Hello everybody! We picked up our test-print copies of both versions of Grim Merchants and the Androids Unleashed physicals yesterday, and they are looking SLEEK! Behold:
Look at that shine...! I can't stop looking at it!
Interiors are looking great with a silk-coated finish.
Androids Unleashed came out clean as hell too!
Once we go through the contents with fine-toothed comb (a third time, I'm not planning on another Providers misprint incident here), we'll be approving these for production and have the entire batch printed! The printers tell us we should comfortably be able to have it all printed by end of May/mid-June, just in time for shipping to TKG's fulfillment warehouses!
On the topic of the No Gods, No Masters Missions Cards - they are still underway and our plan is to distribute them to crossover backers right around when No Gods, No Masters releases digitally, but the TripTech3 Game Jam (and another project you may have heard about by email today) ate into my time this month - so you'll need to wait just a bit longer for a preview in layout! My apologies, I know these have been on the docket for a long time so they're high priority for me the next two weeks!
That's all for the time being! It was incredibly satisfying to get our hands on the Deluxe Edition especially. The UV foil looks truly incredible, and I am beyond excited to ship these off to y'all. Talk again very soon!
Print numbers are locked and we are getting underway with the printing process for Grim Merchants here in Edmonton! I just have a quick word for Deluxe Edition backers - it's last call for Backer Credit Names! You have until Friday, April 24 to get a custom name submitted via your survey!
As a refresher:
If you backed in October, the name attached to your Backerkit account is already credited in the book. If you're good with that name, you don't need to do anything!
Answering surveys overall isn't on a time crunch - I just need this one answer to get started printing! If you are unable to answer your survey yet for any reason, you can alternatively just email me at [email protected] with your Pledge ID, Backerkit name, and preferred credits name.
If you manually reached out to have your pledge from October upgraded to the Deluxe tier, please let me know by email as above! Your books are accounted for but I don't have direct access to whose pledges have been changed. I do want to make sure your name is included!
I'll be collecting names from the surveys on Friday, and then handing files over to our printers on Monday. Exciting stuff! Don't panic, though - if you have concerns I am on-station to assist where I can. Everybody else, you're off the hook! Have a great week!
Tomorrow is April 15, which means we will be closing pre-orders for Grim Merchants items on the MM25 Pre-Order Store!Some updates for you:
A number of Deluxe Edition backers have let me know you're wary to submit your pledges due to missing items from a number of MM25 projects. If you are still waiting on a fix for the items in your pledge, I encourage you to reach out to me directly at [email protected] with your name, pledge number, and preferred name for the Deluxe Backer credits! For the rest of y'all, I'll monitoring for your Deluxe names for another week until April 21st.
We are still closing pre-orders tomorrow, but all this means is we will be making Grim Merchants items invisible! It will not affect existing backers or customers, and if any GM items are missing from your pledge as above, they can still be added back after being hidden in this way. So no rush there!
Again, not an ideal situation; we wish we could leave orders open for longer, but at this point the sooner go time is, the better! Thanks for all of your support and understanding, the next time we are in touch we hope to have some print proofs for y'all (and perhaps a look at the No Gods No Masters mission postcards!) Take care!
Josh here. It's been an incredible couple weeks seeing first impressions roll in about Grim Merchants (which is out now to backers AND onItch+DriveThruRPG)! Seems like we did a good book-writin,' and that's all we could possibly hope for! Now, to business:
However, we are starting to sweat a little on the logistics of international shipping (i.e. getting your books to TKG warehouses on time before the world burns down). To that end, to make sure we are able to hit all of our printing and shipping milestones, we will be having TKG close pre-orders for Grim Merchants items by end of day on April 15, 2026. This will allow us to definitively lock our order numbers for different regional warehouses and begin getting books printed locally by the end of April. Note that this does not mean the Pre-Order store is closing for anything else! It's just our stuff. Other creators may do similar, but it's up to us what day we close up. This day will also be our soft cutoff for Deluxe tier backer credit submissions, so if you are a Deluxe tier backer, please fill out your survey this week! You'll still be credited in the book if you don't, but it'll just be by the name associated with your Backerkit account instead of your bespoke choice.
Apologies to anybody hoping for more time to pre-order, but with all of the delays that have already occurred, it's more important than ever that we stay on track with our physical fulfillment deadlines. Rest assured that physical copies of both Grim Merchants and Androids Unleashed will be available post-fulfillment on the TKG store (Deluxe is a bit of a question mark though). We appreciate your support and understanding, and we are excited to be able to move into the printing stage very soon!
Now, I just want to mention a couple topics in case anybody was curious:
Stickers and Patches. These aren't on the pre-order store! We considered offering 'em, but we did print runs of both in early January before realizing exactly how much numbers might vary with pre-orders. Since we weren't confident on the logistics of a second, much-smaller print run, we excluded them from the store out of an abundance of caution.
Deluxe Backer Credits. We super appreciate anybody who picks up the Deluxe print on pre-order! However, this add-on is just the book, not a backer credit as offered during the campaign at the Deluxe tier. Just so it's clear!
Upgrading Pledges. We had a $1 tier for specifically this purpose, and I know many folks may have backed at the Digital tier in hopes of upgrading post-campaign. I was not aware that this would not be possible with the current setup, however, so unfortunately it's a bit of a sticky situation. $1 Backers, I encourage you to snag a complimentary digital copy of Grim Merchants from the pinned update if you haven't already, as some amount of apology for the accidental deception. And for anybody who would still like to manually have their pledge upgraded, please reach out to me at [email protected] and we will see what we can do in conjunction with TKG and Backerkit.
Alright that's it! Remember: April 15, pre-orders close and we will be off to our printers! Talk again very soon!
Grim Merchants is approved by TKG and ready to rock RIGHT NOW! Check the Backers-only section below for some DriveThruRPG links to add Grim Merchants and Androids Unleashed both to your library!
These links might come down once the pledge manager is open and I have other means to distribute files, but for now - enjoy your modules and thank you again for all of your patience! We hope the wait has been worth it!
For Deluxe backers: note that we still plan to ask for your preferred accreditation when we send out surveys. It's just your Backerkit account names listed in the book right now, but rest assured we'll be updating any/all of those names before we go to print!
For No Gods, No Masters crossover backers: we haven't forgotten about you! Digital mission cards are still in the works. Once we are closer to NGNM's release, we'll be able to share more and rest assured you'll have your sweet sweet vendor quests. Hang in there!
