NOTE: see a clickable list of the Q&A sessions with brief summary of each below!
Awaken Realms does a weekly Q&A video with Marcin. You can be part of the live session that typically happens on Mondays around 4:00 pm UTC (10 am USA Central time). There is no advance link to a specific Q&A, you need to just go to the Awaken Realms Facebook page at that time and the link appears when it starts.
Click => Weekly Q&A Videos (page of all the videos)
I typically watch each Q&A twice and type a highlights list of everything related to ISS Vanguard that comes up during the Q&A session along with a time stamp under the video window.
So, you can just quickly scan over the highlights and in less than a minute find out the latest from Marcin, or if you can find a specific item that interests you just click the video link and jump to the time indicated to watch that portion!
Here are the Q&A Sessions in the order they happened beginning with December 21, 2020. They all include my summary and highlight notes as well as a link to the video itself!
- 2020 December 21 – Miniatures, Campaign, Dice and more!
- December 28 – Dice, Shipping, Scenarios and more!
- 2021 January 4 – Dice, Dice Trays, Dice Tower, Sleeves, Dials and more!
- January 11 – 29,000 backers, sleeves, aliens, planet landings, rule book and more!
- January 18 – Sleeves, 2,800 cards, miniatures sun drop, the first four crew members all killed? Can’t be!
- January 25 – Dice, cards, Late Pledge, game play, crew members, posters and more!
February 1 – Marcin was on vacation- February 8 – Miniatures, epic story, feedback, and more!
- February 15 – Game flow, add-ons, solo play and more!
- February 22 (parts 1&2) – NEWS: ISS Vanguard 1st wave shipping might be slightly delayed
- March 1 – Pledge Manager will likely open end of March or beginning of April and stay open about 2-3 months
- March 8 – Play testing, dice, shipping, and more!
- March 15 (part1) / (part2) – T-Shirts, Hoodies, Late Pledges, language translations and more!
- March 22 – COVID lockdowns, and more!
- March 29 – COVID lockdown, Late Pledge, App, delivery date, miniatures and more!
- April 5 – Shipping, COVID lockdown, Personal Files, and more!
- April 12 – Late Pledges, timeline, sleeves, miniatures on cards, and more!
- April 19 – Tutorial, rule book, in house testing, prototypes, dice and more!
- April 26 – Pledge Manager, next update, new prototype, play testers, add-ons, crew members, dice, miniatures and more!
- May 10 – Showcase Video, new set of prototypes, advanced app and more!
- May 17 – Storage Containers, Dice, Sun Drop, P.E.T.s, Playmats, New Prototype, Miniatures, Personal Files, and more!
- May 24 – New Prototypes, Standard Section Boxes, Dice Sets, Personal Files, the App and more!
- May 31 – Prototypes, dice upgrade, box for the sleeves, organizer and more
- June 7 – Prototypes and Retail Distribution
- June 14 – Update coming this week, delays with the production timeline, 14+ yrs old, standees, the journey in the story of the game, and more!
- June 21 – Update should be posted today
- June 28 – Pledge Manager will remain open several extra months, Sundrop
July 5 – Marcin was on vacation- July 12 – Rahdo video soon, close to completing everything, language edition, 2nd Wave shipping, content, time, dice, add-on examples
- July 19 – Pledge Manager, Miniatures, Wave 1 Shipping and more!
