Here's the update you've been patiently waiting for, the pledge manager is officially live! 🎉
Pledge Manager
You should have already received an email from Allplay with instructions on how to confirm your pledge, select any add-ons, and make sure everything is just right before fulfillment.
This is our first time partnering with Allplay for fulfillment, and we’re really excited about what they bring to the table. That said, with any new system, there may be a few bumps along the way—we appreciate your patience as we work through everything together.
If you didn’t receive your email, need help accessing your pledge, or want to adjust your pledge level, you can reach out directly to: [email protected]
Surplus of Sleeves
Do you like sleeving your card games? You may find it hard to find sleeves for these specific sized cards in Surplus of Sloths , that's why we made the Surplus of Sleeves! For only $5 more you can upgrade your Surplus of Sloths to include a Surplus of Sleeves in the pledge manager. These sleeves are premium and specialty made to fit the business card like size of the Surplus of Sloths Cards! Don't worry - the box is sized to fit sleeved cards.
Shipping Costs and Taxes
It was a very tough year as tariffs shifted the freight and shipping costs around wildly. We decided to adopt Allplay's value shipping costs - the same shipping costs you would see from any of Allplay's campaigns. You can bundle more Weird Giraffe Games, Allplay games, and other partner games together to get some serious subsidized shipping! Allplay will automatically handle charging any necessary taxes and remitting them to your local government. This means your package should arrive customs-friendly with no surprises on delivery by a company known for consistently delivering games for years.
Freight Update
Great news—Surplus of Sloths is already arriving at regional fulfillment hubs! It's in the AU, CA, EU, and UK. It's on the boat bound for the USA. Things are moving quickly, and we’re excited to start getting copies into your hands soon! The great part of working with Allplay is they will be able to start sending orders as soon as they receive copies at fulfillment hubs!
Sloth Pins Update:
The Sloth Pins are running a little behind schedule and are expected to arrive at fulfillment hubs by the end of April. Here's what the final pin will look like:
Sloth Stickers Update
This past year has been very tough for us. Unfortunately we had to make a tough decision to cancel the Sloth sticker pack add-on. If you added this on during the campaign, you'll find that your credit is available in the pledge manager to contribute towards your shipping fees. I apologize that I was unable to deliver on that add-on.
Thank you again for supporting Surplus of Sloths—we’re getting closer to those sloths splashing into rivers everywhere 🦥💦
🦥 December Update — Final Art files have been submitted!
Great news! All the final files for Surplus of Sloths have officially been submitted to the manufacturer! 🎉 It has taken far longer than any of us hoped, but we’re finally across this major milestone.
Our manufacturer has told us they expect to complete production by the end of February, which puts us on track to deliver your games in April!
Thanks so much again for hanging in there. 2025 has not been a good year for us, we're so excited to make 2026 way better.
If you like reading ahead, dreaming of strategies, or just enjoying adorable sloths while you wait… they’re ready for you!
📦 Final Box & Components
We’re thrilled with how the game physically came together.
Box Cover + Back – Final artwork is complete and looks fantastic!
Box Cover
Box Back
Sloth Cards – We decided to go with 2” x 3.5” cards for the sloths. They feel great in hand, have a bigger impact on the table, and really help the artwork shine.
All the Sloths!
First Player Sloth Meeple! – Every game will now include an adorable big Sloth Meeple as the first player marker. It's going to be 30mm tall!
Cute Sloth Meeple for the first player!
🛡️ Surplus of Sleeves!
We heard from many of you that finding sleeves in this size can be tricky… so we’re solving it!
We’ll have custom Surplus of Sleeves available in the pledge manager—perfectly sized to fit Surplus of Sloths (and any other 2” x 3.5” cards, though that size isn’t super common). More details soon!
SLEEEEEEVES!
The Rest of the Work:
Over the next month we're working to open up the pledge manager, get the final files submitted to the enamel pin manufacturer and get that started. There's not much more to do before it gets to you!
🚚 Shipping to you
We’re partnering with a fantastic new fulfillment team who has tons of experience delivering games worldwide. Over the next few weeks we’ll be working closely with them to finalize everything and get the pledge manager launched.
❤️ Thank You Again for Your Patience
It’s getting much, much closer, and we couldn’t be more grateful for your support along the way. We know this project has taken longer than expected, and we truly appreciate your patience, kindness, and enthusiasm. We are now firmly in the final stretch and cannot wait to get Surplus of Sloths into your hands!
More updates coming soon—thank you for sticking with us 🦥💚
Merry Christmas to all the Slothy Sloths. Stay warm out there,
Thank you again for your patience and encouragement throughout this journey. In the last update, I shared that we were getting close to manufacturer decisions and final files — and now I’m excited to say things are moving forward!
