All copies are currently enroute to their various fulfillment centers, and because of the wildly fluctuating world of international logistics, some of the shipments are moving faster or slower compared to others. I am happy report that the Canadian and Australian shipments are making great time, and they are expected to arrive at their respective warehouses before the end of the month. This means, I am going to send out address confirmation 48 hour notices to backers in CA/AU/NZ right now (I previously wrote it would happen next week and later on for CA)! Pick and Pack (CA) and Aetherworks (AU/NZ) often send their own shipping address confirmation emails just to triple-check right before they send packages, but I suspect all of their orders will be fulfilled in February. Wahoo!

Most other regions are still looking like the shipments will arrive in late Feb and fulfillment will take place across March. Slow and steady for the US/EU backers. Don't be surprised when address confirmations come your way in about a month's time.

As always, if anyone ever has an issue with their pledge or something is damaged upon receiving it, send an email with plenty of details over to us [email protected]

A few years ago, Cole and I started hosting an annual stream where we go over the projects that we are working on and games we are interested in for the coming year. It's become one of our favorite traditions, providing us with a little space for reflection and also an opportunity to pull back the curtain to show folks how we think about games very early in their lifecycle. This is also coming right at the 5-year anniversary leaving my museum education career and transitioning to Wehrlegig full-time. How time flies!

We'd love if you could join us for the live stream but we'll also record the stream to post to our YouTube channel shortly afterward. It should be a fun time and I'm excited to tell folks a bit more about Hell-Raisers too. I think we will drop the Molly House PnP files as well as an unboxing video soon as well!

Wehrlegig Year Ahead Live Stream - Wednesday, January 22nd @ 3 pm EST

We'll post again about it on our socials next week and you can always follow us on our Twitch Channel to get notified.  Again, the recording will be available afterwards, but hope folks come by to say hi when we're live! We have some fun news to share about Molly House and other things <3

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Alright, that's all I have. As always let us know if you have any questions but very soon the first backers will have their copies!

Drew

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!

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.

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