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Molly House

Created by Wehrlegig Games

From designers Jo Kelly and Cole Wehrle comes a game of queer joy and betrayal in 18th century London. Experience this immersive historical board game from the creators behind Pax Pamir and John Company.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Manufacturing Complete 🚢 Address Confirmations and Delivery News🔒 PAX Unplugged Photos
15 days ago – Wed, Dec 18, 2024 at 08:56:57 AM

Hi everyone,

I'm happy to share the news that our manufacturing partner has just completed mass production of Molly House. Wahoo! All the games and add-ons are now getting packed and assembled onto pallets to get ready to be shipped across the world. This also means that we are now entering the freight and fulfillment phase of this project, so it will soon be time to verify your delivery address and receive your pledge!





Delivery Address Confirmation and Shipping Details

We work with fulfillment partners all over the world that make our project possible. This project will be fulfilled on a rolling basis across Q1 2025, which means that there will be some timing difference in fulfillment and the final lock for delivery addresses for backers before fulfillment. Address confirmation emails are a 48 hour notice that reminds you what address we have on file and then let's you know that it is about to be locked.

Refer to the different sections below to learn more about your pledge. Like always, please reach out over email to [email protected] for any assistance on your pledge or if there are any issues with delivery.

US Backers
We ship our rewards out of a fulfillment partner warehouse in the Chicago-land area. They are incredibly -well setup to move as quickly and carefully though our orders as soon as we are ready to ship. We are are still currently sorting out how we'll bring things into the US with our freight partner right now. We are not sure still what any threatened tariffs might mean for this project, but we'll certainly keep you informed.

I suspect if things go smoothly we are still on track for the first shipments to be sent out sometime in early March. Given the constantly evolving state of the world, it is hard to say exactly when but we're going to just say that final US address confirmation emails will go out February 18th. We'll then confirm our shipping lists and upload to our freight partners so they can get right to it when the games arrive.

CA Backers
We will continue working with Pick & Pack Logistics for our Molly House fulfillment. We've worked with them on all of our crowdfunding campaigns for CA backers and they continue to do amazing work. I suspect a very similar timeline to the US, though it could be earlier or later since it is a different shipment and will be going through a different port of entry. Regardless, let's plan on final address confirmation emails for CA backers also go out on February 18th. Like with all of our regions, after we lock final addresses, we format and upload the shipment data to our partners' shipping platform.

AU/NZ Backers
Like with our previous campaigns, we'll continue to work with Aetherworks for AU + NZ fulfillment. They are fantastic and typically receive the games weeks earlier than our other fulfillment regions. I am hoping the first  AU/NZ bound copies ship out in February at some point, so let's plan on final AU/NZ address confirmation emails go out January 21st. I have not received confirmation about when we can expect fulfillment to start up, so there is a chance it won't be until March. I am hopeful it will start up before then.

SEA-Region Backers
Our wonderful China-based fulfillment partner VFI Asia will be the first to receive a shipment. They are responsible for all SEA-region fulfillment. VFI works with a bunch of local fulfillment centers in surrounding countries, so depending on the volume of games from their other publishing partners, delivery could be on a similar timeline to that of the US. It will be very hard to say when exactly your copy will be delivered. Please make sure you list an address that can work for a wide delivery window. CN/HK orders will certainly be first but others depend wildly, so please put an address that will be safe to deliver to anytime from January until late April to be safe. Many of VFI shipments won't go out until they have enough games to ship safely to their regional partners. It is slow and safe, but we're very close to local delivery, so I will need to lock in all addresses for VFI very soon! I will send out SEA-region address confirmations TOMORROW, Thursday December 19th. There is a chance VFI might be able to get local CN copies shipped out before Lunar New Year, but no promises yet.

UK Backers
For the first time, we are shipping to our UK backers via UK-based Spiral Galaxy! I'm really excited to be working with them. This hopefully means better turn around time for UK shipments and support. I suspect this lane will also be on a similar timeline to that of the US / CA / EU, which means I am optimistic for a march fulfillment for the campaign.  Let's also plan on final address confirmation emails for UK backers also go out on February 18th. This may be pushed up or back depending on the speed of the freight.