July 26 – Q&A for today was cancelled.- Aug 2 – Sundrop, 2nd Wave
- Aug 9 – Development, Sundrop
Aug 16 – cancelled due to a conflict with another meeting- Aug 23 – Development, Personal Files, Shipping, Update, Sundrop, Dice, Pledge Manager, Art, Prototypes, Ship Book
- Aug 30 – Development, Section Storage boxes, Sundrop, Dice
Sep 6 – Postponed- Sep 13 – Dice, Sundrop, Pledge Manager, Wave 2, Employees
- Sep 20 – Reserve Budget, rule books, gameplay, update, sundrop
Sep 27 – postponed- Oct 4 – Shipping, Rule Books, metal poster, conservative budget, goal, production, epic, ship phase
- Oct 11 – Energy shortage, super proud, shipping containers, content has been closed, update, digital version
- Oct 18 – Play testing the new Ship Phase, testing the full campaign, backers before retail, translation, testing, update
- Oct 25 – Finalized, sundrop, Ship Phase, video, tutorial, manual, update
Nov 1 – postponed- Nov 8 – Timeline, App
- Nov 15 – Containers, Closing down the game, Pledge Manager, Timeline, Full Campaign Testing
- Nov 22 – Sundrop, Update, Production, Sundrop colors
- Nov 29 – Update, Ship Book, Timeline, Pledge Manager, App
Dec 6 – Didn’t seem to happen!- Dec 13 – Retail, Translating, Characters Death, Crawler, Ship Book, Dice
- Dec 20 – Dice, Testing, Translucent Shields, Campaigns
Dec 27 – probably will NOT be a Q&A- 2022 Jan 3 – Cards, Upgrade Dice, Quality, French, Writing, Rule Book, Art Book, Sundrop Colors
Jan 10 – Cancelled- Jan 17 – Rule Book, Section Boxes, Dice
- Jan 24 – Double-checking & finalizing, Delivery, Glued Book, Sundrop
Jan 31 – Cancelled- Feb 7 – Finalizing, Wave 2, Deluxe Dice, Polish, Reviewers
Feb 14 – CancelledFeb 21 – Cancelled- Feb 28 – Ukraine, Master Files, Timeline Schedule
- Mar 7 – Shipping, Sick, This War of Mine, Books
- Mar 14 – Ukraine Relief Sale of This War of Mine, Production Staff Sick
- Mar 21 – This War of Mine Ukraine Benefit Sale, Almost Fully Into Production, First Wave Shipping Estimate, Surprise Package
- Mar 28 – Three things left, Photos of Sundrop, Delivery
- April 4 – Production, Language Editions, Pledge Manager
- April 11 – Proof copy, almost final Rulebook, Polish edition, Personal favorite game
April 18 – Cancelled- April 25 –Full “white” release, photos, component quality, Polish version, Timeline, complex
- May 2 – Final Production Copy, Unboxing, 2nd Wave, 1st Wave Language Edition, Excited, Wave 1
- May 9 – App, Production, Shipping, Updates, Spanish, Unboxing
May 16 – Cancelled- May 23 – First Mass Production Copy, Another chance to get ISS Vanguard, App, Extra stuff with 2nd Wave
- May 30 – China Delays, 2nd Wave, Awaken Realms
- June 6 – Transparent card holder pages, Production
- June 13 – Pledge Manager, Mass Production, Unboxing, Deadly Frontier
June 20 – Cancelled- June 27 – Happy, unboxing video is posted, amount of content for the price (just $95 to earlier Gamefound users), delivery, sleeved cards, Late Pledges, sleeves, components, reprint, language edition, player mats, 2nd wave, picking up English Edition, add-ons, new backers, retail
- July 4 – Shipping to start in about 2 months, translations, Late Pledge
- July 18 – First containers get picked up in 1 week, Wave 1 Language Edition, Voice Over in App
- July 25 – First containers being picked up today, two new writers
Aug 1 – Cancelled- Aug 8 – Containers, Shipping
Aug 15 – Cancelled- Aug 22 – Arriving next month, on ships, language editions, late pledge, video tutorial
- Aug 29 – Highlights: On the ships, Rules Video, Language Editions, Delivering, Logbook, Late Pledges, Campaign Game, Dreadnaught Pledge
Sep 5 –Cancelled- Sep 12 – Shipping, Late Pledge
- Sep 19 – Shipping, App, Pledge Manager, Late Pledge, Language Editions
- Sept 26 – Best Campaign Game, Rank Sleeves, App, Timeline, Voice Over, Canada, Shipping Update, Dice
- Oct 3 – Shipping, Future, Polish, Pledge Manager, App
- Oct 10 – App, Wave 2, Shipping, UK, Canada
- Oct 17 – Deliveries, Special, Translations, Affordable, UK
- Oct 24 – Shipped, Packing, App, Ambitious, Deadly Frontier, 2nd Wave, Late Pledge, Polish
- Oct 31 – Gamerati (USA), Prepacked, 2nd Wave, Translation, Long Campaign