Galen's Games

September 2025 Update: Spiral Galaxy Fulfillment Commencing, US updates, Oh, Canada!, and more!
6 months ago – Wed, Sep 10, 2025 at 10:54:58 AM

TLDR: Spiral Galaxy ready to start fulfilling to all regions except US and Canada; US cargo nearly here; Canada switched to fulfilling from the US; Italian translations done; games probably won't be in time for CuseCon :(; public playtesting starting up for next wave.

Everyone except the US and Canada:

Since the last update, the dice replacements cleared Chinese customs, arrived at Spiral Galaxy, and were switched out for all copies of Dice Clash.  I paid my fulfillment deposit yesterday, and fulfillment is scheduled to commence!  You should soon be receiving an email to confirm your address from Spiral Galaxy.  If you have any issues, please reach out to: [email protected] to resolve any shipping issues you may encounter. I'm really excited for you to finally get your games!  Please post pictures and feel free to tag @galensgames in your socials!

Canada:

Apologies for the very last minute change, but I hope you will agree it was the right decision. When I initially made the decision to change Canadian fulfillment to Spiral Galaxy due to the tariffs, I missed that Spiral Galaxy is unable to do Customs-Friendly shipments to Canada. Since, a) I promised this as part of the campaign, and b) I've already collected this tax from you for this purpose, I am switching your fulfillment over to Quartermaster Logistics who is handling US fulfillment.  They are able to  to do Custom-Friendly delivery to Canada, so you won't have to deal with that hassle.  

US and Canada:

The ship with the container of our games is due in NY harbor tomorrow, September 11th.  From there, the cargo is slated to be available for transport on September 14th.  It will then get transported to Quartermaster Logistics in Orlando, Florida.  The estimate for that arrival is 9/16-9/18.  They will have to get it loaded in and sorted before fulfillment begins, but they are expecting the shipment and ready to get working on it.  Once it has safely arrived, I will be able to give a more exact estimate of when fulfillment will commence.  We are so close!

Italian Translations:

A massive thank you and round of applause for Matteo Pavese for his voluntary translation of the game rulebooks, reference cards, and card text into Italian for all 4 of the Mint Tin Games! You can find them, along with the French translations, here.

Other Languages:

Currently the games are only available in English, but my licensing partners, MOB Vanguard, have multiple conversations going on with foreign publishers interested in licensing the games in their language.  The games will be going to Essen with MOB and I'm hoping to share news soon.

CuseCon: 

CuseCon is a local gaming convention in Syracuse, NY.  It runs from 9/19-9/21. This will be Galen's Games 3rd year attending as a vendor, 5th overall for me personally. I had really hoped to have the games in time for it and for Local Pick-Up, but it is looking extremely unlikely that will happen.  Still, I'll be showing them off, selling Super Snipers, and demoing the next series of games!  Hope to say hello to some of you there.

Local Pick-Up:

I will be starting the process of setting up a local event to celebrate the games launching and for folks to pick up the games.  More info soon!

Playtesting:

A publisher's work is never done, and I've been hard at work with the development and testing of all the games I'll be bringing out for the next Kickstarter in early 2026.  While I hope everyone will come back for the next one, 2 of the offerings should be of special interest to this wave of backers, expansions for Dice Clash and Mint-Tin Monster Mash-Up!

Soon (after CuseCon), I'll be setting up regular playtesting times to test out these and the other titles.  If you're not already, please join the Galen's Games Discord to help me out!  The games are all on TTS, but I need to get the rulebooks updated and in there before setting them free.  Solo Gamers: I could especially use some playtesters for the solo modes.

Here's a pic of one of the upcoming games that I was just playing teh solo mode of: That's an Order

Well, that's all for now.  I will do a quick update about the US fulfillment as soon as I have more info.  

As always, I really appreciate your patience and support!

Galen.

Quick Update
7 months ago – Tue, Aug 19, 2025 at 07:26:49 AM

Hi all.  Just keeping everyone updated.  This update is for all non-US backers.

Good News: 

The games have all arrived at Spiral Galaxy as of last Wednesday!

Less Good News:

The replacement dice for Dice Clash have been held up at Chinese Customs.  I'm told this should only take a couple of days to resolve.  I'm assured by Spiral Galaxy that they are ready to move quickly once the replacement dice arrive.  

It's always something!  Thanks for your continued patience and hopefully my next update will include pictures of some of you receiving your games!

Galen.

August 2025 Update.
7 months ago – Mon, Aug 11, 2025 at 08:50:31 AM

I hope everyone is enjoying their Summer!  I don't have a ton of updates this month, but I will share what I do have as well as some pics and stories from GenCon!  

Timeline Updates:

Everyone except the US:  The boat with your games arrived at Felixtowne Port and is clearing customs.  The replacement dice should be arriving today or very soon.  Once everything is together, the Spiral Galaxy fulfillment team will be replacing the dice in the Dice Clash copies and starting fulfillment.  Keep an eye out for emails from them in the next couple of weeks. They are handling ALL fulfillment except for the Asia specific copies and the US copies.  

United States:  The games really truly are on the water now!  No change in the estimate of them getting to Florida around 9/14-9/16 and into Quartermaster Logistics warehouse a couple days after that.  I will keep you updated.

Local Pick-Up:. There is a chance that I will have the games in time for CuseConand will be able to get them to backers there.  There's also a chance that I won't.  I'm still holding off on setting an exact date and event until timelines are more firm.  

GenCon 2025!

