Hello Wrath of Kings backers,

We’ve just finished a round of production meetings with our manufacturers and in a nutshell, we’re sorry but the wait is going to take a little longer (August to September).  Here’s the state of the kingdoms right now…

Three things pushed us back a little – the first would be completely new sculpts for some of the stuff that weren’t really up to scratch with the rest of the line. For example, many backers wanted new Blood Dancers, and the resculpts came out great!

The second would be the variant parts / additional poses requested while the campaign was running – this one was the trickiest. Since this wasn’t envisioned before we planned the start of the campaign,  one proposed solution was to create a first batch of starters with these parts in metal, and having the retail versions in plastic.  After some back and forth testing how unpainted armies looked with the metal models mixed in we decided it’d be better to slow down a bit and ship all of you something great, or at least equal to the retail customers that come later.

Third, production times are a little longer than anticipated due to the huge demand we’re getting for WoK – this is good in the long run for the longevity of the game and also of course the amount of stretch goodies that all of you are getting has put more strain on the factory than they anticipated.

So, where does that leave us?

In an attempt to be as clear as possible, we’re going to give you the same schedule we’re working from. As of April 21st, we have an estimated date of completed production in 60 days. So production should be done by June 21st.

After production has completed we have 14 to 21 days for the plastics to be organized, sorted, and put into boxes. This “assembly” step should be done by July 14.

At this point in time, the factory will begin packing Asia Pacific and EU pledges. The Asia Pacific pledges should ship out as soon as they are packed and ready. EU pledges will all ship in one large group to our EU shipping partner. These packages will ship in a container similar to how we’ve done Rivet Wars and Zombicide Wave 2.

America will be shipped a container once assembly is complete and then pledges will be packed by the American warehouse team here. Again, this is how we handled Zombicide Wave 2 and Rivet Wars.

This shipment from our factory should take about 5 weeks from departure to delivery. This means America should receive the container sometime between mid and late August.

For backers, this results in Asia Pacific getting their rewards first and then EU and America getting their rewards around the same time.

We didn’t want to post an update until we had a solid confirmation from our factory of where production stood and were given a clear time table. Obviously this is a larger delay than we would like, and we’re sorry for the additional wait.

As we move forward we will keep you updated with the current process of the final steps of production. We’ll let you know as each step comes to a close and adjust the estimated delivery date accordingly. We really appreciate your feedback, support and patience throughout this project and truly believe that the quality of the final product will be well worth this delay.

Onto happier news! we have a ton of new pics for your viewing pleasure including a brand new paint job by Jennifer Haley:

We cannot thank you enough for your support and understanding, and as you can see the sculpts are turning out amazing. We will have more updates for you shortly! If you have any questions, please email [email protected]