We can now state when Total War will ship – 18 Nov 2013, and this means that all copies should go out before Thanksgiving (28Nov13). We have completed arrangements for funding that will be available on that date that will cover the shipping costs for the game. There is a possibility of earlier shipping if another source of funds we have been exploring pans out, but the 18 Nov funding is now definite.
Completing the arrangements to ship the game has been complicated. We had borrowed money to complete the game just prior to the fire. The cleanup/recovery of material from the fire-damaged building then used up that funding. Most of the investors who put up that earlier money have been patient and allowed us time to work things out, but there have been things we have had to work around. One loan has a repayment clause that requires its repayment in full within 30 days after the first complete copy of Total War ships. Another investor sits on the HMS board until he is repaid and his worries that the discussion on the EuropaAssociation list about the Total War rules would negatively affect store sales (from which he will be repaid) has meant that further releases of rules examples or posting of electronic copies of the rules/charts has had to be ruled out until after the game ships. But we can now state that a definite funding process/shipping date is in place that accommodates all of these concerns.
We want to stress that reaching this point would not have been possible without the help of the Europa community. Your support, patience, and good will have made our recovery possible.
Looking to the future, we will have a new price list, information on laminated maps, and a discussion of a limited-edition reprint of Second Front & War in the Desert on the website over the next couple of weeks.
This was really good news guys!!! Now let’s hope there are no further unexpected things happening that further delays the shipment.
OK, time to clear the table!!
Thanks Arthur. I can imagine the complexity of all of this. Hopefully it will be smooth sailing, going forward. Bottom line, a love of strategy/war gaming holds this community together.
Thanks for the update, it is great news! Now I really have to start cleaning out my game room. Garage sale anyone?
so it seems all the components are printed tht is good news looking forward to my copy
Has your investor ruled out posting up OB samples too? A Soviet at Start OB would greatly assit in whiling away the hours over the next couplf of months.
Very, very good news. Will there still be an address confirmation process? Europa lives.
Sigh…can someone take two minutes to type out the update that was supposed to happen a few weeks back? I mean seriously guys, I’m still feeling taken advantage of like we all were the first time, but it’s worse now since you got our hopes up.
G, A – Still on track for 18.XI.13?
> Looking to the future, we will have a new price list, information on laminated maps, and a discussion of a limited-edition reprint of Second Front & War in the Desert on the website over the next couple of weeks.
So where is this update? Are you really going to be shipping in 12 days?
Only another 11 days to go, is everyone else as excited as I am ?
I’ll only be excited when I have it in my grubby little paws. Given we’re about a month overdue for the latest “update in a couple weeks” I’m still leaning towards pessimistic on all this.
I am keeping any excitement bottled up. Have had so many “it’s definitely shipping by” such and such day to only be disappointed when missed.
Plus with the silence it’s making me a glass half empty type of guy…..