Hi there,

Well, the good news is that games are in the USA, the bad news is that they are not in our hands.

When the games landed, they were already marked for “intensive examination”, so we expected that. What we didn’t know was that they were going to be off loaded onto a truck and driven to another facility where they would be stored and inspected, then put back on a truck and brought back to port only for us to then put them on another truck and ship them to our warehouse. Efficiency at it’s finest, I think I know why there is a money problem out there.

They are at this mystery location right now being examined to make sure that cardboard and little wooden dice are not going to cause mass hysteria when they are released into the general populous.

We are hoping that we can have the games into our warehouse early next week, but I will advise as soon as I know where everything is.

Torben

Good Morning,

I just uploaded the rules to BoardGameGeek so they should be available soon there under file links. I will then add a link to the Republic of Rome page on our website as well so you will be able to find it in two places

Here is the link:

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/filepage/50461

Torben

Hello all,

US Customs has advised that the games need to be inspected. They advised us that the boat is being delayed into port due to back ups in other processes, when it arrives, some containers have been “selected” for examination even before they arrive. Ours was one of those lucky winners.

The process then will be that the ship is unloaded, and as soon as they can, they will drive the whole container into a X-ray machine and examine the contents. When they are satisfied, they will either decide to release it or start opening boxes for a better look. If they leave everything intact, then it should be a quite examination process and it should be on it’s way. If it goes the other way, then we are looking at more time for it to get to us.

In speaking with some other folks in the shipping industry about why boardgames would get selected they advised that there has been a real crack down on toys and games due to the issues from a year ago. That means everything gets inspected that shows as either of those descriptions, especially if it is coming in from China.

I’m sorry we don’t have a better explanation or an exact date of delivery, it could still be in the next week or so but it depends entirely on when they are released. The other issue is that our shipping warehouse closes down for the holidays, like most places of business do at this time of year, so it may be early January for delivery if it doesn’t get there quickly.

We had a similar issue in Dallas recently where we brought in games from Germany for BGG Con, most of you that were there know the amount of times I drove back and forth to the airport in my rent-a-truck to get the games, only to be told that they needed to be X-rayed.

We are trying to get the rules up on the website as well as on the Geek so that folks have a chance to go through them while they wait. Good suggestion Basiliv!

As soon as I hear more I will post it.

Torben

We just received news that the shipment is nearing port, we don’t have an exact ETA for it but it should be very soon. When it lands we will announce it and I would think within a couple weeks you should start to see on store shelves.

Thanks for your patience.

There was a slight problem with the shipping times they quoted but today I got the confirmation from the shipping agent that the boat is going to be in port Dec 14th.

The good news is that the shipping folks are confident that the games should clear customs quickly and be at the warehouse the next day or the day after that. From there we have people ready at the warehouse already with boxes and packing materials to get the games out the door quickly.

We are going to do whatever we can to make sure you have your copy before Christmas and everyone in the chain is also committed to this goal.

It’s almost there.

Greetings all,

With the arrival of the game due December 7th we will be closing the pre-order pricing and it will revert to the MSRP of $69.95 at Midnight on the 7th.

Thank you for all of your support.

Torben