I really apologize for missing May! Back in April I mentioned that I was coming up on the busiest travel time of the month, and that really did me in! The update list below will involve a bunch of notes about that :)
- We completed our purchase of the Cheapass Games product line!! I am so excited about this!! I'm planning on doing a separate post just about that, either later today or later this week.
- We completed funding for the Cheapass Games in Black & White book, and it succeeded beyond my expectations. I'm really thrilled to have another group of such enthusiastic fans to interact with :)
- Jenn, SaRae, Sarah, and I all visited China and toured a number of factories, including the factories where they make all of the Sentinels of the Multiverse and Spirit Island stuff.
- Maggie, Christopher, and I visited Alliance Game Distribution and GTM (Game Trade Media) in Baltimore. While there, we filmed playthroughs of Homebrewers, Medium, and Sentinel Comics: RPG! Maggie even created the ideal character for me to cosplay :D
- Maggie, Twuana, Sarah, and I visited ACD Distribution in Madison for ACD Games Day, their annual retailer summit.
- Christopher, Maggie, Matt, Katie, and I visited the UK to attend UK Games Expo. We were a sponsor again, and it was our best one yet, both in terms of booth presence and in terms of sales and demo attendance.
- While in Europe for UKGE, Maggie and I also attended the Asmodee UK retailer summit in Birmingham, and the Asmodee Nordics retailer summit in Copenhagen.
- Meanwhile, back at HQ, we dealt with some frustrating production delays from several factories that impacted both Homebrewers and Medium. Fortunately, those seem resolved.
- We did a lot of editing and pre-press work on our two most time-consuming in-progress projects, Legends of Sleepy Hollow and Sentinel Comics: RPG core rule book. Both now seem on track to actually start mass production some time this summer.
- We did a massive amount of Gen Con planning and work, including acquiring all new booth fixtures and creating a detailed schedule.
- If you are at all interested in attending Gen Con without having to buy a badge, and getting paid $15/hour to demo games, send me an email (paul@greaterthangames.com)!
- The warehouse received a massive amount of pre-Gen Con inventory for other publishers via GTG Operations.
- The warehouse received a massive amount of Cheapass Games inventory.
- Jodie spent a ton of time driving trucks back and forth among our several warehouse location in the St. Louis area.
- We put more work into our new building plans. I just want that to be *done* at this point.
- We did a fair amount of work on several unannounced upcoming business deals/projects that may or may not develop into something.
- We got a ton of new art in for Spirit Island: Jagged Earth and Sentinel Comics: RPG
- We celebrated the 1 year anniversaries of Twuana, Sarah, and Chris Burton!
Here is the status of all of our works in progress.
In Stock Since March
- Nothing
Shipping to Backers
- Nothing
In Transit; On a Boat
- Nothing
At Factory; Pre-Press Work
- Legends of Sleepy Hollow
- Homebrewers
- Microbrewers
- Medium
Current WIP Focus by GTG
- Sentinel Comics: The Role Playing Game core rulebook (Christopher, Jenn, Critical Hits)
- Prime War (Christopher, Chris Burton, Lore Forge)
- Spirit Island: The Jagged Earth (Paul, Christopher, Jenn, Erik)
- Sentinels of Freedom video game (Christopher, Adam, Underbite Studio)
- The History of Sentinel Comics (Christopher, Adam)
- Untitled Cheapass Games Project (Jenn, Chris Burton, James Ernest)
- Milkman (Chris Kirkman, Chris Burton)
- Fate of the Elder Gods: Agents of Arkham (Chris Kirkman)
- Some other games (Chris Kirkman, Chris Burton)
- A new and improved website (Jenn, Paul, Alex, Joel)
I'll see you next month!