Post-Production Update #11 | Games are on their way!
15 days ago – Thu, Apr 04, 2024 at 05:52:20 AM

Hello all! It gives me great relief to be able to make this update. There have been a lot of twists and turns on this journey behind the scenes, so forgive me for the more infrequent updates. I didn't want to post an update, only for the situation to change a moment later. However, now the situation has stabilized and I can give you some concrete timelines. 

Within 7 Days - The games will leave China, on boats to different hubs worldwide to ensure customs-friendly shipping. 

Within 45 Days - Games should land and start to be fulfilled in all countries apart from the US. UK should be the quickest to get fulfilled as I will be posting them myself from the local post office. 

Within 70 Days - All orders should be completely fulfilled. 

Regarding fulfillment of the Travel-sized Board and Bag, this will be done by me personally as they were manufactured here in the UK. These are done and ready to send, I will try my best to time it with you when you get your copies of the base game and expansion. To clarify though, they will arrive in separate packaging, on a potentially different day. 

I would like to finish off by apologizing for the delay. I was confident that we would not miss our deadline, but we have. This was down to a few key factors which were unforeseen during the planning phase. However, for all future Kickstarters going forward we will use what we have learned from this one to ensure a much smoother experience for the games, and you the backer. 

Thanks, 
Niall from Crab Studios

FKO Worlds Tournament!
about 2 months ago – Mon, Mar 04, 2024 at 03:42:47 AM

Hello all, mini-update on our end to announce something exciting! Firstly though, just to answer any potential questions, not much has changed on the post-production front since the last update. ShipQuest can pick up the games from the manufacturer at any moment, it is just down to them when they do so. Any update I get I will put into an update ASAP.

Anyway, moving onto the topic of this update, the FKO Worlds Tournament!

If you weren't aware, the Crab Studios Discord has been incredibly active since the launch of this campaign, and so has the competitive/casual scene for FKO! Tournaments have been running monthly and we even have a website that ranks players!

This month we are running the first annual FKO Worlds Tournament, which will have a prize pool of $200! On top of that, we are giving $25 to the best-performing newcomer (never entered a competitive FKO tournament before). We play all the games on Tabletop Simulator (click here to subscribe to the mod for free! (yes you can play FKO for free!)), and live stream it to YouTube. 

If you are interested in participating, or just want to join the incredible Crab Studios community on Discord, click here! To sign up for the tournament, react to the post in the fko-announcements channel. 

Don't worry if you haven't been playing FKO on TTS and don't know how to play, anyone who joins the Crab Studios community can ask for me to run them through the game, but also many members of the community will be happy to help with any questions :).

Thanks, 
Niall from Crab Studios

Post-Production Update #10.5 | Fulfillment ETA
2 months ago – Sat, Feb 10, 2024 at 03:10:47 AM

Hello all, very very quick update about fulfillment ETA. 

To cut to the chase, the ETA for most backers is late March or early April. UK most likely will get everything in March, just because I will be doing fulfillment personally the second the copies land (yes you can imagine me hastily driving back and forth from my house to the local post office non-stop all day), while the US and EU have a week or so lead time before copies are actually dispatched once landed. 

The reason for the delay was entirely down to unlucky timing. The games have been assembled and are on pallets in the manufacturer's warehouse. However, they weren't split correctly for US and EU distribution centers. Once this issue was realized through communication between the manufacturer and fulfillment, the Chinese New Year started the next day. If this was any other time of the year, the games would be on a boat to fulfillment centers as we speak. 

As always I will keep you updated as things change, and I appreciate the patience with this project. 

Thanks, 
Niall from Crab Studios

Post-Production Update #10 | Games Assembled!
3 months ago – Tue, Jan 23, 2024 at 04:02:24 AM

Hello all, quick update for you!

All copies of FKO and FKO Oddities are now finished and assembled. 

Distribution has been working with the manufacturer this past month to ensure everything runs smoothly. 

Within the next two weeks the only thing we will be waiting on is the shipment of the games to the distribution centers, at that point games will take a standard delivery time to get to your door. 

The next update will be to inform you that games have arrived at the distribution centers.

For now, enjoy this video of the assembly taken by the manufacturer. 

 Thanks, and I'll see you in the next update!

Post-Production Update #9.5 | Prototype Unboxing Livestream Tomorrow!
5 months ago – Tue, Nov 21, 2023 at 12:17:49 PM

Hello all!

Just a quick update to say that I have finally received the prototype for FKO and the expansion, and its looking great! 

Also, just to let you guys know I am going to be doing a live stream at 5 pm GMT on the community Discord server, which you can find by clicking here, unboxing the prototype, and showing it off! If you want to tune in then make sure to stop by :)

I will also be uploading the unboxing to You Tube sometime shortly in the future. 

Thanks, 

Niall from Crab Studios