Europe + all other International Backers
And lastly, our Germany-based shipping partner Fulfillment Europe who handles all EU, Europe, and rest of world shipments for us. FE has been an incredible partner over the years and I'm very happy to work with them again on Molly House fulfillment. We'll put this fulfillment zone on the same address lock timing as the others, but know that it is also subject to be pushed up or back depending on when the games arrive. Also hoping for a March-April fulfillment for most of the orders. We'll do address confirmations for EU/Int'l backers  on February 18th.

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If you are planning to move into to a new apartment sometime in March or are confused about anything related to the delivery of your pledge, please reach out over email to [email protected] and we'll be sure to help.



PAX Unplugged Photos


And lastly, to round out this update, here are some photos from PAX Unplugged! We had a ton of fun demoing on final production copies that we air freighted for the convention. We leaned in heavily into the world of Molly House and had a great (albeit emotional) time showing off Molly House. It was just incredible to see folks react and experience the game in its final form really for the first time. Also, feeling humbled and grateful as ever that Jo and our volunteers were able to come to Philly so we could show off the years of hard work. A wonderful, exhausting way to wrap up a big year!



We're incredibly lucky we were able to share in the joy of this project, in no small part because of the support from backers like you! We were able to make this game a reality because of your generosity and interest.

I suspect our next update will come in January when Cole and I will do our annual Wehrlegig Year Ahead stream (date and time TBA) and hopefully will have news about unboxing, how-to play, and other video-related things for you! 

Thanks as always and talk to you again in the new year,
Drew

First Mass Production Copies 🤩 Molly House @ PAX Unplugged 🚚 ANNOUNCING HELL RAISERS ⛏️
30 days ago – Tue, Dec 03, 2024 at 06:35:20 AM

Hello everyone!

Last week, just a few hours before Cole left for Thanksgiving, we received our first batch of MPC (Mass Production Copies) in Saint Paul. These are essentially the copies "first off the line." Usually we only get a single copy, which we use to check things like factory pack (how do they pack it before shipping it to our fulfillment centers) and double check any late-stage adjustments we made during the development process. I'm happy to report that the game passed with flying colors. We're really happy with how this one turned out.

We'll be posting more photos of the game in play soon, but we couldn't help sharing just a few now!






It's very atypical for us to receive more than one MPC since usually one is all we need to check the major questions. However, we knew the production was falling very close to Pax Unplugged, so we asked the factory to send us a few extra copies so that we could run all of our convention demos with the real deal!




Molly House @ PAX Unplugged

If you're in Philadelphia this week for Pax Unplugged, I hope you'll stop by booth #3445. We'll be running games of Molly House at the booth and at dedicated tables elsewhere in the hall. We'll have both of our previous games for sale along with metal coins and some pretty amazing merch that we've been working on secretly (Heck, not even Cole knew about it until recently!). Keep an eye on our social media for some fun reveals.




Announcing Our Next Project  

Finally, in addition to Molly House, we'll be showing off our upcoming game Hell Raisers in Kanawha County.

Designed by Maltilda Simonsson (Turncoats, Pax Penning) and Luke Evison, Hell Raisers is a snappy, historical board game about the labor movement in West Virginia at the start of the 20th century for one to three players.

Play as a coal company operator seeking profit or as the labor movement demanding union recognition in this highly interactive game.  Two company players compete by purchasing cards from a market and playing them into their company tableaus. Most cards place workers to dig at mines and thugs to keep them working. The labor player seeks to shut these sites down by organizing strikes that disable access to key company actions. Large, disruptive strikes may generate public outrage and catch the attention of newspapers, helping fuel the movement and garner the attention of prominent labor leaders like Mother Jones.

Featuring a dynamic Pax-style card play, terrifying dice rolls, and crunchy area majority tactics, Hell Raisers in Kanawha County feels right at home in our catalog of interactive historical games and will be our first foray into American history. The game also features development from Joe Schmidt, Drew, and creative direction (and some development) from Cole. We have had so much fun working on this game, and cannot wait to show it to you all.

If you'd like to learn more, you can sign up for the next campaign here.



