I'm excited to share a run of milestones and announcements!
Pin production is progressing nicely and I have samples incoming!
I am locking pledges in 48 hours and will be charging for shipping, taxes, add-ons, and pledge upgrades on July 28
I'm upgrading pins to come packaged on backing cards
I'll have a sampling of pins to show at Gen Con Aug 1-4
I'll go into each headline in further detail below!
Pin production progressing well
The factory was kind enough to advance-produce a run of 15 of each design so I will be able to check colors and quality and bring a sampling of pins with me to Gen Con.
Everything is looking beautiful, and there's only one design I'm making adjustments to. Otherwise, I think they knocked it out of the park! Here's a photo the producer sent me. I'll post some more detailed photos when I have them in hand!
Next steps will be to finish the remaining copies of each design, package the pins, and then have the shipment divided up into three fulfillment regions (USA/international, UK/EU, and Canada).
For the USA and Canada, any pledges that include my cross-collaborator David Malki's pins will ship together when David's pins are also ready. For UK/EU pledges, David and I are shipping separately. We'll be confirming our plan for shipping international parcels closer to our actual fulfillment date, which is scheduled for the fall.
Locking pledges in 48 hours + charging cards on July 28
I've set pledges to lock in 48 hours. For the next 48 hours, you can still change your reward survey responses and add-on additional pins, dice towers, or books.
After the 48 hours passes, you won't be able to change the contents of your pledge or the answers in your reward survey.
You will, however, still be able to update your address as long as your country stays the same. For support changing the country of your address, please get in touch through BackerKit support!
I will be charging cards for shipping, taxes, add-ons, and pledge upgrades on July 28. I'll post another update a few days before I do so to remind everyone.
Upgrading pins to come on backing cards
I've always loved opening pins that come mounted on nice backing cards and I've decided to upgrade the pins for the project to come this way. I think it adds a lot to the unboxing experience!
Here's a mock-up of what a mounted pin should look like!
Bringing pins to show at Gen Con Aug 1-4
Our pin producer was kind enough to produce an initial sample run for me to bring to Gen Con 2024. I will be at booth 1237 (BFE Webcomics in the program), selling both my comic merchandise and representing my decks of storytelling and worldbuilding prompts as The Story Engine!
If you're coming to Gen Con and would like to pick up your pledge early, please let me know in the comments below by July 24 and I will prepare your pledge for pickup. Please note that the pins available at Gen Con will NOT have the card back mounting.
That's all for now!
I'm so excited to be fulfilling these in fall! In the meantime, please let me know in the comments or via BackerKit support request if you have any questions!
