Contagion Chronicle - a Chronicles of Darkness crossover
Created by Onyx Path Publishing - Contagion Chronicle
Let's get the Contagion Chronicle crossover Chronicles of Darkness book into stores!
Latest Updates from Our Project:
January 2021 Update
about 3 years ago
– Fri, Jan 29, 2021 at 07:42:01 PM
Hello Kickstarter backers,
Two updates in a month! This one isn't quite as exciting as the last one - where I shared info on looking up tracking numbers. By now, most backers should have received their copies of Contagion Chronicle. If you need to check your shipment tracking, read our last update, and if you haven't received your book by Jan 31 - and your tracking does not show it en route to you, get in touch with me and I'll try to help sort it out.
TO CONTACT JAMES
Via E-Mail: Onyx.Kickstarter [at] gmail.com
Via Kickstarter: Click Richard Thomas under the "Created By" heading on the main page, and then press the "Contact Me" button - the message will come to me!
Via BackerKit: Click "Need Help?" from your page, and then fill in the Contact Us form. BackerKit will pass your message along to me.
The books look great!
So, as noted in our last update, it's time for our regular month end check in.
REWARD TRACKING - Completed Rewards (Sent to Backers)
Midnight Library PDF Rewards (Update #42, posted 06/13/19)
Backer T-Shirt Redbubble Link (Update #49, posted 11/06/19)
Contagion Chronicle Backer PDF (Update #57, posted 06/27/20)
Contagion Chronicle PoD Discount Link (Update #60, posted 09/22/20)
Player's Companion PDF - in Post-Editing Development phase of production
Global Outbreaks PDF - in Development phase of production
The two supplemental PDFs are working their way down the project progress pathway, and I'm hopeful we'll be able to distribute the Digital Wallpaper out to backers soon (I believe the final images are just waiting for a few sign offs), so working our way through.
As always, I will continue to post our list of delivered and pending rewards with each monthly update, so that we can track everything that's needed and keep on the same page. Also, feel free to check out Onyx Path's Monday Meeting Notes posts (linked here) which will give you a weekly status report on ALL of the projects Onyx Path has on the go.
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Tracking Information
over 3 years ago
– Sun, Jan 03, 2021 at 08:28:12 PM
Hello Kickstarter backers,
Happy New Year! I hope 2021 treats you well.
Some good news to kick off January! As noted in my Year End update a few weeks ago, the fulfillment team at Studio 2 worked tirelessly over the holidays to keep projects moving, and it looks like just about all of the Contagion Chronicle books have shipped.
2021 James, with tracking information.
As I mentioned, we're in the end stages of shipping our physical rewards. Many of you have received tracking information, some have already received your books! But there are still a handful of pledges yet to ship, but those final orders should be out soon.
TRACKING INFORMATION
Normally, US backers would start seeing deliveries a week or two after the orders have left the warehouse, but the strain on delivery infrastructure during this pandemic and holiday season has a cascading effect that's just slowing all processes down. That's also affecting tracking updates - but, I'm told, information should catch up as packages move through the system. You may end up receiving your book before your tracking status gets updated, but the good news is that, eventually, everything should be delivered and confirmed.
As the orders ship, you will (*should*) get an e-mail with Tracking Information.
Once the orders ship, the fulfillment team is able to take the Tracking information and load it into the BackerKit Pledge Manager system. Your tracking information may take 2-5 days to update at any given time, so you may see "Pre-Shipment" as it filters out to the various shipping agencies, but it should update as it travels and eventually delivers to you.
Again: You'll have your tracking numbers sent via the e-mail provided to Backerkit, and shortly thereafter, you will also be able to access your Tracking number in Backerkit by reviewing your Order Confirmation.
Your BackerKit Confirmation page has:
1 - Your Reward Tier
2 - Your BackerKit e-mail (and the link between the Community Page and your Confirmation Page)
3 - the TRACKING NUMBER for your shipment (once it's been uploaded)
4 - Your confirmed shipping address
5 - A link to your digital redemption codes
6 - Your list of rewards
If you need to review your information or pledge status, you can return to your survey by clicking the link in your survey email or requesting your survey link under "Lost your survey?" on our BackerKit project page at https://contagion-chronicle.backerkit.com
If you used your Facebook credentials to log in to your Kickstarter account, the BackerKit survey is sent to the email address you use for your Facebook account. If you have another email address that you prefer to use, please contact support at https://contagion-chronicle.backerkit.com/faq
TRACKING YOUR ORDERS
As noted in this update, it may take up to 5 days for Tracking Information to update. That said, tracking your packages - especially for international orders - can provide great assistance in solving minor issues before they become major issues.
International Shipping costs continue to climb - that's an understatement - and every sign points to additional costs coming in 2021, so it's pretty important that we avoid any re-ships or additional shipping charges as much as possible. And that's where your help can really come in handy.
