Alex C wrote:
They only said they're losing money on SOME Mine Cart pledge levels.

For some reason a lot of people have mistakenly read that as ALL Mine Cart levels and/or Outlaw levels.

@ Jonathan Buchalter – “Will we be able to upgrade to minecart via the pledge manager? I for one full intend to do so if able?”

– Again, due to production costs being higher than anticipated, I can’t say one way or another just yet. That won’t really be finalized until the PM goes live.

 Azazelx wrote:
Well, I think we've all learned a few valuable lessons about backing any further Kickstarters from Flying Frog at least.

Sick as I can get at times, that has never deterred me from being able to sit at a computer to waste time.

Update #41

Sep 9 2014

Reports from Gen Con and PAX! Seattle Pick Up! Pledge Manager! Wave One Shipping Begins Soon! Essen Pick Up?!?
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Hello Brimstone Fans!

Rumors of our untimely demise from Con Flu were exaggerated...but not by much! Most of the team fell prey to sickness from the nearly back-to-back game-fests known as Gen Con and PAX Prime. We are recovering, but there is little time to rest with the flood of action taking place in the next days and weeks! Let's jump right into it, starting with news from Gen Con and PAX...



Gen Con and PAX
Gen Con is our biggest event each year and this year was no exception! We had a large booth in the Exhibit Hall and all of our games were demoed and sold at the booth. The main attraction, of course, was Shadows of Brimstone! We had Pro-Painter, Aaron Lovejoy, at the booth answering questions and demonstrating his painting techniques. He was actually working on upcoming figures for Shadows of Brimstone! So, it was a good sneak preview as well as a showcase for his painting techniques.




Fifty KS Backers were on the RSVP List for Gen Con Pick Up and got their games at the booth throughout the show. On Sunday, we got even more KS Backers their games! We were very excited to meet each of the Backers and personally thank them for supporting Flying Frog and the project.

We also had tables set up for gamers to build their Shadows of Brimstone game models and a big game signing on Friday, including the Flying Frog team and UK Artist, Ralph Horsley, who did the cover art for both core sets.



On Saturday at Gen Con, we had a huge Brimstone Event called 'Dark Stone Rush'! It was an epic adventure with 16 players simultaneously running through a huge fixed mine board. As heroes died, new players took their spot, so many gamers got the chance to take part in the game. Heroes fought all manner of creatures while hunting for Dark Stone! Along the way, they revealed hidden treasures in crates throughout the mine. These held both in-game goodies like Gear and Artifacts and real world prizes like Flying Frog Games!




The event was a rare chance for both Jason and Scott to run a special one-time event mission. At the end of the event, everyone who played and even those that watched got to grab a random Shadows of Brimstone game miniature in special Red colored plastic. It was a great time for all involved and we can't wait to come up with another special event for next year!



PAX Prime was hot on the heels of Gen Con and offered another opportunity for us to meet, chat with, and personally thank many of our KS Backers! Everyone we talked to was very excited about the game and most got their first chance to demo at the show. We were pleased to hear over and over again that the game lived up to their great expectations!



A large display case showed off the prototypes of upcoming Shadows of Brimstone miniatures. Here you can see the male and female Wandering Samurai.
A large display case showed off the prototypes of upcoming Shadows of Brimstone miniatures. Here you can see the male and female Wandering Samurai.
We had limited supplies of the Shadows of Brimstone Core Sets for sale at the shows and the lucky gamers who picked up a copy were thrilled and have already begun to spread the word on the internet and in their gaming communities! We also had the opportunity to do some interviews and press at the shows. So, while it was incredibly expensive to air freight advanced copies of the games, it was worth it for the good word of mouth and publicity generated!



PAX was the first reveal of the giant Dark Stone Hydra! In this image, you can also see the Void Hound, Undead Outlaw, Flesh Stalker, Dark Stone Brutes, Dark Stone Pylon, and some of the Scafford Gang.
PAX was the first reveal of the giant Dark Stone Hydra! In this image, you can also see the Void Hound, Undead Outlaw, Flesh Stalker, Dark Stone Brutes, Dark Stone Pylon, and some of the Scafford Gang.
Pledge Manager!!!

