Hey everyone,

Like the title says, I have some good news, some (minor) bad news, some pictures of the books, and some important questions for you (see the questions and a poll at the bottom of the update)!

The books and cards have left the factories for the three fulfillment centers in the UK, US, and Australia. I'm also organizing shipments from the US to the UK and Australia fulfillment centers with all the Injuries and Vile Deeds products (and the art prints, for those backers that pledged for them) so that there won't be any delays in getting fulfillment started once everything has arrived from the factory.

Enjoy a couple images of books sent from the factory:

Now for the bad news. You might have noticed that I didn't say that the dice had shipped yet. This is because, despite at least four separate occasions where I've asked the factory to put the dark blue color on the bottom of the d4 and the special effect on the top (the 4 point), they somehow still made the entire run of sets with the blue in the 4.

This means they're having to re-do all the d4s. I'm not happy about the delay, and I'm not happy about the wasted materials (since resin isn't exactly recyclable and it's not like I get to have the failed d4s), but having seen a version of the die that has the colors correctly arranged, I think it'll be worth the wait.

Ok, so that's the dice. But what about the books? You said they'd shipped already.
One of the stretch goals we unlocked during the campaign was that the books were supposed to have a satin ribbon bookmark added as a little luxury quality upgrade. This was supposed to be in all of the books (it wasn't a backer exclusive upgrade). Somehow, the record of that part of the order never made it to the factory and the books won't have that bookmark.

In order to make up for that mistake, my vendor is going to have some nice PVC art print bookmarks with tassels made instead. These will get distributed to all backers with a copy of the book (should be essentially all physical backers), and will be mailed by air to the fulfillment centers to make sure they don't cause any other delays. 

Here's where I want input from all of you! I have a design already created based on some paper bookmarks I've made in the past for giving out at conventions, but I have a couple of size and color options I'd like your opinions on.

First, bookmark size! The poll at the end of this update asks this simple question: would you prefer a 6"x2" bookmark, or an 8.1"x2.75" bookmark? They're basically the same ratio, so the question is primarily about size.

Secondary question, which I already have a reasonably strong opinion about but would be happy for you to comment on: Do you prefer a blue tassel or yellow-gold tassel? I'm leaning toward gold myself, since I think it will contrast nicely with both the art on the bookmark and the covers of the book. The colors in the screenshots below are rough estimates for demonstrational purposes.

Thanks again for your support, and your patience with the delays that keep seeming to crop up with delivery. We're very close now!

- Josh

Hey everyone,

While we continue to wait for word about when products will ship to the US so fulfillment can begin, I wanted to share some pictures I was sent of the card decks!

I wasn't sent any pictures of the books or final dice sets yet, but you can be sure I'll share those when/if I have them.

That's it for now, but I'm sure I'll have another update in the near future when there's more to share!
- Josh

Hey everyone,

With the ongoing trade war between the US and China, there are additional delays being introduced that I wanted to keep you apprised of. China is now closely inspecting books leaving the country, which has held things up from getting the books and cards on a ship.

With this delay, it is very unlikely that I'll be able to hold to the previously mentioned schedule of beginning fulfillment at the end of May (because even if product arrives in the US by then, it's likely to get stuck in customs here for a week or two). Since it's possible timelines will continue to change (though hopefully not too much more at this point), I don't plan to send an update every time something comes up, but I will likely send one once it's closer to 100% certain when fulfillment will begin.

There is a silver lining here, which is that during this delay the plans for getting product to the non-US fulfillment centers has changed to a more direct route. This means that fulfillment should start for backers in Europe and Australia/New Zealand sooner than previously anticipated (although the Injuries and Vile Deeds physical products need to be sent to those fulfillment centers from the US, so it does depend on which set of products arrives later).

Finally, I wanted to remind you that the crowdfunding campaign for Tome of Intangible Treasures II ends tomorrow! It's unlocked several stretch goals over the last month, and is closing in on the next - which will add rules for turning boons and charms into pacts.

All previous backers who pledge during the campaign will get a free sharp-edged d6 from the Life's Essence set I'm making as part of the campaign, and of course the campaign's pledge tiers offer some bundle discounts as well as a free copy of the VTT token set of all 100 monsters from the book.

Thanks for your support, and your patience through these delays! There's a lot of uncertainty in the industry right now, and your support means I can keep making the things I want to.

- Josh

Hey everyone!

Anyone who pledged for or added on the Roll20 version of Tome of Intangible Treasures via the pledge manager should now have a redemption code waiting for them in their survey downloads (and you should get an email about it shortly if you haven't already as well)! Roll20 has helpful instructions on how to redeem a code in case you haven't done it before: https://help.roll20.net/hc/en-us/articles/360037773173-Redemption-Codes

Note: These codes are only available if you've filled out your survey and paid any remaining balance. There are still 3 backers who need to do that to get their codes.

For those of you who pledged for the Foundry version: I'm still waiting to hear that it's done and ready to release, but you can be sure I'll be letting you know as soon as it's available!

Thanks as always for your support, and don't forget to double check your addresses (and fill out your surveys/make sure your payments have gone through if you haven't already)!

- Josh