Retracing Darwin’s journey to the Galapagos in an exciting Worker Placement euro game by Simone Luciani and Nestore Mangone.
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Darwin’s Journey | fulfillment update and insert guide
over 1 year ago
– Wed, Mar 22, 2023 at 12:43:58 PM
For the Collector’s edition unboxing, click here. | For the add-on unboxing, click here.
Hello everyone,
We hope you are all doing well.
To the backers that already received and played the game, thank you so much for your kind words, ratings, and photos you are posting. We are through the roof that you really enjoy the game!
Comments have been a lot lately, and I wanted to take a few minutes to discuss them with you. In this video, I’m also talking about the special bond that crowdfunding creates between backers and the creator and how we are living all this experience together.
Status update on freight/fulfillment
Please be patient while waiting on your game, but if you need help, please contact us here. Do not use social network messaging or Kickstarter messaging. Thank you.
📦 Europe and ROW
57.8% of the packages have been delivered, are on delivery or in international transit. Our fulfillment center are steadily sending out copies from Monday to Friday. We appreciate your patience.
We are also sending out the replacement part requests we are receiving at the same time while the fulfillment is undergoing.
If you have not yet received an email from DPD with tracking, we would appreciate your patience because the volume of orders is important.
As a side note, order preparation is basically organized by item combinations, regardless of the country of destination.
Please notice that we might take a bit more to answer because of the tickets we are receiving, but if you need help, please contact us here.
📦 United States and Canada
QML will start sending from this Friday an email to verify your delivery address.
If you have to change your address, please respond to the email that Quartermaster will be sending before fulfillment. For anything else you can reach us directly.
We have been informed that due to their carrier restrictions, they do not ship to PO boxes in Canada. Thank you for your understanding and for your collaboration.
If you want to stay updated you can visit the Twitter or Facebook page of QML.
Please notice that we might take a bit more to answer because of the tickets we are receiving, but if you need help, please contact us here.
📦 United Kingdom
Spiral Galaxy started fulfillment last week and we have seen that many packages have been delivered.
Spiral Galaxy is steadily sending out copies and we appreciate your patience.
Please notice that we might take a bit more to answer because of the tickets we are receiving, but if you need help, please contact us here.
📦 Australia and New Zealand
33,8% of the packages have been delivered, are on delivery or in transit.
VR distribution is steadily sending out copies and we appreciate your patience.
Please notice that we might take a bit more to answer because of the tickets we are receiving, but if you need help, please contact us here.
📦 Asia
VFI had the games delivered before Chinese New Year.
We communicated a starting date in the previous update but fulfillment has not started yet. We are pushing to start fulfillment as soon as possible, but it’s VFI’s liability when they will start fulfillment. We appreciate your patience and we apologize for the delay.
VFI will not send an email for address changes or any other information, so if you need help please contact us here.
Collector’s Edition Insert Guide
We took a few photos that will help you understand how to store everything inside the Collector’s Edition. We hope you will find it useful!
Thank you so much for your kind support and we will be talking again soon!
Sincerely yours, Everybody here at Thundergryph Games
Add-on unboxing video, and more about fulfillment
over 1 year ago
– Sat, Mar 11, 2023 at 10:40:54 AM
Dear Explorers,
We hope you are doing well.
Here is a message to update you on how fulfillment is progressing in each different zone. Moreover, the requested unboxing of the add-ons and a few words on Gon answered a few comments we received lately.
Important: We have been reading that some of you think that our retail partners will start fulfilling orders, but that’s impossible.
All the partner’s copies are still with us and we are awaiting mass-production samples approval before proceeding with the hand-over. The retail release date showcased on online shop or platforms are estimated and could change.
Darwin’s Journey Add-on Unboxing
For the Collector’s edition unboxing, please visit the previous update.
Status update on freight/fulfillment
Please be patient while waiting on your game, but if you need help, contact us here.
📦 Europe and ROW
The same day the containers arrived (Thursday, February 23), our fulfillment partner verified and inventoried the different items, and started packing and shipping with the urgency that we had required.
As a side note, order preparation is basically organized by item combinations, regardless of the country of destination.
If you have not yet received an email from DPD with tracking, we would appreciate your patience because the volume of orders is important.
📦 United States and Canada
The delivery of the containers to the Quartermaster warehouse was delayed for reasons beyond our control and was delivered on two dates: February 28 and March 2.
QML will soon send an email to verify your delivery address.
If you have to change your address, please respond to the email that Quartermaster will be sending before fulfillment. For anything else you can reach us directly.
📦 United Kingdom
Spiral Galaxy has informed us that it will start earlier than they had planned, that is, in the next two weeks. Spiral Galaxy started sending emails to confirm the delivery address.
📦 Australia and New Zealand
VR Distribution received the merchandise at its warehouses on March 8.
Since I already had all the information to organize the fulfillment they will start next week.
They are sending emails to confirm the delivery address, and we have already updated many manually.
📦 Asia
Due to the volume of work at VFI, the start of fulfillment has been delayed for reasons beyond our control.
They have all your information and of course the games in their warehouse since before the Chinese New Year. On Tuesday the 7th we have been informed that they will start next week.
VFI will not send an email for address changes or any other information, so if you need help please write to us directly
Thank you so much for your kind support and we will be talking again soon!