After months of planning and preparation, the Pledge Manager will launch later this week! We have a few changes from the original Kickstarter page and lots of new surprises in store! The changes are based on the evolution of the game since we did the Kickstarter last year. We were always careful to make things fair when any changes were needed. For example, the biggest change needed was for an early Stretch Goal ($140K) - giving an extra copy of the standard room tiles and passage tiles. At the time, we thought that it might be interesting to have extras for players to make pre-fixed mine boards. As the game developed more, that stretch goal became less interesting and not very useful. At the same time, we realized that we really should have had a set of "Frontier Bandit" enemies for use in the Frontier Town Expansion (and in the mines). So, we decided to drop the useless extra passages and standard rooms and replace them with a brand new set of Frontier Bandit enemies! We are confident that Backers would prefer getting more NEW content over duplicate components.

We also added some new items to the Pledge Manager, including a few of the items that were close, but not quite unlocked by the end of the Kickstarter. There are even a few brand new items that were developed after the close of the Kickstarter! It should be very exciting and we can't wait to go live with the Pledge Manager!

Wave 1 Shipping Starts

The first ocean freight container of Shadows of Brimstone Core Sets has arrived in Seattle!!!

Due to a production delay at the factory that manufactures the dice, they did not have enough dice to fill all of the games in this first container before the shipment had to depart. We have been working closely with the factory to get all of the dice we need and they will be air freighting the missing dice to us this week! (All further shipments of games will have the dice packed inside the Core Set boxes as normal) Right now, we are unpacking the shipment and getting everything ready. Any dice not packed inside a game box will be included in a small zip bag in the same Wave 1 package.

Wave 1 Shipping should begin as early as mid-late next week!!! This will include backers from the US and everywhere in the world except the EU (due to EU backers having their games shipped from within the EU, which means they have to be handled separately, as detailed below).

EU Wave 1 Shipping and Possible Essen Pick-up

As promised, we will be shipping out Wave 1 to all of our EU backers from within the EU, starting in late October! A shipping container of games is loaded and will be heading out from China directly to the EU Next week! Ocean freight travel to Europe from China can take some time though, so it will be arriving in mid-October and, once it is through customs, we will be unpacking the container and preparing backer shipments to go out.

This means that we may have the opportunity for an Essen pick-up for KS Backers! We are working hard to get games to Europe in time for the show. Any European backers that will be attending the Essen Game Fair and would like to Pick-up their games in person, to get the games a few weeks early and get them signed by the creative team on the project, will be able to RSVP to get on a list of EU Backer pick-ups. Unlike Gen Con or PAX though, assuming the games arrive in time for the show, any and all backers that would like to pick-up their Wave 1 games at Essen will be able to do so.

But, before we can start taking RSVPs for an Essen Pick-up, we need to be reasonably sure that the games will arrive in time. Therefore, the RSVPs will not open just yet, but hopefully sometime in the next few weeks, as we get closer to the show and have a better idea if the container will arrive in time to get through customs and unload a small portion of it to bring to the fair.



Seattle Pick Up
While we were at PAX Prime in Seattle, so many KS Backers that we talked to asked if we were doing a Seattle Area Pick-Up. It seemed possible because we are based in the Seattle-area. Over the course of the show, we went from "Oh, that's an interesting idea" to "We may try to do something" to "We need to do a Seattle area pick up!" based on the interest level and enthusiasm of Backers that we talked to. So, we are very excited to say that we have secured an amazing location and have just finalized the details:

Shadows of Brimstone Kickstarter Seattle Pick-Up

4-10PM Saturday, September 13th

@ Spooked in Seattle

102 Cherry St.

Seattle, WA 98104

It will be a fun time where KS Backers can come pick up their games, meet the development team, have any of your FFP games signed, see previews of new Shadows of Brimstone content from Wave 2, play Shadows of Brimstone game demos, and even put together your figures! The location of the event is in Pioneer Square in the heart of downtown Seattle. Spooked in Seattle has walking tours of haunted Seattle sights at 6 and 8:15PM that day and KS Backers get a discounted rate! We need to know how many people are coming to the Seattle Pick-up, so please RSVP as soon as possible to admin@flyingfrog.net.

That's it for the moment, but watch your email this week for more news about the Pledge Manager!

Thanks,

Scott and Jason

We will post more info about the Pledge Manager later this week, but you WILL be able to upgrade your existing Outlaw Pledge to a MineCart (Round 9).

 Azazelx wrote:
Did anyone else find that their response to the first 85% of that update was some variation of "I don't give a feth" ? It was certainly mine.

 Alpharius wrote:
Best line I've read in the KS Comments for this one was:

"...the crappiest crap that ever crapped."

Bravo Forar, Bravo!

 Forar wrote:
what's everyone thinking of getting.