Fulfillment starting!
4 months ago – Wed, Jan 17, 2024 at 02:06:59 PM

Hello Dodino Island! 

First of all, my sincerest apologies for not posting this update sooner. As many of you know, our baby dodo was waiting on a date for her surgery and we got the confirmation for Saturday 13th, everything went super fast from there and we only had headspace for that and the recovery. Until now, she's getting better and being herself again so I finally had the time to sit down and finish the update. Again, thanks so much for your comprehension and sorry for this late update. 

However, the logistics have been progressing with their respective fulfillment partners and the intervention from our colleague Gabo. Here are the updates.

• USA: Gamerati received the games. We were in the queue for fulfillment and they are now processing the orders. You should hear from them within the next weeks and receive your games. It is possible that you get a notification with tracking info first which is when the label is created, and it is normal if it is not showing process in the first couple of days (Gamerati is pick and packing all the parcels, and printing labels).
•  Canada: Gamerati prepared the pallets for Pick & Pack Logistics who picked up the games today (Wednesday) and are traveling to Canada. Fulfillment should start in a few weeks, within February. We are almost there! Thanks so much for your extra patience!
• Mexico: Al igual que Canada, Gamerati ya envió las recompensas a nuestro importador en Texas y de ahí llegarán a Guadalajara. La entrega empezará muy pronto, estimamos que en un par de semanas. Contactaremos a todos los que escogieron Local pickup (recolección local) para indicaciones de cuándo pueden pasar a recoger sus recompensas a las tiendas participantes.
•  Europe, Africa & South America — Happyshops already received the games too and is processing the orders to begin fulfillment by the end of the month!
  • UK - Happyshops will prepare a pallet that we will forward to BoardGameGuru and once received, they will handle fulfillment so that they ship within GB. This might take a bit longer, but you should be receiving your games within February - March. Thanks again for your extra patience.
•  Asia — VFI started fulfillment a few days ago, some of you already confirmed receiving them. 
•  Australia — VR already received the games and we are on the queue to start. Orders being processed. 

We are super close to fulfill this game and the reprints of all the Creature Kingdoms collection, and once again, we can't thank you enough for making it possible! 

Thanks again for your patience! We are in the last stretch of this campaign to fulfill the project. As backers ourselves, We understand 

Painting party coming soon!

Just as with the campaign for the original game of Dodos Riding Dinos when it fulfilled 2 years ago, we would like to host a painting party where everyone has the chance to win prizes regardless of your skill level! 
Once copies arrive to all regions, we will share more details about the dates, prizes and where to share. You can start painting your minis as soon as you get your games!

Dice Tower promos!

As mentioned in past updates, Will is working to offer the promos in several channels because we don't want them to be exclusives for conventions. And you can rest assured that they will be available in our webstore as a bundle in the future (once all promos have been released). 

We are working to have them all listed in BoardGameGeek soon so you can easily keep track of all promos.

For now, we can share that The Dice Tower (perhaps the most popular content creator network for board games) is running their annual crowdfunding and there are promos for Dodo Dash, Kiwi Chow Down, and War for Chicken Island that will be delivered in some months (after you have received your games). They will also have leftover promos available in their booth during conventions they host and the ones they participate in. 

If you are interested, you can check them out here:

The Dice Tower creates great content, conventions and board game cruises. If you feel like supporting them in their crowdfunding, you can grab some promos, but if it is not within your interests or possibilities at this time, rest assured that all promos for our games will be available in our webstore as a bundle at a reasonable price around 2025. 

Thanks again for your patience! We are in the last stretch of the project and will be in touch within 2 weeks with more updates for all regions and the painting party! 

ROAAAAR! 

Dodos and Pandas at sea!
5 months ago – Mon, Dec 18, 2023 at 06:36:57 AM

Ahoy hearties from Dodino island!

We are delighted to share a new status update about freight shipping! 

In this update we also share news about some special perks that you have access to for being part of our community, but before those, please scroll down and look for the info related to your region. 

