The Necronomnomnom - A Cookbook of Eldritch Horror
Created by Red Duke Games
Let us teach you the rituals to summon forth this Tome of Forbidden Victuals. Together, let us bring into existence... The NECRONOMNOMNOM!
Latest Updates from Our Project:
The End is Nigh!
about 5 years ago
– Tue, Apr 02, 2019 at 12:58:59 AM
Preternaturally Patient Peoples,
This should be the last major update on fulfillment.
*Almost* all of you have should have received your rewards by now.
The current shipping status is as follows:
Digital:
All backers should have received their digital copies. These were sent out late December, with others resent as needed.
All Standard Books:
To the best of our knowledge, all standard issues of books have been sent. Some international orders are still travelling. More info Below.
All Deluxe Books:
US Backers -
Claatu - Verata - Necktie! - Sent - Completed
Claatu - Verata - Nectar! - Sent - Completed
Claatu - Verata - Nickel! - Sent - Completed
Everything's Cool! I Said the Words! - Awaiting the Covers to be completed, but otherwise ready to go.
International (outside USA) - All International and Canada Backers should have received all or a portion of their orders at this point. Little as we like to air our dirty parchment in public, affected backers deserve to know what's going on. We had to fire our international Shipping provider - Shipbob. After weeks of trying to verify that shipments were correctly made and packages were delivered, we still have not received complete assurance that all is as it should be.
Books were not being shipped, and we were charged for orders that were never packaged or sent. This resulted in several orders with tracking codes returning a "Not Trackable" error (nevermind the delays). We still do not have a satisfactory answer as to what happened. In any case, it does mean that any remaining orders are to be shipped from our excellent US shipping partner, who has performed flawlessly. We are absorbing the cost associated with this.
Adding to the blatant failure to simply deliver, Shipbob has also managed to lose one-of-a-kind signed items that were slated for the Deluxe Backers in lieu of the in-book signatures. This is possibly the most upsetting development in the whole project, and down to the carelessness and ineptitude of one entity. We're genuinely vexed. While this does not affect the quality of the core product or the deluxe cover, it saddens us for those backer not to get them. We're looking at reproducing them and getting together to re-sign, or some other creative means of making it up to you.
The number of affected backers is small, but every one of them is cause for disappointment. Things went so well for so many, and we empathize with every single person still waiting.
International Deluxe backers will get their books and covers at separate times with "some assembly required" - again, thank you ShipBob. Basic instructions not being followed ("put these on those"; "include this in the package"...) shouldn't be too surprising when basic functions ("get this from here to there") apparently proved to be too much to ask. Please review any Tracking information you have and let us know if you have not yet received your books and or deluxe cover.
Please contact us if you still haven't gotten your digital copies. We can resend them pretty fast. Feel free to contact us if you are not sure about any aspect of your order post this update.
Late Backers: We had several late backers who had not paid for shipping until recently. These orders are being shipped currently and tracking has been sent. Their digital copies will be sent out soon as well. Any remaining late Deluxe Orders will be shipped upon completion of the Deluxe Covers after the last batch of Deluxe Backers.
Next update we hope to be back to our darkly humorous selves. This one saw us in too dark a humor to joke around much. We do have some very cool news to share by next update.
Heartfelt thanks for your patience and understanding,
Mike & Tom
Army of Postmarkness
about 5 years ago
– Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 12:44:14 AM
Chosen Ones!
By now, most of you have received your precious books... Your reactions have been truly gratifying. Some few of you are still standing by whispering portals, mumbling numbly into darkness, or chanting lustily into the night sky. We stand/whisper/mumble/lust with you. I mean "chant". We chant with you.
The current shipping status is as follows:
All backers should have received their digital copies from Backerkit - if not check your junk/spam folders. These were sent out late December.
All Standard Books:
Australia and New Zealand - Completed
US Backers - Completed - There are a few loose orders that we are verifying and should be sent out soon
International (the rest of the world) - ~90% complete - Many of the books are still listed as In-Transit. We are in contact with our distributor to confirm that the remaining books are being worked through diligently.
