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Hey all,

We're very close to fulfillment being ready to go for this campaign. Here's a couple of things you should be aware of as we head into May.

Shipping Costs
First, we have updated shipping costs in the pledge manager. You should be able to see these listed on your order now.

For US backers, costs to ship a single copy of either game or both games in the same package (the vast majority of backers for the campaign) have come in around $13.00–$14.00, which reflects the current pricing of shipping plus the pick & package fees of our fulfillment warehouse. If you order includes more than just Making History and Witch Hunt 1649, the shipping costs scale a little higher, topping out at $20.50 for the largest packages.

For international backers, prices vary wildly depending on your home country, how many games and add-on games you ordered, and how much the costs for shipping have increased lately (it seems like there are shipping cost increases passed onto us every three months now). The range has come in around $13.00–$30.00 for the most part. Most of these orders will come from our fulfillment partner in the UK, but a handful will come direct from us using Pirate Ship's Simple Export Rate (which has also recently gone up in price...sigh...). 

In an effort to be more transparent about where costs are coming into the process, we are also doing something different in this campaign with regards to VAT costs for UK and EU backers. In the past, we have folded these costs into the customs-friendly shipping charges on your orders, which often resulted in us undercharging for VAT (and then eating those costs later). For this campaign, we are listing VAT charges separately and collecting them more explicitly up front to improve VAT filing accuracy on our end. This is on top of the shipping charges above. 

Shipping costs continue to rise, as they are particularly sensitive to world events, and many countries keep imposing new duties/tariffs/fees on mailings. Please let us know if you have any questions about the shipping charges on your orders or need help with anything (either through Backerkit Support or by emailing [email protected]).

Credit Card Charges
Second, we will be charging credit cards on Monday, April 27, 2026. We'll have Backerkit send out an email about upcoming charges before then as a reminder. The charge will be for all outstanding add-ons and shipping charges.

Once credit cards are charged, we'll pull the shipping data for our fulfillment partners in the US and UK and get rewards shipped out to you. Access to any digital rewards currently released should also be available by then as well. 

Hello everyone! With Witch Hunt about to be put on boats to ship to our US and UK warehouses, we are ready to reach out about our next step: Backerkit surveys! These surveys are important because they allow you to finalize your shipping information, include any add-ons you want as part of your pledge, and collect payment information for add-ons and, eventually, shipping fees. Let's get our ducks in a row for fulfillment.

 

When Are Surveys Coming?
First, the timing: surveys will go live a few days after we launch our smoke test (where we send out surveys to a small subset to check for errors or other issues). Right now, the plan is to initiate the smoke test on Monday, February 9. Assuming the smoke test goes ok, the remaining surveys will roll out after that in batches starting on Wednesday, February 11 until all are in the wild!

 

Where Is the Survey Coming From?
Our backend fulfillment partner is Backerkit (naturally), so your survey email will come from them.

 

How Do You Complete the Survey?
You don’t need to create a BackerKit account to fill out your survey (although you already have one from when you backed the campaign...on Backerkit). When you receive the email with the survey, click the survey link to respond. Answer the questions about your reward preferences, provide shipping information, and purchase add-on items if you like.

Why Aren't Shipping Fees in Backerkit Yet?
Due to the eternal volatility of shipping prices globally right now, shipping fees for this project will be calculated closer to fulfillment. We plan to enter & charge backers for shipping before fulfillment when we have better estimates of what it will cost to ship backers rewards; this will most likely be in April 2026. We will alert backers when shipping costs are finalized & before we charge your cards in your BackerKit survey, so that you can review the charges.
 

How Long Do You Have to Complete the Survey?
Surveys will be live until March 18, 2026, after which we will close surveys to begin ramping up to fulfillment, so you will have plenty of time if you don't get to it right away. Also, after you respond to your survey, you can go back later and change your responses at any time before we close the surveys.
 

How Do You Access Your Survey After Completion?
If you need to review your information or pledge status, you can return to your survey by clicking the link in your survey email or requesting your survey link under "Lost your survey?" on our BackerKit project page at https://witch-hst.backerkit.com/.
 

What If You Don't Receive the Survey Email?
Beyond checking the spam or junk folder in your email, there are two other steps to check if you do not receive a survey email.
 

First, if you used your Facebook credentials to log in to your crowdfunding account, the BackerKit survey is sent to the email address associated with your Facebook account. If you have another email address that you prefer to use, please contact support at https://witch-hst.backerkit.com/faq/.
 

Second, after surveys are sent, if you did not receive the email, and you Signed in with Apple ID, your email address might be a private relay email address. We can help locate your survey and update your email address, please message us or post a comment with your Backer ID or Pledge # found on your confirmation. You can learn more about your email hiding for your Apple ID here.

We'll be in touch again soon to let you know when the smoke test is starting. 

Stay warm, everyone!

Hello, all!

Things are moving along for Witch Hunt: 1649! We're at the stage where we have a manufacturing proof, but after making some necessary changes, we're waiting on a new box. In the meantime, here are some images of the components! They turned out vibrant, beautiful, and ready for hours of gameplay. Stay tuned for more updates!

Thank each and every one of you for backing this project. We are so grateful for your support for Making History and the revised edition of Witch Hunt 1649. You have made it possible to not only meet our initial funding benchmark, but also nearly cross it twice! 

Now, for the fun part! Our aim is to send the fruits of your pledge to you as fast as we can. Stay tuned on this page for details about next steps! 

Once again, thank you for making this project possible and bringing these games to more tabletops!

Thank you so much to everyone who has jumped on the backer train! We are two hours away from the end of this campaign -- can we double our original goal before it ends? Don't forget about the stretch goals if we hit 20K, too!