DISCOVERING NEW LANDS!
9 months ago
– Fri, Aug 25, 2023 at 02:30:49 AM
Dear backers,
ANUNNAKI
We finally received from our fullfilment partners all booking infos. It was not easy to find close bookings because the season is hectic and the ships are full.
In particular, for Europe we had to adopt a different solution, because otherwise the first available ship would have left too late. The UK pledges have been uploaded by Sky Games to the OOCL Scandinavia vessel which is on its way to Europe. While the remaining European pledges are leaving on railway from Chengdu on August 31st to arrive to Mara (in Poland) on September 19th. This means that the delivery start date will no longer be September 18th, but about September 22nd.
The other booking is for America: Capstone booked the Maersk Alfirk vessel, currently en route to the United States. It is scheduled to arrive in Cincinnati on September 24th with delivery to Capstone on September 28th.
The direct shipments for part of Asian & Oceanian backers already started.
BARRAGE MAPS
Cranio Creations is happy to announce our new project, Barrage New Lands is coming soon to Kickstarter!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/craniocreations/barrage-new-lands
Expand your Barrage gaming experience with the two new maps of New Lands!
Both the Colorado Map (and its bridges and roads) and the Duel Map (specifically for 2 players) include unique components and new mechanics. Plus, the Duel Map is a KS exclusive!
Davide, KS Manager
ANUNNAKI IS UNDERWAY!
9 months ago
– Wed, Aug 02, 2023 at 03:43:00 PM
Dear Backers,
Great news... the fulfillment is in progress!
Now that the copies of the Anunnaki are underway, we want to briefly explain how fulfillment is organized and share you the start-of-delivery dates.
ASIA & OCEANIA: SKY GAMES (Asia Branch) - parcels are moving overland from the factory to Sky Games' hub in China. From there, the parcels will be sorted directly to Asian and Oceanian backers (with exceptions).
Estimated delivery start date: August 17th (mainly China and neighboring countries).
EUROPE: SKY GAMES (Europe branch) - parcels are moving from the factory to the Sky Games hub in Essen (Germany). From there the parcels will be sorted directly to the European backers.
Estimated delivery start date: September 18th.
AMERICA: CAPSTONE - parcels are moving from the factory to the Capstone warehouse (in US). From there the parcels will be sorted directly to the American backers.
Estimated delivery start date: September 30th.
The wait is almost over...
Davide - KS Manager
ANUNNAKI PRODUCTION IS FINALLY OVER!
10 months ago
– Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 08:19:21 PM
Dear Backers,
We are happy to announce that production (and assembly) is finally over!
Since not all the miniatures were not yet delivered to the factory at the end of last month, we decided to prioritize the backers and pause retail production (the miniatures that arrived are just enough for the backers' quantities).
We would like to share with you the assembly videos from the factory of the base game and especially the big box with all the expansions included.
We also made the drop tests on the package to check the parcel's safety. Please consider that we will use plastic corner protectors in each parcel and all blister trays will be sealed with stickers so the lid can’t open and the pieces inside will remain fixed.
We are now organizing the shipment to the fulfillment warehouse in Asia & Oceania, Europe, and America. From now on it is no longer possible to change the shipping address.
We will keep you updated once we have the confirmation of the vessel booking!
Add-ons replacements for Asia and Oceania: in this weeks we collected all your requests and now that the fullfilment is (99,99 %) finished we split the replacements into 2 waves: a pallet left 2 weeks ago (for the countries ended earlier the fullfilment and the items in stock) and one that is leaving the next week (for other countries or items were awaiting the restock). All recipients of these spare parts have been notified by mail. If you are not included please write to: [email protected]
Davide - KS Manager
PRODUCTION UPDATE #2
12 months ago
– Thu, May 25, 2023 at 02:14:45 PM
Dear Backers,
ANUNNAKI - PRODUCTION
We just returned from Modena PLAY, the most important Italian boardgame convention. We brought there our Anunnaki sample and I must admit that your feedbacks were really positive.
Compared to the last campaign update, there are no reports of further delays from the factory, which confirmed us what was previously stated. Therefore the assembly is expected by the end of June.
ANUNNAKI - FOREST
On the campaign page, Cranio pledged to plant a tree with Treedom every 25 Anunnaki pledges, for a total of about 50 trees to which are added the trees donated by you through add-ons. At the end, we decided to donate extra 150 trees, to make this world more legendary and greener.
We are proud to present you our Anunnaki Forest - our second Treedom forest (the first was created during the Barrage campaign). I take this opportunity to say a few words about Treedom.
