Good day! We're all staying busy over here at Cephalofair Games to keep all the projects from the Grand Festival moving forward. I've got shipping updates and other cool stuff for you, so let's get to it!

First off, a couple reminders from last time. The Buttons & Bugs replacement form is now live, so if you've had any issues with damaged or lost components from Buttons & Bugs, please use the form instead of emailing support, which should expedite the process. And also just another reminder that if you've contacted support about an issue, please be patient and don't email us repeatedly about the same issue. Doing so just slows the whole process down as this bumps your ticket back in the queue.

US: Wave 1 (Frosthaven) is complete! At this time, all packages have left Ware2Go and should be enroute to you. This includes the orders that were stuck in "label created" status. If you haven't received a tracking number yet for your Wave 1 items and you're in the US or MX, please contact [email protected]. Meanwhile, wave 2 (Buttons & Bugs) is 99% complete! All orders have been shipped with one exception: We received an update from UPS that the ~100 B&B packages shipped through Santa Rosa were all damaged at their hub, so we are reshipping these orders now, and you should receive a new email with tracking by early next week.

Canada: Fulfillment in process! We're at about 50% of orders shipped so far, with hundreds of orders going out each day. We're hoping to have all orders shipped out by our next update in two weeks.

AU/NZ: Fulfillment is nearing completion! Most, if not all, orders have shipped, but we're just waiting on a final update from the fulfillment center signaling that everything has gone out.

Asia: Hub shipments inbound! The regional shipments should be arriving to their respective hubs over the next couple weeks. Once they've arrived and have been processed for shipping orders, the orders should start going out. We've been told this should start in early May.

UK: The container has landed! The product arrived as scheduled and is enroute to Spiral Galaxy. They're expecting to have it arrive at the warehouse this coming Tuesday. Once they get everything unloaded, they'll be able to start fulfillment, so we might see orders shipping out by the end of next week!

EU/RoW: The Buttons & Bugs container has arrived! Fulfillment Europe has received the container of Buttons & Bugs, Forgotten Circles, play surface books and more. Now that this has arrived, we should start seeing lots more orders going out. We still expect this process to take several weeks, but we should have a lot more progress to report in the next update.

Chris Lewis and Sarah Dahlinger have been working hard to get us closer to 100% sculpted. Here are a few samples of summons from Gloomhaven and Frosthaven that Sarah has completed, including the Kivak, which she sculpted live a month back. I mean, look at that guy.

Here's where we're at with the miniatures. It's a long project, but it's coming along.

Arch has been dedicating all his time to getting the rest of the art and graphic design needed for the new edition of Gloomhaven up and running. We continue to bring new artists into the world of Gloomhaven to offer new perspectives on the rich and unique lives led by its people. This work-in-progress sketch by Laura Galli literally sheds some new light on vermling society and religion. We hope that this overall effort will help make our fantasy world feel more layered, lived-in, and real to those visiting it through Gloomhaven or the upcoming RPG!

The writing for the core book is all starting to come together as we finish drafts on all the rules and lore sections. Once that's done, we'll begin the editing process while we continue to run play tests looking for any other minor rules or ability tweaks we need to make. A lot of very creative people have put a lot of work into all this writing, and I think you'll be very pleased by all the cool bits of new lore you'll discover by reading the book!

                             

And that's all I've got to report this week. Once we've gotten a little further down field with art and graphic design on Gloomhaven, we should be able to update you on its full timeline, which should also inform when the next wave of the pledge manager is closing. So stay tuned for that, and I'll catch you next time!