Production & Shipping Update
almost 3 years ago – Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 02:50:03 AM

Hello all,

I know that many of you are waiting for an update after yesterday's meeting so before the weekend hits I'll give you guys the highlights although there are still some details we are waiting on confirming.

Good news on production. Once we give them the green light the games can be ready to ship in two weeks. The plan is to get printing going next week.

For shipment, we are looking into a few options. One option is to use a fulfilment agent in China that would send to backers quickly but we are waiting to hear on their costs and schedule. If this doesn't prove to be a good option we will get everything sent to us in Hong Kong.

That will mean we can fulfil all the Hong Kong orders easily and quickly.  For our backers in USA, UK, EU, CA, AUS/NZ and RoW we are waiting for pricing on fulfilment from HK if sent via airmail.  If the product gets sent to HK our ideal would be that we can fly the product to you and save the month or so at sea.

I will be in touch (hopefully) next week once we have further information about pricing and how we are going to get these games into your hands.

Thanks again for your patience guys.

Production and Shipping Update
almost 3 years ago – Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 05:25:37 PM

Hello all,

We hope you are all well. For those of you who missed the comments that any2cards was referring to we'll do an update here and keep the main update stream informed from now on so no one misses anything.

Firstly, thank you all for your patience and we are just really sorry that global events have impacted this project in this way. The main issue that we have been facing is that shipping rates went through the roof and have stayed very expensive. This was also compounded by shipping hold-ups which lengthened shipping times. We had been told that there was an expectation for shipping rates to drop back down around March/April time however this didn't happen. So over the past two weeks rather than waiting, we have been looking at various options to get you the games to you as soon as possible.

There are various options on the table and some of which are yet inconclusive, however, we are having a meeting this Thursday to get things more concrete on the shipping, and then we'll update you on what the plan is.

On the production side of things, we have been in the production phase for a long time as we paused it at the printing stage whilst this shipping issue was worked out so that we wouldn't have extra storage costs and to minimize the chance of damp and humidity affecting the product which if printed would have had to sit in a warehouse in China until shipping was sorted. That said, we went through the extensive back and forth with the factory sorting out corrections, etc. and they are all ready to print. We received a message today that once we give them the green light they will be ready to ship in 3 weeks which is a good lead time for china production.

Unless there is a dramatic shift in global shipping we may well need to use different tactics for each region but we'll update you on this after Thursday.

Thank you for all your patience and I cannot wait for Caves of Rwenzori to get shipped.

We'll be in touch soon

Factory Update & Pre-Production Samples
about 3 years ago – Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 12:10:04 PM

Hi everyone, 

We hope you are doing well!

Factory Update

For those of you who haven't read our last update, please refer back to it: On February 12th, 2021 Chinese New Year was celebrated here in Asia and by the beginning of March 2021 we are hoping factory employees will begin arriving back at the factories, however, due to not going home for 2 years regarding start dates may be impacted.

At the moment we are communicating and waiting for the factory to confirm with us on what date production would be able to start for Caves of Rwenzori. We have also been communicating with our logistics partner to find out if the shipping prices have returned to normal levels.

Incomplete Shipment Surveys

We still have 70 incomplete shipment surveys.

If you are one of the 70 backers that have not yet completed the survey, please will you confirm your shipment details as soon as possible, otherwise you will not be able to receive your backed goodies. Thank you!

Please click here to access your survey.

Updated Version of Treasure Hunter & Hidden Passage Expansion Print & Play

We have created a special print and play version of the Treasure Hunter Expansion & Hidden Passage Expansion during the past Christmas season, however there were some complications with the document that we have sent out to you. 

Click here to download the updated Print & Play document.

Final Rule Book

Click here to download the final Caves of Rwenzori rule book.

Pre-production Teaser Samples

For our next update we will be unboxing the Pre-production samples we received from the factory. But in the mean time here is just a teaser of the box designs.

Many thanks,

The Vivid Games Team

IMPORTANT UPDATE
about 3 years ago – Tue, Jan 19, 2021 at 11:03:48 PM

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Update & Seasons Greetings!
over 3 years ago – Sat, Dec 19, 2020 at 11:38:23 PM

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