Regular BWG copies?

[Shinrei]

Haven't seen a thread for this and i didn't want to read through 50 pages of the Preorder thread to look for this info.

So, any idea when this will be up for order in the BW shop?

I want to give you my money...so I hope you'll want to take it soon :D

[luke]

Waiting on the final word from Andy that all preorders have been dispatched.

[Russell Hoyle]

Waiting on the final word from Andy that all preorders have been dispatched.

I thought he confirmed that on the other thread?


Ok, friends - the BWGold Pre-Orders are finally fulfilled on this end!
There are a few outstanding folks who haven't paid their additional postage invoices. If you're reading this, please pay them so I can fulfill your orders!
If anyone still feels like there's an issue with their order, please email me: andyaction@andyactionfulfillment.com
Thanks so much for your endless patience and understanding.
So sorry about the delays, mix-ups, refunds and general lack of preparation on our part.


http://www.burningwheel.org/forum/showthread.php?11067-Burning-Wheel-Gold-Preorder-Update&p=112096#post112096

No pressure, but HURRY.

Rusty

[wadledo]

Please do hurry.
Just because I missed the Pre-order doesn't mean I don't want me some Burning Wheel.

[stormsweeper]

I thought he confirmed that on the other thread?

From his post:
There are a few outstanding folks who haven't paid their additional postage invoices. If you're reading this, please pay them so I can fulfill your orders!

[spunkrat]

True. Excuse us if we are a little brusque in our eagerness to partake in BWG goodness. :)

[Totally Guy]

From his post:
There are a few outstanding folks who haven't paid their additional postage invoices. If you're reading this, please pay them so I can fulfill your orders!

If I was one of those people and I knew the release of BWG was dependent on the pre-orders going out, I would totally troll everybody by intentionally not paying. :p

[Russell Hoyle]

Cad!

[Totally Guy]

It's a good job I'm not one of them, huh.

:p

[Wurzel]

You can buy the game now in the store! Already filed my order :D

[luke]

You can order here:
http://www.burningempires.com/store/index.php/front-page/burning-wheel-gold.html

Sheets can be downloaded here:
http://www.burningempires.com/store/index.php/core-books/burning-wheel-gold-play-sheet-pdfs.html

[renatoram]

I don't know if anyone else got this issue but... if your Sheets zip file reports as broken, try and redownload it. I had to do this 4 times.

If you want to check, the sane file is 1.5MB big and has this md5: c87925caa03a84590d8731413de0a449

[Drozdal]

I don't know if anyone else got this issue but... if your Sheets zip file reports as broken, try and redownload it. I had to do this 4 times.

If you want to check, the sane file is 1.5MB big and has this md5: c87925caa03a84590d8731413de0a449

Are you on PC or MAC?

[renatoram]

Neither, sorry I forgot: Chrome 14 (dev) on Linux.

It looked like the download finished correctly, but it was truncated instead. No biggie.

[donbaloo]

I see that multiple copies are still just showing 4.95 shipping. I went back and just did a separate order for each book to avoid the email exchanges for extra shipping charges. Just be aware that its an issue.

[Casubon]

Got my order in - 4 copies. The store did only show the one set of shipping charges (13.95 international) - let me know if I need to pay per book (wan't sure about how the international shipping/charges works for multiple copies)

[tibret]

I have an order in for BWG with Team Covenant. Does anybody know if it'd be faster to order it directly from the webstore and just cancel my current order?

[Taladel]

I have submitted my order for one copy of BWG. So excited.

Also, to Luke and BWHQ, the new scripting sheets are freaking beautiful.

[Shinrei]

BWG here i come :D

Thanks, Luke and BWHQ, that was fast. Looking forward to the book.

Oh and props to you for keeping the corerules to 25$ !

[foxworthy]

Any idea when the book will be available through the Compleat Strategist chain?

[luke]

Any idea when the book will be available through the Compleat Strategist chain?

Well, that's really up to Andy and Danny at this point. Andy will bring a couple of cases to the CS sometime in the next few days. Danny will then disseminate them as he sees fit.

