Missed the Kickstarter? Preorders are still available for a limited time.
LUDOS Asia is the 1st volume in a beautiful collection of handpicked ancient games that fit in your pocket. Featuring 4 two-player gems from Japan (Hasami Shogi), Mongolia (Jarmo), Nepal (Bagh Chal) and Korea (Yut).
⚠️During check-out your order total will be displayed, but your card will only be charged by BackerKit a few days later.
🛳️ For detailed info on shipping rates and taxes, please visit the 'Shipping' section on Kickstarter.
Latest Updates from Our Project:
3000 orders shipped 🚀 | LUDOS Africa reveal 🎁
24 days ago
– Thu, Aug 15, 2024 at 09:04:18 AM
Hello Game Explorers,
It's been a month since we started fulfilling orders, and things are going smoothly. We'd also like to thank you, as you've been very responsive to our updates and messages, which helps a lot in this crucial step 🤝
Fulfilment status update 😉
If you haven't received your order yet, there is no need to worry, as we are still working on fulfilling rewards. Below you'll find more information related to your region's fulfilment progress:
Backers from US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Africa, Asia, South America: your orders were shipped 3 weeks ago, and you should all have received your package, or at least the tracking info to follow your shipment (please don't forget to check your spam folder for an email from [email protected]). If you are on holiday and based on tracking, your order is waiting to be picked up at your local post office, please try to ask someone to pick it up for you before the package gets returned to our overseas warehouse, as we'll have to charge a redelivery fee. Exceptions: US Backers who ordered specific items for our previous games (e.g. Chili Mafia playermat) will have their orders shipped in about 2-3 weeks, once the vessel carrying some of our games arrives at our US warehouse. We will ship rewards to Peruvian Backers in the first half of September. If you have any inquiries about your order, please email us at [email protected].
Backers from Europe: the same applies to your orders as for above mentioned regions, however please note if you provided a remote address (like an island in Spain) or a PO BOX address, your orders will be shipped about 2 weeks after this vessel arrives at our EU warehouse. Thank you for your patience as we organize the delivery of your packages.
Backers from the UK: your orders will be shipped directly from the UK. The vessel carrying your games is already en route, scheduled to arrive at port on August 25th. You can follow the cargo here. Once cargo arrives in the UK, Zatu will ship your games the soonest possible. If all goes according to plan, you'll receive LUDOS Asia at your doorstep by mid September.
LUDOS Africa reveal 🦁🥁
We just received the prototype copy of LUDOS Africa and just couldn't wait any longer to share it with you all. Many of you had pretty amazing guesses about what might be the games featured in the Africa collection. Let's dive right in:
Yoté (Mali 🇲🇱): in this jump-and-capture game from West Africa each player controls a caravan of 12 camels. Tactically place, move, and jump your camels to drive away all of your opponent's.
Oware (Ghana 🇬🇭): in this mancala-type board game from Ghana each player owns a row of 6 “plots.” Players will take turns sowing seeds, and harvesting from their opponent’s side. To win, harvest 25 or more from your opponent’s land.
Dara (Nigeria 🇳🇬): in this positional game from Nigeria each player controls a set of 12 lion or elephant spirits. Capture at least 10 of your opponent’s pieces by forming lines of 3 of your own animal spirits.
Fanorona (Madagascar 🇲🇬): in this war game native to Madagascar each player controls a troop of 22 lemurs. Drive off all of your opponent’s lemurs by moving your own lemurs along the network of branches and dominate the canopy!
We'll be back early September with another fulfilment update for any outstanding shipments and some more info about LUDOS Africa. Oh, by the way, we'll be at SPIEL Essen this year with a booth so please feel free to drop by and say hello. We'll have the prototype of LUDOS Africa with us too! 🤗
With Love,
The Lemery Games Team
Fulfilment has started 🚀 | LUDOS Africa sneak peek 👀
about 2 months ago
– Fri, Jul 12, 2024 at 08:48:53 AM
Hello Everyone,
We are back again to let you know that the fulfilment warehouse received the games and has already started the fulfilment process! 🥳 Please read 'Shipping info' below to learn about your shipment based on your location.
🛳️ Shipping info
Backers from US, Europe, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Africa, Asia, South America: most of your orders will be shipped within 2 weeks. Once your packages leaves the warehouse, you'll receive an email from [email protected] with tracking information. Please note, if you provided a remote address (like an island in Spain) or a PO BOX address, it will take a few weeks longer to organize the shipping of your package. If you have any inquiries about your order, please email us at [email protected].
Backers from the UK: your orders will be shipped directly from the UK. For that we need to freight ship your orders to the UK first. Worry not, as the vessel carrying your games is already scheduled to set sail on July 22nd. You can follow the cargo here. Once it arrives in the UK, Zatu will ship your games the soonest possible. If all goes according to plan, you'll receive LUDOS Asia at your doorstep by mid September.
