The Establishment: Inner Workings of a Secret Cabal

Hi all!
I sent out a smoke test of the surveys and went well. So I've sent the remainder of the survey's out today. I need to get an accurate count for how many playmats to order. I'll need as many orders in the next week as possible to get that count.

Important note- Please select "Local Pickup" as your country on the first screen if you anticipate coming to either the launch party or meeting up with me at a convention to get your game. Otherwise it will charge you for shipping. If you aren't sure whether we can meet up, please reach out to me and I'd be happy to answer any questions.

If you do not select local pickup on the first screen, you'll be able to change the Country field on the shipping address screen.

Also, if you do not pay for shipping through the survey and we are unable to meet up because of your location, you will need to pay the shipping cost before I can send the game out to you. 

Thanks! 

Hi guys,
We're still having some alignment issues with the XP cards, so they are working on another sample. In the meantime, I'm sending out the first set of surveys to make sure my setup is all correct (called the smoke test). If all is right there, I'll be sending out the rest of the surveys. I need to get a count of how many playmats I should order, so I can get those in.

So you should be seeing a survey shortly for the game. One more step closer to getting it in your hands.

Hello fellow cabal members,

It's been a while since my last update, but I finally have some news to share. I received a sample production copy of the game and it looks great! I'm very impressed with the quality and can't wait to share them with you. 

There was one slight problem with the transparency of the experience cards. The yellow was far too light and couldn't be seen when put up against the other card. They are working on fixing that, and they should be sending a new set in the next few days.

We also noticed that I miscounted the number of sleeves that we needed. Since we added the sixth faction as a stretch goal, I didn't update the sleeve count. I need to have seven more sleeves added into each copy of the game.

I should be able to get over those small hurdles in the next few days. Once I get the next sample of the experience cards, I'll be able to get an estimate on weight and how much shipping will cost. I can then get out the survey to collect everyone's shipping address.

We will have a local pick up option. Also, I am booking out my calendar for a bunch of conventions so I can also meet people at those to hand off your copy.

Just a few more weeks and The Establishment should be shipping to the US!

Happy Monday everyone. We got the the proofs from the printer. Everything is looking great. Currently everything is at the central office for DPH games, so I'm just waiting for it to get shipped off to me for final approval. Once I get the files and can confirm, then the printer can start production.

I would really like your feedback on a question. Here is a image of all the cards in the box. Do you think we should include plastic bags so the cards can be bagged? Or should we exclude the bags because players have enough of their own to use and we should reduce the use of plastic? There will be sleeves for the influencer cards, so that will also take up more space once they are sleeved .Let me know your thoughts in the comments and take the poll!
 


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Hi all-
All the files were delivered to the printers today. It'll take a few weeks for them to set it all up. Next, I'll be sent a proof. This will let me check that all the cards are set correctly and things like the plastic cards line up correctly.  

Once all the files are approved, it should take around seven weeks to manufacture. From there, it'll spend another six to eight weeks on a ship getting to the US. Once I know they are shipping, I will send out the backer survey that will let you tell me your shipping address, pay for shipping, and include any add ons. 

I plan to get the print and play files completed in the next few weeks and send those to backers. Also, anyone who backed in the first 48 hours will be receiving their secret communique from The Establishment.

So lots of great things to look forward to. Thank you again for helping make this a reality!