As soon as fulfillment starts in a given zone, backers should receive tracking info from our fulfillment partners (and we will also post an update to give a heads up!)

NORTH AMERICA

The vessel has arrived to the port of Seattle!! We are so close to start fulfillment. Keep your fingers crossed so that everything continues to move smoothly so our fulfillment partner, Gamerati, will get the cargo very soon.

•  United States of America: Once Gamerati gets the container and unloads it, we will enter the fulfillment queue and fulfillment will begin. Backers in the US represent the largest segment, so it could take a couple more weeks for all the orders to ship (the hub can do so many each day).
•  Canada: Gamerati will forward some pallets to Pick & Pack logistics in Canada who will be in charge to fulfill within Canada.
•  Mexico: [Spanish] Unos minutos después de publicar la actualización anterior, pudimos leer comentarios en Facebook que nos dejaron claro que hubo un malentendido por falta de detalles. Quiero ofrecerles una disculpa por no haber sido más explícito y en lo sucesivo, incluiré en español y más detalladamente la información logística relacionada a México. Durante los meses recientes hemos informado que la fecha estimada de entregas sería entre Diciembre y Enero. Lo cual quiere decir que en algunas regiones del mundo llegaría en Diciembre y en otras en Enero. Como se explica arriba, las recompensas adicionales de norteamérica llegan primero a Gamerati en Seattle, Estados Unidos (que es lo que llamamos fulfillment hub en la actualización anterior y a donde llega en Diciembre 16). Una vez que les llegan, ellos las envían hacia México para importarlas. Quienes ya han patrocinado proyectos nuestros en el pasado, seguramente ya conocen que así ha sido el proceso, pero ofrezco una disculpa para todos nuestros nuevos patrocinadores. Esto no quiere decir que se ha demorado la entrega a México. Simplemente suele ser así ya que es la manera eficiente en la que podemos traer las recompensas sin que resulte en costos altísimos de envío para México como en la mayoría de las campañas. Detestable Games en Guadalajara estará a carto de los envíos y de mandar información de rastreo. Para recolección local, anunciaremos en una actualización futura las fechas para cada lugar de recolección. Sabemos que ha sido larga la espera pero ya estamos en la recta final y agradecemos muchísimo su comprensión, sabemos que estarán encantados con sus recompensas. Cabe aclarar que Dodos Riding Dinos en su versión original (no Dodo Dash) estuvo disponible en tiendas por sus impresiones pasadas, pero en esta campaña se ofreció para armar paquetes con precio reducido así como promos. Esto no es inusual en campañas para nuevas expansiones con reimpresión del juego base, pero lo que sí podemos hacer en futuras campañas similares a esta es anunciar de manera más clara cuando alguno de los artículos ya se puede conseguir en otros canales (aunque a un precio mayor y sin promos de la editorial).

EUROPE & AFRICA

•  United Kingdom: Your rewards are traveling in the same containers as the ones for the rest of Europe. Once they arrive to Germany in January, our fulfillment partner Happyshops will forward some pallets to BoardGameGuru to clear customs and begin fulfillment. We will keep you posted. These steps were needed in order to offer friendly shipping within GB with acceptable shipping fees for you.
•  Rest of Europe + Africa: Rewards will arrive to Happyshops during early January and after clearing customs, pick and packing items, fulfillment will begin and you will receive tracking info.

AUSTRALIA

• VR Distribution has collected the 8 pallets of games and promos and the estimated arrival date is late December, we expect fulfillment to begin in January. Once it starts, you will receive tracking info from VR Distribution.

SOUTH AMERICA

•  Chile: [ESPAÑOL] Nuestros amigos de Circoctel estarán a cargo del envío en Chile. Una vez que llegue la embarcación con las recompensas extra (promos) a Happyshops, enviaremos unos paquetes a Chile para que se envíen junto con los juegos base. Estimamos que los envíos inicien a finales de enero y los mantendremos informados.
•  Rest of South America: Rewards for the rest of South America are consolidated in the containers going to Happyshops in Germany. Once there, fulfillment will start and Happyshops will send tracking info. Next year, we are planning to connect with distributors in South America to offer fulfillment in a more direct way such as we are doing now with Mexico and Chile.

