We're finally here with a long-awaited update! TL;DR: Trinkit is currently being printed and should be ready to ship to us from our printer in a little under 2 weeks from now! It's been a long process but we're excited to finally be at this point, even if it's later than expected.

Also, we're ready to send out our post-campaign survey as soon as Backerkit approves it so expect to see that hit your email in the next 48 hours. We're still waiting to calculate shipping until the end but getting your feedback and your shipping addresses will be key in streamlining our shipping process once the games arrive.

I (Ryan) personally want to apologize for a lack of updates last month. Diana was great at updating our Instagram as we hit milestones but I kept delaying writing a BK update and that's on me. I was hoping to be able to write and send this update in late June or early July but we ran into an extended process with our printer and so I kept waiting, hoping I'd get here sooner than the first week of August. I should have posted one or two 'check-in' updates in the interim just to let you know we were having delays. I'm sorry I didn't. I'll be better about that as we move forward.

The printing process that we thought was going to be very straightforward turned into a game of one question per email back and forth with our printing liaison and then, once we thought things were finally done and I had sent everything over to be proofed, we were told that the template I'd used for our box was too small despite the fact that I had used the dimensions given to me by the printer along with their template generator. Turns out they had sent the wrong dimensions. SO, I had to redraw the entirety of the box art for the new size to prevent artifacts and pixelization. It was frustrating and time consuming but, thankfully, it's done now.

On our end, Diana has done such an absolutely astounding amount of work completing all of the hand-printed bandanas, CAW! patches, and cross-collaboration patches. They're all done and beautiful as can be! I'm so impressed by and proud of all of the hard work they've put into all of this. Each bandana represents about 4.5 hours of hands-on work and it's just astounding to me how much they've dedicated to this project. They're an amazing partner in every way and I feel so lucky to be able to create things like Trinkit together.

Finally, we still don't know when to expect delivery from our printer, which means we don't have a good idea of when we'll be able to get Trinkit to you all but we're hoping for early October if not late September. We REALLY want it to be September if at all possible. In preparation for this, we'd love to get everyone's addresses through the survey so we can start working on fulfillment zone sorting and getting labels at least partially generated in PirateShip. That way, when the games arrive we can get them right into boxes and off to you all.

Ok, that's about it. I'll post an update once printing is done and we know when to expect the games to arrive at our apartment (or two updates if those things don't happen at the same time) and then another once we start to ship things out.

Thanks so much for your patience! We really appreciate it!
-Ryan and Diana