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Charles Ryan
3 months ago
Fulfillment of Existing Items Is Underway!
Greetings, vislae— Exciting news! Fulfillment of the following existing products is now underway: • Invisible Sun in PDF • The six existing supplements in PDF • Prop Set 2 in ...
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Charles Ryan
5 months ago
Gifts, Charges, and Initial Fulfillment
Greetings, vislae— We have lots of news for you today. Is your Black Cube a gift? If you purchased the Black Cube as a gift and chose the gift-giving card add-on, we started ...
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Tammie Webb Ryan
6 months ago
BackerKit Pledge Manager Opening
Greetings backers! This is a mini-update to let you know that we've started opening the BackerKit Pledge Manager for this campaign . . . huzzah!   The first step in opening Back...
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Charles Ryan
6 months ago
The Ritual of the Black Cube Is Complete!
Greetings, vislae— When we set out to summon the Black Cube for a third time, we assumed there were many of you out there, trapped in Shadow, just waiting to be called back int...
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Charles Ryan
6 months ago
Holy wow, everyone--we just beat the original campaign!
In its final moments, the campaign has surpassed the total for the original Invisible Sun campaign. Amazing! Thank you so much, vislae!
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Charles Ryan
6 months ago
Guys! GUYS! Have you read this awesome new review?!
A new review of Invisible Sun just popped up: https://medium.com/@OccultTriangleLab/the-wonder-of-invisible-sun-ce27bf1396f3 I'd have loved to have included some quotes from this on the campaign page, if it had dropped a few weeks earlier. As it stands, if you've got time to ...
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I don't know if I've missed something, but are there any news about The Wellspring pdf and the shipment of the physical book? Thank you!

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Just wondering if we can expect any further update on pledges and when the physical copies are anticipated to ship? Seems it has been 2 months since the last update and whilst I trust MCG and their crowdfunding track record, I'm beginning to get a little anxious.

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If anybody is looking for a game while they are waiting for their goodies, there is an open table game starting up on Reddit. The organiser says that the game will focus on character arcs and player driven plot, based on the rotating cast. https://www.reddit.com/r/invisiblesunrpg/comments/1bnu8bc/satyrine_reveries_and_revelations/?rdt=46955

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PROJECT UPDATE
Charles Ryan
CREATOR
3 months ago

Project Update: Fulfillment of Existing Items Is Underway!

Greetings, vislae—

Exciting news! Fulfillment of the following existing products is now underway:

  • Invisible Sun in PDF
  • The six existing supplements in PDF
  • Prop Set 2 in PDF
  • The six existing supplements in print (Phase 1)
  • Iconic Figure Set (Phase 1)

As we mentioned in our last update, and during the campaign, there are limited supplies of the existing items. Reprints are now underway, but that’s going to take some time. For now, as Phase 1, we’ll fulfill what we have, starting with the first backers. So:

  • If you were an early backer (in the first day or two of the campaign), we will fulfill some or all of these existing items to you now, in Phase 1.
  • If you backed after the first day or so, these items will fulfill when they are reprinted—probably around the time we fulfill the Black Cube or shortly thereafter.

Because existing quantities of these items vary, even early backers may receive some rewards as part of Phase 1, and others later.

If these items are among your rewards, you can redeem them now on the MCG Shop.

Speaking of Reprinting…

Work on the Black Cube is now well underway. Our vendor has been reviewing files, running proofs, and setting up for production over the past several weeks. The Lunar New Year occurs this month, and most manufacturing in China closes for some time to celebrate, so things will slow down in February. (We planned for this, so it doesn’t impact our schedule.) The pace will pick up again in a couple of weeks. The Black Cube is an enormously complex product—one of the most physically complex games ever produced—so there’s still a lot of work ahead. But we expect to see it move quickly through production following the Lunar New Year!

Thank you so much for your support!
—The Monte Cook Games team

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It's been a while since we've heard anything about the project-- could we get an update on what's going on at MCG?

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Greetings and salutations; It has been a month since the Christmas update when you were talking about black cubes being gifts and what to do about it. I don't know about anyone else but where it wasn't a gift, I wasn't so much worried at the time. Now its a month later and we haven't heard of an update. I am sure I am not the only one that is curious about what happened.

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I could be wrong about this, but I believe I selected that mine was a gift. I've filled out the pledge manager and address survey and kept my eyes peeled on my email, but I've seen nothing. Maybe it was naive of me, but I thought for sure that I would have this product in time for my girlfriend's birthday and that looks increasingly unlikely. He seems like I'm going to have to make other plans and it'll just be a happy surprise whenever this actually arrives.