ASIA

• Rewards have arrived to VFI Asia and are already in fulfillment queue. We expect fulfillment to begin very soon and once it starts, you will receive tracking info.

Do you need to update your shipping address? Address have been locked now so any request for this should be sent via email to [email protected] with the subject "URGENT DD Address Change". After December 20th, any address changes from US, Australia, Asia might incur in re-routing fees. For the rest of the regions, the same might apply after January 2nd.

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We can't wait for your games to arrive! They are sailing the seas to arrive to the hubs and complete their journey to your home but, in the way they made some friends and met a crazy crew... 

Party Panda Pirates! 

Across the Avian Archipelago, the festive crew of Panda Pirates sails in their giant turtle ship to find the next epic parrrrty!  Yo ho Yo ho, a Panda's life for me!

The latest Kickstarter from Creature Kingdoms, a game inspired by Mario Party, is now live and you can jump into their fun challenges (mini games) on the signal of confetti cannons! There are MULTIPLE free rewards for you as returning backers! 

IMPORTANT: While the standard edition is just $29, we don't want you to feel pressed to back because we understand we are in the Holiday Season or that some backers would prefer to receive the rewards from Dodo Dash first before backing something else, so we created a $1 Reward tier so you can follow up, upgrade at a later time in the pledge manager and still get the loyalty rewards, early bird and overall lock the same Kickstarter offering. The pledge manager will remain open until June.

• There are so many cool components

 Check out the large turtle ship miniature where players slide silk-screened panda meeples, the game boards shaped as a panda pirate, tons of hilarious art and even metal coins and miniatures for the deluxe version, and now marbled dice thanks to the multiple stretch goals unlocked!

 There's even an add-on to use a real pirate hat as a first player marker and use eye-patches for the mini games!

CHECK OUT THE PANDA MINIATURES, CAN YOU GUESS ON WHOM THEY WERE INSPIRED?

• The party starts with the Kickstarter itself, via social goals

We have been told we are mad and thank goodness for that, 'cause if we weren't this would probably never work. — Jack Sparrow. 

Just like with Dodo Dash, we have many fun social goals and one involves tagging Johnny Depp on Instagram on a post with a panda captain inspired by Jack Sparrow. We can't wait for you to join into these. 

• Early Bird reward for all live backers (even $1 backers who upgrade in the pledge manager)

Whether you hear about us on day-1 or in the last day, your support on Kickstarter makes you an early supporter for us and this free add-on is another way for us to say thank you! Plus the discounted price in the game and subsidized shipping. 

 As mentioned previously, we created a $1 Reward tier so you can follow up, upgrade at a later time in the pledge manager and still get the loyalty rewards, early bird and overall lock the same Kickstarter offering. The pledge manager from Party Panda Pirates will remain open until June.

•  FREE Loyalty rewards... 

As previously promised, you can get for FREE on this campaign the promo cards we gave at Gen Con and Mega XP. (Note that these will be available in our webstore at a later date, or you can also get just the cards for $5 in the pledge manager if you don't really want Party Panda Pirates )

We are also giving you for free another free reward: the Avian Trilogy Party Cards (different from the Avian trilogy pack) with 9 mini games for Party Panda Pirates that use the components from the other games like Dodos Riding Dinos, Kiwi Chow Down and War for Chicken Island. 

I'm gonna repeat the important information here so it doesn't get lost and you don't feel pressed to back. We created a $1 Reward tier so you can follow up, upgrade at a later time in the pledge manager and still get the loyalty rewards, early bird and overall lock the same Kickstarter offering. 

•  A Red Panda Pirate Plushie

Given that the Baby dodo plushie had such a fantastic response, we decided to create another plushie of similar size but for Party Panda Pirates. We are sure you will love it. 

