BackerKit Surveys Locking August 10th
over 3 years ago – Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 09:08:41 AM

Greetings Officers! We've been keeping the nefarious Crooked team at bay during this project so far as everything is going according to plan. Today we'll give you a progress update and "happy path" timeline as well as talk about some questions that have come up regarding the BackerKit pledge manager.

Timeline

Manufacturing is fully in progress now so things are going very smoothly (hopefully saying that doesn’t jinx it). It should finish by the end of August so that we can begin freight shipping to a fulfillment center in your part of the world in September.

We’ll be using a fulfillment center in the US, one in Canada, one in Germany, and one in China. The one in China uses some other sub-contracting fulfillment centers in the Asia Pacific region like in Australia, Singapore, Thailand, etc. as well.

Then when the fulfillment centers have the products, we’ll ask them to start shipping to you from there. You might even have your reward in October if everything keeps going smoothly!

BackerKit Surveys Locking August 10th

76% of you have completed your survey -- thank you! With how quickly we're moving along with manufacturing, we would love to get these answers from you ASAP so we know how many of each thing to ship to each fulfillment center. If you didn’t get the email with your survey, you can also access it by going to this link and logging in with your Kickstarter email address. You have until August 10th to complete your survey, at which time we will lock them and charge you for them.

Filling out this BackerKit survey is required for you to receive your reward so that:

• We know the address where we should send it, otherwise we have no idea where you live.
   
• You can change your pledge level and/or add on items.
   
• You can pay for part of the shipping to you (we’ll pay for some too).

If you do not fill out your survey by August 10th, you won't be able to make any changes, it will delay delivery of your reward, and it might cost us more money because we might not have shipped enough copies for you to your fulfillment center.

Switching Reward Levels

If you jumped on the survey immediately, you may have noticed that you could not switch to any different reward levels but after a few hours, we updated it so you could switch to the higher ones on a few backer requests. Feel free to go back in there and update your survey if you want to switch.

Sleeve Add Ons

The most common question we’ve had so far on the pledge manager is about custom sleeves and how many to get for the Good Cop Bad Cop items you already own. 

First off, the sleeves fit all card backs so you don’t need to worry about getting a certain amount of Equipment backs versus Integrity backs or anything like that. They are semi-transparent backs so parts of the backs of each card will show through. They look so awesome. Here's a sample picture from the manufacturer so you can get the idea:

How many sleeve packs should I get? Each pack of 50 sleeves has enough to either the base game or 1 expansion with some sleeves leftover. See below for details on each reward level.

STANDARD EXPANSION LEVEL: You won't get any sleeves with this level so you can add on 1 pack for the base game, 1 pack for Promoted, and 1 for each other expansion you already own. But it might be cheaper to just upgrade to the Deluxe level if you're going to do that.

DELUXE EXPANSION LEVEL: This has enough sleeves for the base game and the Promoted expansion. If you already have just the Undercover expansion, you’d want to add on 1 pack of sleeves to cover that. And if you already have both previous expansions, you’d want to add on 2 packs of sleeves. 

ALL THE THINGS LEVEL: This comes with every card we've ever made and has enough sleeves to cover them all.

If you follow these instructions, there will be enough leftover sleeves to cover the promo equipment packs you’ve collected in the past or on here as well.

Gen Con Online

Gen Con Online is in full swing if you haven't joined in the fun yet and there are still spots available HERE to play Good Cop Bad Cop with the Promoted expansion with us on Saturday using Tabletop Simulator if anyone is interested!

Questions?

Comment here or on the main page if you have a question that applies to everyone, or if it's just for you, you can send us an email at [email protected] or send us a KS message. Whichever of these methods you choose, we will respond within 48 hours.

Thanks everyone!

Brian and Clayton

BackerKit Pledge Manager Incoming
almost 4 years ago – Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 09:55:43 PM

Greetings officers,

Things are moving along very smoothly. Proofing is complete and manufacturing is getting underway. Oh yeah!

Pledge Manager

We're sending out the pledge manager within the next 24 hours so keep an eye on your email for that, especially if you're hoping to get some Zorro add ons because they are limited. Your BackerKit response will be due by August 10th so you have a few weeks to complete it and it is required in order to get your reward because it tells us the address where we need to ship it and that's where you'll pay part of the shipping cost.

The shipping cost is charged based on the cost of The Zorro Dice Game, which is fulfilling to backers now, so we know pretty much exactly how much this one will cost. We're using BackerKit's weight-based shipping option this time so the less your reward weighs, the less it will cost. Remember that we're paying part of the shipping costs for everyone and the rest is being charged to you in the BackerKit pledge manager.

Gen Con Online

If you're attending Gen Con Online this year, you can join us for a game of Good Cop Bad Cop: Promoted or The Zorro Dice Game using Tabletop Simulator thanks to backer Andreas Gabel who created them! Check out the event list RIGHT HERE and reserve your seat.

Tabletop Simulator

Remember that instead of waiting for your physical reward to arrive, you can get some friends together and play Good Cop Bad Cop with or without the Promoted expansion right now on Tabletop Simulator.

We're way ahead of schedule so far (keep those fingers crossed),

-Clayton and Brian

Big Box Surprise
almost 4 years ago – Sat, Jun 27, 2020 at 09:26:20 PM

The live portion of our campaign has come to a very successful end! THANK YOU to all of you who helped make that happen!

