Hey Wild Gardens Backers,

We're excited to announce that 83% of you have now completed your Backerkit! That's excellent since it lets us begin to inform our manufacturer how large our order is likely to be. If you haven't completed your Backerkit please do so as soon as possible! Having your orders confirmed quickly allows us to keep moving forward and feel confident we're ordering the correct amount.

Because so many of you have now completed your orders, we're going to move forward with our first wave of locking in pledges on September 6th. This means if you've completed your order then your credit card will be charged, and you'll no longer be able to make changes to your pledge. Please note this is not a full lock of the PM. If you haven't completed your order or would like to pre-order you'll still be able to do so. If you have any questions about this process, please don't hesitate to reach out via comment or email to [email protected]

We can't wait to tell you about the most fun thing we did this month, Gen Con 2023! The booth was BUMPIN'! It probably didn't hurt being next to the most popular plushies at the show, but also this really did feel like the busiest Gen Con our team has ever attended. After spending all of 5 minutes at the show it's easy to see why -- there was just SO MUCH STUFF TO SEE. From Artist Alley, to live podcasts, to demo areas, and oh yea, a TON of games -- and that was just in the exhibit hall!

Luckily, we were prepared this year, with our team of trusty booth staff members. A special thanks to Jessy, Joel, Paul, Ryan, Michelle, Lyss, and AJ for crushing it in the booth this year! This year, our booth featured Keystone:North America and Wild Gardens, running quick demos on booth for visitors. While we were happy with the reception and sales of Keystone, it was amazing to see how much interest (and pre-orders) there was for Wild Gardens!

We also had some VERY popular pins, postcards, and free copies of the new Brotherwise Games Turn Order magazine available in the booth. When we heard about the magazine from Brotherwise, we were pumped to be featured alongside our fellow indie publishers and we were really happy with how it turned out!

Another amazing thing that we got to do this year is host the BIPOC Lounge. This was the second year we've been hosting and it was the best one yet! First of all, thank you. To all the volunteers who made this possible, to the visitors that showed once again how valuable this space is, to the vendors that made the lounge look amazing, and to Gen Con for partnering with us once again on an incredibly successful space for the BIPOC community.

We doubled the attendance at this year's show which was easy to tell, as the lounge was essentially filled all weekend long. Attendees were greeted with refreshments, comfy spaces to relax and connect, brand-new conference rooms for professional meetings, a gigantic library of games to try out, and of course, plenty of space for gaming.

We had such an amazing time hosting the BIPOC Lounge, meeting so many creators and gaming enthusiasts, and providing a space for networking and mentoring. That final note really means the world to us. We had a number of conversations with people just looking for advice on how to get into and be successful within this industry. Being able to support new underrepresented voices is what this is all about and that energy really carries us long after the show ends. It's something that we made a core value of our company at its inception and we're glad to see that company value coming to life in tangible ways.

If you want to learn more about our special events, please check out our Rose Gauntlet Foundation web page!

We hope you enjoy seeing our favorite parts of the show and, as always, thank you for being part of our community. There's so much excitement surrounding Wild Gardens and it would have never come to life without you. We're excited to be wrapping up this stage of the project and preparing to move into the next! 

The Wild Gardens Team