You can back the campaign by clicking on this link

This game is our next big adventure and we have decided to launch because we have already started preproduction with the factory for the complex components. Once the Kickstarter ends, we just need to finish the layout of the new Party cards unlocked and we will be ready to start production. This time we are confident that we will deliver even ahead of time. Dodo Dash met a 7-8 month delay, which is already half than War for Chicken Island, so we are getting better at optimizing our development, production and logistics processes.

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Thank you for always being an awesome community to talk with, support us on every step of the journey. I can't believe is December already, 2024 is around the corner and I just wanted to take a moment to express how lucky we are to have you, our Creature Kingdoms' family! We are here thanks to you! 

Thank you for welcoming into your homes, for sharing the passion and enthusiasm towards our games, for being with us on every step we take. We will continue to do our best to exceed your highest expectations! 

Ahoy mateys! Arya is sailing through her second Christmas by the hand of Cap Maza (because the restaurant he is at is called Puerto Mazatlán) and is ready to paaaarrrrrty next year! 

On behalf of all of us at Detestable Games and Draco Studios, we wish you a wonderful holiday season and a very happy 2024!

Mass production copy arrived! Production finished!
6 months ago – Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 10:19:23 AM

Hello Dodino island! 

We are so happy to share with you that production has finished!! 

Not just that, but the games are already on their way to fulfillment hubs! You can see pictures and videos below. But first, a quick update from Will:

We are in the final stretch!! Freight shipping has started and once our partners receive the cargoes, fulfillment will begin. 

•  USA, Canada & Mexico — The games have left their factory to the port in China and will embark within a week. Estimated time of arrival to fulfillment hub is December 16th (providing everything moves smoothly without port congestions). And fulfillment to start around the holidays. 
•  Europe,Africa & South America — Coordination to pickup the games from the factory is in progress. These will embark soon to Happyshops in Germany and from there we will forward a pallet to the UK too.  
•  Asia — Games were shipped from the factory to VFI Asia last Thursday. Once we enter the fulfillment queue, fulfillment will begin!  
•  Australia — Coordination to pickup the games from the factory is in progress. These will embark soon to VR Distribution.  

We will have more news on all shipments soon and you can expect updates to be posted more constantly at this stage! Thanks so much for your incrediblepatienceandoverwhelming support!

Time to see some videos and pictures!!

We received the Mass Production Copy and the result is what we expected, amazing! I was so excited that I made a video (Ok, I made more than one), please see the following for the unboxing of Dodos Riding Dinos: Dodo Dash! 

I wasn't able to jump in excitement because the baby was napping, but we (Will and I) were super happy that we even setup a place to record everything. 

In the following, you can see the expansions Mayhem Crossover Pack, The Avian Trilogy cards and Servit&Aureus. 

Finally, War for Chicken Island 2nd Edition is here too! The new box is the same size as Dodos, Dodo Dash, and Kiwi! 

And I'm just gonna brag here but Arya LOVES her plushie and she even sleeps with Reynaldo and Osborn: 

And she loves her two Baby Dodo plushies, which help her to balance in her very first steps without holding hands. This picture is from last night!

The games were palletized last week.

Within the next days, they will be on ships and one step closer to you! 

And speaking about ships...

 Will have been posting some spoilers about our next game: Party Panda Pirates in our Discord and he just shared a picture for the prototype turtle ships. 

Join us and other 1600+ members on our Discord, we are having so much fun there, and we would love to bring the Creature Kingdoms' party to it!  There you can also reach out directly to us to talk about any of our games, share ideas, stories or pictures of your painted miniatures once we host a painting party for Dodo Dash—just as we did for the original Dodos Riding Dinos!. Also, I'm sharing memes and we are super active there, we love talking with you and sometimes Kickstarter comments doesn't allow us to properly keep a conversation. 

TOP GOLDEN MEEPLE - Awards to the best in the tabletop industry in Mexico

The Top Golden Meeple Award votes are now open and you can vote for your favorite publishers, content creators, stores and board game cafes from Mexico! Draco Studios and Detestable Games are nominated as best publisher (mejor editorial) - the first category in case you want to vote for us or for any other you may know.

