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<\/h4>\n<\/h4>\nWell, it\u2019s the end of the first week of December, and Total War hasn\u2019t shipped yet despite all our efforts. We\u2019ve another delay with getting the last components of the game (the rules and OBs) printed here in Denver.<\/p>\n
Some background is necessary to understand what has happened. The lawsuit by Cory Manka against HMS and Gar and I personally–left the company with a very large debt and could have sunk us had Gar not arranged loans to keep us afloat. It has taken years to recover from this and accumulate the funds necessary to complete Total War. We had an opportunity to finally get Total War out this summer but to re-raise the last of the money needed to do this would have required us to tap into Gar\u2019s retirement account.<\/p>\n
Gar was willing to do this but I didn\u2019t want him to take on another risk of this magnitude and convinced him to await the sale of the unfolded Total War maps. And the map sales brought in enough money to cover the remaining printing costs and all but cover the game shipping costs. However, it was close enough that we made arrangements for the last of the local printing to go to the printer in late October. Various problems with file formatting delayed the printing into mid-November.<\/p>\n
Then an unexpected opportunity appeared from our printer. A very large firm approached our local print group with a massive order that required an immediate printing start to catch the holidays. The printer explained the lucrative opportunity they had been presented with and asked if we would accept a significant discount on our printing if we would allow our job to be moved after the large rush order. This discount would more than close our shipping costs \u2018gap\u2019 for Total War. And, given that even with the delay, it appeared we could still have the game shipped in time for Christmas, we accepted the offer. This turned out to be too optimistic, since printing problems and an expansion of the large print job has delayed our printing slot.<\/p>\n
It now appears that our printing will be scheduled for the week of 19 December. This should certainly allow us to ship before the end of the year and may allow us to get some of the early preorders off before Christmas. We know how disappointing this situation is. We really wanted to have the game shipped in time for Christmas.<\/p>\n
\u2018Total War\u2019 has been a long and expensive process with many delays and setbacks but it is coming to a close. We appreciate the patience and support we have received from all or the gamers who kept us going. We will be sending out TEM (The Europa Magazine) #88 about 40 days after the last preorder is in the mail. This will be followed by #89 about 30 days after that. The magazines will be talking about our plans for the new year and some long range plans as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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