Project Update: Play Mat Update
– Steve Jackson
Project Update: Just Checking In
It looks like "six different colored playmats," per your requests, is very doable. The dragons will match the playmat colors. The red playmat will be in the backers-only stretch goal box, and the set of the other five, with a box to hold them, will be in the add-on options.
We went back and made the 19mm dice "swirly" pearlescent colors instead of solid. We also requested bids on a slight upgrade to the Hall of Fame, and added a little mystery component.
Fun fact - the campaign ran 4.5 hours after the planned ending!
The print run may well be over 10,000, and that's if we do NOT get a book chain order or something of the sort. That will make the factory busy and happy.
It will probably take four 40-foot containers to get it all here.
You folks are wonderful.
– Steve Jackson
Project Update: 20 Hours To Go . . .
Please see my comments on the excellent playmat suggestions in the last update. That was a bad sentence. "My comments are in the suggestions which backers have posted to the last update." That's a little better.
I'm thinking about Lessons Learned from this campaign. Some of them are things we already knew and apparently needed to be reminded of. Others are new. Where I'm going with this is: please look at the list and suggest additions . . .
1. Plan more stretch goals in advance than you can POSSIBLY imagine hitting.
2. Communicate constantly, even if the news is only "We are confounded and thinking hard about what to do." Backers get frustrated, and some of them get excited in a bad way, if the updates are not regular enough.
3. You like images and graphics, even preliminary graphics.
4. The backer base (i.e., YOU) represents a huge source of ideas. Some of them, I won't lie, are absolutely terrible, and some of the neatest ones are financially unfeasible, at least within the timeline. But a lot of them are great. "All of us together are smarter than any one of us."
5. Promotion pays off, and the BackerKit staff's assistance with promotion planning was very valuable. We appreciate them.
6. If we announce a stretch goal that a lot of people dislike, it may be better to stay the course, and make the next one better, than to change in the middle. Because the people who LIKED that goal, and didn't say anything, get annoyed if we change it.
What else should we have learned this time? (Or, what did YOU learn?)
– Steve Jackson
Project Update: What’s Next After Closing?
What’s comes next?
All while this is going on, the production team will be working with our manufacturing partner to bring Munchkin Big Box to life! We have a lot of work to do!
Thank you!!!
Oh, and a small note. We're scheduled to end here in about ~40 minutes, but as long as the Backer Train is active and receiving new pledges, Munchkin Big Box stays open!
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Congratulations, Steve & Team! I'm pretty sure $1.3 million and over 9,000 backers counts as "an incredible surge of backing," so please let us know what you have in mind for those "improvements to various existing components" you mentioned a couple of days ago. Let's see that wish list!
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I know its too late but a funny stretch goal would be to include an inflatable duck hat for whoever got cursed with the duck of doom 😅
Project Update: How Delightfully Embarrassing!
– Steve Jackson
Project Update: And It's Posted!
The million-dollar goal is the red playmat for every backer, and the other colors will be an add-on set. We'll look for a balance between filling all desires and delaying the project.
And yes, there's one more goal. It was kind of everyone who said "you don't need another one" ! But (a) Some people think we DO, and (b) this lets me get the New Mechanic out there at $1.050,000. It's a Hall of Fame that carries over from game to game. Think of it as "Legacy Lite"!
That really will be the last literal stretch goal, though. If an incredible surge of backing comes in during the last day or two, we'll apply some tiny improvements to various existing components. I have a wish list . . .
You are all awesome. Spread the word! Tell your friends about this set while they can get it, because some of these items will truly by One and Done. And you want to get them now, and not for twice the price on eBay. Yes, this happens.
So it's time to sit back and watch the fun, with just under three more days to go.
– Steve Jackson
PS - I would be remiss if I failed to point out our current CARnage 2 STL project for Car Wars fans, now underway on Some Other Crowdfunding Site. It's not going to be a million-dollar campaign, but it's fun if you like 3D printing! I am being all tasteful and polite and not linking to it here, but I have faith that you can find it.
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Vegeta would be proud :)
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__( .)< \___) `````````` The duck of doom is pleased
Congrats everyone! this is the most fun Backerkit/Kickstarter that I've ever been a part of. Thanks to the live stream, I even managed to upgrade to the limited edition kit with giant dice! Now, the wait begins LOL
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What an incredible ride. We almost got up to 1000 on the last backer train! Good job, everyone!
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Congrats to SJG for such a great backing project :) Congrats to all those who were able to back this project too! :) I cannot wait to see the finished project ^_^ It's definitely going to be EPIC!
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This train has no brakes!!! 9100 and still going! Let's see what you guys can come up with next to match our drive for this amazing project!!!
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Holy crowdfunding, Batman. Over 800 backers on the train! THE O.T. TRAIN HAS NO BRAKES!!