I've had my head down working on more artwork this week, but here's a brief update on what to expect from here:
• I'm going to tunnel into a little hole for a while to crank on the artwork and other elements. My goal is to have everything finished and off to the printer by the end of May.
• You may hear about more playtesting opportunities between now and then! One cool thing to do is to sign up for remote playtesting if you're interested in spending some quality time with the rulebook. I'm not sure when I'll be sending that out for review, but that link is how to be specifically notified when I do.
• You are also welcome to join me on Discord -- I've just added a new games channel specifically for playtesting and sharing updates on Bolted. This includes an announcement of playtesting sessions later this week!
• Pledge manager survey links will probably start going out in June.
• Shipping will probably begin in August or September.
Tariffs, trade wars, etc. are definitely a key concern of mine, but I have a good manufacturer lined up and I'm confident I can get the product made -- the only part still uncertain is the costs that will end up being involved.
That's not something worth fretting over in April though. So much about that can change from day to day that instead, I'm just going to focus on what I can control for a while, and we'll see what the situation is later this summer. Things could be entirely different.
