This gentleman 'Matt D' has also just posted a great review of sails of glory on board game geek.Originally Posted by Nightmoss
http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1094...-of-glory-firs
This gentleman 'Matt D' has also just posted a great review of sails of glory on board game geek.
http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1094...-of-glory-firs
Thanks for the link, Chris. That was a most enthusiastic, but honest, impression of the game. It really makes my very happy to see the positive feedback and commentary popping up here and there, now that the game is beginning to filter out into the population.
Splice the mainbrace!my captains package arrived 10 minutes ago, no customs charges either
note to other UK backers my pack arrived by parcelforce not the regular mail round and they are working a normal day today ( I asked).
Did you ever get a tracking number to say it had dispatched? I haven't, but it would be nice to think it could be on its way.Splice the mainbrace!
note to other UK backers my pack arrived by parcelforce not the regular mail round and they are working a normal day today ( I asked).
That's some good publicity. Thanks for the link, Jim.
Goo Gone is good stuff - saved many a book from poorly placed stickers.
As posted in a different thread, I also received my Captains Pledge package this morning. Mat yesterday, ships today, also without any "extra" payment.
Ups says it reached the warehouse literally a mile up the road from me last night. And now there it will sit until at least Thursday. Sigh...
That's a hard storm to weather mate.
I'm very jealous. I know its not long to wait now, but can't wait until mine arrives too.
If you ever feel like setting up a game and are in need of extra players, let me know. It will be good to find a group of people playing this in the local area.
All I know is that I got mine last night! I have been so busy training at work that I have barely even gotten to look at them yet! I did see the scrollwork on the wooden Anchorage pieces and that looks beautiful!
Glad you like it Japheth. The artwork and design go to Ares though. I'll be working on more unique designs for the AA store.
So here's a question. I ordered Capt+LT+some smoke. Ups lists two shipments, 13 and 5 pounds. What's in each and is that my entire order--any guesses?
I would say that is all of your stuff. The 5lbs one would be the mats if I was a betting man.
I think maybe this thread should be changed to who will get theirs last. I have to admit living only 6 hours from the shipping location and people in Europe are getting their stuff ahead of me is a little ridiculous. I think the rush to get mats out could have better been served to get ships out. Of course, everyone who has gotten both probably doesn't want to hear me gripe about not having mine. In light of World peace and world hunger, living in a land of plenty I don't really have a complaint.
I know exactly how you're feeling having been there until only today. Did you have a basic Captain's pledge or did you buy any add on's beyond the Victory and/or Constitution? It does seem that anything that was prepackaged to go out the door faster is doing just that at the warehouse? I do hope everyone gets their stuff soon!
I have a Captain level pledge with all the add on possible. I agree with what you say but there has been enough time to have prepped for everyone's add ons. I did get my shipping link today. I wished I had complained sooner. ;)
I know what you mean Ft Wayne is 4 and 1/2 hrs from here. Course I tell myself that if they are doing it somewhat in pledge order I pledged, then changed it, changed it again and then added on some other stuff at the zero hour. So I figure between being a late pledge plus late changes, plus being a shipment that they have to add stuff to I may be the final 1% (esp of US backers).
It will come when it comes though no reason to worry about it.
(That said I still am checking UPS My Choice daily)
All this talk about the dollar amount of pledges and I thought I read the same thing about pledge order, or at least the order in which one responded to the survey. I may be vying with you for last US backer to get the stuff because I too changed my pledging around and was late with the survey.
Oh well its' off to the UPS web site.
Eric
My pledge was a Marine level with a bunch of random bits... Not expecting mine to be filled with any sense of priority. I'm patiently waiting for my local shop in Glendale, AZ to get the starter set, as they were an Admiral backer.
I opened one of the two boxes just now. The materials inside are still really cold, so I suspect they sat in a truck for the last couple of days. I'll share one photo, primarily because I was so pleased with the packing and contents safety in transit. I've not taken any ships out of their respective boxes (like I said too cold and I don't want to snap anything), but from a quick visual scan I have only very slightly bent masts and it appears to be only on the foremast. Ships, cards, bags, accessories, etc., are all superlative! I'm very pleased and I hope you all get to share in the same pleasure sooner than later when your stuff arrives.
