Thank you again, backers!
Because of your support, along with that of nearly 12,000 other backers, this campaign has soared to an amazing result. Would you be surprised to learn we ended up just making it in as the 10th largest RPG crowdfunding campaign ever? Clearly you love The Magnus Archives as much as we do—and we’re really thrilled that you’ve unlocked so much to make this game, and the fun stuff we’re looking forward to making alongside it, as awesome as it can possibly be. We really appreciate your support and your faith in us.
IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ the next couple of sections. We have some other info to share after that, but what follows here is critical.
The Immediate Future
Running a big crowdfunding campaign is hard work. We’re going to take a little time off. You may not hear from us for a little while, but don’t worry. We’ve delivered on over two dozen large crowdfunding campaigns over the past ten+ 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 two or three weeks.
HERE’S SOME SUPER IMPORTANT STUFF:
- 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!
- Later, when your rewards are available, we’ll give you instructions on how to claim them. This process ensures, among other benefits, that we collect your accurate shipping address at the time of fulfillment. DON’T IGNORE OUR COMMUNICATIONS, or you won’t get your rewards!
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 rolled along, the design team (Monte, Sean, Bruce, Shanna, and Dominique) has been working on The Magnus Archives Roleplaying Game, while also keeping our other projects, such as It’s Only Magic and the Cypher System Bestiary, on track.
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 The Weird and The Glimmering Valley 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 these updates is Charles, who has planned and run this campaign.
All of us at MCG want to extend our thanks to all of you who made this an incredibly successful—and fun—campaign. Your support brings our imagination to life and to thousands of game tables.
And now for something completely different…
If you loved the Prop Set stretch goal we unlocked this morning, you’ll really love
Invisible Sun. It’s the ultimate “boxed set” RPG, filled with wondrous contents. And the setting is unlike anything ever before published—a surreal and colorful world (of which our own is a grey shadow) in which magic is truly magical.
Thanks again for such a fantastic campaign!
—Team MCG
