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Bunny Party at Maple Valley

Created by Evan Gibbs

Play as a bunny furiously decorating for a party in this card game where two players win! Work with a neighbor and decorate together. Be careful! Betrayals are possible, but a fun party is guaranteed.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Shipping Update!
almost 3 years ago – Thu, May 20, 2021 at 05:36:07 PM

Hello! I hope you are having a great Thursday. :)

Update on manufacturing and shipping

Just swinging by for a quick update on our progress! The manufacturing has been complete but there were a couple of snags. Most importantly, we've seen the final finished copy and we are incredibly happy with how everything turned out! The colors and feel of the materials are all great.

The first little delay were some of the tokens were printed misaligned, so the manufacturer had to re-print them. Then after re-printing, there was a little too much moisture in the newly printed components, so they had to spend a few days letting them dry out before starting to pack them and get them ready to ship. We were hoping that they would be on the boat to us this month, but it looks like it won't happen until early next month. 

So all in all, just a little bit of a delay. We are still very much on track to get you your copy before our September estimated arrival date. I'll make an update as soon as it ships to us! After the games get here it will be up to Holly and I to ship out each of your individual orders. We are so excited!

Custom bunnies

We have finished all of the backers who have received custom bunnies! These will not be in each copy of the game, but I wanted to share some of our backer's super fun ideas (with their permission of course!) as well as Holly's amazing artwork. 🐰

These were so much fun to work on.  What do you think of the backer's creations? :)


That's all for now! I'll talk to you again soon.

-Evan

Digital Proof Arrived!
almost 3 years ago – Mon, Apr 05, 2021 at 04:59:57 PM

Hello! I hope you had a great Easter weekend! 🐇🥚

We had an exciting day today! The digital proof arrived in the mail! This is the copy that the manufacturers send for us to double check the printing and packing of everything before starting the mass production.

We did a once over and so far everything looks good! We're going to be looking over the colors and wording of everything a couple more times before giving the final okay, but I definitely wanted to share some pictures!

We are so excited! With every step we are getting closer to getting the game to your door.

It was really special to see the big and full travel guide as well as the adorable reminder tokens. Because of your support we were able to add even more to this game. You are the best. <3

-Evan

Surveys, French Version, Custom Bunnies!
about 3 years ago – Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 03:09:02 AM

Hello there! Updates have slowed down a bit since we are mainly waiting on a proof from our manufacturer, but I have a couple of updates!

Surveys

89% of our backers have finished our Backerkit surveys which is great! But I just wanted to have a quick reminder to anyone who hasn't filled out the survey yet, please check for an email from Backerkit or message me here so we can get your info and ship you your game!

Bunny Party in French!

Special thanks to Allen Boisclair who translated Bunny Party at Maple Valley into French, we now have the Print and Play, Tabletopia, and Tabletop SImulator all available in French!

Custom Bunnies

We have been working on some of the custom bunnies for backers who backed the Maple Valley Resident pledge level and I thought I'd show off their ideas for custom bunnies (with their permission of course!) 

(Just a reminder: these cards are not officially part of the game!)


What do you think of the custom bunnies? Let us know! I think Holly has been doing such a wonderful job on the artwork. :)


Until next time!

-Evan

Surveys sent out! Hidden stretch goal?
about 3 years ago – Tue, Mar 02, 2021 at 02:39:20 PM

Hello!

I hope you are having a good Tuesday! Lots of cool new game Kickstarters today if you are interested in browsing. :)

Bunny Party Surveys have been sent!

An email from Backerkit should have landed in your inbox. If you can't find it, please check your spam folder. If you still can't find it, feel free to message me!

It's very important to fill out your survey so you can pay for shipping and we can collect your mailing address. If you don't, we can't get the game to you! You will be able to update your address before we actually ship out the game in case you plan on moving. I'll send out a last call to update mailing addresses before we ship out the game.

Hidden stretch goal?

We haven't talked at all about card quality! We focused our stretch goals on adding extra components to the game and always knew if we went over our goal we'd increase the quality of the cards and better showcase Holly's artwork. :)

Our original quote was for 280 gsm blue core cards. This is what the Pokemon tcg and Magic the Gathering typically use. We would have used this if we had just reached our goal of $3,800.

But since we surpassed our goal (more than 200%!) we've decided we're going to go with 310gsm black core cards! This won't make too big of a noticeable difference to most players, but we're so proud of this game and wanted to spend all the extra funds towards making the game as good as we can!


We are able to do this because of your support and it means so much to us. Thank you once again. :)

-Evan

Pledge manager soon, French translation and talent talk!
about 3 years ago – Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 11:10:32 AM

Hey there! It's been a little bit. I hope you've had a good week and a half. :)

Just thought I'd pop in and share a couple things happening:

Pledge Manager

We will be using Backerkit as our pledge manager and the surveys will be going out soon! We'll be running a smoke test (so a few of you will get a survey) and then we'll send it out to everyone. I'll let you know when that happens but just wanted to give a quick heads up!

French Translation

We are very excited to announce that we had someone contact us offering to do a French fan translation of Bunny Party! Allen Boisclair did an awesome job and finished translating the rules and the cards! We won't be doing a print run in French, but we will be putting it on Tabletop Simulator, Tabletopia and have it available as a print and play! 

Things have been really busy and we've been prioritizing getting the pledge manager up and the manufacturing stuff done first but wanted to announce that it is coming.

Talent Talk

The Portland Indie Game Squad does an event called Talent Talks! It's being streamed tonight at 7:00pm PST and I will be doing a talk on running a Kickstarter! A few of you have reached out to me about game making and Kickstarter advice so I thought I'd pass it along. 

See more about the event here. There are lots of cool talks happening! So check out their twitch page tonight if you're interested. I will be in the chat so hope to see you there. :)


Thank you for being awesome!

-Evan