May 19th Update from GMT
Here are the most recent GMT Games updates:
Shipping/Charging Update
Shipping: We have now finished all P500 and distributor shipments of both Ship of the Line and C3i Magazine Issue 22. Our next shipment will be The Kaiser’s Pirates in about two weeks (once we get home from Consimworld Expo).
Charging: The next charges will begin this Thursday, May 21st. We will be charging for the following items (both late June releases):
Dead of Winter
Elusive Victory
We’ll be updating our mid-late summer/fall release schedule over the next couple of weeks and will have a new Tentative Production Schedule for you guys in the next e-mail update.
Live Vassal Online Events on GMT’s Ventrilo Voice Server
As we mentioned last time, we will be running weekly live events on the new GMT Ventrilo Voice Server. Over the past several weeks, Ricky Gray and Gene Billingsley have conducted several Fields of Fire 101 audio-visual teaching tutorials and Joel Toppen has provided sneak peaks at both Washington’s War and Hellenes. These sessions have been very well received by attendees, so much so that several of our internal design/development teams are now preparing various seminars of their own to teach games and provide online tutorials for existing and future products. Occasionally we’ll also have audio-only seminars with a Q & A component to provide customer voice interaction with various members of our teams. We’ll announce the event schedule weekly on our website, so keep an eye there for updates. Our near-future schedule looks like this:
* Wednesday, May 20th, 9:30 PM EST, Ricky Gray leads Fields of Fire 101 (Vietnam) Audio-Visual Tutorial (Vassal and Ventrilo).
* Friday, May 22nd, 9:30 EST, Gene Billingsley hosts Inside GMT – an audio town hall meeting. Come and meet some GMT team members, ask questions, and give feedback about our games and operations.
* Wednesday, May 27th, 9:30 PM EST, Brett Dedrick leads Musket and Pike 101 – a tutorial of how to play Ben Hull’s popular 17th-century tactical game system.
To participate, just download the appropriate Vassal module from our website (for the audio sessions you don’t need Vassal, just Ventrilo), make sure you have the Ventrilo software set up on your computer, and meet us on Vassal and Ventrilo about 10-15 minutes before the scheduled start time (so we can make sure everyone is set up correctly).
These sessions are fun and informative. Come join us!
New P500 Previews
* Added the near-final Rulebook and Charts for 1805: Sea of Glory.
New Vassal Modules and Cyberboard Gameboxes
We’ve recently added the following online play modules to our website:
* Added an updated VASSAL Module (1.5) for Arctic Storm.
* Added an updated VASSAL Module (1.2) for Silver Bayonet.
* Added an updated Cyberboard Gamebox for Ardennes ’44.
* Added a Cyberboard gamebox for Red Badge of Courage.
* Added a Cyberboard Gamebox for Air Bridge to Victory.
* Added a Cyberboard Gamebox for Wellington.
* Added an updated Cyberboard Gamebox for Europe Engulfed.
* Added a Cyberboard Gamebox for Kutuzov.
* Added a Cyberboard Gamebox for Manifest Destiny.
* Added a Cyberboard Gamebox for Onward Christian Soldiers.
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 time.
Enjoy the games!
Your Friends at GMT Games
