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Hexcrawl Toolbox

Created by Games Omnivorous

Set of 150 physical hex tiles to generate hexcrawls & a guidebook on how to run them. To use with any fantasy roleplaying game.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Final fulfilment update
7 months ago – Mon, Sep 11, 2023 at 08:56:24 AM

Done!

We believe we are finally done - there are only a handful of backers who have yet to receive their rewards; these will be taken care of this week, no later. Everyone else should have their boxes by now. UFFFFF! This was a hard one to navigate and see through. 

Broken boxes

We are aware that some backers received damaged boxes. Although this pretty much always happens with every single campaign out there in the world, it was an unusual amount this time: we are looking at about 3% of backers. This may seem like a small figure, but we here at Games Omnivorous usually do not go over 1% of total orders with reported damaged items or lost mail. This was mostly because this toolbox has proven itself a BEAST to ship and pack. The toolbox is relatively small but extremely heavy for its size (2.2kgs), which means that even with bubblewrap and reinforced cardboard box (which we did not factor in nor charged you all when contemplating shipping costs, but still used to some extent), some are inevitably bound to break. Particularly if you take into consideration how distributors and shipping partners usually handle mail: with their feet, if not by tossing them in the air when loading and unloading trucks. Sigh.

Moving forward

In a way, this is EXACTLY why we do Kickstarters. At this point in our company's history, we are in the fortunate position of not needing to launch a Kickstarter for, let's say, a conventional book: we know how to make one, we know the type of investment needed, and we know what to expect in terms of shipping. However, when it comes to these weird toolboxes with unusual weights and tons of content inside, well... yeah, we really need YOUR HELP. Your support is what ultimately enables us to test out these new things, to experiment with stuff we never did before. Perhaps this time we miscalculated a few things (certainly how the weight of the final product would affect distribution), but Kickstarter is precisely for this: to test out new ideas, to experiment with new formats, to design stuff that we would never have the chance to without your support. As kickstarter likes to remind us all at every opportunity they have: Kickstarter is not a store. We do stand by this.

So, from the bottom of our hearts: THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING US and allowing us the opportunity to bring these unusual projects to life. Without you all, the hexcrawl toolbox wouldn't be. Without you all, we'd never have the chance to do this. We hope you are pleased with what you received and can only dream of having a similar support next time. 

Frontier Scum: campaign is live

If you are not aware by now, we have a new campaign for TDES OF ROT, an experimental vinyl LP for Frontier Scum. FRONTIER SCUM is an ENNIE-winning rules-lite Acid Western roleplaying game. We are reprinting the original corebook, making a special edition of the same book, and designing a new adventure in the format of a music vinyl. Click on any image below to check out the campaign or click HERE

THANKS!

Fulfilment done!
7 months ago – Sun, Aug 27, 2023 at 09:07:07 AM

Quick update to say that fulfilment is done. Everyone should have their boxes by now OR a tracking code at the very least.

If there’s anything wrong with your rewards or with the shipping, please DO NOT POST IT IN THE COMMENTS. The correct channel for this is [email protected] -  also provide backer info and other relevant information. We will not reply to more comments related to shipping in the comments section. Please use comments for feedback on the toolbox, suggestions, ideas on using it, and so forth.   

Tons of folks have already posted beautiful photos of the toolbox all over social media and we wanna thank them for this. 

We worked day and night for over a year to make this the best we could. We are a small indie company based in a small country like Portugal, so it’s incredible to see these toolboxes all around the world.   

THANK YOU !

Almost done!
7 months ago – Mon, Aug 21, 2023 at 10:54:04 AM

Fulfilment Progress

  •  Europe & Worldwide: fulfilment is done! everyone should have either received their packages by now or, at the very least, a tracking code. 
  •  North America & UK: there's only 200 packages still to be shipped. they will go out either today or tomorrow - or on Wednesday at the latest. you should start receiving your rewards soon or tracking codes. 
  •  Digital fulfilment: DONE! if you don't have the files, reach out to us. 

What about the TOOLBOX APP?

That's the only missing link of this Kickstarter. As we mentioned before, the app might take some extra time before being ready for release. As of now, we already have a completely functional and functioning prototype, but we need to make a few cosmetics updates and feature updates before sending it out to you all for beta testing. please bear with us. we think we might have something for you end of September. 


THANKS !

Last stage of fulfilment finally begins
8 months ago – Sat, Aug 12, 2023 at 01:04:31 AM

Finally there!

Received word from Exalted Funeral that the toolboxes have finally arrived. Ufffff, at long last! it "only" took DHL 14 days to deliver them from Baltimore's port. here's a photo directly from the warehouse. This means shipping to backers starts next monday, at least for European+WW backers. I still need to check with EF when they can start shipping out their share to NA+UK backers, but i expect/hope this can be arranged for next week as well. 

WHAT ABOUT DIGITAL? Check your e-mails, they are going out today. 

THANKS!

Another fulfilment update
8 months ago – Wed, Aug 09, 2023 at 08:59:00 AM

Shipping Mayhem 


  •  North America + UK: nothing goes smoothly these days. The ship carrying the toolboxes arrived to Baltimore on the 26th of July. Since then, we've sent at least a dozen e-mails requesting them to be moved into EF's warehouse and, well, here we are. They are still in the port awaiting pickup. DHL offers no explanation for this, and keep saying they will be delivered "no later than tomorrow" for about a week now. Good news is that it's only a 30-minute drive anyway. They have promised delivery once again for today. We shall see.
  •  Europe + WW: we are completely ready to do fulfilment. the toolboxes are packed and stacked. they will start moving as soon as we get confirmation that the others are also ready to go. 
  •  Digital fulfilment: everything is ready at this point too. you shall receive your Digital Packs via BackerKit. we are just waiting for the toolboxes to arrive to EF's warehouse to make sure they are all safe and sound, before releasing the digital files. this is just to make sure that physical fulfilment can start immediately after everyone gets the digital files. 

Please bear with us. We are doing the best we can. 

THANK YOU!