Books! Office!
over 2 years ago – Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 07:13:16 AM

Here’s a pic of the covers.

Also my office got cleaned in anticipation of fulfillment.

And the boxes of books and cards. Rules Tomes still upstairs.

Go, flight!
over 2 years ago – Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 06:17:57 AM

The inventory arrived maybe an hour ago here at my house. After helping the UPS guy unload 37 boxes of books, then moving them to my basement, then opening them up and sorting them by title...

...we are ready for fulfillment start tomorrow. The books look, well...I'm really pleased with how they look.

Please Verify Addresses!
over 2 years ago – Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 05:04:08 AM

I expect all the US books to arrive by the end of the day. That means it's time to validate addresses in case they changed since the surveys.

But ... with regards to Ben Grimm ... "It's PACKIN' TIME." 

Hmmm. Do I have enough tape for 400 boxes?

(Goes and checks)

Yah. Seven rolls of tape and hundreds of 4x6 labels for the thermal printer.

It's time. Please validate your addresses.

For the 14 folks who have not yet filled out their surveys, I will cancel your pledges and refund your money after I haul the last books to the mail center.

Ballistic's Report: Week Ending Oct 21
over 2 years ago – Fri, Oct 21, 2022 at 06:21:27 PM

The full report is here on my blog.

Here's the summary:

• The Nightmare Fuelbestiary project for the Dungeon Fantasy RPG went live on Backerkit Crowdfunding on October 13, hit 50% funding on Day 1…and then almost immediately hit the dreaded crowdfunding doldrums.

• Even so, Backerkit allowed me to change the funding goal, after I explained to them that funding revenue and funding income are two different things, and my pledge mix was coming in “hot” for income. So it dropped by $5,000 from $29,000 down to $24,000.
• As I type this, we are less than $900 away from funding. At the current pledge average, we’ll get there with about 10 additional backers. There are over 500 following the project via the mailing list who haven’t already backed.
• So not only are we close to funding, but that $48,000 “free hardcover omnibus” stretch goal – the only such goal – is not really out of reach. We need roughly 550 folks total to come on board to get there, and while that is double where we are now, we don’t even need to hit ahistorical levels of “conversion” to do it.

• The OSE solos project continues its journey to fulfillment, with major progress, and a major setback being resolved. The books arrived in the UK but Dragon Hunt had been used as a rugby ball; those are being reprinted. Cards got finished and picked up and are waiting on my floor. Books are scheduled to arrive here in the USA tomorrow, and if they’re not misprinted, fulfillment starts right away with those.

• Shields Up! is selling steadily (and is part of the All the New Things pledge level on Nightmare Fuel, so there’s that, too) and got a nice review from Peter Dell’Orto on Dungeon Fantastic. It also got a mention by my friend Roland Warzecha (who provided the back-cover illustration) of Dimicator.
• All the art direction got completed, and pieces are in work, for Nightmare Fuel last week. I (finally) made that a priority. Sketch work is already coming in. The cover for Garden of Evil got a “dirty color” version, to be refined, that looks good.

Video Update!
over 2 years ago – Thu, Oct 20, 2022 at 08:22:33 PM

A video!

• Dealing with damaged Dragon Hunt copies in the UK
• Only have some electronic stuff to deal with for Rules Tomes allocation in UK
• Probably 7-10 days until we resolve everything; maybe as much as two weeks
• For the USA...everything is now in hand
• Including the cards! I got word they're done yesterday, picked them up this morning
• Ready to go to pick, pack, and ship once the books arrive from Mixam. End of the week, early next?
• Assuming, of course that the books don't suck, in which case more delay