Last 48 hours!
about 2 years ago – Thu, Feb 17, 2022 at 12:56:26 AM

Hello agents!

Welcome all our new backers! This has been an amazing week. The outpouring of support for this game is astounding. I'm honoured that so many people want to try this game! I am very confident that you're going to get it to the table a lot!

Where are we at

As of right now we're just over $620,000 CAD! Wow. We have 7600+ backers. Wow. We have over 5000+ people ordering a deluxe edition of MIND MGMT. Wow. 

How high can we go in the last 48 hours? I can't even hazard a guess as I'm already way beyond what I thought was possible. If you feel like sharing this campaign out to your friends, that would be appreciated!

Pledging is confusing

Yes it is. Also, adding things mid-campaign like the Playing Cards, makes it even more confusing. Good news is that you can fix any issue you have in the pledge manager! We'll be opening that up as soon as we can - as early as the same day or next day. I would LOVE it if everyone could complete it as soon as possible because I have to lock in my order quantities by end of next week. 

Annulment Dept

In our original campaign for MIND MGMT, we had a secret mission throughout the campaign with secret codes hidden throughout reviews and other Kickstarter pages! A group of backers got together to solve it and they called themselves the Annulment Dept. It was a fun time with a lot of hands helping solve the mission!

Matt wanted to thank the Annulment Dept for their dedication and engagement. Inside every deck of MIND MGMT Playing cards is one card that is mostly blank. This card will be used as a way for Matt to provide a drawing and signature when he sells these at conventions in the future. Check out this card:

How cool is that?

Discover card

Some people in the US have asked me why their Discover card won't work on this Kickstarter campaign and I believe it's because I'm in Canada. Not sure why that makes it not work, but I've confirmed with other Canadian publishers that this is the case. There's nothing we can do unfortunately. Canada doesn't accept Discover cards through Kickstarter I guess. Apologies to those with this issue - and I hope you can find another way!!

Continue the fun

If you've enjoyed this campaign and want to hang around other like-minded individuals and keep talking about all things MIND MGMT - come join us on our Facebook group! 

More Playing Card art!

Here are some more cards from the MIND MGMT Playing cards, including a new process video!

Secrets of MIND MGMT

Let's finish off with another episode of the Secrets of MIND MGMT. This is a series where I reveal one new secret hidden in the game. This is episode 17 and I actually go in and reveal one SHIFT System package! This is a spoiler - so don't watch if you don't want to know. But if you're scratching your head and wondering what the heck could even be in these packages, check it out!

That's it for now agents! Super happy to have you all here with me! We might have one more fun announcement - if we can squeeze it in! #tease

-Jay and the MIND MGMT Team

Free Gift plus more fun announcements!
about 2 years ago – Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 09:33:17 PM

Hello agents!

Welcome to all the new backers who have joined in on our party! I really appreciate you joining us and supporting this game! I'm blown away! We're nearing in on $600,000k CAD! Wow. THANK YOU!!

We have some fun announcements in this update!

Free gift

The first big announcement is that to thank everyone for supporting, we are going to add a 10th card to the Secret Mission cards! Everyone that gets the Secret Mission or the Deluxe game will get this 10th card for free! We're hiding a secret inside the app and this card will only be able to be used when playing with the app. I'm so excited about it because this effect is something you can ONLY do in an app. You can't do this ability in real life at all!! So cool! You won't be able to use it until the full app is ready though. We didn't have this one ready at the start so I was never planning on adding it - but after the success I thought everyone would appreciate having it now - even though the app isn't ready yet (hopefully ready by the time you get this though!).

China and Hong Kong Shipping

Some great news for those in China and Hong Kong! I talked with VFI and got updated quotes for shipping - and it's way cheaper! So I've added a new row to the shipping chart just for China! Yay!

MvM Playthrough and Giveaway

Our friends at Man Vs. Meeple are doing a playthrough of MIND MGMT on Feb 16th at 12pm EST - and they're going to giveaway a copy of the deluxe edition of MIND MGMT! Tune in if you can!

Australia and NZ Distribution

Some great news if you live in Australia or New Zealand! We've just secured distribution in Australia and New Zealand! This means that the retail edition will be coming to stores near you! I'm partnering with Let's Play Games and couldn't be more excited!

New countries I can't ship to

One sad note I have to add is that I had to add a few more countries to the FAQ of places I can't ship. With the updated shipping - there are some countries where the shipping is more than $60 USD to ship!! That's just too much. For clarity, here are all the countries I can't ship to: Thailand, Brazil, Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Indonesia, Bahrain, India, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Oman, or Afghanistan. If you have pledged for this game and are from one of these countries, please cancel your pledge before it ends!

