Pledge Management Coming Soon
4 days ago
– Thu, Jun 27, 2024 at 12:22:36 PM
Hello, Enigma backers!
Pledge management in Backerkit will open soon, allowing you to provide shipping information, modify your pledge, select more add-ons (including a bunch of limited-quantity Gloom items that were not in the Kickstarter!), calculate shipping and VAT if applicable, and set up your payment method for any charges that are due.
We'll start with a "smoke test" to a limited number of backers, make sure things are configured correctly, before sending surveys to everyone.
VAT and GST Charges
Using Backerkit, we're able to charge VAT/GST in advance for all of our Canadian and most of our EU backers (there are a couple exceptions, such as Greece). We'll pay at the border and use a DDP service so your rewards arrive with no VAT charge or customs brokerage fee due on delivery. VAT and GST rates vary by country and, in Canada, by province.
VAT Rates and Books
Certain countries have a different VAT rate on books, even a 0% rate as in the UK. Unfortunately, there's not an easy way in Backerkit to manage all the permutations when some rewards are subject to VAT and others are not. We will manually adjust VAT on pledges before charging cards when necessary.
Example: If you pledged for the Ambiguous Archive tier and we're sending your rewards to the United Kingdom, zero VAT is due. The pledge manager will tell you that it needs to collect 20% VAT, but that's wrong. We'll edit your pledge so you're only charged the shipping, not the VAT.
Plushie Update
We just received our updated sample plushies, and we're beyond excited to give our manufacturer the okay to start the full production process!
Compared to past mock ups, the finalized Grogar plush has antennae that are more 3D and a larger brain. His "sutures" are on both the front and back of his arms and legs. And we upgraded to an even softer stuffing material.
The Steampunk D20 is now 7" in diameter instead of 6". For sewing purposes, the D20 needed to be slightly bigger. That means you'll get a LARGER D20 plush! We also needed to revise the gold borders on the edges so they clear the seams, which we think adds a really attractive detail. Lastly, we wanted to make sure the D20 actually rolls, and it does!
Thanks again for your support!
A First Look at Enigma Books and Plushies
26 days ago
– Wed, Jun 05, 2024 at 07:29:45 AM
Physical proofs are here!
We just received the first physical proofs for the Enigma books, art prints, stickers, and plushies! The next step is to carefully look through them and give the printer our final "okay," and then they'll start mass production! This means that we're one step closer to Enigma fulfillment for our Kickstarter backers. After that, we'll get Enigma ready for its official retail launch.
We're SO HAPPY with how they look … what do you think?
We can't wait to share more information with you, so stay tuned! Things are really starting to happen now!
Audrey DeLuca
Atlas Games Marketing Coordinator
The Enigma That is Space...
about 1 month ago
– Tue, May 21, 2024 at 07:48:40 AM
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🎊 Update: Enigma At Press! 🎊
2 months ago
– Wed, Apr 17, 2024 at 12:14:29 PM
Enigma is officially at the printer!
As of this morning, our producer Michelle Nephew sent the Enigma files to our printer, so production has begun on the books and stickers! We're really excited to reach this milestone, since it's the last of the heavy work on our end, and also one giant leap closer to getting the books and extra goodies to our backers! 
Digital Downloads
If a Digital Download PDF copy of any of the books were included in a tier or as an add on in your selected rewards, you will have received a private message on Kickstarter with a download link to the updated version of the book. Please reach out to [email protected] if you did not receive that message, or have any questions about how to download your digital copies.
Thank you first readers!
An extra THANK YOU to everyone who played their digital PDF copies in the first couple weeks, and sent us notes! This first read helped us make sure our printer files are the best finished product we can offer, and you were a big a part of that!
We'll be sure to update you as manufacturing progresses, so stay tuned!
While you're waiting … CatStronauts launches May 14!
Learn more about the CatStronauts board game on its launch page. The campaign will be cosmically cute and totally pawsome!
Thanks again to our backers, we couldn't have produced Enigma without you!
-Audrey DeLuca
Marketing Coordinator
Atlas Games
Digital Rewards are Ready + Production Update
4 months ago
– Thu, Mar 14, 2024 at 06:46:29 AM
Greetings puzzlers!
Thanks again for your support in getting Enigma Gamebooks funded well beyond our goal. Your digital rewards are now ready to download!
How to Claim Your Digital Rewards:
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Look for an email from Kickstarter. If you can't find the email, try searching for "Enigma" or "Kickstarter" in your inbox, and check your spam folder, too.
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Click on the download link in the email.
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Click on the "Download Now" button on the website that opens.
- The download should start automatically, to the downloads folder on your computer.
Need Help?
If you have trouble claiming your digital rewards, just comment on this post or reach out to us at [email protected] – we're here to help!
Production Update
Everything is ready for press! We’re going to wait a week or so after digital fulfillment to send it to our printer, though, just in case someone finds some major issue. But we don’t expect that to happen.
If you do find any errata, please report it via the hints websites for Cryptid Hunt and Unhappy Birthday. The URLs for those sites are given in the books. Thanks for your help!