I've dealt with several situations where shipments were marked as "delivered" but the backer hadn't checked the tracking information for months, unaware that the package had been sitting at a neighbor's house or stuck in a local postal facility.
So, please, check your tracking number over the next few weeks. If you haven't received your package by, let's say January 31, review the tracking number to see where the issue might be.
Again, it may take up to 5 days for any status updates to appear, and depending on the country and carrier, each package may enjoy a different transit time. But if we're three weeks into January, let's see if we can sort out any delivery issues while everything's still fresh.
For example, if Package status indicates it was delivered but you never received it
Double-check your Backerkit CONFIRMATION PAGE (as detailed above) that the correct address was provided, and maybe check with your neighbors to make sure it wasn’t accidentally left there. If that doesn’t turn up anything, contact the carrier or your local post office to report the package as not received and please contact me using the Contact Creator button on kickstarter to let me know you didn’t get your order.
I've seen so many orders sitting in a local post office for 8 weeks while the recipient was left unaware that it was waiting. Additionally, other backers have solved issues almost immediately with a quick call to FedEx and providing their tracking number.
It's a HUGE help to me and Onyx Path if we can solve any wayward shipment or stuck orders in February, rather than waiting until the spring when shipping systems finally give up delivery attempts and return the items to our fulfillment partner (at an extra cost to Onyx Path). Let's avoid paying for multiple return shipments if we can! Thanks for your help in advance.
TO CONTACT JAMES
Via E-Mail: Onyx.Kickstarter [at] gmail.com
Via Kickstarter: Click Richard Thomas under the "Created By" heading on the main page, and then press the "Contact Me" button - the message will come to me!
Via BackerKit: Click "Need Help?" from your page, and then fill in the Contact Us form. BackerKit will pass your message along to me.
That's all for now! I'll be back at the end of the month with our regular check in. Hopefully by then we'll all be reading our books and starting a new chronicle!
2020 Year End Update
over 3 years ago
– Wed, Dec 23, 2020 at 03:20:12 PM
Hey there, Kickstarter backers,
Well, it's almost the end of 2020, and frankly, this year can't end soon enough. This year has been full of setbacks and obstacles, and even when the Onyx Path team was able to adapt and overcome, momentum was stalled by other factors - printing delays, shipping backlogs, and more.
The good news as we end the year is that our books are starting to ship, so hopefully this will start the new year off right! Almost all orders are picked and packed, and a few have even snuck over to the shipping area! My next month end update in January will be confirmation that everything has shipped, provide an example of how to look up tracking info (it's in BackerKit), and list follow up steps in case there are any issues.
But, let's count this as a win. The books exist, they're ready for you, and will be on their way soon.
Huge thanks to our fulfillment partners, who worked tirelessly to keep things on schedule as best possible. We're a little later than I'd hoped, but way ahead of what I'd expected after the year we've had!
This year has obviously been full of unexpected challenges and difficult times. I know the Onyx Path team and writers were hit hard by the chaotic and shifting nature of the year, and plans and projects had to be shuffled around as situations and solutions were figured out. Projects that were expected to be completed or nearing completion were sometimes delayed, sometimes rescheduled, but never abandoned. I'm hoping 2021 is a much more manageable time, and looking forward to the results of the hard work of the Onyx Path team in keeping the machine running as best they could during this weird year.
REWARD TRACKING - Completed Rewards (Sent to Backers)
Midnight Library PDF Rewards (Update #42, posted 06/13/19)
Backer T-Shirt Redbubble Link (Update #49, posted 11/06/19)
Contagion Chronicle Backer PDF (Update #57, posted 06/27/20)
Contagion Chronicle PoD Discount Link (Update #60, posted 09/22/20)
REWARD TRACKING - PENDING
Contagion Chronicle Hardcover - picked, packed, starting to ship
Digital Wallpaper
Player's Companion PDF
Global Outbreaks PDF
Once our books are shipped, there's still a few more projects to wrap up! Here's hoping 2021 is a productive year for our Chronicles of Darkness team and we'll see the fruits of their labors. In 2021, I will continue to post our list of delivered and pending rewards with each monthly update, so that we can track everything that's needed and keep on the same page.
TO CONTACT JAMES
Via E-Mail: Onyx.Kickstarter [at] gmail.com
Via Kickstarter: Click Richard Thomas under the "Created By" heading on the main page, and then press the "Contact Me" button - the message will come to me!
Via BackerKit: Click "Need Help?" from your page, and then fill in the Contact Us form. BackerKit will pass your message along to me.
