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2014/09/19 12:54:05
Subject: New from CMON- Arcadia Quest - Kickstarter now LIVE!
There is a boat arriving in Germany on October 12th with EU Rivetwars stuff - I'd suspect Arcadia Quest is in there too to consolidate shipping and the timeframes match a mid September ship departure.
shame it's still about a month off, but at least since it's all packaged it should go out fast once customs is done with it (great chance of arrivals in October!)
2014/09/25 18:47:34
Subject: New from CMON- Arcadia Quest - Kickstarter now LIVE!
U.S. - will leave straight from warehouse.
EU - come from China and be distributed to hubs in EU Oz - come from China and be distributed thru Oz hub
China/PAC - come straight from China.
Expected delivery for most of US 1st full oct Week
2014/09/25 19:15:50
Subject: New from CMON- Arcadia Quest - Kickstarter now LIVE!
The update (see below) speculates late October early November for the EU stuff to arrive which sadly sounds like boat time rather than plane time
Update #78 from Arcadia Quest
Sep 25 2014
Shipping Update and Promo Hero cards!
Greetings fellow Arcadians!
We apologize for the unforeseen delay, in all honesty we expected to be shipping by now. Unfortunately, we ran into several issues involving shipping rates and getting the things to work properly so that people could finalize the payment for their shipping cost. We're glad to say that this is now resolved. We remind all our backers that if you have not finalized shipping, your rewards will not be processed at this time with the exception of those of you who contacted us regarding unique destinations or shipping calculation errors. These late confirmations will be processed after the initial wave of pledges go out.
So, what's next? If all goes according to plan, rewards will start being packed and shipped out next week. We already have the whole production in both our China and Atlanta hubs. As rewards get packed in China, they will be sent to the distribution hubs in Europe and Australia, and then onwards to backers in those regions. Meanwhile, the rest of the backers will get their rewards shipped directly from either the US, Canada or China hubs.
We share your anxiety about seeing this game delivered to your doors as quickly as possible. So, to ease the passing of time, and give you some stuff to explore and discuss while we wait, we are starting to update the official Arcadia Quest website, getting in shape for the official release of the game. The first thing we added? Information concerning the promo heroes, of course!
In the following weeks we'll be adding more stuff to the website, like the monsters as heroes and promo monsters, blank cards for you to customize your game, and much more! It's almost time to battle in Arcadia!
still I'm looking forward to this arriving
2014/09/26 02:08:40
Subject: New from CMON- Arcadia Quest - Kickstarter now LIVE!
Still pretty impressed that this thing Is basically going to be on time. I expect folks in the US and APAC may actually begin seeing packages as early as late next week.
2014/09/26 03:46:32
Subject: Re:New from CMON- Arcadia Quest - Kickstarter now LIVE!
Sounds good to me. I already got my Dogs Of War game today. And Myth. And hopefully my Brimstone pledge soon as well. I'm happy to add this to my incoming pile.
Plus whatever piles of minis continue to trickle in as always.
I guess when it rains, it pours.
Poorly lit photos of my ever- growing collection of completely unrelated models!
Great news, fellow Arcadians. The shipping of Arcadia Quest is on its way!
In fact, some backers should have already started receiving their shipping confirmations. At this point, the USA hub is packing and sending out pledges, with the China hub expected to commence soon, as previously announced.
So, as you wait for your order, you can brush up on the rules for Arcadia Quest with this great How to Play video by Rodney Smith's Watch It Played:
2014/09/26 21:28:36
Subject: Re:New from CMON- Arcadia Quest - Kickstarter now LIVE!
Got my shipping notice for AQ today. Supposedly should be here next week.
Like I said, when it rains, it pours.
Now if Mantic would get those robot legs figured out quickly, and those Frogs would get rolling on their shipments, I'll be achieving gaming nirvana from now until Kingdom Death arrives.
Poorly lit photos of my ever- growing collection of completely unrelated models!
The gameplay looks great. I have a few german-style boardgame people interested in this and they usually don't like RPGs.
They instantly picked up the competitive nature of the rules and were interested!
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2014/09/29 19:25:27
Subject: New from CMON- Arcadia Quest - Kickstarter now LIVE!
Naturally they mixed up my add ons. Had two medusae instead of the other wizard. Everything else was good. Figures look nice and crisp.
Game looks to be fun, but already my kids are whining about fighting each other in addition to the monsters (translation- they know Dad will go for their jugulars each and every time). Probably doesn't help that I've been trying to get them into Myth this week, where everyone is on the same side working together.
I look forward to trying this out with older family members who have no qualms with butchering each other (to the point where they'll probably ignore the objectives, letting me sneak in for the early wins).
Poorly lit photos of my ever- growing collection of completely unrelated models!
Really impressed by the minis, much better detail than I had anticipated honestly.
Also just played the first scenario with a couple buddies and it was a blast. The one concern I do have is that if one person has a rough game they could fall behind - the other two players earned well over double the gold I did. That's fine because I totally played poorly and paid the price, but now they have substantially more gear than I do, which may or may not turn into a big advantage. I think it will be ok if I am smart enough to play the next round mostly hitting monsters and maybe picking off low-health straggler heros. Good news is that even while doing poorly I had a lot of fun and even without much money in the upgrade phase I was able to come up with some good combos using the new gear I could afford.
