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I put in an order last night with Neal at thewarstore.com because the starter box, dice, and settlement deck were listed as in regular stock.

They're not. My check order status shows 0 in stock, all on backorder. Now I think I'll cancel the order and just wait until I see the damn box in a store.

I really don't like having to work this hard to give people my money.

TheWarStore is notorious for its misleading stock system.

 Dakka Flakka Flame wrote:
So is Wave 2 up for pre-order then? Sorry, I have had a hard time keeping track of things.

Nowhere near yet I believe. Probably not till the new year. They need to clear their current orders for Wave 1, restock the Starter sets and then work on the stock for Wave 2. Think they're going into production with the Raiders etc. now but I'd have thought they'd want to build up a healthy stock before taking orders considering how things have gone so far.

Wave 2 onwards should (fingers crossed) be a much quicker turnaround. Smaller waves but faster delivery.

Cool, thanks for the info.

I see renders of future models in emails, but I always lose track of what's supposed to be released and when. I'm happy that they look to be making more scatter terrain.

 Dakka Flakka Flame wrote:
Cool, thanks for the info.

I see renders of future models in emails, but I always lose track of what's supposed to be released and when. I'm happy that they look to be making more scatter terrain.

I think they were so far off, I doubt they would want to release a time when preorders for other models are going to be out, considering they can't get the preorders out now. I would think they would wait atleast until the basic game gets into retail but given how things have gone so far they will probably put up the preorder soon for the next batch.

angel of death 007 wrote:

 Dakka Flakka Flame wrote:
Cool, thanks for the info.

I see renders of future models in emails, but I always lose track of what's supposed to be released and when. I'm happy that they look to be making more scatter terrain.

I think they were so far off, I doubt they would want to release a time when preorders for other models are going to be out, considering they can't get the preorders out now. I would think they would wait atleast until the basic game gets into retail but given how things have gone so far they will probably put up the preorder soon for the next batch.

They said they aren't going to put up wave 2 pre-orders until wave 1 pre-orders are fulfilled.

Wave 2 won't get a release until everyone has wave 1, and we'll be building up stock in advance. I know at this stage we won't do a pre-order as producing everything for a release wave is too much for the factory so we'll go straight to retail with releases month by month, and bundles on our store for those who don't mind waiting. This is better for stores as it gives them fixed releases each month and people shopping with us don't need to order a massive bulk at the same time if they want everything. We're aiming to get the robots and creatures in to retail in the next wave too as many people haven't been able to get those. Here's how we're currently planning official retail releases (remember stores have had stocks of 'pre-orders' we didn't plan to release everything month one)

October - US stores get expansions and character sets pre-order early in Oct
November - Character Sets & Expansions re-stocks
December - Restock of Core sets and Two player sets

The Mysterious stranger will be a bonus for pre-ordering bundles on the Modiphius store, along with the Zetan. As we're not doing a pre-order in retail either for wave 2 we'll likely make Nuka Girl a retail product of some kind or part of a bigger box (which reflects having to do meet some kind of pre-order threshold in store).

Our goal is to make Wave 2 go MUCH more smoothly, manage production of wave 1 (as we don't think people will stop buying the original sets) and ensure we can deliver sufficient stock of wave 2. Meanwhile the dev team are getting moving on Wave 3.

We've got sculpts for about 4 waves ahead done so there's a huge investment in the game - jumping to a massively successful miniatures line has been a challenge and we'll keep plugging away to make it a better experience for everyone, sorry if you got caught in pre-order delays but hopefully with the surge by the warehouse staff now happening this will clear very quickly.

Still confused on the difference between retail sales stock and customer pre-orders through a retail store. Have stores been sent actual stock to put out on their shelves, or just whatever they got through the pre-order system?

To my understanding distributors were expected to get retailer stock these last few days which than would be shipped to retailers so retailers have it by the start of next month. As to when a retailer ships to us, I don't know but I assume it would be right when they get it. But I could be wrong. I am expecting my order from Minature Market about the middle of October.

I called The WarStore yesterday evening and was told that their initial order had not yet arrived, and they expected it today. If that's the case, it's a lot better than my fear - that they'd gotten their initial order and sold out, and I was stuck waiting on a December restock.

I've left my order in. We'll see if it's actually as imminent as I was assured it was.

In stock at Miniature Market:

https://www.miniaturemarket.com/muh051235.html

Wow glad to see it and, of course, bought it immediately.

Oh man i totally forgot about this.

I wonder how my order is doing.

Got mine in NZ (though I was early in the pre-orders) Everything is lovely, I sprung for the resin starter because I was worried about a quality difference between the starter content and the expansions, turns out I shouldn't have worried the PVC are excellent and won't be noticeably different to the resin version once they are painted.
the resin is nice no bubbles and just flexible enough that it didn't arrive as a slew of shattered pieces like some other resins I've ordered.
I was missing 3 minis from the brotherhood core box but customer service was excellent and responded right away (and didn't ask for a picture of the minis not being there like I have been asked for before from some other companies)

I sorta wanted the resin, too. I have Modiphius’s Star Trek figures, which are all resin, and they are pretty great in terms of minimal flashing and moldlines, plus no bubbles at all that I have yet found.

