AuZtralia is an adventure/exploration game for up to 4 players set in an alternate reality 1930s. The theme is inspired by Martin Wallace's game A Study in Emerald. It can be played competitively, or as a solo game or as a fully co-operative game.
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Games are here, there, not quite everywhere!
over 5 years ago
– Fri, Oct 05, 2018 at 02:27:11 AM
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AUSTRALIA and NEW ZEALAND - Good News! All parcels have been sent this week. Deliveries should be happening early next week.
For both the above - Please message me via Kickstarter messaging if you have any delivery problems.
ASIA - Parcels went out from ChinaFulfil last week and some have already arrived with backers.
REST OF WORLD - As far as I am aware all the shipments are on track, based on the previous update.
Address Changes - can no longer be accepted as the fulfilment data has been finalised and locked.
Local Pick Up
If you opted for Local Pick up instead of delivery - here is what you need to know:
Brazil : Contact Rafael Verri by email ([email protected]) or phone (11 98245-1158)
Canada : Collection is from the BoardGameBliss store - details here
France : If you chose Essen, Nuts have the names.
- If you chose something else (Rennes), you must send an email to [email protected]
Germany : Carsten of Schwerkraft-Verlag will be in touch with you directly.
Spain : MasQueOca will contact you by email in mid-October
U.K. : Please contact Dave Gilham of Spiral Galaxy Games Ph 01952 587482 or [email protected]
New Zealand : I have contacted everyone individually and collections are underway
A final request...
When you receive your set, please help raise the profile of the game by:
Games I've been playing: Lifting, heaving, labelling, sticking, waving goodbye to boxes :)
Thank you once again for your amazing support.
Amanda & Martin
Fulfilment dates - our best ETA
over 5 years ago
– Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 01:11:09 AM
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Hi Auztralians world-wide.
This update is all about getting the games into your hands!
The copies for customers in Asia went by road and are already at the fulfilment centre and should be shipping to backers this week.
The ships carrying AuZtralia further distances are steaming, chugging, avoiding typhoons and generally doing what ships do when full of containers. The first one arrived at its destination in Sydney this weekend, the one coming to NZ is only a few days away.
I have set out a table showing the best estimates from all our partners of when the deliveries will happen. Please be aware that these estimates might be affected by hold ups at the customs clearance stage, or if the fulfilment houses are very busy with other games that arrived sooner.
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I will send more details about fulfilment as it starts to happen. I will also be letting you know exactly how the 'Local pick up' option will work in those countries that offered it.
When you get your copy, please shout about it, photograph it and generally let the world know!
Once again, many thanks for all your support, chat, patience and goodwill. It has been an amazing project to have been a part of.
Amanda & Martin
Ships being loaded, addresses locked
over 5 years ago
– Tue, Sep 04, 2018 at 01:25:20 AM
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A quick follow-up to last week's news, to let you know that the manufacturing is complete! Ships are booked and the games will be leaving China within hours/days depending on the destination.
Expected ETA (at ports)
Europe: 5th-11th October
USA/Canada: 6th October
Australia/NZ: 21st September
Brazil - TBC
Asia - TBC but likely to be sooner than all the above.
So, we must move this project closer to its grand finale! I am going to trigger the address locking process on BackerKit today. I believe this sends everyone a reminder to check their address details and change them if necessary, with a 48 hour window to do so. Please respond quickly if your address has changed!
One of the pallets headed to New Zealand...
Auztralian birdlife...
I visited Martin Wallace in Queensland for the weekend just gone. He was excited to see the proof copy of AuZtralia. We chatted about some top secret projects and played a few games, including Western Legends and El Dorado. He also took us to see a pelican feeding:
The mass of pelicans were very well behaved - even when fish remains were flying through the air - so I presume they were not controlled by the Old Ones.
Finally, I want to let you know that another Martin Wallace game has just launched on Kickstarter. I highly recommend you check out Nanty Narking, the reimplementation of Discworld Ankh-Morpork - here now.
Good news and bad news...
over 5 years ago
– Sun, Aug 26, 2018 at 02:03:18 AM
Greetings from chilly New Zealand,
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Just when we thought the project was going so well! When we received the final production proofs in all seven languages, we discovered there was an unfortunate green colour cast on a couple of the brown Revelation card backs. We informed the factory and they decided to reprint these cards. As a result, this has made quite a dent in the contingency buffer of our planned schedule.
The good news is I’ve now received the reprinted cards, which are now fine, and the factory's assembly process is finishing up within this coming week.
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The games are now due to ship out of the factory in the first week of September. This is a bit disappointing as the ships containing AuZtralia should have been arriving at their destination countries around then. However, it is still possible that some regions may get their fulfilment underway by the end of September, although most will likely be into mid-October before fulfilment can begin.
Once the ships leave China, each publishing partner will assume responsibility for the fulfilment of their language edition, and will contribute their plans/dates to future updates here. Wherever in the world you are, you will know the likely schedule for your own delivery.
Please trust that we are all working hard to speed up the freight, delivery and fulfilment processes and avoid any further delays.
Address updates
If you need to change your delivery address, you have approx 2 weeks left before we lock down the Backerkit address data. After this cutoff you’ll need to email me directly so I can update the reports being provided to the fulfilment partners.
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Games I’ve been playing: P.I., The Mind, Decrypto, Werewords, Village, GanzSchonClever.
Games I need to play, as they’ve arrived: Brass, Western Legends, Everdell, Masque of the red Death.
As always, thanks for your support and patience in these final stages.
~ Amanda & Martin
Manufacturing reaches the final stage
almost 6 years ago
– Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 12:51:56 AM
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I am very excited to report that this week I received a mass production proof copy. The next stage is to assemble everything, so I believe we are still on track for the planned September fulfillment.
Here is a quick unboxing video (49sec)
Everything looks great, and I have given the go-ahead for our manufacturer to proceed to the assembly stage.
A scary thought about logistics: I am just getting my head around the fact there will be seven 40 foot shipping containers loaded with AuZtralia departing China in the next few weeks to various destinations around the globe!
Pledge manager closing!
We have locked down 98% of backers surveys and charged the shipping payments. You can still access this, in case you need to change your delivery address. We'll give plenty of warning as to when the delivery addresses are being locked in - it will be much closer to the delivery time.
HOWEVER, if you are one of the following, then time is running out.
18 Backers pledged $69 for the game but have not filled the survey, so we don't know your address.
8 Backers filled the survey but haven't paid their shipping fee.
If you do not complete your Backerkit survey and pay your shipping fee by the end of July, you may experience a delay in fulfillment and we will not be able to guarantee that your shipment will be customs friendly!
Also: Pre-orders for non-English editions will be closing on Monday 16th July.
Not too soon to think about Christmas!
We have a special bundle deal which is available in the USA. We are clearing stock from Amazon and you can benefit! Get three great games for the price of two AND as a thank you for being a backer, when you use the code AUZTEN at the SchilMil store you will receive ten New Zealand dollars off the list price of US$75 and free shipping!! These games are very limited in stock and we hope to sell them all. Delivery in the USA will be via Amazon. Want to read more ...
