Hi everyone!


The boats are on the water! In fact, they've been traveling for several days, and the container ship that's carrying our precious Han Cluster books, cards, and maps to the US should be arriving at the port of Los Angeles LATER THIS WEEK.

The ship bound for the UK is also on the water and is circling around South Africa as we speak.. It should arrive at port in about two and a half more weeks.

There are still several hoops to jump through: unloading, customs (and tariffs), and then the freight shipment from the respective ports to our office in Tucson and our partner distribution center in the UK, but the time is getting VERY close.

Shipping Is Being Finalized

This is all a long winded way of saying that individual shipments to backers are coming VERY soon. We're finalizing the shipping tables in BackerKit, and we will charge shipping only AFTER the product is past customs in the US.  After that, we will send another update warning that charges for shipping are imminent, and then we will charge your cards based on where you're located, etc.

Shipping Estimates
These are not finalized yet, but here's a rough idea of what to expect for shipping a single All-In physical pledge (prices in US dollars, and again, it depends on where you are, and we'll be doing another "reality check" to get final numbers before we actually make the charges.).

Anywhere in the US (shipping late November / early December): Around $13-$15

Canada (shipping late November / early December): Around $25-$30

Anywhere in the UK (shipping mid-December / early January): Around $13-$15

Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, France, French Guiana, Hungary, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia (shipping mid-December / early January): Around $25

Bulgaria, Estonia, Spain, Finland, Croatia, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia (shipping mid-December / early January): Around $29.

New Zealand (shipping late November / early December): Around $65

Again, these reflect an "All-In" pledge and may be slight less if you just got a single book, etc.  We will be looking at all this and finalizing one more time before we go live with the shipping charges, but this should be very close. We will update you BEFORE we charge the cards, which we anticipate will be in another week or so.

It's been a long and amazing journey, and we are so excited to get this product into your hands.  We really think you'll be blown away by the quality and beauty of these books and components. We're really very proud of them. If you have any friends or fellow gamers who you think would be interested in Han Cluster, we have plenty of product to sell. Just point them toward the BackerKit PreOrder store (which will soon be just ... an Order store). This is the best way to support us, as our transaction fees are much less when you order from there. It's also the ONLY way to get the physical product!

Thank you all for your support, and we can't wait to start shipping your rewards to you!

Tracy & Boof Sizemore
Ede Sol Games

Hey everybody!

I just returned from a great Gamehole Con in Wisconsin where I ran a couple Han Cluster games, connected with some amazing players and even a few Han Cluster backers! It really was a beautiful time with friends and fellow gamers. While I was away, though, our production samples for the Han Cluster books arrived in Tucson!  As soon as I got home, I was able to look at them, and they are absolutely beautiful. I'm so excited for you to all get ahold of them! For pictures of the samples, scroll down a bit!

Alright! We're coming down to it. The bulk printing on all products is nearing completion. This means they'll be transferred to a freight forwarder very soon, and on their way across the water to the US and the UK. This process usually takes about a month, and in the meantime, we're finalizing our shipping tables in BackerKit. We will not be locking addresses and charging for shipping until we have product IN HAND (past customs and ready to ship to you), but before we do, we'll give you an imminent heads up to expect charges to your credit cards. We'll also try to give a general idea of what shipping will cost for various scenarios before we actually charge the cards so you know what to expect. Meanwhile, NOW is a VERY GOOD TIME to go in and make sure your credit card is current and your final shipping address is correct. If you need to make changes, visit your survey (or request another email link to it on our project page under "Lost your survey?": https://han-cluster.backerkit.com/) and ensure your shipping address is correct! 

Beyond that, we'll keep you posted as to the progress.

For those of you local (or close) to the Tucson area, a "local pickup" option will be available for shipping in your surveys. Instructions will be given as to how to pick up your product in Tucson. This is also the option to pick if you've already made arrangements with us to get your product another way. We'll keep you posted on that option when we are ready to lock addresses.

