Thursday, November 22, 2012


Kickstarter Project Update: Póstumo The Deck of the Dead: Home in time for the Holidays



One question we've gotten a few times is: Will this be ready by Christmas?

Normally, the answer is a flat no, there are too many moving parts in this operation for guaranteed Christmas delivery. The dice won't even be done until January, and the chips might also get bumped into 2013 too. The decks themselves are a bit of a gamble as to when they get done, because there have been a lot of decks on Kickstarter calling dibs on the USPC's print schedule.

For me to be able to get stuff sent to a house in the USA in time for Christmas, I need to have it in the mail by Dec. 21. And to get it sent internationally, the deadline is Dec. 3.

However, I've been thinking.

I do happen to have 10 sets of dice, as part of the prototype.

And I can do something, like, say, offer a set of 14 5x7 prints, featuring all of the royal cards and both jokers. An add-on like that would only cost $20. And if I were crazy, I could even offer a full set of 54 5x7 double-sided prints, and make that a $40 add-on. And I know my full-color print-maker, they could get those done by, say, Dec. 1.

See where this is going?

We're going to be setting up a Holiday Special backer reward. This special will have noticeably higher shipping on it, and will automatically include the 5x7 prints. The idea behind these levels is that we'll be sending them out first, no matter what. And the first package will go out either Dec. 3 or Dec. 21. But we don't know exactly how much we'll be sending out first. At the least, you'll have the prints or the prints and a set of dice to put under the tree. When everything else shows up, we'll send a second shipment to you.

The Levels are as following:

$59 - Royal Holiday Special Trifecta: One Silver Deck, One Red Deck, One Green Deck, 14 5x7 prints of the face cards. Prints are guaranteed delivery by Dec. 25. For additional Red or Green decks, please add $8 per deck. For extra dice, please add $5 per set. For one of each color of the Brain Chips, please add $4. All add-ons are not guaranteed for Dec. 25 delivery. Please message us with your add-on requests. ($15 international shipping)

$79 - Complete Holiday Special Trifecta: One Silver Deck, One Red Deck, One Green Deck, 54 5x7 prints of the cards. Prints are guaranteed delivery by Dec. 25. For additional Red or Green decks, please add $8 per deck. For extra dice, please add $5 per set. For one of each color of the Brain Chips, please add $4. All add-ons are not guaranteed for Dec. 25 delivery. Please message us with your add-on requests. ($20 international shipping)

And coming Thursday at 1 p.m. EST, we'll release 5 each of these:

$64 - Royal Holiday Special Trifecta with dice: One Silver Deck, One Red Deck, One Green Deck, 14 5x7 prints of the face cards and one set of dice. Dice and prints are guaranteed delivery by Dec. 25. For additional Red or Green decks, please add $8 per deck. For extra dice, please add $5 per set. For one of each color of the Brain Chips, please add $4. All add-ons are not guaranteed for Dec. 25 delivery. Please message us with your add-on requests. ($15 international shipping)

$84 - Complete Holiday Special Trifecta with dice: One Silver Deck, One Red Deck, One Green Deck, 54 5x7 prints of the cards and one set of dice. Dice and prints are guaranteed delivery by Dec. 25. For additional Red or Green decks, please add $8 per deck. For extra dice, please add $5 per set. For one of each color of the Brain Chips, please add $4. All add-ons are not guaranteed for Dec. 25 delivery. Please message us with your add-on requests.($20 international shipping)

And one final note: While $40,000 is already our stretch goal for unlocking the purple brain chips, I wanted to add a little extra. If we hit $40,000, we'll add a random 5x7 print to every backer level.

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