Oh, Friday, you only come once a week, but your tender embrace is always so sweet.
Sure, the weekend’s here and I am looking forward to that, but Friday is also time to reflect on the week and say, “Hey, I fucking rocked it… good job, me” or in more dire circumstances, “WOW, that week sucked but at least it’s over… fuck me.” Either way, it’s a bit of a win. Last week sucked. This week was much better. We actually launched our Kickstarter for DC Deck-Building Game: Justice League Dark, and it’s going great. Super proud of the team… they are really killing it with that line of games. There is also a crazy cool community supporting it.
If you haven’t had a chance check it out: LINK
The new Indiana Jones movie comes out this weekend… looking forward to that (praying it’s good). As you can imagine, as a JONES, I’m a big fan of the franchise. I remember seeing the first one pretty vividly. I was 12… my dad took me to see it. He was excited and thought it was going to be great. Looking at the poster, I was only mildly excited. I was a pretty huge D&D nerd (with a minor in Star Wars) at this point, but as a kid I REALLY wanted to be a big-game hunter. I would actually say that was my first “job I wanted.” Which is extra weird as I was raised vegetarian and would literally cry in the meat section of the grocery store because I felt so bad for the animals. In retrospect, it was probably the outfit I was in love with…
Sort of an Indiana Jones vibe to it, so yes, I did have mild excitement.
Anyway, we went to the mall to see it, quickly stopping at Scotto’s pizza for a slice before the movie, and a couple of quick video games at TILT, the arcade next door. (It was about as ’80s an experience as you could have.) MAN, I was blown away by that movie, because of FUCKING course I was. Shit, EVEYONE was… it’s damn near perfect. And my love for Indiana Jones has remained intact even with the variable quality of the movies. That perfect first film goes a long way for me. So yeah, I hope it’s good 😊
So this week instead of previewing cards, I was going to show off the FUCKING amazing packaging we put together for the “Spellbook” set. So behold the box!
INSANE! Right? I made it SPELLBOOK SHAPED. It even has the rounded side… ya know, like a BOOK. We have a fold-over magnetic closing lid. The material is a high-quality matte finish. Overall, it just looks so cool. AND that’s not all! As you can see it was designed to hold ALL your Champion Wizards, Familiars, and Spellbooks. It will hold all the ones that currently exist and probably the next couple of years’ worth of expansions! We even doubled the thickness of the plastic insert to be extra durable!
So… this is awkward. Originally it was just going to be a little box, nothing special. That’s why I made the Kickstarter version come without the box, so we could ship it in with the other cards and have no increase in shipping cost to accommodate the box. IT WAS FOR YOUR COST BENEFIT! But… now, well uhhh, my guess is you’re gonna want this.
WELP, I will go ahead and eat the cost. That’s right: We will be including the full Spellbook storage box in all the Kickstarter pledges that bought the Spellbook set (I think its like 900 of you).
We will pay the extra shipping and the extra production cost of the actual storage box.
And I want you to know the only reason I’m doing this is because… I love you so much, and really and truly appreciate your support.
Until next week, much love
-cory
Holy shit that spellbook is sexy AF. I was already making a mental note to buy it from the shop but throwing it in for the backers for free is a classy as hell move.
Love it. Thanks for the update Cory!
That thing is… LIT!
That’s awesome!!! I’m so excited you changed your mind.!!
Sweet, is that going to be what you can buy from the store? Annd when will that be available on the store?
I sure hope it’s available for purchase through the store..I was led to believe it wasn’t going to be the same edition through Kickstarter..just the cards then the bait and switch..I really hope I don’t have to get one one the secondary market..bad call Cory…bad call..
Man, if I knew this’d be coming I would’ve grabbed the Add-On. I remember the campaign saying that was mainly for international so they wouldn’t need to pay extra when the spellbook went online and that while Gen Con would get a fancy box, the add on wouldn’t. Any chance I can alter my Backerkit?
I’m in the same boat!
Hahaha! Love the big game hunter story. One of the only parts of your posts I’ve been able to share with my kids 😄
The spell book box looks amazing! Well done sir. Thank you so much for including it so I don’t have to see it in a Gencon video and then panic to find a friend who was at the Con to pick one up for me. Lol
Is there a way to unlock my order to add this bad boy? Now I need it but i didnt bought the spellbook set (yet)
That is so awesome. Thank you Dr Jones
I purchased the spell book set but wasn’t actually sure what the spell books are for. I’ve only played annihilageddon 1 and 2 and haven’t got around to playing the spell building games. I assumed it was for those.
So glad I backed this. I added the retro Wizard set but it appears I didn’t need to now as all of the Wizards will be kept in this sexy fucking box.
Nice one Cory.
On a side note….. How much would I have to pay you to get a unicory card that looks fucking hilarious.
This is fucken RAD and I Love it. Can’t wait to have all this in my hands! Now I just need my 6month to learn how to be a bad ass and play table top games with me!
yyeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh….
i buy two sets of spells… for my and a friend… i recieve good 2 spells box ? ^^
HEY! Where do I get my Cory Jones Champion???
Omfg!!! That box is so sick looking! I’m so glad I decided to get spell box in my kickstarter! I am even more excited than before to get this sent to me! Take all the time you need if you are going to continue to make such awesome content!
wow! this is really cool. you even warned us and everything about how no frills this item packaging would be during the campaign, and now you’re out here offering free upgrades after the fact, unexpectedly and unwarranted. you just don’t see this level of fan appreciation/consideration in the kickstarter world these days. big hugs.
You’re the greatest Cory!!!