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Knot Dice Squared: More Celtic Knot Art, Puzzles, & Games

Created by Matthew O'Malley

An expansion and reprint for Knot Dice - Celtic knot games, puzzles, and art on large, beautiful dice.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Shipping Update (cont.)
over 3 years ago – Fri, Aug 07, 2020 at 11:55:03 PM

Hello! I actually have a few things to touch on in this update, so here's a table of contents:

  • Hiding Dice
  • Shipping Update
  • How can I get more dice?
  • What's the Knot Dice group?

Hiding Dice

If it looks like you might be missing a die or two in your Knot Dice Squared box, please take a look under the insert (where the game and puzzle books are). They have a tendency to slide behind there.

Shipping Update

If you haven't gotten a tracking notice yet and you're in the US, don't worry. Only about half of the packages have gone out so far. Once I have word that all of the packages are out, I'll post another update to see if anyone hasn't heard at that time.

US - About 460 of the US packages went out this week, and the rest (about 430 more) will go out next week. The warehouse ran a couple of days behind, but ours are the next packages they're sending out.

Canada - Your dice will start their journey north next week, but will take a little longer to get through customs and such before they head to your homes.

(most of) Europe - They will be heading to my fulfillment partner in France in 1-2 weeks. I'll post a full update on this when I have more information about the dates they'll actually be shipping out to you from that partner's warehouse.

UK, Australia, Asia (replacements) - Your replacement dice have been sorted and packaged, and will be heading to fulfillment partners in each of these regions to ship out. They should be leaving the US warehouse next week.

Rest of the World - These will be shipping directly to you starting next week.

How can I get more dice?

First, I'm not selling anything until all the backer orders are out the door. Once that's done...

There are a few retailers who were backers and will have sets of Knot Dice available, and of course I encourage you to support them.

Other than that, they will only be available on my web site, www.blackoakgames.com. As soon as they're available, I'll let you know here and on the mailing list (which you can sign up for there if you didn't ask to join the mailing list on the survey). Please be aware that there will be extremely limited availability of the blue Knot Dice Squared sets (only 80 or so).

What's the Knot Dice group?

We have a Facebook group of Knot Dice fans where you can keep in touch after this campaign is over. We share photos, talk about the dice, and I sometimes share new Knot Dice puzzles or games, or new Knot Dice projects I'm working on.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/KnotDice/

Hopefully I covered most of what I needed to here, and can make it another week before I have to post again!?

Shipping Notifications
over 3 years ago – Wed, Aug 05, 2020 at 01:20:03 AM

Hello again (so soon)!

I dropped off 2/3 of the packages today, and the other 1/3 will go tomorrow. That's 460 of the US backers, and the rest will start from the warehouse very soon.

Some of you may have received tracking notifications that are a bit cryptic, mentioning an order from "Kickstarter Manual Orders". This is the first time I've used ShipStation to ship out packages, and I had a setting or two wrong in the notification email template. So if you get a mysterious "Your order has been shipped" email from ShipStation, that's your Knot Dice package.

(Oh, by the way, I got a little bit creative with the packing material used to protect the boxes...I was reusing all sorts of paper, cardboard, bubbles, and peanuts I've received over the past year...)

They're coming soon...

Shipping to the US starting this week!
over 3 years ago – Mon, Aug 03, 2020 at 09:18:57 PM

Hello! I'll keep this update short and sweet...

Packages to the US start shipping out this week! I have some packages here at my house, and I'm printing labels and will drop off the first batch on Tuesday. Then I'll keep working on them until I have my basement cleared out, but it'll be over several days at least. Then the warehouse should start shipping the rest of the packages to the US around the end of this week. (If you got an address confirmation request, or have to make a last-minute change, reply ASAP!)

Packages to Canada will start on a truck near the end of the week, take a scenic drive up there (which takes about a week including customs), then get dropped off with a fulfillment partner there and shipped out.

Packages to the EU should be leaving the warehouse end of this week / early next week, and will make their way to the fulfillment partner there. Packages to the rest of the world will go then as well.

Replacement dice for that first batch of backers who already received their packages - UK, Australia, Asia - should be going out to the regional fulfillment partners at the same time: end of this week / early next week.

I look forward to you having your new Knot Dice very soon!

Almost ready to ship!
almost 4 years ago – Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 08:46:41 PM

Hello again!

I know you're anxiously awaiting news that I've started shipping -- that update will be in the next week or two! (If you have an address update, get in touch with me ASAP. This is your last chance to change it.)

The new shipment of dice arrived at the warehouse on schedule, and they are just about finished replacing the old dice with the new. Then they'll send me the full invoice for the shipping costs, I'll gather together the money and pay them, and then they'll start shipping them out! (to the US and Canada backers directly, and to the centers in Australia and Europe)

Meanwhile, I've almost finished re-packing and boxing up all of the sets that I have (we split up US fulfillment so I could fill some of them directly). This is about 400 of the 460 I have. Still have to do a lot of organizing, printing, and labeling...

Anyway, keep your eyes open, I'll let you know when we start shipping!

June Update - the dice are in the USA!
almost 4 years ago – Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 01:33:38 AM

Hello!

The most important point here is that I need any address updates right away! If I already have it (hopefully you received that email message about it a few days back) then you're all set.

If you need to make an update to your address from here on out, please send me a private message as soon as possible.

Tracking the Dice

So, I had thought that the dice would get unloaded off the ship in Florida. Turns out, the ship didn't even stop in Florida. It went all the way to New York and unloaded there.

Now the dice will travel by train or truck down to Florida, and then go through customs in Jacksonville. They're apparently still under the auspices of the steamship line until then.

Fulfillment is tentatively scheduled to start mid-July! Remember, that includes time re-packing, so they won't ship out immediately, but it shouldn't be too long thereafter.

They should be with you soon!