Greetings, Gearlocs!

At long last, the eve of the Unbreakable campaign is upon us! As we prepare for this 17 day marathon, we wanted to highlight a couple of things that we are certain will be of interest to you. Let's start with the information that applies to all of you! But if you speak German, make sure to read all the way to the bottom regarding some other exciting news...

Flat Rate Shipping

Below you'll see the shipping rate graphic for this campaign. All of these rates are flat, meaning no matter what you add, no matter how much it weighs, no matter how many Trove Chests are included, the shipping rate stays the same. This includes all items added to your pledge after the campaign in the pledge manager.

Traditionally on previous CTG campaigns, we go aggressive on bundled savings and MSRP discounts. On this campaign, we've decided to do things a little differently - and we wanted you to know that much of the savings in this campaign is baked into these shipping rates.

Worldwide freight has become a bit of a nightmare during COVID, and it's become enormously expensive. Because of that, many campaigns are charging eye-popping numbers for shipping (and that's fair, it really is *that* expensive. We've broken down the average savings you can expect to see as best we can on a per pledge basis:

1. Unbreakable Hero Pledge Shipping Savings

USA: $15 in savings over actual shipping cost
EU: $25 - 100 (depending on country) in savings over actual shipping cost
UK: $15 in savings over actual shipping cost
AUS: $15, NZ: $25 in savings over actual shipping cost
Asia: $20-75 (depending on country) in savings over actual shipping cost

2. Just Enough Bones Pledge Shipping Savings

USA: $35 in savings over actual shipping cost
EU: $35-200 (depending on country) in savings over actual shipping cost
UK: $25 in savings over actual shipping cost
AUS: $60, NZ: $100 in savings over actual shipping cost
Asia: $60-100 (depending on country) in savings over actual shipping cost

3. Ultimate Completionist Pledge Shipping Savings

USA: $100 in savings over actual shipping cost
EU: $35-200 (depending on country) in savings over actual shipping cost
UK: $50 in savings over actual shipping cost
AUS: $120, NZ: $200 in savings over actual shipping cost
Asia: $120-150 (depending on country) in savings over actual shipping cost

German Translation Pack

Surprise! We've listened. And listened. And listened. And listened to the requests (let's be real, there was some begging, and a little bit of yelling! :-P) for a German Translation Pack for the game rather than just the full localized version of the game - and we've decided to go ahead and offer one for $20 as a part of this campaign. Now, this is a complicated issue, so let me break down the details as well as I can.

1. Yes, we are offering a German Translation Pack for the Too Many Bones base game for $20 in the pledge manager of this campaign.

2. It includes: All Cards (Encounters, Loot, etc), Reference Sheets, and Rulebook for TMB base game only.

3. It DOES NOT include chips or mats, meaning there are still elements of your game that will remain untranslated if you choose to buy this pack. However, the reference sheets in this pack exclusively will feature the game's key words/skills in both English and German for easier reference of the English game materials.

4. We will not be doing language packs for any of the other languages offered in this campaign. German is a bit of a special circumstance in that we are localizing/publishing the German version ourselves, and we have sold more copies of TMB into Germany than any other non-English speaking country by a very wide margin.

5. We are not certain how we will approach the likely eventual release of expansion content in this regard. Items like 40 Days in Daelore, 40 Waves in Daelore, and Age of Tyranny are tricky. The Encounters/cards in those expansions are often well over 50% of the included content, which makes an update pack for these products very similar to a fully translated add-on. So, please know that going into this campaign we are *not* promising similar packs for other expansion content. We only promise that we will continue to listen and do our best to meet all of our customers wherever they are at, in whatever way we are able.

Whew! Okay! That's all the news to share tonight. We have some loooooong hours ahead of us here at the office yet tonight as we prep for tomorrow's festivities. We can't wait to start peeling back the curtain on this massive flood of TMB content for you. This entire campaign is going to serve as *such* an amazing conclusion to the series. So get some rest, and we'll see you in the morning both here and streaming LIVE tomorrow morning at launch over at youtube.com/chiptheorygames. We'll see you then!

Josh, Adam, and Josh (Ghillie)