Parks & Potions

Update #11: Pledge Manager + Production Status + Artwork Updates + Tariffs + Upcoming Title

Pledge Manager

As of this morning, we're at 87% completed on the pledge manager. Only 7 AppleID backers left on that. We still have a little time for the pledge manager, so please get over there and complete your pledge information!

Production Status

We wish there was better news to share regarding the production status, but at least it's not entirely "bad" news! We managed to get a majority of the final artwork to the manufacturer before the Chinese Lunar New Year, but we didn't make it in time to receive a production copy before factories closed for the month. We're still in communication with our agent and working closely to work out any small details before they open back up to ensure the transition back into production is smooth. With all that said, we've been ensured that we'll still be able to hit our fulfillment milestone!

Artwork Updates

Parks & Potions is a beautiful game as it is, but we felt we needed to up the quality on the final graphic design. Thankfully, Ammon is amazing to work with and has shared his expertise to help make the game shine more than it already does. Here are some of the general updates to the cards that we think you'll like:

Base Game - A little bit of accenting was added to some of the key details of the cards to give them a pop where needed. The bottles now pop out a little more, the wild icon is more apparent and distinguishable from the round bottles, and the extract reward is more obvious.

Potion Perils - The event cards didn't feel like we gave them enough love, so we went back over them and did some work on bringing the theme out a bit more. The original idea was to make it obvious that something was wrong, but it just didn't look like it was on par with the rest of the game. Now, it's a nice little sign meant to feel more like a random sign you'd see out on the trails in the woods. As you can see from the dice as well, we made an update prompted from feedback to match the icons to the shapes of the bottles. Looking forward to seeing what the production quality and visibility is on these as well.

Bugs and Bottles - We got the Bugs and Bottles artwork situated and looking good! You can check out the rulebook (Yup! 1 page!) for this expansion as well!

Tariffs

I'm sure by now we've all heard about the tariff situation. Unfortunately, this will immediately impact the board game industry as a whole. As we're trying to start up and keep things affordable and honest, it makes operations slightly harder. Hopefully, the situation will work out for the best and we'll have less of a concern to worry about on our future products. For now, there is nothing any of you have to worry about. We don't intend to pass any of this on to our customers and we assume all responsibility for it regardless. Although not needed (at this time), a huge thank you to those who have reached out to offer donations to supplement this added cost. We're still unsure if we'll be affected by this by the time shipment begins. We'll let you know if more comes up!

Upcoming Title

We recently signed a new small box game that we're excited to share with you all. The artwork is being commissioned, and we're excited to be working alongside Alan Gomes again to bring this game to life as he did with Parks & Potions. That's all we can share for now, but we're looking forward to having a more concrete announcement next month :D