Remaining International packages update
over 2 years ago – Sat, Oct 16, 2021 at 01:55:20 AM

Hi everyone!

Sorry for such a prolonged silence, particularly to the handful of remaining international backers still waiting for their orders (specifically international orders that included either Boxed Set). While nearly all orders have been sent, the few of you abroad may still be waiting for your package containing a Boxed Set. As mentioned in a previous update, that was due to some unfortunate damages that occurred when shipping the original inventory to your respective hub, leaving them short a number of units. Replacements have been gathered at Quartermaster, and they are being sent to those hubs along with the inventory for MONOLITH and SMALL WORLD, which will be departing in a week or so.

So those few remaining packages should arrive (along with MONOLITH and SMALL WORLD orders) in or by December. 😊

Sorry for the delay -- booking international freight has become so competitive and expensive these past several months, it is crazy. By combining these project shipments together saves everyone a lot of headache. (In case you're unaware of the current global shipping crisis, Kickstarter has posted a great blog about it here: https://www.kickstarter.com/articles/global-supply-chain-disruption )

For those of you still waiting -- thanks for your patience!😊

Shipping update -- Australia/NZ status
over 2 years ago – Wed, Sep 01, 2021 at 04:11:20 AM

Hi everyone!

Hope you are all doing well -- we're hearing from so many of you that your shipments are arriving... thank you! 

Most UK and EU shipments have gone out, with the exception of a few orders containing LOVE Boxed Sets -- some of the units arrived at the hub damaged so we are sending replacements asap.  Those should be there in a few weeks (along with the MONOLITH fulfillment inventory if any of you backed that campaign as well).

Asia orders have started going out this week, so they should arrive... however soon postage takes in your region. (Just playing it safe with the estimate...)

Australia and New Zealand -- your inventory has been delayed leaving Quartermaster due to the incredible shipping congestion that just keeps getting worse.  The booking rate for a single shipping container has quadrupled in the past few months and yet spots are still hard to secure. BUT, they have finally managed to secure a booking for the week of Sept 13th (to ship along with the MONOLITH fulfilment inventory). That should get the items to Aetherworks (the hub in AU) by the end of the month, at which point they should hopefully be able to turn them around by the week of Oct 11th. (Note, again, that is the same estimated schedule for MONOLITH if you backed that one, too...) 

Clearly, none of this horrible congestion was part of our plan back in January or even when the books finally arrived at our warehouse in May. No one could have guessed how bad things would continue to get on the international shipping front.  But as we've hinted at in prior updates and on following campaigns, we have adjusted projections and hopefully padded accordingly moving forward. BRINDILLE is just the unfortunate victim of being caught ahead of those strategic corrections.

If you have any other questions, please don't hesitate to message us!

Thanks again, everyone!

CARBON GREY is now live! Here's where you can find it!
over 2 years ago – Wed, Aug 04, 2021 at 01:37:16 AM

Hey everyone!

CARBON GREY RPG + OMNIBUS launched this morning!

...and it occurred to us that some of you might be confused as to where to find it...

Since this is our first gaming project from a separate creative department focused primarily on gaming, we chose to group those projects under a different Kickstarter account: MAGNETIC PRESS PLAY. So you won't necessarily get a notification from Kickstarter pointing you towards those projects (until you back one).

And since it is primarily a tabletop game project, it is listed in the GAMES/TABLETOP category.

But to make it easy, you can just go to www.carbon-grey.com, which will take you straight to the campaign page!

A couple of other big tabletop games dropped this morning too, so we're kind of caught in the blast zone of those goliaths, but please help us out on Day-1! We need all the launch momentum we can get! :)

If gaming isn't your thing...
over 2 years ago – Sat, Jul 31, 2021 at 09:40:31 PM

Hi everyone!

Just a quick update to the previous update -- while the CARBON GREY RPG project mentioned in the previous update focused on the game itself, we wanted to spotlight the fact that the CARBON GREY Kickstarter is also offering a deluxe, 300+ page Omnibus Hardcover collecting and re-editing the complete, sold-out 10-issue comic series by Hoang Nguyen, Khari Evans, Paul Gardner, and Kinsun Loh!

So even if you're not interested in tabletop gaming, role-playing, or any of the other nifty baubles and bangles being offered with the headline RPG project, there is a Graphic Novel Omnibus-only tier for you comic book connoisseurs!

This graphic novel introduces the audience to the world of Mitteleuropa and the Daughters Grey, descendants of the fabled superhuman Gottfaust and loyal defenders of the crown. When a set of twins are born into the legacy, a forgotten prophesy bubbles to the surface -- the legend of the 13th Grey who will bring about the end of the world as they know it. But which of the twins is the 13th Grey, the fiery and defiant Giselle or the quiet-but-deadly Mathilde...?

Set against an alternate-universe WWI, various political forces and secret agendas intertwine for over 300 pages of action and intrigue...

If you haven't pre-registered for the campaign at www.carbon-grey.com yet, I encourage you to do so! The Omnibus GN alone is worth climbing on board! There will be a wealth of bonus stretch goal items throughout (including Challenge Coins, pins, patches, etc) and who knows -- you might find some of the gaming add-ons cool enough to add to your pledge!

