The only customers still waiting for their deliveries are now those living in Australia, New Zealand, The UK, or within the EU. Everyone else should have already received their games, or at least have tracking numbers for their games in your email. If you do not, please send me a email at [email protected] and I'll track down the shipment for you.
PLEASE LEAVE A BGG REVIEW AFTER YOU PLAY THE GAME!!!
For an indie publisher like me, mainstream coverage from big reviewers and content creators is pretty much impossible to get. So BGG reviews are REALLY important for new potential customers to decide if the game is worth buying or not.
HOW TO PLAY POND!!!
Speaking of content creators, I was very happy to sponsor the incredible Board Game Garden to create the official "How To Play" video for POND~ If you're a visual learner, then this video will be a great resource before starting your first game!
FAQs and Erratas
With people now playing the game, I've had a few frequently asked questions over in my discord server, and I've begun compiling them on the FAQs & Erratas page on my website! There are also 3 erratas. For your convenience, I'll put them here as well:
Wizard Frogs Faction Ability (nerf):
OLD: Transmutation - Once per turn, you may remove 1 of your frogs in a Pond with no enemies to draw 2 cards, then discard 1 card.
NEW: Transmutation - Once per turn, you may remove 1 of your frogs in a Pond with no enemies to draw 1 card.
Banana Frogs Faction Ability (reword):
OLD: Slip and Slide - One per turn, when you March, you may move 1 enemy Frog along with each of your Frogs in that March.
NEW: Slip and Slide - One per turn, when you March, for each Frog you moved, you may also move an enemy Frog from the same Pond to any adjacent Pond.
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Rule for when your deck is empty:
OLD: If your deck is empty, you must immediately Hibernate a card from either your discard or play area. Then shuffle your discard pile to form a new deck.
NEW: If your deck is empty and you need to draw, you may immediately choose a card from your discard pile to Hibernate, then shuffle your discard pile to form a new deck.​​​​​
All photos this post are from tabletopjables!
POND is now available on my website and on Amazon US!
If you know a friend who missed out on the campaign, they can now order the game directly from meor on Amazon! Preferably directly from me, because Amazon takes almost 30% of the cut (Which is why I also raised the prices slightly on Amazon).
The art friends expansion (which was free for backerkit backers) is limited in number and sold as an separate expansion for $20.
Thank you to all of the backers who helped bring this game to life and for your patience in receiving the game. I tried really hard to make the game feel as gorgeous as possible, so I hope playing it will bring you lost of joy (even though the gameplay is just as competitive and ruthless as it's inspiration, ROOT haha)
The container with POND that left China for the USA has been at sea for the last month. Originally, it was supposed to land on June 27th, but it was delayed and is not expected to land on July 9th. You can track the container ship here!
Hopefully there are not delays with US customs. If everything proceeds smoothly, I am expecting the games to arrive at my warehouse in Atlanta GA by July 18th, and shipping will begin soon after that.
International Shipping Status:
EU & UK customers should begin to get shipping tracking numbers early in August as well, as the games are expected to arrive in France to ship from the fulfillment company PTS by the end of the month.
AUZ and NZ customers can expect to receive tracking numbers via email around early August as well as ARMALO in Australia will receive the games around the end of the month too.
All other customers should have already received tracking numbers as the games have already been shipped from China. In fact, one customer has already posted a picture of receiving their game on my discord server!
The first Teach & Playthrough from Before you Play is already uploaded as well!!! Give it a watch!
If you are attending Gen Con, please swing by my events demo area in Hall B next to the exhibit hall! I'll be in the RED tables section. I will have free Re;MATCH badge ribbons and POND sticker sheets and Promo Cards with me!
Unfortunately I once again was rejected from Gen Con for a booth of my own, so I'll only be hosting free ticketed events again this year. I think this will likely be my last year going to Gen Con as well. Pax Unplugged is just so much better as a tabletop gaming con, and they actually refuse to give booths to AI art TCGs like Gen Con does.
