Game Toppers 4.0 - Game Mats, Game Tables, & Young Sherlock

Update # 4 New Milestones and big announcement! 11-10-23
6 months ago – Fri, Nov 10, 2023 at 02:43:03 PM

Greetings Game Topper Nation!

I had intended on posting an update sooner, but fell Ill. I'm kinda back. I did a Live Q & A with Grant Lyon that is available for you to view. He was a little under the weather too, but as they say in show business, the show must go on. Meet the congestion brothers! It was fun, and we announced the new milestone goals!

Those of you that know me, know I'm not a polished wordsmith, I like to share from the heart and be ok with being transparent. Well, welcome to mid campaign.  This is not our first rodeo, and it is very common for there to be some lulls and movement up and down, but I don't want that to discourage anyone, this is normal. We have a ton of exciting stuff still ahead, and I expect we will see renewed momentum. I would love for us to hit 500,000. Grant said, if we hit 1,000,000 he will deliver your topper to your door and do a 10 min comedy bit for a private audience. Donors welcome lol. I'd love that, but I think he is safe.  I think we are heading for around 250,000-300,000. This is due to the fact that we have so many items that are al carte' for add-ons in the pledge manger that do not factor into the overall success number you see. I'm saying this to let everyone know we are still hopeful and we are trying to make attainable goals to push through these milestones. 

Speaking of Milestones!!!

This is the coolest ever! It's a 3" inch solid chunky fun! from Goliath Coins. Our way of saying thank you to our backers. 

Plus at 175,000, we are going to unlock the White Terrain mat in Watson, Holmes and Mycroft sizes. We have modified to have more snow ice bluish tints. We are going to call it our "Snow" mat

We have a bunch more coming, but I wanted to make everyone aware of  a couple more big milestones at 200,000. 

That's right! $119.00 Value included with your Mycroft pledge level or if you do it as an addon in the pledge manger. We are doing this to provide extra value to this new item. 

You also get one heck of a deal on our premium mat Rack and a 6 pack of mats of your choice.

I need your help with some feed back please...

We’ve had people ask about making rail pads. I’ve spoken to my mat manufacture and we can make a premium 3“ x 24“ stitched edge pad. I can make these in packs of four.  I tested this out with an older thinner material and it actually held pretty good, but when I used our 3 mm premium stitched edge, it held in place extremely well, and not moving when I put my arms on it.

I was concerned that maybe the stitch edge would be uncomfortable however, you don’t feel that at all. I also think that’s an important feature so that this will not fray.

As winters approaching, the metal can be cool. This is never been a major complaint that I’ve heard, but a few people are mentioning it now and I’m trying to see if I can provide an option.

Of course these would be the 3.6 mm premium stitched  rounded edge version.

So let’s say we did this as a 4 pack.

I’m thinking I could do it in our Steel Grey or Crimson Red, which I think would look really nice as a contrast to the black metal. 

What do you think about those colors? or maybe black or the designer art from Brent Woodside?

...And what would a four pack of these be worth?

I need to see if it’s a high demand item and what its value is, and if I can pull it off.

I need a Game Topper Nation to give me their wisdom??

Thank you dear friends. Until later, again if you have any questions or concerns you can email us at [email protected] or [email protected]

Burky and team. 

Game Toppers Update #3 - Customer Loyalty & Milestones Goals
7 months ago – Fri, Nov 03, 2023 at 06:10:19 PM

Greetings Game Topper Nation!!!

I'll try to be concise. Not really my gift. lol 

We had a fun show with special guest Brian Finn from Geek Knights who has a stunt/movie production company and he is bringing live action fantasy role playing to life.

•  We also talked about and revealed our new Customer Loyalty Milestone Goals 

 He purchased one of our tables for his show. Super excited for this project to come to life. He actually has a Kickstarter I think is worth a look.

 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/geekknights/geek-knights-gaming-series 

 So lets get to it: Customer Loyalty Milestones.

We have Stretch Goals listed currently to 200,000, but at Milestones of $150,000, $175,000 & $200,000. We are going to unlock a Customer Loyalty Items that will be of really nice value just be cause you have supported us in the past from KS, Backerkit or our Shopify store. (We have these emails on file so we can verify easily.) As previous backer you will get these item at a big discount or in some cases absolutely Free with any purchase. 

In addition, we are going to unlock multiple items at each Milestone that we think are major savings and or new exciting offerings.

We hope you will see the extra effort we are putting in to say thank you and to create some additional value to you our backers. Here are a few new things we have done.

 140 K is XL central! We are also working on making this item with the rail bundle an add on KS item to the Ala carte' pledge to make it easier for adding extra $ to your pledge. 

At 150,000 1st Milestone...

The Customer Loyalty Goal is The Game Haul premium game bag is reduced yet again! ...but wait there is more!!!

At 160K we are unlocking all three of the last new mats!

Then at 175K - here we go again!!!!

We have a ton more planned! I didn't list all the in between goals, they are on the campaign to see, but we are excited that these amazing upgrades will be made available to you. 

We love to hear your feedback of your favorite mats, favorite toppers and experiences you have had with us. Please keep it coming and let us know if there are items you would like to see.

