The Magical Draught of Happenstance

Thank you all.
over 1 year ago – Sun, Aug 21, 2022 at 10:05:31 PM

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Joint Update
almost 2 years ago – Fri, May 06, 2022 at 07:55:25 PM

Hi, everybody, I hope you're doing well, I know it's been a while.

So I'm here to give you a pretty big update and let you know what's going on multiple facets of these projects. And first, I just want to say, again, I'm sorry, that this is taking so long, and I want to just address this one more time and then move on from it. But we made some pretty basic mistakes in the beginning, because we were a brand new company, and it was a total new experience. And you get caught up in the I can do this. And I'm doing it and oh my gosh, it's happening. And oh, we got robbed, and oh, this and that, oh, and it just, it's a pit, it really is a big weight. on me on a daily basis, I'm sitting on the Magical Draught of Happenstance that I have to ship out. And those boxes are 30 bucks a piece, you know, and I've got to get it done as I can. And I go to these conventions that are 1000s of miles away, and all the money goes into gas, and I come back and I break even. And that's just reality, I'm not trying to complain orput my misery in your world, just letting you know why this really is taking way longer than ever should have. And again, I lost 50% of my financial support when John passed. And you guys may not understand how much easier it really would be just to go out of business and leave all this behind me. But I could have done that when John went and I could have done it 1000 times. But it's not what I want to do. I want to finish this for him, I want to finish it for me and for you. I just don't know if that's going to take me five minutes or five years, and I hate having to come and tell you nothing's changed, or, Oh, here's more news.

It's not in me.

And that brings me to the second challenge that I have as a company is...I don't like social media. And I don't mean a little bit, I don't mean any, there's no part of social media I enjoy. so I'm not good at it. I've reached out. I've hired people, I've wasted tons of money over the years trying to get somebody who could get conversions to happen through the website, because that's where our money comes from. When it's not from conventions. It's just never worked. I have gotten some help recently from another gaming company whose been very awesome with their advice. And I'm working on creating a whole bunch of content of videos of the prints and things like that, to try and draw people to the site. every sale I make I grab a box and I throw it in the mail. That's for happenstance. So for those of you who are waiting on the Magical Draught of Malice, the world conditions right now, there's just no way I see it right this minute, with my website sales coming in. But I have some big news in the fact for everybody. I'm actively trying to finish the repairs on this house, so I can sell it and finish these projects. I want them off my plate bad enough, I'm going to sell my house if I have to. So don't worry, you're going to get the project you backed. Nowhere near that time frame, I promised nowhere near a reasonable time frame. I just can't help it. I'm doing literally the best I can. And I'm going to be releasing a lot of content coming up over the next few months. I'm just trying to gather a bunch so that I have a pool to pull from. YouTube videos, reels and shorts and all those things are coming to hopefully get people to the website, what you can do to really help and I'm not asking for you to go buy anything but if you can like and share and just spread the word of what we do. We have our amazing Kraken miniatures, our orpherics, we're working with Deep Dungeon Games to bring forth, I love these guys. Their new D20 class characters. Thanks to Imagine 3Dand Brock Potter, we have over 30 of these dragon busts available on our website. And these are things I produce every day and can ship so nobody has to wait on this stuff. And it can these sales are what helped me take care of all the bad stuff. And believe me, I want it done. I'm sitting on four amazing projects that I can't even like consider as a company because I've got these two that are still here. So thank you for listening. I'm always here for your questions. Email me [email protected] anytime you need something, but just know my answers are pretty limited. as I'm grabbing the boxes I can and I'm trying to sell this house to finish Malice. I don't have another con on my schedule until October, although that may change depending on the kindness of strangers.

So take care, everybody and please stay in touch.All right, thank you very much.

Bye-bye

Hello All.
about 2 years ago – Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 05:09:41 PM

Hi everyone, sorry I have been silent. Just recouping from Gary Con and working on a substantial update.

I hope to be able to post a real update within the week.

Have a wonderful day.

Mark

Personal Update
over 2 years ago – Mon, Jan 17, 2022 at 01:08:14 AM

6 months ago I lost a giant light in my world. Not only my best friend but the best friend I had ever had. John literally pulled me from the darkest place I have ever been and gave me hope and purpose in all we could accomplish together.

That is gone from me now never to return... decades of memories and experiences stolen from me. My anger and rage are only matched by my utter despair.

I am only 45 yrs old and this life has already been too long.

My other good friend says "Life is meant to be endured", my family all live to be 90+ so I guess I have a lot more to endure without my friend.

I miss you John and I will continue to do so.

If you have someone like that in your life PLEASE reach out to them...touch them, hug them, cherish them.

Stay well and healthy...

Happy New Year
over 2 years ago – Wed, Jan 05, 2022 at 10:52:20 PM

Hello everyone, I hope you had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We were traveling for the entire holiday season after pax so we have just returned to the shop on Monday the third. We are happy to report that shipping has begun and more happenstance bottles are on their way to you. Paint jobs arrived from Sammy, leather straps are coming from +3 to Charisma, and we are shipping as fast as we can all around the world. Thank you as always for your support while we learn from past mistakes and work to complete this project. Tracking emails will be sent.

If you need individual assistance please EMAIL me [email protected]