As an additional way to say thanks, we are inviting anyone who backed at a level to get the Big Box to submit their name to us and we’ll put it somewhere on the Big Box for this print run! We just sent a message to all the DELUXE and ALL THE THINGS backers with a 1 question form to fill out, but be quick because we’ll be submitting print files very soon! And if you’re going to add on the Big Box in the pledge manager and you really want to be enshrined on it too, send us a Kickstarter message or email [email protected]. Note: If you do NOT want to be enshrined on the Big Box, just don’t fill out the form we sent you.

We also wanted to thank some of those behind the scenes who pitched in to create such a fantastic product:

•  Dwayne Biddix - For your creating the perfect Illustrations for this game.
•  Kagan Productions - For editing a hilarious Kickstarter video.
•  Merav Uly - For making the Kickstarter page thematic and easy to consume.
•  Adrienne Ezell - For your on-point box layouts, branding, and other graphic design.
•  Reviewers - For learning, playing, and creating content for a prototype that helped everyone understand whether this game and/or expansion is right for them.

Now we will hand everything over to our manufacturing, logistics, and fulfillment partners who we know will do us proud as well.

What’s Next?

The next step for US is to submit the final print files to the manufacturer so they can create some digital proofs and samples.

The next step for YOU is that in about 2 weeks, we’ll send out the pledge manager survey so you can add on anything else you want -- and that will tell us how many copies of everything we need to make so we can start the manufacturing process. If you want to get any items from the Zorro campaign, you'll want to be quick to answer that survey because the supply will surely be less than the demand.

We put some buffer in the schedule so if everything goes smoothly, we’ll be able to get your rewards to you way early.

Updates and Communication

As we all know, the funding part of the campaign is just the beginning. What you can expect for communication for the rest of the way is a major Updates about once per month where we tell you what has been done, what's next to do, and maybe show you a picture or two. (sentences that rhyme are the best) We also often do "mini updates" in the comments so you may want to stop in the main page comments section every once in a while to check in.

If you ever have any questions at all, just send us a Kickstarter message or email [email protected]. We respond very quickly.

Thanks again everyone!!

-Clayton and Brian

Pledge Manager Menu
almost 4 years ago – Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 07:21:09 PM

Today is the big 48 hour notice day so the main thing we wanted to get you in this Update is the list of items and prices for what will be offered in the BackerKit pledge manager so you can make your final decision on the best reward level for you.

Stretch Goals

If you investigated the campaign page or comments lately, I'm sure you noticed the new component stretch goal we promised was revealed to add a sleek bag for your medals to the DELUXE and ALL THE THINGS reward levels! For those of you who back at those levels, instead of spreading the medals out across the table and making sure none flip over to the point side, you can just draw them from a bag. It will be way easier. We're close to hitting that one

We found a clue that the next stretch goal will be some kind of component update....  I wonder what it will be!

Pledge Manager Menu

In the image at the end of this section, you will find the items we plan to include in the BackerKit pledge manager and their expected prices. We are including it here because we know it could change your mind about the pledge level that is right for you and also so you can let us know through comments, messages, or emailing [email protected] if there is something here that you were expecting/hoping to see that you do not so we can consider adding it. 

We use the philosophy that, the earlier you're willing to commit your hard earned money, the more you get and the cheaper it will be. So if you back for the $14 reward level or higher during the campaign, you’ll get the lower price listed first. If you back at the No Reward or $1 level, you’ll have the same access to items, but they will be a little more expensive. If you wait to late pledge, you will have less access and prices will be significantly higher.

Other Notes:

• The BackerKit pledge manager will be sent out in a few weeks, probably around July 15th, and you'll have at least 3 weeks to complete it.
• The pledge levels are bundle deals so it is a far better value to get a specific pledge level than adding on items individually.
• None of these prices include shipping because we will simply be charging you whatever it costs us to ship to you minus the amount we have included in each pledge level -- no matter when/where you buy it.
• We will also include some The Zorro Dice Game items in limited quantities, so the sooner you respond to your BackerKit survey, the better shot you'll have at getting them. These will ship with your Promoted reward.

Geek Dad Review

If you're more of a word person than a video person, Jonathan H. Liu from GeekDad wrote an article that gives an overview of the expansion and reflects on what it adds to the game. Jump down to the "A Few Thoughts on Good Cop Bad Cop: Promoted" section if you want to get into the "review" part. He is a veteran of GCBC so you can trust his perspective.

That's it for now!

-Clayton and Brian

Promoted on Tabletop Simulator
almost 4 years ago – Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 08:39:59 PM

Greetings Officers,

It's time for boot camp! We have more resources to get you ready to earn your promotions and we'll announce the "winner" of the next stretch goal vote.

Promoted on Tabletop Simulator

First off, we're excited to announce that backer Andreas Gabel took the initiative to create a Tabletop Simulator version of the base game of Good Cop Bad Cop and the Promoted expansion so you can get your friends together and play it yourself! It's very impressive with all the work being done for you automatically. It has all official images and the latest card text too. You can play it RIGHT HERE and consider it training for when your physical copy arrives.

The Next Stretch Goal Vote

With 96 votes in, it is literally exactly tied between New Component and Component Upgrade so we're going to let them share victory and make those the next two stretch goals. We'll flip a coin as to what comes first. We still have a week left, including the big 48 hour push, so we think we'll be able to reach both of them.

Unfiltered Gamer Video

If you haven't seen the Unfiltered Gamer video, Michael is an expert on Good Cop Bad Cop and gives you an in-depth review of what he thought after playing. Jump to 7:43 if you want to skip the component overview and get straight to the review.

We're still finalizing the pledge manager so we'll give you the full menu in the next update. Post in the comments if you would join a Tabletop Simulator event where we play Promoted!

-Clayton and Brian