All Deluxe Books:
· Claatu - Verata - Necktie! - Sent - Completed
· Claatu - Verata - Nectar! - Sent and tracking numbers issued - Completed
· Claatu - Verata - Nickel! - Partially completed the remainder awaiting covers and shipping
· Everything's Cool! I Said the Words! - Awaiting the covers to be completed
International - One of our international fulfillment partners crossed a wire somewhere, opened the wrong portal...we're not sure what. In any case, it does mean that a few backers will get their book and cover at separate times with "some assembly required" See this cool video prepared by David to understand the Ritual of Enfleshment. See the fleshy hand of the fleshy material crafter!
For Canadian Backers - Our fulfillment partner for Canada cannot provide additional information on the strikes that went on recently and/or if they are responsible for the delays in some of your packages. Your books will arrive, and we will update you as any details become available.
Please contact us if you still have not gotten your digital copies. We can resend them pretty fast.
Our new website should be up soon, but for now - you can also keep your eye on the Facebook pages for news and insanity.
Happy Chthonica!
over 5 years ago
– Mon, Dec 24, 2018 at 01:01:42 AM
The Books are flowing! Most of you will get them in January sometime, but some few have indeed already received them, and a few more might yet! Pre-Orders are also going out as well!
All of you, however, are getting the Audiobook. Please check your emails for the download.They are being sent out tonight through Backerkit.
All of you are getting the plain text, plain language recipes. They are also being sent out tonight through Backerkit as well.
Digital (and combo) backers are getting the Digital Book (Parts 1 and 2) in your inboxes imminently. If you ordered the physical book too, we totally understand if you can't wait, and have to have a peek at the digital. Part 1 is the book itself. We did our not-professional-digital-book-makers best to make it an enjoyable experience in ePub format (for which there are many free readers, and most browsers can parse it).
Part 2 is the Notes of Nom, wherein you may find secret knowledge, terrible photographs of those things that did not reject the camera outright, and stories of how the many parts came to be a whole.
These things are either free to you because they were stretch goals, or you backed them at a level that entitles you to them. We worked hard on them, and do intend to sell the digital and audio books, so please do not distribute them. Do point your jealous and curious friends and fellow cultists or investigators toward them if you wish. For now, the Facebook pages are the best place to make inquiries (The Necronomnomnom and Red Duke Games).
No further hardbound copies will be sold until shipping completes and backers have their books. Deluxe-cover backers from the later pledge offerings will receive their books as soon as the new covers are complete. We know it's naught more than a gesture, but none of us are getting our deluxe covers until the last backer has his or hers in hand. We'll take David's final labors (on this project, nothing ominous meant by that...).
You folks have been awesome, and we can't credit you enough for making this a fantastic project to pour ourselves into, hearts and souls (so many souls....).
Happy Holidays!
The Summoning is Complete!
over 5 years ago
– Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 12:34:06 AM
The first books arrived today! They're AWESOME! Oh, by the many Elder Powers and Names Not to Be Spoken - they came out great!
Even the edge-dye came out perfect. It fully looks the part! If only the cultist robe didn't add 20lbs...
Reading the Book Out Loud
We mentioned how great a job Ray Greenley did, but we want you to hear for yourselves. Why should this be a feast only for the eyes and mouth? What about the ears? What about the ears!?
The Forward
Shaken, Not Hastur
Signatures - What's the Plan?
We asked, you spoke, and the world seems to have conspired to make your collective will be done. Looking at the totality of the correspondence on the subject, most Deluxe book backers were more eager to have the book than to have the signatures. We had planned a road trip to go get that done - but the books will actually come in a few days earlier than expected! This disrupts that plan, as so many want the books in time for the holidays. Those few extra days early could make a difference (and it will still be very, very close for many of you). This being the case, and since all three of us will be in one place at one time this very weekend for PAX Unplugged in Philadelphia (we didn't actually think we were going to have the book for the con...) - we're going to do a special insert. We will physically sign a separate page, ship those to our fulfillment partners, and have them put them in the books for you. It seems an elegant, efficient solution, and we hope it pleases. The insert will be neat little extra, too - not merely a plain page.