How does Combined Shipping Work?

I wanted to clarify how shipping works. I am motivating you to get into groups and pledge together because shipping the deluxe game will only cost you what it costs to ship 1 game! This quantity is maxed at 12 units (deluxe editions come 4 to a case). However this savings on shipping is only true for the deluxe edition of MIND MGMT.  When shipping multiple other items (Extra Secret Mission packs, Wood Upgrade Kits, Playing Cards) we will do our best to save everyone money by combining packages where we can to get the lowest shipping rate. So you won't pay double to ship 2 packages of Wood Upgrade Kits, for example, but it might cost a bit more than shipping 1. 

If you are doing a group pledge, and you are getting some extra wooden upgrade kits or playing cards, then maybe max out your order with 10 units so that we can fit the extra stuff in that 3rd box. Otherwise there will be a cost to ship a second box with those items. Hope that makes sense and seems fair to everyone. 

Playing Cards

First I wanted to mention the quality of the playing cards. We're trying to make the highest quality our manufacturer can offer. For those that know and care about the details, we're using: 310 gsm Japanese black core paper, linen-finish. 

Another cool thing is that there is now a display box for anyone who orders 12 playing card decks. It comes free for retailers that order 12, but individuals that want this cool display can get it too.  The price for a case of 12 decks plus the display box will cost $135. We're planning for the deck, as well as this display box, to have metallic silver anywhere you see white:

Here is a closer look at some of the non-face cards so you can see the cool art style for them, plus maybe you can see some of the psychic abilities for these cards too.

And I have to show off one more process video of one of these cards coming to life! Here's the Ace of Clubs via Matt Kindt!

Wow - for a campaign with no stretch goals, we're certainly not short on amazing news and fun! Hope you're enjoying the campaign and let's see if we can share with our friends to have an amazing last few days!

-Jay and the MIND MGMT Team

$500,000!!! Plus one more announcement tease!
about 2 years ago – Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 08:13:27 AM

Hello agents!

First of - welcome all our new backers and supporters! So amazing to have you all here.

Second of all... $500,000???!! That's absolutely amazing! Let's see how high we can take this!! To do that, we would love it if you shared your love for this game or this campaign anywhere you want - Facebook, Facebook group, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, from the top of a mountain...

Announcement Incoming

We are so thrilled with the response and support we've received, that we are going to be adding something to the Secret Missions - for free. No stretch goal, no social media targets - just free! We'll be announcing it Wednesday before 10am PST. I don't think we'll do another AMA for it, but I'll put out another Update announcing it - plus it will be in the campaign itself! 

Shipping questions...and answers

Here are some answers to common questions (hmm - I should put this in an FAQ!) - 

• We are using VFI for Asia shipping.
• We don't have distribution in Australia yet (we have fulfillment - but no current distribution plans for the retail edition). But we are in talks to make something happen!
• I am paying for customs and VAT for UK! Sorry that wasn't clear before!
• We're going to pack things up so that it's the cheapest (yet safe and protected) for everyone. So if you're buying 3 things from this campaign, you won't have to pay the shipping cost for each item since they'd all be packed together.

Playing Cards

If you haven't seen yet, we've added MIND MGMT playing cards to the campaign. While this is a totally separate thing, one of the jokers in the deck can be used in your MIND MGMT board game!

I added the Playing cards as an ADD ON as well as its own reward level. They're the same thing - but it allows people who aren't backing for any other reason to get the playing cards.

You can get more than one and there will be a discount - but I didn't set it up correctly so it'll look like you're getting charged more right now. We'll fix that in the pledge manager - so don't worry. Here are the price breakdowns again:

1x MIND MGMT Playing cards: $15 USD

2x MIND MGMT Playing cards: $28 USD ($14 USD each)

5x MIND MGMT Playing cards: $60 USD ($12 USD each)

Plus there's an opportunity for retailers to get in on it with even more savings. If you order a box of 12 then you also get a free display case! Check the Retailer Terms pdf near the bottom of the campaign.

Psychic Cards?

These cards can be used to play any traditional card game, and you can choose to activate the MIND MGMT psychic abilities on these cards if you want. Each card has a game changing rule that can come into effect in ANY traditional card game! What a way to spice up your card games!

Let's check out some cards!

