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THANK YOU!!
over 2 years ago
– Sun, Aug 08, 2021 at 10:34:22 PM
We hit our milestone!!
We are so thrilled with the incredible show of support!! We hit 1000 pre-pledges for Shipping Shenanigans last night, marking a pivotal milestone. This really takes the sting off the shipping crisis impact. While it only covers 25-30% of the gap, it sets us up well to recuperate the remainder during the forthcoming Drop Drive campaign. Plus, we hope many of you who pre-pledged will also be early backers for Drop Drive, which is incalculably valuable!!
Community voting and a special gift to you!
As a THANK YOU for your tremendous support, we are going to add a 5th card to the pack (and we hope even more additions will come down the road, once we get to the Drop Drive campaign)! Keep reading...
The community voting is underway, and the results are fairly clear:
Merchant Captain: This one is actually pretty close. Currently the HIRE CREW / SEND OUT CREW ability is winning, but the BURIED TREASURE ability is not too far behind. As a special THANK YOU for hitting the 1000-unit milestone, we have decided to add BOTH these abilitiesto the game (assuming they remain in the top 2 positions)! So you will now get a Merchant Captain class AND a Treasure Hunter class!!
Monstrous Mimic: This vote could not be clearer - this huge monster will be a MIMIC MASTER, essentially changing all Treasure Chests in the game into smaller Mimics, which is hell-a cool!
What's next?
As we've now hit that sweet milestone, we will consider this mini-campaign a SUCCESS and return to a normal cadence for our KS updates. We will keep you appraised of the freight and shipping status, inform you of upcoming special events, and of course let you know more about Drop Drive as we get closer.
Here are some quick points:
Freight: Your inventory will be ready to be loaded onto boats (or trucks, in the case of Asia) in about 1 week. Assuming we don't have any new issues securing space (which is a whole other part of this global shipping crisis), the boats will begin their journey across the seven seas, eventually landing on your native shores. If/when we hear the actual names of the ocean vessels, we will provide them - we know some folks like to follow the boats at sea.
GenCon: We had mentioned previously that we would be running a special evening event for our community. Due to the increased safety concerns and restrictions, we may not offer this particular event. We are still discussing and will make a final decision in a week or two. We'll keep you posted. That said, as long as GenCon is on, there WILL be a Phase Shift booth! As a friend in the industry put it - we're vaxin' and ready for action!
That's it for now folks! We couldn't be happier to be where we are with this project. We are filled with gratitude and excitement for the future. We've had to overcome some very unique and unforeseen obstacles together, but in the end we will emerge stronger for it.
THANK YOU!<3
It's time for community voting!
over 2 years ago
– Sun, Aug 08, 2021 at 09:16:50 AM
It's time to vote!
We've gone through all the community submissions for the Merchant Captain class and Monstrous Mimic huge monster cards for Dungeon Drop. We combined a few great ideas together where there were strong similarities, weeded out ones that would be too unbalanced or difficult to explain in the space on the cards, and we're left with a final list that once again AMAZES us - we love ALL these ideas!!
One quick note - there were quite a few ideas submitted this time that were a little more "cut-throat" in nature. We have started to track a separate side list for abilities that feel more "attacky" in nature, for possible use in something else we've been noodling on (wink wink). So thank you for all the great ideas - even the ones that didn't make it to the final community voting list have been captured and categorized for possible future use!
With that, let's get to voting! Click the placeholderprototypeimages belowto access the voting pages on BoardGameGeek:
The above community submissions and voting are of course tied to our active fundraising campaign, appropriately and affectionately called Shipping Shenanigans. Here's the current status of the fundraising campaign:
We have ALMOST MADE IT TO OUR 1STMILESTONE!!! This is so amazing, and we're absolutely thrilled with all of your support! In all likelihood, by the time we send out our next update we will have exceeded the goal. THANK YOU!!
Cheers!
Last call for community submissions
over 2 years ago
– Sun, Aug 08, 2021 at 09:16:32 AM
Happy Wednesday!
Quick update for you today... onward!
Last call for community submissions
This is the last call for community submissions for the Merchant Captain class and Monstrous Mimic huge monster for Dungeon Drop! Scott and I will be going through all the submissions later tonight, so if you want to have your idea in the running, please follow the links below today:
Following my discussion with Scott tonight, we will set up polls for everyone to vote on their favorite ideas. So look for that tomorrow or shortly thereafter!
Shipping Shenanigans status
We are very close to our milestone target of 1000 copies!! We want to shout out a HUGE THANKS to everyone for your support. In the spirit of continued full transparency, I'd also like to take the opportunity to offer some additional questions & answers you may have on your mind:
Is 1000 copies all that's expected or needed to cover the financial gap? No. 1000 copies represents about 25-30% of the total gap created due to the global shipping crisis. BUT, that doesn't mean it's not "sufficient" for us to manage. Please continue reading...
