Shipping Update - August, GAMES ARE SHIPPING!!
over 1 year ago – Fri, Aug 18, 2023 at 09:53:02 AM

Hello Evil Backers,

I know this backer update is very much anticipated, so I’m just going to get right into it!

HIGHLANDER AND TOTAL RECALL ARE SHIPPING!!!

Items Discussed:

• Highlander Cinematic Adventure (Physical)
• Total Recall Cinematic Adventure (Physical)
   

It’s finally happening! The physical books for the Cinematic Adventures for Highlander and Total Recall have started shipping everywhere!! Every warehouse has inventory and is starting to get orders out the door. Some of you have already started receiving your games, and if you’re on wave 3 and haven’t received anything yet, hang tight! You’ll be getting your books soon.

We know a lot of you have been waiting a long time to receive your books, so we hope you feel good about this update! Keep in mind as well, the orders shipping now are all the people who signed up for expedited shipping as well as everyone who did not select expedited shipping and the last books they needed were Highlander and Total Recall. If you did not sign up for expedited shipping and you have Rambo, Universal Soldier, or the 2023 Rules Compendium on your order, your order is not yet shipping and will not ship until those items are released. But, if you want to switch over to expedited shipping, you still can! Just send me an email to [email protected] and I’ll work with the Operations Team to get you switched over.

The accompanying Syrinscape soundset for the Total Recall Cinematic Adventure will also be sent out to you soon! They’ve sent us the codes, and we’ll be sending them to you over the course of the next week. For all those who did not pledge for that soundset, it will be available at retail at Syrinscape soon as well.

Next Wave

Items Discussed:

• Rambo Cinematic Adventure (Physical and Digital)
• Universal Soldier Cinematic Adventure (Physical and Digital)
• 2023 Rules Compendium (Physical and Digital)
   

These books are still on time for release later this year! The team is nearly finished writing them, and we’ll be rolling out the last step before production in the coming weeks. We actually need your help for this! The last stage before manufacturing is our last stage of BugBashing. You may have seen us send emails about this before, but we’re really amping up our process for this so we can get you the best books we can make! If you would like to be on our team of Evil Aggressive Entomologists, volunteering to read through the books before they get printed and point out any errors or awkwardness you see in the reading, please send me an email to [email protected] so I can get you added to that portion of our Discord server. We would love your help and input in making our games great!

That’s all we have for right now! We are still working on the Roll20 versions of the game, and we will let you know when those will be released as well. With all the things we’ve got going on and the fact that it’s taking longer to get the Roll20 modules up than Foundry, we realize a lot of you are restless about this. We apologize for how long it’s taking to get these out, but we do appreciate your patience! They will be out later in the year, and we will be posting an update as well as posts on social media when that happens. If you have any questions about your order, don’t hesitate to reach out! Send me an email so I can help you out and make sure you get what you ordered. Have a good weekend everyone!

- Maya, Community Manager

Shipping Update - July, Highlander and Total Recall on Boats!
over 1 year ago – Fri, Jul 07, 2023 at 12:29:02 PM

Hello Evil Backers,

I’ve got a pretty great update for you today, I think! Lots of things are moving and headed your way. Let’s get straight to it!

LOTS OF PHYSICAL BOOKS SHIPPING!

Items Discussed:

• Pacific Rim Cinematic Adventure (Physical)
• Kong: Skull Island Cinematic Adventure (Physical)

The physical books of the Cinematic Adventures for Pacific Rim and Kong: Skull Island have been shipping for a little over a week now! If you had an order where those were the last books you needed made, that means your orders have shipped! Also, if you signed up for our multi wave shipping, those books have headed your way as well.

I know I’ve reached out to several of you to make sure you’re still ok with the single wave shipping choice you selected, but the offer to change to multi wave still stands! If you’d like to receive some of the books on your order that are already released and not wait for things like Rambo or the 2023 Rule Compendium, send me an email to [email protected] so I can get you switched over to the multi wave shipping, Keep in mind that also means paying for shipping for each of those smaller individual shipments.

Items Discussed:

• Highlander Cinematic Adventure (Physical)
• Total Recall Cinematic Adventure (Physical)

Great news on the Highlander and Total Recall front as well! Some of these books have been picked up from the factory and are now on ships heading to our US and UK fulfillment centers.

