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Backyard Chickens

Created by August Games

United States and Canada orders only.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Kublacon!
almost 2 years ago – Thu, May 26, 2022 at 11:14:08 PM

Hello all!  We are thrilled to see all of you starting to get your games.  We hope you have as much playing them as we did making them.

We will be at Kublacon this weekend (San Francisco Bay area) and would love to play a game with our backers.    Email Dan at [email protected] and coordinate with him directly.   We have two prototypes (Hero City and Goblin Rocket Rally), Rise of the Gnomes and Backyard Chickens with us. Hope to see you there!

Fulfillment Update
almost 2 years ago – Mon, May 09, 2022 at 06:42:21 PM

Sorry for the delay but shipping has been very clogged up and people are overloaded so getting a response takes a lot longer than normal.   Here is the update

United States, Canada & RotW from Quartermaster

Quartersmaster has already started sending out tracking numbers but it is still in process.  The current plan is fulfillment in mid to late May.  We'll let you know if anything changes there as things can come up unexpectedly.

UK/EU Fulfillment from Spiral Galaxy

We had some games damaged in Freight so we are waiting on Hubstock to ship over replacement games.  They are standing by for the missing games and hope to get things moving in the next few weeks.

Australia/New Zealand from Aetherworks

Fulfillment is Complete.

Asia from VFI

The timeline varies greatly by country.   Here are the highlights.

Hong Kong - May

Singapore, Thailand and Taiwan - June

The Rest - June / Early July.

Questions:

Please don't post questions here as they can get lost.  Email us at [email protected].

Shipping Update
about 2 years ago – Thu, Apr 07, 2022 at 02:32:27 PM

We finally have some firmer timelines on shipping.  Here is my update from QLM:

United States, Canada & Rest of the World from QML

Fulfillment Timeline/Status: The timeline for this one still shows a late April QML arrival. With that timeline we would be looking at an early May fulfillment unless there are port delays or voyage delays that push our arrival timeline back.


UK/EU Fulfillment from Spiral Galaxy

Fulfillment Timeline/Status: We're still on track at this point for arrival at the warehouse in the next week or so barring any delays. This would still put us on track for a mid April fulfillment in this lane.


Australia/New Zealand from Aetherworks

Fulfillment Timeline/Status: Fulfillment is underway here! There are only a few orders left to be fulfilled.


Asia from VFI

Fulfillment Timeline/Status: This one is currently set to begin packing next week. The timeline for the VFI process is a bit strange as I've said in the past as they pack up a pallet for each region and then book consolidated freight for that pallet.

We're On a Boat!!
about 2 years ago – Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 07:04:56 AM

After two and a half months, the games are finally on ships leaving China. I included the links to the ships below. I will be sending an update about the freight issues after we return from Dundracon

· To North America - Guthorm Maersk

· to UK/EU - CMA CGM Bougainville

· To Australia/Asia - TS Kelang

DUNDRACON!

Gary, Dan, Greg and Don will be at Dundracon this weekend. Find us and let's play some games. We will have a demo copy of Rise of the Gnomes and Backyard Chickens. We will also be showing off our next game - GOBLIN ROCKET RALLY!

Happy 2022!
over 2 years ago – Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 03:42:49 PM

Hey all!  We hope all of you had a great holiday and a new year.  We figured we would give you an update on the freight.  Our game order is divided into four shipments to ASIA, AU, UK/EU, US/CANADA.  They are boxed up and ready to ship from the factory.   We expect that Asia and the Australia will ship out first, followed by North America.  We are waiting on some VAT paperwork for the UK/EU and expect to have it all set within the next two weeks.    You will be the FIRST ones to know when I get the EXACT shipping ETAs.

Stay tuned!