Share mechanical friends in a lovely rondel worker placement board game!
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Rules Translations!
over 2 years ago
– Fri, Jan 28, 2022 at 01:39:18 AM
Hey Backers! While we're waiting to get ships moving across the globe (no easy feat!), I've been plugging away on the rulebook translations. Now according to all of you, there are some favorites to do first and I've completed the first FOUR of those:
You can click on each to get a PDF copy. Each are around 18-20Mb. What I'd like you to do is help me make sure they read well! If you are a native speaker of any of those languages (or are just well trained and amazing!), give them a read and make sure I haven't made any mistakes. If there are some confusing aspects or some text differences that just don't read well, please let me know! You can either post here or e-mail me at [email protected]! In case you need it, here's a link to the ENGLISH version.
Once we've all had a chance to review, I'll post them over on Board Game Geek and continue to host them myself as well (I am working on a brand new CrossCut Games website - it should be up soonish with lots of new goodies).
Thank you again for backing the game! I'm really blessed and amazed at the on-going patience and support! Thank you VERY MUCH for those who pitched in to do these translations. Great job everyone!
All the best,
Adam
Current Status on Manufacturing and Shipping
over 2 years ago
– Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 01:26:17 AM
Hello Wonderful Backers! Welcome to the New Year!
TRANSMISSIONS is currently printing in CHINA. Yes, we are underway, but we are also in the queue of many games at PANDA. We do expect to complete manufacturing this month and then we will have to pause during the Chinese New Year (Feb 1 thru Feb 15). After that, TRANSMISSIONS should be ready to cross the ocean to the US which will take approximately 4-5 weeks. Then we will truck down to FLORIDA in the US where QML is located. From there, shipments will be prepared and shipping in bulk to various locations across the globe. SPIRAL GALAXY is our partner in the UK who will ship games throughout central Europe. Navigating VAT and REGULATIONS in Europe is incredibly difficult. So much has changed in the last year!
All of this means it is difficult to predict precisely when games will be arriving at your door. Certainly you are aware of the massive delays and backups across the globe (but specifically in the US) and shipping costs are brutal (nearly double expectations)! I do hope things will be better when we hit the shores here in the US!
So best estimates (with hope) is the US receives their copies by late APRIL and the rest of the globe in late MAY or early JUNE. I do appreciate your patience and support!
Rules Translations
I am working on formatting the rules translations one by one. This is quite tedious work and will take several weeks to complete. I will be posting updates as I progress. There are many languages to do and I am proceeding in the order you backers voted upon late last year. German is first, followed by French, Spanish and Italian - and then another 10 after that! Many to do! If you were a contributor, thank you very much! I will be randomizing names and providing a refund or free game to one of the contributors. I will announce that prior to shipping - so don't worry!
Again, as we continue to move through the process, I will keep you updated when events occur. If you have a question, please do message me here or email me at [email protected]!
Thank you again!
Adam
Bet on the Backers!
over 2 years ago
– Sat, Dec 18, 2021 at 09:46:38 PM
Happy Holiday, Backers! I hope your year is ending well and you are all healthy and happy.
Our update today is to show the revised red robot color! I hope you are pleased - I do think it is definitely an improvement. So thank you very much!
Now the color isn't perfect in this photo - I'm just using my iPhone and Photoshop. Color is hard to get properly representative of reality! But trust me that it looks great with all of the components.
I want to wish you the very Merriest Christmas to your and yours. Let me know your thoughts!
All the best,
Adam
Insert Here!
over 2 years ago
– Sun, Dec 12, 2021 at 06:24:11 PM
Hello Backers! Hope you are doing well as we approach the end of the year! I have a nice update today showing off the custom insert for the game. So let's get to it!
I do in fact have a few more tidbits. Production continues smoothly with the only item remaining being the new color for the RED robot (see the last Update for more on that). I should see an example of that very soon now and will be posting an update once it arrives!
But other than that, we are printing now. Due to global shipping concerns, I believe we will be seeing the game shipped from China after the Chinese New Year on Feb 1, 2022. Which means fulfillment will perhaps happen around March 2022. Later than we all want of course, but given the challenges this year, perhaps better than we might have expected!
All in all, we're doing well and again, thank you so much for your support!
All the best,
Adam
LOVELY MINIATURES!
over 2 years ago
– Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 06:16:08 PM
AND HERE THEY ARE! Here are the final miniatures - just received in the mail today - in color and ink-washed!
I really love them! So nice having the details pop with the wash - all thanks to your extraordinary backing level! Let me know your thoughts below!
On current status, we are now just starting printing. The plastics (including these miniatures) will be slow going due to China rolling power shortages. And for shipping after that - well, it's looking pretty grim right now globally. In the US, we're especially backed up (as you may have heard). Given all of that, we're probably looking at February or even March before we start fulfillment. Just no getting around it at this point and I am disappointed. However, I will keep you up to date on status!
