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September, maybe. Dicenstein was cancelled, so maybe that has an effect? : https://boardgamegeek.com/article/19557212#19557212

Update #185

Jul 24 2015
Super Important Update - please examine this one!


Ultra-Important! Final Address Confirmation!

This is a critical update regarding final shipment of your Cthulhu Wars backer rewards as well as pre-ordered items! Please read extra-carefully! In a little more than a month everything will finally ship out in containers to regions around the world. We plan to provide you with tracking numbers for these container vessels as they cross over R’lyeh

But before we ship it all, we need to give you a chance to confirm your address one last time. If you are planning to move in the near future, please give us an address that is permanently accessible to you. We need this permanent address in case some issue with customs or unforeseen delays hamper your particular region's shipment.

Up until now, we have used Fundafull for our pledge manager needs. We are transitioning to a different system - CrowdOx. Your data is perfectly safe, but if you are a backer, you no longer need your Fundafull.com login for Cthulhu Wars.

In the next two weeks all backers and pre-order customers will be sent an email from support@crowdox.com. This email contains a link to take you to CrowdOx.com. Please follow the steps on the web-page. You will see your address and all the items you ordered. Update your address if necessary, and then press "save" or "confirm." (You will not be able to modify any of your ordered items.)
Once you have confirmed your address, you will be sent a receipt email. This again provides you with a list of all the items you ordered.


Expansion Rulebooks!
All of the expansion rulebooks are now available on our website! Curious about the rules for the new maps or factions? Go to our website (here) to check out and even download all 7 expansion rulebooks!
Core Game Balance Adjustments

Here is a document, prepared by fans Paul Cunningham and Sid Rain that contains some recent balance changes for the core game (here).

Ask Sandy Continues!
If you have any general questions regarding any of this or the upcoming Onslaught Two Kickstarter, feel free to ask Sandy (here). Or see the old thread here.

Factory Images!
Here are some pics as the factory finishes up the plastics before final collation:
c9486d221cbcb07122c48ccafe7ff0f7_originaA box of Rhan-Tegoth, Harbinger of the Old Ones.
3ffe6dfb878304f9c58e30231e2bbd68_originaA collectible Wendigo!
4a2e4efa41019cfbc724c0025f8026f0_originaAseembling Rhan-Tegoth, so you don't have to!

Edited by Orlando_the_Technicoloured, Today, 05:24 PM.

The CrowdOx emails are now arriving (so wrapping this up is getting closer)


all my info was transferred across OK except my phone number (which also seems to be an issue with some other reporters on the KS comments)

so make sure you pay special attention to this on your address form

Looks like the final wave is well in hand











and these look like the collectors minis with their plinths

High quality packaging and big boxes?!?

Uh oh!

Oh my pickles, I am so glad I put $500+ into this to get the De Vermii Mysteris pledge level, I cannot wait. I just wish I could get an extra big box to put all these smaller boxes in.

Those look very nice. Although seeing the size of the boxes, I may have to sell off my expansions and collectors minis. Simply running out of space for more games and minis.

Pic from upcoming CW expansions video:



Sculpt for the upcoming CW2 KS!

I wonder what expansions will be in CW2

I think (if I remember right), they've got Ramsey Campbell to agree to have his stuff portrayed (not sure if there is an official 'licence' or he just said sure, go for it)

so the two most well known could be

Y'golonac
Gla'aki

with other possibilities
Eihort
Daoloth
Ghroth

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramsey_Campbell_deities

the Petersen games facebook page has a bunch of concept art for stuff hopefully to be unlocked and some of them certainly seem to fit

https://www.facebook.com/PetersenGames/photos_stream

the factions & minis unboxed




and the maps unboxed




it's all done, minis, printing etc and is being boxed up ready for that trip across the oceans (the videos are set up to be used in the forthcoming Onslaught 2 KS, but what you see is what's coming to backers from CW)

So for those of us with no interest at all in Cthulu, is there enough game here to warrant picking it up? Or is gameplay sort of an afterthought?

