Howdy all.

Major apologies on the delays in updates, etc.

So as you likely have heard from so many other crowdfunding campaigns - the tariffs on China (now 145%..absolutely ridiculous) are impacting me, but I'm currently working with my manufacturer to figure out the best way forward here.

As of now, with the tariffs unlikely to increase (although let's be honest, who knows), I'm still going to make the pins and there will NOT be any price increases. If tariffs rise again, it's all sort of up in the air, but at least now it's likely to at least cap at this point. 

As it stands, I'm still unsure whether or not it makes sense to do the familiar variants - which is sort of holding up me sending out surveys. Regardless, it's likely a waiting game to see if the US changes its mind for whatever random reason, and I'll be keeping you updated as soon as I know more. 

Anyway, so sorry for all the delays - I expected things to speed up quickly after I finished the Cult Crafter campaign, buuuuuut, huge economic swings = delays. 

Thanks again for your patience, and I hope to have better news and more updates next week. 

Best regards,
Rick

Hi everyone!

First off, thanks again for all your support with the campaign! I'm super excited to get these pins made and out in the world to you.

Apologies as I've been completely overwhelmed with my next major campaign: Cult Crafter, a card game of demon-summoning, cult-building madness for 2-4 players, but you've probably figured that out already :P

Anyway, I've also been working on getting the vector files all polished up and sent out to the manufacturer, and also working on getting the backer surveys all populated and all of that.

Unfortunately, we did fall a bit short from the familiar variant stretch goal. In the past, I've covered small upgrades like this myself, but things are a bit more uncertain this time around. In the past, a quote would remain pretty firm even if it expired, as they can with crowdfunding.

However, this time with the new tariffs on products from China, I'm not sure where we stand there and how much will change, but if I can squeeze it in, I will.  So this is also part of the waiting game - I want to make super sure that I can offer the familiar variants BEFORE surveys go out.

Once surveys go out, you'll have a few weeks to fill them out, and then we'll be in business!

Thanks again, and I hope you're having a great week!

Cheers,
Rick

PS - I know you don't need to know, but Cult Crafter is kicking off in a week! Make sure to join in on the fun! 

Holy smokes, thank yooou!

We just unlocked all 9 pins - this means that if you've been patiently waiting to choose the All-Seeing Oracle or the Queen of Flames, you may now do so!

We're also a about $200 shy of unlocking the color variants for all of the familiars.

I'm personally really excited for the Nevermore variant of the raven, and of course the Tuxedo familiar, which I designed after my own personal familiar. 

Anyway, we're down to the last day, so if you were anxiously waiting for a pin to unlock, now it's time! 

The campaign closes at 1pm PT / 4pm ET / 9 pm UTC, so make your moves now and help us get these familiars a new colorway! 

Thanks again!!!
-Rick

Wahoo! 

Huge thanks to everyone for backing and bringing these pins to life! 

I'll be prepping the surveys, and I miiight have some bonus news for y'all, but I'm waiting on some extra confirmations on things before I share. 

Just wanted to thank everyone for making this a reality! 

Thanks again,
Rick

PS- for everyone who is into board games, I'm working on a card game that I'll be bringing to BackerKit in March as part of Pocketopia - a bunch of easy-to-learn tabletop games and RPGs. Stay tuned!