MMP Updates

[Chas Argent]

An end-of-the-year update from Brian on Consimworld:

Valor of the Guards, The Devil's Cauldron, and the Blood Reef Tarawa Gamers Guide should all be coming off preorder in January.

In a week or so, once the last bits of proofing are done, Adam/Niko and folks can put their efforts on getting Warriors of God and A Most Dangerous Time out. They'll possibly be printed together, or in some combination with Rock of the Marne as they use the same type of countersheet material. I'd hope all three of these are off preorder in the first quarter of '08.

Burma reprint and South Mountain are in the state where some items are printed, we're waiting on other items from the printers, and one big thing (the box) isn't done and still has to be given to the printers. So they're in production as well. I wish we could say first quarter of '08 but that would be 7 boxed games in 3 months and there is no way that is going to happen (esp. with 2 of those games having over 3000 orders - that's a lot of boxing and shipping).

My current best guess is that South Mountain will be next after the current push (VOTG, TDC) since it is farther along and has the most already printed.

Meanwhile, once Derek is done with his VOTG responsibilities I'm hoping to foist off the cleanup of DB for reprint on him. If VOTG didn't scare him off.

And we have the looming giant ASL Mapboard reprint hanging around out there - the art is in and its just a matter of a few good days to put it all to a hex grid and changing hex colors then proofing it again and again. I probably should do that prior to the Journal layout.

[Chas Argent]

Brian reports that all of VotG is now at the printers!! Keep yer fingers crossed...

[kdalton]

Quoth Brian today on CSW:

FWIW

All the VOTG proofs are either approved and in production or have arrived at MMP HQ.

[Chas Argent]

The Normandy Action Pack map proofs (i.e., boards 53-55) have arrived from the artist and look beautiful

...and now we have to check them for any potential corrections and add the final touches to them before they're "done".

[Chas Argent]

From Brian today, on Consimworld:

VotG individual preorder shipping nearly completed (less than 150 or so). Retail/wholesale orders should be shipped by end of week i'd assume. Then on our website for direct sales.

Ops 52 shipping 10% completed.

TDC individual preorder shipping started (today).

South Mountain - several components received, all rest except box at printers, box sent to printers tomorrow.

Rock of the Marne - components except box sent to printers waiting for proofs.

Warriors of God - components sent to printer waiting for proofs.

ASL Starter Kit #2 reprint - approved today, all printers working on reprinting components.

Various ASL products - in layout/proofing.

We anticipate the next P# update will be next week/1st week in March. We are expecting it to include the ASL Action Pack #4, SCS Bastogne, and Where Eagles Dare / Hell's Highway ("south" portion of TDC) with other titles I'm probably forgetting at the moment

[Chas Argent]

Folks:

Shipping VotG, which was on pre-order for over two years and garnered 3,080 orders (when retailer orders are taken into account) is a huge operation to begin with; and the problems have been compounded by the very length of the pre-order, which means that credit card issues have been proportionally higher than normal. This, in turn, has led to more and more people calling or emailing to inquire about their order, which slows down the folks doing the collating, charging and shipping even more. There is such an enormous volume of email to go through, messages to return, and phone calls to answer that its simply not been possible to be as efficient about replying to everyone as is the norm for MMP. On top of all this Case Blue, a huge game in its own right, shipped just before VotG, and then The Devil's Cauldron, another giant release, is shipping now, and to people who've been waiting even longer; TDC was put up for pre-order in January of '05.

In short, this is a period of collating and shipping unlike any which MMP has gone through before, and may ever again, given the sheer size and numbers of these releases. That probably doesn't help anyone who's still frustrated at their wait, and with little or no information but speculation to work with, but it will all get worked out in the end, and you will get your games. Please recognize that it's a pretty unique situation and hold tight.

Continue to use problems@multimanpublishing.com for concerns about your pre-order.

Thanks for your continued patience.

[Chas Argent]

Two quickie teasers of the work being done by Dave Childs on Chapter G, and Derek Spurlock on Chapter F...

Note that NONE of this is final, FYI...

[kdalton]

ASL Action Pack 5: East Front



Hi guys, just repeating this so it stays on top in the locked thread.

[kdalton]

In response to when Doomed Battalions and Journal 2 reprint are going to ship:

There are a lot of proofers going over everything else (chapter H, counter sheets were re-laid out, scenarios) so I'd say proofing is what's holding it up at the moment. A few good weeks for it and it's off to the printers.

We plan on ganging up the J2 missing counter sheet and ASLSK1 counter sheet with these, so all 3 should (I hope!) be back by the holidays?

[Portal]

It would be great to see any of these in time for Christmas. Thanks for the clarification, Keith.

BTW - And for the Portal chasers on the board, the above is a genuine, no-sarcasm statement.