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Out of the Woods (Fairy Tale Card Game and Book)

Created by American McGee

Once upon a time... There was a game designer called American McGee who having lived a life of dramatic ups and downs, decided to present a unique take on a selection of traditional fairy tales as a Table Top Card Game, Illustrated Book, Coloring Book, and Collection of Art. He hoped the lessons contained within might help others along their journey through the dark woods of existence. With the success of this campaign we'll deliver a wicked card game, beautiful illustrated book, twisted coloring book, and turn "Out of the Woods" into an ongoing series of games, books, and original art. Don't be eaten by wolves. Get Out of the Woods!

Latest Updates from Our Project:

2018 greetings from Out of the Woods + Competition :)
about 6 years ago – Wed, Jan 03, 2018 at 11:19:15 PM

Dear Woodies

We hope you all had an awesome festive period with much merriment and joyful shenanigans.  But now, for us... it's time to batten down the hatches and get back into the swing of things and making OOTW a reality!

Firstly we'd like to remind people of an update we gave last October where we told you about the OOTW delivery schedule, as it appears that some of you might not have been aware of that.  Here's the post...

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/americanmcgee/out-of-the-woods-2/posts/2009939

In a nutshell, it boils down to us moving ahead pretty efficiently with all the art and illustration type stuff, however we cannot control external sources such as factories, and after talking to our producers back last Oct, it seemed we needed to change our delivery date a little. So please expect a delivery date closer to April 2018. We'll continue to keep you updated with manufacturing and delivery timetables as the process moves forward.

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Speaking of all the art/illustration type stuff...
Here's where we are with all that.

* Colouring Book = ALL images are now done, so we can call this 98% complete.  We only need Alex to put together the final assets along with a cover into book form.

* Illustrated Book = We will receive a file before Jan 8th for review and then upon giving it the A'ok, it's just a case of a little tidying up and typesetting.

* Instructions = We now have all the instructions in all EFIGS languages and the English layout should be completed in the next couple of days.  After that, it's a case of putting the foreign languages into the same format and then that's another task crossed off our list.

* Card Layouts = Just awaiting on some information from our production partner but as soon as we have that, this task should be very quick to finish off (combining the borders and the character art)

* Box Designs = As with the card layout, we're just waiting on some info and samples from the factory before moving forwards with this and then it's a case of tweaking the box designs you've probably already seen and then we're done   :)

* Playmats/Scarves = ALL DONE   :)    Yes, all made and finished and waiting and ready at the distribution centre for when everything else is ready to ship.

So, once everything is completed, the factory has told us it should take anywhere between 30-90 days to get everything done. Hence the slip in the delivery date from January to possibly April.

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COMPETITION TIME !!!!!

Behold the Pickle Wolf, in classic Jennifer D'Aww style.

Yum?
Yum?

Smaller than a regular wolf, and either tastier or more disgusting depending on your point of view. (Direct download here)

What we'd like you to do is colour this image in   :)
Do it any way you like.
Do it digitally in MSPaint, or Photoshop, or print out the image and do it with crayons or paint, we don't mind.
Of course if you do a physical copy, you still need to scan it in or take a pic to email it to us.
Feel like adding extra stuff into the image? Sure, go for it.  Be as creative as you like.

The winner will be announced in an update here on Kickstarter on Jan 26th.
And the winner will get a signed print of the "Mother" on canvas which will NEVER be on sale and can only be obtained as part of promotions and/or competitions.

Mummy?
Mummy?

Rules and bumf....
1) One entry per person.
2) Email finished art to [email protected] with the subject "Pickle My Wolf" and include your complete name, shipping address and phone number.
3) Don't be showing off your art online as we don't want to deal with cries of 'they copied my art' etc etc...    :P
4) No haggling for different prizes.
5) Our winner decision is final.
6) Prize will ship worldwide.
7) No submissions made after Jan 24th 10am (Shanghai Time) will be accepted.


Winner will be chosen on which we feel is 'best'.  That very ambiguous feeling of just knowing something when you see it. Not necessarily the best coloured in, or neatest or most accurate to a real pickle, just something we'll know deep down inside when we see it   ;)

So there you go.... happy colouring and best 2018 wishes from American, Martin and Lulu.

- Cheers

Mini Update
over 6 years ago – Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 01:10:05 AM

Dear Woodies

It's been a little while since we did an update, mainly because we're now at the "waiting a lot" stage where we're waiting on people to just finish their remaining art tasks.

So even though there's not a vast amount to update you on currently, we just wanted to swing by and let you know everything is still ok and to also wish you all a Merry Christmas   :)

Of course, we can also show you some of the latest colouring book art while we're here.

