@Kurt: We did want to include turn order cards, but we were limited by cost of goods and didn't want to shortchange you on Mooks and/or Mafia cards to do that.

And you're right, if you draw an additional card in step 4, you can't play it until your next turn unless it is a Special card that lets you play it at any time.

And you only have to discard a piece of evidence after you Whack a Mook. Since a Fuhgeddaboutit cancels the action, the attacker does not have to discard anything. So if you don't commit a crime, you don't have to discard any evidence.

@Kirk: I have one other report of this happening. It appears a few games were packaged incorrectly. I've notified the printer so they can try and figure out what went wrong, but in the meantime I'm going to get this corrected. Anyone that runs into this problem should send me an email.

@Roger: We just started shipping Deadfellas to all our backers at the end of last week, so I'm surprised you got yours so quickly. But everyone else should be on the lookout for their copies, which should be coming in the next week or so.

@JD: I understand how you feel, JD, and I'm sure you are not alone. The delays have been frustrating and embarrassing, to say the least. Rest assured that if it were as simple as just getting it done, I would have done so already. We have the cards, we have the design, and thanks to our Kickstarter backers, we have the money for the print run. We just need to iron out all the details that go into doing a large print run--and unfortunately, that takes time. And when you switch printers, you have to start that process again.

Regardless, I'm not going to make any more excuses. I am well aware that people have put their faith in me and Exile and getting Deadfellas out the door is my top priority--and has been for some time. But if you or anyone feels like your faith has been misplaced, send me a personal message and I'll see that we refund your money.

@Loretta: We can't wait to get Deadfellas into people's hands. Fortunately, it looks like we've found a reliable domestic printer--which is no small feat, I assure you. But the extra time has allowed us to do some additional playtesting and we've found a couple of ways to make the game even more fun, so it's hard to feel too badly about the delay. We think everyone will like the finished product. Regardless, I'll be sure to post an update as soon as we have the printer situation sorted out. That'll be big news!

@JD: You bet, JD. I've had an update in the works for a few days now, but keep getting sidetracked and haven't posted it yet. I'll put the finishing touches on that and get that out tonight.

@JD: Thanks for your understanding. I'll be sure to post as soon as the cards are off to the printer.
@Doug: Kickstarter only lets me send out one survey to backers, so I'm holding off on sending it until we get ready to mail out the games. With that being said, Brian just finished up the original sketches for backers that pledged $100 or more. So I've asked for addresses from those folks so I can get those out as soon as possible.
@Marc: Thanks! We got great feedback on Deadfellas at Gen Con. I'll post an update about that later.

Good question, JD. I'll bet some other people are wondering the same thing. Let me clarify.

The art and design for Deadfellas are done, as is the gameplay. But continued playtesting has brought up one or two things to tweak--namely clarifying some wording and shifting around the bullet holes on some cards. So aside from those minor changes, the game is ready to go to the printers.

Now, each printer has a different formatting requirements for their card sheets, and our printer selection depended on how well the Kickstarter project went--some handle volume better than others. So now that Deadfellas is funded, we're picking out the printer and getting the card sheets put together. So while the game is done, there is still a lot of work that goes into "sending it to the printers" and I wanted to be open about that.

Aside from that, though. We have some promo cards to make. And it's looking like we'll want to get those printed at the same time as the rest of the cards. So that is one area where the card art is not done yet. But we're figuring that out now and it shouldn't hold us up for long as we can get that done while working out the above details.

So I apologize if I misled you in any way. Totally unintentional, I assure you. I just want you all to know where we're at with Deadfellas so you can see it moving along, step by step.

The Mooks may be going down, CW, but your star is clearly on the rise. Thanks for the support!

Thanks, Stephen. We're really happy to have reached our goal--and we're really looking forward to getting Deadfellas into people's hands. We've still got some work to do to make that happen, but that's only because we care about giving people a great game.

I'd be happy to, Fred. I always comparing notes with you.