The Latest on Vagrantsong

[Kyle]

Hey Wyrdos,

Many of you are anxiously waiting for our spooky boss battler, Vagrantsong, to be hitting local game store shelves and/or your front doorstep. And so are we!

Today, we’d like to cover what’s going on with preorders, the release, and what we’re doing moving forward.

But first, just in case you’ve missed out on hopping aboard the hype train, let’s take a look at the incredible reception that Vagrantsong has been receiving:

The Dice Tower gave Vagrantsong not one, but TWO glowing reviews last week:

 

Liege of Games says that Vagrantsong is one of the best games of 2021 in his review:

And just yesterday, December 1st, Vagrantsong hit #1 on BoardGameGeek’s Hotness list (and is still holding on today!). We couldn’t be more excited about the reception Vagrantsong has been receiving, so thank you to everyone who has managed to sit down and play it so far and give their kind words about their experience!

Many of you haven’t had the opportunity to sit down and play through the Vagrantsong campaign yet, and we want to apologize for the wait.

We opened preorders for Vagrantsong back in September because we were expecting to receive the shipment of the game’s first print run in October. As you might have already figured out, that didn’t quite happen. Like the vast majority of the tabletop industry, we have been experiencing shipping issues across all of our games, and Vagrantsong is no exception.

We are expecting to receive the first run of the game very soon, though, so as soon as we have them in our warehouse and are preparing to send them out, we’ll make sure to let you know!

In the meantime, let’s talk about what’s happening with the first print run.

Orders have been made by retailers, distributors, and many of you reading this right now. We’ve received so many orders (and pre-orders) for Vagrantsong that we have to close off the pre-order sign up on our webstore for the initial print run.

What does this mean?

If you’ve already preordered Vagrantsong, keep an eye on your email that you used when you signed up (including your spam and junk folders!). We will be reaching out to you soon to finalize payments. If you don’t finalize payment after 14 days of receiving the email, we’ll be assuming that you’d rather pick up the game at a later time, and your reserved copy will be utilized elsewhere in one of our distribution channels.

If you didn’t preorder Vagrantsong yet because you wanted to pick up a copy at your local game store – we suggest asking them right now if they already put in the order with their distributor. If so, then there’s a pretty good chance that you’ll be able to get a copy locally.

Because of how well the game has been received and how many orders have been made, we’re already moving forward with a second print run. Yep, before the game is even officially released – we can’t believe it, either.

So, while the initial pre-order link has been taken down, we have opened a SECOND pre-order link, which you can find on our webstore here. With this second pre-order, you’ll be reserving a copy of Vagrantsong for its second print run. We are hoping to have the second print run’s copies in our warehouse by February or March, but with the shipping crisis, that may change, too. But don’t worry: we’ll keep you posted as soon as we have more information.

Many of you are asking about the Bonus Scenario, so we’d like to clear that up, too. If you purchase the game from a store (an online store, a local game store, our webstore – not secondhand) and submit the receipt to us in time using our promotional offer before January 31st, we’ll send you the Bonus Scenario shortly after the promotion is over.

If you are preordering the game for the second print or are waiting for it to arrive at your local game store in 2022 but are still interested in the Bonus Scenario: we are currently looking into options. We’ll have more details once we finalize things on our end.

It's a mix of the good and the bad with this update, but we’re doing everything we can to make sure that you can get yourself a copy of Vagrantsong as soon as possible.

In the meantime, don’t forget that you can play the first two Scenarios of Vagrantsong right now for free on Tabletop Simulator. Find out what everyone’s talking about!

Thanks for understanding and for your patience! We hope to see you all hop aboard the Silver Ferryman soon!

 

[John Irwin]

Just wondering if you have any updates on when Vagrantsong first wave will be getting into your hands?

Thanks,