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Once More Into The Void

Created by Jason Pitre

A science-fiction roleplaying game of bringing the family back together for one last job.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Mid-March Shipping Progress - Breakout
13 days ago – Fri, Mar 15, 2024 at 10:15:49 AM

We are continuing to work on shipping out copies of Once More Into the Void and wanted to give you an update of sorts. 

Firstly, we recently received four boxes of copies in our Canadian headquarters. Last weekend I hand-delivered about a dozen copies to local backers. 

Secondly, I handed off a box of books to my Canadian distributor (The Compose Dream Marketplace) who is currently attending BreakoutCon in Toronto. Any backers who want to pick up their copies in person can do so by approaching the booth and giving your name. Canadian backers already have their name on his list and he can also provide copies to non-Canadians on request.  At the conclusion of the convention, I will be mailing out copies to all outstanding Canadian backers.  Compose Dream Games will be selling to Canadians with all profits going towards shipments to US & International backers. 

Thirdly, all copies have gone out to those backers who donated to the shipping fund.

Fourthly, our Italian friends are facilitating the export of a small pallet of books to Europe where some of them will be reshipped to the UK. We will then be able to send out all of the European copies at far more affordable rates. 

After we have paid all those european shipping costs, we will be able immediately transfer all the remaining funds directly into shipping out as many US copies as possible. We have a few more irons in the proverbial fire to try to maximize this.

We will ship out all of the American copies, and lastly will send out the remaining copies to our patient backers who are at a greater distance. These copies are going to take a little while, I'm afraid, but we will do our best to speed things up. 

Till next time, 

Jason Pitre & Rae Nedjadi

March Shipping Progress
22 days ago – Wed, Mar 06, 2024 at 05:45:33 AM

Once More into the Void is slowly but surely being sent out the door. Since our last backer update, we have received funds in the following way: 

  • Backer Shipping Donations: approximately $950 CAD, including a generous donation from our friends at Evil Hat Productions. 
  • The Spark System Reference Guide Kickstarter: $1,748.40 CAD
  • The Spark and Sig Bundle of Holding: ~3,500 CAD 

This means that we have received approximately $6,200 CAD towards shipping which is a major contribution.  

Using the funds at our disposal and with the assistance of many fine colleagues, we have been able to...

  • Send out copies to ACD Distribution for retail sale with a street date of June 1, with proceeds going towards shipping. 
  • Send out backer rewards to all the fine folks who donated for the advanced shipping.
  • Sent 128 copies from Reno, NV to myself in Canada, so that I can reship backer copies personally in a more cost effective manner. 
  • Arranged to work with a freight forwarder to ship several hundred copies to Italy, where our fine european colleagues will either ship directly to backers in the EU. This promises to theoretically cut the price of shipping european copies in half. 
  • Our european colleagues will sends a portion of the books to our UK warehouse who will then reship within the UK to all backers there.

While we haven't completely plugged the financial hole, we have been able to significantly shrink it thanks to the support of the community. We have a couple more irons in the fire to continue to get these shipped out.

Jason Pitre for Genesis of Legend Publishing

More Into the Financial Void  - Apology Post
about 2 months ago – Tue, Jan 30, 2024 at 09:56:43 AM

I wanted to reach out to all you fine backers for Once More Into the Void with an apology. This has been my most ambitious publishing project to date and, as a publisher, it has taught me many difficult lessons. The TLDR is that the books are all printed, but there are delays and some financial issues interfering with quick shipping.

The Good

The books have been printed and are safely stored at the warehouses at Indie Press Revolution. The PDF’s should be in everyone’s hands, and I have submitted the digital version to the ROLE app to make it easier for folks to play. Rae Nedjadi and Sword Queen Games have been paid for the game design, writing, playtesting, and art direction as well as for any of their add-ons. Christopher Rothwell has received his payment for editing. Camille Chua and Adrien(ne) Valdes have each been paid for their excellent illustrations for the book. Avery Alder has also been paid for her design consultation work, and a small honorarium has been contributed to the Bakers in thanks for the Firebrands framework.

Any sales of PDFs on DTRPG or itch.io are going directly to Rae, and he will also get all the proceeds from post-campaign direct sales via IPR, while I am theoretically to receive distribution sales. He will be working on getting the itch.IO page updated and complementary copies sent to you via that platform in the coming weeks.

The Bad

As the owner of Genesis of Legend Publishing, I struggled with this project for a number of reasons. A series of medical crises and disability related issues have slowed the production side of things, and I took over most of the layout work. I originally planned to get the PDF and the book to you a full year earlier, but project management issues threw several wrenches into things. This meant that the tax man took a bite out of the dedicated shipping budget. The shipping crises, paper shortages, inflation, and the like have conspired to push the printing prices drastically higher than was budgeted for. I also just got a proper quote for the fulfillment costs, which made it clear that a mistake was made with the shipping costs.

During the campaign, we charged $10 CAD ($7.50 USD) was charged to ship rewards to backers in the US, while the true cost is about ~$13.50 ($10 USD). For international backers we charged $20 CAD, when the true cost of shipping is closer to $35 CAD. In other words, we moderately undercharged 550 backers in the US, and significantly undercharged 200 international backers. Given that both Rae and I are situated outside of the US, we were doing our best to minimize international shipping prices for backers, but this caused some issues.

The Ugly

I did the math on our budget, and we should have _just_ enough money from the Kickstarter + preorders to pay for these increased costs, albeit reducing the total “profit” margin for Rae to ~$76 CAD. Unfortunately I also borrowed against the “extra” funds to rescue another Kickstarter campaign (Noir World) by paying for printing and shipping that game in 2022, under the expectation that I would be able to recoup those funds from post-campaign sales of Noir World. This means that most of the shipping budget is frustratingly tied up in other products, which, unfortunately, can’t be transmuted directly into liquid cash.

We will be publishing the budget details once we have gotten the shipping out of the way in the interest of transparency, as per our usual practice.

The Solution

We are excited to get Once More Into the Void into your hands and apologize for the delays. We are going to ask for your patience over the next few months as we work to raise funds through other means. Here’s what this looks like.

1)      Genesis of Legend Publishing will be running a series of promotions and sales to raise funds for shipping. This includes selling OMITV into distribution with a street date of June 1st, this summer.

2)      All funds from the sale of the Role.app module are going straight into shipping funds.

3)      We will be mailing out copies in waves as funds become available so that no one has to wait any longer than necessary.

4)      We will allow backers to donate additional amounts towards shipping and prioritize sending those out first.

5)      We will send any remaining books on June 1st, and take on debt if need be.

Priority Shipping

We are going to allow backers to donate funds to get their copy prioritized to be shipped out early. Anyone who donates $10 CAD or more using the button below will get their reward shipped first. Please make certain that you include the email address and/or backer name used for Kickstarter with this payment, so we know who this gets shipped to.

https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/genesisoflegend?

If cash is tight and you are comfortable waiting a little bit for your hardcopy, no action is necessary.

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While Rae is responsible for designing the brilliant game and writing the text, all of the publishing and business side of things rest with me. I am sorry for these complications and appreciate your understanding as we untangle this together.

Jason Pitre for Genesis of Legend Publishing

January 2024 - Books in the Warehouse
2 months ago – Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 05:05:54 AM

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Updated PDF
4 months ago – Sat, Dec 09, 2023 at 11:00:52 AM

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