Vote here!

As Will mentioned above, the next update will come very soon once we have more updates on logistics. Thanks again for all your support! Until next update, ROAAAAAAR! 

Nearing end of production
7 months ago – Thu, Oct 26, 2023 at 02:28:48 PM

Hello Dodino island! 

We have been working hard and have many updates for you, here's what you will find in this update:

• Production status (with pictures!!)
• Finalizing shipping address
• Follow up in our conversation about promos

Production status: Almost finished!

These past weeks, we have receiving pictures of several components to approve or make revisions and it seems we are very close to wrap production! Hurray!  

The pictures below are for the new content (Dodo Dash, Servit & Aureus, and Mayhem crossover) because the rest of the items in this campaign are a reprint.

Plastic tray: Note that it how it fits Servit & Aureus plus the Mayhem crossover content!

Miniatures: And as promised, these will come in different colors! They look stunning! Once again, we are super happy with the result.

Cards: These are all printed and ready to be assembled.

Punchboard and Game board: There's a special treatment on these that is not visible in the fotos but you will notice it once you have your game in your hands! 

Game box: Printed!

Last Friday, the factory reported an issue and while we dislike delivering unfortunate news, we are committed to be fully transparent...

As we are nearing the end of production, our manufacturing partner discovered some defects with the greyboard material. While doing the quality control checks on these items, the manufacturing team deemed that the material was not up to the quality standard established by them and us—specifically the sturdiness and rigidity of the material was not up to code. The good news is that they discovered this before all of the games had finished and shipped, the bad news is that some reprinting and additional quality control are needed to isolate affected pieces and rectify the issue, resulting in a 2-week delay with end of production in November 14th.

Fulfillment is still planned to start on December for some regions and January for others, providing there are no port congestions.  Which brings us to the last stage of this Kickstarter: shipping.

Finalizing shipping addresses

Before production is finished we must prepare a thorough shipping document and resume conversations with fulfillment partners for a swift delivery.

This past month we have been working in a huuuuge shipping plan to make sure all hubs have the appropriate amount of items, plus leftover copies (in case replacements are needed) and distributor copies for the items that are not Kickstarter promos.

IF YOU HAVE NOT ANSWERED YOUR BACKERKIT SURVEY, PLEASE HURRY UP!

If you need to update your address, you still have a small time window to do so in your survey.

• You can locate/retrieve your survey here.
• If you still have problems locating your survey or need any assistance, reach out to [email protected] with the subject "Dodo Dash survey"

We can't send your rewards if we don't know your shipping address or if you haven't paid for shipping fees and VAT (if applicable).

PayPal is enabled.

Make sure you click in the button "Place my order" otherwise, your survey will remain open and won't appear in backer lists for fulfillment.

IMPORTANT: If you do not complete your survey on time, your rewards might have to ship at a different time and have extra shipping costs. Please avoid this hassle and complete your survey. We are here to assist you!

Promo cards (continuation)

Let's continue our conversation about promo cards. Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts! We truly value your shared enthusiasm.

It seems there still was some confusion even after the update... so we let us be clear:

We are not doing any event-exclusive promo cards. Not now, not in the future, not in the past.

We were always considering for promos to be available in future campaigns and now, thanks to your feedback, we are taking more actions to have them widely available and without the need of pledging in a campaign that you may be not interested.

Please understand, that these new promo cards were never part of the initial development and scope of this project. These were ideated, quoted and produced after development for Dodo Dash finished and moved into prepress with the factory. 

Some promo cards are intended for partnerships with content creators, friendly local game stores, magazines, loyalty rewards in future Kickstarters, and yes, events too. But after having an initial release in these outlets, you will be able to get the whole set of promo cards online for an inexpensive price (available in all continents). 

We do not want to feed FOMO. The only difference will be the timing, whether you want to get them earlier or wait for the whole promo batch to be released. 

