Working hard.
2 months ago
– Sun, Sep 15, 2024 at 03:38:49 AM
Dear backers,
It's Enrique Trigueros, co-designer of 18España. I wanted to write to you about several matters.
Firstly, I want to apologize to all of you because of 18España's delay. Any of you that know Lonny's projects, know that his projects never have unnecessary delays. So, what is delaying 18España?
When we launched the KS campaign we were changing the takeover rules. It took longer than we thought. But another question was much more important. Sincerely, I thought the campaign would be more successful than it was. Maybe I was too optimistic because of my inexperience. We had thought several stretch goals very interesting, but the goals weren't reached. However, Lonny, who is not only the co-designer, but also the publisher, allowed me to include many of these locked goals. Among them, the variant for 2-players is maybe the most difficult to finish, because it needs considerable playtesting before releasing the game for production. We have been working on this variant for months, but it is also taking more time than we thought.
The Playbook, proofreading, translations (three languages: Spanish, English, and German), implementing the game in 18xx.games, improvements, etc., also are taking a lot of time.
I don't want to justify anything, but rather explain what is happening at the moment, and why we have had an unusual delay in 18España production. So, I apologize again, although with the promise we are working very hard, and we will finish what remains to do asap, but also with the determination to deliver to you the best possible product, both creation and design of the product itself, with high quality components, and more components than were stated on the KS campaign.
Thank you in advance for all your patience. We still are working to reach the best possible 18ESP.
With my best wishes to all,
Enrique.
Pledge Manager will close
3 months ago
– Mon, Aug 19, 2024 at 08:44:07 AM
Dear backers,
the pledge manager will close on Monday, August 26th. You will then receive an E-Mail with a final notice that your credit card will be charged in two days. So you still have a week to make any changes on BackerKit.
If you want to change anything after the pledge manager is closed please contact me directly. I will then take care of all your wishes personally.
So far Enrique and I are currently working on the final touches to the 2-player rules. I can promise that the 2-player is a lot of fun. Most of the 18ESP features are retained. And it is not only a challenge to beat your opponent but a dummy player named Rodrigo, too.
All the best
Lonny
Work in progress
5 months ago
– Tue, Jul 09, 2024 at 12:41:51 AM
Dear backers,
Enrique and I were working to improve the rules. We made some minor changes to improve the balance between the Northern and the Southern major companies.
We also were working on the 2-player variant, although this stretch goal wasn't reached. But Enrique is very keen on producing a complete game of high quality.
In the meantime I was already working on the files and created shares and train cards.
We are looking forward to a successful new member of the 18xx family.
Lonny
Survey sent
7 months ago
– Sat, May 04, 2024 at 09:37:35 AM
Dear backers,
you just should have received an email from "BackerKit". They ask you to confirm your address and if you want to purchase additional games. They will also add the shipping costs.
You have enough time to answer this survey - at least until August. I will send out a reminder message before the deadline is reached.
In the meantime I work on the layout of all the files.
Kind regards,
Lonny
Priority Deal Marker
7 months ago
– Sun, Apr 28, 2024 at 09:35:43 AM
Dear backers,
thank you for your answering the survey.
So far 367 backers answered it, of which 345 made a valid vote.
69,86% voted for the Iberian lynx.
15,94% voted for the letter Ñ.
12,46% don't care.
1,74% want neither of the two suggestions.
The result is clear: The Iberian lyns will be the priority deal marker.
What I didn't realized that with this survey you had to confirm your address data. Because you will have to do it again. I will explain: There are two platforms (as far as I got it): Kickstarter and BackerKit (and both are related in some way). Kickstarter is the platform where you backed 18ESP. BackerKit is the so called "pledge manager", where I can collect shipping costs and orders for add-ons.
The last survey was sent via kickstarter. The next one will be send via BackerKit. It will first come as a "smoke test" which means only 5% of you will receive it. After a few days I will send the survey to the rest of you.
All the best
Lonny
