ROME Fulfillment has begun!!!
almost 8 years ago – Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 08:46:20 PM

Hey Everyone,

Great news!!!! The ROME Decks arrived at Gambler's Warehouse on Wednesday, and they started Fulfillment yesterday. They should have all of the Pledge Rewards finished up by sometime next week!

Please remember, the Gilded Decks will go out a couple weeks later than the rest of the Pledge Items, and the Carat Cases are still in China. The Carat Cases are finished, and should be on the way to Indianapolis soon. I'll personally ship the Carat Cases to Backers, when they arrive at my house.

Have a great weekend!! It's a freakish 61 degree February day here in Indianapolis. We will definitely be enjoying the weekend outdoors!

thanks, Randy

ROME Decks should arrive at Fulfillment Center any day now
almost 8 years ago – Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 08:04:00 PM

Hey Everyone,

I hope all of you are having a great weekend! I had been waiting to send an Update until I knew the Decks had arrived at Gamblers, but they haven't yet, and I thought I should send one anyway. The ROME Decks had were supposed to deliver to Gamblers this past Wednesday, but so far are a no show. Legends is checking with the forwarder to see where they're at now. They think that the Decks may have had a customs clearance delay. Hopefully they'll arrive early this upcoming week!

Gamblers is ready to start fulfillment shortly after they arrive, so it should be a quick process.

I did receive a couple pairs of ROME Decks from Legends. They turned out beautifully!!! For the Cards - the colors are rich and vibrant, the details are nice and crisp, and the trim registration is perfect on each side. For the Tucks - the colors are deep, the texture and interior map graphics look great, the Gold Foil is crisp with perfect alignment to the texture graphics, and the Embossing is subtle but noticeable (a little more subdued than I had hoped, but most LPCC / EPCC Embossing has that issue). They are by far my favorite Decks I've designed!

I finished taking som Product Shots last week (and even got to use my replica Gladius as a prop!). Some of the finished Product Shots are posted below. I believe everyone will be thrilled with their ROME Decks!

I'll send another Update as soon as Gamblers informs me that the Decks have arrive in Texas.

Thanks, Randy

BackerKits CLOSING TOMORROW
almost 8 years ago – Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 08:22:15 PM

Hey Everyone,

A quick reminder that I'll be locking down the ROME BackerKits tomorrow afternoon. Please make any address or Add-Ons adjustments before then. I'll start prepping the Excel files for Gamblers this weekend.

ROME BACKERKIT:    https://rome.backerkit.com/

PRODUCTION UPDATE:

The Decks are still scheduled to arrive at Gamblers around February 8th.

The Coins are all finished. The Gold Foil Stickers for the Gilded Decks are finished, and they look great (photo below)! I'll sign them this weekend, and ship them and the Coins off to Gamblers.

We have one setback. The ROME Carat Card Cases will not be finished until February 10th, and not arrive to the U.S. until a week or two later. I don't want to tie up Fulfillment, so I'll only send Gamblers the info for everything but the Carat Cases.

I'll mail the ROME Carat Card Cases to Backers. It will cost a few hundred extra, but I'd rather do that then have some Backers wait to receive their Decks or Coins as well. Here's a quick outline of the shipping schedule:

Shortly after February 8th - Decks and Coins (from Gamblers)

GILDED DECKS will ship a couple weeks later, after they're finished (from Gamblers)

End of February - ROME Carat Card Case (from me)

thanks, Randy

Finished ROME Decks on the slow boat to the U.S.!!
almost 8 years ago – Fri, Jan 06, 2017 at 11:16:38 PM

Happy Friday Everyone!

Just a quick update to give you all the heads-up on the production progress. The finished ROME Decks left Taiwan earlier this week, and are scheduled to arrive at Gamblers Warehouse on February 8th!!

Legends should be airmailing a finished Deck or two my way sometime soon. I'll make sure to take some photos when they arrive!

Also, a reminder that I'll be Locking down the BackerKits on January 20th. If you need to make any order or ADDRESS revisions, please click on the link below to modify your BackerKit. The Pledge Rewards should start shipping out shortly after Gamblers receives the Decks*, so please do any address corrections now. I won't be able to make any address adjustments after February. There's still a small handful of you that need to complete their BackerKits. Please do so. We can't ship your Pledge Rewards if we don't know where they need to go.

ROME BACKERKIT:  https://rome.backerkit.com/

*The GILDED SETS will be shipping a couple weeks after the rest of the Pledge Reward items, as it will take Gamblers a while to do the Gilding work. I'll have them ship the GILDED SETS as completely separate orders. Which means if you have any non-Gilded Decks, Coins or Carat Cases, you'll get them right away (and your GILDED DECKS later on when they're finished).

thanks, Randy

Photos of ROME COIN
almost 8 years ago – Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 09:18:01 PM

Happy Holidays Everyone!

Just a super quick update this week. 100 Two-Sided ROME Coins are finished and ready to go! They turned out perfectly!! 

If anybody needs to do any revisions to their BackerKit, here's our project's Link: https://rome.backerkit.com/

I hope you all have a great Holiday!!

thanks, Randy