GMT Games Update
Here are the most recent (December 2, 2008) GMT Games updates:
Shipping: We will begin shipping non-USA P500 orders for Fields of Fire and Unhappy King Charles tomorrow, December 3. USA order shipping should begin by the end of this week.
We intend to begin shipping P500 orders for Combat Commander: Pacific, Combat Commander Battle Pack #2: Stalingrad, Blackbeard Reprint, andC3i Issue #21 within two weeks.
Charging: We are still finishing the last of the charging for USA orders of Fields of Fire, Unhappy King Charles , and C3i Issue #21 and hope to have those finished shortly. We will begin charging for the two Combat Commander items and the Blackbeard reprint this Friday, December 5.
Production Outlook Update
We’re still working on firming up our production outlook for the first few months of 2009. Here’s the latest (tentative) production schedule:
December 3:
Mid-December:
Combat Commander Battle Pack #2: Stalingrad
Blackbeard Reprint
January:
February/March:
We are carefully looking at order totals and talking with development teams to determine which games will be ready for production in the March-June timeframe. Games with the highest orders at this point are:
Barbarossa: Crimea – 903 Orders
Stalin’s War – 801 Orders
The Battle for Normandy – 717 Orders
Great Campaigns of the 30 Years War – 712 Orders
The Caucasus Campaign – 675 Orders
PQ-17 – 674 Orders
Elusive Victory – 643 Orders
Commands & Colors Ancients Expansion #4: Imperial Rome – 632 Orders
Hellenes – 627 Orders
Several More P500s Make the Cut
Congratulations the following designers and developers whose games have recently passed 500 on the P500 list and thus Made the Cut:
Mark Herman and Joel Toppen - Washington’s War
Dave Powell and John Alsen – Dead of Winter
Vance von Borries and Mark Guttag – Bataan
Here’s a look at how all the new Fall Addition games are doing, orders-wise, to date:
Commands & Colors Ancients Expansion #4: Imperial Rome (632 Orders)
Commands & Colors Ancients Expansion #5: Epic Ancients I (565 Orders)
Normandy ’44 (413 Orders)
Nothing Gained But Glory (456 Orders)
Pensacola 1781 (354 Orders)
Rebel Raiders on the High Seas (219 Orders)
Washington’s War (584 Orders)
P500 Reprints:
Here I Stand (45 Orders)
Manoeuvre (14 Orders)
Paths of Glory (26 Orders)
Mounted Maps For Commands & Colors: Ancients (43 Orders)
Mounted Maps forHere I Stand (231 Orders)
Mounted MapsforPaths of Glory (206 Orders)
Thanks, as always, for your support of the P500 program.
New Stuff for Existing Games
Here are some game support items we’ve released of late for existing games:
· Added an Updated FAQ for Manifest Destiny.
· Added the Rulebook (as published) for A World at War.
· Added updated Errata & Clarifications for SPQR Deluxe.
The History and Design Behind the Games
We continue to add updates from various designers and developers as they provide interesting historical and design notes for their designs. Recently we’ve added:
- Javier Romero’s Design Notes #4 to The Spanish Civil War page
- The last two installments of Stephen Welch’s Design Notes, #25 and #26 (which includes an annotated bibliography), for Chandragupta.
- Hoplites of Hellenes, Part 6 (Sieges) of Joel Toppen’s Developer’s Notes series for Hellenes
- Lee’s Night Aces, Part 2 (Richard Playne Stephens) to the Nightfighter page
We hope you guys enjoy these looks at the history and design intent behind the games.
Online Customer Support
If you have any questions regarding any orders or upcoming charges (or any customer service inquiry), the quickest way to get an answer is to use our Online Chat on the GMT website – which connects your directly to our office ladies. Certainly they’ll help you by phone or e-mail as well if you wish, but the online chat is a very fast and easy way to get your questions answered. Note that if you click the “Send a transcript” box when you initiate the chat, you’ll get an e-mail transcript of the entire chat for your records. We like this feature, as you get verification of everything that was said just like e-mail, but the response is MUCH quicker. We invite you to try it out next time you need an answer from the office folks.
That’s all for this week.
Enjoy the games!
Your Friends at GMT Games
