Oh, my friends… I am not having a good day.
And I am bummed to be bringing you this news, BUT… the fucking PORT is delaying the shipment of our games. Not by a lot but the delay is, according to them, “6-10” days. I know that doesn’t sound like much, but I am sick of waiting and I am sure you feel the same way.
It’s funny: I was thinking we actually escaped most of the shipping problems, then the NEXT day we find this out. I jinxed us. Again, reprinting the cards and 2 MONTHS stuck in Shanghai is what really killed us. Now clearly 6-10 days isn’t that big a deal in the bigger picture, BUT it actually is for me… you see, we were going to be delivering the games to everyone (at the latest) in the last couple of days of July or MAYBE August first or second.
GREAT! Why is that great? Because as I mentioned before, we want to be selling ESW A2 stuff at Gen Con on AUG.4… and this would have just barely lined up, so we aren’t selling stuff before the Kickstarter backers get it, something I consider a huge no-no. And it’s not just about selling it, it’s about having the chance for ME to sell it. Each person I can convince to take the game home is another person closer to the critical mass we need to have this game get the credit it deserves. Seriously, I feel like I am pushing a religion, and as soon as someone gets it, they see just how great the game is… GOTCHA! Then it’s one quick push over to becoming a FAN-FUCKINGTASTIC FRIEND!
So this is the issue I am struggling with, and to be clear we are pushing on every vector trying to get all the different parts of the shipping process working as quickly as possible. BUT if we had the chance to hire a truck to deliver 1 pallet of ESW A2 to Gen Con and sell them 4 or 5 days before it hits the Kickstarter backers, should we do it? If it were a month? Hard NO. But a week? A tougher call… hit me up in the comments with your thoughts. Anyone reading this is clearly the hardest of hardcore members of the ESW community, and it’s your opinion I really want to hear. Clearly, many of the backers on Kickstarter are not following along and would have NO idea several hundred units were sold at Gen Con, but it’s not them I am thinking about it… it’s you.
So how about something COOL, after all that negative nonsense. “OK, sure, show us something cool!”
I was lost in thought thinking about what kind of neat shit we could do in the future for fans, and an idea hit me… uncut sheets! If you’re unfamiliar with this concept, it’s taking sheets of printed cards and NOT cutting them, simply leaving them as a large piece of “art.” Well, as it turned out, I was able to get the printer to grab a bunch before they hit the guillotine slicer, and here they are…
So cool, right? AND I was trying to come up with an idea for a cool giveaway to slip into the FFF mailer… THAT’S IT! Now clearly I cannot slip this giant sheet into a mailer, but I can include handmade redemption cards, so if you receive one of these cards I will have instructions on how to contact me and I will send you a cool uncut sheet. I did this to replace the “random” extra thing I was doing as it was slightly too many going out and making people feel not like they got lucky, but like they got UNLUCKY. This is more of a lottery win… there are only 2 per mailer so it’s very rare. And it gave me the chance to finally use one of the cool stamps I made…
Now for TWO more Legendary cards! First up is one that’s PERFECT for today’s update. Yes, that’s me giving it my all to make the game great… AND bonus VP if you have an ESW sleeve? So meta! Also, it’s funny because it represents the pursuit of a creative passion BUT I am also trying to make you buy something… ahahahaha, what a dick. And second up is a BRUTAL card. Every time I see it come up, I’m like, “GODDAMN, I gotta buy that card… just so it isn’t hitting me in the face.” That’s right: This is one party you do NOT want to attend.
Well, that’s it for this week. As always, I love you, and thank you so much for reading this… and caring.
-cory
Dude, fucking sell that shit!! Don’t worry about us! Get this game out to the masses!
This is just one guy’s opinion, but I would not be offended at all if you were able to sell more boxes at Gen Con before I get my own. Why wouldn’t I want more people to buy and play this game? Seems like it would be against the spirit of community to me.
So we’re somehow up another month? I tried. I give up. Guess it’ll sit in my sister’s basement whenever it shows. Enjoy the game gen con people ;(
sadly none for Gencon people either… I fucking hate shipping bullshit
I think it’s a great idea to sell at Gen Con – but rest assured I’ll be the first one to complain on here when you actually do.
But seriously, I think it would be a missed opportunity to bring more wizards into the fold by not selling at Gen Con.
It’s a little frustrating but I think selling it would be fine. Hope you have a great GenCon!
Go ahead and sell them! The more wizards, the bloodier, like they say at the Pleasure Palace!
I’ll be angry if you don’t sell it at Gen Con!!!! People that don’t want you to sell it probably suck, so who cares what they think. Go spread the word!
Its not your fault the port is delaying the game to backers that is out of your hands. Id be ok with it.
Dude. What would uncle Andy think about not sharing Annihilagaddon with as many people as possible?
