Livestream Tomorrow
about 4 years ago – Tue, Feb 08, 2022 at 03:16:55 PM

Hello Dear Backers

You guys rock! Thanks to your amazing support, we have just reached another stretch goal at $50,000 USD - the Mighty Action Tiles!

$50K - Mighty Action Tiles

More tiles for the Age 3! These cool tiles will open up exotic new options for your strategies in the last rounds of the game, more variety to your last chance at glory! 

This will be the final piece of the board to be flipped over, and so will the 5th Chapter! Your pen can’t keep up with your brain? Time to hire more assistants! Appeal to the talented people of Jinling with your charisma, and they will flock to help you out in no time. The final chapter will also be unlocked, stay tuned for details!

Livestream Tomorrow!

Join Paul Grogan from Gaming Ruleswith a livestream Playthrough of the SOLO variant of Jiangnan tomorrow at 14:00 (GMT). As always, please check the Youtube page to check which hour it is in your time zone, and consider subscribing or clicking the notification bell so you won’t miss it!

EU Shipping — Now VAT Included

In case you missed it, please check the previous update for details on this widely requested change. It took a while for us to pull this off, and I hope we can better service backers in the EU this way.

Thank you again for all of your pledges and comments for the two weeks. Your awesome support is what keeps us going forward.

Best Regards,
David Liu
Producer @ Moaideas Game Design

EU Shipping & VAT Update
about 4 years ago – Tue, Feb 08, 2022 at 09:14:32 AM

Hello Dear Backers

Good news today! After further discussions with shipping and fulfillment, we have come up with a solution to bundle European Union import VAT into our shipping costs.

We still need to pay custom duties when the games arrive in Europe, but for backers, this is now bundled into the shipping chart instead of being calculated separately in the Pledge Manager. 

Also, Italy is now moved to EU Zone 2 so the price is lowered.

As you see above, we are increasing all shipping rates for European backers, but that’s because VAT has been included. You will not have to pay extra fees on top of this in the pledge manager.

Note that the “Rest of Europe” is also handled by our EU Hub, so there is an issue with import VAT being collected twice on orders to non-EU European countries. We are looking for better fulfillment methods for non-EU European countries, and will let you know if we have any updates. 

We hope to do something similar for UK backers, please wait for further announcements. 

International shipping has become increasingly difficult over the past two years, and we hope our friends around the world will understand that we are trying our best to find a solution.

Please let me know if you have any questions in the comments below.

Thank you again for becoming a backer. We hope that with this new policy we can better service backers in the EU.

Best Regards,
David Liu
Producer @ Moaideas Game Design

Hidden Depths
about 4 years ago – Sun, Feb 06, 2022 at 02:09:22 PM

Hello Dear Backers

Did I tell you are awesome? I did? Well, we can never thank you enough for becoming a backer and helping us make this game a reality. I am also happy to let you know that we reached another stretch goal last night!

$45K - Scholar Meeple Engraving

This stretch goal will add an engraving design to each player's Scholar Meeples. Previously we had used silk-screen printing in Mini Express, and this time we want to try something different. So we will add depth to your character!

Next in line at $50,000, we will add some Mighty Action Tiles to the Age 3 drafting pool. These cool tiles will give a big boost to what you can do in the last rounds of the game, and open up new possibilities for your strategies.

Thank you again for becoming a backer. We are so happy to see how so many of you are joining us in making this game happen.

Best Regards,
David Liu
Producer @ Moaideas Game Design

Livestream Tonight!
about 4 years ago – Thu, Feb 03, 2022 at 02:02:45 PM

Hello Dear Backers

The progress was pretty steady for the past few days, and we are really close to our next stretch goal at $45,000! Thank you! Please keep up the good work and continue to help us spread the word about Jiangnan.

Tonight we have another Livestream playthrough of Jiangnan by Heavy Cardboard at 1900 EST. Check the video below to learn what time it is in your part of the globe.

We’ve been working with Edward for a couple of years now, and they’ve always done a great job at showcasing the detailed thought process that goes into each action. Be sure to check it out and follow along for the discussions!

Thank you again for the awesome support. We are doing great on Jiangnan right now thanks to your help.

Best Regards,
David Liu
Producer @ Moaideas Game Design

A Dream of Red Mansions
about 4 years ago – Wed, Feb 02, 2022 at 09:50:32 PM

Hello Dear Backers!

Here are the current numbers for the social stretch goal:

• Facebook - 24 Shares
• Twitter - 33 Retweets
• Instagram - 50 💖

And with a total of 107, we have reached our goal of having 100 shares/hearts across all 3 platforms, and now we have unlocked 3 female characters from A Dream of the Red Mansions! Big thanks to everyone that helped get the word out! 

Players will now get to meet Lin Daiyu (林黛玉), Xue Baochai (薛寶釵), Qin Keqing (秦可卿) as Muses for inspiration and hire them as Assistants.  Of course, you may also use them as your player character during the game! As per other game content Stretch Goals, this will be added to both versions of Jiangnan. 

A Dream of the Red Mansions (紅樓夢) is one of the Four Great Classic Novels written in the vernacular/common Chinese language. It was written in the 18th century CE and is a fictionalized account of the decline of a wealthy family in the waning days of the Ming Dynasty, incorporating romance, historical figures, and Chinese mythology. This 700,000+ word epic explores in great detail the lifestyles and the philosophies of the day, and is also very valuable for historical research.

The 2 leading women of the story, Lin Daiyu (林黛玉) and Xue Baochai (薛寶釵) are regarded as the most intelligent women in the book, who are also well versed in music and poetry. They are also part of the Twelve Beauties of Jinling in the book, and all 12 were established as talented women. Since the story is based in the late Ming Dynasty, it is likely that the author used the Eight Beauties of Qinhuai as inspiration for this grouping.

We thought it would be a cool and fitting addition to our game to include these characters. However, adding all 12 would make us lose focus on our theme, so we decided to only pick 3 as bonus characters.

Thank you again for all of your support. We still have a few weeks to go, and it is great to have you with us.

Best Regards,
David Liu
Producer @ Moaideas Game Design