Survey results and shipping
almost 5 years ago
– Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 12:42:57 AM
People have asked for the results of the survey I did a while back, here are the numbers for people willing to donate for bulk shipping to Canada. 83% of people were willing to have their games shipped from Canada, many EU backers expressed concerns with duties.
323 total responses
112- $10 ($1120)
100- $20 ($2000)
57- $0
39- $5 ($195)
13- $50+ ($650)
Total- $3960
If someone wants to take over the shipping of these games I will entrust them with it and tell Bang Wee to release the games to them. There are probably other, better options I have not explored.
October 2019- Update
about 5 years ago
– Tue, Oct 08, 2019 at 12:56:17 AM
Good morning,
Many of you think this project is dead. Many of you think I stole from you. Some of you think you should attack me personally be cause of these things.
While I made huge mistakes and this project has gotten way out of hand, it was not intentional, nor did I set out to rob anyone of anything. I hope most of you believe that, this project is a constant burden on me at this point.
Finances
I did an overview of the finances in Update #43, please go take a look at that again. The only other thing not on the spreadsheet is the final payment I made of $10,200.50 USD to Bang Wee for the production of the games, this was made last November. With the dollar conversion this used up the last of the funds in the LLG account.
I am still trying to find a way to get the games here. I have contacted the printer and am waiting on a shipping cost quote to my place. If I could get the games here, I could at least ship some out to those who are willing to pay extra shipping.
Update
over 5 years ago
– Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 02:01:19 AM
There is no real news to speak of other than a couple of conversations with another small publisher, and Rick, the designer of the game.
I spoke to Rick about possibly having the games shipped to his place in the US and then shipping them out from there as people chip in, but this still doesn't really fix anything. The other company is trying to help in some way but ultimately it comes down to being short money, and that's a tough spot.
If I was in a great place financially I would have them sent to me and start shipping them out as I could, but I'm not.
There have been a bunch of very negative comments recently, which is understandable. Even though I don't respond, I do read them all. Yes, I made a poor decision to include miniatures and severely underestimated the cost of that. My mistakes led to the place we are at, but please remember you are talking to another human being, and that Kickstarter is not a purchase, or a guarantee. I did not take any of your money and spend it on anything personal, it was all, along with quite a bit of my own money, put into this game.
I badly want Ricks wonderful game, John Ariosa's art, Peter Wocken's graphic design, to see your game tables, I do. Just don't know how to make it happen.
I also heard that James Mathe, of Minion Games (and a ton of other indie game work) passed away today. I met him a couple of times and he also helped me with advice on a few occasions earlier. He will be greatly missed in the board game community. My condolences to his family and friends. This board game world is a community and he made an impact on many people's lives through it.
Long Overdue Pictures
almost 6 years ago
– Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 01:49:29 AM
After asking several times with no response and then waiting until the Chinese Lunar New Year Holiday to end, we have final gotten pictures of the produced. I hope this will reassure you that the games exist and we have not taken your money and run.
