Hello and happy Tuesday, everyone! This is a big week for the Wages of Sin campaign. So, let’s jump in!
First, we are happy to let you know that the final PDFs of Wages of Sin are now available for download. So, if your pledge included the PDFs and you’re eager to take a look at the final version, you can find them on Backerkit now.
Second, we’ve had quite a few folks reach out about address updates. Our fulfillment company should be emailing the final address checks this Friday, June 19th. So keep an eye out for that email if you need to make any changes.
Last, we are stoked to let you know that the books should be arriving at the warehouse this week! That means fulfillment should be starting this month. Some folks have asked about international orders. Being that we will be sending books to the international hubs, folks living outside of the United States may not receive their books as quickly. However, we will be getting the ball rolling on all fulfillment as soon as possible.
Before we go, let’s take one more look at these beautiful books…
We sincerely appreciate your support of this campaign. The TKG team is very excited for everyone to receive their orders. We hope you love Wages of Sin as much as we do!
I will be popping in to give more updates as we get started on fulfillment. If you have any questions or problems, please reach out to my old pal Tyler at [email protected]. Thanks for reading!
When this was last updated two months ago, it was mentioned that the project would be moving into manufacturing in May or June. We are about half way through June now so have we gotten any update on that?
We are in June! Here's a quick update on shipping-
Update to the update! I had folks ask for a text summary. Sorry, everyone! Long story short, the books should arrive early this month and we should start fulfillment later this month. Due to global events, some folks may see an increase in shipping when it is charged next week. Not every country is affected. Most increases fall between $5-20, but the highest would see an increase by $29.
Last, another look at Wage of Sin, Wages of Sin Deluxe, and Megadamage.
As always, send us an email at [email protected] if you have any questions. Thanks for supporting TKG!
I''ll be locking addresses in the next 48 hours so get any final tweaks in before. Shipping will start later this month getting Interloper to backers!
I'd also like to share the Be Your Own Detective TM investigation worksheet. The format is largely inspired by a blog post Sean McCoy made about running mysteries in RPGs. Interloper has a heap of moving parts, NPCS, and bits of clues and time tracking so it should be helpful to have a central sort of dashboard to walk through the parts of an investigation and get a 10,000 foot overview of the general facts of the case so far as they race to not be framed.
I have a pre-production copy of Devil's Due in hand (for both the book and stickers)!
This is a big milestone on this annoyingly long road to fulfillment. I still need to give this a thorough review over the next week, however. There are a few initial things that aren’t quite what we expected, and we’ll be ironing those out in partnership with our printer before the full print run.
But for now, this feels like solid progress, and I wanted you all to at least get a glimpse of what's in store.
I'm sure you're sick of us thanking you for your patience by now, but the sentiment remains! I'll try to not get slowed down further by all the graduation events, dissertation editing, family visits, apartment hunting, and cross-country move planning I'm in the middle of. We were obviously aiming to be truly done with this book before now, but there have been many more wrenches in the gears than we anticipated.
We won't let that stop us though, and we'll continue to keep you updated every month with what's going on.
I wanted to send out a real update because it has been too long, and because there is finally something concrete to say:
The pre-copyedit PDF is ready.
That does not mean the final PDF is ready yet, but it does mean the full project has been assembled into a readable, playable draft. The text is there, the structure is there, the bones are finally where they need to be.
The next step is copyediting, which is currently planned for mid-June, and after that the book will move into layout.
A couple of important changes on that front: I have brought on a new editor and a new layout designer to help get this over the finish line properly. I’m really excited about both, and I think the final book is going to be much stronger for it. I'll name them later but they are both incredibly talented people to add to the roster of already amazing folks that have done work to elevate my words.
About the delay
I also want to be upfront again: this project has been delayed pretty badly, and that is on me.
