The post-project survey has been submitted for review! This is an exciting step, and I'm well ahead of schedule. New items will be available in the survey. In partnership with (Be)Caffeinated, I'm offering a coffee blend that is unique to the Cafe. I will also have the 2023 items available for you to add, such as the Poppy plushie and coloring book!  

One the surveys are reviewed and approved, the smoke test should go out early next week. That's where a random 5% of pledges receive the survey early to make sure there are no issues. The rest of the surveys usually go out within 72 hours of the smoke test. To boost production speed, surveys will close on July 31st. This is a semi-hard close. All surveys completed by this date are guaranteed to be in the first wave of fulfillment. You will still be able to complete your survey after that date, but your chosen rewards are no longer guaranteed.

As per my terms of service in the FAQ, if you do not fill out your survey and fully pay for pledge + shipping by December 31, 2024, your order will be completely locked and you will not be refunded. I am not a warehouse, so I cannot keep your surveys open forever, nor can I store items forever if they are not paid for or claimed. Any money you have already paid will be considered a donation. THIS PROJECT WILL FULLY CLOSE ON JANUARY 1ST, 2025.

My next project is planned for September! This will be for Collectors Guild Cafe 2025 calendar, matching coloring book, and comic issue #1. There will be 13 new, full page illustrations! Here is the sign up teaser page! ☕

If you have any questions please feel free to email me at [email protected]

Forward, toward horizons!
Carly K

Hello Collectors!

Just wanted to make a quick shout-out for a fellow creator I've pledged to. Wild Earth Dice has LOTS of epic dice to pick from, but I'm especially excited to have a couple of their 90mm D20s. Here are my favorites!

Best
Carly K

ETERNAL ABYSS - 90mm

CATACLYSMIC AMETHYST - 90mm

ETERNAL RADIANCE - Standard Set

ENDLESS UNIVERSE - Standard Set

Collectors... you amaze me!

You all got me so far in this journey, and I couldn't have done it without you. Words are never enough, but I hope this REALLY BIG THANK YOU can help you understand how I feel right now! Over the next TWO WEEKS, I'll be working on the pledge manager survey and payments will begin processing for your initial pledge amount. Please feel free to ask questions, talk about the journey, or generally just hang out in the Community tab!

HOW DO PAYMENTS WORK

Over the next two weeks, BackerKit will charge the card you used in your pledge, and import your information into the pledge manager. If your payment doesn't work this first time, don't worry! You'll have multiple chances to update your card information before surveys are sent out. You'll also have a chance to update everything in the survey! There will be plenty of opportunities to make sure you get your rewards before the whole project closes for good on December 31, 2024.

CURRENT TIMELINE PROJECTIONS (UPDATED JULY 1)

JULY 14 - Surveys go out
JULY 31 - Surveys close
AUGUST 14 - All items ordered
OCTOBER 14 - All items (hopefully) received
OCTOBER 16 - Add-ons & shipping charged
OCTOBER 31 - Orders packaged and shipping begins
DECEMBER 31 - Project fully closed and rewards are no longer guaranteed

Once again, THANK YOU SO MUCH for being part of this project! Please let me know if you have any questions. My next update will be in about 2 weeks with information about the pledge manager surveys, such as how the work and what you need to do.

NEXT PROJECT

I do want to take a brief moment to mention that I have another project planned for September! This will be for Collectors Guild Cafe calendar, coloring book, and comic issue #1. Here is the sign up teaser page! You can learn more about the Cafe at CollectorsGuildCafe.com ☕

Forward, toward horizons!
Carly K

P.S. disclaimer on all free items in any pledge from throughout this project... you need to successfully fill out your survey and pay for the final shipping costs to receive your paid pledge and any free rewards!

The purpose of this update is to let you know about 3 things:
1. I am moving the project end date from July 9th to July 1st at 4PM EST
2. Blaze the Pheonix and pride variants are available for pledging
3. Free Cafe Pride D20 sticker unlocked at 200 pledges

For the longest time Kickstarter has set the industry standard, which was that campaigns would run for 30 days. Since switching to BackerKit and experimenting with timelines, I have learned that shorter campaigns seem to be more beneficial. My cross collaboration partner and I have decided that by ending a week earlier, we can start the manufacturing process earlier, and therefore deliver your pins earlier than expected. The campaign will now end on July 1st and you'll be charged shortly after it ends for your pledge level and add-ons. Aside from the end date, nothing else about this campaign is changing! 

Blaze the Phoenix 3" pin and her pride variants are now available as pledge levels and add-ons! The original Blaze design is a pledge level, and the pride variants are add-ons which can be accessed separately through the $1 add-on access tier.

 

Finally, I've changed the free Cafe Pride D20 sticker to unlock at 200 pledges! That means we're only 4 people away from that achievement. I look forward to making this sticker for all you awesome collectors!

If you have any questions please feel free to email me at [email protected]

Forward, toward horizons!
Carly K

Hello Cafe patrons!

Here's a look at what your digital character sheets will look like! These can be printed or used on any device that can read PDFs. Each character will have all the pages you see here, as well as an extra Additional Notes page. We'll have Level 5 versions if we get 500 collectors to join the Cafe.

These were created with the help of Waffles, a friend of the Cafe and a DM of many years! Backstory was written by myself and my husband Jason, who helps SO MUCH with the lore of the Cafe.

Onward, toward horizons!
Carly K

Hello Cafe patrons!

This is a short announcement to let you guys know there is a new freebie goal. If 300+ collectors pledge to this project, everybody will receive a free 2.5" Cafe Pride D20 sticker. And we're already halfway there! I hope you like this design.

Onward, toward horizons!
Carly K

Hello Cafe patrons!

Just wanted to put in a quick THANK YOU to getting us this far in our TTRPG adventure! If I was more creative, we'd probably have some kind of map that shows locations in this world. And a cute little marker that shows the group arriving at the Cafe. And then we would have a poll of what action is taken next.

But I'm not that creative.

So thank you, from the bottom of my heart!

Up next is unlocking Blaze the Phoenix pin as a pledge level and add on, as well as the Pride Variants as add-ons! Her pin is 3" wide and totally adorable! Blaze is a recurring background character in the Cafe comic (issue 1 coming later this year). She's also a main character in the mobile game I have planned (it's a very long document already).

Onward toward horizons!
Carly K