Treedom is the first platform in the world that allows you to plant a tree from a distance and follow the story of the project online. Since Treedom's foundation in 2010, more than 3 million trees have been planted across Africa, South-East Asia and South America. All trees are planted directly by local farmers, bringing environmental, social and financial benefits to their communities.
ANUNNAKI - RULES
The current production of the KS edition is combined with the production of the Italian and English retail editions. In the previous update I mentioned we are finalizing the rules, so we are now able to share the links of the rules in low resolution:
ENG RULES
ITA RULES
To meet deadlines, the files have already been shared with the factory, but there is still a small margin of time to make changes. For any report of errors or typos, please write an email to: [email protected]
ADD-ONS - USA & CANADA REPLACEMENTS
Early last week we shipped the last pallet of spare parts for North America. This quickly reached the FE sorting center and after a few days they proceeded to sort. I believe that all (or almost) of you received the tracking these days.
Otherwise, please write us here: [email protected]
ADD-ONS – ASIA & OCEANIA FULFILLMENT
Delivery to Asia and Oceania is underway: I know that in several regions such as South Korea and Japan the delivery is almost complete, while in other countries more distant from the VFI Asia headquarters it is on its way.
We already started collecting your requests in order to shipping spare parts (if necessary). For any request of this kind, do not hesitate to write to: [email protected]
ADDRESS CHANGE
If your pledge includes Anunnaki and you are moving, please provide your new shipping address sending an email to: [email protected]
There's still a few weeks to change the address, but time is running out. Remember that you can check your current address by logging in on backerkit and selecting the Anunnaki campaign.
Davide - KS Manager
PRODUCTION UPDATE #1
about 1 year ago
– Thu, May 04, 2023 at 05:51:37 PM
Dear Backers,
It has been a long time since I updated you and some of you are getting worried.
It's always difficult to deliver bad news, but unfortunately it's time to do it: there were several unforeseen events that delayed production by a couple of months.
I could tell you that I have not been able to properly communicate because, for various reasons (maternity leave, illness, personnel changes, etc) the KS team has been reduced to the bone in recent months or because (as Italian translator) I am concentrating in the translation of 70 pages of Anunnaki rules or because this is the busiest working period of the year (we returned the day before yesterday from COMICON in Naples and Modena PLAY is in two weeks), but no excuses are appropriate: I made a mistake in not sending a campaign update first and the main reason is the indecision due to the fact of not having a confirmed end of production date.
Many of you asked us to send bi-weekly updates and I will commit to doing so for the future.
ANUNNAKI
As said above, the factory has not confirmed an end of production date but says that the assembly (the last step of production) should be completed in June.
In the last update, we talked about approving injection proofs. Actually, after the initial enthusiasm, we realized some imperfections. Furthermore, you inundated us with comments and mail for changes. After a careful evaluation, we requested several improvements and the final approval from us came after about month.
At the moment:
- the plastics components (especially the miniatures) started production more than a month ago (total time: 2 and a half months instead of the 2 months initially estimated).
- The punchboards and boards started the production a couple of weeks ago.
- The rules will go to print shortly.
The real constraint is clearly due to the plastics, since the punchboards/boards (and the rules) require a few weeks for production (or printing), also because our factory produces the plastics externally and then has to ship them to its warehouse for assembly.
ADD-ONS
USA and Canada: delivery of add-ons completed (but the are - few - cases of lost or damaged parcels, which will be aggregated with spare parts).
With regard to spare parts, we were forced to make two shipments: one immediately before the holidays and festivl & convention period (Italian Liberation Day, May 1st, COMICON, etc) with the packages that we managed to prepare up to that moment and one that will leave soon. If you have not already received an email notification for your spare part leaving, then your replacement is part of this second shipment.
Asia and Oceania: the shipment of the pledges arrived some weeks later than the date I reported in the previous update. VFI Asia moved the goods from the Chinese port to the hub and started shipping just now. With the next update I hope to be able to provide you a first percentage about the delivered parcels.
E-MAIL
Recently we had some issues with Anunnaki email (now fixed): [email protected]
This means that unfortunately I have not received part of the emails you sent me between April 28th and May 04th. Since now I replied to all the emails sent, if I haven't replied to you yet, it means that I haven't received your email. In addition to apologizing for the inconvenience, I would ask you to send them again.
We will talk to you in a couple of weeks (or sooner if we will have a confirmed end of production date).
Davide - KS Manager
