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Galaxies in Peril: Superhero Roleplaying Forged in the Dark

Created by Samjoko Publishing

Superheroic roleplaying Forged in The Dark; Wrest back control of a galaxy in peril!

Latest Updates from Our Project:

International Orders Out!
about 2 years ago – Sat, Jan 01, 2022 at 03:55:01 PM

Hey all,

At this point all international orders should have been sent out along with emails with the tracking info included. I noticed that the link doesn't always point to the right tracking site, but if you copy and paste the tracking number into the tracking field on a site like Shipter, it does provide the tracking info.

If anyone missed the email or didn't get one feel free to shoot me a message on kickstarter here (not a comment) or an email to samjokopublishing at gmail dot com.

The slow boat to the US is scheduled to arrive in LA on January 9th as of my last update, and from there it'll be loaded onto a truck for shipment out to IPR. So I'm still thinking mid-January for when IPR gets the books provided there are no customs clearance issues or waiting in port, then maybe another week or two depending on how busy IPR is to get things out to US backers.

I'll open up addresses a couple weeks before IPR starts shipping just in case there's any last minute moves or changes of addresses needed.

I hope everyone has a great holiday season and that things will be better next year.

Get Those Surveys In!
over 2 years ago – Wed, Nov 24, 2021 at 09:34:09 PM

Hey all,

Just wanted to give a heads-up that I'm going to be locking down surveys in a week's time. The books have arrived at the facility in South Korea so I figure we may as well start sending out international stuff pretty soon here. December 1st will be the deadline for getting surveys in and shipping paid up. After that shipping prices are going to go up to actual prices.

U.S. backers will have to wait a bit longer for their stuff to go out as freight is pretty crazy right now, especially in LA (which is where we're shipping to because Indie Press Revolution has their warehouse in Nevada). The current timeline is for the boat to arrive on December 24. After unloading the books, they'll will be trucked out to IPR. I'll keep everyone updated on the timeline for these, but it of course means we won't be able to get US orders out until January.

Get those surveys in ASAP if you want the discounted shipping rates from two years ago. 85% of you already have and are good to go!

Backerkit Fixed!
over 2 years ago – Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 11:44:32 PM

BACKERKIT

So I think I went through and fixed everything. A miscommunication from over a year ago with a person that no longer even works at Backerkit from what I can tell (at least, I haven't been able to get ahold of anyone) resulted in an extra $79 being credited to all tiers that had physical copies. This only affected kickstarter backers and not any pre-orders made on backerkit.

Despite this snaffu it looks like most people even managed to get it to work and pay the correct shipping amounts. That's pretty amazing all things considered. I only found like four-or-so orders that paid via paypal (issue there being it charges right away) that I'll have to sort out. Thankfully, all credit card orders don't go through until I lock them down, otherwise I'd be refunding an amazing amount of money!

That means that anyone that did go through and finalize their orders already will have to go through again. I know it's a pain and I'm sorry for the inconvenience.

If you run into any trouble either message me here on kickstarter (message, rather than comment please, so I can keep track of our conversation and see your backer information) or shoot an email over to samjokopublishing at gmail dot com.


ADD-ONS & SHIPPING

Many backers have asked for ways to help with the massive increases in shipping fees and I see a few have already done so! There are a few ways you can help:

  • Use the tip jar in backerkit to kick in some extra bucks.
  • Pick up a digital PDF add-on or two.
  • Leave the book a review on DrivethruRPG, recommend it, and talk about it if you like it.

To give you some idea of how much shipping costs have increased, check it out:

If you live in...

  •  Australia, you're paying $22 CDN instead of $43.50.
  •  Brazil, you're paying $35 CDN instead of $63.
  •  Canada, you're paying $22 CDN instead of $34.50.
  •  France, Germany, Italy, the U.K., or Spain, you're paying $22 CDN instead of $35.53.
  • The Netherlands, you're paying $22 CDN instead of $45.23.
  •  New Zealand, you're paying $22 CDN instead of $61.35.

I'm sure you get the idea! And yes, you read that right. It costs me more to ship to New Zealand now than even Brazil, the infamous black hole of international shipping! And this doesn't even touch on the price of freight quadrupling to even get books to market in the U.S.

Again, if you can help, I would appreciate it so very much at this point. That said, I did guarantee I wouldn't charge more for those core countries we usually ship to on the kickstarter page and I know trying to make international shipping possible is a big reason for international backers to support Samjoko Publishing and our kickstarters, so I'm committed to it.

Backerkit Shipping & Credit Issues
over 2 years ago – Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 08:10:29 AM

Hey all!

As many of you have found out, there's an issue with backerkit doubling the amount of credit backers are supposed to have. It seems to only be happening for backers that have pledged for a physical book? Maybe? I ran through a bunch of sample pledges on my own and it didn't do it so I have no clue why it decided to go crazy once I sent the surveys out.

As far as I can tell, it's something only a backerkit admin can make changes to, so of course I waited until they're probably all off work to do this. I'm hoping they get back to me quickly in the morning.

Sorry for the issues everyone! I'll let you all know once it's sorted. 

Books Are Printed!
over 2 years ago – Tue, Nov 02, 2021 at 10:03:20 PM

We had a final snag that slowed things down a bit when either the dimensions they gave me were off for the spine or I screwed it up, but everything has since been fixed on that front!

A final snag

The printer sent over some shots of the book and the inserts that'll be tucked inside (the posters & stickers). Originally they were worried all those inserts might warp the spine so we thought we might end up having to place them outside (covering the back cover) and then shrink-wrap them, which would not have been ideal. But the printer is happy to report that everything looks great and that the inserts should fit fine without issue. They've sent a few samples by mail to me but I wanted to do a quick update first so everyone could see them since those won't be arriving for a week or two!

I've sent the final payment to the printer so the books should be released to fulfilment centers pretty quick. 

  • Once I know what it's going to weigh once packed, I'll be sending out those backer surveys so I can get fresh addresses to send stuff to and see what the damage is going to be on shipping.
  • Once the books get loaded onto the slow boat and I get a tracking number I'll be able to give a firmer date for books to hit the US. They'll get trucked over to IPR, who will be doing fulfilment for us, as always. I'm hoping we can get books out for the holidays, but I see delays all over the place, especially in LA so we'll see how things go.
  • International fulfilment is going to be done by our guys in Korea, which is where the books were printed so it shouldn't take too long for the books to arrive there. 

Look out for those surveys likely next week!