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IUNU

Created by LudiCreations

A clever, simple, quick game with surprising depth and a minimalist visual identity. For 2-4 players. #2 in the Sanders Select Series.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Fulfillment & Shipping
over 6 years ago – Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 08:17:23 PM

Greetings, LudiCrats!

(apologies in advance if you are backer of our other 2017 campaigns and receive this message multiple times - we are shipping everything at the same time)

We hope you are well, and as this year is drawing to a close, you have time to enjoy boardgaming with your friends and relatives.

This update contains information about our packing and shipping process. We've placed the more currently relevant information at the top, followed by photos and video of how fulfillment went, including our "crush tests". Make sure to scroll down to see them!

We have been very busy in preparing packages and shipping games to you. It appears that some rewards were even delivered early, according to the comments and messages we received.

About 85% of rewards have been shipped. What remains are some of the rewards with add-ons via Backerkit, which are a little more complicated to handle. If you have such a reward, please know that it is very likely that they will come in separate packages. Unfortunately, we can not tell you if yours is such a case, due to the hundreds of different combinations of items we have had to pack.

Also, please note that, as mentioned on the campaign page, there is no tracking available. All rewards have been shipped by Deutsche Post / DHL, and depending on your location, they may be delivered by your national postal service or DHL - apparently it varies even within a country, e.g. in the USA.

Another thing to note is that Backerkit shipping status does not reflect the current status of your package. With so many packages to do this season (4000+), there is no way to individually find yours among the giant piles of boxes we have had to handle. You can check out the pictures below for scale.

Speaking of Backerkit, if you were late in submitting your address after the survey was locked down, or if you still have not done so, your package will be sent after everything else has been fulfilled. If your backerkit status is "Ready to Ship", you are all set, and your shipment is on its way.

Finally, a word about delivery times. Please remember that we have no control over how quickly a package is delivered. That is in the control of your local delivery service. Deutsche Post / DHL is very, very efficient about getting the games out of Germany (they do not want to store them any more than they have to), and those are then handed off to your local authorities.

This is why we asked you to provide an address that is valid through February 2018 - sometimes it inexplicably takes very long for a package to be delivered, even when others in your area have received rewards that we shipped at the same time as yours. So please do not worry about non-delivery at least until the end of January. We routinely receive returned packages (usually due to an incorrect address or non-pickup at the post office). Sending a replacement to you prematurely usually results in both packages eventually getting delivered.

As we have done time and again in backer updates, let us remind you to contact us directly, with a message via the KS messaging system, if you have any issues with your pledge. Unfortunately we can not solve or track any issues via the comments, and you can't (well, shouldn't) post your personal information there. So, please message us to get our attention directly and promptly.

With all that said, let's take a look at how we packed and shipped everything!

Well, first things first. Before we went to the warehouse, we sorted the locked-down address data by type of reward:

 

We had a few thousands of games to pack, and we needed boxes. So boxes we ordered (to a custom size designed to protect the game), and boxes we made, and boxes we dumped by the cartful in one long corridor:

 

 

Packing, oh such joy packing is! We packed, and packed, and packed, and packed, for days on end:

 

Sometimes we took a break to test our packing:

As we packed, we stacked the games in separate pallets according to their destination, and then stuck labels on them:

 

 

 

Then, we called up Deutsche Post / DHL, and asked them to kindly come and pick up a few thousand pieces of mail from us. And they did:

 

 

Pickups happened on various dates, so unfortunately we can not tell you exactly when yours was shipped, but as noted above, the vast majority has been picked up. Please allow time for the process to work, and you will get your rewards for supporting the creation of this game.

About that, please know that we are so very grateful for your support. We are an indie company with limited distribution capabilities, and for a lot of the games we make, we could not make without you believing in us and the work that the game designers, illustrators, graphic designers, playtesters and many more put in, sometimes over a period of many years.

As always, please reach out to us with a message via the KS system. If you can not find how to do that, use the Kickstarter website (not the app), click on our name, and in the desktop version scroll down, and then click the blue "Contact me" button. In the mobile version, simply click "Contact" and then "Ask a question".

Finally, check out our Facebook page and follow us there for more updates on this and our other games: https://www.facebook.com/LudiCreations

All the best,

- LC

IUNU see an unboxing video!
over 6 years ago – Fri, Nov 03, 2017 at 05:55:28 PM

…and I bet you do too!

Greetings, LudiCrats!

We are now in our warehouse in Essen, so why are we surrounded by strange hieroglyphs? That’s right, because IUNU is here, and so is IUNU’s very first unboxing video, filmed at this year's Spiel in Essen, Germany:

We would like to thank you one more time for your constant support that helped us bring this great game from idea to reality. We love Todd's work in IUNU and we want to bring it to you as soon as possible because we are sure you will love it too!

So we are glad to announce that everything is on schedule. We have generated all shipping labels & postage, and right now we are packing the games. We expect to have shipped everything by mid-November (but please don't ask us if yours has shipped, we are shipping 4000+ games from now until December).