ONYX PATH ON KICKSTARTER IN 2020
To say this year was challenging would be an understatement. Despite difficult, uncertainty, and demanding situations, the Onyx Path team continued to work on the great projects that have made us fans. It wasn't easy - schedules shifted, delays managed, and difficulties dealt with - but here we are at the end of 2020 and, despite the chaos, there are some victories to show!
Kickstarter continues to be an important part of the process for Onyx Path, and looking at the long list of projects in the works on the Monday Meeting Notes blog, it certainly looks like that’ll continue to be the case in 2021.
Rather than just take pre-order for an upcoming project, Kickstarter has allowed Onyx Path to gauge interest in game lines (to see if they should develop additional projects beyond those offered during the campaign), and sometimes even add additional projects to a game line immediately via Stretch Goal achievements. More importantly, it’s a chance to interact with the community and for everyone to get involved from the earliest stages.
Looking at 2020, Onyx Path had 7 Kickstarter campaigns funded, with one more currently on the go!
And, though the campaign still has a few hours to go, the recent DeadMan's Rust mega-adventure and setting supplement for ScarredLands 5th Edition has funded, which means it will get added to the list soon!
Thanks to your support during these campaigns, Onyx Path was able to introduce the following additional projects:
Trails of Ash and Bone (V5)
Forbidden Religions (V5)
Children of Blood (V5)
Hunter: The Vigil 2E Jumpstart
Tending the Flame (HtV 2E)
Operative's Dossier (M20)
Technocracy Reloaded Novella Anthology
Legacies of Earth (Legendlore 5E)
Monsters from the Crypt! (TCfBtG!)
Tales of Depravity! (TCfBtG!)
Heroes in a World of Horror! (TCfBtG!)
Scion: Demigod Companion (Scion Second Edition)
Scion: Demigod Scenarios (Scion Second Edition)
Paranormal Investigator's Toolkit (WoD 20A)
Hunting Monsters (WoD 20A)
Necromancers & Mediums (WoD 20A)
Ghost Hunters Jumpstart (WoD 20A)
All of that is in addition to the usual backer rewards, like T-shirt designs and digital wallpapers.
So, thank you for your ongoing support! Even in the chaos, confusion, heartbreak, and challenges of 2020, this hobby has continued to bring people together and provide distraction and respite during these difficult times.
November 2020 Update - Shipping Info Confirmation
over 3 years ago
– Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 11:37:30 AM
Hello Kickstarter backers,
As noted last month, the expectation is that our hardcover versions of the Contagion Chronicle will finish up printing in the next few weeks and then those books will be shipped to our fulfillment partner. They same way the 4-week printing process now takes 8 weeks, a 2-day shipment now takes about a week, so I'm guessing our fulfillment partners will see these books land right before the holidays.
Again, as I mentioned last month, that'll probably keep it from shipping before the holiday season hits. That said, if the printer is able to ship a day or two earlier, and the delivery trucks manage to make the trip a little faster, and *somehow* we end up with good luck at the end of this exhausting year, our fulfillment partners want to be ready *just in case* they can maybe get some orders out this year.
It's a longshot, but let's get ready, just in case.
So, just in case we get lucky, I'm going to start the shipping info lockdown process now.
CONFIRM SHIPPING INFORMATION
Please ensure your shipping information is up-to-date with your expected address for January 2021. Please ensure that this information is entered and correct by NOVEMBER26, 2020. In 2-3 weeks, I will take the shipping information we have for you in BackerKit and provide that to our fulfillment partners, so they can start picking and packing orders, with plans to begin shipping in January (or... maybe, maybe... late December).
If you need to review your information or pledge status, you can return to your survey by clicking the link in your survey email or requesting your survey link under "Lost your survey?" on our BackerKit project page at https://contagion-chronicle.backerkit.com
If you used your Facebook credentials to log in to your Kickstarter account, the BackerKit survey is sent to the email address you use for your Facebook account. If you have another email address that you prefer to use, please contact support at https://contagion-chronicle.backerkit.com/faq
ADDRESS CONFIRMATION & DELIVERY OBLIGATIONS.
Consider this the (at least) four-weeks-from-fulfillment warning to update your information, after which point, you agree that our responsibility to you is to ship your order as listed in our pledge manager system to the address listed in BackerKit, that title and risk passes to you upon delivery to a common carrier for such shipment, and you are responsible for import duties or any other duties that may be payable to the relevant tax authorities, providing correct address information and ensuring this address is deliverable by normal methods. Failure to confirm mailing address prior to December 5, 2020 will be taken as agreement that all obligations have been met and no further action or effort is required on the part of Onyx Path.
That's my brief surface-style semi-legal notice saying, basically, we're going to ship to the address you've provided but our cut off date, so please ensure your information is as accurate as possible. And, we'll do our best to get the book into your hands and make sure it all works out! But we can only work with the information we have, and shipping systems as they are today. Things have been weird lately, so let's work together to make it happen. I'll do my best on my end!
