Kickstarter - Glory to Rome

[cristianf]

Si viiinee GtR Black Box in toooataa taraaaa !!!

[DanielIndru]

Ed is in Shanghai checking out the final processes, and to getting ready to get the games onto the ships headed for you. It's really exciting to be at this point!
You asked for pictures of some of the bonus items, so here they are:

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Plato 3000
The game is coming with your copy of GtR, fine-upstanding-GtR-Kickstarter-supporter. There have been some questions about this, and I just wanted to make it clear. We're giving you a copy of Plato 3000 (formerly Utopian Rummy on BGG), because we think you're special, we think you'll like it, and we messed up on some earlier things and we'd like to make it up to you.
Best,
Jeremiah Lee

[DanielIndru]

Update la zi: http://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/13977 ... dates-list

[cristianf]

Oh boy ! Oh boy ! Oh boy !

[Mono]

I am a bit confused... noi, muritorii de rand cand il putem lua?

[DanielIndru]

Prespun ca prin mai va fi in magazine.

[DanielIndru]

Some glorious news, we're excited to share.
1) Plane for advanced shipping orders leaves next week.
2) Boat for regular shipping leaves next week (though they've let us know that it's possible that it'll leave some days later, pending the boat filling up).

The games have been printed, and this is the earliest we could get the arrangements together for shipment out of China.

3) Advanced shipping orders are planned to arrive in May.
4) We will have copies to give to backers going to Origins Game Fair (May 30-June 3, 2012) will be able to pick up their copies. We'll also have a copy to demo. We will not have any available for sale.

5) Pending boat vs. ocean, and then customs, we expect games to be arriving at your doors in the summer.
Best,
Jeremiah

[DanielIndru]

Chiar nu stiu pe cine sa injur mai tare, pe chinezi, pe CGF sau pe Ed...

It's not what you don't know that kills you, it's what you know for sure that ain't true. (Mark Twain)

After a rocky period, I completed my "real job" project here in Amsterdam about a week ago and so I have some dedicated time to get things moving again while I seek out my next assignment.

An immediate first step has been to switch our weekly team meeting to a daily one; we're structuring it as an Agile "Scrum" to help get blocking issues surfaced and fixed more quickly.

I also finalized the shipping plan / quantities over the weekend, including identifying 28 separate shipment / distribution locations.

The next urgent task is getting games available for Origins pick up, as promised in the last update.
Note that since we're not going to be selling copies there ourselves this is going to be a very small shipment - if you are hoping to collect there and haven't told us yet, please confirm ASAP to reserve your copy.

Also on the list for this week is rescheduling the main air / sea shipments so we can get the the games out of the factory - the original dates we were working to slipped because we didn't get our quantities / paperwork finalized in time .

I'm as disappointed as everyone else that the games are still sitting in Shanghai right now - they won't be there much longer, promise!

Sincerely,

Ed Carter
Managing Director
Cambridge Games Factory

[DanielIndru]

from http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/1327255

Asta e partea care conteaza:

Americas: ...

Europe: I also packaged up and sent out the European Advanced copies today (via Post.NL / TNT) so they'll be arriving in the next couple of days.

Asia / Australia: ...

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Si asta e partea secundara:

Firstly, sorry about our sloppy email responsiveness throughout this project. It's an area where I've had concerns for a while, but I didn't realize quite how bad it had become until a couple of weeks ago when I had time to re-engage in the project.

Since then I've switched us over to an automated Email tracking system so that at the very least I'd know that every email coming in had an owner and was getting dealt with - we're still working through a few teething issues (e.g., "Yes - you do need to send an acknowledgement email for every change of address") but we're getting there.

Secondly, there are a few things that simply should not have happened:

1) Indicating that we were almost finished sending out the I.V promo packs to Rubble Backers when actually we weren't even planning to start until the rest of the promotional items (including Plato 3000) arrived. The false information got out due to a stupid internal miscommunication - stuff happens - but we should have done a much better job of correcting the misunderstanding once we realized what had occurred.

2) Our original schedule which had the Origins sets arriving in the US before the Advanced shipping games. Fortunately you guys spotted it before the shipment had been picked up so we were able to correct the issue - huge thank you to Chris Lacota, especially - but the initial plan was poorly thought out, sorry.

I also recognize that we're badly overdue with an update to stores and distributors - with Jeremiah and the team heads down getting ready for Origins I've not wanted to push the issue up to now - we'll aim to get specific information out sometime next week.

FINALLY

I've hinted I have some ideas about ways to make up for dropping the ball on this stuff over the past couple of months. It's certainly not the only thing I have in mind, but one thing I do intend to do - once the games are shipped and the dust has settled a little - is facilitate an open "Lessons Learned" session on BoardGameGeek, including the whole Cambridge Games Factory team to make sure your feedback is heard and acted upon.

Thank you for your patience - we've never produced anything of close to this quality before so I'm really looking forward to hearing what you guys think of the games now that we're starting to get them into backers' hands!


Cheers,

Ed Carter
Managing Director
Cambridge Games Factory

[cristianf]

Yey !

[DanielIndru]

Unii l-au primit deja:

[cristianf]

E destul de trist sa aflu ca unele magazine au deja jocul in stoc si cei care l-au finantat pe kickstarter inca asteapta.

[DanielIndru]

Well, se intampla in toata lumea nu numai in Romania sau Europa.
Epic fail pentru partea logistica.
In 2-3 saptamani probabil o sa ajunga jocul pe care l-am finantat pe Kickstarter 7 luni mai tarziu. That's really sad.

[cristianf]

Nu stiu daca s-a inteles din postul anterior. Vroiam sa zic unele magazine de pe la noi. Cu tot cu promo-uri !

[deeug]

Dar macar voi o sa-l aveti la un pret mai mic decat cel din magazine !
Daca puneai banii la banca, sa zicem, dobanda pe un an minus comisione acoperea diferenta? Daca raspunsul este da, atunci chiar e trist!

[VickdaReaper]

Nu cred ca e o suma atat de mare incat dobanda sa acopere diferenta de 25+ roni...

[Mono]

e in Franta cu 27,5 EUR. Cat a fost la kickstarter? si cat timp a trecut?

[cristianf]

Eu nici nu mai stiu. Poate ma ajuta djdano sa-mi aduc aminte.

[DanielIndru]

Pfuuu... nu-mi mai aduc aminte... undeva in jur de 30 EUR parca cu transport inclus. Au trecut 13 luni de cand am trimis contributia.

Qestia e ca cei care au contribuit la Kickstarter primesc multe bonuses (o expansiune pentru editia IV, un set de player mats in format de calatorie, o insigna, un first player token special din metal, plastic raisers pentru player mats, si un joc suplimentar - Plato 3000).

Si promisiunea ca il vom primi inainte de aparitia in magazine. Dar partea asta au bulit-o rau de tot.
Eu oricum nu-mi pierd increderea in Kickstarter.
Intre timp am mai sprijinit alte 2 proiecte si inca unul pe Indiegogo, dar la Cambridge Games Factory nu ma mai bag, si cred ca nimeni nu o sa-i mai sustina in astfel de initiative pentru ca si-au pierdut credibiliatea. Mare pacat.

[m4r1us]

well well din black boxul meu lipseste 1 wood site... sunt curios in cat timp fac rost de cartea lipsa.