Greetings Everyone! Happy April!

...even though Chicago weather is pulling the typical "It's still winter! Psyche!" things are moving on! Here's the shipping update:

All remaining items have arrived!

There was a shipping snafu where 280 Black Ballads went to the wrong address, and we had to get them rerouted to the distribution center. It also turns out, that it takes like two weeks to box 1000 Black Ballads to ready them for shipping.... so writes down that mental note.

That said, all I'm waiting on is confirmation of the wandering 280 copies physically arriving, and I press the go button.

We've been packing up loot boxes, and have all of them (and they are gorgeous), ready to go. Labels for shipping should be arriving today or tomorrow and then we will begin a round trip ferry to UPS or USPS.

...and yes, we hand packed those loot boxes because we wanted to see how that process went.

International Backers: I secretly released all standard orders a week ago. They are being packed and sent out. Just a heads up, and one thing we have NO control over, is border taxes and fees. Some countries have them. Some countries don't. It changes based on government policy and is far far beyond our scope of influence and reach. So if you get an email saying your book is at your customs office and they slapped an extra fee on it, I apologize in advance. Hopefully it doesn't happen too much, but I know Canada vs US are currently having a government grudge match or something.

Storytellers Forge Store: https://www.storytellersforge.com/shop is up and operational! Now that we have the ST Screens and Poker Decks, we'll get those items listed up there soon. They weren't available as an add on or previously obtainable outside of the loot boxes but they will be going forward! There will be an email and discord announcement when they finally go live, so if you want that ping:

DriveThru RPG Question! I'm thinking of giving everyone who backed this campaign a free pdf on DriveThru RPG for The Black Ballad. I know a lot of you probably use that for your library and we are officially listed on there. I've ordered a print-proof of their fancy print version and I'm curious to see what it looks like, but... if I set up digital distribution as well there:

Would you guys find that handy? (Leave a comment!) Would you be so kind to leave a review?

Projects We Love: In the tradition of closing out one campaign, while we wrap things up, it's always good to spotlight other projects currently trying to get off the ground:

That's all we have for the April Update (and it's a lot!), but there will be another short one mid-month once I get some feedback on DriveThruRPG, the Poker Decks up on the store, and finally press that glorious ship button for everyone!

Thank you everyone!