Sincerely yours, Everybody here at Thundergryph Games
Unboxing and update on fulfillment
almost 2 years ago
– Thu, Feb 23, 2023 at 09:10:14 AM
Dear Explorers,
It just feels incredible being so close to fulfillment and we need to thank you for your patience while we were working on this game.
To this day and after so many plays, the team is in love with Darwin’s Journey and we cannot wait to hear about your journey with the game.
Darwin’s Journey Collector’s edition unboxing
This is a one-take video as I always try to do. Sorry about the audio problem in the first minute! I hope you will enjoy it and if you prefer to unbox it on your own, don’t worry, there is no crucial information in this video.
Meeple Music and Darwin’s Journey soundtrack
We know you are waiting for this and we are almost there.
Meeple Music can now count on a new composer besides Veronica Emer: Gimi!
He is a talented musician which Veronica met at the Saint Louis Music School and a dear friend. He is a board game and video game player.
They have prepared for us an EP of what’s to come for Darwin’s Journey soundtrack while they work on the rest of the tracks for the worldwide release on all your favorite streaming platforms. You can read more in the latest blog post from Meeple music.
Let us know what you think about it!
Status update on freight/fulfillment
Europe and ROW
The vessel arrived on Sunday, February 19, 2023 (a few days late).
📦 The containers were delivered today, February 23rd, 2023 at the Barcelona warehouse.
Our fulfillment partner is organizing everything to start shipping boxes next week.
For Spain and Portugal, we will be using Seur.
For Europe Seur is partnering with DPD (through local companies).
Additionally, we have contracted a special service: NRS+, which will help resolve incidents with direct contact with each recipient. The service is accessible by following the link with tracking that you will receive by email.
Starting next week, also remember to check your spam folder.
USA and Canada
📦 The Vessel arrived in Tampa Tuesday 21st and the containers were unloaded at the port. We passed the custom inspection Wednesday 22nd. The delivery to QML is planned for February 27th.
Our fulfillment partner for USA and Canada is Quartermaster Logistics. They will be sending an email to verify the delivery address a few days before fulfillment.
We have been informed that due to their carrier restrictions, they do not ship to PO boxes in Canada. Thank you for your understanding and for your collaboration.
United Kingdom
📦 Delivered February 20, 2023, to the Spiral Galaxy warehouse.
We are counting on them to coordinate everything and start the fulfillment as soon as possible.
VR Distribution has all the information to organize the fulfillment as soon as they receive the games.
Asia
📦 Delivered January 12, 2023, to the VFI warehouse.
We are coordinating everything to start the fulfillment as soon as possible.
If you urgently need to change your address, please contact us.
Thank you so much for your kind support and we will be talking again soon!
Sincerely yours, Everybody here at Thundergryph Games
Good news! The tracking for the Vessels is here
almost 2 years ago
– Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 08:33:55 AM
Dear Explorers,
We hope this update finds you well.
We are so glad to let you know that we have managed to get the games out of China before the Chinese New Year! There has been a lot happening behind the scenes and this feels like a great accomplishment for us. We really appreciate your patience while waiting for Darwin’s Journey.
Here are the last pictures that the manufacturer sent to us with the games loaded into the containers.
Vessel tracking. The countdown begins!
Our freight forwarder has also confirmed all the following information regarding the vessels:
EDT: Estimated departure time | ETA: Estimated time of arrival
Europe and ROW
🛥️ Vessel / Voyage: PARIS EXPRESS / 025W Containers loaded, but Vessel departure is delayed
ETD Shenzhen: January 20, 2023 | ETA Barcelona: February 10, 2023
Starting tomorrow by following the link, please search for the name of the vessel PARIS EXPRESS
📦 Delivered January 12, 2023 to the VFI warehouse, waiting for them to return from the Chinese New Year holidays to start the fulfillment.
🔥 Addresses closing on January 26th, 2023 🔥
We will be closing the address in 7 days (January 26th, 2023) to prepare for fulfillment.
If you want to verify or update your address, please follow this link to get access to Backerkit (our pledge manager) https://darwinsjourney.backerkit.com/
We will follow up with the unboxing in the next update.
We really appreciate your patience and support and we are looking forward to sending the games to you!
Sincerely yours, Everybody here at Thundergryph Games
Assembly and pick-up completed!
almost 2 years ago
– Wed, Jan 11, 2023 at 08:57:02 AM
Dear Explorers,
We hope you are well!
These last few days have been stressful but very rewarding. Despite Panda (our manufacturer) having to close for more than a week due to another Covid outbreak, we are so proud and happy that they have managed to complete the assembly of the games.
Here you will find a few pictures of the last part of the assembly, where the collector editions are being shrink-wrapped.
Our freight forwarder has also confirmed that both pick-ups (planned for January 10th and 11th) were successfully completed.
The vessels we have booked will start departing from the 15th to the 19th. We are doing our best to make sure this happens and we hope to have good news after the boarding has been completed by providing the tracking for each vessel and estimated time of arrival.
The first mass-production copies for the team are still stuck at customs for inspection. We can’t really wait to have them in our hands and we will share back with you our excitement in an update as soon as possible with the promised unboxing video.
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask in this update.
Changing the subject a bit, we are looking for Blind playtesters for our new games. A few requirements are needed that can be found at the beginning of this survey! Thank you so much in advance for your time and kindness.
We really appreciate your patience and support.
Sincerely yours, Everybody here at Thundergryph Games