What happens if we don't get enough orders to cover the financial gap? Most importantly, there is no risk to you - you are getting your pledge regardless. All inventory from China will be loaded onto boats in about 10 days, starting their Ocean journey toward your doorstep.
Does that mean Phase Shift will be "eating" the additional $30k+loss? In a way, yes, but things are more complicated than that. The reason we are not as worried about this outcome is explicitly because of the clever way we designed this fundraiser. Those 1000 people who chose to pre-pledge for Shipping Shenanigans are more likely to be Day 1 backers for Drop Drive, once we launch it, and that is HUGELY valuable to us. It's hard to put an exact dollar amount on that value, but there is a significant upside there. Additionally, we will likely continue to sell more of the Shipping Shenanigans pack during the actual Drop Drive campaign, which means the 35k gap will further close down the road. So the bottom line is that we will experience a temporary financial hit, that we will hope to further recuperate during the Drop Drive campaign.
Can more content be added to the Shipping Shenanigans pack? If we end up selling north of 4000 copies of that pack, absolutely. And if the Drop Drive campaign goes anything like we hope it will, that is a very likely outcome. Basically, once we exceed 4000 copies of that pack, it transforms from being just a fundraiser to being a "full" expansion pack, at which time we can start to add more content to it.
Can I still get the Shipping Shenanigans pack if I don't back Drop Drive? Yes. If you end up not backing Drop Drive, we can work with you individually to pay for the shipping cost and then we will send it to you separately. No problem!
Thanks so much!!
Shipping Shenanigans fundraiser day 3 report
over 2 years ago
– Mon, Aug 02, 2021 at 01:47:23 AM
Shipping Shenanigans fundraiser day 3 report!
Mini-campaign progress
We continue to make great progress every day! Some folks asked if we could show a visual gauge of progress, so here's the gauge for our first major milestone: 1000 orders for Shipping Shenanigans:
As you can see we have over 700 orders now (which DOES include the folks who decided to simply help us out financially, without purchasing the actual expansion pack). Reaching 1000 orders would be a tremendous achievement! What happens from there, we're not exactly certain of yet, but rest assured we will continue to welcome backer support ongoing!
Community submissions are still open
As a reminder, you can continue to submit your ideas for the Merchant Captain class and Monstrous Mimic huge monster! We are loving some of the ideas we've seen already, but we welcome more before we start the actual voting.
Join Scott and I tonight at 8:30pm Eastern to learn about Drop Drive's Explore deck, containing ship upgrades, strange passengers, and alien specimens! We will stream live to Facebook (both the Drop Drive group and Phase Shift's page), YouTube, and Twitch.
Our call for help
If you like what you see here, and you want to help us out during this global shipping crisis, please consider pre-pledging for the Shipping Shenanigans special fundraiser expansion pack - this is optional, but strongly requested. Many thanks!!
Cheers!
Shipping Shenanigans day 2 report
over 2 years ago
– Mon, Aug 02, 2021 at 01:47:21 AM
Shipping Shenanigans fundraiser day 2 report!
We are on a roll!! Thank you all for your support so far - it's awesome, and fun to once again be engaging with you all during this "mini-campaign"!!
Here's the day 2 recap video, with highlights listed out below:
Video highlights:
Quick status check: We have just about 600 orders for Shipping Shenanigans so far!
PayPaladded: At community request, we have added PayPal as an option to our webstore for your convenience.
Address changes: Now is the time to finalize any address changes in your pledge manager survey. You can access your original survey link to do this. If you need to recover your survey link, go here: https://dropped-too-deep.backerkit.com/
Drop Drive livestream: Tomorrow night at 8:30 Eastern, Scott and I will be livestreaming again, this time covering the Explore deck in Drop Drive. You can join us on Facebook (either the Drop Drive group or the Phase Shift Games page), YouTube, or Twitch.
Community Submissions livestream: Last night, Darrin and I livestreamed on the community submissions we've received so far. This was a ton of fun, going through the various ideas you've already come up with for the Merchant Captain and Monstrous Mimic, and we look forward to seeing more over the days to come! If you missed the livestream, you can rewatch it here:
Here's the links to submit your ideas for the Merchant Captain and/or Monstrous Mimic:
We can't wait to see what new and interesting ideas you all come up with!
Our call for help
If you like what you see here, and you want to help us out during this global shipping crisis, please consider pre-pledging for the Shipping Shenanigans special fundraiser expansion pack - this is optional, but strongly requested. Many thanks!!
