Lord of Loot - an addictive co-op fantasy board game

Shipping Update
14 days ago – Sun, Mar 22, 2026 at 07:26:05 AM

Hello friends of Lord of Loot,

Here is a quick shipping update.

United States

The ship has arrived already and the games are currently being transported to the fulfillment center where they are unloaded from pallets, packed into individual packages and sent out to you. That means shipping can happen very soon! You will receive an email when your package is sent out.

European Union

The ship (COSCO Fortune - in case you want to track it) was supposed to arrive in Hamburg, Germany, on April 1st but it is delayed to April 21st due to the war in Iran. The ship went through the South Africa route rather than the read sea and there were delays in stopover harbors due to the disturbed logistics due to the war. We will hurry (as much as we can influence this) to get the cargo unloaded, pass customs and transport to the fulfillment center so we can ship the games out to you as soon as possible after the ship's arrival. You will receive an email when your package is sent out.

Other destinations (including Canada, UK)

Your games will be shipped out directly from China. The facilities there did not operate for about a month during the Chinese New Year festivities and had a backlog to clear after then. They are working full steam now again, though, to distribute the games to the various hubs around the world to distribute the games to you. We cannot give you exact timings now but we still expect the games in the April (maybe May) timeframe. We will follow up with more detailed info once we have it. In any case, you will receive an email when your package is sent out.

Thanks a lot for your support and patience! We will be back with more details soon.

Philipp & the PKB Games team

Pledge Manager closing
about 1 month ago – Sat, Feb 28, 2026 at 06:00:23 AM

Hi everyone,

Since our last update, things have been moving steadily behind the scenes. 🚢
Right now, we’re mainly waiting for the ships to arrive at their destination ports in the US and EU. In the meantime, we’ve been using the time to finalize more detailed fulfillment planning so everything runs as smoothly as possible once the games arrive.

Now to an important reminder:

⏳ Pledge Manager Closing in One Week

The Pledge Manager will be closing in one week (7th March), and we still need a few of you to complete it.

First of all — a huge thank you to everyone who already filled it out! 🙌
92% of backers have completed their survey, which is fantastic and incredibly helpful for our planning.

However, we’re still missing the remaining 8%.
If the Pledge Manager is not completed within the next week, we may not be able to include those pledges in our first shipping batch. That could result in delays for those backers.

If you haven’t filled it out yet, please:

• Confirm your shipping address
• Select your rulebook language
• Finalize any upgrades or add-ons

BackerKit will also send a separate reminder email to anyone who hasn’t completed their survey yet — so please keep an eye on your inbox (and spam folder, just in case).

We truly appreciate everyone’s support, patience, and responsiveness. Your quick replies make a huge difference and help us keep everything on schedule.

As always — thank you for being part of this journey. We can’t wait to get Lord of Loot into your hands!

Philipp & the PKB Games Team 🙏

Production is finished
about 2 months ago – Thu, Feb 12, 2026 at 08:12:42 AM

Hi backers,

We have awesome news for this update:

🚢 Production Finished & Ships on the Way!

Over the past few weeks, we’ve been working flat out to complete production before the Chinese New Year holidays — a time when most factories in China close down for several weeks. We’re happy to report that production is fully completed, and the first pallets are already on board freight ships heading to the US and the EU.

The containers are now on the ocean and expected to arrive by the end of March. That means we are still fully on schedule to start shipping your games in April. 🎉

The timing was incredibly tight, as we were definitely not the only ones trying to get containers out of China before the holiday shutdown. Ports were extremely busy — at one point, our truck driver had to wait in line for 9 hours (!) just to unload our pallets at the harbor.

But despite the chaos, we made it onto our booked vessel — and your games are officially on their way!

📦 Pledge Manager (BackerKit) Is Open!

The Pledge Manager (BackerKit) is now live! You should have received an email or Kickstarter message with your personal login link. If you haven’t seen it yet, please check your spam folder first. If it’s still missing, try the trouble shooting tips provided — or simply reach out to us and we’ll help you right away.

• Inside the Pledge Manager you can:
• Select your preferred rulebook language
• Enter or confirm your shipping address
• Upgrade your pledge
• Add any add-ons you’d like

Already 85% of backers have completed the survey — thank you so much! 🙌
Your quick turnaround helped us tremendously by giving us a reliable production and shipping forecast.

If you haven’t filled it out yet, please do so as soon as possible to avoid delays with your shipment.

🚚 Shipping Fees

As announced during the Kickstarter campaign, shipping fees are collected in the Pledge Manager.
The good news: we were able to stay at or very close to the shipping estimates we originally communicated during the campaign. 🙏
Please also note that if you add an extra copy of the game or include add-ons, shipping usually only increases slightly — you won’t have to pay the full shipping amount again. The Pledge Manager automatically calculates the correct total for you.