[foxworthy]

Awesome to hear. I'll have to prod the manager at the Compleat near me to make sure he gets them to send a few down here for me.

[Nasarius]

Good stuff. I'll be hoping Ulisses Spiele gets a nice large shipment in the nearish future, so I can eventually grab another copy from the FLGS.

[Mindflayer]

Ordered and excited! I wish I could have gotten in on pre-order but who cares, that golden brick will be mine sooooooooooon!!!!!!!!

[Russell Hoyle]

Thanks Papa Smurf & the rest of youz guyz.

4 ordered for me & the kids.

Cheers,

Rusty

[AndyAction]

Cave Troll Update:
I'm beginning fulfillment of the general BWGold (and all Burning Store orders) tonight - there are over 100. Please be patient.
Also, the shipping glitch wasn't fixed from the pre-orders, so anyone who ordered BWGold with anything else will be invoiced for additional shipping.

I'm also bringing a few cases to the Compleat Strat on Tuesday. Should be there either at 11:30 am or 2pm, depending on traffic and my routing.

[Taladel]

Cave Troll Update:
I'm beginning fulfillment of the general BWGold (and all Burning Store orders) tonight - there are over 100. Please be patient.

I got my shipping confirmation, thanks! *sofrickinexcited*

EDIT: If it helps anyone I ordered on Thursday the 11th.

[StanTheMan]

I ordered yesterday (Sunday), so I imagine mine will be processed in a bit. My account was already charged, though, so...I'm hoping it's fast! Really want BWG...

[StanTheMan]

Update: Andy sent the email saying my order has been received! Yay! I am very, very happy.

[smeelbo]

When will the hard cover Burning Wheel Gold Edition be shipped to Alliance Games Distributors?

Smeelbo Baggends

[Hirram]

I got in on the pre-order but I'm so happy about it I refuse to do more than open it and look at the inscription. Very glad I can get a copy I don't mind mangling!

[foxworthy]

So I ordered the book hoping to have it before my game session tomorrow and for the first time in at least 8 years USPS has failed to get me a priority package within it's 2-3 window. Damn, I've had packages get to Russia quicker with USPS priority mail. I feel like I must of kicked a puppy or something and karma is out to get me. Oh well hopefully the Compleat Strat in King of Prussia has a book for me tomorrow because I don't feel like digging out all my revised scripting sheets for tomorrow after printing all new Gold ones.

Edit: Yay! They have a copy for me! So at least I'll have Gold tomorrow one way or another... unless the bus breaks down...

[Anteruo]

When will the hard cover Burning Wheel Gold Edition be shipped to Alliance Games Distributors?

Smeelbo Baggends

I'm wonderin' the same thing. I preordered at my FLGS and am chomping at the bit.

[Nasarius]

Sphärenmeister (https://shop.strato.de/epages/15455106.sf/secfd0789d2f1/?ObjectPath=/Shops/15455106/Products/BNWG01) now has BWG listed, albeit not in stock yet. Think I'll put in an order there. Then it can race my late preordered copy to see which one gets here first.

[luke]

Sphärenmeister (https://shop.strato.de/epages/15455106.sf/secfd0789d2f1/?ObjectPath=/Shops/15455106/Products/BNWG01) now has BWG listed, albeit not in stock yet. Think I'll put in an order there. Then it can race my late preordered copy to see which one gets here first.

Ulysses Spiel just placed and order with us. Germany, we are coming!

[Nasarius]

Ulysses Spiel just placed and order with us. Germany, we are coming!
Hooray! Good to know :-)

[Paul B]

My first copy arrived yesterday so my second should be here shortly. :-)

[Taladel]

My book arrived via USPS today. It went from New York to Hawaii, then to Kansas (where I live). Freakin USPS.

The book is a beautiful fucking thing. Thank you.