🌿 Current Progress
We’ve received the first production copy of Surplus of Sloths from our manufacturing partner in China! 🎉
The tuck box, rule sheets, and sloth cards look wonderful — bright, clear, and full of sloth-y charm. There are still a few small tweaks to make before the full print run, but overall the game is looking fantastic. It feels amazing to finally hold it in hand after so many delays.
🌍 Tariffs & Shipping
One of the challenges this year has been tariff uncertainty and fluctuating shipping prices. Who knows what the tariffs will be when Surplus of Sloths arrives and shipping costs continue to shift. We’re going to delay making any decisions on shipping costs until we’re just about ready to ship to make sure we give you the most accurate information and save you from unexpected bills at the post office.
✅ What’s Next
In the next update, I expect to share:
Final manufacturer approval
Pledge Manager Progress
Estimate for Delivery
Thanks for bearing with us as we’ve experienced a large number of personal setbacks this year. This campaign has taken longer than any of us hoped, but I’m thrilled that Surplus of Sloths is truly in motion now. Thank you for standing with Weird Giraffe Games — your support means the world and keeps these sloths climbing toward the finish line.
As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please reach out through a help ticket at https://weirdgiraffegames.com/help — it’s the fastest way to reach us.
First of all, I'd like to apologize for the long wait! This year has been more than a bit devastating for me in a number of ways. My mother died, I had some health problems, plus tariffs were all over the place for awhile and they're still not completely stable. At one point, I didn't think I could even run a company when the tariffs were at their peak, but tariffs have gotten much lower than they were at that point, though they are still higher than I'd like.
I was waiting to be in the proper headspace to not make mistakes with manufacturing... and it took much longer than anticipated. While I'm still not back to 100%, things are at least getting better and that's something.
Current Progress
I'm in the process of getting all new quotes so a manufacturer can be determined. In addition to that, all the files are nearly done, though the box is highly manufacturer dependent, so that will need some final changes.
Rules
If you'd like to help the campaign, I'd love to get some extra proofreading on the rules! They've been read over by a number of people, but having even more feedback would be great.
If you could make comments on anything you think is confusing or not completely clear, plus anything grammatical, that would be great!
GENCON 2025
Surplus of Sloths will be at our booth 2609 at Gencon. The booth will focus on our Gen con release of Logic & Lore, but we WILL have a demo copy of Surplus of Sloths to show you!
In Closing
Things happened with this campaign and my personal life that definitely took things way off course, but we are getting closer to a game! I'm hoping by the next update to have the following complete:
Manufacturer Chosen
Files Approved by Manufacturing
Rules Updated
As always, if you have any questions, comments, or anything else please submit a help ticket. It's the fastest way to reach me!
Sloths Stretch Goal RELEASED! Name that GREEN Sloth; Sloth Music by Charlie McCarron
What’s this? A swinging sloth first player marker that actually swings? If you want this in EVERY COPY of Surplus of Sloths - tell your friends to come back the game. If we get to 400 backers by the end of the campaign, each and every copy will include this cute sloth swinging first player marker! Make sure to send all of your friends the link https://weirdgiraffegames.com/sloths and help us spread the word through our social goals below.
We still have only about half of you following the project and haven’t backed us yet? What are you waiting on - head over now and help us get to this stretch goal!
And vote on our stretch goal White Sloth’s name in the poll below!
🚨Hi, What's my name? Comment below 🚨
We have 5 sloth types in ✨SURPLUS OF SLOTHS✨. Let's name the sloths that appear on the box - what is the name of this specific sloth of this type? Each day we'll scoure the comments and create a poll with the best names. The next day we'll release the poll so backers can choose! Only backers will get to choose!!
Leave a comment with your favorite name for this sloth representative of the GREEN TYPE sloths. Green Types are one of five types of sloths in SURPLUS OF SLOTHS. Comment your favorite names below!
Ready for a Surplus of Slothy music?
Surplus of sloth game designer, Charlie McCarron moonlights as an award winning composer of music when he is not creating awesome board and card games. He’s created a playlist of some of his greatest Slothy hits to listen to when playing surplus of sloths! Check out his Slothy Music playlist on Spotify here!
We're at double our funding goal!!!! The Sloth love is obviously showing up, thank you so much to all our first few days backers. If you haven't backed Surplus of Sloths yet, what's holding you back? Leave us a comment below! Surplus of Sloths has SO MANY moments of strategic tension between two simple choices. It's all layered on top of a fun, cute, approachable theme that it's the perfect gateway card game to start the game night! We're an small independent publisher so don't your miss your chance as it will may be hard to find Surplus of Sloths in stores. If you back us now, you'll get it much earlier!
