazing community. Visit Gen Con to meet your long-lost Goodman Games cousins!
Pledge Manager Locking Wednesday
As a reminder, the pledge manager is live. We plan to lock orders and charge cards on Wednesday. You will still be able to change mailing address after that, at least for a while. But if you'd like to change your pledge items or add-ons, please do so quickly!
A Few More Printer Proofs
In previous posts we have provided photos of many proof items. The very last things to get finalized are the Pinball Crawl Classics clamshell box and interior modules. Here are a few photos.
The final clamshell box, closed and folded up. The sides are printed with a nice bronze foil. It looks great.
The final clamshell box, standing upright in front of cover proofs for the five modules that will be inside.
Interior of the final clamshell box. This is a proof, and there is a clear problem: the tray (or "bottom") is clearly printed upside down! This will be fixed in the final. (And this is exactly why we do proofs - to make sure these things are identified and fixed before final production.) There will also be one other minor change before final. The white box at bottom center of the lid cover is the sound chip. That will manufactured using a black plastic instead of a white plastic.
At this point, ALL PROOFS ARE APPROVED. The printer is manufacturing and we will provide a timeline once we get a final ship date.
Update on Foundry Add-Ons
In the original campaign, we offered Foundry adaptations to Old-School Adventures #1 and DCC #113. Unfortunately we are encountering challenges converting those adventures to Foundry. It looks like we may have to cancel the Foundry add-ons. Only a handful of backers pledged for either so this affects a small group of people. But we are sorry if you are affected! We are working through some details and will reach out to affected backers if needed.
Final Week for Book of Funnels
If you're a Dungeon Crawl Classics fan (or MCC or XCC), consider checking out the Book of Funnels. This is the last week and crowdfunding backers get a host of bonus items - including eight bonus adventures bound into the book! More details here.
EIGHT bonus adventures? Plus the 12 in the retail edition? Plus even more stretch goals? Wow, whatta deal!!
Wow, do we have some fun updates for you. We've received in a lot of printer proofs and the books are looking terrific. But first, just to get it off my chest, I finally got the #1 spot on the local T2 pinball machine. 138 million! Here's a photo:
My work here is done.
Now, on to more important things - like your amazing books! I've recorded a video showing off the latest proofs, including the Old School Adventures covers and the functional sound chip in the Pinball Crawl Classics clamshell box! Let's start with the video. This is an unlisted, private video on YouTube, so you won't be able to find it by searching. Only this link will take you there - it's only for you, backers:
Is that clamshell awesome or what? If you want to upgrade, do so while the pledge manager is still open!
Here are some still photos of various cover proofs that have come in. All are approved. The last batch will be the Pinball Crawl Classics proofs then it will be off to press!
Retail edition of Old School Adventures #1. You backers won't get this...
...because backers get this, the crowdfunding edition! Note the gold foil in place of yellow ink in sveeral spots on the cover.
Stefan Poag variant cover edition of Old School Adventures #1. Note the silver foil around the edge of the portal.
Close up showing the silver foil. It has a holographic quality so there's a slight rainbow effect at certain angles.
For the MCC fans, the Archive of Adventure Volume 1...
And the new thick MCC judge's screen.
DCC Dying Earth #11.
XCrawl Classics #7.
DCC #113.
The Book of Funnels Launches Tomorrow!
Yes, you read that right. If you're a DCC player, you do not want to miss The Book of Funnels!
The most entertaining part of DCC gets even more fun! 12+ 0-level funnels in the book, even more as we beat stretch goals, plus scratch-off sheets and a whole lot of earlybird specials. Follow the project now!
Launches tomorrow!
Scratch-offs make funnels even mroe fun - and now for XCC too!
The Pledge Manager is now live! Any minute now, you should see an email with a link to the BackerKit Pledge Manager. Please use that link to finalize your Add-ons and make sure a card is on file for shipping charges (if applicable).
Viewer-ready PDFs should be available soon, and will be accessible only to paid backers with completed surveys. So, even if you are a digital-only backer, you still need to finalize your BackerKit pledge via the link in your email before you get access to the PDFs in this project.
Shipping timeline: We ask that you complete your survey within the next 2-3 weeks. Since the printers are shipping direct to each destination market, they need to know how many to ship to each region. In short, the quicker your responses, the quicker the overall turnaround -- and we want to get this out before the end of the year! Late surveys could result in a delay relative to other backers.
More good news: For those who petitioned the cause, those coveted Returning Backer Stickers are now available for sale -- still just for backers!
If you need to make any changes to your order after check-out, please contact our Customer Service team at [email protected] and include the email address associated with your pledge.
