Two days ago I dropped off almost 200 packages at the post office. They will make their way to you slowly over the next couple of weeks. Note that if you added on multiple copies of the Artifacts Log, those will go out later this week. I needed to purchase larger mailers!
PDF Distribution Incoming! As noted during the campaign, PDFs will begin being distributed today. You will receive 4 PDFs: the Metal Scraps Zine (which has the rules, map, prompts, etc.) and the Artifacts Log. Both come with and without bleed so you can print if you want!
If you added on the Press Pot Games PDF Bundle, you will receive a link to access them. I think there are 12 games in there. Enjoy!
What if there is a problem? Contact me here on Backerkit. Sometimes shipments get lost. Sometimes things getting damaged. I have enough to cover extras just in case.
My only request is to give the shipment 2 weeks if you're in the USA and up to a month if you are international.
On Vacation! Next Monday night, I go on vacation out of the country for 10 days. Know that I will be wholly unavailable. I will check in one more time upon my return to wrap up any other issues that might have come up.
This is a short update to let you all know I will begin locking orders this weekend. It will give you 48 hours to update your order and finalize what you want.
There will then be a quick succession of charging cards and locking addresses over the following week.
Zines should arrive at my place in another week, and then I'll begin the process of packaging and shipping! I have all the materials ready to go (minus the zines at my house), including stickers, ephemera, mailers, and more.
I'll send an update once zines arrive and packing has begun. Talk soon! Travis
Thanks for the quick survey completion everyone. We are 90% of the way there!
In the meantime, I have a reasonable count of the zines plus the extras needed. Being said, I am going to go ahead and order the zines! According to the printer, they should get here in about two weeks, barring any unfortunate anything.
When we are a few days away from arrival, I will push the button to lock orders, which will then start charging, which will then lock addresses. Soon after, PDFs will get distributed. Zines will arrive, and I will spend a weekend packing and shipping!
It will be great. If all goes well, these will be out of my door by the end of the second week of September, which is good because I go on vacation out of the country for a week right after!
A Little Treat I know not everyone has junk journaled before, so to help the process I am including a small scrap of a thing or two for you! You don't have to use it at all, but I found some fun National Geographic at Half Price Books and thought it'd be a neat thing to include.
It always amazes me how much crowdfunding campaigns shift their last 48 hours. This one doubled in the last 36 hours, which is just wild to me. Every time I am amazed, so thank you.
A Timeline of Surveys, Production, etc.
Here is what is going on behind the scenes over the next few weeks:
This week: I will get all of the survey, post-campaign stuff put together (hopefully before Gen Con!).
Early next week: I will send out said surveys. These will include the additional shipping of international orders, the ability to add on an Artifacts Log and the PDF bundle.
Within the next two weeks: I will order all of these zines (along with the packaging materials, etc.).
By the end of August: All of this stuff will show up at my house.
Within the first week of September: I will get everything out the door.
Obviously something might get in the way, but after a dozen crowdfunding campaigns, I have only had one or two hiccups.
What communication you can expect of me moving forward:
Obviously you will get surveys here very soon.
The next time I will send an update is when the surveys are closing AND I have ordered materials.
I will send another update once all shipments are out. This will also include the delivery of all PDF-related materials.
And then I will send one more update when the next crowdfunding campaign happens, which might be soooooon!
Thanks to you all again. Feel free to reach out with any questions you might have. Travis
Thanks again for being a part of this. I'm immensely grateful for people who support the. things I make. I hope it brings you joy, reflection, respite, and a sense of self somewhere in between the chaos of the world. It has been fun seeing people's responses in the first post about what other media in this space do you enjoy!
As we enter these last 48 hours, there are always some shifts, more people coming in and people needing to step away. Wherever you are on this journey, thanks for spending some time with us!
A Timeline
The crowdfunding campaign will wrap up Tuesday, the 28th.
I will then get all of the survey, post-campaign stuff put together (hopefully before Gen Con!), and then I will send out said surveys.
Then I will order all of these zines (along with the packaging materials, etc.)
2-3 weeks later, it will all show up at my house.
Usually I will get everything out the door with 1-2 weeks, meaning that everything should be out by the first week of September. Obviously something might get in the way, but I've been doing this a while now, so I'm only marginally worried.
Gen Con
In a bit of a surprise move, I will be at Gen Con this year, but it will be a short time, only on Friday and Saturday. I'm not at any booths. I'm not selling anything. But it will be nice to see some people who I haven't seen in person in several years.
Thanks all! I'll send one more update Tuesday afternoon once this is all wrapped up. TDH