If it helps anyone I ordered on Thursday the 11th.

http://www.burningwheel.org/forum/%3Cimg%20src=%22http://i.imgur.com/633EM.jpg%22%20alt=%22%22%20title=%22Hosted%20by%2 0imgur.com%22%20/%3Ehttp://i.imgur.com/633EM.jpg

[Ardulac]

Do you happen to know when/if you'll be getting copies to Scifigenre.com? I preordered with them since their prices were really low and I knew I wouldn't be playing until I got back to school, but it's starting to look like I'll be back in school some time before my order is filled.

[luke]

That website probably orders through Alliance. Alliance hasn't placed their order with us yet.

[Dean]

How's the shipping delay looking these days? I placed my order on the 22nd, but still no email that it's been shipped.

I know, only 9 days, sorry, getting impatient. I have a campaign ready to start as soon as it arrives. (Literally! We familiarized ourselves with the hub + spokes pdf to start the game with, so no need to read the whole 600-page book before starting play. Just waiting for the official character burning rules. ^^)

[Thor]

Hi Dean,

I don't have any inside information, but the hurricane left much of Staten Island, where Andy warehouses the BW stock, under water. The books are fine! But that may be leading to longer than usual delays in getting stuff shipped out.

[smeelbo]

Dear *******:

I contacted Luke Crane, author/publisher of GHQ 1600 Burning Wheel Gold, asking them when the game stores might see it, as it was printed and was shipping from them as of the first week August. He replied that Alliance has not yet ordered any!

What can we do to move this process forward? A 600+ page hard-cover with an MSRP of $25.00 will never be reprinted as a hard-cover. It might sell a bit slowly, but every last copy will sell. I've sold a fair amount of Revised, both here at Adventures, and previously at Legends of Comics and Games in Cupertino , and with Gold, it will be even easier to build that community. BWG is easier to play, more balanced, and more clearly written. Burning Wheel is also very different from either the D&D or FATE styles of play, in that it simulates literature more than cinema.

Burning Wheel transformed the way I play all RPGs by demonstrating to me that traditional RPG characters are not actually characters, in the sense of having beliefs and motivations, but rather more like your avatar in a video game: game-mechanical puppets that do anything their owners command, regardless of whether it makes sense or not. People often claim that there can be no rules for role-playing, Burning Wheel proves otherwise.

It is in the long term interest of Alliance to encourage deeper engagement in role playing games, and Burning Wheel can be an important catalyst for such development.

Please do what you can to move this process forward. I would prefer not to buy my three personal copies directly from Luke Crane, as I would rather support my local game store, and continue evangelize the product in our store.

Sincerely,
Anton Dovydaitis
Almost immediately, I got a reply.
I just sent this to the CEO, VP of Sales, and the VP. We will get it checked out.A couple hours later, he called, and informed me that they had somehow slipped the release date, and would place their order immediately.

So next week, I am hoping.

"That which does not kill you...hurts a lot!"

Smeelbo

[Dean]

The hurricane hit New York?! O.O Wow, that's one persistent hurricane. I hope you guys in NYC are all OK.

Best of luck ~ Dean

[Ardulac]

Almost immediately, I got a reply.A couple hours later, he called, and informed me that they had somehow slipped the release date, and would place their order immediately.


My hero.

[Thor]

The hurricane hit New York?! O.O Wow, that's one persistent hurricane. I hope you guys in NYC are all OK.

Best of luck ~ Dean

It worked its way up the entire east coast. Parts of Vermont are getting supplies via helicopter because the flooding has turned them into islands for the time being. At last count there have been 45 deaths from the storm from Florida to Vermont, though none of them occurred in NYC.

[luke]

Smeelbo,
That's amazing.

Alliance knows about BWG. Ironically, they usually order on the first of the month. Hopefully the morning shall bring news.

[Dean]

It worked its way up the entire east coast. Parts of Vermont are getting supplies via helicopter because the flooding has turned them into islands for the time being. At last count there have been 45 deaths from the storm from Florida to Vermont, though none of them occurred in NYC.

Wow. My stepmother works with FEMA. They sent her early up to NC, I think it was, as a precaution, but she was expecting to get sent back home right away. Guess she's still there!