We will also keep BoardGameGeek updated with all single promo cards so that it is easy to keep track of them. And at least at this time, we do not have plans of creating new promo cards beyond 2025.

Let's continue our conversation and please share with us your thoughts in the comments. 

Coming soon...

This project is not over and we won't rest until it is completely fulfilled like all our past projects.

But if you have been with us in the past, you know that we like to introduce our next title once we are nearing fulfillment of the active project. This allows us to shape some aspects of the game along with the most enthusiastic members of our community!

We have received more and more messages in social media, BGG forums and emails asking about Party Panda Pirates, our game inspired by Mario Party...

And while it is still in development stage (art and game design), we are starting to share more about it in our Discord channel for this game. So if you want to discover more in advance, feel free to join the talk on Discord! Or subscribe in the Kickstarter page to be notified on launch.

Any luck guessing which pirate we are talking about? There's a hint in the image caption... The only rules that really matter are these: what a man can do and what a man can't do. 

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That's all for now but November's update will be a good one. Stay tuned!!

ROOOOAAARRR!!!!!

Let's have a friendly conversation about Promo cards, we want to hear you.
8 months ago – Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 02:05:55 AM

Hello Dodino island!

Manufacture is still in progress so we have no additional news to share. Timeline remains the same: 

• Mass production to be finished by the end of October.
• Freight shipping in November-December.
• Fulfillment to start in December-January.

Next time I expect to have some pictures from the factory and the advance production copy!

Today I want to talk with you about Promo Cards...

Not promo miniatures such as the ones included in this and past campaigns, but the type of single cards that you see in other game titles at special events such as conventions, organized play, or even in the BoardGameGeek store.

It is a HUGE topic and your input will shape our stance so that you can be excited about Promo cards (2024-2025) once you receive your games in a few months!

Let's introduce the subject today and start a two-way conversation that might take a couple of updates to wrap up. 

Please bear with me during the next few weeks to engage in a friendly dialogue between backers and creator. The goal is to understand our community expectations better and set a clear course of action that is deemed acceptable by most of you (with the mutual understanding that satisfying everyone might be an impossible endeavor) within healthy and responsible limits.

First, I offer a sincere apology

I now understand that the previous project update with news about the first event promo cards being available at Gen Con left a sour taste for many of you, and some confusion for other backers. For that, I deeply apologize. I also appreciate that you spoke loudly about the discomfort because here we are today looking for ways to improve as a creator.

Now, some context

It is important for you to know all of the following:

Last year, after this project was funded with such a passionate community, we started internal talks about Organized Play (tournaments and qualifiers) and Promo Cards to keep this game alive with ongoing support from us to you.

In January, we officially started Organized Play for Dodos Riding Dinos. We also materialized a plan for (10) promo cards of Dodos Riding Dinos that would be released from 2023 to 2025. We decided to also include Promo Cards for Kiwi Chow Down (9) and War for Chicken Island (8). They were only considered in English and Spanish. 

Since the inception, we considered for the cards to be available in other channels such as conventions (to reward the effort and expense from the attendees). Supporting content creators from the tabletop space, friendly local game stores (FLGS) or resources such as BoardGameGeek store. And of course, as loyalty rewards, free for returning backers, worldwide.

We were not expecting a delay in the fulfillment for this project... the original plan was to have all rewards in this Kickstarter fulfilled before Gen Con, when we planned to release the first Promo Cards.

We still went ahead with it because attending to Gen Con as exhibitors requires a large investment for us (traveling from Mexico) and also for attendees (most people who received promo cards were backers of this campaign or from our other games).  Plus the organized play and qualifiers have been running the whole year.

The promo cards we gave at Gen Con were just advance copies (only 120 units air-shipped for the convention) but the plan has always been for those promo cards to be widely available for you, our backers, in the several channels where we plan to distribute them (mentioned above). 

For full transparency, it is important to mention that the first set of promo cards we gave at Gen Con consisted of 1 Dodo Dash Curse card, 2 Season cards for Kiwi Chow Down, and 1 unit card for War for Chicken Island. A total of 4 different promo cards.