First and foremost, a huge thank you for your support in me selling the games at GenCon!  It made a huge difference in the bottom line and it was wonderful to meet some of you and show you what you'll be getting.

The games were HOT!  I brought 40 copies of each game and by the end of Friday I was completely sold out of Mint-Tin Monster Mash-Up as well as Verdant Arizona. By the middle of the day on Saturday, I sold out of all the mint tin games.  I even sold the demo copies!

The games were being demoed throughout the weekend and were well loved.  I had multiple people come back to the booth to rave about how much they enjoyed the games.  I can't wait for you to have them!

Super Snipersalso sold very well and I had multiple people come up who had previously purchased and played the game to tell me how much they loved it.  It's always surreal to be asked to sign my game for people!

Upcoming Games:

GenCon is also a great place to show off what's coming next!  I did playtests of 4 new Mint Tin Games that I'm developing for my next Kickstarter!

It might be too early to say this, but based on the reception of these games and the number of people who came to the booth to ask about them, I've got a good feeling about this batch exceeding the success of the current one!  Every game performed very well and all my playtesters were very interested in eventually owning them.  

I got a lot of useful feedback and there are some definite changes and updates I will be making to each of the titles.  Overall though, the core of each game felt rock solid and ready to go!

Out of all the FEPH tests, I think Mint Mechs was my favorite to run.  I'm biased, as it is the one game out of the bunch that is my design.  It was so gratifying to see players pick up the rules and the strategy quickly and have a great time with the game.  This one is heavier than the others and has no art yet, so I was a bit worried about how it would fare.  I walked away very confident in the state of the game (again, a few changes and updates to test). 

If you're interested in being on the mailing list to stay updated on the next series, you can sign up here.   If you're currently on my mailing list for this series, you don't need to!

GenCon was amazing but exhausting!  I still don't feel fully recovered.  

That's all for now.  I will update you again in September.  Sooner if there is news to share!

Galen

Correction for July Update
8 months ago – Fri, Jul 25, 2025 at 05:12:22 AM

Sorry Australia!

Hello all.  I made an error in the last update.  Australian orders are not shipping directly from China, they will be coming from Spiral Galaxy and on the schedule I estimated under the UK, EU, ROW heading in that update.  Apologies for the mix-up.

As a reminder, backers from Asian regions with Super Snipers in their order, or who have not yet completed their pledge managers but do eventually, will be shipped from Spiral Galaxy.

In the future, I will likely include Australia in the ship from China category (as I thought I did this time).

That's it for now.  Thanks.

Galen

July Update - Updated Timelines.
8 months ago – Wed, Jul 23, 2025 at 11:34:12 AM

July 2025 Updates:

Hello all!  We last left off with the news that the US shipment had been turned around and dice replacements were needed for the 2000 copies of Dice Clash.  Let me catch you up on everything since then....

Freight for US finally re-booked!

The initial estimate for the fix was quick.  I'm sorry to say that did not pan out.  There were some issues sourcing the dice, and then there were specific issues with the red dice that needed addressing.  Long story short: everything is now fixed, the games are being picked up this Friday, and they are setting sail on August 2nd.  

I've been given the following estimates by my freight company:

• Games depart China on 8/2
• The ship reaches NY by 9/4
• The games arrive at their final destination - Quartermaster Logistics in Orlando, Florida - between 9/14 and 9/16.

This means that US backers should expect to wait until late September or early October to receive their games.  I will, of course, keep you updated on any developments along the way.

UK, EU, and the ROW except Asia and Australia:

The games are still on the water.  The arrival date was updated to 8/5.. The replacement dice will be with Spiral Galaxy before then and they will be updating their copies of Dice Clash before sending them out.  

I will keep you updated as I have better information, but I would assume later August for delivery of these games.

Asia and Australia:

You may already have your games or will be getting them soon!

The very first pictures I got of games arriving were from Hwa Siang, in Malaysia.  Hwa is the artist for Dice Clash, Super Snipers, and is responsible for most of the graphics and the Kickstarter video.  

GenCon!

I also recently received my advanced shipment of games to bring with me to sell at GenCon!

24 Mint Tin Cases packed full of Mint Tin Games!

Playmats!

And here is my updated banner (thank you, Hwa!)
 

I will be selling these and Super Snipers at Booth 2438.. I'm again sharing space with my friend, Breeze.  Breeze just fulfilled AEGIS: Combining Robots 2nd Ignition and will be selling it there.  If you love Mechs and anime style art (that's me!) you have to give this game a look!  

If you're coming to GenCon and want to stop by, Saturday and Sunday will be the best days to catch me as I will be spending good chunks of Thursday and Friday at...

First Exposure Playtest Hall:

First Exposure is a place where you can come and playtest upcoming games.  It is absolutely one of the highlights of GenCon and I'm very excited to be heading back there this year.  I will be playtesting 4 new Mint Tin Games that I'm looking to bring to Kickstarter in early 2026:

I will be running 4 person events (running 2 games at a time) on Thursday and Friday.  10-12 and 2-4pm.  

I'm sure you will be hearing much more about these games in the coming months!  

Teach Events:

Double Exposure will be running teaching events for all my games.  There are still slots open!  

Click Hereto see the events.

 

Italian Translations:

This is one of the final remaining deliverables for the campaign.  I have received the remaining Italian Translations for the mint tin games.  I just need to go through them, upload them, and add the links to the website.  I should be announcing that next month.  

Future Updates:

I will continue to update once a month, though there will probably be less news to convey other than updates on the freight and fulfillment situation.  I really appreciate everyone's support and patience.  

Sincerely,
  Galen