March Update
6 months ago
– Tue, Mar 19, 2024 at 07:50:17 AM
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The Evil Genius store carries our flagship product - Everyday Heroes TTRPG - based on d20 Modern, built on 5e. It also pre-sells our first 8 Cinematic Adventures - Pacific Rim, Kong: Skull Island, Highlander, Escape from New York, Total Recall, Rambo, Universal Soldier, and The Crow. We currently don't have shipping prices entered for physical rewards in BackerKit. We plan to wait until closer to fulfillment to enter & charge you for the physical items on your survey to get the most accurate/fair fulfillment prices. We will update backers after entering those shipping prices before we charge you in BackerKit.
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read.
Hello Evil Backers,
Thank you again for your support. What a feat to deliver 10 products in a such a short period of time. I'm really glad to hear how much you enjoy these games. We couldn't have gotten this far without you. Here are a few updates for your February!
We're awfully close to having this game into everyone's hot little hands. Here is a quick update by region:
We've been working with the folks at Roll20 to fix the remaining issues with the implementation. If successful, our goal is to continue to support the core system so that all of you Roll20 (this includes me) fans can continue to enjoy the game on their VTT.
Once this is done, we'll turn back to the Cinematic Adventures and see which ones we think we can launch as well. The key challenge, I've learned, is that drag and drop won't be automated, making it a poor user experience.
Once this is cleared up, we can begin processing refunds or Foundry credits for any Roll20 CAs we don't launch.
Thanks for your patience!
Hey everyone!
Happy New Year everyone. Here is January's update.
Quick update on the final leg of our Kickstarter campaign! We are very near the finish line and are excited for you to have all of our products in your hands.
The final product we need to finish the Kickstarter is the physical version of The Vault. This is en route to our various warehouses worldwide as we speak.
Now, for what you are here for: When will your products ship?
North and South America (excluding Canada): Due to congestion delays from holiday shipping traffic the Vault is landing later than we anticipated. The shipment was stuck in Detroit for several days for an examination, which was just completed today. We expect this to finally be delivered to our US warehouse tomorrow (Friday 1/5). With the Vault arriving at our warehouse tomorrow we expect to begin filling backer orders starting on Wednesday 1/10!
Canada: Yours will take a bit longer. Once the Vault arrives at our main warehouse we will ship yours to our partner in Canada, who in turn will ship to you. This is how we are able to keep the shipping costs lower. We will let you know when we have a more clear date, but we are likely a couple of weeks out from our Canadian partner shipping to you.
Rest of World: We're expecting your copies of the Vault will land to our international warehouses over the next couple of days. We are hoping to ship your orders starting late next week.
These timelines apply to The Vault and to anything else you backed in our first Kickstarter Campaign. If you opted for single-wave shipping and purchased The Vault, all of your items will ship in this batch.
Thanks for your patience during this final leg of our campaign. Unfortunately, we cannot control US Customs. The Vault is well worth the wait!
As part of the Kickstarter campaign, we sold Roll20 versions of our Cinematic Adventures. We were excited about releasing these VTT extensions along with our official partner - Roll20 - who promised to do the conversion. However, as many of you experienced, the Roll20 implementation of Everyday Heroes did not meet expectations. Because of this, we paused the development of future Cinematic Adventures on Roll20 beyond the two we released (The Crow and Escape From New York).
On the other hand, everyone has been extremely happy with the Foundry implementation. The implementation (completed by Jeff Hitchcock) has met our standards of quality and demonstrates the kind of VTT experience we want all of you to have.
Therefore we are going to exchange your purchased Roll20 products with Foundry products instead. Anyone who bought both the Roll20 and Foundry products will receive store credit for those Foundry purchases. If you're a die-hard Roll20 fan like I was, I recommend trying Foundry. Here is the release schedule for the Foundry products:
We'll work over the next 30 days to get these products out to everyone.
I want to thank all of you for your support of our first Kickstarter. I hope you are having as much fun playing our game as we had playing it. If you can't find players, then no fear. We're launching our organized play program this month. Sign up now to be GMs, Volunteers, and Players.
Hello Evil Backers,
I thought I'd drop you a quick line to give you an update on the Vault and a few of our upcoming projects.
We couldn't wait, so we've released the final book to you via PDF. Please check your Drive-thru accounts to download The Vault: Rules Compendium, Vol. 1. Everyone who ordered it as a part of the backer's kit pledge should have received it yesterday. If not, DON'T COMPLAIN HERE, email customer support at [email protected].
If you didn't purchase The Vault, now is your chance. The PDF is available on our online store.
The Vault has been breached! Get ready to shift your Everyday Heroes game into overdrive! Evil Genius Games has collected a year’s worth of incredible new rules for Everyday Heroes into one amazing compilation. Whether you want to battle gigantic monsters with awesome mechs, live forever as an immortal warrior, tap into the power of ritual magic, play a mutant warrior, mod yourself with cyberware, become a billionaire, or just shoot an incredible array of new weapons, this book is for you!
Get your digital copy today!
For those of you looking for some major firepower, get ready for The Armory. This weapons-only book gives you the stats for hundreds of firearms and combat weapons. All stats are 5e Compatible and usable across any Everyday Heroes campaign. It will be the most comprehensive weapons resource guide of its kind. Sign up for the waitlist here. Anyone who does will receive a free adventure: Operation Blindknife. This project kicks off on January 9th, 2024.
For those of you who have ever dreamed of being on a special forces team, this expansion is for you. Build a Navy Seal character and perform a special operation. This gritty combat-style game forces you to track the stuff that matters - ammunition, encumbrance, hunger, and thirst. Deal with historical and modern warfare challenges. This will also be available via Gamefound. Sign up for the waitlist here. Anyone who does will receive a free adventure: Operation Blindknife. This project kicks off on January 9th, 2024.
Hey everyone! I hope everyone is recovering from PAX Unplugged! We wanted to give you a quick update on the status of the final waves for the Kickstarter!
Rambo and Universal Soldier are shipping as we speak to North and South American backers. These were printed in the USA, so they are going out to this group of multi-wave backers a little earlier. We expect our international warehouses to receive these in the next two weeks when all other multi-wave backers will have their copies shipped.
Expected Delivery Dates
The Vault is in transit to various warehouses around the world. This is the last item we need to complete the Kickstarter! We expect it to be delivered to our US warehouse around December 18th. This should mean shipping to North and South American backers later that week. It will arrive at our international warehouses shortly, and I hope to start shipping those orders just after Christmas. With this, we will be shipping to all of our single-wave backers and bringing the Kickstarter campaign to a close! We are in the home stretch.
Expected Delivery Dates
It's exciting to see many of our properties are soon to be rebooted.
The Crow - Starring Bill Skaarsgard - Releasing Summer 2024
Highlander - Starring Henry Cavill - Releasing TBD
Escape from New York - Starring Wyatt Russell - Releasing TBD
Which one are you more excited about?
We appreciate your continued support. We look forward to hearing your thoughts on these as your orders arrive! If you still have questions, please email customer support at [email protected].
Look for the next substantial update on or around December 18th.