Progress Update for July
10 months ago
– Sun, Jul 09, 2023 at 02:41:06 PM
Hello backers,
The special tuck boxes for the Kickstarter Edition have proven tricky and are still being finalized, but everything else is either printed already or currently being printed. The cards for all decks should arrive to our fulfillment partners at Gamblers Warehouse in the next couple of weeks. The half-brick boxes are in final production. Here is a look at the samples for those!
We have reviewed the final printing proofs for the passport booklets and they are in the final printing stage now. We'll leave the surveys on BackerKit open a bit longer for those who might want to update their addresses or add on anything else, but we will be in touch soon, hopefully before the end of the month, with some shipping estimates. We are getting close now!
Thanks for all of your patience,
Justin Baird & Helios House
Locking orders in two weeks!
11 months ago
– Tue, Jun 06, 2023 at 03:56:35 PM
Hello all,
Everything is either printed or in progress at this point, so we are getting ready to lock orders and charge cards on BackerKit.
If you have not yet confirmed your shipping information through BackerKit, we won't know where to send your rewards, so please log in now! If you have already submitted that information, but have any address changes or would like to add any more items to your order, you also have about two weeks to do so. We will lock the orders and charge for BackerKit add-ons on or just after Tuesday, 20 June.
As a reminder, you can add additional decks, postcard sets, or Helios House books through BackerKit, as well as the Weapons of NATO and Weapons of the Warsaw Pact passport books, which are going to be a real treat.
To access your BackerKit, you can go here: https://covert-cards.backerkit.com/ and enter the email address you used during the Kickstarter.
Thank you for your patience, and we look forward to sharing some more behind the scenes looks at the production process for some of the rewards in the coming weeks as we prepare to ship rewards.
Best,
Justin Baird & Helios House Press
A brief update: things are coming together
11 months ago
– Thu, May 25, 2023 at 10:24:10 AM
Hello all,
Thank you so much for your patience. The cards are just about done and will be with our partners at Gamblers Warehouse in the next week or so. GW are working on the special tuck boxes for the Kickstarter edition deck now, as well as the half-brick boxes. All of the other items - the art cards, postcards, passport booklets, etc. - are with their respective printers.
In sum, we know it's been a longer wait than anticipated, but we expect to be in touch soon with some behind-the-scenes photos and a shipping estimate, so thanks for hanging in there with us!
Best,
Justin Baird & Helios House Press
The cards have gone to print!
about 1 year ago
– Wed, Mar 29, 2023 at 09:07:33 AM
Hello everyone,
I am thrilled to report that the cards are done and currently with USPC for printing! Our friends at Gamblers Warehouse have also started work on the half-brick boxes and the special tuck boxes for the Kickstarter Edition decks, and we are working on the last details of the passport-style Weapons of NATO and Weapons of the Cold War handbooks before we send them off to print as well.
Some of the proofs from USPCC:
I hope to have an updated delivery timeline to share by the time of our next update, as well as some behind-the-scenes looks at the production process for some of the items, so stay tuned.
Thank you all so much for your patience!
Justin Baird & Helios House
The decks will be in production soon!
about 1 year ago
– Sat, Feb 18, 2023 at 11:13:09 AM
Hello backers,
We just wanted to share with you that we received proofs of both the Pinup deck and the TECHINT deck this week. The Pinup deck is ready, and we are currently doing one last fact check of the details on the TECHINT deck before clearing it to print, but both decks should be in production with USPC very soon. The art is complete for all extra items as well as both decks and their packaging, so we expect to have more to share in the coming weeks as production ramps up on everything, but for now we just wanted to share some looks at the proofs as a little taste.
Thanks, as ever, for your support, and we'll be in touch again soon!
All the best,
Justin Baird & Helios House Press
