Ocean Shipping Update
over 4 years ago – Tue, Feb 15, 2022 at 06:47:17 AM

Dear backers,

It has been slightly over a month since the last update. We planned on waiting for more info, so we could provide you the accurate timeline we had hoped for. However, you are right, it is time for an update. Even though there are still things uncertain regarding ocean shipping and pick and pack dates, here you go!

We concluded our last update with the expectation that all games would be either at fulfillment or on their way to local partners. This is true for the first part, since all games arrived at our fulfillment partner. The games for our local partners however, are still in transit or waiting to be picked up. An update per direction:

•  The Netherlands, Belgium, France, Italy, Spain & UK: Your order will be fulfilled from a local partner and is in the container heading for Rotterdam. This container has been loaded January 21st at the factory and arrived at the harbor shortly after, where it would board the ship at January 24th. The ship would sail off at January 26th, just before Chinese New Year started, but somehow this didn't happen. We were shocked and are still trying to figure out why this happened. We did get a new sailing date, which is February 19th, with an arrival date of March 16th. The original arrival date for Rotterdam was February 27th. We are sorry for this delay of about 2.5 weeks. Once the games arrive in Rotterdam and customs have been cleared, shipping can start immediately after.
•  Countries inside Europe, not listed above: Your order will be packed in Hong Kong late February. Parcels will be ocean shipped to Lithuania and sent from there. Once pick and pack has started, our fulfillment partner can estimate the required time, book a ship and communicate its departure date.
•  USA, Canada, Australia & New-Zealand: Your order will be packed in Hong Kong/China late February. Parcels will be ocean shipped to your country and sent from there. Once pick and pack has started, our fulfillment partner can estimate the required time, book a ship and communicate its departure date.
•  China, Japan, South Korea & all of South-America: Your order will be fulfilled by our local partner from inside your country. We are in contact with these partners and once pick-up from our manufacturer has been arranged, sending out orders is expected soon for China, Japan and South-Korea. For Brazil and the rest of South-America, expect a slightly longer wait, since Brazil is (geographically) not as close to China as Japan and South-Korea ;).
•  Azerbaijan, Ethiopia, Israël, Reunion Island & South Africa: Your order will be fulfilled from our partner in Belgium and is included in the container to Rotterdam. See bullet point 1 for a timeline.
•  Countries not listed above: Your order will be send straight from our fulfillment partner in Hong Kong. This will happen after pick and pack for the regions mentioned in bullet points 2 and 3 has been finished, since our first priority is to have all containers depart. Once those containers have left, your order is processed and will arrive at your doorstep pretty soon. We expect delivery in March, since air shipping parcels is pretty fast.

So we are waiting for the container to arrive in Rotterdam and for a timeline update from our fulfillment partner. Once we have more information on these topics, we will update you on when to expect your long-awaited copy of Carnegie Deluxe Kickstarter edition. We guarantee that it will be worth the (long) wait!

Best regards,

Quined Games

Production footage!
almost 5 years ago – Fri, Jan 07, 2022 at 11:24:53 PM

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A Merry Christmas! + Production update
almost 5 years ago – Sun, Dec 26, 2021 at 04:28:46 AM

Dear backers,

First of all, we wanna wish you a Merry Christmas! Keep reading for a production update and some information about fulfillment.

Our manufacturer finished all printed components early December and finished the plastic inserts + metal cubes sets mid December. Unfortunately, their wood supplier then faced a delay, pushing things back by about 2 weeks. They ensured us to do everything in their power to finish production as soon as possible. 

Mid January, all games will be assembled, packed and ready for shipment. Part of the games will be transported straight from the manufacturer to our partners in Brazil, Japan, South-Korea and China. The largest part will head for our fulfillment partner in Hong Kong, from where distribution to the USA, Canada, EU partners and the rest of the world will take place.

In the meantime, our fulfillment partner is busy importing your orders in their system and deciding on the most reliable shipping method per country. They are also checking address details on possible mistakes. In case of any questions regarding missing or wrong address information, they will contact us. You would then be contacted by us directly via the e-mail address you provided.

We intended to share a timeline on fulfillment in this update as well. However, we don't want to rely too much on assumptions, during the global logistics delays that everyone currently has to deal with. For this reason, we decided to await reliable information on the vessels that will ship Carnegie to our partners and hubs all over the world. 

Keep an eye out for the next update, in which we can show you pictures of the first Carnegie Deluxe mass production copy!

Quined Games

Final Week for Address Change Requests
almost 5 years ago – Wed, Nov 24, 2021 at 09:17:41 PM

Dear backers,

We keep receiving requests here and there for address changes. Nobody wants their rewards to be send to their former home ;). We will manually process these address changes for one more week. 

Once we enter the month of December next Wednesday, we can no longer accept any address change requests. Shipping out rewards to over 6,000 backers is no small task. We would like to prevent mistakes, so we don't wanna risk disrupting the process of our fulfiller. Thanks for your understanding!

Production finishes in December and shipping will follow shortly thereafter. Once we have a more accurate timeline, we will certainly share this with you in an update :).

Best regards, 

Quined Games

Production Footage & Pre-orders Closing
almost 5 years ago – Sat, Nov 13, 2021 at 02:50:50 AM

Dear backers,

In this update, we want to share some exciting production footage from our factory! The high-speed printing process creates quite a bit of noise, so please be aware when watching the videos below :D.

The printed A2 paper is double-checked and later it will be pasted onto thick cardboard and cut in 4.

This modern printing line consists of multiple printers, each adding a single color to the sheet.

In this update, we would also like to clarify that now addresses are locked, we close pre-orders as well. That will happen this on Monday, after which the address file is finalized and will be uploaded to the fulfillment company we are cooperating with. They will handle most of the shipments, except for those to backers in countries where we got a partner publisher or local fulfillment company. 

Please note that this is the last chance to answer your survey if you haven't done so. We cannot ship rewards to backers who didn't provide their address details or didn't finalize their payment in Backerkit.

Until the next update!

Quined Games