🇪🇺 VAT for EU Backers

As noted on the campaign page (in the shipping section and on every reward), shipping, VAT, taxes, and potential tariffs are not included in the pledge amount and are calculated and collected in the Pledge Manager. This is standard practice for worldwide Kickstarter campaigns, since tax regulations vary a lot between countries. For example for German backers, we are legally required to collect and pass on 19% VAT to the local tax authorities (Finanzamt). For US backers depending on their state sales tax may apply (usually collected directly by Kickstarter) and import tariffs can apply when goods enter the country.

I hope this helps clarify where the charges in the Pledge Manager come from. If anything is still unclear, feel free to reach out - we want everything to be as transparent as possible. 

Bonus Items

Please note if you have pledged during the first 3 days for the Early-Bird bonus, if you got an Upgrade Incentive during the campaign, or have participated in pre-launch VIP offer your bonus, might not show up in the Pledge Manager due to technical reasons, but rest assured it will be added to your shipment without any further action required from your side.
 

🎨 Production Quality Update

We’re very happy with how production has turned out! We’re confident that you’ll receive a game with real value and a lot of high-quality components — and you’ll notice this in many small details.

For example, we coated the bottom of the box with black paper (as you can see in the video), so it perfectly matches the black plastic insert tray for a clean and premium look. The dual-layer character boards are made from thick cardboard in both layers — whereas many retail games use paper for the bottom layer to reduce costs. And most importantly: the hand-painted miniatures turned out exactly as we hoped. The details and finish look fantastic, and we can’t wait for you to see them in person!

Let’s keep our fingers crossed for smooth sailing! 🚢

We’ll be back in March with our next update once the first ships reach the US and EU ports and shipping updates for other regions.

Thank you again for your amazing support — it truly means a lot to us. 🙏

Philipp & the PKB Games Team

Production is rolling and BackerKit surveys is coming
2 months ago – Wed, Jan 28, 2026 at 11:57:59 AM

Hi there!

I’ll keep this short because we are super busy since production is in full swing! We just wanted to let you know that everything is proceeding well and we are still in our timeline to ship the games to you in April.

BackerKit surveys are coming!

In the next days you’ll receive an email from us with a special link to your BackerKit survey, asking for your preferred language and shipping address. It’s important to respond to your survey as quickly as you can since we need this information to fulfill your rewards.

You don’t need to create a BackerKit account to fill out your survey. When you receive the email with the survey, click the survey link to respond. Answer the questions about your reward preferences, provide shipping information, and purchase add-on items if you like. You don’t have access to this survey link yet, but it will be available soon via email!

After you respond to your survey, you can go back later and change your responses at any time before we close the surveys and get our final counts.

If you need to review your information or pledge status, you can return to your survey by clicking the link in your survey email or requesting your survey link under "Lost your survey?" on our BackerKit project page at https://lord-of-loot.backerkit.com/

We’ll be back soon with further updates!

Thanks again for your support!

Philipp & the PKB Games team

Production is rolling
4 months ago – Sat, Dec 20, 2025 at 12:22:50 AM

Hi backers,

Here comes our first monthly update.

Timeline

We have worked hard in the last weeks to get everything ready and kick off the production. As you know we have set ourselves a very ambitious timeline to get this game in your hands as quickly as possible. We are planning with 2 months for manufacturing and 2 months for ocean shipping (e.g., to the US and EU) to get the game shipped in April. As additional complication, this falls into a time period with both Christmas and Chinese New Year in between. But so far everything is on track :)

Choosing your preferred language and shipping address

We will send out a link to the Pledge Manager shortly before shipping where we ask for your preferred language and shipping address.

Want to upgrade your pledge or add an add-on?

We received requests of backers who would like to upgrade their pledge or add add-ons. You can do so in the Pledge Manager once we send out the link closer to shipping.

Was my VIP Offer added?

For backers who pre-ordered the metal ring in the VIP offer, it will be automatically included in your pledge, even thought it might not be shown in the Pledge Manager or in Kickstarter - it will still be there :) Nothing required to do from your side.

Land Tiles Backside Artwork

For the last stretch goal we added artwork to the backside of the land tiles. Please find the final artwork below We hope you like it!

Newly designed tray

One of the many valuable ideas and feedbacks we have received during the campaign was that some of you really appreciate organizers in their game boxes. Hence, we have created a new insert tray so you can play right out of the box. It might not look that sophisticated, but a lot of thought went into that. In the top right, you have different layers. The little wooden hearts go into the bottom cave. On top of that, there are two round cutouts for the stacks of land tiles.

Thank you again for making this game reality! We wish you happy holidays, merry Christmas, a happy new year and whatever you will celebrate!

Until the next update,

Philipp & the PKB Games team