DC Heroes Role-Playing Game 40th Anniversary

Updated Timeline
7 days ago – Fri, Apr 17, 2026 at 04:57:23 PM

DC Heroes fans,

As we mentioned in our last update, manufacturing has finally started on all the DC Heroes Role-Playing Game boxes, books, and accessories!

Our long-time factory has said this is “the most complicated and strict printing project” they have ever had, so they will need extra time to avoid printing errors. We’re looking at a ready date of early July at the factory. Adding in time for loading up onto ships and arriving at different fulfillment centers around the world, fulfillment should commence in September. We know that’s still a few months away, but our goal continues to be delivering a product that is as good as we can make it. 

We’ll keep you updated every step of the way.

Thanks for your support,

The Cryptozoic Team

Slipcase Samples and Starting Manufacturing
16 days ago – Wed, Apr 08, 2026 at 09:05:09 AM

DC Heroes fans,

We apologize for the silence. Since we last touched base, we’ve had two more rounds of revisions with the factory on several of the books. It was a lot of minor things like making sure that the many books with two different parts (Sourcebook attached to the front cover, Adventure to the back cover) are attached and open correctly, that all the various inserts are present and look as good as possible, that the wheel in the first edition box is perfectly aligned and high enough quality, that the quality on things like the standees is upgraded, and more. Since our factory is in China, there has been a slowdown as we sent notes and awaited receiving updated samples.

The amazing news is that we are just about there. We had two minor comments on the latest samples that came in yesterday and both require the factory making minor adjustments and sending us videos to show those fixes (as opposed to us waiting for another sample). Manufacturing should commence next week. We should have a better sense of timeline for manufacturing and fulfillment by the end of next week.

Thanks for your amazing patience and support. We know it has been slow. We know we have been really, really persnickety on these books and boxes, but we want to make sure they’re as good as we can make them. Since there are so, so many books and components in the project, it has taken much longer than expected. The bottom line is that DC Heroes means a lot to us, like it does to many of you, and we don’t want to take shortcuts

While we wait to follow up with a better ETA, we wanted to show you some photos and a video of the slipcases. More soon!

Thanks for backing,

The Cryptozoic Team

Progress Update and Some More Photos!
3 months ago – Fri, Feb 06, 2026 at 03:07:05 PM

DC Heroes fans,

We hope everyone is having a great start to February! We apologize for the silence. We’ve been going back and forth with the factory on a few more details on the books to dial everything in. 

The great news is the updated samples of the books and slipcases are being sent to us next week. So we’ll have photos of those to share very soon. But we didn’t want to go another week without a check-in. Once the new samples are in, we should be able to finalize everything at last and give everyone a new estimate on fulfillment.

In the meantime, we wanted to show you some more photos of the samples we have already. Enjoy and more coming very soon!

Thanks for backing,

The Cryptozoic Team

More Book Photos!
4 months ago – Fri, Dec 12, 2025 at 02:04:55 PM

DC Heroes fans,

We hope everyone is having a great end of the year! Before the holidays, we wanted to check in with another update. 

Since we last wrote, we received the dice box samples (see factory photos in the previous update); they looked just as good in person. As we said last time, we made some updates on our files for the books and had some factory notes, so we’re waiting on some updated samples. The factory is also still working on samples of the slipcases. We’re hopeful that full manufacturing can commence early in 2026, at which point we can give you an updated estimate on fulfillment. We really appreciate everyone being patient. We know the final product (40 years in the making) will be worth it!

Before we go, we wanted to share more photos of the book samples we received, as well as some comparisons between the originals and the updated versions to see some of the upgraded print and paper quality. In some cases, we were able to go back to the source images to make things look even better. Check them out!

Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Game on Kickstarter Now!

We hesitate to promote a different Kickstarter while we work to deliver this one, but we've had a lot of DC Heroes backers join our Kickstarter for Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Game. So if any of the rest of you are interested, that campaign is running until December 23… just CLICK HERE!

Thanks for your support,

The Cryptozoic Team

First Photos of Dice Boxes!
5 months ago – Mon, Nov 24, 2025 at 03:20:56 PM

DC Heroes fans,

Happy almost Thanksgiving! Since we last wrote to you, we have completed going through all 63 book samples and both boxes, comparing each item to the originals. We had a solid number of little notes (some for updates on our end, some for factory updates); there were no huge issues, but little things we wanted to do to make sure the books match the originals and look as good as possible. Updated files and notes are with the factory. 

We’re awaiting ETA on new samples for the books with adjustments. Once we have those, we’ll have a better sense of when manufacturing will be completed and when we’ll be able to deliver to you. We’re getting a step closer everyday!

In the meantime, the factory finished doing samples of the five dice boxes and sent along some photos (with dice inside). They look amazing! They are sending the actual boxes to us for a closer look, but we wanted to share this first look with you. What do you think?

Thanks for your support,

The Cryptozoic Team