Sea Witch
Sea Witch

 

 

Snow White Queen
Snow White Queen

 

 
Some of you might have noticed we did the Backerkit lock-down recently too.
So you please double check your inboxes and spam folders for any information about that, as there were some people who did add-ons within Backerkit but who had failed credit cards.

And I guess we can also finally take this time to remind you all of the fact we're still working towards making Alice: Asylum a reality.
Follow this link to find 4 handy ways you can help.
www.americanmcgee.com

Baby Jabberwocky
Baby Jabberwocky

 

Festive Hugs from American, Martin and Lulu

- Cheers 

An update for the French, Germans, Italians and Spanish
over 6 years ago – Fri, Dec 08, 2017 at 12:44:18 AM

Hello European Woodland Dwellers

Are you from one of the 4 countries mentioned in the title?

 

Well, we need YOU !!!

Do you want to help us translate the OOTW instructions and get your name into the OOTW illustrated book in a special "Translations by..." section?

Then PM us here on Kickstarter and let us know (and also let us know what language you speak).

Once we have enough people, we'll post a reply to this post down in the comments so there's no need for people to keep contacting us   :D

A big preemptive thank you, Merci, Grazie, Gracias and Vielen Dank to you!

- Cheers

Mini Musical Update
over 6 years ago – Tue, Dec 05, 2017 at 10:33:45 PM

Dear Woodies

We were asked today in our live-stream about the music we use for the stream intro and also in the KS video.
Here it is for your listening enjoyment.
Created by our super pal Kian How Yoa.

CLICK ME

Just download and unzip (so probably best to do this on a PC/Laptop)

- Cheers   :)

Lots to talk about.... let's get going :)
over 6 years ago – Mon, Dec 04, 2017 at 12:36:21 AM

Dear Woodland Dwellers

We're back again with a super update about all that's going on in the world of OOTW and also some other things across our projects you might be interested in.

Let's go....

1) Certificates are finished.

Here they are in slightly lower resolution form.  Obviously cannot post the good resolution stuff online  ;)

High Tier Certificate
High Tier Certificate

 

Stretch Goal Certificate
Stretch Goal Certificate

The certificate on the top is for people who backed at $200 and above, and the certificate on the bottom is for everyone who backed us at a physical item level as we reached the stretch goal for that.

2) The next Live-Stream

It's been almost 3 weeks since we did a live-stream where we talk about OOTW, Alice 3, Pirate Jam and all kinds of other jolly nonsense as we chat with you guys live.
The next stream is scheduled for 9:30am Shanghai time, December 5th.  Set your alarms and reminders!

3) More OOTW progress.....

Did you know that all the text for the Illustrated Book is now finished?  Well it is   :)
We're also more than half way to completing all the tidying up of all the Colouring Book images.  

The Dead Wives
The Dead Wives

 

RRH Granny
RRH Granny

We've also been in touch with our production partners about everything to do with mass producing the game, book, posters etc etc... and everything is moving forwards with no hiccups.
Neoprene mats and scarves are also probably not more than a week or so away from being made. In summary.... it's all good   ;)

 4) Backerkit lock-down

The date has now been set.  

Sunday December 17th, we will lock Backerkit.  Meaning you can no longer adjust your pledges and make any updates to your details.
However if you happen to move home before we ship everything, simply PM us (don't ask us in the comments) and inform us and we can update your details for you.

We've said it before, but we'll say it again for those who still need to fill in their Backerkit survey....
1) Do you have a Backerkit account? https://www.backerkit.com/master_backer_accounts/sign_in

2) Or if you don't:
https://www.backerkit.com/master_backer_accounts/sign_up
(use the email you use for KS or if you login with FB, use that one)  

We would then add to that if you're STILL having issues or are confused in any way, please send us a private message.

5) New products at Mysterious

The Chaos Wallet and Chaos Coin Purse have arrived.

Wallet-tastic
Wallet-tastic

Of course there's plenty of other awesome products over on the Mysterious shop too, so head on over and see if anything tickles your fancy.

6) Still need Alice Asylum help

There's 4 main ways to help us with support for Alice3.
Head on over to http://www.americanmcgee.com/ for a handy list of the things you can do. From supporting our Patreon to simply signing up to an email list.

Every little helps us get closer to a new Alice adventure.
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Phew.... there you go.

Quite the update.   We hope you all found something to get excited about in there, and of course we hope to see you online for our Youtube Stream tomorrow.

Big December hugs from American, Martin and Lulu

- Cheers