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RAVN IIII Playing Cards - Poker Size - Designed by Stockholm17 for Caroline Ravn

Created by Ravn IIII Playing Cards

Ravn Playing Cards 4th edition. Ravn IIII is printed by USPCC on Bicycle grade THIN CRUSHED™ paper stock. PRE-ORDER here if you missed the kickstarter campaign. All the perks and the add-ons have been unlocked.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Order initiated, surveys, and brick box video
over 3 years ago – Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 07:28:40 AM

Hi all!

quick update to let you know that we initiated the order at USPCC even if we do not have the final numbers. We did this to save time and because the pre-flight session takes 2 weeks.

It works like this:

  • pre-flight: 2 weeks, when they check the files for printing
  • digital proofs and hard-proofs: 2 weeks from order (after they get the money)
  • production (or lead time): 4-6 weeks once the proofs are approved

That's their estimation, it can be longer or shorter. We just follow the flow.

Surveys

Thank you so much for responding to the survey! 80% responded already, and at the moment we count 526 Ravn X LTD.

If you did not receive the survey email, check your mailbox, spam and junk folder as well. Nothing in there? go here: https://ravn4.backerkit.com/

if you lost the survey

Ravn IIII Brick Box video

We received the production sample! WOW! take a look at the video :) quite happy with the outcome.

that's all for now

Stay tuned!

Cheers

S17&CR

All surveys sent
over 3 years ago – Mon, Aug 24, 2020 at 02:20:54 PM

Hello everybody,

A few hours ago the survey email was sent to all the backers. Please respond as soon as possible because we need the count of items we are going to order, especially the items you added on top of the pledge, such as the Ravn X Ltd.

The survey email

note: deadline date is wrong, it should be 1st of September

To what e-mail address?

The same email address you use for the kickstarter account.

E-mail not received?

Check the spam and junk folder, or the promotions and updates folder on gmail. If you cannot find it anywhere please go to this page https://ravn4.backerkit.com/ and follow the instructions.

What about the shipping address?

Just enter the shipping address of the place you live now. A couple of weeks before shipping you will receive another email asking to confirm or update the address in case you are moving. So, no worries about that.

What's next?

We start the orders at the beginning of September once we have a realistic count of the numbers. At the moment half of the backers completed the survey already, which is great, thank you for responding so promptly. The final files for the decks will be submitted tomorrow.

Production time (or lead time) for cards at USPCC

I just copy paste what they claim: 

"CURRENT LEAD TIMES: We are currently at 2 weeks for preflight (looking over artwork for issues and completeness) and 2 weeks for work up of digital proofs. Production is about 6 weeks."

How many RAVN X Ltd will be produced?

We will have a realistic number when 90% of the backers responded. At the moment 58% responded to the survey and we count 434 units :)

 That's all for now, thank you for responding so promptly.

Stay safe and healthy!

S17&CR

Surveys
over 3 years ago – Thu, Aug 20, 2020 at 12:04:38 AM

Hi all!

It is time to complete the survey and it is a crucial step for us to count how many decks and items we have to produce.

We start with a "smoke test" and a random 5% of the backers will get the survey email. Then after a few days we send to the rest if everything is fine on our side.

What is the survey and how it looks

You receive the survey to the email address associated to your kickstarter account and you will be able to do the following:

  • upgrade reward tier (a few options available)
  • specify what you added during the campaign
  • add the items you forgot to add during the campaign
  • add extra items at kickstarter prices
  • enter a temporary shipping address that will be confirmed/changed before shipping

IMPORTANT: please do it as soon as possible

The survey email looks like this:

survey email

That's all for now...Please complete it as soon as you get the email. It is important to know how many decks and items we need to order. The sooner the better :)

Thank you and stay safe!

S17&CR

Failed payments on Kickstarter
over 3 years ago – Tue, Aug 11, 2020 at 06:34:49 PM

Hi all!

We hope you are well, safe and healthy.

