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Ballistic’s Report for Week Ending June 18
On time this week! The past seven days was really about Delvers to Grow, specifically art and Backerkit.
- The Character Collections international orders . . . well, I haven’t heard of any problems
- Delvers to Grow’s core book is finished except for detailing the artist credits; that won’t take long. Crypt of Krysuvik gets better looking day by day. The cover art for Strong Delvers is in.
- I have the character designs for Strong Delvers and it’s on my to-do list this weekend to get that laid out so that we know where we stand for extra material.
- Backerkit surveys went out Thursday night! If you were in the campaign, please complete your survey promptly. If you missed it, the preorder store is open!
Gaming Ballistic Patreon
To help with ongoing funding of art and speed eventual time to delivery, Gaming Ballistic started a Patreon in January 2021. Here’s the weekly update on Patreon status.
- Membership status: 48 patrons and $328 per month.
- Special Content: Drafts and progress on Crypt and Delvers. This verges on “previews of completed books” at this time.
Currently Manufacturing/Fulfilling/Shipping
Project where hardcopies and PDFs are going out or scheduled to do so.
- Character Collections boxes really ought to be on their way by now; have requested updates and tracking numbers.
Crowdfunding
TFT Character Collection (Launched Friday Feb 19; Closed on Tuesday, March 9 at 9pm Central)
No further news
Delvers to Grow (Launched Friday May 7 at 10am Central Time, Ended May 25 at 9pm Central)
- Backerkit surveys went out.
- Delvers “build-a-Bjorn” book is basically done. Crypt of Krysuvik is fully written and now being populated with art. The Strong Delvers cover came in and is ready to go, though it still needs a full resolution image rather than the draft/WIP JPG.
Product Announcements
On DriveThruRPG:
- Character Collection 2
- Character Collection 3
- Character Collection 4 – being uploaded today.
In Development
Writing and content creation for announced projects. Some of this may be cryptic.
- I’m building a retail product catalog this week
- I’ve started looking at “what’s next,” including another TFT adventure, some systemless village settings, and more character work, maybe systemless as well.
Friction
Bits of news and items that put a monkey in the wrench.
- I am still waiting on the formal CE Mark certificate of conformity from STC. Overall, I have not been awesomely pleased with my interactions with them.
- I still had to go through like ten iterations on Backerkit shipping, but…
Fair Winds
Information about things that move GB forward.
- The art for Krusyvik is simply eye-candy. The team, including two new members, is knocking it out of the park.
- Despite Backerkit being a giant PITA, I have finally realized where the “magic thing” is that makes some of my issues go away. There’s a “flat charge” for pre-orders tucked in a totally non-intuitive spot (hint: it’s not on the shipping page) where the “first item fee” can be levied. This means from now on, I can get what I need to done the right way. I’m still lobbying for per-order weight-based shipping with sensible adds, but this find lets me walk through setting shipping in a not-stupid way.
