Manufacturing is officially underway! Our preproduction took a bit longer than we expected, but timelines for mass production are a bit shorter than we expected. So at the moment we are right on time ⏱️
🧿 Our metal first seer tokens came out looking AWESOME! These are free for backers who supported 3 Card Games projects during Pocketopia, or you can add one in the pledge manager for $5.
🔮 We made one tweak after our pre-production sample of ESP: changing the blue color of the wooden first seer token to bring it more in line with the box and cards color. The reference card graphic design was one of the last details we locked in, and I'm really happy with where we landed. The replica sticky note is perfectly in line with the science experiment vibes AND it cracks me up.
✏️ Our upgraded/deluxe/new Numberwang components are wonderfully chunky. As you can see here, our 5th player color is a nice grey. And, we've added a very useful "trump is broken" token to help keep track of the game state.
📮 If you haven't completed your survey yet, please do so ASAP! We'll be locking addresses and charging cards around August 15.
Thank you to our backers and supporters for a lovely campaign. It really makes all of the work worthwhile!
What's next?
Please check that your pledge payment has gone through! We have a few stragglers so make sure you are not one of them.
We'll be sending out pledge manager surveys in the next few days. In the pledge manager you'll provide shipping information, and have an opportunity to purchase additional add-ons. After you respond, you can still go back and change responses until we close surveys on September 1.
And speaking of add-ons... We've added a new add-on! You can add Numberwang± to your pledge. This is a revised and expanded edition of Numberwang. Now the game plays 3, 4, or 5 players and includes some additional cards and upgraded components.
Check out the rulebook here, and we have printable scoresheets if you want to try it out with a standard deck (or two).
Only three days left in our little experiment! We appreciate everyone's support and are excited to get these games into your hands. In the next few weeks we'll be finalizing files and working on samples with the factory. Everything's looking good to stay on our timeline of October fulfillment.
If you haven't already, check out all of the other amazing Pocketopia projects:
ESP of Experiment in Supersensory Perspicacity is fully funded! A huge thank you to our wonderful community for all of your support. Backing this campaign is truly the smallest piece; your words of encouragement, willingness to playtest, and enthusiasm for our weird little projects all make a much larger impact.
Over the next few weeks we have a few graphic design challenges to tackle, a final editorial pass through the rulebook, and of course eleventh hour playtesting. Our goal is to move ESP into preproduction with our manufacturer by the end of the campaign, so that we can start mass production in early June.
One more thing... we have a semi-secret project in the works that we're hoping to print on the same timeline as ESP. Maybe I should say REprint? Or revise and reprint? If we get our act together you'll have the option to add another game in the pledge manager. Before we announce, we need a little more playtesting to be absolutely sure that the wild ideas we've come up with are fully cooked!