Tomorrow kickstarter starts to remove the backers with failed payments. This happens all the time and usually it is 1% of the whole funding.

We did a preliminary count and hopefully the next days this number will be much lower. At the moment 64 backers did not honor the pledge and we are approximately $7500 USD short, which is the 7% of the whole funding.

Kickstarter sends email to those backers with failed transactions. Payments that do not go through are caused by empty cards, expired cards, bank flagging the transaction as suspicious or fraudulent (because in SEK). We cannot do anything about it, it is up to the backer to fix it in a way or another.

Unfortunately we cannot offer extras for the 500% stretch goal. We had a couple of ideas for the achievement, but with this missing amount we are not even close.

failed payment

What's next: surveys around the 20th of August

After we receive the funds (around August 18th) we start sending the surveys with Backerkit. It is possible to honor the unpaid pledge via Backerkit as well, but for a limited amount of time.

Backers that have been removed from Kickstarter will get the survey as well.

Once you get the survey email you will be able to do the following:

  • upgrade the reward tier (if you want)
  • fix the payment if marked as errored on kickstarter
  • specify what you added during the campaign
  • add items you forgot to add during the campaign
  • enter your shipping address (no worries, you will be able to update/confirm it later on)

We will write another update before we start sending the surveys. More details in the next update.

Meanwhile, we wish you a great week! Thank you again for the great campaign!

Stay safe!

S17&CR

WOW! Thank you for the great campaign! What happens next?
over 3 years ago – Tue, Aug 04, 2020 at 10:37:38 PM

We are overwhelmed!

Thank you so much for the amazing campaign, the trust, the feedback, the participation, the pledges, the comments, the commitment and for sharing the project among your friends.

We (Lorenzo at Stockholm17, and Caroline) are truly grateful!

In this update we explain a couple of things about the following:

  • what happens next?
  • uncollected pledges
  • Backerkit and the surveys
  • Backerkit and the add-ons

But first, we want to show you the pictures we received today from Carat Case Creations: it is the real, final, custom brick box.

(Yes,  you will be able to add it even if the campaign is over, just read carefully)

the real custom brick box for Ravn IIII
custom brick box interior

The pictures come from the factory. We hoped to get it here in Sweden before the end, but it took longer than expected.

Better than the renderings, right? :)

What happens next?

We just have to wait. The funds will arrive in 14 days, so we have two weeks window of quiet. The final files for printing will be prepared, and once the funds arrive we can initiate the orders and pay.

Uncollected pledges / errored credit cards / 

It is normal that Kickstarter is unable to collect the pledge because credit card issues. The backers will get a notification from Kickstarter and the steps to fix it.

We cannot take paypal because it is hard to track backers outside the kickstarter (and backerkit) platform. There is a risk that we forget to ship the reward because over time the piece of information gets lost.

BACKERKIT, what is this?

We will use a backer management platform called Backerkit. It helps us and you to specify the items you added on top of your pledge. We use Backerkit for the SURVEYS.

After the 14days window you will receive a mail from Backerkit and it will ask you to complete the survey.

More info will be posted when the time comes.

BACKERKIT, add-ons.

Once you receive the survey email, you will able to specify the items you added during the campaign AND it will be possible to add more items at the same prices and conditions as on kickstarter.

More info will be posted when the time comes :)

A project you don't want to miss

Take a look at this deck of card if you are into illustrations and fantasy theme :) Tournament of the Mythic Kingdoms is a fantasy-themed set of standard playing cards (52 cards We'll include a list of the updates below w+ 2 jokers) printed by the USPCC on Bicycle's premium grade paper. Illustrated by Greg Swearingen with amazing attention to detail, these cards will add a new layer of fun as you use them to play your favorite traditional card games.

Pledge here 

awesome illustrations

That's all for now. We relax a little for a couple of days. Feel free to write your questions via email, we will reply asap.

Thank you sooooo much for this great campaign! We could not ask for a better ending.

Stay safe, healthy and well!

Cheers

Stockholm17 & Caroline Ravn

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