(Of course, if you're getting digital rewards only, you don't need to worry about your address. This is just for the physical books).
TO CONTACT ME
Via E-Mail: Onyx.Kickstarter [at] gmail.com
Via Kickstarter: Click Richard Thomas under the "Created By" heading on the main page, and then press the "Contact Me" button - the message will come to me!
Via BackerKit: Click "Need Help?" from your page, and then fill in the Contact Us form. BackerKit will pass your message along to me.
REWARD TRACKING - Completed Rewards (Sent to Backers)
Midnight Library PDF Rewards (Update #42, posted 06/13/19)
Backer T-Shirt Redbubble Link (Update #49, posted 11/06/19)
Contagion Chronicle Backer PDF (Update #57, posted 06/27/20)
Contagion Chronicle PoD Discount Link (Update #60, posted 09/22/20)
REWARD TRACKING - PENDING
Contagion Chronicle Hardcover - atpress,due to complete December 10
Digital Wallpaper
Player's Companion PDF
Global Outbreaks PDF
I will continue to post our list of delivered and pending rewards with each monthly update, so that we can track everything that's needed and keep on the same page. Also, feel free to check out Onyx Path's Monday Meeting Notes posts (linked here) which will give you a weekly status report on ALL of the projects Onyx Path has on the go.
NOW ON KICKSTARTER
A new mega-adventure for the Scarred Lands setting, Dead Man’s Rust contains:
A complete campaign taking characters from level 1 to 10
Detailed write-ups of four major locations in central Ghelspad: the Broadreach Horizon, The Gleaming Valley, the Hornsaw Forest, and the necromancer’s stronghold of Glivid-Autel.
New playable options including races, subraces, and subclasses
October 2020 Update
over 3 years ago
– Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 09:13:35 PM
Greetings Contagion Chronicle Backers,
These monthly updates are my attempt to keep everyone in the loop, on the same page, and up-to-date with the various moving pieces of this project. I love it when I get to share exciting news or send out a new reward...
But, it's less fun when I have to talk about delays and disappointments.
So - to ensure I'm letting you know all the information I have and keeping everyone up-to-date, here's the unfortunate news:
It looks like ContagionChronicle will not be shipping until January 2021.
This year has taken away all the fun nicknames, that's for sure.
2020 has thrown a lot of curveballs at everyone, and Onyx Path certainly dealt with adjustments and adapting to the everchanging reality of this world. I know it's affected everyone from freelancers who were furloughed from their regular jobs to printing and shipping partners who had to adjust their workforce and schedules to keep up with new safety standards and requirements. Bit by bit, things have shifted and slowed down, though I thought we had still managed to keep ahead of any real delays until this final stage of creation. But, I've just heard that Onyx Path's printer for this project won't have it completed until mid-December, which puts it just enough behind schedule to get tangled up in year-end holidays.
I was so excited to get this built into our Q4 2020 fulfillment plan, thinking I was somehow fighting back against the challenge of 2020, but this weird year continues to hit harder than expected.
So, we'll be missing our projected December 2020 delivery date on this one. The good news - or at least the not terrible news - is that the project is being printed, will be completed and delivered, it will just be a great start to 2021 instead of a welcome finish to this year.
IF YOUR SHIPPING INFORMATION WILL CHANGE IN JANUARY 2021
If you need to adjust any shipping information, please contact me immediately, and I'll update our system with your new information.
CONTACT ME Via E-Mail: Onyx.Kickstarter [at] gmail.com
REWARD TRACKING - Completed Rewards (Sent to Backers)
Midnight Library PDF Rewards (Update #42, posted 06/13/19)
Backer T-Shirt Redbubble Link (Update #49, posted 11/06/19)
Contagion Chronicle Backer PDF (Update #57, posted 06/27/20)
Contagion Chronicle PoD Discount Link (Update #60, posted 09/22/20)
REWARD TRACKING - PENDING
Contagion Chronicle Hardcover - atpress,due to complete December 10
Digital Wallpaper
Player's Companion PDF - in Editing phase
Global Outbreaks PDF - in Development phase
I will continue to post our list of delivered and pending rewards with each monthly update, so that we can track everything that's needed and keep on the same page. Also, feel free to check out Onyx Path's Monday Meeting Notes posts (linked here) which will give you a weekly status report on ALL of the projects Onyx Path has on the go.
Again,If your shipping information has changed or will change before January, please let me know.
TO CONTACT ME
Via E-Mail: Onyx.Kickstarter [at] gmail.com
Via Kickstarter: Click Richard Thomas under the "Created By" heading on the main page, and then press the "Contact Me" button - the message will come to me!
Via BackerKit: Click "Need Help?" from your page, and then fill in the Contact Us form. BackerKit will pass your message along to me.