As a reminder - every card will have art on it! The face cards all have the duality aspects you can see here. Not sure what Matt is planning for the numbered cards yet - but I'm excited! 

Who, or what would you like to see on one of these cards?? Add your thoughts to the comments! 

And here is a process video of one of these cards coming to life! So cool!

Secrets of MIND MGMT

If you didn't know, we've been running a series of videos that slowly have been revealing the secrets hiding throughout this game! Don't watch if you want to find them all for yourself. There are 16 episodes now and they're each only a couple minutes long. A new episode is available now and is about the Red Filtered Time Token!

That's it for now! Thank you again for all your support! 

-Jay and the MIND MGMT Team

Surprise Announcement!
about 2 years ago – Sun, Feb 13, 2022 at 04:19:40 AM

Hello agents!

Wow oh wow - what a wild couple of days we've had. First of all, welcome and thank you to all our new backers! Come on in - it's wonderful in here!

Second of all, can you believe we're over $420,000 CAD?!! I am just so thrilled with the support you've shown. Not just with the moolah - but you're all just such nice people in the comments and messages. Really the best backers around!!

So, onto the news!

Playing cards?!

We did our live AMA today with Matt, Sen and I - and we announced brand new MIND MGMT Playing Cards! The box is silver-metallic embossed, so it will look extra deluxe!

This is not a normal deck of cards. Well, it is - you can honestly play any game that requires 52 cards (and 2 jokers). Here's where it gets interesting...these are psychic cards and each card has its own psychic ability. That's right, every single card has a special power that might be activated in a game of Go Fish, Euchre, or Hearts!

How do these cards work?

Before every round you reveal a card. The value (or the suit if you want more chaos) of that card is activated this round. This means if you flip up a Queen of hearts, then the other Queen's (clubs, spades, diamonds) can all be activated this round.  So now, as you're playing whatever game you're playing, everyone is on the lookout for Queens. Not every ability will even work with the game you're playing, but a lot will!  

Here are some examples of what some of the cards do:

• Look at the top card in the deck. Discard this card to take that card.
• If this is the last card in your hand, you can discard it.
• This card is considered wild when making a straight / sequence

If the psychic power doesn't work in the game you're playing, then nothing magical happens. But if it does work - then bam - you have a secret weapon this round that will surprise your opponents. Again, you can ignore the abilities on the cards and just play any regular game of cards with them. Or you can activate the psychic abilities of these cards to inject some chaos and/or fun into your card games!

What's so Special About the Joker?

One of the Jokers is PK Verve. Longtime Kindt fans will know that he shows up in A LOT of his books. He's so good at crossing over into other stories, that this card can cross over and be used in the MIND MGMT: The Psychic Espionage "Game"! PK Verve will allow the Recruiter to move through 1 mayhem once per game. The Recruiter has to discard it when it's used, so the agents know on which turn the Recruiter moved through mayhem - just not which one!

How do I get these cards?

I just learned that Kickstarter now has Add-ons! Wish I knew that before to make all the other items as add-ons as well! OK - so you should be able to select the add-on and add 1,2 or 5 of these decks of cards to your order. 1 deck is $15 USD, 2 decks is $28 USD and 5 decks is $60 USD. 

How will shipping work if I order multiple things?

Everything will be packed together so you won't pay the shipping price of each item. It might be a bit higher than the estimate if you're adding weight to your order.

What about retailers?

Good news - I've updated the retailer pdf (near the bottom of the campaign page) to include the rates for the playing cards. If you order 12 of them, you get a free display box as well!

That's our big surprise! Hopefully that tickles a lot of people's fancy! We love the art, the concept and the execution! Remember to chat about us on your social feeds, keep checking the Boardgamegeek page to keep us in the hotness, and click on the Kicktraq to keep us in the hotness there too! Many thanks!

-Jay and the MIND MGMT team

UNBELIEVABLE day 1 for MIND MGMT!
about 2 years ago – Thu, Feb 10, 2022 at 11:35:36 PM

Hello agents!

First of all.... WOW! I am so thankful that you backed MIND MGMT! I am so blown away at the support and couldn't be happier with everything!

We are already over $200,000 CAD right now and that is incredible! Thank you for believing in us and for supporting such a new publisher!

A few things to update you on including an announcement of a surprise coming soon! Read on...

Surprise Announcement

While we aren't doing any stretch goals for this campaign to keep it simple (See: How we got here, below), we do have a wonderful surprise that we're going to announce on Friday! 