What's the plan now?

Let's start reiterating that all promo cards in our release plan will still be widely available for backers in multiple opportunities. 

We don't want you to feel left out because you can't attend to an event or because you can't afford to pledge in a future project at a given time.

We are now considering the other 3 languages offered in this campaign (DE, FR, IT)... although they will most likely be available at a later date than the English/Spanish version. 

I'm also planning to publish a list of all the promo cards so that you can keep track of the ones you want/have, as well as where/when/how to get each of them.

Remember that the spirit of these Promo Cards is to provide ongoing support and excitement to your Creature Kingdoms games.

And even if we ignored that, it is not possible to include in your pledge the Dodo Dash promo card that was distributed at Gen Con mainly because of the fact that ALL the Promo cards (for all games, in both languages, and for 2023 to 2025) need to be printed together to be cost-effective, but they are planned to be released at different occasions... So assembly times would increase the ETA of your rewards and we don't want this project to delay even more. 

For Essen Spiel 2023, we don't have advance copies like in Gen Con. 

At this point I can confirm that the first set of promo cards distributed as advance copies at Gen Con (first set) will be available in the following occasions. 

• Kickstarter for Party Panda Pirates (free loyalty reward)
•  Gen Con 2024 and Essen Spiel 2024
• Local events in Mexico during 2024

You can expect more alternatives (we are currently fine tuning details) that will be shared as they are confirmed.

Crossover promo cards

During brainstorming phase of the promo cards, we thought of another type of Promo cards that would become first available (but not exclusively) along with new game releases rather than with Organized Play or attending to events. We couldn't resist making them into a reality.

The idea with these "crossover promo cards" is to show existing characters from the original Dodos Riding Dinos game or Dodo Dash but with a new ability and art that echoes the newly released game's mechanics and theme. Providing inspiration to paint your miniatures differently or just play with your favorite character with a different ability. We plan to include cards like this in the games developed by Detestable Games and released in 2023-2025.

The whole set of cards shown here is a free loyalty reward included in the preorder of any of the new games of the link below.  And because these games will be arriving to fulfillment hubs at the same time as Dodo Dash, as a backer of this campaign you get free shipping on these new games if you decide to get them. The preorder deal is also very appealing: you get 1 free game, a total of 3 games for the price of 2 ($49 total).

This are the kind of deals/added value that we only offer to returning backers, so you can count on opportunities like this to get promos on Kickstarter if you are not able to attend events. These promo cards will also be available in future opportunities for our backers from this campaign (although the free shipping and 3x2 deal are usually only available in the crowdfunding/pre-order stage of the new games).

To avoid diverting from the topic of promo cards in this update, more info about the games can be found here where you can join the preorders.`

Your turn!

I mentioned at the beginning that I wanted this to be a 2-way conversation. Now's your turn to let us know in the comments your first impressions after reading this update (all of it, please).

I'll start shaping ideas after reading all of you and next time we continue our dialogue about promo cards, I'll have more concrete actions and most likely a survey to measure the overall preferences. 

Important to note...

A few backers complained about the items we sold at Gen Con. 

This Kickstarter is for Dodo Dash and we did not sell Dodo Dash during Gen Con because it is currently being mass produced at China.

Remember that the original game of Dodos Riding Dinos was already Kickstarted in 2020 and released in 2022. Kiwi Chow Down and War for Chicken Island were offered as add-ons in this campaign with an extra discount, but those games were also released in previous years. 

The products we sold at Gen Con were all already released in the past. They were the last leftover items in our warehouse that were originally intended for replacement of damaged copies but fortunately were not needed.

In the risks & challenges section of our campaigns we mention that items available Kickstarter might be available (in limited quantities) at special events such as gaming conventions. Still, the best way to secure any Kickstarter promos are while a the campaign is live.

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Thanks so much for your attention reading this update, I'm excited to keep learning your expectations about Promo cards for great games like this one!

ROAAAAAAR!