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The perilous racing experience for 2-6 distinguished pilots. The ambitious debut from Split Second Games.

Quicksilver: The Great Airship Race

The perilous racing experience for 2-6 distinguished pilots. The ambitious debut from Split Second Games.
The perilous racing experience for 2-6 distinguished pilots. The ambitious debut from Split Second Games.
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Split Second Games
448 backers pledged $33,380 to help bring this project to life.
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Check out our latest game, Paradox!

Hi everyone,

It's been a year and half since we shipped the last rewards for Quicksilver. Since then, we've been working on a new project that we're incredibly excited about.

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Free Mini-Expansion and What's to Come

Hi everyone,

We're very happy to say that everything has been sent out and delivered, and we can officially put this Kickstarter project to bed.

YEAR IN REVIEW

Since we... Read more

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FINALLY! Wood boxes are ready to ship, please confirm addresses

Hi everyone,

So the time has finally come.  The boxes are done, and we will begin delivering by the end of the week.

Here are the important bits:

1) PLEASE... Read more

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Boxes: Lessons Learned & What the heck is taking so long.

I am a lousy estimator of the time it takes to make 40 wooden boxes.  This much is apparent by now.

Those of you waiting for a wood box are... Read more

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Checking in & Progress report

Hi everyone! 

It's been a little while since I reported in, so I just to check with everyone to make sure that everyone has received their copy of Quicksilver.  Some... Read more

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Progress Report on Wood Boxes

Hi all you interested parties,

Randy here again.  As per a recent comment, and in light of recent news about another company's failed efforts post Kickstarter, I thought it might... Read more

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Status on Final Backer Rewards, Origins and Stretch Rewards, and A Modest Request

Hello.  We hope you've been enjoying the past month as much as we have, and we hope that you're enjoying Quicksilver.  We have a lot of news to announce:

Status... Read more

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Shipping Update & Heading off to Origins

Hi everyone,

It's been a long 10 days since the last update, to say the least.  At this point, 97% of domestic (US) shipments have been sent, with the remaining... Read more

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Quicksilver HAS LANDED (also an apology)

THIS IS THE BIG NEWS.

Quicksilver has arrived at our warehouse, and shipments will go out starting Monday.

I need to apologize to many of our $50 backers, who have... Read more

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Progress Report: 5/28 - Quicksilver Arrives in Chicago Tomorrow

OK, *THIS* is the last update until the BIG Update: Quicksilver has successfully cleared customs (woo hoo!), and the entire container should arrive at our shipper's Chicago warehouse tomorrow (one... Read more

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Progress Report 5/14: Quicksilver is at US Port

Last big news until THE big news.  We just got confirmation that Quicksilver has arrived at the port in Los Angeles.  Once it goes through customs (5-7 days unless our... Read more

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Quicksilver is setting sail!

Hi everyone!

As of this morning, our manufacturer reports that Quicksilver has officially been delivered to the port in Shenzhen, China and will be loaded onto a ship early next... Read more

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Process Update: Wood Boxes

Hi again, everyone.

This update is primarily for our backers who'll be receiving wood boxes.

My dad & I feel that we're past half-way point in terms of the process... Read more

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Brief news: Game night! 4/17 at Dice Dojo in Chicago

Hi all,

I'm currently wrapping up a very long post about the wood box process, but I just wanted to get a couple quick announcements out there.

First off, we're... Read more

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Big News: Unboxing the Advance Copies!

Hi all,

Randy here again with a very exciting update!  We received our advance copies on Thursday, and after going over it with a fine-toothed comb, we're very happy with... Read more

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Progress Report 2/15: Production, Pre-Orders, and more Production

Hi friends,

First off, a late Happy Valentine's Day to our backers and supporters. We've been quiet for a few weeks now, getting all the behind-the-scenes stuff up and running.... Read more

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We're off to the printers!

HI all,

Randy here with a quick update.  

So since I last wrote to you all, 2 major things have happened: On November 18th, my wife gave birth to... Read more

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Status Update: Cards!

Hi all,

First off, I'd like to thank all of you for your enduring patience as we get this game finalized. Principal manufacturing has begun on some of the game's... Read more

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Postcards & Prints shipped! Also, game update.

Hi all, Randy here with some quick news.

Our $10 & $20 backers should be receiving their postcards & posters soon from the friendly people at the USPS.  Posters are... Read more

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Art for Print & Postcard Revealed

Hey everyone,

It's been a little bit since we poked our heads up, so I wanted to give you a quick update.  Postcards & Prints are at the printers and... Read more

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Surveys to start going out tonight. (EDIT: Oops, not quite, see below)

Hey everyone,

It's been a quiet week as we've been decompressing and getting our action plan together for production.  Now that we've got our schedule in place, it's time to... Read more

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So we eat ramen for a little bit...

Wow.  Here we are.  And you all fought so hard for Quicksilver.  Kickstarter rules prevented us from contributing our own money here, but nothing says we can't give our own... Read more

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Successfully raised $33,380 with 448 backers

Their loss, your gain!

We've had 2 bid cancellations at the $175 wood box level. That frees up 2 boxes at a much more affordable price point for two of you! Remember, boxes at... Read more

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WE DID IT!!!!

Quicksilver will become an actual, physical thing.  We simply cannot express the gratitude and humility we feel for your generosity.  A week ago, we were resigned to let this quietly... Read more

Reach Goal 1 Reduced!

Hi Everyone,

We can't say how much we appreciate all the momentum we've been getting over the last 2 days.  We seriously could not be doing this without your help... Read more

New Incentives!

Hi everyone,

To help us reach our goal, we're adding a few new incentives & pledge levels. First up is a t-shirt, featuring a stylized rendering from the fan-favorite card, ... Read more

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One week to go...

And less than $9000 left as of this post.  We're doing our best to get the word out, but we are going to need your help to put Quicksilver in... Read more

Geekdad reviews Quicksilver!

Hey all, just wanted to post an update to let you know that Jonathan Liu, senior editor at Geekdad, has just posted his review of Quicksilver over at Wired.  Go... Read more

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We're at 50%! Also, Rules Demo Added to Project Page

Hi Everyone,

Happy Independence Day to our American Backers!  What a great day to hit 50% of our goal.

I've just added a full video walkthrough of Quicksilver's rules, which... Read more

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Wooden Boxes, Reloaded.

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Updated Rulebook

We just wanted to bring your attention to the updated rulebook, available from the same link on the project page, or here.  We've just made some cosmetic tweaks and clarified some... Read more

Wood boxes Backer update.

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For backers only

Regarding your love for wooden boxes...

Hi everyone, Randy here.

I must say, we were absolutely stunned & humbled (or stumbled, if you will) that our premium hand-made boxes sold out in 7 hours.... Read more

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