When Are You Getting Your Book?
Printing finishes for all books finishes over the next few days. Standard and complete Deluxe editions go out immediately thereafter (remember, we still have Deluxe covers in production, so those will not be ready to ship just yet). Digital books with all their extras are expected to be finished in about two weeks, so you should have those before/around the third week of December. Audiobooks will be made available at about the same time (so much fun to listen to!).
No one can promise us delivery on the physical books for the holidays, but we might make it! Tendrils crossed, it's possible for many of you. IF they don't make it - we are glad to help dispel the post-holiday blahs, because you, our faithful backers - have something still to look forward to! See how I spun that? Pay no attention to the shadowy, vaguely Egyptian figure behind me....
At long last (we know - we've bitten our fingernails down to the ichor with you the whole way!) it's here. And soon, it'll be everywhere.
Tom, Mike, Kurt, Ray, & David
Binding Rituals in Progress!
over 5 years ago
– Sun, Nov 11, 2018 at 09:10:32 PM
We've been a little quiet, but very industrious. The pages are completed and the books are being ritually bound - and thence are bound to you! The end of November and beginning of December will see the books on their way. Be ready.
The digital version and add-ons are being finished and readied at the same time; and once books are shipping, those will be distributed as well.
At about the same time, the audio book should be available. It's a real treat! Kind of a lark idea at first, it refused to be anything less than impressive. Ray has outdone himself.
For Deluxe edition backers - we will need your additional patience. There are two delays to contend with, the little one affects all of you, and more serious one affects approximately half of you. The first is simple - we promised you signatures. We...didn't think that all the way through - because it means getting three adults into the same place at the same time as 200ish Deluxe editions - hundreds of miles away. That either means hideous additional shipping costs no one has the stomach for, or a road trip. We're thinking road trip. This one is not a big delay, but it's there, so we're telling you about it.
The second delay affects the later Deluxe-level backers - the "extra" production runs we offered due to demand. We (collectively with our artisan) had to reject a sizable batch of covers. Something went wrong with the formulation, and we can not distribute them in good faith. We are working to minimize what this means to you - but David remains mortal (despite our efforts), and can work only at his best speed. This was a significant and regrettable setback in timeline. We are brainstorming how we make it up to you, as it isn't fair, and not what we wanted for some of our most enthusiastic backers. We're going to work through the list in order of backing, and will advise you if you will be affected by this delay.
We're open to ideas and suggestions, but will say that we've thought of and discussed foregoing signatures, and shipping everyone the Standard edition ASAP, with covers to follow as they finish. The first feels like a broken promise, so we rejected it. If *everyone* said - "No hard feelings, send the books ASAP and skip the sigs!" That'd be a thing for us to consider. If enough dissented to make the road trip needful, then it makes no sense and saves no time not to do things as promised and sign for all of you.
The second idea has costs, and frankly - you've already paid a premium for the Deluxe. We'd hate to hit you up for few more bucks to get the cover (they're light, but...more money is more money). We can't absorb that cost. We've learned a great deal through this project, and one major lesson was that "costs expand to meet available cash flow". Yes, the project funded very well, but we're still not going to make anything off our backers. We're running at the very edge of break-even. Ploughing all the extra cash into the quality of the product was absolutely the right move. We don't regret it. This was never about making us money, it was about establishing ourselves as makers of unique and awesome things - and putting our first offering proudly in your hands.
One more thing, for anyone local or planning to attend - we will again be attending the PAX UNPLUGGED game convention at the Convention Center in Philadelphia, November 30th till December 2nd. We will be at booth #2506 with the Philadelphia Game Makers Guild. It would be madness to not stop by for a chat and to play a game with us, or give us your feedback, and have a look at our nefarious plans now that we're official. We hope to have some sneak peaks and demo materials for planned products for you to peruse - but we'd love to just hang out with you in any case.
