Reminder: We still have 6 folks that haven't complete their surveys. If you're still getting reminders from Backerkit, that means you need to complete it. I can't send you your product without it!
Reminder2: I am going to charge cards this week in preparation to shipping these things out (it takes a couple of weeks for the money to actually hit the bank account).
Quick update to report on progress.
Patron Deck. Full print proof is in! Everything looks really good. Colors are crisp and text is readable. There was an issue with the color on the d66 table on one of the Info cards, so I corrected that and a couple of other niggling details and sent the deck back to Drivethru for a final final print proof.
Tuckboxes! I finished the layout on the two tuckboxes. The Patron one went up with the card deck for a proof. I've never done a box before (see below), so hopefully it turns out good and we won't be delayed by edits/re-prints.
Salvage Deck. I'm still working on getting this one laid out. The point-crawl maps are taking the most time. But, I should be done before the end of the week with the draft lay out. I'll share more when that's closer to going to proof.
NPC Decks! I still can't believe we funded those. Layout proceeds on those. Looking to have them done around the same time as the Salvage deck, so everything should be up and getting print proof before the end of the next week.
Everything is proceeding generally on schedule. Thanks again for supporting the project!
The preorder store is still open! So, if you know someone that might like these adventure card decks for their space game, shoot them the link!
Cards!
Table headers and column headers were too light!
Sorry for the double updates, but I have a stack of news this morning.
TLDR:
Surveys are OUT. About 60% response so far. Please respond. I'm really wanting to move quickly to get these decks in your hands.
Distributed Two Files. Blood Ledger (adventure) and Personal Combat Reference Sheets for Cepheus. Everyone should have gotten the latter. Most got the former. If you think you're missing one and shouldn't be, hit the comments on this update.
NPC CARDS HAVE FUNDED! Amazing! Also...now I have to do them. Available as add-ons in your survey.
Sent the Patron Deck FINAL DRAFT! Just sent the final draft of the patron deck for proof printing. 41 cards!
Working on Tuckboxes and finalizing the Salvage Deck and NPC decks this weekend/week. More news as that develops.
Surveys
Please, please wrap up your surveys. Be sure to check the add-ons for the NPC Card bundle and some other goodies you may have missed.
Files Distributed!
I sent out Blood Ledger (anyone that backed us in the first 48 hours and anyone that's bought it as an add-on or as part of their "all in pledge.") Everyone gets the Personal Combat Reference Sheets for Cepheus Engine because we got enough folks to sign up for the newsletter.
If you haven't, go on over to https://bluesun.mysticbull.com and sign up. I'm getting content together for it and planning a mid-November release of issue #1. Also: We're taking submissions.
Finalized all the cards. The deck comes out to 41 cards, including 3 "Info" cards and a couple of surprises. I think they look great. I'll give a video preview when the proof comes back.
Here's the first half of the full list of cards.
Working... Next Steps
I'm about 70% done with the Patron tuckbox. The Salvage tuckbox should be much easier -- it's just replacing content with the Salvage details.
Then it's:
Finalize Salvage Deck
Finalize NPC Decks
Proof print Salvage, NPC and tuckboxes.
All that to say: I'm moving efficiently to getting these cards into your hands within a month or so (all depending mostly on the printing/shipping process). So, Please, Please get your surveys completed so we can be ready to pull the trigger.
Surveys are out. Please respond so that we can get our orders set up properly and get ready to ship these cards and books out to you.
If you see any weirdness with shipping, please reach out to me directly. I can fix it on the backend.
Don't forget: We've added three NPC card decks to the add-ons. We need 10 orders for each in order to produce them. Please add them on if you want some sweet NPCs and sweet NPC art by Victor J. Merino and JE Shields.
Thank you so much for your support. Look forward to seeing these creations arrive in your hands.
I'm about ready to send out the smoke test for Pledge Manager. I wanted to warn the few international backers: The shipping is stupid expensive. DriveThruCards prints all their cards in Kansas, which means all shipping originates in the US.
My rough survey of shipping tells me this: -=-=-=-=-=-= "Star Traveller" -- You're getting two card decks in one shipment and 2 books in another shipment (they ship from different places...
AU | $45.00
US | $18.00
CA and GB | $35.00
EU | $38.00
Everywhere Else | $45.00
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Ready Spacer -- You're getting two card decks -- so at least it's one shipment
AU | $25.00
CA | $18.00
US | $12.00
EU | $24.00
Everywhere Else | $35.00
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Free Trader -- I think we only have one backer at this level. It's one card deck.
AU | $25.00 CA | $18.00 US | $8.00 EU | $24.00 Everywhere Else | $35.00 |
-=-=-=-=-=-=- Any add-ons may increase this total, but we'll work it out.
Also: I have Three New NPC Decksin the pre-order store. If we can get 10 orders for each of them, we'll produce them and ship them. So, if you're interested in the NPC cards, please consider backing them in the pre-order store.
Card Preview!
I did another test print, correcting some colors and font sizes. What do you think? Big difference, I think. Much more readable. The black is the right shade. The illegal cards are now red. On the blue ones, the blue is sharper, also.
Got some diagramming in there. Colors are sharper too.
Last night I watched a certain movie and had an idea for a Bonus Card. So... yeah... you're welcome.
Thanks so much to everyone for your support on this project. We didn't quite make it to the NPC card additions, but that's okay. I have something cooking for that. More news later.
Hope everyone has a wonderful day. Now back to work getting this project fulfilled for you guys. Expecting to have everything finalized by the end of November and shipping!
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