TMNT x Zombicide Character Packs Minis & Launch Time!
almost 5 years ago – Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 02:27:55 AM

Hey shellheads!

The Turtles' time has come, shellheads! You can get your hands on the exclusive TMNT x Zombicide character packs starting tomorrow July 17 at 12pm Pacific (3pm eastern) on idwgames.com/shop ! Direct link will go live tomorrow at noon! Until then, check out these minis dude!

Zombicide TMNT Character packs + Production Update
almost 5 years ago – Sat, Jul 13, 2019 at 02:41:21 AM

Hey shellheads!

First, the nitty-gritty: PRO-DUC-TION UP-DATE!

Minis - all the minis have been samples, checked and approved. We had a few that needed minor adjustments, but for the most part everything came out great! Tooling is in progress right now and should be wrapping soon. Below you'll see a picture of one of everything. So there are no duplicates in this image, but you can see that even with just the uniques, there's a ton of stuff coming!

Print materials - all print materials have wrapped and been sent to the factory. The factory gave us some notes, mostly about die lines and making sure the card catalog numbers were all correct. In the end, there were about 12 changes that needed to be made. Revisions are in process right now and we expect everything to be back to the factory early next week.

At this moment, we're feeling pretty confident about hitting our October ship date, but I would expect it to be late October. We'll keep you updated as production progresses!

TMNT Zombicide Character Packs!

Last year, we started discussing with our friends at CMON and Guillotine Games about bringing the TMNT to Zombicide with a cool limited edition crossover character pack. Things came together swimmingly, and it was awesome to see the TMNT and their iconic villains brought to life by Edouard Guiton in his signature Zombicide style. We planned to make these packs exclusive to conventions, but we heard the fanbase loud-and-clear and realized that doing so would make them potentially unobtainable to the fans and supporters that backed our Kickstarter campaign. In an effort to allow everyone the chance to get a hold of these packs, we'll be offering them as a pre-order via our IDW webstore between the date of July 17 - August 5, 2019. Quantities are limited and the packs are expected to ship sometime in October. Unfortunately, they cannot be bundled with your pledge. We'll make a post here and send an email blast with the link to the webstore page when these boxes go live. 

Expect more information on these packs, and images of the minis next week!

Thanks again for all your support! We'll be back soon to talk more about production and meeting YOU at Gen con!

Big Old Production Update!
almost 5 years ago – Fri, May 17, 2019 at 03:05:03 AM

What's happening Shellheads?!

We're coming at you with a big old production update today. Almost everything for the base games has been approved by us and Viacom/Nickelodeon.  Without giving you a crazy laundry list, this basically means all Hero Sheets, Villain sheets, Villain Ability cards, Hero Ability cards, A.I mode materials, map tiles, and all the miniatures are approved. All of the above mentioned print files should be smooth sailing when it comes to production. Unfortunately, the factory has slowed down quite a bit on preparing the minis for production. We're actually a little behind schedule for the number of samples we should have received from them at this point. However, our factory partner has just brought on an additional team to get us back on track. So, as long as that holds true, and the additional team can make up for lost time, we're still looking good for an October/November delivery. 

The only thing left for Viacom to approve are the rulebooks and the scenario books. Of those items, we uploaded the base game rulebooks last night.

Speaking of those rulebooks, we've uploaded them here. Since these are not yet approved by the licensor, they're not final. However, we thought that there would be no better way to assure the quality of these rules than letting the community give them a once over and let us know of anything we might need to improve!

We'll need any of your questions or requested changes posted in this update's comments by Friday, May 31. That way we can get them implemented before we send the rules off to the factory for print the following week.So feel free to take a gander, grab a couple of buds, and pop up a big old bag of popcorn!

 Download the rules here! 

Thanks everyone for your continued support! We can't wait for you to see the final product!

It's all happening!!!!
about 5 years ago – Sat, Apr 20, 2019 at 02:54:13 AM

Hello Shellheads!

We just wanted to give you a quick update on the game's progress, in short; things continue to be totally radical at the IDW offices!

The game is coming together nicely, with all miniatures, card art, and maps uploaded for approval! We're working on the rules and scenario books now. Those are slightly behind because we created a completely-new expansion in a day thanks to all of you!

And speaking of that, do you want to see an early look at Northampton?

This expansion is a truly exciting endeavor because it shows how much the fans love the IDW-TMNTverse. Thank you all for backing, and we can't wait to deliver this exclusive expansion (along with all the other amazing goodies) to you soon!

Lock Down! It's time to make a game!
about 5 years ago – Sat, Mar 30, 2019 at 01:48:36 AM

Shellheads!

The day has come and gone. The BackerKit is closed, you should be charged, things should be great, and you should have nothing to do but watch us preview cool content until we ship you a beautiful stack of gaming goodness.

IF, you're suddenly sweating and realizing you want more games, you didn't fill out a survey, or you're worried about your card - message us. We'll make it right. We want you to have the best experience possible, and we want you to get what you want.

That said, Kickstarter and BackerKit are not a store. They have limitations. So, while we want things to be easy, for some of you you'll have to take extra steps. Just give us a little patience and we'll be here to walk you through everything.

Because of the awesome free comic promo, this has been a more complicated campaign. Working with Viacom, Comixology, and our designers all in concert means there's a lot to track, and a lot of special cases.

So there you go, you should be all set. If not, send us a note! And in the coming weeks, we'll be showing off more art and minis as things progress.

Thank you all and happy Friday!

- NM