Hi Purple Planet backers,

This update is primarily for international backers, since USA is 99%+ fulfilled. If you are a USA backer, please know that we are looking for Gen Con gamemasters, and paying up to $350+. More info on that below! For international backers waiting on your pledges, here is the latest info. (Check this previous update for more of the “prior history” of each market.)

Sorry once again for all these delays. International backers, once you have your product in hand, we’ll figure out some sort of “makeup.” For now, though, our first goal is to get your product to you.

Canada: As previously noted, 30% of backers are fulfilled, and we are shipping inventory to our local market fulfillment partner to fulfill the balance. This extra stock will hit the freight forwarder this week. After that, it’s anywhere from “a couple days” to “a week or more” to cross the border and get to the fulfillment company. (This step depends on customs clearance and can be unpredictable.) Then they can begin fulfillment.

UK/EU: Good news - the boat carrying our inventory hit the UK port on March 29. The next stage is customs clearance, devanning and local market transportation. Expected arrival at the local fulfillment partner is the week ending April 11. This project is #1 in their queue once it lands, so we expect fulfillment to begin immediately after they receive it.

Australia: Update is the same as previous, which is the Australian bulk delivery is still hitting Sydney around April 2 (as in, "any day now"). After that there is customs clearance, local market transportation, receiving and unpacking, and so on. We'll provide more details once we hear from our Australian partners on the status.

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Hi Purple Planet backers,

This update is primarily for international backers, since USA is 99%+ fulfilled. International backers, we have what is unfortunately not great news for you. You’ll still get all your rewards, but the process is moving much slower than we hoped due to several hiccups, all described in detail below.

Here at Goodman Games, we have fulfilled 40+ crowdfundings. I believe this is the first project to have quite so many hexes cast upon it. And this combination of issues is so crazy - I don’t think we could make this up if we tried, creative as we are. It’s truly like a maelstrom of bad luck on the international fulfillment side.

In the spirit of transparency, let’s dive in with some details for you all:

Canada: As previously noted, 30% of backers are fulfilled. Our fulfillment partner in Canada has a whole lot of inventory for this project, but the many items they have don’t combine to complete any additional pledges in full. We are in the midst of shipping them the items they need to complete the orders. We haven’t yet diagnosed exactly why the original shipment was short. Maybe our spreadsheet was incomplete, maybe there was a picking issue, maybe there were a ton of last-minute survey completions after the first bulk shipment went out, maybe a combination of all of this, maybe something else entirely. Regardless, our main priority is getting them stock so they can complete the fulfillment. At this point I think we're 2-3 weeks out from them having the stock and starting up fulfillment again.

UK/EU: This will be delayed at least another month. After recently following up with our UK/EU fulfillment partners, they dug a bit deeper on “why aren’t these books here yet?” and discovered there was a miscommunication with the freight forwarder. This caused them to miss their boat appointment. The world of freight forwarding is kind of like catching a train or a plane, except it’s boats – if you miss the boat by 1 minute, you have to wait days or weeks for the next one. They discovered when following up that the shipment was still at the USA port due to a frustrating miscommunication. The shipment is now on track to “catch the next boat” and finally start moving to the UK/EU. Our partner there will be prioritizing this fulfillment once it’s in their control, but for now we are just waiting on the boat.

Australia: We’ve recently been informed by the receiving party on the Australian side that the goods are on the way, thank goodness. The current delivery shows the Australian bulk delivery hitting Sydney around April 2. After that there is customs clearance, local market transportation, receiving and unpacking, and so on. The minor wrinkle here is that the fulfillment partner recently moved warehouses, which will cause a delay of “a couple days” once the goods are moving locally. On the scale of the overall timeline to fulfill Australia, “a couple days” is pretty minor. We would anticipate the first boxes going “out the door” by mid to late April, depending on how all those factors shake out.

We’re really sorry about all of this, international backers. Our first priority is to get you your pledges. Once that’s done, we’ll figure out some way to make this up to you!

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Hello everyone!

Here is the latest fulfillment update on Purple Planet. As a reminder, USA is 99%+ fulfilled. If you have any issues with your USA pledge, please email [email protected] and we'll take care of it.

For Canada backers, we have good news and bad news.

The Good News is that Canadian fulfillment has begun. We were informed by our shipping partner that the first wave of 30 packages is out the door and they're working on the rest.

The Bad News is that some additional stock is needed to complete the Canadian fulfillment past the first batch that was sent to our fulfillment partners. We're in the midst of pulling together a second wave of stock for them. (This kind of situation is partly why we are locking surveys and limiting add-ons earlier for future fulfillments - which you may have seen if you also backed Caverns of Thracia. I realize it doesn't help Purple Planet backers but it will definitely streamline future projects.)

For EU/UK and AUS/NZ backers, the bulk shipments are en route to local market fulfillment partners. I believe we should see EU/UK fulfillment start soon, at least based on historical delivery timing. Our partners there were away at a trade show recently so once they return, we anticipate getting an update and providing more details on timing.
 
Hope this helps, everyone - we will continue to keep you updated! Now, in other news...

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