Sell that shit. Take their souls! Glory to Uncle Andyyyy!
how about a bargain, sell them early at Gencon, and give all the Kickstarters the promo, i would think that’s a win win, but for real sell, Sell, SELL
hmmm… how about all the FFF? those are people I am actually mailing stuff too
Definitely go ahead and sell them. Spread the gospel! I like the idea of sending the 2022 Gen Con promo Wizard to FFF subscribers as “compensation.” You can go ahead and sell it for a limited time on the site as well, as mentioned in the previous update, but it would be cool to get one in a mailer too.
I’d be totally in for the promo since I’m a FFF and can’t make it to Gencon this year!
As a FFF, I am perfectly fine with this idea! Go ahead and sell them at Gen Con. I would also be fine with buying the promo on the site, but who can turn down a bonus card in the FFF mailer. 🙂
Also I noticed in the previous May 27th update that there were new sleeves in the picture. Is there a date as to when those are available or are they a limited product?
all the sleeves are from the Ultra Pro stuff we did, some still floating around out there… they paid the royalty in product so I have a bunch 🙂
ABSOLUTELY SALTY AF… however I do really love your games and I love sharing the chaos of them with friends and even have tournaments with hijinks at hell high and pleasure palace with the top 4 fighting in the Annihilageddon Arena, so I do not mind waiting a few more days for it as the wait is well worth it.
So I wish you luck peddling nacho legends and others at gen con. Hell, if I lived within 8 hours of it I would make the trip just to go and buy it to have it 4 or 5 days sooner.
It makes no difference to me as a backer weather I get mine before someone at gen con. I expect people who go to gen con to leave with all sorts of games and promos not available yet for mass market. Do what you need to do to continue to make great content. Now if I show up to my local game store and it’s on their shelf before I get mine I’m gonna still not give a shit because mine is coming with an extra ass load of cool shit.
I say sell sell sell !!! The more the wizards the better..now I would be upset if they are able to get some cool ass shit for free that wasn’t necessarily available to the true dark wizards..and be playing before I can get my little grubby hands on it..cause it’s Murphy’s Law..6- 10 days maybe 10-20…But the Good is you can use the money from selling at gen con to up the products in the FFF!!!
Your care for your fans is truly astounding and I appreciate you checking with us about gen con but you don’t have to. Peddle that Shizz! Sell them all! Good luck at Gen con, wish I could be there! Take lots of photos!
Sell sell sell! Get this out to the people, personally I think it’s close enough to everyone getting their hands on it from the kickstarter anyway.
Those uncut sheets are cool as fuck! Definitely hoping for a golden ticket in a mailer 😍 would fit nicely in the collection
Sell at GenCon. That’s how you get more word of mouth about the game and therefore can keep making more.
Complaining about someone else getting there’s a week or two earlier is stupid, since even us KS backer are gonna have that issue between each other.
(or other KS where some got it months ago and some are still waiting).
awesome of you to include us. but in the end, you gotta do what you need to do for you and your brand. 🙂
Sell them!!! Appreciate the passion💀⚡️
One more vote for you to sell!
If you were not asking or informing us, that would be a dick move, yes.
But purely on economical base and sanity you can’t do otherwise.
Drop us the promo in the FFF for sure 😉
Always remember that you have hardcore fans abroad too and reaching a convo is not possible to many of us.
Hi! Im one of the ks followers and I think its cool to bring those games to de Gen con. Dont miss that oportunity.
Also, I like what you are going to do with the FFF mailers. However, please dont forget the people, like me, that are taking all the mailers in one delivery for avoiding those taxes… Its already annoying having to wait :s
Dont lose your passion with this game! Its awesome
Hye Cory just sell them man! if this means more esw fans i’d deffinitely go for it!
this has nothing to do with money just putting the game out there and that’s fucking epic. Sometimes if i show A1 to ppl theyre like “oh great another half assed deckbuilder” until they ACTUALLY play the game, then that bold shitty statement goes really fast to WTF… i NEED this game. So yeah show it, demo it, sell it! And to Bill Wilhelm over on the kickstarter page, first of all its CRYPTOZOIC!
second… shut the fuck up man where all on the same boat here. Cut them some slack if you even reading over here.
Seriously dude Bill, if we where in the arena together i’d wipe the living floor with you and steal all your nacho power chips!
Sell them, deep in our hears, us backers know we are the superior breed anyways.
Sell them! As a backer I’m totally fine with that!! Also will you have any convention exclusive promos at gen con?
i believe there was an exclusive Wizard/Familiar but nothing disclosed as to who/what.
I’m fine with it being sold at Gen Con. Anything that helps support this fanfuckingtastic game is all good.
Also, uncut sheets of the cards is dope AF. I play MtG and I have an uncut sheet of cards, it’s awesome.