Next LUDOS Collection: Africa 🦁
We promised to reveal the next LUDOS collection soon. So, here we go! LUDOS: Africa is coming this fall to Kickstarter with 4 authentic games from Africa. Stay tuned as we reveal the 4 games in the coming months. Any guesses are welcome! 😉
We remain attentive to your comments as we deliver your games. In the meantime, please feel free to ask us anything, and we'll get back to you. Can't wait to continue making these collections in the LUDOS series for you all 🤗
With Love,
The Lemery Games Team
Addresses are now LOCKED ✅ | Get ready for fulfilment 🔥
2 months ago
– Mon, Jul 01, 2024 at 12:28:53 PM
Hello Backers,
We are back with a super brief update to let you know that we just locked all addresses in BackerKit so we can start fulfilment soon.
Still need to update your address? 🤔
Ideally, all packages will be shipped before October. If you are currently at a different address from what you originally provided in BackerKit, please reach out to us asap.
Shipment tracking 🛳️
Once your game is shipped you'll receive a shipping notification to the email address we have on file in BackerKit. In case you don't receive your tracking information or order by November, please don't hesitate to let us know and we'll look into it for you.
Coming up next 💫
We can't wait to reveal the upcoming LUDOS collection in the next update. We've been working hard playtesting and selecting these games in the past months. Your suggestions were also taken into consideration 😉 Hope you'll like how the selection turned out. Stay tuned!
Thank you again for everything! 🙏
With Love,
The Lemery Games Team
SUPER IMPORTANT ⚠️Locking addresses | Manufacturing ready 🔥
2 months ago
– Wed, Jun 26, 2024 at 08:21:42 AM
Hello Backers,
It's great to be back with some awesome news. Let's get straight to the point: it seems you'll receive your games months early! 🔥 Please accept this video from us. We are super excited about delivering LUDOS Asia to you all:
‼️SUPER IMPORTANT‼️
Locking your addresses July 1st 😱🚀
We will be locking your addresses on July 1st (next Monday) at 11am EST, so we can prepare for fulfilment. This is the time to head over to your BackerKit account if you need to make any updates. In case you moved to a different state in the US or changed to another country you'll need to send us or BackerKit a message, as we can only apply such changes from the back-end because these updates might have tax implications.
Backers: Wait, what? December is still 5 months away!
Lemery Games: Regardless of the planned delivery date, LUDOS Asia is speeding through manufacturing like never before. We got confirmation that all components have been manufactured, and the games are being assembled.
Backers: So does this mean we'll receive LUDOS Asia months early?
Lemery Games: Seems like it. If everything continues to go as smoothly as in the previous weeks, chances are you'll all receive your games as early as September!
Backers: ... [To be answered in the comments section]
Fulfilment plan 🌎
How will we deliver your games this time?
United States: will ship most US orders straight from the manufacturer. Some will ship to our US warehouse first, by sea. Expected order delivery: mid August-mid September.
United Kingdom: will freight ship UK orders (takes about 25-30 working days) to a local warehouse. Expected order delivery: September.
Europe, Australia and Canada: will ship orders straight from the manufacturer. Expected order delivery: August.
Asia: will ship orders straight from the manufacturer. Expected order delivery: mid July - mid August.
Rest of the world: some will ship straight from the manufacturer, some will ship from Europe. Expected order delivery: September.
What's next?
If you don't need to make any updates to your address, just sit back, relax, and wait just a tiny bit more to receive your game(s). We are working hard to deliver early for you. In the meantime we are working on the next collection in the LUDOS series. Will be back with more details soon!
Thank you again for this amazing campaign. If you have anything to ask about the fulfilment process or have something to share, please don't hesitate 😉
With Love,
The Lemery Games Team
🥁Manufacturing is at 90% | Rulebook translations ready 🇫🇷🇩🇪🇮🇹🇳🇱🇪🇸
3 months ago
– Wed, Jun 12, 2024 at 03:23:30 PM
Hello Everyone,
Hope you are all doing great. We are sending you a short status update to let you know that everything is progressing as planned, and even faster 😉
Manufacturing is now 90% complete 💫
We got confirmation that all components of LUDOS Asia have been manufactured, and a mass production sample is already on its way to us. This means that once we receive and confirm the sample, the factory will assemble all games. At that stage manufacturing will be 100% complete and we can start the fulfilment process. We expect a lot to happen in the coming 2-3 weeks, so stay tuned!
Fulfilment 🛳️
If all continues this smoothly, we'll lock your addresses in about 2 weeks, so the fulfilment warehouses can already prepare to ship your orders in a few months. We'll send you at least 1 more update before locking your addresses, and also before shipping your games, so even last minute you'll be able to reach out to us if you need an urgent address change.
Rulebook translations completed ✅
Rulebook translations are now complete, check them out here. Thank you very much to all 16 of you for putting so much love and care into the translations. Thanks to you, the digital rules of all 4 games in the LUDOS Asia collection are available online. Together with all the French, Dutch, German, Italian and Spanish speakers, we are forever grateful to you 🤗
We'll probably be back sooner than a month this time to update you about the assembly of games and a more detailed fulfilment plan in a video update from Krisztina and Tamas. As always, we'll be here to answer all of your questions and comments in the meantime.
