I screwed up the pledge manager, a bit, and accidently didn't allow anyone to add-on copies of the mega-edition alternative cover or the special Crawl! edition of Inferno Road. It should be fixed. The surveys won't be locked for at least another week, so you have time to add them if you intended to. Sorry about that The Count. As a treat, here's a teaser of the new poster-spinner art for this edition. Let's get those survey's completed!
In other news, DrivethruRPG is having a site-wide sale on DCC PDFs, which includes third-party published material such as mine. You can pick up the digital editions of all my zines and save a few copper. You can get DCC RPG RULEBOOKS for $5 right now including MCC and XCC! https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/browse?promo=1000742
Pre-Orders for Crawl! mega-edition, no. 1 are also still open for those that missed the campaign. Tell your friends! https://crawl-collectors-edition-no-1.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders
A handful of you received your surveys yesterday, and most of them have been completed. The rest of the surveys are either in your email or on the way now. Make sure you get those surveys filled out, and you can add those last minute add-ons too.
I'll also be opening up the pre-orders page for those that missed out during the campaign (yes, it was short). So you can still pick up a copy of the mega-edition or the standard zine.
A random handful of you should have received your surveys from Backerkit. Please fill it out ASAP, and let me know if there are any questions or problems with it. Within the next day, I'll be sending out the rest of the surveys and then I can get the rest of the ball rolling towards fulfillment.
I'll also be opening up "Pre-Orders" for those that missed the campaign, but want a copy. Tell your friends!
It's been almost two weeks since the campaign ended and there are just a couple things left I'm waiting for. Funds need to clear (takes two weeks). Setting up the pledge manager was more complicated than I expected, and there is an approval process. Starting at some point, hopefully tomorrow, a "smoke test" will be sent to a small percentage of backers to makes sure everything is working well, then the rest of the surveys will go out soon after that. After that, I'll also be opening the pre-orders store, for those that missed the campaign.
On my side, we need to finish layout on the last couple pages, then I need to send for a proof. Only then will we go into production. I have to buy a lot of ISBNs, packaging, and figure out shipping. But I need the funds to clear before I can do any of that.
My April ship date was ambitious, but I'm optimistic. Packing and shipping is the easy part for me.
Rev Dak
Is it too soon to talk about Crawl! Mega-Edition, no. 2? I can wait.
That was fun. It really was. Thanks for backing my project. It obviously would not have happened without all of you. There are a bunch of things I still have to do. Like figuring out the pledge manager, and getting the proofs made, and fiddly bits like packaging and weights. Lots of math. Good thing I'm not scared of numbers. The surveys will be coming soon.
I went on a run this morning, so I need to take a shower. Maybe I'll celebrate a little later.
Expect more updates, for sure. If there were any stories or promises Ive made or alluded too, but I have forgotten, remind me. Heck, AMA. This was my first crowdfunding campaign, and it went well, I think. Let me know.
