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  1. We’re Nominated for an Award plus Episode Six News

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    Hello Detectives,

    We hope this update finds you well!

    We’re excited to say that we’ve been nominated for an award! Episode One has been nominated as one of the top 10 tabletop games in the annual Bullseye Awards.

    As it’s a player’s choice award, it’s up to the public to decide the winner, so please do go and vote for The Disappearance of Claire Makova on their website here: https://www.escapetheroomers.com/players-choice-awards-finalists?fbclid=IwAR1WdQn6p1Z-jlrtZ19mLvxqkgile7Nt9lndfwuiCZGOpXtGfBy7oGPbB90

    You can vote for us ONCE A DAY between now and Christmas, and for each day you vote you get entered into a raffle to win loads of great prizes.

    Over the past few weeks we’ve been working hard to get Episode Six ready for dispatch at the end of this month and we’re pleased to say that packing is nearly complete. We’re now taking a few days off to enjoy the festive period, but once we get back we look forward to shipping it out to you all as planned at the end of the month.

    We can’t believe Season One is nearly complete. – we’re very excited for you to see how it ends. Thank you for all of your support this year, we couldn’t have done this without you.

    And don’t forget if you enjoyed Episode One, please vote for us here.

    From all of us here, we wish you a very merry Christmas!

    Joe, Tristan and Dan

  2. Backer Surveys

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    Hello Detectives!

    It’s been a jam-packed week since the end of our campaign and we’re now ready to start gathering the details of our Kickstarter backers ahead of shipping the first episode of Season Two to you at the end of next month – that’s right, we’d like you to fill in backer surveys.

    These surveys also give you the chance to request gift codes. If you ask to get a gift code, we will email you the code within the next week or so, instead of sending you the packages next year.

    Everyone who has additionally bought Season One (either the whole thing, or just Episode One) will have that shipped at the same time as S2E1 in late January.

    If you need to change your shipping details after you’ve submitted your survey, please email [email protected]

    If you didn’t back us on Kickstarter you can still purchase all our games via our shop.

    Thank you so much for your support so far, we can’t wait for you to get your hands on Season Two.

    All the best,

    Joe, Tristan and Dan

  3. Kickstarter Complete!

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    Hello Detectives,

    Wow, we made it! Our Season Two Kickstarter is over and we have raised a mammoth £58,686.

    Thank you so much to everyone who backed us, we’re going to be able to make the next season a spectacular experience for all.

    Thank you for all your support so far, we can’t wait for you all to solve The Sudden Silence of Timothy Lee.

    All the best,

    Joe, Tristan and Dan

  4. Interview with ESCAPETHEROOMers

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    Hello Detectives,

    We hope you’re all well.

    We’d like to share with you the interview Joe and Tristan did with the lovely folk at ESCAPETHEROOMers, where we discuss Season Two, as well as talking about Season One and how we came to form The Detective Society. You can watch it here:

    We’re currently busy working on the plot for Season Two, as well as putting the final episode of Season One through our rigorous testing process to make sure that all the puzzles are fun and challenging – we can’t wait to share it with you. Meanwhile, Season One Episode Five is being packed ready for shipping at the end of this month.

    Thanks as always for your amazing support!

    All the best,

    Joe, Tristan and Dan

  5. New Stretch Goal Unlocked!

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    Hello Detectives!

    Another day, another stretch goal smashed!

    We’re pleased to say that – thanks to your stellar efforts – all backers will get a Kickstarter-exclusive pin badge when they receive their copies of Season Two Episode One.

    So that means we need a new stretch goal, and this one is going to get your brains whirring. If we get to £60k we’ll include three additional puzzles – in addition to the two puzzles we included at the £20k mark. 

    This means that between every episode of Season Two we will send out a bonus puzzle to keep you sharp.

    Thank you for all your support so far, we can’t wait for you to start solving the Sudden Silence of Timothy Lee.

    Until the next time, stay safe Detectives,

    Joe, Tristan and Dan

  6. New Stretch Goal

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    Hello Detectives!

    What an amazing first day! Not only did we fly past our funding target, we also smashed THREE stretch goals!

    This means that:

    • Every single box in Season Two will contain a unique, episode-specific pin badge
    • There will be at least two bonus puzzles between episodes
    • We will be able to produce extra A/V content

    It also means that we can now reveal our next stretch goal:

    If we get to £40k, we will include a Kickstarter-exclusive Season Two pin badge for all our backers – these badges will not be available anywhere else, so if you want one, you need to back us.

