Deck of Many Insults

We have cleared the factory and the shipments are on their way to ports! When I have confirmation of our ship names I will update so you can track the ships with me.

We are estimating the cards will be in our warehouses in 4-8 weeks from now, (its a wide timeline allowing for the usual delays and hiccups!)

This is super exciting as we cannot wait to get you the cards! 

We made an adjustment to the final files and lightened the images so the cards really pop!

We also upgraded the card component slightly for a more premium feel. Not strictly needed as our samples were amazing, but we loved the end finish!

Here are pictures of the samples from the mass produced run, they are looking great and we're working super hard to get fulfilment organised so we can get your cards to you ASAP!

Please make sure your address details are up to date and your survey is complete! I will be locking the addresses in 1 week so consider yourselves warned!! 

As usual any questions please reach out to or email [email protected] and we can help!

And finally

We will be coming back to Backerkit this month with our Calendar of Many Adventures 2025!

Level up your 2025 with 12 beautiful Battle Maps, 12 5E Adventures in one stunning wall calendar!

More information here - https://www.backerkit.com/call_to_action/68bf3091-467f-4855-9f9c-c06715b03e84/landing

Matt & Tam
Loke Battle Mats

I have now received confirmation that our factory will be able to ship the Deck of Many Insults in the next 2-3 weeks. so we are on track to get you your rewards in May.

I am afraid there are still some issues affecting global shipping, but we work with experts and are hoping to minimise the effects on our timeline.

We are now booking in the job with our fulfilment houses so this update is to complete your survey if you have not yet done so and if you have just reach out if anything has changed. I will start a fulfilment thread in the comments section so you can jump on that with any questions or issues,

When I have the ship names I will share them here so you can follow the Deck of Insults as it travels to our warehouses.

If you have any queries you can reach me here or email [email protected].

Tam & Matt
Loke Battle Mats

This is a video update with our pre-production sample of the Deck of Many Insults.

We have made a couple of adjustments - mainly brightening up the cover and the back of the cards, other that those details everything was looking great!

We have now approved the manufacture to begin!

When I have a completion date from my factory (which will be early March) we will be able to book the sea freight and let you know what our estimated port dates are! As I mention in the video right now we have some delays relating to the Red Sea and the Panama (adding at most 2 weeks to freight times), but we're hopeful this will be resolved by the time we come to ship. Manufacture will be slightly hit by the China spring break so we are estimating to complete in March.

The fun part is we will be able to share the ship names with you so you can track your Decks as they travel across the globe!

If you have any questions please reach out and let me know! We'll be locking orders and charging cards later on today for those of you who have completed the survey. If you have yet to complete your survey please do it ASAP as we will be starting the shipping plan next month and that is when we'll need to know how many units to send where.

If you can't find your survey email you can recover your survey here - https://deck-of-many-insults.backerkit.com/

Matt & Tam
Loke Battle Mats

And finally!

Now the Deck of Many Insults is printing we are delighted to announce our newest project!

The Terrain Set is a set of Two Books of Battle Mats featuring terrain maps, including 4 pages of reusable Add-On Scenery decals to create your own map layouts.

We're live with this project over on Kickstarter now! http://kck.st/3SE1e4z

Happy New Year to all our lovely backers!

Over the festive break we have been editing, testing and finalising the cards and digital content, and we are delighted to say we are finished!

What does this mean?
We have now passed the final print files to our factory and are awaiting the pre-production sample. This is the final check to make sure everything is as it should be before we hit go on the mass manufacture. Once we approve this it's all systems go!

When we have the sample we'll create a video update to show you these lovely cards!

When to expect the Pledge Manager.
The pledge manager links will be sent out to you this week by email.

This also means we are now ready to release the digital content.
We have now completed and signed off the Digital insults PDF, the Rude Roll Tables and the PDFs for the stretch Goals.

We will be delivering the files via DriveThruRPG, and we will be sending you links to get your downloads via Backerkit's pledge manager.

What to expect from the pledge manager.
The pledge manager is very important and it's really important you complete the survey we're about to send you.

This is where we

We can't send your rewards if you don't complete the pledge manager so please keep an eye out for the email to access the pledge manager!

If you have any queries please drop us a comment and we can help you through the process!

In terms of our timeline we remain on track to complete factory production in late Feb (we have to work around CNY), the main unknown factor which could affect our timeline are the current challenges with international sea freight which we are monitoring closely with our shippers.

The next update will be a video of our pre-production sample and we'll be able to confirm our projected timeline when manufacture is completed and we have estimated port dates from our shippers :)

Matt & Tam
Loke Battle Mats

Thank you all!
This is a project which is rather different from what we normally do, and we're just so happy to be able to make these awesome cards happen.

And the artwork winner is -

Our poll to decide the artwork on the cards has now closed.
 
It couldn't have been closer. There was ONE VOTE in it. It ended 50:50, but Birdy (rear) had 144 votes and birdy (front) 143.

So it will be the rear on the back of the card, and we'll use the front image underneath the text (faded down).


So both will be used on the finished cards :)

What Happens next?
If this is your first crowd funding campaign welcome aboard! I have popped a brief first timers guide at the bottom of this update so you know what's going to be happening & when.

Backerkit will charge cards once the project ends, and there is a window of 14 days to correct any card issues which pop up.
After 14 days you'll be imported into our pledge manager and we'll send out the surveys in the new year.

While this is happening we'll be finalising the card content, proofing, editing and then printing. We are aiming to have these cards with you around Easter 2024, I will be able to get a more accurate timeline once we have started printing.

Digital delivery will be in January. we'll send out the PDF's using the pledge manager "digital downloads" tab, and DriveThruRPG will be our digital fulfilment partner.

If you had any issues with your payment don't panic! You'll still be imported into the pledge manager survey and you can settle any outstanding funds owed at this stage.

We'll update every 2 weeks or so with news on manufacturing, shipping and other news as it comes up.

Let the adventure begin!!

Matt & Tam
Loke Battle Mats