Greetings Visionaries! This is your publisher speaking.
AcyFaust has released a survey and the results are in. Thank you so much for your time and energy filling it out. We are now very confident in the direction we plan to take Splatterkins in.
First off, we will be using this new card back for Splatterkins going forward. While First Edition for Booster Set 1 will retain the black back, all other products will be using this one going forward. While we still have some old stock of TD01 and SS01 with the old back, when those are sold out we will be printing them with the new backs.
Next, we will be using the new colored border moving forward as well. The only product that will retain the old border is the first edition of Booster Set 1. While we still have some old border editions of TD01 and SS01 in stock, when those are sold out we will be printing the new border editions.
The final note from the survey is that we have decided to stick with the rounded corners. Thank you all for your feedback! To reiterate some of the other upgrades we are doing to improve products; Booster boxes printed in house will come with a reinforcement sheet on the bottom, paper packs will be thinner, and tokens will come in baggies.
The next topic I need to cover is the concerns about product differences and how detectable they are during gameplay. While I understand this concern, this is exactly why FULLY OPAQUE card sleeves are required for tournament play. This always has been and always will be a requirement to play in SPEEDROBO GAMES OFFICIAL TOURNAMENTS and that will not change. So long as you sleeve all of your cards, you should not be able to notice any difference in the cards during gameplay. Additionally, always make sure that both you and your opponent offer your decks to shuffle and cut for each other. This way fair play is always ensured.
Speaking of gameplay concerns, it was brought to my attention that some players do not enjoy using the included tokens and would rather use dice to track their numbers instead. I fully understand this and apologize for not making this clear before. All visionaries are fully welcome to use whatever tokens and tracking methods they desire for their Inspirations, Paint Drops, and Damage in game. The only requirement is that all tracking methods are made clear to your opponent before and during gameplay. Furthermore we WILL be including dice in an upcoming product, so feel free to use those!
Some more fun news about upcoming products! Foil Patterns! We will be looking into printing each First Edition wave of Splatterkins Foils with a foil pattern that is unique to each booster set! This will help make each first edition release feel special.
Now then, let’s talk about those products! Firstly, we have a brand new product style that we have been working on. It’s called the Visionary Supply Kit! This special boxed product comes in a flip lid card board box with a printed sleeve around it. Inside the box you will find many goodies including 3 promotional cards and 8 Unlimited Edition Booster packs. In these Unlimited Edition packs, there is an extra chase card, an Alternate Art Luna! Keep an eye out for her! Each booster set will have an associated Supply kit come out after the booster box release. The First Sketch Visionary Supply Kit ships January 30th 2025.
Our next new products are all coming out on March 30th and are the second wave of Splatterkins!
We have two new Theme Decks for Tazara and Colette. These will feature the Metallic and Monochrome colorways respectively. These products will be printed in house, but feature a new box style with a hang hook for display!
The BIG one is that we will be release BOOSTER SET 2 COLOR THEORY on March 30th as well! This booster set will have 24 packs per box with 7 cards per pack, just like you are used to with the first sketch. HOWEVER, we have something very special planned. We are opening up preorders for this set AND I have talked with our overseas printing partners. If we get 25 booster boxes pre-ordered, we will be able to do a full print run of 100 boxes with our overseas printer. This will increase the production quality significantly. ADDITIONALLY!!! There will only ever be these 100 booster boxes ever printed. Once they are gone THEY ARE GONE there will never be another booster printed for Set 2 again. If players want to get their game pieces, the Visionary Supply Kit will be the way to get the UNLIMITED edition for Color Theory as that will be printed in house and will never be out of print. This method gives additionally collectablity, production quality, and value to our collectors in our audience and I hope you all will enjoy this plan. Of course, this will only happen if we get the 25 boxes on preorder BEFORE FEBRUARY 15th. Otherwise, we will simply print the boxes in house like we have done before.
The last bit of news I have to share is that I have one of my interns working on getting PRINT AND PLAY files ready for Splatterkins. So if you want to try before you buy, that will soon be an option.
Thank you all very much for your time and don’t forget to click HERE to see our Preorder options on our store for Splatterkins.
Sincerely,
Rhydon Vassay
Speedrobo Games CEO