Also, please help us get the word out. I'm not too proud to ask for help. Because of the lower prices I am offering, we do not have the margins to pay and extra 15 percent to outside marketing companies to get the word out. Word of mouth is by far the best advertising, so if you could share your experience in your board game social media circles it would be greatly appreciated, and help us push through these Milestones so we can add a bunch more!

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to message through the Kickstarter or email us at [email protected] or [email protected]. 

I will try to keep up this weekend.

Again thank you all so very much!!! 

Burky and Team!

Game Toppers 4.0 Sunday 10-29-23 Update # 2 New stretch goals added!
7 months ago – Sun, Oct 29, 2023 at 04:06:34 PM

Greetings Game Topper Nation.

We are at nearly 500 % funded and 20 stretch goals unlocked. Thank you all very much!! 

We want to do more!!! As you help us achieve these goals, we will be able to unlock more. For instance, we are hearing some people want the Terrain White mat to come back. (I found an old 14 sec video below). We loved it for once popular games like Dead of Winter and Snow Tails. Now with games like Frosthaven, End of Winter, and Frostgrave it seems like there is some demand again. Let us know what you think. What size?

 When we decide to add a mat to our line up it is a $5000.00 decision to order the minimum amounts in the sizes we offer (currently 11) so that is why we have to make sure that there is good demand and future salability. Nothing happens in the manufacturing world in low volume. This is just and example.

Our live Q & A are a great format to talk about these projects and ideas in more detail and gauge feedback. We would love to have join us!

One of the ways we communicate with our backers is to post live Question and Answer sessions with noted guests. We have Sam Healy from Flipside of Boardgames Tuesday 31st 1PM CDT, and Brian Finn from Geek Knights Thursday Nov 9th 2 PM CDT.  Our last 2 session went very well I thought. Raymond was awesome, Josiah is stellar and I'm just ok. lol 

These will be found at the top and bottom of the campaign page for future reference so if you can't join live you can watch later.

 It takes a lot of time, but we are committed to being there for you. We are a relatively small company, but we are doing big things for over 6 years now. We work hard for you because we genuinely care about each persons experience. 

New Stretch Goals are up!!

This is one of my pet projects. You have to have a little fun and indulge once in a while! You may have heard that I am the new Baseball Highlights 2045 Worlds Champion and hold the coveted Commissioner Ralph Trophy, who I now affectionately call Ralphie. This is my favorite 2 player game of all time. I love it in the app and tabletop form. I'm good friends with the designer Mike Fitzgerald and the design team at Eagle Gryphon Games and they graciously granted me a license to print up to 300 of these 24 x 32 double tourney style play mats. It been out of stock for a while. 

We are going to sell them for 39.00 and include the storage bag free! If you are a fan jump in and get one and tell your friends. It's a very limited thing.

There are a lot of game bags out there. I own a bunch, but honestly this little lightweight bag, is my go to bag. It is insulated and has a heavy duty zipper, and the way it is made makes it such a great stackable bag. I use it for not only games, but traveling with accessories and other items. It's just a great bag! 

We are going to include it free in all packages!!! You might want more than one so we even made a bigger double version.

I have more Stretch Goals Planned. Almost 50 of them right now, so I hope we can continue with some momentum to offer as much as we can. Please help us share the campaign and spread the word about these great gaming upgrades.

I'll be back with more. I tend to not want to over inundate you with mail, but will do my best to keep you up to date on status and exciting news items. We would love to hear from you in the comments section about your Game Toppers experiences and feedback on items you are most excited about. 

Thank you again for being such amazing backers and friends of Game Toppers! It really means the world to us. 

Burky and team.

Game toppers 4.0 1st update 10-25-23 Great start! Lets push this thing to the moon!
7 months ago – Wed, Oct 25, 2023 at 07:18:01 PM

Greetings Game Topper Nation!

We are almost to 100,000 as I write this. Thank you very much for all the support!!!

Josiah and I did a Live Q & A today and explained a lot  about the new items on this campaign and a little history about our company. We answered quite a few live questions and then started teasing many of the new item we have planned in the way of extra specials to our backers and upcoming Stretch Goals.

Please take a look It is at the top of our campaign page, but I have included here as well. We have several of these planned with noted industry guests. Stay tuned Friday Noon CDT Raymond from Board Game Heaven will be joining us.

We are super excited to be announcing several new Stretch Goals we have 45 currently planned so this  is just a few so keep checking back and sharing the campaign. 

Our Packages are really some amazing deals on this campaign!!

When these all get unlocked it will be like getting an extra $250.00 worth of cool stuff!!!

Free  in packages if we hit some extended goals

Plus, We have this amazing new chunky Game Toppers Medallion from Goliath coins. super cool.

We mention something near and dear to me. I made arrangements to make a specialty mat from one of my favorite games! We will be able to offer it to you!  Guess what it is, then check out the live Q & A Video near the end you will see the reveal. (Watch the whole thing if you have time.) 

With that I'm going to sign off! We are working hard doing everything we can to signal boost the campaign, so we can unlock and produce some great upgrade for you folks. Please help the share the cause.

Thanks again from the bottom of our hearts!

Burky and team!