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Backwoods: Cooperative Survival Adventure

Created by Ryan Williams

The year is 1830. Your expedition has been scattered by the rapids of the Colorado River and now you must carry on the mission in an accursed wilderness. In this cooperative adventure for 1-4 players, you must achieve the expedition's goals and reach the Fort or die trying.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Manual 2.0 progress update
over 1 year ago – Fri, Apr 14, 2023 at 08:46:01 AM

Hi friends, please check out this post I just made on Board Game Geek regarding the recent progress on the new manual. After many hurdles, I'm finally able to make consistent progress on it after putting out a lot of other fires in our lives that sprung up the last couple years. Thanks for your patience!

Rules 2.0 Progress Update | BoardGameGeek

Ryan 

Rules 2.0 pdf soon + Unfiltered Gamer review + CAN shipping issues
almost 3 years ago – Mon, Nov 08, 2021 at 08:11:45 AM

Hello friends, 


Rules 2.0 printable PDF

I've been listening to some backer feedback regarding how the rulebook could be further optimized, improved, and organized. So I'm putting together a downloadable, printable, pdf for the Rules 2.0 manual. 

This will include illustrative breakdowns and hypothetical examples. It will also implement answers built-in for all of the questions I've received. It should be ready in about 10 days. 


Unfiltered Gamer review!

We were excited to have Unfiltered Gamer review Backwoods! You can see the review video 

here—https://youtu.be/3SJWNNywjKE?t=1076


Hungry Gamer, How It Plays, and Logan Chops will all be posting reviews of their own soon as well. 


CAN shipping issue

Many of you from Canada may have received your games along with an unexpected (for me as well) surprise as the Fulfillment company (Fulex and D6 publisher resources merger) told me they would be sending the games marked DDP (where the sender pays duty) but they messed that up and it went out as Duty Unpaid meaning Canadian backers received a bill from FedEx with duty fees. 


They also marked the value of the game randomly from $50-100...which I guess is them taking a dice roll to decide? Any way, sorry to you guys who have received these fees. Here's what the fulfillment co told me they need you to do if you have one of these bills:

1. Pay the bill. This will keep your name and credit score clear!

2.  Send me a picture of your bill documents to [email protected]

3. I'll forward the docs to the fulfillment co and they will cut you a check for the duty fees. 

More than slightly annoying, but I guess humans still run these operations after all. At least they decided to do the right thing and cover the duty fees! Thanks for helping resolve this. 


Thats all for now, folks!

Cheers,

Ryan Williams 

Backwoods Playthrough and Set Up video + EU fulfillment
about 3 years ago – Sun, Oct 17, 2021 at 03:15:02 AM

Greetings, Explorers. 

an image from sword and boardgames' review of Backwoods

Click the pic to read a review from Sword and Boardgames!


Some folks have had questions arise regarding rules and gameplay, so I've

made a handy set up+playthrough video that has chaptered sections so you 

can quickly jump to any phase or topic you may have questions regarding.

Check that out here!  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foNdGD8AHrM


EU fulfillment:

Fulfillment Europe out of Germany has finally received the prodcut 

after it finally cleared European customs at long last with all the 

fun logistical and bureaucratic delays that have plagued the planet 

for a while now. I will be submitting the addresses via their 

complicated spreadsheet and then they will be quick to prepare

the packages to be shipped to your door!  Thanks for your patience thus far! 


Best,

Ryan 




Upcoming Unfiltered Gamer Review+Shipping Update
about 3 years ago – Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 12:51:30 AM

Greetings fellow Trail Blazers! I'm excited to announce that Unfiltered Gamer will be giving Backwoods a proper video review in the next month or so. I'll post an update when the video releases! 


Now on to our favorite part of life—shipping stuff...     >:p


USA

Most of you have received your copies of Backwoods! Others should arrive this week. This is equivalent to taking down a charging bison with a well-placed spear throw! Nicely done! 

UK

Games have cleared customs, arrived at Spiral Galaxy fulfillment company and are being processed for door-to-door delivery! They should be sending out tracking numbers to you once this occurs. Check your inboxes and spam (maybe check multiple email addresses if you dont remember which one you used on gamefound) This smells of victory, explorer! 


EU (includes Norway, Switzerland, Ukraine, etc)

Maybe I should make a game about trekking barefoot across the Bavarian Alps as an allegory for dealing with the hardships of EU customs delays! Alas, the games currently are nearing the finish for clearing customs in Poland and then they will head to Germany where Fulfillment Europe will handle processing orders and sending them door-to-door throughout Europe! I'll keep updates going as I receive news at each step. 


ROW 

99% of ROW backers should have received their parcels at this time. 


Thank you again for your amazing tenacity throughout this journey, friends. You're the best backer community a creator could ask for. 

reminder- check out the official site for a how to play video and Q&A section where you can ask gameplay questions and receive answers! As always, happy dying in the woods! 

https://mosthighdesign.com/backwoodsgame/resources


Truly,

Ryan Williams


Website revamped and Shipping update number 182 (or at least it feels like that)
about 3 years ago – Thu, Sep 16, 2021 at 01:53:04 PM

Hello Pioneers! We've updated our website! Why does this matter? 

1. If you know anyone who is still looking to get a copy of Backwoods (US only), they can click 

"Get Backwoods" and it will take them to the gamefound website to order it! 

https://mosthighdesign.com/backwoodsgame/


2. The "Save/Load" Game downloadable/printable PDF can be found there (the web address is in the instruction manual, but here it is as well. This page also includes the "How to Play" video and a Q&A entry form so you can ask a question and it shows the answers to previously asked questions! 

https://mosthighdesign.com/backwoodsgame/resources/


Thank you for your unending patience as we've forded river of fulfillment. Some regions have already received their copies, others finally see a light at the end of the tunnel. 


AUS/ROW

Many have already received their games, and some are in transit.


UK/EU

As we previously have been stating, customs processing for these regions has reportedly been bogged down and it's taking quite a bit longer for shipments to clear. The GOOD news is that the UK shipment has arrived in England and is queued to go through customs. 

EU- After a delay because of railroad repairs, the games have reached the border of Poland and are anticipated to reach German customs in three business days.  


USA- Check out the "Key" on this sweet interface for the fulfillment company orders! S= Shipped and 

C=Completed!  out of 302 destinations, only about 15 are pending shipment, and those should also be sent out soon! VERY excited about this progress—and MORE excited for you guys to receive your games!

CAN- Games are at manufacturer facility in California and are pending processing for shipping, which should be quite soon! 


That's it for this update, friends. Thanks for your continued support!


Best,

Ryan with Most High Design