As before, pre-registering will get you a bonus limited-edition linen cardstock print for FREE, and like our previous campaigns, we'll be awarding more bonus prints for Day-1 pledges, and a different print each week until closing. So please pre-reg and pledge on Day-1 to get them all!

So please consider checking out the pre-registration page at www.carbon-grey.com and supporting the campaign on Day-1! Since this is our first game campaign, we're a bit anxious and can really use all the support we can get!

Thanks!

As teased, the big news is revealed...
almost 3 years ago – Thu, Jul 29, 2021 at 01:23:17 AM

Hi everyone!

As hinted at in the last update, we wanted to share more details on the big news that has hit the internets this week --

Announcing CARBON GREY: THE ROLE PLAYING GAME!

We here at Neurobellum/Magnetic Press have been life-long gamers – both tabletop and video games – and I spent 20 years as a producer in the gaming industry before jumping full-time into graphic novel publishing. But ever since, I’ve missed gaming with a passion… game design is and always will be in my blood. So after years of planning and preparation, Magnetic Press has finally announced the formation of MAGNETIC PRESS PLAY, an imprint dedicated to tabletop games and new media. And the first game in that slate will be launching next Tuesday August 3rd on Kickstarter!

CARBON GREY is a brand-new Role-Playing Game based on the popular graphic novel series created by Hoang Nguyen, Khari Evans, Paul Gardner, and Kinson Loh. It is set in an alternate history that at first blush resembles World War One, but with drastic, noticeable differences: fantastic and often futuristic technologies, supernatural abilities, unearthly creatures, and unexplainable phenomena that will leave you guessing. In the game, you will take on the role of an operative or pawn awakened from blissful unawareness to the fantastic forces secretly at play in the universe. You can play as one of twenty-four unique character archetypes, gifted with talents and abilities of your choosing.

Gameplay is built on the time-tested legacy of the D6 System by classic RPG company West End Games. The system has been used for many popular properties including STAR WARS, GHOSTBUSTERS, MEN IN BLACK, and THE DC UNIVERSE. The Carbon Grey Role-playing Game will be the first to use the official “Magnetic Variant” (D6MV) of these classic tabletop role-playing game rules.

The game will be offered as both a STANDALONE HARDCOVER RULEBOOK or a COMPLETE TABLETOP BOXED SET with twenty-one detailed miniatures varying in scale from 32mm heroes and enemies to a giant 96mm cannon walker, a sturdy 3-panel Game Master screen, 140 character and item cards, a large 24 x 36″ world/battle map, twelve d6 dice (5x stone dice, 5x light dice, 2x wild dice) with custom pips, and eight boards of punch-out map markers and tokens.

If you’re not that interested in tabletop roleplaying, that's cool, we’ve still got something you may be interested in…

The complete CARBON GREY series hardcover omnibus graphic novel!

We’ve collected the entire original CARBON GREY comic book series – all 10 issues, plus bonus material – and re-edited into a single, striking tale of danger and destiny, following the prophecy of the 13th Grey, the daughter of Gottfaust who is destined to change the fate of the world.

Over 300 pages of gorgeously painted storytelling by Hoang Nguyen, Khari Evans, Paul Gardner, and Kinsun Loh, encased in a premium 8.5 x 11″ linen-textured hardcover volume with spotUV elements and curved corners. If you aren’t familiar with the series, this will be the ultimate way to enjoy it. And if you are already familiar, this will be the ultimate edition for your collection.

About the new campaign

One thing about this new campaign we’d like to point out – this will be our first major campaign in the “Tabletop Games” category on Kickstarter, and as such, we decided to run it under a separate Magnetic Press Play account focused solely on those types of projects. So while the account may be different, you can take confidence that the folks behind it are the same ones who have brought you the last 12 successful campaigns under Neurobellum. 😊

If you’ve followed our campaigns up to now, you’ll have a pretty good idea what to expect: we’ll be offering Day-1 and weekly bonus prints, as well as a whole series of stretch goal bonuses. And like our previous campaigns you can pre-register now to get an exclusive limited edition print of the omnibus cover art!

But please don’t worry --  we haven’t bitten off more than we can chew because the creative team behind these tabletop projects will be completely separate from our graphic novel production – it's like two separate departments under the same familiar roof! We have an experienced team working on Carbon Grey under the creative leadership of ENnie award-winning writer of the recent ALIEN and TERMINATOR RPGs, Andrew E.C. Gaska. He is making sure this RPG experience will be awesome.

We have a lot of exciting projects in the works for both accounts, and we think you will find everything to be just as worthwhile as ever. If you’re just interested in graphic novels, Neurobellum will keep you covered. If you’re only interested in games, we’ll have plenty for you to consider under Magnetic Press Play. And if you’re at all interested in the other side, we’ll make it easy for you to give something new a try. 😊

So please check it out and support us on Day-1! This is an exciting new chapter for us, and we hope you'll come along for the ride!