Molecular is so close to funding we can almost taste the ahem...alcohol?
The last few days have been incredible with so much support from all you wonderful backers, and big push from everyone to get this thing funded!
As we've seen a load of you after the £50 Bachelors Degree level, we've upped the limited number to 75 so a few more of you can get your hands on it!
We're also throwing in those stickers we were on about ages ago - so every pledge level of £50 and more will include an A5 sheet of funky hexagonal Molecular stickers in addition to all the other wonderful stuff! Remember those social cards too? ALL 5 OF THEM ARE UNLOCKED NOW! We thought, hey, you guys have been amazing, so why not?
The thing we've all got to do to get this thing fully funded now is to share, tweet and shout again! Let's make sure every board game and science geek on the internet knows about this project!
We've made a handy infographic for you to share on whichever channels you use for the Bachelors Degree level!
Thanks to all of you who've joined the Molecular family so far, you've been fab! Now let's infiltrate the internet like an army of moles and pop up to tell people about this game!
Molecuclose!
over 9 years ago
– Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 02:47:05 PM
HEY MOLES!
Exciting stuff is happening, the Molecular comeback has been staged, the pledges have rolled in and we are so close to sharing our game with hundreds of you all around the world! It's an incredible feeling having so many people supporting our project and giving Molecular life!
Keep up the good work and keep pushing on social media, we'll get there soon!
So we're in the final week, and so far it's been a rollercoaster!
We thought it best to look over at the elephant in the room, we're obviously not funded yet. Although there's still some way to go, it's entirely achievable if we work hard with you, the backers, to deliver a good game!
We're sorry that we've not done an update for the last few days, but we hope what we've got to show for it is enough for you to be super happy with Molecular, and enough to share it with all your friends and bring them into the Molecular family.
1. We got an absolutely cracking deal with shipping, which has cut shipping costs by a decent chunk! We were pretty careful to start with so we budgeted a reasonable amount for shipping, but now we have more to play with to put into the game!
2. The team had a good long chat and we decided that Molecular is a project we wanted to put onto Kickstarter because we wanted to share it, not really to make money. To that end we've decided to put everything we can into Molecular without losing money, after all we started as a group of friends who just wanted to make a game, so we're gonna finish it as one.
What this all means is that we are able to throw in a few more dollars/pounds/euros more stuff into EVERY copy of Molecular. We're going to spend the next few days on the laptops and phones to get better deals on everything we can, but for now we're going to add in:
1 x cloth Atom Tile bag 2 x card stock reference cards Linen quality finish to all cards UV Spot Varnish high gloss finish to all hexes
We'll confirm more stuff when we find out, but yeah. We hope that you like this and that you help make our game a reality. The biggest thing you can do to help us is to share the project page, tweet about us, email your friends, ring your gran and tell your local science teachers! We have honestly been astounded with the amount of support you all so far and are so thankful for all the suggestions, feedback, cheering-on and all the sharing far and wide!
Thanks to all of you wonderful people.
The Team
Even though this is a bit of an emotional post, it wouldn't be Molecular without a
MolecUV Varnish & MolecuHexes!
over 9 years ago
– Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 11:18:24 AM
Hey there moles!
Our manufacturers have been fantastic and over the last few days have notified us of a couple of cost saving things they can do so that we can squeeze more into Molecular.
1. We're going to increase the Atom Tile hex thickness to a meaty 3.5mm instead of the original 2mm, this will be really high quality and will make your games feel much more dramatic!
2. We can now confirm that not only with the Hexes be given a high quality UV Spot Varnish finish, the cards all will too! Molecular will be a slick, shiny game!
Obviously we still have some way to go, but if all of you waved the Molecular banner and tweeted, emailed, facebooked and shouted the good news that Molecular is bigger, bolder and has more Chemistry than you can shake a boiling tube at then we might just make it!
Let's make a game!
The ITB Team
MolecuGlassware, MolecuColour, MolecuFunctionalGroups
over 9 years ago
– Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 12:31:18 AM
It's been a super couple of days, particular with an endorsement from the Royal Society of Chemistry! Their education department gave us a great shout out and it's been fantastic to have been given all sorts of support from educators who've written to us to say how they're going to be using Molecular in the classroom!
Obviously making science accessible is incredibly important and we're really grateful for all of you who've helped us be a part of that.
Now to the news you've all been waiting for!
Glassware is now available as an add-on!
Another Kickstarter Exclusive, we're offering 500ml laboratory-grade conical flasks with the Molecular logo and 'alcohol' etched onto the side for £15 including worldwide shipping! We're still investigating test/boiling tubes in a rack with the 'C' from the Molecular logo as well, so watch this space!
Here's a very early look at what they'll look like, although we really want you to give us an idea of what it is you'd like to see so comment away!
Also, tell us what you think of our revised hex design!
Here's a look at the one of the Oxygen tiles, the starting hex (so it's easy to spot) and the backs for the tiles!
Here's a look at the revised Functional Group cards, with colour coded 'strength' so you can quickly see how much the card is worth and how hard it's going to be to achieve it in-game!
So that's it for now! Tell us what you think and continue sharing away to help us reach as many people as we can and unlock those social goal cards at the same time!
Toodles!
Peter,Matthew and John.
COOL VIDEO Oh, did we mention? All Professional Chemist and above pledge levels get a Conical Flask included!
We are also doing well on getting better shipping rates which means we might be able to add more things into each box! Woo more stuff!