The game is fun and well balanced for me at least and fits reasonally well into it's suggested play time (athough most of mine tend to run a little long, but then drinking, chatting and gaming tends to do that). Each elder god plays differently enough that you should be able to find one that suits your play style, and there are enough ups and downs that an early knock does not condemn you to loose. I'd give it 8/10 assuming you've got a big table to play on

(Note: yellow sign may well run away with the first few games until people get used to keeping an eye on his desecration tokens, so I'd avoid letting one player always take it, at least to start with)

board game geek seems to like it and has a bunch of strategy guides and other such stuff
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/139976/cthulhu-wars

as do Tom Vasel/Dice Tower

http://www.dicetower.com/game/139976/cthulhu-wars

however, (and I hate to say this)

if you don't care about the mythos the game is probably going to be a bit less fun (no chortling about 'wow, that's how they handle this power, or this story reference) and less joy in the (really good) miniatures

and if you don't care about the mythos it's going to be much too expensive compared to other boardgames,

$80 for a discounted premium game compared to $170 for CW

(although if you plan to paint the minis that would balance this out as there are a lot to do)

As someone who has never read lovecraft, I would say its worth it. I pledged over $500 and have zero regrets.

Thanks, Orlando! I may watch a video or two. I may have to look into it though.

Sandy also mentioned he was going to create a skirmish game for the mini's, and you can use them for Strange Aeons (and the Call of Cthulhu RPG, of course).

final video the CW exclusives

workblocked, if someone can give me a quick rundown of what the videos about Id appreciate it.

just showing you the 1st player makers, collectors minis, bases, plastic gates and packaging for the exclusives from this campaign

and reminding you they threw in another 5 cultists (in the collectors colour) so if you want to home brew a faction you've got the minis you need to play it

oh nice! I thought it was a video for the Onslaught 2 thing

https://petersengames.com/cthulhu-wars-onslaught-two-pre-register/

Theyre doing a KS pre-reg, it gets you a glow in the dark cthulhu thing

Is this a good game for 2 players?

Kinda tempted with the new KS coming, but it would mean dropping Warpath...

Its an alright game for 2 players, its better with 3 or 4 as it helps prevent 'runaway games' where one player begins dominating the other and the second player doesn't have any way of countering it.

CSI has a 5% off everything sale going on today.
Cthulhu Wars is listed for $131.49 which is already a good price, however, with the 5% promo only going on today it drops it to $124.92 when you checkout with free shipping.

I've got my wave 2 stuff and am very happy with it,

a long wait but a worthwhile one

Still waiting for a shipping notice for mine :/ Seems the US shippers over promised for Christmas time shipping estimates. About 25% still waiting to be shipped.

Naturally I too am one of those stuck waiting for a shipping notice.

It stings all that much more that my Zombicide Black Plague shipping date keeps going farther and farther out. First it was Wednesday, then Thursday, then Saturday, now next Tuesday... ugh.

Arthur from Petersen games posted in the comments yesterday

Arthur 2 days ago

Just got off the phone with the US warehouse:
570 orders still to go at the end of today. They have been able to hit 300 a day, and they will be in on Saturday. So, they committed to me that Saturday will for sure be the last day any US order will be sent. They also confirmed that ALL orders should have tracking sent. It comes from
noreply at petersengames dot com
So, check your spam filters if you didn't get that. Their system shows that all packages sent also got a tracking email sent.

EU update

All shipments to countries actually in the EU have been shipped!
Countries that are in Europe, but not part of the EU (e.g., the Swiss and Norway) will be finished by Tuesday. They require an additional customs procedure. Sorry for the delay on those.

hopefully both the shippers are right in what they've told him

(it's well worth the wait)

Arthur Petersen posted an update for anyone in the US who hasn't received their packages yet:

Hi everybody -

Spoke with our shippers on a very long conference phone call today, including the manager of the US warehouse, and his boss, and his boss, to resolve many outstanding issues.

The most direct and fastest way to resolve all of these issues (speaking of US), is to email:

fulfillment at jittransportation dot com

JIT Transportation are the actual US subcontracted shippers, and our conversation with them led to the conclusion that we need to publicly post this information, and have them deal as directly as possible with every edge case. We (Petersen Games) will be copied and involved in all of these individual issues as well.

Finally got the rest of my stuff Friday. Did a lot of priming and started on The Watcher and the Windwalker Ice Age marker: