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Advanced / Origins copies are in the air!

Update #23 · May 25, 2012 · 4 comments
Firstly, I need to give a huge, HUGE thank you to Betty Xu over in Shanghai who just did two things:

1) Confirmed that the Advances / Origins copies have been picked up - and will be in Michigan (with Jeremiah) and Amsterdam (with me) by Tuesday of next week.

2) Accepted the role of Production Director to make sure our print runs go much more smoothly going forwards

I don't think I need to tell anyone that production has been a "development opportunity" at Cambridge Games Factory for a while. I'm really looking forward to working with Betty to get it fixed!

ADVANCED COPIES

United States, Canada, Latin America: 

Jeremiah is aiming to mail the advanced shipment games out on Wednesday (May 30th) before he leaves for Origins.

His schedule is extremely tight, though so it's not certain that he'll get all of the games out in time - any not sent by then will be mailed after he gets back from Origins.  Worst case, all sets will be sent by the middle of the following week (June 6th).

Europe, Middle East, Africa:

Ed will mail out the advanced shipments by the end of next week (June 1st)

Asia, Australia and New Zealand:

Now that the air shipments to Europe and America have left Betty and I are starting to plan the local distribution.

Provisionally, we're aiming to get the advanced copies shipped by the end of next week (June 1st) but that could slip by a few days once we finalize arrangements.

RUBBLE / THINKER BACKERS

Your packs will be sent out from Boston once the 'main' Airshipment arrives (the one where we didn't spend an extra $1000 to ship in 2 days instead of 5!) - current estimate is that they'll go out by June 8th, although that could slip by a few days if we get held up in customs.

MAIN RELEASE

I am delighted to announce that Christopher Rao has agreed to take on the role of Release Director, responsible for both making sure that our games get to market after they're produced and ensuring they are properly marketed when they do.

Right now he's talking to our shipping agents to arrange the main pick ups for both Europe and America - we'll have details next week - but back of the envelope this should have the games arriving with us at the end of June, and getting sent out to you in the first and second weeks of July.

PROMO ITEM PACKS

The games themselves are heavy, while the promo items are complicated (who came up with the idea for all those choices!?!) so we're splitting up the collation / distribution process.

Most of you won't notice any difference but Advanced shippers and shipments to Asia, Australia and New Zealand will come in two parts - you'll receive Glory To Rome, Plato 3000 and the BlackBox Promo cards first, followed by a second shipment with risers, mini-camps, I.V Promo cards, etc.

T-SHIRTS

It's a long, long time since I last printed a T-Shirt - who knew that Girls' T-Shirts are cut differently from guys?  

Right now we have only one request for a woman's T-shirt size - if you'd like to switch please let us know as soon as possible by emailing kickstarter@cambridgegames.com - we've printed enough of both but Jeremiah is going to be sending out the American T-Shirts with the advanced shipments, so they'll be leaving in a couple of days.

Also, these T-Shirts were never intended as a Kickstarter exclusive so we're going to be selling them at Origins ($17 each) - if you'd like to add one to your Kickstarter order just let us know and we'll be happy to include it.


AND FINALLY...

Sorry the last update was short on specifics.

We knew we had to get a status update out, but at the same time our first priority was making sure the games actually got to Origins as promised and so I was more focused about making sure that the printers knew exactly what was going on than you guys.

Also, to explain my own situation a little better:  Cambridge Games Factory has several full-time employees, but I am not one of them - right now I'm taking a couple of weeks off between projects to get things moving, but once the team have found their way again I will need to get back to my "real" work - I love running a games company, but it certainly doesn't pay my mortgage.

I'm happy to make amends in all sorts of ways (e.g., Plato 3000, better card stock, $1000's in extra shipping fees, etc.) but my livelihood depends on my ability to keep my consulting customers happy, so when the chips are down I have to put them first.

I'm sorry that some of you find that disrespectful - but not so sorry that I'm willing to lose my house over it.

On the other hand I do recognize that we're way behind on expectations, and that we still have ground to make up.  I already have a couple of ideas about how to do that which I think you'll like - but lets talk about them after we've started getting games into your hands!

Cheers

Ed Carter
Managing Director
Cambridge Games Factory
YES! We'd love to see your game idea

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      Creator Bjørn Toft Madsen on May 25, 2012

      Great too see this happening. I cannot wait, honestly.

      People who complain over other people worrying about their mortgage must not have a mortgage to pay themselves.

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      Creator Lance Peterson on May 25, 2012

      Dear Ed - I find that just about all the hate I have for a company is reserved for Comcast, so I'm very happy to continue as a fan of CGF :)

      I couldn't manage producing games in addition to having a full time job, so I don't think you're being disrespectful. Some people just don't have patience. I own too many games I haven't played yet, so waiting a little while longer for Glory to Rome is OK by me.

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      Creator Josh Rensch on May 25, 2012

      I kicked an email for a friend to pick up a copy at Origins but I never got a response back. I don't want to lose my copy and it can be mailed but I don't know what's happening. Can someone please ping me.

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      Creator Mark on May 25, 2012

      Glad to hear it about Orgins. You guys have had a lot of problems with production, but manage to make good games. With some luck you all will be able to get those problems solved.

      Known issues:
      * The IV expansion pack has a typo (Solarium)
      * The IV expansion pack no clear way to figure out which cards belong in the base game and which in the Republic game by looking at the cards.

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