Some of it was first-time creator stuff. Some of it was me not understanding how many holes would need to be plugged between “cool idea with a lot of pieces” and “finished book that people paid money for.” Some of it was school and just not having the mental bandwidth to keep pushing the project forward at the speed I wanted.
But at the end of the day, I am the person responsible for the timeline, and I fumbled that part. I’m sorry for that.
I do want to say thank you, though. Seriously. People have been patient and encouraging even while I’ve been slower than I should have been, and I do not take that lightly. I know this is a small weird casino space-horror zine and not a heart transplant, but you still backed it with real money and real trust. I appreciate that.
A question for backers
Because the pre-copyedit PDF is now ready, I wanted to ask what people would prefer:
The current draft is readable and playable, but it is not edited, it has no final art/layout, and it will absolutely have rough edges. Think “ashcan / workprint / here is the thing before it gets cleaned up,” not “finished digital reward.”
So the question is:
Would you like me to release the pre-edited, no-art PDF to backers now, or would you rather wait until the edited and laid-out PDF is ready?
I’m leaning toward making it available for anyone who wants it, while being very clear that it is not the final version. But I also don’t want to dump a rough draft into people’s hands if most folks would rather wait for the proper book especially since everyone has been patiently waiting already (whats a little while longer?).
So please vote in the poll (leave a comment) below:
Poll options:
Send the pre-edited PDF ASAP. I want to read/play the rough version.
I’d rather wait for the edited and laid-out PDF.
Either is fine. Do what makes the most sense.
Current timeline:
As of now, the rough sequence looks like this:
Pre-copyedit PDF: Ready now
Copyediting: Planned for mid-June
Layout: After copyedit
Final PDF: After layout and review
Print/fulfillment: After final PDF, final checks, and any needed corrections
I do not want to throw out a fake-hard date and then have to eat my hat later like some sort of cursed carnival trick, so I’m keeping this as the actual production order rather than promising a specific finish date right now. But the big difference from previous updates is that this is no longer floating around as a pile of unfinished pieces. The project is assembled and moving into the cleanup/finalization stage.
That is a very good place to finally be.
Thank you all again for sticking with me. I know the delay is frustrating, and I appreciate the patience more than I can probably say without sounding like I’m trying to win an Oscar in the comments.
Happy Tuesday, everyone! We at TKG are excited to give you an update on Wages of Sin. First, here’s another look at the advanced copies of Wages of Sin, Wages of Sin Deluxe, and Megadamage.
We also have a sneak peak at the physical copy of Megadamage. If you’re like me, you’ve already devoured the PDF version released in February. But also, if you’re like me, you’re ready to hold all 200 pages of the physical Megadamage in your hands. And believe me, it will take both to hold this massive piece of art.
These beautiful books are on the boat and should make it to our warehouse in early June. This means we are on track to start fulfillment next month!
As always, thank you for your support of all things TKG. If you have any questions or problems, please reach out to my old pal Tyler at [email protected]. Thanks for reading!
Good news! All the Interloper print copies have been produced and arrived at the Space Penguin Ink warehouse and are looking snazzy. However due to having to complete fulfillment on another project, they won't be able to get these shipped out until start of June.
This has taken a bunch longer than I'd like as well and I'm sorry for the additional wait and am really eager to get these delivered to you. Largely the current timeline is a result of my unexpected writing delays wrestling with the manuscript a while earlier and have rippled from there and I take responsibility for that. Predicting the pace of personal writing work on large projects has always been a bit dicey for me and going forward I'm looking to have the entire feature complete and edited first draft manuscript of every book before we run a campaign.
I really value how supportive folks have been with the pace on this project and we're finally at the last stage. If you haven't updated your shipping information we'll be locking that in by late May.
Check your inboxes to access your PDF of DOG EAT DOG!
This is the standard PDF, backers of the hardcover edition will receive the expanded PDF with the behind the scenes content as soon as its fully polished!
Really excited for you to get your hand on this!
Cameron will update soon with more details on book printing and shipping details.
