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Nancy’s Anniversary

Next week, Nancy Drew turns 85 years old! On April 28, 1930 the first book “Secret of the Old Clock” was released. The official Nancy Drew convention will kick off in Iowa City, the town which inspired River Heights in the books. We will be visiting briefly for that event! Check out our official press […]

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Printing the Box Art

Look at these! These are pictures from our printers. This is a test that happened last month before we began making several print runs. We are getting ready for Sea of Darkness to be released next month! Yay!   Oh! And we have a fan birthday to celebrate! -Little Jackalope

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Pre-Ordering Video!

Hey all! I made a video explaining what pre-ordering is and what it all includes. Of course, I had extra fun making it because I got to eat a Koko Kringle at the end. XD Sadly I do not have a weekend puzzle ready this week, either. Stay tuned for one in the future! -Little […]

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Editing and Layout Work

Today I’ve been working on a blog video about the pre-orders, so I’ve been having a grand time working on editing the video. I really enjoy piecing together the shots and adding graphics and presenting them in silly and fun ways. SO great! Anyways, you’ll probably be seeing that tomorrow. I’ve also been working on […]

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The Word from Fans

Time has escaped me! It’s so late, but I’ve been having fun working on the strategy guide… Look! We are starting to ship out those Koko Kringles to the first people who pre-ordered Sea of Darkness yesterday! Yummm…chocolate. Also, fans Veniamin and Sofia sang along to the instrumental version of “The Word I Couldn’t Keep” […]

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Pre-Order Sea of Darkness!

Hooray! You can now pre-order Sea of Darkness today! The first 500 pre-orders will be receiving a Koko Kringle chocolate bar from our office. Unfortunately, we can’t tell who those first 500 are until later, when we count them up and ship them out. 🙁 And HOORAY! The official trailer is now released! Whatcha think? […]

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The Night Before…

Hey all! I was out of the office last Friday and didn’t post a puzzle, sorry! This week is an exciting one! Pre-orders for Nancy Drew: Sea of Darkness begin tomorrow at 9:00 am Pacific time. (Mountain time is 10:00 am, Central is 11:00 am, and Eastern is noon.) What is extra-super-way-cool is the new […]

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Nostalgic Thursdays

Today’s Throwback Thursday moment is one of my favorites! We are having a one-day sale on Curse of Blackmoor Manor in honor of this memory: get 50% off the digital copy when you use promo code CUR50. You know what that means? (It comes to $4.99!) Such a great deal, I think, since it is […]

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Trailer Things and Fan Memes

Today we finished up a good draft of the trailer for Sea of Darkness. It still needs to some adjustments to properly balance the music and character’s dialogue and extra sound effects played. Anyways, we have been really busy getting ready for pre-orders NEXT WEEK! AHHH!! For a nice distraction, a fan, , sent in […]

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Sea of Darkness Characters!

Hooray! We have officially released the character bios on the Sea of Darkness page! Check them out here. Ok, what is your initial reaction? Do you have an instant favorite? Someone you find most intriguing? Who is your first guess to being the culprit? -Little Jackalope

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