Thanks as always to all our backers, and we are hoping to be done with mass production and assembly by the end of the year. Our update in January will include our shipping plan and some ETAs for delivery and final address confirmation lock dates by fulfillment region (as well as share photos from the convention). We'll also let folks know then we'll do an unboxing on stream and maybe pair it together with our annual Wehrlegig Year Ahead live stream we like to do. More on that next year! 

Let us know if you have any questions as always with a comment or email to [email protected] 💌

Mass Production 🏭 Cover Reveal 📸 Essen Demos 🃏
3 months ago – Tue, Oct 01, 2024 at 01:28:58 PM

Hi everyone!

Drew here. I want to share a quick update today to officially let y'all know that we're off to the races for mass production. I am just thrilled to say all files have been approved for print and that Molly House is moving through the production pipeline right now. I can never say thank you enough times for helping bring this project into existence because of your early support, but I'll happily say it again. THANK YOU!

To get y'all that much more excited, here's the official cover image! We'll update the BGG listing and other online places with these new images and probably we'll leave the campaign images the same so y'all can compare with how far the game's look has come along. We love how it turned out and cannot wait for y'all to see it on and off the shelf.



Also, we are still just loving our pre-production copy! Here is another photo to tease y'all about more pretty photos to come, to tide you over until you receive your pledges! I promise we'll do an unboxing stream when we get our hands on a early mass production copy later this fall.




And lastly we are heading to Essen Spiel right now! Cole and I will be running around seeing all the new games and poking our heads into the used game booths certainly too. Please say hello if you see us and moreover come check out our demos we are running at the Spielworxx booth (3J210). Molly House on Thursday @ 14:30 and Arcs demo on Saturday @ 14:30. I'm sure if you arrive early we could get you a seat at the table for a full play though.

We will also be giving ourselves some time after the show to play some games and get some hiking in, but rest assured that the ball is rolling and we're making great progress towards our next milestone!

Thanks for coming to the party,
Drew

Pre-Production 🏭 Component Photos 👀 Wehrlegig Schedule ✈️
4 months ago – Tue, Sep 03, 2024 at 09:09:49 AM

Hi Molly House backers!

Got another exciting update for you today with a lot of photos and below, but before we get to that let's quickly go over the project timeline.

While our next production major milestone is getting everything into mass manufacturing, the next backer milestone is shipping address lock. We lock addresses for fulfillment in stages when the games are finished being manufactured and will soon arrive at our different fulfillment partner warehouses. We typically try to aim for about 3-4 weeks lead time to let folks confirm their delivery address right when our shipping partners have the games in hand at our fulfillment centers. We'll have another update about when you can expect addresses to get locked when we are near the end of manufacturing. 

The exact fulfillment date is still TBA. We haven't entered mass manufacturing for all components yet, so we cannot guarantee when we will start shipping to backers. Sadly, I am pretty sure we're going to miss our 2024 goal. I think it is best to assume that Molly House will be an early 2025 release and will be roughly expected to go out to the majority of backers in Jan-Feb 2025. Expect this December for the earliest possible address confirmation notices.

Thank you all for your support and patience with us on this project, so in the mean time to tide us all over, check out these new photos of the Molly House components!!

Pre-Production Photos 📸

Look at these metal pawn beauties! These samples are actually in the mail for a few more days but I had to share this sneak peek photo with you. We are so happy with how these turned out. Once we have them in hand, I'm sure we'll take some video and more pictures to show them off further.


And what about these wooden pawns! We're really glad we landed on the look of these turned pawns for the player pieces rather than meeple-cut style. At a stately 50mm average height, these are going to look amazing in every copy of Molly House. We'll take some really nice pictures eventually to share, but we couldn't wait to show them to you!


The molly house dice! I'm so happy with the marbling effects and designs on these dice. The movement boots and the black/purple rogue dice are wonderful too! Note: there will only be x4 d6 for the solo game too.


And of course we've been doing tons of playtests with these pieces. While this is not a production copy at all (see the Pax Pamir playtesting cards and home printed and uncut punch pieces, we have been playing Molly House. The game mat that you roll dice and play festivity cards on is incredible.  The printed design is evocative and beautiful and makes the game just an absolute joy to play on the table. I cannot wait to take some better pictures of everything when we get our full PPC together soon.

