Welcome, one and all, to the third week. 

We launched the 1st, this is the 21st. Each week in, I've been sharing our numbers and where we're at! It's fun to watch the numbers change, grow, shift. So let's take a look at what they are as of today.

And your final reminder that this is the only time and space to get just certain update items to fill out your Key Keepers Set (if you already had some dice from it), and the only time to get JUST the updated Seasons Set guidebook, cheat sheets, and/or empty box. When the campaign ends, it won't be possible to get just those updates. Sets will be sold whole.

So the chest has been a bit of a thorn in the campaign's side! I was so excited to get photos with it, show it off in videos, and really push this chest as the best way to store things. Then the manufacturer didn't think they could get it shipped to me in time. No matter, I'd take photos and videos from them and photobash them into my photos! But then they weren't sure they'd have it in time at all, then their design supervisor was in the hospital. And as of today, no chest yet exists.

But it will without worry-- we just didn't get the samples in time to share for the campaign. So instead, I wanted to share the chest in design. It has a top area with a flip open lid with a glass top, so you can see the dice inside. The goal is for there to be a foam insert that keeps the dice in neat pockets in two spots, which you could take out and replace with your wooden box if you so desired/had one. This is the only piece that might change in design-- you'll still be able to remove them, but they may be lining up the dice differently in the final version. There is also a few spots for trinkets or charms in that top compartment. Then there is a drawer with 4 slots for tarot/oracle decks, with ribbons to easily get the decks out. There is a hidden space behind the decks where you could store additional items if you were so inclined.

Then there are three more drawers below of varying heights. One to store the cloths, one to store the guidebooks, and one to store the journals. But of course, they are able to be used however you see fit, and they'll have room enough for more than those items. They really are just an awesome storage option for the sets, and can handle all the items of the dice-- lords cards, cheat sheet cards, oracle decks. They will hold everything but the empty boxes from your dice sets!

For the stone dice, I've jumped in on including stone sets for both the Seasons Set and the Key Keepers set!
They're gorgeous and I added the stones being used to the descriptions of the pledge levels for them, so you can check there to see what stones are being used. Keep in mind they are from the manufacturer's catalogue so I think some translation didn't quite come through-- but you can see an incredible photo from the set's symbol designer, Amy Smith, of the Seasons Set right here!

I will admit, if the Stone Dice go in the top of your chest, you'll have to use one of the drawers for your standard dice (if you get them!) But they are so gorgeous they deserve that top spot.

And tomorrow, 2.30 pm MST until the backer train ends, I will be here, live on the campaign page. I'll be doing readings, I'll be releasing surprise tiers, add-ons, and cheap options for most things. You can ask questions, get you final orders finalized, and generally hang out! In the past I've been a bit too wild in these streams and offered items cheaper than they cost to produce-- I won't be doing that this time haha, but I can promise fun items and options will be here for us!

I'm also going to try something new later this year. When the guidebooks, journals, and everything has print samples in my hands, and I can show off everything in the real world with videos and photos, I'm going to do something weird and launch a pre-order Kickstarter. When it's nearing completion, then I'll lock in final manufacturing numbers and get us moving. I think launching now was the right thing to do for several reasons, but it was at a time of economic uncertainty, politics, tariffs, people were wary to look at new things. I also didn't have the sets in hand to show off in full, no chest, no boxes, no Key Keeper dice. 

So we're going to experiment and see if a smaller pre-order campaign right before they go to manufacturing does well. Not sure what the outcome will be or if it's something worth trying again int he future, but it's fun to experiment where we can! I definitely still have things to learn about crowdfunding and running a business, and I thank you all for joining me on this journey for this many years now.

See you all tomorrow!

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