We're going to do a live AMA (Ask Me Anything) on Friday from 12pm PST - 1pm PST.  We'll kick it off by announcing the thing...then we'll open it up for questions from everyone! We'll have Matt Kindt, Sen-Foong Lim and myself present - so you have the dream team!

Post in the comments section what you think the announcement will be about! I'd love to see what you're all thinking!

It's going to stream through Facebook, so sorry to those that don't do Facebook but it's just how our software works. You can go to the Off the Page Games FB page to watch it. Here's a link so you can Like it in advance!

Go to Off the Page Facebook page 

How do I pledge for more things?

The number one question I'm seeing is how do I pledge for more things? Simply pledge for 1 thing - and then increase your pledge amount manually to account for the extra things you want to buy. You'll be able to spend those credits in the pledge manager! Alternatively you can just wait until the pledge manager and add in any add-ons there. Note that the window for the pledge manager will be short - so be prepared to act quickly!

When will I get the game and bits?

I put August, 2022 as the estimated time for delivery, but if all our stars align and we can indeed add this to our planned print run in March (hint - we can, I talked to the manufacturer 2 nights ago!), then there's a good chance we'll get the games in late April or May for fulfillment! Unless there's another shipping crisis of course.  This is going to move fast! That's why I'm not able to add a lot more to the campaign as I don't want to affect the printing and shipping schedule!

What's the deal with the App?

So, the app is available right now on iOS and Android...but only the training mission. I really wish the full game was available sooner, but it's been a bigger challenge than anticipated. Making an app to keep track of points or do something passive is a lot easier than coming up with a smart AI! If the Recruiter in this app wasn't smart enough, no one would play it after 1 time. So we've been trying to figure out ways to ensure it's clever without causing the app to bloat in size. We're also going to be adding 2 Shift system packages and at least one neat surprise in there! I can't even give a date on when we're expecting to have it ready - but I can say that my developer gave me a new build this past week and I've been testing it whenever I have a chance to provide feedback! It's looking really good already. Hang tight everyone!

Long Distance Gamers just did a playthrough of the training mission using the app - check it out:

How else can I support?

If you want to support my small little company more (hey - backing the game is already amazing support!), feel free to share on your socials anything you want about this campaign!! You can also go to BoardGameGeek and check out the page, rate the game if you've played it, like some images and join in any of the chatter in the forums for this game. We've been in the top 10 of the hotness for a week and it'd be great to stay up there during this campaign!

How we got here

For those interested, here's some background info on how we ended up where we are right now. 

We had sold out of all deluxe units of MIND MGMT, and sold out of retail units in North America (some still left in Europe!). Then last Wednesday, Shut Up and Sit Down gave a glowing review to the game and was so enthusiastic, that demand shot through the roof! Due to a mixup, they were given the deluxe edition, but they didn't know it was a deluxe edition, so a lot of viewers were confused and even upset since the deluxe wasn't available any more.

So I sat on that for a day and started thinking on Thursday - could I do another Kickstarter? Is that allowed? Do I have to add something new? What could I even add. Sen and I even started brainstorming on an expansion idea that would be bonkers and I hope we can get back to it as it would allow you to not just play 1 vs. many but 1 vs. 1 vs. many! So THREE factions all playing and deducing. Who know - it might just be too much and cause heads to explode.

As I was thinking about it, I realized that we're in the middle of Lunar New Year and that we have a second print run scheduled at the start of March. Hmmm... What if I ran a Kickstarter like, next week, and ran it for 10 days. Then we could add those orders to the current print run already in the works, keeping the per unit price lower, and save on shipping as we can ship them altogether! 

Ok, but what can I offer backers to make this something new. I was under the impression that Kickstarter doesn't allow you to kickstart something that already exists (I later learned I could have since the deluxe edition technically doesn't exist any more for sale!). So I got the idea of printing the secret/hidden cards that people can find within the game as a new thing. 

The game has many hidden codes in the game, and 9 of them will lead you to a website, where you enter that code, and you will be given a new card that you can print at your own home and sleeve it to add to your game! Pretty sneaky right? So now we can print these professionally and players can have the official cards. Not the most amazing 'expansion' I know - but we have all the art and we can make this all happen!!

So the last 5 days have been very hectic as I've tried to line up partners and setup the new Kickstarter page. The good news to all of this? Even though I listed the delivery date as August, there's a strong chance that the game could come as early as May, if shipping is nice to us!

That's all for now everyone! Again thank you so much. This is truly wonderful and I'm ecstatic that more people will get to play this game!

-Jay and the MIND MGMT Team