Keep in mind, this includes Canada as those orders are sent up to Canada after they get to the US first, as well as the more general Rest of World regions. Please wish them all a safe journey! The books for Australia (and thus also Asia) fulfillment have not been picked up yet, but they have made the arrangements, and everything will be underway very soon!

We expect the shipments to arrive at their ports somewhere around the end of July or early August, which is good news. It means we are still on track for fulfilling the 3rd wave in mid-late August as promised! This promised timeline was an estimate of course, but it’s still really nice to hear we’re on track with it. If you’d like to know if your order is on single or multi wave shipping, or if your order will be finally heading out to you with this third wave, send me an email to [email protected] and I’ll help you out with it.

Future Books and Projects

The team is of course still working on all the other fabulous projects we have lined up! They’ve really kicked the 2023 Rule Compendium into gear and are working very hard on making sure that’s done when all the dust will settle on the other books. We know a lot of you have that on your orders and are in the single wave. Your orders will not ship until it’s released, so we’re working hard to get it finished properly as soon as we can.

We hope you enjoyed the Rambo prologue as well! That should have been sent to all of you via DrivethruRPG over Memorial Day Weekend since you backed this campaign, but if you didn’t receive it, please send me an email so I can get it to you! The full Rambo Cinematic Adventure as well as the Universal Soldier Cinematic Adventure will be available later this year as well. We’re working with writers who also have military experience to make sure things are as accurate to the setting and the films as possible. So, please be on the lookout for a backer update announcing those releases as well!

They are also still working on the Roll20 versions of the core rulebook as well as the Cinematic Adventures, which are still slated for release later this year. Let all your non-backer friends know that they can pre-order those on the Roll20 website if they’d like to as well! If you can’t wait, and you just love playing virtual tabletop games, the core rulebook is on Foundry already, and some Cinematic Adventures will be soon! So, give those a try if you’re antsy.

Urban Arcana Finalists

We've also finally narrowed down our Urban Arcana finalists! I know a lot of you have been asking the status of this, and we're proud to say we've finally got the final list. We've been choosing them all so far (a huge task that has been made more and more difficult as you guys keep being phenomenal writers and people), but for this final choice, we'll be getting some help from you as well! In addition to our team voting on a winner, we will also soon have a poll up on Geek Native where we'll be having you, our community, vote for your favorite too! When picking the final winner, each entry will get a vote from us and your winner will get a vote too! We've truly enjoyed reading all of your entries, and we love what all of you have offered to this new and inventive world of Urban Arcana. We can't wait to see what you'll pick! Once we've got the poll up, I'll be making another little mini backer update and we'll also link the poll on all our social media, so please be on the lookout for that! 

That’s all we have for right now! Thank you guys so much for your patience in all of this. We know it’s hard to wait for games you’re excited for, so we’re doing our best to make sure everything is in place to get you all that you’ve ordered on time. If you have any questions about your order, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me about it! I’m here to help you out, ease your nerves about waiting, and make sure you get what you need. So, until next time, keep being great Evil Minions in our community!

- Maya, Community Manager

Shipping Update - June, Kong and Pacific Rim Shipping!
over 1 year ago – Mon, Jun 19, 2023 at 10:25:25 AM

Hello Evil Backers,

Thank you for your patience between these updates! We’ve got some pretty good news in this one, so please read on to learn about your current shipping status.

Kong and Pacific Rim Cinematic Adventure Physical Copies Have Started Shipping!

As many of you may have realized since you received them already, the physical copies of the Kong and Pacific Rim Cinematic Adventures have started shipping! That means most orders with those books have started shipping out in all regions. All those who have these books on their orders but also have books that have NOT yet been released WILL NOT SHIP until everything on the order is available, unless you opted for expedited shipping.

If you originally did not opt for expedited shipping, but you just don’t want to keep waiting anymore, send me, Maya, an email to [email protected] so I can get you switched over to the multi wave shipping option with our Operations Manager, James. Keep in mind, though, that this will require a payment for the cost to ship each wave individually. But, I totally understand if your anticipation to get your fun stuff outweighs that cost! So, please be on the lookout for these orders going out! You can also email me if you’re curious as to which wave your order is on.

Kong Syrinscape Soundsets Releasing Soon!

The fantastic team at Syrinscape managed to coordinate the release of their Kong soundsets with our shipments of the books! With a setting as mysterious and rich as Skull Island, you better have Syrinscape on hand! While you're looking for (or running away from) the beasts of the island, their Kong - Skull Island SoundPack makes it feel like you're really there. 

