New Campaign Just Launched! Snowpeople!
over 1 year ago
– Wed, Nov 30, 2022 at 08:45:26 AM
Good Morning Everyone,
Over the past several weeks we've been preparing our next crowdfunding campaign for Snowpeople, a single sheet print-at-home game also designed by Joe Hout!
We really appreciated everyone's support for Animals in Espionage, and if you've enjoyed Animals in Espionage over the past year then I encourage you to check out our campaign for Snowpeople as well here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/twincitygames/snowpeople
Joe will be live streaming a play through of Snowpeople on his Twitch channel https://www.twitch.tv/BelugaBlissGames tomorrow at 12PM EST if you're able to join and play along. We'll be sharing game sheets that you can print out to play along.
Thank you again for your support for Animals in Espionage, and if you'll be at PAX Unplugged with weekend please stop by Booth 4101 and say hello!
- Cody
Kickstarter Rewards Shipped! Mission Complete!!!
over 2 years ago
– Thu, Oct 28, 2021 at 11:49:22 PM
Good Afternoon Everyone,
At this time everyone who provided a mailing address should have either already received their copies of Animals in Espionage and Enamel Pin sets or they are currently on their way to you. All of the remaining packages were shipped out yesterday, and for US backers who have not received their rewards yet you can expect them by the end of the week. The rewards for backers in Canada and Mexico were sent to our fulfillment partners last week and they are currently on their way to you, but please expect another 1-2 weeks to receive your copies. If you notice anything missing from your order, or need replacement parts for any of the components within the game, please don't hesitate to contact me at [email protected].
Whether this was your first time backing a Kickstarter Campaign or 100th time, we hope you had a positive experience with our campaign for Animals in Espionage, and we hope you'll continue to support our projects in the future. For our first campaign, I'm overall very happy with how Animals in Espionage turned out, and I think our relationship with our manufacturer and experience with our first game, Dino Dunk, really helped us be able to fulfill this Kickstarter so quickly and ship out all of the rewards within our goal month of October. For US orders we did not use a fulfillment agency, and I packed and shipped all orders myself. While it was a lot of work it was honestly a lot of fun, and I really enjoyed creating the Thank You notes and stylizing them like the envelopes for the Agent Cards in Animals in Espionage, which I don't think I could have personalized had I gone with a fulfillment agency. The workers at the UPS Store now recognize me as the "Game Guy" after showing up several days in a row with between 15-40 packages ready to drop off and I love it.
We have just a handful of local pickup orders left to coordinate, but with all shipments mailed out I'm ready to call this Kickstarter MISSION COMPLETE! But again, if you have any issues with your order, or need replacement parts, you should please contact me so I can correct any mistakes.
While the Kickstarter is winding down, this is just the beginning for Animals in Espionage as we begin working on convention and retail releases for the game. Thank You all so much for your support through Kickstarter and helping to bring Animals in Espionage to life, and if you have a BoardGameGeek account and would like to support the game again, drop by our BGG Page for the game and become a Fan and give us an honest rating after you play the game, or post a picture on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter and tag us @twincitygames and so we can like and repost.
Thanks again everyone, y'all are amazing.
- Cody
Games Arrived, Preparing Orders, Rewards Being Sent!
over 2 years ago
– Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 07:05:39 PM
Good Afternoon Everyone,
Big update inbound! Things have been pretty busy over the past week, so busy in fact I haven't even had time to see the new James Bond film! First thing's first, the games arrived safely! After opening a few of the cartons for quality control and talking to the manufacturer we're ready to share this awesome game with everyone who helped make this Kickstarter a success!
After that Joe and I were able to meet up and he was able to see the final product for Animals in Espionage for the the first time! It was an exciting time and it was great to see Joe and start discussing what we have planned next. We also took the time to work on some "Thank You" notes to our backers which everyone will be receiving with their Kickstarter rewards.
Lastly, shipping update! We've started shipping out rewards to everyone in the US, and we've reached out to our fulfillment partners in Canada and Mexico to see when we'll be able to transfer the games over to them to fulfill those regions. We expect to have over half of the Kickstarter pledges fulfilled this week, with the remainder going out early next week. For Local Pickup Backers, this Saturday October 16th I will have a table at the Winston Junction Market located at 901 Trade Street Winston-Salem, NC 27101 from 11am-4pm where you can come and pick up your Kickstarter rewards. I will be posting more opportunities to claim your rewards in the future if this weekend does not work for your schedule (I know it's short notice), and we'll make sure everyone receives their pledge.
If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to reach out to me at [email protected].
Thank you,
Cody
Shipping Update!
over 2 years ago
– Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 11:17:43 PM
Good Evening Everyone,
I hope everyone's week has started off well! I wanted to write a quick update to give everyone a status update on where we're at. First off, the air shipment has departed our manufacturer, and it is expected to arrive at our warehouse this Friday, October 1st. We were originally going to lock shipping addresses earlier, but with this new delivery date you will now have until this Thursday September 30th to update your shipping address in BackerKit.
We will be taking the weekend to prepare shipments to our fulfillment partners for Canada and Mexico as well as preparing our shipments for United States backers. We're hopeful we'll be able to start shipping out USbacker rewards starting Monday October 4th. Lastly, we're finalizing details for our backers who selected Local Pickup for their rewards, and we'll provide details on pick up locations and times as soon as we have confirmation from our potential pickup locations. If you have any questions of concerns, please feel free to reach out to me at [email protected].
Thank you all for the support, and I can't wait for the games (and pins) to arrive!
- Cody
Production Complete and Shipping Update!
over 2 years ago
– Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 07:56:41 PM
Good Afternoon Everyone,
I hope everyone has been doing well! I'm sorry that this update has been delayed so much, but there has been a lot in flux over the past two weeks and I wanted to make sure our update had some degree of certainty to it. So what have we been up to since receiving our first copy of Animals in Espionage?
Since our last update production for Animals in Espionage has completed, and the games have been packed and are ready to ship. I've worked with our manufacturer to develop a shipping plan for the games, and our current plan involves shipping Animals in Espionage in two Waves. Wave 1 shipping will be done via air freight, and will include every copy of the game ordered through the Kickstarter and all of the Enamel Pin Sets. We will also have a few extra copies of Animals in Espionage, but a majority of the games will be coming via Wave 2's ocean shipment. Due to the COVID pandemic, shipping containers are in short supply and our ocean shipment has not been able to ship at this time, but according to our manufacturer the air shipment is expected to ship this week! I'm still awaiting tracking information for our air shipment, but I will provide an update next week with the status of the shipment.
With our Kickstarter Rewards coming via air freight, we are expecting to ship out rewards to our backers within the next few weeks. I do not want to provide any exact dates for when shipments will be made until I have tracking information for the air shipment, and the games have successfully landed, but hopefully in next week's update I can provide more information regarding exact shipping timelines. We will be locking shipping addresses in BackerKit next Friday September 24th. Please ensure your shipping address is correct in BackerKit, and if you need help verifying your address please don't hesitate to message me through Kickstarter or contact me via email at [email protected].
Thank you all for the support, and stay tuned next week for hopefully some good news! I'm very excited for the games to arrive and to start shipping them out to all of our backers. Animals in Espionage has been something we've been working on for a long time and it's exciting to think about how it's finally going to make its way into the world. Originally, before the theme was changed to animals, all of the cards were different fruits, and I wanted to call it Fruit Sleuthies. I still might keep that name in my back pocket for a future project...