Please also note that delivery times vary wildly, and are completely out of our control. Furthermore, just because another backer in your country (or even your city!) has received it, it does not mean that yours will follow the next day (or week). We have even seen 2-month gaps between receiving games in the same location.

The post sometimes works in mysterious ways but you can be sure that we are doing our best to get you IUNU as fast as possible. We will post another update about the fulfillment process and include pictures of how we did it.

If you have any questions, please contact us through the Kickstarter messaging system and we will be happy to assist. Again, thank you so much for making IUNU happen. We love minimalism and lean game design, and we are happy you do too!

Best,

-LC

Last Call!
over 6 years ago – Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 11:07:58 PM

Greetings, LudiCrats!

(apologies in advance if you are backer of our other 2017 campaigns and receive this message multiple times - we are locking all surveys down at the same time)

The pyramids may have taken thousands of years to be built, but IUNU is ready! We can't wait to get to our warehouse in Essen this week and check the finished game - expect an unboxing update soon!

Now then, that means that we must now close the Backerkit survey. We will be charging credit cards in 48 hours from now, on Saturday 21 October, so please add whatever other items you wanted, and double-check your address.

We will also be locking addresses at the same time, so please take some time to check the address you have submitted.

Remember to enter your address using only basic latin characters, and please make sure you choose an address you will have access to well into February. If you need to, choose a friend's or relative's address. We hope to ship already in November, but with the busy holiday season coming up, you never know what might happen.

You can add any last-minute items and check your address here:

http://iunu.backerkit.com/

Please do this as soon as possible!

Thank you so much for your support. Given our already tight margins and a year full of unexpected expenses (airshipping components, delays in the supply chain, repacking games, etc.), we appreciate every little bit of additional support you can give to us and our graphic designers, illustrators and of course, the game designers!

We wish we could keep the Backerkit survey open indefinitely, but unfortunately we must close it so we can move on with fulfillment in a timely fashion. We expect that the next time we have such offers for our games to be next year in the spring.

Once again, if you have any issue or question about your pledge, please let us know with a message through the Kickstarter system. If you use the KS app, you may need to use the website (in desktop view) instead to send us a message.

Best,

- LC

Backerkit!
over 6 years ago – Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 08:40:06 PM

Greetings, LudiCrats!

We are very happy to report that the "smoke test" was successful, and that Backerkit cleared us to send out the full survey!

Soon after this post goes live, you will receive an email to the address you use with Kickstarter (or Facebook, if you use it to log in to Kickstarter).

You do not need to create a BackerKit account to fill out your survey, just click on the survey link and complete the survey! You will there be able to provide shipping information, sign up for our newsletter, and pledge for more of our games if you'd like. You do not have access to this survey link yet, but it will be available soon via email!

Please check your spam folder if the email does not arrive by tomorrow. If it is not there, you can simply access your information here: https://iunu.backerkit.com/.

If you have any questions or if there is any trouble with your survey, please contact support at https://iunu.backerkit.com/faq, click "Contact Us", and the nice Backerkit people will help you out!

Oh, and don't forget to follow us at https://www.facebook.com/LudiCreations for more news, previews of upcoming games and Nutella.

If you are looking for another indie game to bring into existence, then check out this beautiful thing:

Alexandria is an highly thematic, asymmetrical eurogame for board game geeks who are looking for an adventure among ancient books and the heroes that are trying to save them (or burn them).

Designed by Babis Giannios, it comes in both a basic and a deluxe edition, and is beautifully illustrated by Vincent Dutrait & Asterman Studio. If that all sounds interesting, head over to the KS campaign page and check it out! We'd love to have your support yet again!

As always, thank you for making indie games happen - you are at the forefront of what is new and good about board game creation, and we are proud to have you as our backers.

Best,

-LC

Where there's smoke...
over 6 years ago – Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 07:16:07 PM

 Greetings, LudiCrats!

At long last, we are all set with the Backerkit survey!

Well, sort of. You see, they have started doing this new "smoke test" thing where they first send the surveys to 5% of the backers, to make sure that there are no leaks in the system.

The smoke test surveys are fully functional and if you receive it, you should treat it as the proper final survey and complete it.

That will be going on immediately after this update is posted, so please do not be alarmed if other backers are posting comments about a survey that you never got. We will follow up with another post about the survey, which could be very quickly sent after the test, if everything is ok.

If you use your Facebook login for your Kickstarter account, the BackerKit survey will be sent to the email you used for your Facebook account. If you have another email address that you would prefer to use, please contact support at https://iunu.backerkit.com/faq, click "Contact Us" and the nice Backerkit people will help you out!

In other news, our Diesel Demolition Derby campaign now has less than 24 hours to go! If you like quick & beautiful card games by indie publishers, check it out!

Many thanks for your patience and ongoing support! Please send us a direct message through KS if you have any questions about your pledge, and we will be happy to help out!

Best,

-LC