The game is quick and brutal, and it's easy to finish a round in an hour or less not counting setup. Really looking forward to playing more, and even after this first campaign is done I'm sure i'll be back to pick another set of heros to go at it again (the heros make an absolutely huge difference to how you play, and thanks to the kickstarter I have a zillion).
2014/10/16 18:59:21
Subject: Re:New from CMON- Arcadia Quest - Kickstarter now LIVE!
Dujek wrote: I think it will be ok if I am smart enough to play the next round mostly hitting monsters and maybe picking off low-health straggler heroes. Good news is that even while doing poorly I had a lot of fun and even without much money in the upgrade phase I was able to come up with some good combos using the new gear I could afford.
A few things about that...
*You quickly fill up your 12 slots... so no one will have 'more' as they will be discarding loot soon.
*Some loot is 0G so simply having it dealt to you in the post-game loot phase means you might get loot regardless of gold.
*You can always focus on the 'loot' quest over the 'title' quest should you want loot.
I really think the game seems to have built-in checks to prevent over-gearing. You have the ability to choose loot you can't afford simply so other players can't have access to it during purchasing. So between the ability to basically bury loot as well as 0 coin loot, I really don't see much reason to farm for gold during gameplay. (but I haven't played enough to know that for sure)
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2014/10/16 19:43:46
Subject: Re:New from CMON- Arcadia Quest - Kickstarter now LIVE!
Hadn't considered the fact that once we all fill up it will level out considerably.
I think the next match might be rough because they'll have some characters that can attack an extra time before resting, and they got some re-rolls. The 'free' zero loot is admittedly a great help but they definitely will have a power advantage next match.
Overall I suspect you're right and no advantage will persist long. I also need to play with Portals more as that seems like a great way to catch people off guard or just sweep some more Exploration tokens.
Final conclusion - very, very pleased with this project. Delivered just about on time and with top-notch quality across the board. I may have to see about getting myself the expansion...
2014/10/16 19:48:21
Subject: Re:New from CMON- Arcadia Quest - Kickstarter now LIVE!
Dujek wrote: Hadn't considered the fact that once we all fill up it will level out considerably.
I think the next match might be rough because they'll have some characters that can attack an extra time before resting, and they got some re-rolls. The 'free' zero loot is admittedly a great help but they definitely will have a power advantage next match.
Overall I suspect you're right and no advantage will persist long. I also need to play with Portals more as that seems like a great way to catch people off guard or just sweep some more Exploration tokens.
Final conclusion - very, very pleased with this project. Delivered just about on time and with top-notch quality across the board. I may have to see about getting myself the expansion...
I have to say, some heroes do seem a tad OP. I suspect a 'meta' will happen where some heroes may need to be banned, limited 'heroic' and limited to one per guild or simply suck it up and accept that hero drafting is random. A lot is unknown and I suspect we will quickly see both loot and hero rankings out there. For now, just enjoy it and play around. We are gonna try to kill lord fang tonight and see how that goes
But of course, as people learn to play and figure out counters and tactics, it may all balance out. But for a KS game, the rules are enjoyable and balanced IMHO and may make for a real tourney-style game.
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2014/11/21 22:42:06
Subject: New from CMON- Arcadia Quest - Kickstarter now LIVE!
cincydooley wrote: Still pretty impressed that this thing Is basically going to be on time. I expect folks in the US and APAC may actually begin seeing packages as early as late next week.
I still haven't heard a thing. Any other Aussies had any luck, or should I start to chase up CMoN now?
I'm not sure, honestly the CMON updates need to have important information copy and pasted into each one. Either I'm backing to many CMON projects or their updates have too many pictures, because I have no idea what's shipping when.
There’s a difference between having a hobby and being a narcissist.
2014/11/23 11:01:35
Subject: New from CMON- Arcadia Quest - Kickstarter now LIVE!
Cincy? Any ideas? Your post was at the end of September speculating that APAC might have it by the following week. (October WK1). We're hitting the final week of Nov now.
Azazelx wrote: Cincy? Any ideas? Your post was at the end of September speculating that APAC might have it by the following week. (October WK1). We're hitting the final week of Nov now.
I'll see if I can find out. I know US shipping is done.
I'll check back in!
2014/11/26 23:35:51
Subject: New from CMON- Arcadia Quest - Kickstarter now LIVE!
We have received some information about the AU shipment from the International distribution hub that we wanted to pass along.
We've been informed that the container arrived a few days ago and has just completed initial processing. This process is expected to be completed this week and shipping to begin shortly after.
When we have more information, we will do another update immediately.
Best Regards,
CMON
2014/12/05 00:12:47
Subject: New from CMON- Arcadia Quest - Kickstarter now LIVE!
Yeah, got that update. It's ...odd. After seeing all the stuff about it supposedly docking 3 weeks or so ago. Doesn't really tell us much, though.
Of course, I've seen all sorts of random and contradictory info in the comments, including stuff about the ship having docked at Sydney, or Melbourne, and local distribution being via Aetherworks in Sydney (after they finish doing another KS) or Ikon in Geelong (near Melbourne).
I'd guess Ikon - since the product isn't listed on Aetherworks' website, but shows up both on Ikon and Popcultcha's websites. (Dist and retail arms of the same mob). Also Cardmania as their retail store.
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