But before I give the latest status update, I wanted to give PondHQ’s lilypad ita bags kickstarter a shoutout! She just relaunched them on KS and they are SOOOOOO cute.
If you love Lily pads, cute plushies, and the enamel pins, the POND artist's Kickstarter will be right up your alley!!
Ok shoutout done, what is the current status of POND?
Well first, i sent 6 copies of POND to various content creators, including how to play video makers, let’s play channels, and a professional photographer! Please enjoy a few of these amazing photos by Kevin Cootauco (Board Game Visuals)below:
So, there are 4 shipping hubs for POND, and here are their current statuses:
USA: (USA customers) All of the games have been loaded onto a container and is already at sea. The expected arrival of the container is June 27th assuming there are no delays due to customs. But there usually are delays, so my realistic expectation is that games will arrive in the first week of July. My warehouse in Atlanta will then unload the container, process the inventory, then begin shipping. Overall, I expect games to begin hitting doorsteps between mid to late July.
Australia: (AUS & NZ customers) Armarlo is in charge of importing and fulfilling these games. As of last week, they are currently organizing another shipment from another publisher to sail together with POND. This is in order to refuse the cost of shipping for me and they are estimating that the shipment should arrive in Australia in the first half of July with fulfillment beginning by the end of July.
France: EU & UK customers) PTS is in charge of importing and fulfilling the games to EU & UK customers. The freight has been paid for and they've confirmed receiving of the payment, but we are still waiting for them to arrange pick up of the games.
China: (All other customers, including Canada & Mexico) SFC is in charge of shipping all other games. The inventory has already arrived at SFC's warehouse. They are currently bubble wrapping and adding corner protectors to each individual game. Unlike the other fulfillment warehouses, these games will be receiving extra protection because many of them will be shipped directly from China to your doorstep. This means the games will be traveling packed in shipping boxes for much longer distances, so the extra cost for protection should help ensure they arrive safely. Shipping will begin after the bubble wrapping is done and expected to begin in approximately 1 or 2 weeks!
COME DEMO POND AT GENCON!!!
I will be at Gen Con hosting ticketed demo events of POND Thursday thru Sunday between 1 pm and 6pm. You can buy your event tickets now! I will also have free POND sticker sheets for those of you who play the game and leave a review as well as my convention exclusive "Ming Dynastic Frog" freebie promo card for anyone who comes and says hi!
I have opened and inspected the advanced production copies of POND, given my approval, and POND has officially FINISHED ASSEMBLY!!!
The games will be ready to leave the factory warehouse next week, and we are now contacting freight forwarders to arrange the shipment of the games from China to the USA, Chinese, France, and Australia fulfillment centers!
I expect orders should begin shipping from each warehouse around the following dates: - USA: July 5th (USA Customers only) - Australia: July 10th (AUS & NZ customers) - France: July 15th (EU & UK customers) - China: May 25th (All other customers)
These are estimates though, and I will have a much clearer idea of the timeline once each of these shipments have left the dock.
Overall, we are only about 3 months behind my original goal date of a March fulfillment. I am very very excited for ya'll to get your copies of POND and start playing. I actually was able to play a game with my wife and friends just last night and had a blast!
While addresses have been locked, if you need to change them, you can send me a email at [email protected] to get it updated, but please do it ASAP because I will be sending the finalized fulfillment address sheet with each of the fulfillment companies soon.
There was a bit of a wait to get us to the front of the production queue but boards, boxes, and cards are being printed now and awaiting assembly (gluing to the boards themselves, being cut, etc).
Unfortunately it took a few weeks longer for us to get to the front of the production queue than I expected. My manufacturer is currently saying we can expect assembly to be completed by around April 21st.
This puts us about 2 weeks behind my original schedule but the very first games will hopefully start fulfilling by the end of April or early may (games being shipped directly to customers from China).
The rest of the games will be shipped to 3 different shipping hubs in Australia, France, and USA.
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