HMS News – 28 January 2013

On January 28, 2013, in News, by ArthurGoodwin

We are at about 95% of our goal in raising the money to finish the printing for Total War – we’ll probably reach 100% by end of week.

US Post Office mailing prices went up on 27Jan13 and the Fire Sale List has been updated to reflect the new prices. In most cases in the USA this had little effect (changing a few things by up $1 or down $1), although a number of items got a lot more expensive to ship to Alaska or Hawaii. The main impact of postal increase was to massively increase shipping costs to many locations overseas. The priority mail international flat rate envelopes and boxes went up a lot. In a number of cases we have managed to find work arounds to reduce this impact (for example, folded maps now ship in padded envelopes, no-folds maps ship in a smaller less heavy tube, and a number of the smaller games have been repackaged so that they can go by less expensive first class mail international). And, in some cases, mostly to western Europe (excluding Great Britain), the cost to ship regular priority mail packages actually went down a bit.

The updated fire sale list has items that are running out marked with #s remaining. In particular, there are only 8 copies of Balkan Front and 33 copies of Wavell’s War left – and we can make no more because that exhausted the countersheets in both games. We’ve also reduced the cost for First to Fight by $5 as we’ve found a way to reduce the color map costs for this game.

For the current and final version of the Fire Sale see the HMSFireSaleFinal link under the HMS News – July 18, 20

 

 

HMS News – 23 Jan 2013

On January 24, 2013, in News, by ArthurGoodwin

Two individuals asked about parts for Storm over Scandinavia (SOS) today, so here is what is available:

SOS Mapset (9 sections – 2 are color photocopies on heavy paper) – $12 per set (counts as 2 maps for shipping)
SOS Errata/Rules/OBs/Chart set – $12 per set (counts as 12 sheets for shipping)

 

HMS News – 21 January 2013

On January 21, 2013, in News, by ArthurGoodwin

The fire sale has raised about 85% of the money needed to finish the printing of Total War. An updated and expanded fire sale list is shown below. Added to the sale are more copies of Balkan Front; a second game bundle with a reduced price if you buy War of Resistance, First to Fight, and Balkan Front; and a number of additional game parts, including blank mapsheets.

Note: The prices in this list are good through end of day Friday, 25Jan13, after which shipping costs go up in accordance with the US Post Office’s new schedule of prices – meaning a new fire sale list will go up on 26Jan13. Anything ordered from the fire sale prior to end of day Friday, 25Jan13 that would normally ship via US Post Office will go into mail by noon on Saturday, 26Jan13. If order is received after end of day Friday, 25Jan13 it will only be processed under new price list to be posted 26Jan13. For deliveries to US addresses postal increases are modest, averaging about $1 a package. For shipments outside of the US, however, the increases are massive. Some examples:
Priority Mail International Flat-rate Envelope:
Canada goes from $13 per envelope to $20 per envelope
Europa/Asia/Australia goes from $17 per envelope to $24 per envelope
Priority Mail International Medium Flat-rate Box
Canada goes from $33 per box to $41 per box
Europe/Asia/Australia goes from $48 per box to $60 per box
Priority Mail International Large Flat-Rate Box
Canada goes from $40 per box to $54 per box
Europe/Asia/Australia goes from $61 per box to $78 per box
Similar large increase apply for regular priority mail international and to first class international mail as well. So, if you’re outside the USA and want something from the fire sale, order it by Friday or it will cost a good bit more.

For the current and final version of the Fire Sale see the HMSFireSaleFinal link under the HMS News – July 18, 20

 

 

HMS News – 11 January 2013

On January 11, 2013, in News, by ArthurGoodwin

We’ve added one item to the fire sale:
1. Balkan Front, special edition (have 11 copies) – as original edition except in plain white box and maps are high-quality color photocopies. Fire Sale priced at $55 + shipping (A=$13. B=$16, C=$20, D=$35, E=$35)
2. Special: If your purchase both First to Fight, special edition and Balkan Front, special edition, we will send the maps for both games with no-folds, rolled up in a tube.
3. The Balkan Front Refit Kit is withdrawn from the sale – all of them are now part of Balkan Front games.
4. All other items remain the same as listed in the Fire Sale listing under 3 January 2013.

 

The Even Greater HMS Fire Sale – 3 January 2013

On January 3, 2013, in News, by ArthurGoodwin

We want to thank everyone that has participated in the Fire Sale to date. The sale has raised about 65% of the money needed to finish the printing of Total War. An updated and expanded fire sale list is shown below. Added to the sale are more copies of War or Resistance, a special edition of First to Fight, and (as asked for by several individuals), a complete list of all countersheets and maps that are available for sale outside of the games.

Shipping costs have been adjusted a bit, especially for shipments to Alaska/Hawaii where we have figured out a way to lower shipping costs to those areas: Put the game into a much larger flat-rate game box and the price goes down! Even though half of the box is now air!

The Europa Magazine Bundle Pack went up some in cost because our local cut-rate copy center is no longer quite so cut rate. The bundle is still a bargain, however.

We were able to assemble some more copies of War of Resistance because the box with countersheet G1 which we thought had gone permanently AWOL during the recovery process was returned by another tenant of the building – the cleanup company gave it to her mistakenly and she called asking if we were missing a box of very strange puzzle pieces!

We also now have a special edition of First to Fight available for sale. This is a plain white box, with all original counters, rules, OBs, and charts + a full-color high-quality photocopy of the map the game is played on.

For the current and final version of the Fire Sale see the HMSFireSaleFinal link under the HMS News – July 18, 20