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Update #30: And We're Off!
We had some slight delays in getting exact file specifications from Panda GM*, but yesterday morning we uploaded the last of our files, popped over to our credit union, and wired them the down payment. So if we're reading the quote correctly, that means within 30 days we ought to have a mockup in our hands for approval.
That means the next update you read here on Kickstarter will hopefully include a photograph of a very happy Corvus holding the world's first professionally-produced Skein Pack. We'll share more timeline details about when we can expect to see the final product in that update as well.
In the meantime, please feel free to join us at the new zakelro.com. From there you can sign up for our email newsletter, Like us on Facebook, circle us on Google+, follow us on Twitter, subscribe to our RSS feed, share your Bhaloidam expeirences, and ask us questions on the forums. You can even drop in on our IRC channel where Corvus lurks most weekdays. And when our Kickstarter backers register on the new site, they'll be added to the Founders Circle, which currently unlocks a link to the PDF download and in the future will grant access to other Founders Circle goodies as well.
Now if you'll excuse us, we've got to get to packing so we can start moving into our new home next week.
Talk to you again in about a month!
*Not because they're difficult, but because we're odd. The good news is that part of the confusion led to even more goodies for you! We opted to move the handbook's Lifewheel page to the back cover of the handbook, so it can fill in as an extra Lifewheel. Additionally, each set of tokens will now have 2 color-coded pawns, 9 positive modifier tokens, and 9 negative modifier tokens. That's 2x the pawns and 4x the modifier tokens than we originally planned.
Update #29: Typo Alert!
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Update #28: Welcome to the Founders Circle
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Update #27: Homebuying, Heat & Handbooks
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Update #26: What A Week!
We had to course correct just a teensy bit this weekend.
Those of you who don't follow Corvus or Rachel on various social networks don't know that we've been looking to buy a house - a permanent home for Zakelro! Well, an interesting house went on the market Friday evening at 8pm and when we put it into our House Hunting Rubric (a spreadsheet Corvus designed that produces a home rating on a scale of 1-5 based on location, price, size, and a number of other features) it was a 6. A 6! We went to look at it Saturday morning and immediately made an offer (our fifth offer on a house this year). And on Sunday afternoon we found out that our offer had been accepted!
So in the interest of being realistic, we decided to push the deadline out a day or two. Although we did manage to cross most of our Is and dot most of our Ts this weekend we felt... oh, drat. See what house-buying mania can do? Anyway, we decided to take the extra time and make sure it's the Ts that are crossed and the Is that are dotted. We'd hate to have our giddiness permanently etched into the annals of Bhaloidam for all time.
HOWEVER! In the last update we said that you'd have the PDF within a week of Monday the 16th and we're going to stick to that commitment. So no later than Monday, the 23rd of April, you will be the very first people to read the Bhaloidam Handbook. We're incredibly excited and can't wait to hear about the stories you tell with it!
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Leo Lalande on April 16
Congratulations on buying a house to make your home! House buying is always stressful and exciting; but also very rewarding. I'm happy for you.
I'm also happy to hear that Bhaloidam is progressing well. I'm looking forward to reading the handbook when it becomes available.
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Céline .S. Sauvé on April 16
Congratulations! I'd made two offers on houses in 2011. Maybe your 2012 luck will rub off on me ;)
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Emerson Smith on April 16
That's fantastic! Glad you finally found the house you were looking for. I'm also looking forward to reading the handbook you guys have worked so hard on.
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Co-founder of Zakelro!, a two-person, one-poodle creative studio in Portland, OR. Drawing on 20 years of improvisational performance, RPG & board game study, and experimentation with a wide variety of creative expression, I explore the intersection of Story, Play, & Community through the art of games, performance, social media, and craft.
Wait... maybe it was going to be 6 per token set.
Regardless, there's more now and more is better. At least in this instance. ;-})
Will there still be updates here when things like the Cuthulu alternate rules are up, or will we have to keep an eye on that other site instead?
Keep an eye on the site for those sorts of updates! From this point forward, the only updates we'll make to Kickstarter will be about the timing of your rewards.