Hello, Trailblazers of the Unknown,
October has come and the delivery date is near, but, as we said before there is a delay, so this is the bad news. We have good news as well! Let’s start!
Delivery date
We analyzed the situation of freight costs, shipping costs and we decided to sign a contract with a new shipping company: ShipQuest by GamesQuest (https://www.shipquest.co.uk/). They were the most communicative company and specialized in board game shipping and packaging. The first thing they advised us to is to start the delivery process in January. We know it’s a big delay but:
- We will not have to ask you for more funds (even if it will be a loss for our company in any case).
- We can better follow the production and not make it in hurry.
- We will avoid the Christmas period that for shipping is hell.
In this scenario, the game will arrive to your home at most in March. It’s some time to wait, but we have a good news for you, you will be able to play Sheol in digital (see next section).
We don’t want this as an unilateral decision and most of you said that it’s no problem to give more funds for shipping, but we don’t want your money to spent it in shipping speculation! It’s against our ideals, because we want to create new games, not feed the container industry. Let us know what you think in the comments. Hope we got the right decision.
Tabletop simulator and soundtrack
While you wait for the physical copy of the game, you will be able to play it in TTS. We decided to release the first 5 missions (it’s the first narrative arc) that include a boss fight. We will do an update in November with all the info to play.
Also, in November we will deliver the Sheol Original Soundtrack, so you will able to play with that in background. Hope you enjoy it!
Pledge manager closing date
The pledge manager will remain open until the end of October. We already finalized numbers for production, but we will produce some extra copies to cover the October orders. That is the last chance to get Sheol! Then, orders will be finalized and your addressed will be sent to ShipQuest to arrange the logistics. We will send you an email to confirm you address in November. Remember that if you changed address, write to us an email to info@sheolboardgame.com
Production update
The production is going on, the only component left is the rulebook that is now in it’s almost final version. We will do an update on Monday with the final files, so you can comment it if you like. The idea was to publish it today, but we didn’t make it in time.
We would like to thank Stuart Stockdale for the amazing support and proofreading of the rulebook. Thank you, really!
Meanwhile, we received the dice sample. Here they are:
What do you thing about them?
The future
For us, the work on Sheol is basically finished. For sure we have to finish to prepare TTS, and end the polishing work on the rulebook, but the big work is finished. It’s time for our company to look at the future. In the past months we have been working on 2 new games. Both are original games with original settings. In the next months we will publish some material about the first of them. We are a little company, you know, but we want to continue creating games and publish them. So, we will work on our business identity (creating a new website as well) and we hope to make other successful KS, with your help.
Thank you all!
Preserve the light!