    Thank you for all your support so far – Season Two is going to be amazing!

    Stay safe,

    Joe, Tristan and Dan

  7. First Stretch Goals Reached

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    Hello Detectives,

    Wow! What an amazing start – thank you everyone, we’ve not just surpassed our funding target, but we’ve also hit our first stretch goal! We are absolutely overwhelmed by your incredible support. Thank you so much for backing us!

    Reaching our first stretch goal means that we can continue to include our exclusive pin badges with every episode we ship. What do our exclusive pin badges look like, we hear you ask?

    Well here’s a picture of the four badges that we included in our first four episodes of Season One:

    The perfect thing to wear so other detectives can see just how great you are at solving cases.

    Want more puzzles?

    Our next stretch goal target is £20k. This stretch goal is for two extra puzzles! 

    If you’ve been with us since the beginning, you would have enjoyed the surprise of receiving an extra puzzle between certain episodes (we won’t say too much, to avoid spoilers!). You told us how much you enjoyed those extras, and we want to make more! 

    If we hit our next stretch goal, we’ll have the resources to do something very similar.

    Thank you Detectives!

    Thank you again for all of your support so far, we are so incredibly grateful to have such an amazing community and can’t wait to share Season Two with you. Please continue to share our campaign with your friends, and let’s make Season Two the best it can be!

    Stay safe,

    Joe, Tristan and Dan

  8. Season Two Kickstarter Now Live

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    Hello Detectives,

    We’re super excited to let you know that our Kickstarter for Season Two is now live here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thedetectivesociety/the-detective-society-season-two-monthly-mystery-packages/

    For the first 72 hours there’s a discounted early bird price available for both the full six-episode season and for Episode One, as a way of saying thank you to our existing supporters. (Once the 72 hour period is over, it’ll still be available at a discounted rate compared to normal, just not as significantly discounted as the early-bird prices.)

    So head over to learn more about the next season, which will begin shipping in January 2021.

    Episode Four shipped as planned at the end of last week, so we hope those of you that bought it enjoy solving that case when it arrives on your doormats.

    Thank you so much for your support so far and we hope you will enjoy the new content we have planned for you! 

    Until the next time, stay safe detectives.

    Joe, Tristan and Dan

  9. Episode Four Dispatched

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    Hello Detectives,

    We’re pleased to let you know that all English-language copies of Episode Four have been shipped.

    We hope you enjoy solving the next part of the Claire Makova saga and getting closer to figuring out exactly what is going on.

    If you’ve missed out on buying it, you can still get a copy here: https://shop.thedetectivesociety.com/

    We’re now getting back to testing Episode Five and preparing for the launch of our Season Two Kickstarter!

    All the best,

    Joe, Tristan and Dan

  10. Season Two Kickstarter Announcement

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    Hello Detectives,

    We have some exciting news to share with you – we’ll soon be launching our second season on Kickstarter!

    As many of you will remember from our first Kickstarter, we’re committed to producing Season Two – no matter what! And we’d like to thank all of you for your support so far for enabling that to happen.

    So why a Kickstarter for Season Two?

    Your support will determine how ambitious Season Two will be! 

    Every game that is purchased on Kickstarter contributes to extra design fees, video work, voiceovers, more staff hours, more interactive elements and digital content, more physical box content and so on. Simply put, the more you fund us the more we’ll be able to do.

    Remember in Season One when we did a bonus puzzle between Episode One and Two? You told us how much you loved this – and producing a puzzle like this was only possible because of the extensive support from our first Kickstarter. Your pre-orders give us the freedom to include more content like this.

    But we’re not the only ones who benefit from putting Season Two on Kickstarter… in return, we’re able to offer you a discount on the £30 RRP of each episode. And once again, in addition to the option to buy just the first episode, you’ll be able to order all six together for an even bigger discount.

    Plus, as an extra-special thank you to those who are already in the know, for the first 72 hours after launch you will be able to purchase Season Two for an early-bird price, meaning you will be able to pick up the whole for Season Two for more than 25% off RRP.

    If this sounds good to you, you can follow the project here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thedetectivesociety/the-detective-society-season-two-monthly-mystery-packages

    We’re a super small company, but we have big ideas and your support will allow us to make them a reality.

    Episode Four

    But enough talk of Season Two, back to Season One and Claire Makova.

    You’ll be pleased to know that all the English language copies of Episode Four have been packed and are ready to be shipped tomorrow!  We hope you enjoy solving the next part of the case!

    Until the next time, stay safe detectives.

    Joe, Tristan and Dan