Project schedule
over 6 years ago
– Sun, Sep 29, 2019 at 11:37:11 PM
Hello all! Finally I have chosen the manufacturer for Exploration. In my opinion they are one of the best manufacturer in board games industry! We are after Kick-off meeting and everything looks very promising.
#1 Project schedule
As you can see in October we will work mostly on files preparation. It means that we will check all titles, headers, vocabulary on every game component. We also need to prepare all components according to the manufacturer's requirements (colors, cut patterns, etc.).
#2 Rulebook issues
Works on the instruction are carried out in two ways. We finish the graphic design and we are improving the content of the rulebook, which is extremaly difficult for French, German, Italian and Spanish. The plan is to adjust proofread versions to the graphic design. In the meantime, I came up with idea how you can support rulebook writing. If you want to support, please download the rulebook, write the comments in documents and send it back in .doc or .pdf format to our email [email protected]. Backers with the best support will receive free upgrade to all-in gameplay or Collector's pledge. After sending us your thoughts, our writers will take them into account when they adapt the text to the graphic design.The deadline for sending files is 27 October. I hope you will like this crowdsourcing event!
#3 BackerKit pre-order
At the end I would like to inform you that tomorrow we will close our pre-order store on BackerKit. There are still 82 surveys missing, so if someone has not yet received any information, check your email and private mailbox at KS.
Kind Regards
Damian Korus
Pledge manager closed and...
over 6 years ago
– Mon, Sep 09, 2019 at 02:25:54 AM
Hello all! As I expected first month after campaign will be very though, with low progress. We had to clarify taxes, payments, negotiations with manufacturers and design improvements.
#1 Pledge manager
Currently I received 1049 completed surveys. Thank you very much! Unfortunately there are still 139 missing surveys... 21 of missing pledges are from backers who made a full pledge on Kickstarter. We will continue to contact with all of you via private messages and emails.
#2 Locking orders
At first I would like to apologise you for inconvenience and clarify the situation with shipping. Before the start of campaign we planned to charge you for shipping on February 2020 and this remains relevant. In pledge manager we made PayPal payments available. After payment by PayPal your account/card was immediately charged.
So, we will keep our initial plan as we promised, but if you care about speed up with payment, we can do it. Please just contact us.
#3 Component samples
We received blank samples from manufacturers. Base on them we prepared Exploration specification sheet. Please take a look at it here.
If you have any kind of suggestions, please let me know.
#4 Design improvements
We have started design improvement activity. We neeed it to make the rules easier to understand. The best example are Lagrangian points. From the beginning I had a problem with explanation how special module drops on Lagrangian points works. Instead of text we plan to add icons or symbols. For example instead of writing on card "you will receive 4 credits per turn" we will put there the icon. All icons will be explained in rulebook. Soon I will share more details and examples.
#5 Rulebook languagues versions
French
German
Italian
Polish
Spanish
As I mentioned on the beginning there are no spectacular news. The most important information is that we are on schedule, but there is still a lot to do. Next update is planned after we will order game manufacturing (around beginning of October).
Kind Regards
Damian Korus
Pledge Manager!
over 6 years ago
– Sat, Aug 03, 2019 at 02:14:24 AM
Hello all! At first I would like to apologise you for a few days delay. I hope everything works properly now and you will be able to fill in our fulfillment survey, upgrade your pledge etc. Let's start!
#1 Pledge manager
You will have around one month to fill in your backer survey. The deadline for this activity is 31/08/2019. Please do it until end of August.
In the first step you will be able to switch your pledge level and choose your country for shipping. As we wrote on campaign page, there is an option of local pick up on the most popular board game conventions Gen Con, Dice Tower Con, Origins Game Fair and Spiel Essen. If you are interested in, please choose local pick up as a country for shipping.
In the next step you will be able to select your game language. For add-ons it will be the same method. We have already prepared draft version of rulebooks in German, Spanish and Polish. We will share it with you in the next update, as soon as we prepare French and Italian.
#2 Late pledges
Many people ask us about late pledges, that's why we decided to open pre-order store on BackerKit. You can find it down the link below: Late pledge
We will cooperate with retailers, so to avoid overlapping pre-orders with our partners, we will close the pre-order store on 30/09/2019.
Like always, in case of any problems or questions feel free to ask.
Kind Regards
Damian Korus
We did it! What next?
over 6 years ago
– Wed, Jul 10, 2019 at 01:51:36 AM
Hello all! It was a great campaign with great finish! Thank you very much for your support, comments and suggestions.
What next?
For many people this is the end of this project, but not for us. For us is just a beginning!
#1 Processing payments
Standard time for Kiskcstarter is 14 days to collect your payments. Please contact Kickstarter support if your credit card will not accept the payment. They will help you and you will have another 7 days to fix it.
#2 Pledge manager
We will send you surveys after situation with payments will clarify - 29th of July. We will use popular service - BackerKit. The majority of you is familiar with this pledge manager, but if you have any kind of questions, feel free to ask.
#3 Updates
Before start of mass production we would like to keep informing you about current project status once per 2 weeks. We want to share with you everything, we will check the quality samples, we will choose the new names for our spaceships end many more. You will be able to provide your feedback and ideas! We will share with you bad news and good news (hopefully there will be only good news :)). We had many problems during relaunch preparation period but we finally fix everything.
Once again thank you all for joining our team. Now it's a time to create a great space themed board game - Exploration!
Kind Regards
Damian Korus
Save the Earth in 24 hours!
over 6 years ago
– Tue, Jul 09, 2019 at 12:01:28 AM
Hello all! Finally we're on the last straight. Unfortunately, scientists have discovered the ultimate danger to our planet. A huge asteroid flies towards Earth. We have only 24 hours to evacuate 1000 people to Mars and other near Earth objects!
#1 Asteroid
I'm very happy to announce our last Stretch Goal - the Asteroid. To unlock it we need at least 1000 backers at the end of campaign.
It is a new game mode. This game mode is designed for 3-5 players and takes 8 turns. One player takes control over the Asteroid, while the rest try to stop him from hitting the Earth. For Asteroid game goal is simple, it must destroy the Earth. Other players have to co-operate. There are two winning conditions.
1st - Destroy the Asteriod - it has similar resistance to spaceships, but it is much harder!
2nd - Build habitats on near Earth objects and evacuate people - number of required habitats depends on number of players.
Beware. Asteroid has special power. It can blow up meteors and destroy your spaceships or habitats that you have built. Number of blows is limited and depends on nubmer of players.
Asteroid mode is in early beta. We played this mode only 6 times, anyway every time we played, it was a great fun! Soon, we will publish more details about rules.
I hope you will like this stretch goal.
Kind Regards
Damian Korus
