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The Girl Genius 18 Queens and Pirates Kickstarter

Created by Studio Foglio / Girl Genius

Adventure, Romance, MAD SCIENCE! The latest volume of Phil & Kaja Foglio's Girl Genius webcomic and graphic novel series!

Latest Updates from Our Project:

All Rewards have shipped, and the BackerKit survey is now closed.
over 2 years ago – Sat, Jul 31, 2021 at 08:56:31 PM

Hello, everyone!

All the rewards for this campaign: Girl Genius 18: Queens and Pirates have shipped, and we have officially shut down the Queens and Pirates BackerKit survey.

If you need to contact us about a mistaken or missing shipment, please contact us directly. We've done a lot of campaigns, and messages directly on old campaign pages can sometimes be missed. We do NOT want to miss you. We want to be sure that all our backers get their rewards.

As always, thank you for your support, and for reading Girl Genius!

--Kaja & Phil Foglio, Studio Foglio

Last Chance to Update Shipping Addresses for Girl Genius Queens and Pirates Pins and Pointy Things Shipments!
over 3 years ago – Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 10:05:42 PM

Hello all!

I am very sorry this took so long, several things landed on me at once, and I am only now getting the pins and patches for Queens & Pirates shipped out.

That means that if your address has changed, you can still write to us quickly to let us know. email us at [email protected] with "Queens and Pirates Address Change" in the subject line. (Sorry, I can't get Kickstarter to let me add an email link for some reason.)

I will post an update when the Pins and Patches shipments have gone out.


RAIN GAMES KICKSTARTER FOR THE GIRL GENIUS VIDEO GAME HAS FUNDED!

In other news, Rain Games' Kickstarter for the video game Girl Genius: Adventures in Castle Heterodyne has funded and is now into stretch goals. Here's the campaign if you want to check it out, it's ending Sat, October 3 2020 2:59 PM PDT. This isn't one of our campaigns, but obviously, we are very interested in its welfare!


GIRL GENIUS GURPS FROM STEVE JACKSON GAMES IS IN PRODUCTION

One last piece of news, we just got a layout draft of the new Girl Genius RPG book using Steve Jackson Games' Generic Universal Role-Playing System. It's really happening! We're very pleased about that.


All our best wishes to you and yours this Autumn season, and thank you for backing Queens and Pirates! 

--Kaja

The Medals for Girl Genius: Queens and Pirates Are Here!
over 3 years ago – Sun, Aug 23, 2020 at 12:21:53 AM

I am so happy. We now have all the pointy things (and patches) that we need to start shipping the last of this campaign's rewards! And just in time, too, since our latest campaign, for Girl Genius: Sparks and Monsters, ends at 11:59 PM this Monday. 

The First Class Scallywag medals are here! Yarr!

This means that in the next few weeks, I'll be working on the packing and shipping for Queens and Pirates while simultaneously finishing up the new shipping system for Sparks and Monsters in BackerKit. I expect to get very good at this.

We've had a few packages come back, and we're working on contacting their owners to see about reships. If you need to contact us for help, please contact us at [email protected]. Our email helper, Chris, just had to move, but he's on the job! 

Thanks, everyone! I'll be in touch as shipping commences.

--Kaja

We're Running Another Girl Genius Kickstarter, this time for Volume 19: Sparks and Monsters!
over 3 years ago – Tue, Aug 18, 2020 at 01:40:09 AM

Hello again! I apologize to all of our long-term backers who may be getting more than one email about this from us, I'm working on a better way, but I'm not there yet. 

Since you're among our past backers, I want to let you know that our latest Girl Genius Kickstarter campaign has six days left to go, and it’s been doing very well! It took us around eight hours to fund, and now we're into some fun stretch goals. All backers getting a book also get the Envelope of Madness, which as of now contains:

· The Signed Bookplate

· One Sparks and Monsters Bookmark

· One Sparks and Monsters Sticker

· One "Thank You" Art Card

· One 2020 TPU Student ID card (Remote Learning Edition)

· One Jägermonster Temporary Tattoo

· One "Three Jägers" Sticker

We add things to the Envelope of Madness as we reach stretch goals, so we hope there will be more at the end of the campaign!

We've also unveiled our new "Indomitable Monster Wrangler" medal design, and we're very happy with it! The design has already been sent to the pin manufacturer, and they're working on getting it done a lot faster than the last one. The First Class Scallywag medals are still on their way to us, I'll post another update here on Kickstarter when they arrive.

Since we're not doing any conventions or signings in the foreseeable future, this is pretty much the only way to get a signed book. Not only that, but our hardcover editions have been selling out right away lately, so if you're into the hardcovers, this is a good time to act.

Thank you for reading Girl Genius!

All our best wishes--

Phil and Kaja Foglio

The Sample Scallywag Medals Have Arrived, and they look great!
over 3 years ago – Sat, Aug 01, 2020 at 11:06:16 PM

I'm so excited, the Scallywag samples have finally arrived, and they look wonderful! I've approved and paid for the order, so the shipment should be here sometime in August. I'll let you know when they get here. Here's what they look like:

I added something new this time around, you'll see in the picture that I've marked the back with the date and name of the campaign. I'm really happy with it, so I'll be doing that on all the future medals.

Speaking of future medals, the next Kickstarter is coming soon. As in, this week soon. The medals for the new one will be awarded for being an "Indomitable Monster Wrangler," and we'll be unveiling the design during the campaign. Please watch for it in early August, it'll be: Girl Genius Volume 19, Sparks and Monsters!

All the books and paper goods for the Queens and Pirates campaign have gone out, and we're now in the stage where we're dealing with damaged, slow, and returned items. That's pretty much all I'm doing this weekend, so if you're waiting on an order with "issues" you'll be hearing from us! (Also, I'm sorry some of them have taken a bit, I had a small medical emergency and am still recovering, but all is now well, so hooray!)

Thanks for everything, I'll be in touch!

--Kaja