As we promised from the very beginning, we will NOT charge any extra for whatever tariffs we, as a company, might owe on the import of our product. Whatever it ends up being (and this is still impossible to predict even as I write this), we'll pay it. However, we would like to offer those of you who do want to help out an OPTIONAL donation to help mitigate our tariff responsibilities. This is NOW available in the form of a special, multi-variant add-on in the Han Cluster Pre-Order Store. We have variants of $5, $10, and $25 for anyone who would like to help cover these unpredictable, and potentially debilitating extra costs.  We want to reiterate that you have NO OBLIGATION to do this. You'll get your product either way (though you'll still need to pay shipping, of course). We just want to offer a possibility for those willing to spread the load a bit and make it possible for us to have something left over in our already meager coffers after fulfillment. It's not our fault, and it's certainly not your fault, but the burden remains at all our feet regardless.

Visit the Pre-Order Store now, if you'd like to help out.
 

Finally, these pictures don't do it justice, but we wanted to show you the final product that you'll be getting when final shipping does begin!













More to Come!

We'll keep you posted as things develop!  This is an exciting time, and we can't wait to get everything into your hands!

Tracy and Boof 
Ede Sol Games

Hello everyone!  Long time no talk, but we are plugging away behind the scenes here ramping up to delivery of physical product!

We just got in our printed sheets proofs from the printer. These are the unbound, unfinalized sheets and book packages with the final paper, and the final printing process and lamination, etc. so we can make any final adjustments before the mass printing begins! It's very exciting! Here are some pictures!

Things are coming together quickly. I've got just a few notes for the printer, and once a couple of adjustments are made, the next step is for them to produce and send me production samples in a few weeks. These will be the final products, cut, fully bound, and packaged--basically the same thing you all will get when the bulk printing run is complete. Once those final samples are approved, final production begins. 

We are ahead of schedule, and as such, we HOPE to be able to start shipping product to much earlier than anticipated (originally set for February).  This means, if we're lucky, you may get your books and accessories before Christmas! There are still some hoops to jump through, including, of course, the added complications of today's international customs delays, etc., so no promises on timeline yet. But we're hopeful!

This means that if all goes well, in about two months, we'll need to lock down addresses in the pledge manager and finally charge for shipping. When we get closer to actually doing this, we'll give you plenty of warning, but for now, we wanted to share what we knew. The proofs look really spectacular and I almost teared up when I opened them. Check out the pictures and you'll see for yourself. 

Hang in there! We're getting close to final fulfilment. Thanks to all of you, as always, for backing, following, and spreading the word. BackerKit is open for orders / preorders, and we can't wait to get the printed product into your hands!

Tracy Sizemore
Ede Sol Games

Hi everyone!

We just wanted to touch base with everyone and let you know that all initial print proofs have gone through their usual back and forth and have been approved for printing! The printer will now create another set of final physical proofs to send mid September, and after that, mass production will begin. We are currently AHEAD of schedule, so things are progressing well.

In case you haven't seen, all files on DriveThru RPG, and the digital files on Backerkit have been updated to their latest versions. This reflects all the corrections we've made to the print proofs. Most are tiny, and a couple are a little more significant. All this is in an effort to create a consistent, clear, and fun set of rules that make sense and reflect the intent of the game world.  There are changelogs as comments in EACH UPDATED PDF if you want to go through and see what has changed. In most cases, the changes are very minor.  The latest digital file (the Sourcebook) was updated JUST THIS MORNING to coincide with our final approval for the print proofs. The latest versions are already there in your Backerkit and DriveThru accounts if you want to redownload them.

Barring something catastrophic, these are the final print files, and though we will continue to update the digital files as needed, any further corrections will be reflected in an errata on the Han Cluster website, as the print files are now set. We hope that won't be necessary, of course, but there's always SOMEthing...

We're still on our original timeline with anticipated shipping of physical product to you in February 2026. It MIGHT be earlier, but there are no guarantees. We will keep you updated to any changes in dates, and will warn you ahead of time before we start to charge for shipping.

Though not part of the crowdfunding, we have been working on getting the Han Cluster on both the Fantasy Grounds and the Foundry VTT platforms. This work began a while ago, and we recently received an update about the Foundry development that it is moving forward nicely, with the "hard part done." We'll post an update when these modules are ready for the public.

We'll give another update when we have the new printed sheet proofs from the printer, and keep you apprised of progress! Thanks to all of you for your support and enthusiasm!

Tracy and Boof
Ede Sol Games