'When we ended the Kickstarter campaign on November 6, 2020, the situation was nothing like it is today,' Mythic Games wrote in a post explaining the situation. Mythic Games sent out a lengthy explanation to backers of its Darkest Dungeons: The Board Game project earlier this month, explaining that shipping costs had increased dramatically since the game was funded in late 2020.

Mythic Games initially raised $5.5 million in funds on Kickstarter for Darkest Dungeons (and collected another $1.4 million in shipping fees after the campaign was complete), while Blacklist Games raised $1.1 million for its Fantasy Series 1 miniatures.īoth companies pointed to the global shipping issues as the reason for the increased costs. Likewise, Blacklist Games requested help from its backers to cover a $360,000 bill from Quartermaster Logistics so that Quartermaster would release Fantasy Series 1 miniatures held at its warehouse. Mythic Games has asked backers of the Darkest Dungeons: The Board Game to help cover a $1.75 million shortfall caused primarily from the increased cost of shipping.

Over the past month, both Mythic Games and Blacklist Games have requested additional funds from backers to help fulfill already funded games. Two high profile tabletop crowdfunding campaigns have turned to backers to request additional funds to cover increased shipping and logistic costs.

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