Play Molly House 🃏

I hope this is getting you all excited about the game you helped create! Our next update we'll show off the full pre-production copy and maybe even do a box reveal and unboxing video or stream. If you are ready to play MH already, I'd suggest going over to our discord server and hopping on a game to try it out.

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Wehrlegig Planning 🗓️

We've confirmed our Fall plans for those that want to see us on the road! We'll be off to Germany for Essen Spiel and we're hoping to run some molly house demos out there (Pretty sure we'll have a production copy for our demos on Thursday afternoon) as well as to San Diego for SDHistCon in November. We'll be wrapping up the year with a pre-launch celebration at PAXU! We have a fun end of the year ahead of us, and we're so excited to finalize the last of the Molly House print files and get off to mass production soon.

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Thanks as ever for giving us the privilege to work on this amazing project together. I cannot wait for it to get to the table someday soon enough,

Drew

📆Timeline Update 🚗 Gen Con 💳 BackerKit Balance Charge Date
5 months ago – Thu, Jul 25, 2024 at 11:40:06 AM



Hi everyone👋 I have another exciting update about Molly House and Wehrlegig things, but before we get into it, check out this new art piece that is going to be front and center in the middle of the game board! I cannot wait for folks to see for far the design and art has come since launch. Let this just be a bit of a tease before we share a big art update next month. In this update, I'll share a brief progress update, mention a few key dates to look out for this fall, and chat about some of our Gen Con events next week.

📆 Production Progress

If you were unsure, we have been hard at work on getting Molly House ready for pre-production. Recently, we reached a important milestone for the project: Our manufacturing partner now has the production specifications for all non-paper components and we've confirmed our production numbers. This means that as we work on finalizing the cards, board, rulebooks, and punchboard, we'll be receiving updated production samples of the evidence cubes and dice and pawns over the coming weeks.

Given that we haven't started mass production yet, the schedule for fulfillment will be pushed back into into late 2024 and into 2025. Exact dates are hard to pin down right now since we are not exactly sure how long pre-production will take, but we're hoping to enter mass production in September (and potentially start mass production of some of the hard components in August). Just rest assured we are taking our time and we want to make the best version of Molly House possible and we can do that because of your support and patience as we enter this next stage.

📆 Key Dates


So what is next on the horizon for Backers? It's mostly a whole lot of waiting for now. Nearly 100% of pledges have been confirmed and locked. The next stage is for us to Charge Cards for remaining balances, which we try to do right before production starts to include all of the late-backers and shipping costs ahead of time. On August 28th, any outstanding Molly House pledge balance will be charged. Many Backers only have their shipping fee outstanding, which will be processed at this time, as well as any fees for add-ons and taxes. 




Also, your delivery address does not need to be final and confirmed yet either. The next important date to look out for is when we start collecting final addresses! We'll roll these out by region, so we'll start sending emails to backers this fall. The first batch of final address confirmation will start October 22nd. I suspect this address confirmations roll across regions through Nov and December. We'll have a fall update that has more details about when exactly we'll confirm delivery addresses and when we expect to start shipping to backers and in what regions. Hard to tell until mass production starts up in ernest and moreso until the games are freighted and get through customs. One step at a time!

As always, let us know directly over email if you have any questions about card charging or your pledge. Always open to hear from you [email protected]

🚗Gen Con 🚗

Next up is Gen Con! The show is right around the corner and it is going to be such a fun and busy time. Cole and I will be with the Leder Games crew playing just an absolute mess of Arcs over the Con in the Leder Games Demo Room across from the Exhibit hall, and I will be running some Molly House demos! Though all of my events are sold out, please come by if you want to take pictures and check out the game. I am also planning on doing a shorten'd demo / show-and-tell in the Tabletop Gaymer's Room during their free-play hour from 6-8pm on Thursday too.

Lastly, Cole and I were invited to participate in this curious John Company / qausi-actual play event on Friday night of Gen Con.  Check out the info below. If you can attend, even if just for a portion of it, this event will be like nothing else you get to experience over the weekend (especially if you just want to see what John Company is like being played).


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Alright! That's all for now. Thank you all so much for being here and helping us finish this game. I cannot wait for the next update where we get to show you photos of production samples, but until then, wish us luck upcoming our conventions this year : )

Drew