You are all long overdue an update!
We're hard at work making books. We've had print versions through of the Afterburn, and all of them are sitting in our warehouse. We've had proofs through of the Tales from the Outlaw Galaxy collection (minus the slipcase) and the Rogue Anthems boxset. Sorry for the low quality photos, I don't have these in my own hands yet, they're mostly at the warehouses.
I'm afraid this means there are going to be further delays to the project. We could start shipping Afterburn books to you, but then we're looking at 10 weeks or so until the finals of the Tales from the Outlaw Galaxy and Rogue Anthems to be delivered from China, and this kind of split fulfilment isn't possible and isn't a good experience for our remaining customers.
The main challenge here has been communicating with a new printer on a weird type of retrofuture project. Finding 3000 VHS cases in 2024 has been a challenge, and they've been bouncing in and out of availability over the last 12 months and we've been bulk buying bit by bit, but we finally got em all and we're manufacturing now!
This is also a very large project from a shipping and packing perspectiver. The top level pledges have something like 12 SKUs (stock keeping units for the unitiated) basically seperate items we have to track, pick, pack and check for everyone to get the right books on time.
To support this, alongside our big Gardens of Ynn project, we've been actually upgrading our warehouse providers by moving to a new supplier. Finalising the rates for the new providers has been the reason we've been delayed on getting our Ynn Backerkit out. We're having to set up new accounts, sign new contracts, work out taxes and handling fees, calculate new rates, and then get all this information into Backerkit correctly.
It might seem, from the lack of updates, like we're delaying, moving at a snails pace or being evasive, but we're actually working dead hard behind the scenes to make sure everything makes it to you in the best way possible. I always say to my collaborators that when choosing between "good, cheap and fast" I just ask for really good, and that's true here. I've even hired a new, full time employee (welcome Tom!) as an E-Commerce and Logistics Manager to help make sure that fulfillment for this and other projects moves forward freely.
I'm hoping that we'll have everything ready to ship out before the end of year, and the remaining components move smoothly. You can all still update your addresses in Backerkit right up until the point of fulfilment. No need to email us if your address has changed.
Stay patient with us, and know we're working!
Thanks
~ Zach
On behalf of Sleney, Clark and Cox.
PS: If you think vampires are cool, we have a new project that came out on Backerkit yesterday. They're sad, just like the space cowboys. Come Paint The Town Red with us! It's got me and Johan Nohr of Mork Borg / Into The Odd fame bashing out a sad gay vampire RPG. Free quickstart on our website too!
