The Final 12 hours...
about 3 years ago
– Tue, Mar 09, 2021 at 09:44:11 AM
The Kickstarter for Gaming Ballistic's Character Collections books has entered its final day!
I aim to provide ready-to-play support for The Fantasy Trip, with PDFs, Decks of Destiny cards, counters, and more available as add-ons.
The campaign ends at 9pm Central Time today, March 9, 2021. It funded in nine hours on the first day. As stretch goals fall, additional PDFs and physical products are added to your reward level (depending, of course, on the reward level chosen!).
As this post is made on March 9 at 9am, the project had attracted 475 backers, with stretch goals remaining at 500, 700, and 1,000 backers . . . and it's the backer count which unlocks the goals, not the total pledged!
It's not too late to join! Jump on before it ends tonight! If all the goals are unlocked, something like 300 NPCs and well over 500 new cards can be yours!
24 hours . . .
about 3 years ago
– Mon, Mar 08, 2021 at 08:50:31 PM
The Final Countdown!
(Admit it. If you heard that to music, you're my age.)
Well, here we go. The last day.
At this point, we've got 39 people left until we hit the next stretch goal at 500 backers.
That means if only 16% of the folks following but not yet backed "convert" to backers, even at the $10 level, we unlock it.
We shall see...but that looks reasonably strong.
Otherwise...may the next 24 hours be super interesting!
Desperately Seeking Counters
I spent almost all day working the supply chain to try and get counters made and imported to "not the USA."
No luck yet...but I'm workin' it really hard.
48 Hours to Go!
about 3 years ago
– Sun, Mar 07, 2021 at 08:52:58 PM
Character Collections: Final Hours
After funding in only nine hours, the Character Collections project is entering it's final two days. We passed the first stretch goal very quickly, and are rapidly closing in on the second at 500 backers.
The first three books are frighteningly close to done already. I've made the inside covers the repository for "print-your own" counter sheets, so that no one has to buy something separately to have the ability to print counters. I have to go and put some labels on them, to make them easier to use on the battle-mat, and a few can use a bit of line-work to make sure they're clear at 25mm x 25mm scale.
We're closing in on 500 backers, at which point we add Character Collections 4: Wizards to the roster of books. So if you're in at the PDF only levels, you get four books instead of three.
And if you're in at the new Print+PDF levels...you ALSO get the Wizards book along with your pledge for no extra charge. That was a late-breaking addition.
Pledge Levels Added
In case you missed them, I went back and added some Print + PDF pledge levels, as well as an All the New Things and an Everything Old and New pledge.
Note that All the New Things includes counters...and as of this moment, the CE-Mark requirement for import means I can't offer them. I'm going to work like crazy to fix that in the coming week. I have some names and companies that are going to be hearing from me tomorrow.
All of these new pledge levels "grow" as the stretch goals are unlocked. If we pull a Minnesota Miracle and unlock the last two books, then both print and PDFs are added to those pledges, and the decks and counters are added to the All the New Things and Everything Old and New.
All the New Things?
While the "Everything Old and New" is straight-forward, designed for anyone who has TFT but has never backed one of Gaming Ballistic's Kickstarters, the "All the New Things" is less clear.
It assumes you were part of both the Four/Five Perilous Journeys campaign, and got the PDFs, Books, 63-card deck, and the five sheets of counters. It assumes you backed More Perilous Journeys and got the PDFs and Print copies of those five books.
But that's "all." There were no cards or counters as part of More Perilous Journeys (thankfully - 2020 was bad enough without them).
So this pledge level gets you PDFs and Print versions of all character collections. And associated cards (one deck per book), and counters (1-2 sheets per book, depending).
It also gets you the several card decks that make up the More Perilous Journeys cards, plus associated counter sheets.
That's "everything new."
Retail Level
There's also a retail pledge level for you game store owners. Five copies each of just the print books. No PDFs (can't stick those on a shelf), and the cards and counters are not retail items from GB - they're special Kickstarter items.
But still: 10 of the prior adventures, plus all the Character Collections books...at 50% off.
Please Spread the Word
As the campaign closes, it's still not too late to impact the outcome. Sharing the link for the campaign, or this update, on Twitter, Facebook, RPG.net, Reddit, or any other platform of which you're a part can make a big difference. As my swimming coach used to say: "You pull even harder at the end!"
And then we'll take a breather, and I'll get the Backerkit surveys ready. That's when you can choose any a la carte items you want, upgrade your pledge level if you like, and shipping (and VAT for customers outside the USA) charges are assessed. In a real way, that's where the real decisions are made, so look for that survey and fill it out quickly!
Finally, the PDF portion of this campaign is going to happen very quickly. So you won't be waiting long.