Seoul's had a crazy summer too. Record rainfalls in 100 years. All of downtown was flooded, and mudslides killed over 40 people. Stupid weather keeps following me around. I was in NYC for the blizzard last winter, then in Atlanta for the freak icestorm. When I got back to Korea, it rained in torrents for 3 months straight. -.-

Anyway, good luck with everything. Hope life gets back to normal soon! ~ Dean

[StanTheMan]

Well, from Hungary, I ordered BWG from the Burning Store on Aug 16. On Aug 19 it was shipped from NY. I just got it today, Sept 1. So, not bad, I think, especially since it wasn't Express Super-Duper or anything. And only charged the flat $13 whatever for it too. Hats off to the BW guys! I'll be reading this badboy on the train tomorrow to Vienna for my business trip, so the timing is excellent.

[renatoram]

T__T I'm still waiting for my preorder BWG in Italy. Me saad!

[Ibex]

T__T I'm still waiting for my preorder BWG in Italy. Me saad!

Did you track it on www.usps.com ? What does it say?

[renatoram]

USPS only tracks up to the US border in my experience. It left the US on the 16th of August. Here's hope :)

[Ibex]

USPS only tracks up to the US border in my experience. It left the US on the 16th of August. Here's hope :)

Yes, but in Argentina when the package arrives it is tracked by "Correo Argentino" (official postal) with the same number. You should do some research about it. Mine arrives last friday.

[renatoram]

I wish that was true for Italy, Ibex... anyway, I'm not allowed to be scared for a couple of weeks (it's not at all unheard for an USPS international package to take 1 month from US to Italy), just whine ;)

[Dean]

So, my books arrived today, only 13 days after ordering. Not bad. I realized after the fact that the reason I didn't receive the confirmation email was because I didn't check my other email account. Ha!

Unfortunately, 1 of the books was missing. Dunno why yet, but I'm sure it'll get sorted out soon.

[Lazos]

Tried a few times, but all I get is this message:

"Paypal does not allow your country of residence to ship to the country you wish to" :(

I'm trying to ship to Wellington, NZ. My U.S. based paypal account is fine and functional. Any help? I really would love to get BWG since I left my core revised back in the States and only took my BW supplements.

[spunkrat]

Lazos,the issue maybe that your Paypal account is US based. Have you got an NZ based account?
I have certainly had no problems shipping to Oz.

[stormsweeper]

You might need to add and verify the address with paypal before you try the store.

[Lazos]

Ah! I will try that. Thanks folks!

[Zach]

Just picked up my copy at my local game store. Haven't had a chance to dive into it yet but it looks and feels stellar. Good spine and paper quality. Luke, you really did an excellent job on this! Thanks for the kick ass game!

[1000buffalo]

I was most pleased walking into my nearest FLGS, Black Diamond Games (Concord, CA) this past Saturday to find copies of the Gold Edition on the new arrivals shelf. One came home with me (displacing the jealous revised and originals in my library).

I was able to dig into it last night (and it's coming to coffee momentarily). I'm very pleased - the first 74 pages really helped me grok the system.

Nicely done?

[Lazos]

Okay, just learned that my U.S. Paypal will never ship to a foreign address :( I must create a completely new NZ Paypal account and link my NZ Bank account to that. I love Burning Wheel, but I hate Paypal. Whatever, I'll jump through ten more hoops to get BWG, but I'll avoid EVER using Paypal again after this.

[spunkrat]

Okay, just learned that my U.S. Paypal will never ship to a foreign address :( I must create a completely new NZ Paypal account and link my NZ Bank account to that. I love Burning Wheel, but I hate Paypal. Whatever, I'll jump through ten more hoops to get BWG, but I'll avoid EVER using Paypal again after this.

Yeah, I thought as much. Just don't cut your nose of to spite your face, yeah?

[smeelbo]

This weekend in the CelestiCon Dealer Room, Game Kastle had about half a dozen copies of Burning Wheel Gold, which they got through ACD. So game stores can get them, just not (yet) from Alliance. Bought and gave away a couple copies, but I am still waiting for my copies to come in from Alliance.

