Blades '68 Project Update: PDFs released! Gearing up to ship rewards!

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25 days ago

Project Update: PDFs released! Gearing up to ship rewards!

Hey folks, long but important update today covering both the digital rewards and shipping process for your physical goods.

Yesterday we pulled the trigger and released the final PDFs for Blades '68!

If you missed the email from BackerKit, you can recover your BK survey here: https://blades-68.backerkit.com/ and go to your Digital Downloads section. You will find links to the PDF files as well as links to the files hosted on DriveThruRPG.

A few things to note:

The Roll20 version is not quite ready. We'll send out another BK email when it is released.
The DriveThruRPG codes are single use. So be sure you have a DTRPG account, are logged into your DTRPG account, and are ready to redeem/checkout. If you're not logged in and you idly browse the DTRPG offerings and close your session, we cannot guarantee that the discount coupon will be applied when you return.
The POD offerings are at-cost. That means you pay the cost of manufacturing and shipping for the physical goods you choose to order from DTRPG. We don't receive any compensation from DTRPG for these orders but it's important to understand that "at-cost" does not mean "free."
The international shipping cost for POD cards can be fairly steep. DTRPG has not found a European vendor for POD cards that meets their standards, so those products are all printed and shipped from the US.
We initially had an incorrect link for the Faction Deck PDF on DTRPG and the wrong file for the Player Gazette PDF on DTRPG. We have now corrected those issues. If you encountered the incorrect link, your Digital Downloads will now have the correct link to the Faction Deck PDF for DTRPG. If you got the wrong file on DTRPG page for the Player Gazette, you can download the updated PDF now.

With that stage of delivery well underway, we are now beginning physical fulfillment!

Important notes about fulfillment of the books, maps, and other physical rewards:

Addresses are now locked, so if you need to update yours please email [email protected] ASAP.
You should get an email notification when your package is scanned by the carrier. Note that this event doesn't provide enough information to predict when your package going to arrive, and that's not in our hands, so the email notification generated by our ShipStation software does not give an arrival timeline. Consider it more of a "heads-up."
Fulfillment is estimated to take 6-8 weeks. We are shipping ~4,000 orders. This is a huge undertaking. So if you don't see your rewards package right away, do not fret. Our warehouse has brought on extra seasonal help to make this as efficient as possible but getting to your specific pledge may take some time. We'll post an update when the shipping process is complete so we can track down missing packages.
To streamline shipping, we've prioritized bulk orders first. Most of those were retailers who made the extra effort of backing the campaign. If you see copies of Blades '68 at your FLGS before the September release date it's because that store is plugged into what's going on in the indie corner of TTRPGs. We strongly suggest you support them, they're a valued part of our gaming ecosystem.
If your rewards are damaged or defective, we will replace them at no cost to you. In a large operation like this, there are always a few difficult-to-spot defective copies or shipping mishaps. If you end up with a damaged or defective copy, just contact customer service at [email protected] with your shipping address information and one or two photos of the defects you’ve spotted in your copy, and we’ll figure out how to fix it. That’s on us, not you.

Finally, we talked about them so long, it's only fair to show off a photo of the books:

Hard to tell from the top-down view but they are heckin CHONKERS. We're really happy with how they turned out and hope they'll find a treasured place on your gaming shelf.

That's it for today! Thanks for your support, we'll keep you updated as we continue to roll out the rewards.

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