Proofs have arrived! + Shipping Updates
about 2 years ago
– Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 05:28:15 PM
Hello everyone!
I am very excited to share that the hard-copy proofs have arrived and they look fantastic! We're giving the printers the go ahead to start the full production run now.
We expect production to take a few weeks, then the books will be shipped via cargo ship to the US for distribution. We are partnering with a distribution center to handle the shipping, so we expect the books to go out very quickly once they arrive stateside.
We'll be locking and charging the shipping through Backerkit this week. Please make sure your credit cards in their system are up-to-date. They will send out reminder emails to anyone who's cards have expired since you filled out the survey at the end of the Kickstarter.
Also, many of you have messaged or emailed us your new home addresses, we will go through and compare these against the system, but please, check your Backerkit account and make sure it has the correct address! You can manually change this yourself as well.
Once again, we want to thank you all so much for your support, we know this project has taken longer than anticipated and your patience is so incredibly appreciated. We've learned an incredible amount through this process and we know for our next project we'll be able to deliver it to you in a much quicker and efficient timeline.
Once the books are printed and on the boat here we will post another update to keep you all appraised. In the next few weeks we'll also be announcing our next project which will be scheduled to launch on Kickstarter this summer, but not until after we're sure Age of Antiquity is in all your hands!
Thanks everyone!
Hardcopy Proof Update
about 2 years ago
– Tue, Feb 15, 2022 at 06:45:18 PM
Hello everyone,
Very sorry for the delay in updates, we were hoping to have the physical proofs in hand before posting again. Sadly there some updates we needed to make after checking the digital proofs, and our printer, Print Ninja, was closed for two weeks the end of January-early February due to Chinese New Year. The hardcopy proofs are in print now and should be here in the next couple of weeks.
We apologize for not having the hardcopy proofs to show you at this time, but we will be posting an update with pictures of them as soon as they arrive.
As always, thanks for your patience and support through this project, we'll have the books to you all soon!
Fixed PDF Error (Sorry for the download spam)
over 2 years ago
– Wed, Dec 15, 2021 at 10:13:12 PM
Hello Everyone,
We've just posted, another, updated version of the PDF to Backerkit. This one fixed an issue on Page 9 which was resulting in the map being low-resolution. We're not sure what caused it, but we have verified that the error was not present in the print version we sent off, so no worries about it being in the physical book.
Thank you to those who pointed this out to us. We believe this will be the final update to the Digital Edition and we apologize for sending out so many versions so quickly. We have also removed the previous versions from the Backerkit Download section as a some people were getting confused as to which version was current.
We expect to have the digital proofs from the printer by end of week, and the physical proofs by the end of the month. We will be posting another update once the physical proofs arrive to let you all see how the book looks in print! We'll also have another update at the end of January to let you know the status of the printing/shipping and to announce the next project we have in the works!
Once more, thank you all such much for your support on this journey, we hope you'll join us for the next one!
- The Aruzian Publishing Team
Age of Antiquity - Printing and Final PDF!
over 2 years ago
– Sat, Dec 11, 2021 at 04:41:12 AM
Hello everyone!
We're happy to announce that the files have been sent off to the printers! We're expecting a production time of 2-3 weeks and a shipping time of 6-8 weeks before the books arrive at our location before being shipped out to each of you.
The shipping fees through Backerkit will be collected the first week of January. We understand the shipping survey was sent out over a year ago, so some of you may need to update the cards on file if they have expired, you will receive an email if this is the case.
We've also posted an even more updated revision of the PDF for you all to download via Backerkit. This version is the full 288 pages, including the feats and spells as well as the character sheets.
The character sheets themselves will also be available for download shortly through Backerkit.
Once more, we want to thank all of you so much for making Age of Antiquity a reality and for sticking with us through several delays. We know the book is getting to you later than we originally anticipated, and we greatly appreciate your patience. We have learned a lot through this last year and a half, and we know that our next project (which we'll be announcing in the next few months) will be much quicker and smoother in its delivery.
We also want to thank all of you who submitted comments on the previous versions and helped us make corrections before going to print.
This has been a long process, and we're very glad that the books will be in your hands soon!
Thanks again,
- The Aruzian Publishing Team
Age of Antiquity - Revised PDF Released!
over 2 years ago
– Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 06:26:32 PM
Hello everyone!
We hope you all had a wonderful holiday weekend and we're back with some good news. The revised edition of the Age of Antiquity PDF has just been posted to Backerkit! We are very happy with the work Rachael has done reformatting the book and we believe you will be as well.
With her updates we were able to fit in all the extra magic items, creatures and one more subclass without having to shift any of the content to a side PDF, it's all in one!
The next step, which a few of you have asked about, are the physical books! Now that we have the finished PDF, we will be getting the finalized documents to the printers this week. We are expecting about 8-10 weeks from the order date before they arrive, unfortunately shipping is being delayed do to the current supply chain crisis. We will keep you all updated as the printing and shipping process moves along.
If any of you have any trouble downloading the PDF please let us know through a direct message and we will get the issues resolved.
Once more, thank you all so much your support and patience over this process, we could never have done this without you!