Good to know the PVC is good, too!

 Manchu wrote:
I sorta wanted the resin, too. I have Modiphius’s Star Trek figures, which are all resin, and they are pretty great in terms of minimal flashing and moldlines, plus no bubbles at all that I have yet found.

Good to know the PVC is good, too!

I'm very happy with the resin miniatures. They're superb. Modiphius is not going to make me a fan of PVC, but I think theirs may be the best PVC models I worked on yet. It's still PVC, but I don't feel like the miniature part of the starter set is wasted money as I usually do with PVC models.

Only issue I had was noras rifle was a bit bent but otherwise the pvc was fine.

Nukagirl and my bos were flawless just had to clean some flash off.

I'm enjoying the game a lot so far.

Got my full pre-order this week! Stoked to dig in to the Brotherhood of Steel and more Super Mutants!

I was lucky enough to get sent a copy of the PVC starter to review and I'll add that they were some of the nicest PVC models I've painted. Very little clean up and held their detail reasonably well. Nicer certainly than most board game pieces and certainly in scale with the contemporary stuff on the market.

That all looks awesome, nice work!

May as well post my Zetan while we're on topic of PVC models:



I think it's not just that the PVC Modiphius uses is fairly good for what it is, they also gave their models plenty of subtle surface structure which makes the models look finer and nicer than a lot of others I've seen.

I was quite impressed with the skin of the Deathclaw, for instance.

Can someone with the starter give me a rundown of the base sizes? It's 30mm for the humans/dogmeat; 40mm for the super mutants, mutant hounds, and power armor; and 60mm for the deathclaw, right?

I'm torn on weather I want to use the scenic bases, or order up some clear acrylic bases so the minis fit in on whatever mat/terrain I use...

 Psychopomp wrote:
Can someone with the starter give me a rundown of the base sizes? It's 30mm for the humans/dogmeat; 40mm for the super mutants, mutant hounds, and power armor; and 60mm for the deathclaw, right?

I'm torn on weather I want to use the scenic bases, or order up some clear acrylic bases so the minis fit in on whatever mat/terrain I use...

Correct except for the Deathclaw, which is on a 50mm base.

 Geifer wrote:


Correct except for the Deathclaw, which is on a 50mm base.

And that is exactly why I asked. Thank you!

Found a resin Super Mutant box in the wild!

Great sculpts, very clean casting and the thematic bases are just wonderful.

Now I need to track down the components of the starter box sans PVC minis. Anyone buy multiple boxes and want to part with the components?

Purely on a whim I ordered the 2-player box, and Settlement Deck from Miniatures Market, as that co-op settlement mode calls to my wife and I most... but what else is worth picking up?

It seems very Shadows of Brimstone, at a glance, where the base critter, loot, event, quest, decks are pretty sparse, to encourage you to buy every single release, mostly to bulk out the decks?

Also, what's this I hear about Mophidius doing pre-order bundles with a Mysterious Stranger exclusive?

NewTruthNeomaxim wrote:
Purely on a whim I ordered the 2-player box, and Settlement Deck from Miniatures Market, as that co-op settlement mode calls to my wife and I most... but what else is worth picking up?

It seems very Shadows of Brimstone, at a glance, where the base critter, loot, event, quest, decks are pretty sparse, to encourage you to buy every single release, mostly to bulk out the decks?

Also, what's this I hear about Mophidius doing pre-order bundles with a Mysterious Stranger exclusive?

All cards for the combat mode will be downloadable to print it's only specific cards related to models like the behemoth that you need the model to get the cards.

Models like the stranger will be available to buy at a later date it's a timed exclusive.

But what about quests, perks, items? I imagine those are all the things that give Settlement mode legs?

I don't mind, per se... but it'll make me collect the game slower than I might otherwise.

One thing i noticed that is a bit annoying is that the cards in the 2 player starter and the brotherhood starter are slightly different sizes, making them stand out when stacked together.

Card sleeves would probably even that out.

The settlement deck and the core box alone gives you a TON of cards to enjoy in a solo or co-op experience.. but sure, if you are interested in the game purely for the competitive aspect then there is a certain X-Wing..ness to the card chase. I'm still trying to figure out the best way to store all the cards though. A certain percentage of them will always be chosen prior to the start of the game (Quests), and some will always be included in a random deck (Explore cards, Creature / Stranger / Danger etc). But the item cards themselves are tricky, and for a given game can be a mix of specific items (Lead Pipe, Funny Hat, Rusty Revolver) and item pools (All snacks).

This makes it ill suited to say.. re-using all those mini card binders that you have left over from X-Wing because it won't be practical to be pulling out cards in bulk, but equally it won't be practical to leave them all in a shuffled deck. I reckon it's time to Pathfinder this SOB!