The new Europa Terrain Key is displayed here. The dark L’s and LL’s do not always show up well as a display PDF. The printed Key will show up clearly. We’ll be posting clips of the far north and Finland over the next few days.

We should finish re-laying out the last two maps in the next 12 days. These will be sent electronically to the printer. They will print us proof sheets for all six maps and overnight them back to us. We’ll need two days to proof the sheets and send them back. At that point, the printer will give us a slot when the maps, counters and boxes will be printed. As soon as we get the word from the printer, we’ll post the dates.

Once the printing is finished and printed, they will load the whole package on a large semi and it should take two to three days to get to Denver. We will need a day or two to unload and store it. We will then start to assemble the games and package them for shipment. We’ll try for 30-60 games out the door each day. The first to go out are the addresses we are sure of, so if you have not updated your address by e-mail, do it now and this can speed your mailing. With over 600 orders, it will take several weeks to get everything out the door.

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Four of the six Total War maps have now been redone. The next step will be to send them back to the printer for full size color proofs. These are sent to us express and it it takes only two days to “proof” the proofs. We overnight the signed copies back to the printer who then gives us a slot when the printing will be done and ready for shipment. The shipment to Denver will include the counters, boxes and maps and will arrive in a very large semi. We will announce it here when the printer will schedule a slot. Given the holidays and the need to give the print folks some holiday, it will be early January before we hear.

Due to the delay, we are extending the cut off date for ordering unfolded maps and ordering Total War with the bonus Soviet 1939-42 Order of Battle. This will be January 10th. After that date, the bonus OB will not be included in orders for the game. This OB will be offered for sale much later in the year and the flat maps should be available at our regular map prices plus postage.

We had hoped to get the game to all of you before Christmas. We sincerely apologize for this delay and hope your Christmas and New Year will be happy and enjoyable.

Eye on the Spires. The clip of the Moscow area has been shown before but in the latest version, is just a little different. A 1948 Soviet map allowed for a one hex change in the city and the airbases have been added since the early draft map.

Arthur and Gar
HMS

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Here is the new map sample for the week.

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Here is the new map sample for the week. More news this weekend, as well as another sample.

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Here is the new map sample for the week.

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