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I see — and suffer from — the terrible performance of MCG's fulfilment partner Kixto in a number of other MCG crowdfunding projects. Several backers have reported about fulfilment orders not being processed for months on end — or at best, partially fulfilled — and communication on reported issues being patchy or non-existent. I myself can testify to both. What are the plans here in the Invisible Sun project? Will you still be using Kixto? If so, what will you do to ensure that logistics and communication actually work as they should?

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When does the pledge manager close?

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PROJECT UPDATE
Charles Ryan
CREATOR
5 months ago

Project Update: Gifts, Charges, and Initial Fulfillment

Greetings, vislae—

We have lots of news for you today.

Is your Black Cube a gift?

If you purchased the Black Cube as a gift and chose the gift-giving card add-on, we started sending those out today. Unfortunately, due perhaps to the befuddling powers of the Grey, some of you haven't provided the necessary information to send your card. If you chose this add-on, and have not already provided the shipping address via the form we emailed you yesterday, here’s what we need from you to ship your card before the holidays:


Our other rewards will follow our standard fulfillment process, but because there are a small number to fulfill, and you may need this reward ASAP, we’re using this expedited system for the gift-giving card. The cards are shipping today! 

Pledge manager cards have been charged…

If you filled out the pledge manager and purchased any add-ons or upgrades, your card was charged this week.

If you haven’t filled out the pledge manager, now is the time! Especially because…

Fulfillment is starting!

We are beginning the process of fulfilling existing rewards. These include:

  • PDFs of existing titles, including the Black Cube and supplements
  • Phase 1 of the six existing supplements in print
  • Phase 1 of additional existing physical items, such as The Guiding Hand and the Testament of Suns

As we noted during the campaign, there are limited supplies of the existing supplements and other items. These items are being reprinted to meet the campaign’s demand, but that’s going to take some time. For now, as Phase 1, we’ll fulfill what we have, starting with the first backers. So:

  • If you were an early backer (in the first day or two of the campaign), we will fulfill some or all of these existing items to you now, in Phase 1.
  • If you backed after the first day or so, these items will fulfill when they are reprinted—probably around the time we fulfill the Black Cube.

Because existing quantities of these items vary, even early backers may receive some rewards as part of Phase 1, and others later.

As always, you don’t have to fulfill your rewards right away. If you’d like to save on shipping and don’t need these items right away, you can hold off on fulfillment until a later date. We guarantee your rewards will be available for at least a year.

We’ll have some news on The Wellspring and The Darkest Art, as well as an update on the complex process of reprinting the Black Cube, in the new year. In the meantime, we hope you enjoy the holidays and are looking forward to 2024!

Thank you so much for your support!
—The Monte Cook Games team

(Oh, and speaking of the holidays…)


It’s a holiday tradition at MCG: we give you $10, and you can use it to get something at the MCG Shop—or donate it to charity! 100% of the donation goes to the chosen charity, and over the years we’ve given thousands to some really worthy causes. So take $10 off a gift for a loved one (or yourself!) or tell us which charity you’d like us to give it to. It’s the MCG Holiday Gift!
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Hello! I noticed the pledge manager closed yesterday. When are we getting the PDFs then? :) Thanks!

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Hi there, I hope this is the correct place to ask this question. I notice the retailer tier is $377 and includes 3 black cubes and the Wellspring. It seems to me that if I were to purchase those three things individually it would cost around $200. So I must be misunderstanding something about the contents of the retailer tier. Can someone please let me know the details? I've looked everywhere and I can't sort it out. Thank you.

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Hello! I would like to ask if there will be any kind of digital usage support of this campaign. I mean, I know there are PDFs but as you know there's an extremely increase in numbers of digital gaming and it would be nice to have a Foundry module, or at least a ready-to-upload version deck images etc. Tabletop Simulator version would be another alternative. All I could see is a not-enough character sheet version in Roll20 and to be honest, I don't like to use Roll20 while I have Foundry at hand.

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PROJECT UPDATE
Tammie Webb Ryan
CREATOR
5 months ago

Project Update: BackerKit Pledge Manager Opening

Greetings backers!

This is a mini-update to let you know that we've started opening the BackerKit Pledge Manager for this campaign . . . huzzah!  

The first step in opening BackerKit Pledge Manager is to send surveys to 5% of backers (selected at random) from each pledge level. BackerKit calls this step the Smoke Test. Once those surveys are sent, BackerKit collates data on the response rate, the proportion of support inquiries received, and the add-on purchase rate to let us know if the survey and pledge questions are working appropriately.

Once we’re sure all is well, surveys will be sent to all remaining backers in batches. This process—from Smoke Test to sending surveys to all backers—will take a few days to complete, so please be patient.

We are at the very beginning of Step 2 as shown on the graphic below, so please make sure to respond to the BackerKit pledge manager survey when you receive it.

If you experience any issues completing your survey, please reach out to us through our Contact Us page and we will be happy to help you.

Warm regards,
Tammie and Team MCG
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