Update #90
Mar 17 2017
Production Update & Sgt Clark
Greetings Backers!
I was reminded, just yesterday, by Kickstarter that it's now the first anniversary of Twisted being funded! Again let me say how much Sebastian and I appreciate the support of each and every one of you.
Lots has happened in the last twelve months and we have both learned a great deal about the excitement, fun (and indeed stress) of bringing a product from a successfully funded Kickstarter into a real, living game!
In this update we will cover where we are at with all the elements of the game and we'll also show another awesome concept for the doughty Sgt Clark!
Production Progress
We appreciate your understanding of us running a bit behind our initially stated delivery date. As I think we have said before - nothing has actually gone wrong at any stage to speak of, it's just that things seem to take a bit longer than we estimated initially and some of these have knock on effects that hold other things up slightly.
Everything is now starting to resolve though and many things are now coming to completion. Sebastian and I thank you all for your patience and suppport!
Right - on with the stuff we are sure you all want to hear about...
Rulebooks - Physical
Printing is all but complete. I am expecting our printer to ship the first finished samples to me mid next week. This includes the Rulebook, the three decks of cards, the box, the counters, playsheets and everything!
I am terribly excited to get my hands on a copy of the final book (and a little terrified). Everyone involved in Twisted has worked really hard on it and we are truly proud of what we have achieved. We really hope you all find as much fun in playing Twisted as we had writing it!
They will be boxing everything up soon and we shall have it shipped to us so we can pack it in your pledges.
I'll be sure to post pics (maybe an unboxing video if I can organise it) when I have the samples in hand.
Rulebooks - Electronic
I know many of you have been waiting for this - many apologies for how long it has taken.
I really wanted to go through the pdf file and index it with lots of clickable links so you can just click on a reference and jump right to the relevant rule. There are lots of them in the book (and the index) so it took me quite a while.
The good news is the files are all done now - just a few small edits to make to some links - and we should release them soon (see below).
Forum
Related to the above we are having our
IT guys set up a dedicated Twisted Forum where we can all hang out and chat. It's due to be ready next week then I need to just make it pretty and add in the starting topic areas and we'll go live.
I'd like to coincide the launch of the Forum with the release of the Electronic Rules. The main reason for this is so that we can keep discussion and questions regarding the rules in a more useable form than the rolling thread that is the
KS comments section. It will allow us to track discussions more easily and keep things relevant to topic etc. Also the Forum will keep discussions cleaner and neater and you good folk can make more sense of it and find answers more easily too.
Miniatures - Metal
Every Wave 1 miniature is sculpted and has had the masters made. I was just at Eureka last night checking the layout of the next three moulds. Here's a photo of them:
These have Urkin, Trevor the Rat, the Steam Imp, Bill Psyches, Bullseye, Sowerberry, the Gentlefolk Teacher and the Gentlefolk Sailor on them. Nic should start casting these in the next week so we can approve the first run of models.
Here's one he prepared earlier - the mould with the Gamekeeper and Flower Seller on it:
He has just about finished the initial run of this mould and I should be picking them up soon for packing.
Speaking of Packing - Sebastian and I are now popping the models into wee zip-lock bags for insertion into the box sets. It's a big job but we are making good progress!
This is how the minis come back from Eureka:
We get bags of each component which we then need to pack together. This particular box has Bloodrage Urkin, Urkin Alchemancers and a few of the other Urkin in it. There are 300 of each here!
To pack them in the bags we sort the parts out into small handing containers so we can ensure all parts go into each bag.
Here you can see the Urkin Alchemancer being bagged up.
Once bagged each model is placed in a larger box for sorting into box sets.
The sleeves for the boxes are nearly complete and will be printed shortly. Each box will have a sleeve that shows the contents of it and features some awesome art by Mitchell Nolte on the front. Here's a pic of a flat sleeve for one of the Dickensians Sets.
Character Cards
Related to the discussion of box sets - printing of the Character Cards is very nearly complete too! After this is done they go off to be cut with round corners and then they will be collated and packed to go in the boxes with your miniatures.
Miniatures - Resin
Valiant are working away at casting the resin editions of all the miniatures for those of you that have ordered them. We have quite a number of these complete now and, as you saw from the Cancon pics, they have moved on to some of the Wave 2 stuff as we get masters to them.
It's only one or two of the Wave 1 minis we are waiting for stock on but that is happening as I write so it won't be long before that component of the project is complete.
Wave 2 Stuff
Once we complete the Wave 1 work then casting will begin on the Wave 2 stuff.
We have masters and resins for quite a few of the Wave 2 minis already and there are a bunch more out with sculptors at the moment.
Here is a
WIP photo of Rozzer the Urkin.
Lux Thantor is doing this one for us and he is looking fantastic as usual! Lux has really captured the chaotic Urkin feel and the distinct character of this pair of demented young lads particularly. We'll post larger, clearer images once he is finished :-)
There are also more Egyptian pieces being worked on and we shall have pictures of them to show you very soon.
I am working now on the Character Cards and rules for the Wave 2 stuff. There is still a lot to do but they will add a lot to the gameplay of Twisted with both the Guild of Harmony and Egyptians playing very differently to the Servants and Dickensians.
Here's one of the early drafts of the Character Card for the Guardians of Set:
This is still very much
WIP so don't bank on any characteristic or ability being the same by the time I'm done :-) No points value has been assigned yet either but I'm working towards a range between 17 and 19 points so they fit somewhere between an Urkin (12-14 points) and the Gentlefolk (19-29 points).
The Characteristics in brackets represent my current thinking regarding the Canopic Jars but I have to better define and test those ideas as yet.
I think that's it for the moment on the production front. It won't be long now until we can finally pack all your pledges and have them on their way to you!
Sgt Clark
One of the Characters I was rather excited to see funded in the Kickstarter was Sgt Clark - the gentlefolk Bobby.
Nicolas Amoroso has done a cracking job taking Craig's rough sketch into a finished concept ready for sculpting!
He looks suitably terse and stern. You might note he has a handful of cash - perhaps the good Sergeant isn't as incorruptible as he might, at first, appear!
The rules for Sgt Clark will be fun and I have a bunch of ideas for the mini campaign he comes with. There are more Bobbies in the works too along with some other stuff that should allow you to run an all Bobbies Company if you want. It might take a little while for this to come to fruition though :-)
That's it for now. I hope you found this update interesting and informative. If you have any questions feel free to ask and we shall endeavour to answer as quickly as we can.
If you have any problem in particular feel free to email us:
sales@dementedgames.com and we will certainly do our very best to help.
Have a nice weekend all!
Cheers
Pete
First place I looked, how did I miss that? 
Thanks!
