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Honey Hex: A Game Of Exploration For 1+ Players

Created by Edaureen Muhamad Nor

Explore strange new realms for Queen and Hive in this Carta-based tabletop roleplaying game! #ZineQuest4

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Honey Hex Goes To Retail!
about 1 year ago – Mon, Jan 23, 2023 at 04:19:10 AM

Hello once more, dear backers! The vast majority of you have now received your orders and are creating your own exciting, honey-fueled adventures.  Since Honey Hex will shortly be on sale at both Knave Of Cups and Third Kingdom Games, I'll be shutting down the pre-order store over at Backerkit. If you have not received your books or are otherwise having difficulty with any aspect of shipment, please email me either through here or at dvaleris at gmail etc. and I will do my utmost to help get my book into your hands!

I'll also be launching a new Kickstarter campaign in late February for a summer-camp-themed role-playing game for 1-6, written in a guided adventure format to help new players learn the rules. Camp Elementa uses only a standard deck of cards, minus jokers, and a pencil or other writing implement to play, with an option to add six-sided dice for randomization of options. I originally wrote the game for DriveThruRPG's first ever game jam, but am planning to both expand it content-wise to a greater number of pages, and shrink it format-wise to the kind of book you can more easily slip into your pocket. If you'd like to stay tuned to both this and my other game releases -- I actually just published a solo epistolary game called Gone Away Words exclusively in digital -- please consider subscribing to my Books And Games newsletter.

Thanks so much for coming with me on this journey! Your support has meant so much to me, and I hope I've helped launch some wondrous imaginings on your end.

Orders Have Been Shipped!
over 1 year ago – Mon, Dec 12, 2022 at 02:16:25 PM

Alright, backers, all the orders that have been paid for have been shipped! Domestic US orders have already started arriving, and hopefully international will soon follow suit. Please contact me via Kickstarter or at my email address (dvaleris at gmail etc) if you would like to request your tracking number or have any questions.

I do still have a handful of backers who have not yet completed payment. I'll be keeping the store open for at least another ten days so you can finish up there, else you can contact me directly. The store is also open for discounted orders before the books go live at retail prices!

A note about shipping: as with my last project Equinox, each book comes in a reusable sleeve that protects it not only in transit but also in your home storage. This practice is 100% a legacy from my comic book collecting days, and I hope you find value in it, too (or reuse the sleeve for other storage solutions!) In addition, the external cardboard envelope can go straight into recycling, as there's no plastic filler to separate out from the paper.

Thanks so much for going on this journey with me! I'll hopefully be launching another project in February with the next ZineQuest, tho I'm still undecided as to which. In the meantime, you can keep up with my work and musings on games and books by subscribing to my newsletter

Have a great rest of your weekend, and thanks once again!

Hardcovers Have Arrived! And Softcover Orders Are Sent!
over 1 year ago – Sun, Dec 04, 2022 at 04:30:13 PM

Hello, backers! If you ordered only softcovers and paid by November 29th, 2022, then your order is in the mail! Tracking numbers are available upon request, so please e-mail me either via Kickstarter or at dvaleris at gmail etc if you would like yours.

Hardcovers have also arrived, hurray! Mixam shipped these to me from Canada as well, which likely accounts for the communications issues on their end, but the books are finally here:

Hardcover copy of Honey Hex on a gold and white background of nested diamonds
Honey Hex Hardcovers

For all that I fret over Mixam sometimes, their work always blows me away in the end. I'm also so pleased that I decided to spring for the matte covers on the hardbacks. My lighting skills are once again not the greatest in this photo, but like the rest of my skills are a continuing work-in-progress.

I'll start shipping hardcovers out tomorrow, with the rest of the late payment orders to follow. I am still accepting late orders at the store, so do tell your friends! Prices will go up to full retail price once the store closes. If you need me to resend your survey, please do let me know as well, as I still have a small handful of you whom I need information from before I can ship your books.

I will update again once all completed orders are sent out, hopefully within a week or so. Thanks, as always, for your patience and support!

Honey Hex Softcovers Have Arrived! Orders Are Now Locked!
over 1 year ago – Tue, Nov 29, 2022 at 03:38:31 PM

Hello again, backers! I’m very excited to announce that Honey Hex softcover copies have finally arrived! If you’ve already given me your shipping information and paid, your order has been locked and is being prepared for delivery. If you haven’t yet finalized those details, please do so as soon as you can. The store is also still open for ordering, so feel free to tell your friends who haven't yet snagged a copy! 

Following on from my last update, part of the delay in the softcovers' arrival was the fact that the books apparently had to be shipped in from Canada. Thankfully, they’re now here and they’re gorgeous, if the cover is a wee bit more amber than I expected. You can check out the unretouched photo below! The glossy laminate does catch a bit of weird shine in places, but I'm not a professional photographer and could definitely use some work on my lighting technique. The interior layouts are perfect tho, really showcasing the art and facilitating gameplay exactly as I intended.

Honey Hex Softcovers are here!

That said, I still have no idea where my hardcovers are. I’m not sure whether to be more vexed with Mixam for not communicating with me better this go-round, or with myself for assuming that their email telling me I had two shipments incoming meant that the softcovers and hardcovers were arriving together instead of just two smaller boxes of softcovers, lol and sigh. I’ll update again once the hardcovers come in-house, but in the meantime, I’ve started packing the softcovers for delivery. I’ll hopefully be able to start mailing them out tomorrow, with hardcovers following sooner rather than later.

As always, thanks for your support, backers! I'm so looking forward to getting this game into your hands as soon as I can!

(This update was adapted from my latest newsletter. Check it out and subscribe here!)

Revised Order Lock And Shipping Schedule
over 1 year ago – Wed, Nov 23, 2022 at 05:04:42 AM

Hello, backers! So I was under the impression, after receiving a notification from UPS, that the softcovers were coming in yesterday. Instead Mixam has decided, without consulting me and in a break from previous practice, to combine the shipments of the soft and hardcovers to me. This means that all the books will be arriving together next week, which is kind of a bummer because I really wanted to start getting these books out to you as far ahead of the holiday shipping rush as possible.

But I've always been a glass half full kind of person, so the good news is that you'll have until next week to finalize quantities, addresses and shipping! I'm committed to only locking orders after I receive the books, which fortunately means more time for you. On a personal note, this means that I can focus on the World Cup and Thanksgiving with that little bit less rushing around until after the holiday.

We're still definitely on schedule for December shipping, as promised in the campaign. I'm just a little bummed that I can't get ahead of schedule, tho am secretly pleased with past-me for budgeting in the extra time.

Will update with photos next week after I get the books and can hopefully begin sending them out to you. Thanks as always for your support!