Did not really get a chance to read it much, as they were gifts, but what I read did not seem greatly different from Revised. Just having the two main books together in a hardcover, though, is worth a lot to me.

Smeelbo

[StanTheMan]

Did not really get a chance to read it much, as they were gifts, but what I read did not seem greatly different from Revised. Just having the two main books together in a hardcover, though, is worth a lot to me.

Smeelbo

Well, there are differences once you start to dig in, as others have said in other threads. Just the organization cleanup was nice (putting all the skills in one section immediately followed by the traits is nice, as done in BE). And of course, all the minor and major rule changes (like with R&C). No, it's a new edition now, and I think I'm quite well pleased with it. You'll love it once you get it!

[toddbanister]

Does anyone know someone that actually has a copy of BWG for sale?

I've called all of my local gaming stores here in Atlanta GA and the distributor they all seem to use says that is currently NA. I really want to get my hands on a copy before Friday if possible as I'm heading on vacation and would love to be able to read this on the cruise. Obviously, I'll gladly pay for expedited shipping to ensure delivery in time.

Thanks a ton,
Todd B.

[luke]

ACD and Alliance are both replete with copies.
The Compleat Strategist in NYC has copies on the shelves.

You could also order direct from us and have it by friday:
http://www.burningempires.com/store/index.php/

[Paul B]

"Replete" deserves to be used more often.

[toddbanister]

Luke - thanks a ton for the quick reply. I'd much rather buy it from you guys directly so that you are getting all of my money. :-)

I was just starting the order process on your site and it only lists Priority Flat Rate Shipping. Wasn't sure if I needed me to up the shipping costs for expedited shipping or such. Sorry - wasn't sure where you guys were shipping from. If you want me to give you more for faster shipping - just let me know the total.

Sorry for the litany of questions and eating into your time,

Take care,
Todd B.

[luke]

Hi Todd,
We only do priority flatrate. It takes 2-3 days to anywhere in the country.

-L

[spunkrat]

And about 3 weeks to get to other countries.

[Pinkys.Brain]

Since Saturday BWG is available in good old Germany (f-shop.de), but it looks like it is already sold-out (my copy arrived just five minutes ago! ^_^).

[Kalan]

Since Saturday BWG is available in good old Germany (f-shop.de), but it looks like it is already sold-out (my copy arrived just five minutes ago! ^_^).

I just got an email from our FLGS here in Copenhagen (Fantask) that my copy was in...so now I know what I'm doing tonight instead of studying for my CIMA exams...

[smeelbo]

Alliance delivered six copies of Burning Wheel Gold to our store yesterday, Wednesday, September 14th. ACD already had them for delivery.

Smeelbo

[Pinkys.Brain]

As the German shop/distributer for BWG seems to be out of copies: Will there be a new batch of copies ariving in the near future? It's one of those games where every player better has a copy?
Or will it take a new print run?

(p.s.: For a future reprint: A more scratchproof cover would be a bliss. Luckily I had some PVC laminate for library use lying around...)

[Thor]

As the German shop/distributer for BWG seems to be out of copies: Will there be a new batch of copies ariving in the near future? It's one of those games where every player better has a copy?
Or will it take a new print run?


They just need to order more from the BWG fulfillment house.

[Pinkys.Brain]

...just saw that one can still order copies, although the online-shop says it is out of stock. So we should give them a nudge.

And thanks for the info.

[The_Tim]

Anyone have any luck getting one in Toronto?

[Nasarius]

Mine arrived from Sphaerenmeister yesterday. They still have some in stock - here's the link (https://shop.strato.de/epages/15455106.sf/sec359131d3a4/?ObjectPath=/Shops/15455106/Products/BNWG01) again.

[Russell Hoyle]

4 books arrived by mail yesterday; 19 days in New Jersey, 9 days from there to Perth, Western Australia!

Pro tip: American 2XL is way bigger than Australian 2XL.

Cheers,

Rusty