🚨Hi, What's my name? Comment below 🚨
We have 5 sloth types in ✨SURPLUS OF SLOTHS✨. Let's name the sloths that appear on the box - what is the name of this specific sloth of this type? Each day we'll scoure the comments and create a poll with the best names. The next day we'll release the poll so backers can choose! Only backers will get to choose!!
Leave a comment with your favorite name for this sloth representative of the RED TYPE sloths. Red Types are one of five types of sloths in SURPLUS OF SLOTHS. Comment your favorite names below!
Brown Sloth Voting Begins!
Thanks everyone for suggesting names for the Brown sloth - there's some awesome ones in there!! The names are now in a Poll that will be open only for a short amount of time. Go Vote for your favorite!
Stay Slothy🦥! Nick, Carla, Harley Weird Giraffe Games
What’s this? A swinging sloth first player marker that actually swings? If you want this in EVERY COPY of Surplus of Sloths - tell your friends to come back the game. If we get to 400 backers by the end of the campaign, each and every copy will include this cute sloth swinging first player marker! Make sure to send all of your friends the link https://weirdgiraffegames.com/sloths and help us spread the word through our social goals below.
We still have only about half of you following the project and haven’t backed us yet? What are you waiting on - head over now and help us get to this stretch goal!
And vote on our stretch goal White Sloth’s name in the poll below!
🚨Hi, What's my name? Comment below 🚨
We have 5 sloth types in ✨SURPLUS OF SLOTHS✨. Let's name the sloths that appear on the box - what is the name of this specific sloth of this type? Each day we'll scoure the comments and create a poll with the best names. The next day we'll release the poll so backers can choose! Only backers will get to choose!!
Leave a comment with your favorite name for this sloth representative of the GREEN TYPE sloths. Green Types are one of five types of sloths in SURPLUS OF SLOTHS. Comment your favorite names below!
Ready for a Surplus of Slothy music?
Surplus of sloth game designer, Charlie McCarron moonlights as an award winning composer of music when he is not creating awesome board and card games. He’s created a playlist of some of his greatest Slothy hits to listen to when playing surplus of sloths! Check out his Slothy Music playlist on Spotify here!
Just confirming here, for the benefit of other backers and Weird Giraffe Games, that my copy of Surplus of Sloths arrived today. It was in a bubble mailer, which did fine in protecting it from the elements, and it's small enough to fit in a mailbox without being dented by the postman. As I expected after doing the survey, the mailing company was AllPlay; they usually do a good job. I'm looking forward to gifting this game to either my niece or nephew in the future :)
Here's the update you've been patiently waiting for, the pledge manager is officially live! 🎉
Pledge Manager
You should have already received an email from Allplay with instructions on how to confirm your pledge, select any add-ons, and make sure everything is just right before fulfillment.
This is our first time partnering with Allplay for fulfillment, and we’re really excited about what they bring to the table. That said, with any new system, there may be a few bumps along the way—we appreciate your patience as we work through everything together.
If you didn’t receive your email, need help accessing your pledge, or want to adjust your pledge level, you can reach out directly to: [email protected]
Surplus of Sleeves
Do you like sleeving your card games? You may find it hard to find sleeves for these specific sized cards in Surplus of Sloths , that's why we made the Surplus of Sleeves! For only $5 more you can upgrade your Surplus of Sloths to include a Surplus of Sleeves in the pledge manager. These sleeves are premium and specialty made to fit the business card like size of the Surplus of Sloths Cards! Don't worry - the box is sized to fit sleeved cards.
Shipping Costs and Taxes
It was a very tough year as tariffs shifted the freight and shipping costs around wildly. We decided to adopt Allplay's value shipping costs - the same shipping costs you would see from any of Allplay's campaigns. You can bundle more Weird Giraffe Games, Allplay games, and other partner games together to get some serious subsidized shipping! Allplay will automatically handle charging any necessary taxes and remitting them to your local government. This means your package should arrive customs-friendly with no surprises on delivery by a company known for consistently delivering games for years.
Freight Update
Great news—Surplus of Sloths is already arriving at regional fulfillment hubs! It's in the AU, CA, EU, and UK. It's on the boat bound for the USA. Things are moving quickly, and we’re excited to start getting copies into your hands soon! The great part of working with Allplay is they will be able to start sending orders as soon as they receive copies at fulfillment hubs!
Sloth Pins Update:
The Sloth Pins are running a little behind schedule and are expected to arrive at fulfillment hubs by the end of April. Here's what the final pin will look like:
Sloth Stickers Update
This past year has been very tough for us. Unfortunately we had to make a tough decision to cancel the Sloth sticker pack add-on. If you added this on during the campaign, you'll find that your credit is available in the pledge manager to contribute towards your shipping fees. I apologize that I was unable to deliver on that add-on.
Thank you again for supporting Surplus of Sloths—we’re getting closer to those sloths splashing into rivers everywhere 🦥💦