I knew it would happen...before some of us have got our KS orders the first products have started appearing on ebay
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SAILS-OF-GLO...item51b75ddf40
... I could gripe and moan but I have so many other games and books to get through I haven't got the time
I forgot where the US warehouse is but, the seller's location is Fort Wayne, Indiana.I knew it would happen...before some of us have got our KS orders the first products have started appearing on ebay
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SAILS-OF-GLO...item51b75ddf40
... I could gripe and moan but I have so many other games and books to get through I haven't got the time
I'll bet if I ordered one, it would get here before my KS.
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It does seem odd that the ebay item shows a delivery date of Jan 8th to the 14th. and it ships from the same town as the warehouse for Ares.I knew it would happen...before some of us have got our KS orders the first products have started appearing on ebay
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SAILS-OF-GLO...item51b75ddf40
... I could gripe and moan but I have so many other games and books to get through I haven't got the time
I found the seller's location ironic.
I'm sure it's just a coincidenceHonestly, I'm sure
Why am I thinking of Monty Python's wink, wink, nudge, nudge right now?I'm sure it's just a coincidence
checked ebay today, and he/she hasn't sold one yet.I knew it would happen...before some of us have got our KS orders the first products have started appearing on ebay
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SAILS-OF-GLO...item51b75ddf40
... I could gripe and moan but I have so many other games and books to get through I haven't got the time
Chimpchoker, Trincomalee's a Leda, which is an Anglicized version of the Hebe from Wave 2--original French lines and rough dimensions, but stronger British structures inside the outer hull surface.
Pehaps we should start a 'Who will recive their package last thread'.
I'm in. Who else is still waiting? Maybe we should start a list, last man standing...
I'm in too! Still waiting as patiently as I can.I'm in. Who else is still waiting? Maybe we should start a list, last man standing...
Does it look like your area will be hit by the storm rolling in this evening?
Looks like central Illinois all the way up to Detroit is going to get hit by heavy snow and then brutal cold coming in right after. Ft. Wayne, IN is in that storm track, which could easily impact deliveries, etc.
Stay warm and watch out for wind chill. They've already closed the public schools for Monday here in Madison as the wind chills are expected to be -45 to -50 at times.
We are supposed to get about 6 inches of snow tonight - and then the deep freeze to start the week off.
My son and I had to clear 1.5 to 2 feet of drift snow from the bottom of my driveway this morning and AMAZINGLY the public works snow plow helped us out. Gotta find the guy and buy him a few beers!
Well I think that is a thread for me.......
A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse
"Bat", not "horse". ;)
It was sooo long ago (1975?)...dementia is creeping in
It was sooo long ago (1975?)...dementia is creeping in
Say... No... More!
Now you know why I'm so far off subjectIt was sooo long ago (1975?)...dementia is creeping in
Dementia is nothing -- try 40-odd years of paranoid psychosis with violent tendencies. (And y'all wonder why I became a pirate. >:) )It was sooo long ago (1975?)...dementia is creeping in
There is a treatment for that:
Where I come from, there's a saying...
Once is coincidence, anything more is Enemy Action.
I'm still waiting as well, I'd be surprised if I get my goodies next week. (WW Captain)
Still waiting here in Oakland, CA as well. EB Commodore with lots of extras.
I suspect Richard is the most likely to get his shipment last, given the size of his order. But anyone in New Zealand or other far corners of the globe has to be in the running as well.
It will be interesting, at least in an Ares business choices case study kind of way, to see when mine does arrive.
As close as I can remember, my pledge total including extras and add ons was $3,150.
First, I must not have had my coffee today - Meant to say Bruce (or at least RichardPF) when mentioning you. Sorry about that.
Second, I agree that it will be interesting. On the one hand, given the information available to Ares, I would think (to the extent they have ANY control over this, which I doubt), it makes sense to put your order to the end of the queue. As a non-retailer who is so heavily invested in the game, it's unlikely you will "walk away" under any circumstances. So to the extent that your order is more difficult to fill, it seems like a natural choice to push it to the end.
To argue against myself, though, there's an argument to be made that yours should have been among the first - it's so large (relatively speaking) that filling it would have freed up some space in the warehouse. Why not push it out the door?
Given that the best advertising is word of mouth, and that profits are highly dependent upon repeat purchases, it could be argued that Ares should have sent things out based on dollar amount - highest to lowest. Those who supported at the highest amounts are most likely to do so again on subsequent releases, and, theoretically, might have the most influence on others. The hard part in discussions like these is that we're only hearing one side of a telephone conversation, if you will. It is interesting to ponder, though, in a case study way.
No wonder that I'm still waiting for my much smaller $780.00 order. They've been busy loading yourorder on the truck for the last few days.
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