What will shipping cost? Even an estimate helps.
We have some rough estimates to share.
The book requires postage in the $10-$14 range in the US (depending on weight and which shipping partner offers the best bid), somewhere around $25 to $29 in Canada, and somewhere around $20 to $30 in UK/Europe. Australia and New Zealand are complex, but we are estimating $29 to $34 via bulk/friendly shipping. The Rest of the World will vary based on location.
All of those are best guesses based on current container and postal rates as of April 1, 2024, and we won’t have final shipping rates for some time.
If these shipping costs are prohibitive for you, consider buying locally to avoid shipping costs. When you ask for Kobold Press items at your local game store, it can lead to more bulk store orders, new distribution partnerships, and, eventually, cheaper shipping for all fans abroad.
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What does “European-friendly” or “Australia-friendly” shipping mean? Are postage, VAT, and Customs duty paid for me?
“EU-friendly” and “Canada-friendly” and other forms of backer-friendly shipping can be confusing. It means bulk rate shipping to reduce postage costs (because for some international shipments, postage costs can exceed the cost of the reward itself).
How does it work? Instead of shipping rewards outside the US via Air Mail or First Class (very expensive), Kobold Press packs and ships rewards on a container ship (or a truck for Canada) and ships that way to a local partner. The local partner then packages and ships rewards to backers in that country.
Campaign Builder: Dungeons & Ruins will provide reduced-cost, friendly bulk shipping to Canada, Australia, UK, the EU, and New Zealand.
This saves you a great deal of air freight money, and it means that Kobold Press pays the customs duties. Your shipment arrives via the local post a few weeks or months later than it would by air mail.
However, this does NOT mean that Kobold Press pays VAT or other fees levied in your country. Those are the responsibility of the buyer, as always, and will be collected, along with shipping charges, during the survey stage.
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Can the Campaign Builder books be used for other systems or just 5E and Tales of the Valiant?
Most of the book and all of the Map Folio is usable with other systems! The dungeon tables, campaign management and dungeon design sections, adventure hooks, plotting, and dungeon tracking sheet are all universal and widely applicable. The new NPCs, monsters, items, and spells use the 5E ToV mechanics.
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How big are the maps in the Map Folio?
They are large, poster-sized battle maps. Each one is 24 by 36 inches, and each map is wet/dry erase surface for marking them up (and to protect from spills and wear)
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Will digital versions of the Map Folio be available for people who don't use Roll20, Fantasy Grounds, or Shard? For example, for people who use a TV setup at home to run in-person games.
Yes! The Map Folio does ship in six VTT formats (Roll20, Alchemy, Demiplane, Fantasy Grounds, Foundry, and Shard), and we’re also offering a JPG Map Pack. It is available as an Add-On for this project, both here in Kickstarter and in BackerKit.
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Can I add a Limited Edition version of the book as an Add-On?
The Limited Edition version of Dungeons & Ruins is only available as a part of a pledge tier; it cannot be included later as an Add-On.
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Why can’t I add other Kobold Press books, such as Tome of Beasts 1 or Cities & Towns, to my pledge?
The easiest and FASTEST way to get your hands on our other books is to order them through the Kobold Press website, your friendly neighborhood game store, or one of several other retailers, such as Amazon or Barnes & Noble. If you do, you can get the title(s) in a few days, whereas add-ons don’t ship until we fulfill the project nine months from now. We also don’t discount add-ons, so there is no advantage to waiting.
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What is BackerKit?
BackerKit is a service that crowdfunded project creators use to keep track of hundreds to tens of thousands of backers—from shipping details, pledge levels, preferences and quantities, whether they have paid or had their card declined, special notes, and everything in between!
The BackerKit software and support team is independent from the campaign’s project team—BackerKit does not handle the actual reward shipping. For more information about the preparation or delivery status of your rewards, please check the project's updates page.
How does BackerKit work?
After the campaign ends, the project creator will send you an email with a unique link to your survey. You can check out a walkthrough of the process here.
I never received my invitation. How do I complete the survey?
The most common reasons for not receiving a survey email is that you may be checking an email inbox different from the email address you used to sign up with Kickstarter, Indiegogo or Tilt Pro account, or it may be caught in your spam filter.
Confirm that the email address you are searching matches the email address tied to your Kickstarter, Indiegogo, or Tilt Pro account. If that doesn’t work, then try checking your spam, junk or promotions folders. You can also search for "backerkit” in your inbox.
To resend the survey to yourself, visit the project page and input the email address associated with your Kickstarter, Indiegogo or Tilt Pro account.
How do I update my shipping address?
BackerKit allows you to update your shipping address until the shipping addresses are locked by the project creator. To update your address, go back to your BackerKit survey by inputting your email here.
When will my order be shipped, charged or locked?
That is handled directly by the project creator. BackerKit functions independently of the project itself, so we do not have control of their physical shipping timeline. If you want to check on the project’s status, we recommend reading over the project's updates page.
I completed the survey, but haven't received my rewards yet. When will they arrive?
As BackerKit does not actually handle any rewards or shipping, the best way to stay updated on the shipping timeline would be to check out the project's updates page.