Charles Ryan

CREATOR

9 months ago

Project Update: What a Great End to this Awesome Campaign! INCLUDES IMPORTANT INFO

Hello, backers—

We have some VERY IMPORTANT info for you below. But first:

What a fast-paced last day we’ve had! It came down to the wire, but we made it: we unlocked our final stretch goal, upgrading just about everything this campaign is funding. We:

Increased the page count of Neon Rain
And for High Noon at Midnight
Made the poster map in Gunslinger Knights double-sided
Added a couple more maps to the handful already in the Hacker’s Matrix
Added more images to the Otherworldly Sites Pack.
Upgraded the Midnight Deck
Improved the already-upgraded GM Campaign Journal

It’s been an exciting few weeks for the Cypher System and for us, what with the launch of the Character Creator, the announcement of Old Gods of Appalachia: Deeper Still and CypherCon 1.0, and the release of new products and pending release of the excellent Cypher System Bestiary. And this fantastic campaign is the icing on the cake! We welcome the many new Cypher System gamers who have joined us through this campaign, and extend our thanks to you and to the thousands of existing fans who helped make Neon Rain, Gunslinger Knights, and High Noon at Midnight a reality—and to build them out to our ambitious vision for the gaming experiences these titles will bring to your game table.

IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ the next couple of sections. We have some other info to share after that, but what follows here is critical.

What's Next? The Important Stuff

Over the next few weeks, we’ll be getting the pledge manager fully set up.

The pledge manager is vital to getting your rewards. We CANNOT FULFILL your rewards if you don’t respond to the pledge manager!
In the pledge manager, we’re going to ask for your email address. YOU MUST provide an address you can use later at the MCG Shop. DO NOT use an email proxy (like Apple Hide My Email), or an address you won’t have access to (like a school-issued address)—or you won’t be able to claim your rewards!
Be sure to add [email protected] to your email safe list, so you get our communications. Responding to these emails is vital for you to claim your rewards.

Here’s what else happens going forward:

The Immediate Future

Running a crowdfunding campaign is hard work. We’re looking forward to the weekend, and next week when we’re all getting together for our company summit! You may not hear from us for a little while, but don’t worry. The design team is already at work on these titles. We’ll post updates when we have something exciting to share.

We’ve delivered on over two dozen large crowdfunding campaigns over the past 10+ years, and we’ll be working diligently on your rewards in the weeks and months to come.

The Next Few Weeks

BackerKit began collecting pledges the moment the campaign closed. But it takes them a full two weeks to release those funds, along with the data on our backers.

In the meantime, we will get the pledge manager fully set up. The pledge manager gives us information we need to fulfill your pledge and lets you manage your add-ons and make any pledge upgrades you want. We’ll notify you when we open the pledge manager, which should be in about three weeks.

The Next Few Months

Once you’ve completed the pledge manager survey, we won’t need anything else from you until it’s time to start fulfilling rewards. We’ll be busy crafting your products and rewards in the months to come. We’ll post regular updates, but if you don’t hear anything for a few weeks, don’t fret.

At the same time, please pay attention when you do get communications from us. Our emails and updates include critical information about your rewards.

When Your Rewards Ship

Every time a reward is ready for you, we’ll contact you by email to begin the fulfillment process. Generally, we’ll direct you to the MCG Shop, where you’ll log in, “buy” the product (for free, because you’ve already paid for it through this campaign), and check out.

This is an important part of the process because it ensures we have accurate delivery information for every item we send out. (With thousands of backers getting rewards, it's amazing how many people will change their address over the fulfillment period.) You'll pay for shipping at that time.

Make sure to pay attention to communications from us—don't let our updates or emails go to your spam folder, or otherwise ignore them, because if you do you could miss out on some of your rewards.

OK, Enough Business—Now Some Fun Stuff

First, some thanks:

While this campaign was underway, Monte and the design team (Sean, Bruce, Shanna, and Dominique) have been working on our current projects, such as The Wellspring (for Invisible Sun), as well as Neon Rain, High Noon at Midnight, and Gunslinger Knights.

Bear, supported by Javier (and the many great illustrators they work with), coordinated the artwork and handled the graphic design of this campaign, while they were also busy getting titles like It’s Only Magic off to press.

Teri and Tammie wrangled words and logistics of this campaign, and Jen, Olivia, and Kate provided answers and support to you, our wonderful community, here and everywhere gamers congregate online. The man behind the curtain of this campaign is Charles, who has planned and run this campaign.

All of us at MCG want to express our thanks to you, our backers. We really appreciate your support for the Cypher System and Monte Cook Games. That support continues to grow our amazing community!

And In Case You Missed It

Join us for our next campaign, delving deeper into the alternate Appalachia of the Old Gods of Appalachia Roleplaying Game. Sign up to be notified when the campaign launches this summer!

Thanks again for your support!
—The Monte Cook Games team

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