A new card-based edition of Fiasco, the classic game of powerful ambition and poor impulse control
Some of you have noticed how the beginning of the Fiasco rules mentions a tutorial video. We've been working on that for a while with Be Bold Games, and we're happy to say that it's finished! We hope that this helps resolve any questions you might have about how to play Fiasco!
Has it been a year already? Man, time flies, right?
We can finally say that all Fiasco shipments have been mailed, and most of you have them in hand by now. There are some that have been returned to us, or ended up lost, and we're working to fix those issues. Internationally, there are some that are stuck in transit— the pandemic is slowing the local postal systems or halting shipments altogether. If you don't have yours yet, that may be why. Feel free to reach out to us with a Kickstarter message or an email to [email protected] if you need an update.
Today, August 12, is the official release date for Fiasco! We had to set that date a long time ago for our distribution partners, and we expected you would all have had the game in your hands for a while before then, but, you know... Fiasco!
Still, if you know people who missed the Kickstarter and would like to buy the game, please have them talk to their friendly local game store, or point them at our website, or to the Atomic Empire store, or to this list of the excellent retailers who helped us fund this thing!
And if you'd like to show off your shiny new boxes on social media or write a review or actual play, we'd be delighted! We've been using #fiascorpg and #fiascounboxing and if you tag us at @bullypulpit_hq, we'll help you celebrate!
We've said it many times, but we couldn't have succeeded in making this game about failure without your help! As promised, we've immortalized your names on our website as our way of showing everyone that it takes a village to make a Fiasco.
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The shipment of Fiasco products have finally arrived at the Atomic Empire warehouse in Durham, NC and the team there is now beginning preparations for shipments. We hope to begin shipments by the end of this week.
As the orders go out, you should receive email confirmations. If you decide to post photos when you get it, consider tagging them with #fiascorpg so we'll see them!
IMPORTANT: No More Address Changes!
If you're in the middle of a move, please check that you have mail forwarding in place with your post office, as we will no longer be able to make adjustments to the shipment addresses.
While we've previously provided digital files for the Fiasco products and Roll20 code, we had not yet released the files for all the add-on games.
We've corrected that now, so if you ordered additional games and products from us through Backerkit, please check your downloads page there for links to the rest of your files.
https://fiasco.backerkit.com/backer/digital_rewards
Your Fiasco box will include a flyer for Roll20 that has a special code on it. This code is supposed to unlock some exclusive playmats for use in your Roll20 games. As some of our International backers found out, that code isn't working correctly, and we're working on the problem with Roll20. We'll make another update when it's ready.
Now that many of you are receiving your physical copies of Fiasco, we wanted to give you a few tips about the packaging.
Back in our mid-May update, we told you that all the Fiasco materials were on the move from China to their regional distribution points, and that we anticipated most individual shipments would begin in mid- to late-June. We're happy to say that those shipments have arrived and those preparations are mostly going ahead as expected.
One small delay comes from the additional shipments of all the add-on products that we shipped from the US to each location. Some of those shipments have been slow to arrive and at least one package was heavily damaged, so we'll be sending an express shipment of replacements.
Here's the status of things by region:
U.S.
The Fiasco materials have arrived in the states are being forwarded by Quartermaster Logistics to our Durham warehouse next week. Once they arrive, our team will pack everything up and send out shipments pretty quickly. U.S. backers will receive email confirmations as things go out. We expect that to happen in the early part of July.
Asia
The Fiasco cargo has been delivered to VFI. They are awaiting the shipment of add-on products from Quartermaster Logistics and then they will begin shipping individual orders before the end of June.
Australia/New Zealand
All stock has been received and preparations are being made to begin individual shipments next week.
Europe
All cargo has been delivered to Spiral Galaxy, but part of the shipment of add-on products was damaged. Replacements are en route, and they expect to begin individual shipments in late June, starting with the ones that don't need those add-ons.
Canada and the rest of the world
All stock has been received and preparations are being made to begin individual shipments from the U.S. in the next week or two.