Later on this week, the soundsets for the Kong Cinematic Adventure will be available on Syrinscape. If you added those to your order in BackerKit, you will be receiving an email granting you access to them and instructing you on how to download them. Be sure to amplify your role playing experience by adding Syrinscape to your adventure! 

Where Is The Roll20 Anyway?

A lot of you have been asking about the Roll20, so we wanted to set a few things straight! Our main Roll20 products are not available yet. Currently, we only have the Everyday Heroes Starter set available there. It's a great quick way to get started in our Everyday Heroes system, but it's a much more paired down version of the Core Rulebook. 

Our team are sill diligently working on the Core Rulebook and all the Cinematic Adventures, and they will be on Roll20 later this year. You can use this landing page to track that release as well! If you didn't order the books in BackerKit, you can also pre-order them with that same link above. Don't be fooled by the "Buy Now" button! I assure you, they are NOT available, and when you do click that button and log in, you can see that it changes to "Pre-Order Now" since they haven't been released yet. 

That’s all we have for now! Things are shipping and on their way. Highlander is still slated for shipment around August, and we’ve also got the Urban Arcana Finalist submissions and have started to review them! We’ll keep you updated on all of these things in future backer updates as well as our Discord. If you haven’t already joined our community there, please do! We’ll see you soon, Evil Minions!

- Maya, Community Manager

Happy Memorial Day
over 1 year ago – Mon, May 29, 2023 at 11:56:18 AM

Happy Memorial Day Everyone!

Memorial Day is a revered and solemn observance in the United States, honoring the brave men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice while serving in the armed forces. It serves as a poignant reminder of their courage, bravery, and selflessness. Communities gather to pay tribute, reflect, and express gratitude while supporting the fallen heroes' families.

In honor of our active military, military veterans, and fallen heroes, we have released our Rambo Prologue for the backers of our 1st Kickstarter. It should be in your inbox from DriveThru. For those of who did not back us, we plan to make it available at a later date.

This is hands down the CEO's favorite adventure. We hope you enjoy playing it as much as us. And Save some BBQ for the team.

Shipping Update - May Pt 2
over 1 year ago – Fri, May 19, 2023 at 07:09:11 AM

Hello Evil Backers,

Things are moving right along! We’ve entered Wave 2 of shipping, and we know a lot of you are waiting for your stuff and have a lot of questions. Let us put your minds at ease! Here’s what we’ve got going on.

Shipping Updates

Items Discussed:

• Pacific Rim Cinematic Adventure (Physical)
• Kong: Skull Island Cinematic Adventure (Physical)

Australia, New Zealand, & Asia

These books are in the fulfillment center and preparing for fulfillment! They’ll be going out very soon, so be on the lookout for emails regarding shipping confirmations.

EMEA & UK

These books are in the fulfillment center already but it is very busy over there. We know how important it is for you all to get your books, so we’re doing our best to ship them before UK Games Expo. Hopefully we’ll be able to do that, but we can't guarantee it. We will update you either way.

North & South America and Africa

The ship landed yesterday. We expect the books to reach the warehouse within 2 weeks and fulfillment to start about a week after that. Canada will be fulfilled a couple of weeks later from within Canada. Remember, these are just estimates. We don’t know exact dates, but we’re making educated estimates based on where the books are currently. If you have any questions about your shipment, you can always email us at [email protected] for answers!

NOTE: If you didn't opt-in for multi-wave or wave 2 Shipping, then your product will ship in the appropriate wave for your total order. If you ordered something that hasn’t been released yet, nothing in your order will ship until the release.

Digital Rewards Are Going Out

Items Discussed:

• Highlander Cinematic Adventure (Digital)
• Total Recall Cinematic Adventure (Digital)

We started sending out the digital Highlander and Total Recall PDFs YESTERDAY through DriveThruRPG as usual. These digital goods are being sent to your backer associated email, so please check there for the content! If you have some kind of issue with your download or if you don’t receive the whole email, we’re here to help. Send an email to Maya at [email protected] or [email protected] to get that sorted out! We are committed to making sure you get what you paid for.

We know you guys have been waiting a really long time, and we appreciate your patience! We’re doing our best to make sure you get all your products as soon as possible, but don’t hesitate to reach out if you’re confused about something or if you just want to know more about what’s going on. Please be on the lookout for shipment notification emails, and we’ll see you all soon!

- Maya, Community Manager