Hey Everybody!

Just wanted to let you know that we shipped the last of the rewards today. If you did not receive the email with your tracking info, please let us know and we'll get that to you ASAP.

This will be our last update for this project, but you can reach out to us any time at [email protected].

Thanks again for coming out to show your support! We wouldn't be here without you. ☺️

Until next time...take care and be sure to take time to relax and enjoy your new puzzles!

All the Best,
Lara & Eric

Hey Everyone,

Thanks to all of you who filled out your surveys so quickly. The wonderfully soggy weekend we had here in PA gave us the much needed chance to get all of your rewards packed up and ready to ship.

We're going to start shipping them out over the next few days, so long as we don't have any major downpours. We don't want any of your packages arriving soggy! 

You should receive an email with your tracking information. It will be sent via Backerkit.com or [email protected], so be on the lookout for that. 

As always, if you have any questions, just contact us at the email above. And to those of you who still need to fill out your survey...we're waiting. 😉

That's all for now. Have a great week everyone! 

Lara & Eric

Hey Everybody!

Just a quick update to end the week. We'll be sending out surveys this coming Monday, April 15th, so please check your inbox for that email. 

Our plan is to start shipping no later than May 15th, so please be sure to fill out your survey by then. The earlier you fill out your survey, the faster we can get you rewards to you.

If you have any questions, just email us at [email protected].

That's all for now. Until our next update, take care and have a great weekend!

All the Best,
Lara & Eric

Hello Good People,

Well, we're just about at the end of the road. Pretty uneventful, like a leisurely walk through the open country where you can take in all that is going on around you.

We're very happy to have achieved the goal, that means a lot. Lara and I are quite thankful to have had the opportunity to turn a pastime we shared into a business adventure. Our goal was to introduce unique, original anime style art, work with the artists directly who created them and then make some really outstanding puzzles out of it.

And that we have achieved. We sincerely hope you will enjoy these puzzles and understand the goal for us has always been to create something you'd remember fondly rather than just us pumping something out for profit. Our integrity to make a quality product always outweighed the take we would receive in the end.

These may or may not be last puzzles we will ever produce. Only time will tell. With that, we'll keep you updated after the campaign of when you can expect your puzzles to ship. The good news is, you won't have to wait long. =)

Best to all of you,

Eric and Lara

Here is the last chapter of Goldi-chan and Three Puzzles.

Note: If you missed a chapter you can always look back at the previous updates.

Father may be Wise but Mother Knows Best

They all hooted with delight, exuberantly holding out their plates as Mrs. Owl lovingly cut a wedge for each of them.

“Oh, boy!!” Hermes Chirped.

“Positively scrumptious, my dear!” exclaimed Archimedes as he shoveled a forkful into his beak.

“This is sooo…good mother!” Olivia canted.

That afternoon, the owl family, satiated by their supper, sang the praises of their magnificent mother and her culinary creation. Now that their bellies were warm and full of good food, they forgot all about their prior inconveniences and the mysterious placement of puzzle pieces by pernicious pad foots.

The moral of this long-winded, winged-tale is, aside from the quality of the puzzle and cut of the pieces themselves; a good puzzle is one that has just the right dose of difficulty and can hold your interest.

At Playing Grounded we believe:

A puzzle that is too simple—low piece count, big pieces, lacks challenge—and is easily completed, may leave one wanting and unfulfilled in the process.

A puzzle that is extremely difficult—high piece count, small pieces, fuzzy image, lack of detail or repulsively repetitive—may leave one uninspired and unwilling to go any further with it. This will also lead to an undesirable outcome.

But when piecing a puzzle together that has a moderate piece count (i.e. 500-1500 pieces), an imaginative, inspired work of art that is well drawn, painted, or photographed, and that is brimming with bright colors and crisp, clean details, the experience is much more inviting. This kind of puzzle will leave one with a simple satisfaction that would seem to be the perfect fit for an overall enjoyable puzzling experience.

And lastly, a mother’s love is the heart of the hearth and usually knows what’s best for her nest.

~ The End ~

Hello Everybody,

We're now just about in our last week of the project. There's no real news to share but we do have is the next chapter of Goldi-chan and the Three Puzzles. Hope your enjoying the suspense, we're almost to the end.

Have great rest of your week,
Eric and Lara

Heart and Stomach

Over the course of the next hour, the three brooding birds had done exactly as they were told. The puzzles were slowly but surely picked up and put in their respective boxes, the table was set for the afternoon meal, and they had all cleaned and preened themselves thoroughly.

Archimedes sat in his chair ruffling the feathers under his beak as pondered and scribbled notes in a leather ledger, while the two younger owls squirmed in their seats glaring and making faces at one another from across the dinner table.

Just then, the kitchen doors banged open as Mrs. Owl rolled a serving cart into the room. Its wooden wheels clattering on the floor boards roused everyone to attention. She then placed a large silver platter in the middle of the table.

The owls gave up on their brooding as their hunger gave way to the delectable odors that wafted across their beaks. Mrs. Owl went about serving the afternoon meal, pouring a cup of strong Earl Grey tea for father, milk tea with sugar for the children and a cup of sweet tea with lemon for herself.

Then, she reached for the round covered baking dish that sat in the center of the tray which held the other owls captivated as they goggled in anticipation. They waited eagerly with their mouths now watering as she peeled back the heavy cloth napkin, releasing the billows of steam that flowed under it, a golden crusted, freshly baked mince mouse pie.

Stay tuned to for the finale, Chapter 7 in our final (next) week.