Andoria Battlefields combines drafting, area control and dice combat into an exciting battle-race game. For 2 - 4 player.
So dear friends, the games have finally arrived. We started shipping directly.
Please understand that we can not send all of them at the same time, because besides our work we are still family fathers.
We will give our best to hurry up as much as possible.
Here a sneak preview ;-)
We are very happy to see the game is beeing finished.
Here a short preview ot the production as long you are waiting for your copy.
They should arrive us in the next days.
Thank you one more time for your patience.
Hi Guys,
yes there are again delays, but all the parts have arrived, we are just waiting for the core game from Ludofact.
We have collected all of the addresses and prepared the packaging and assembling.
We will pack everything as quickly as possible and send it accordingly.
You have tolerated a lot, but waiting will be over soon and we are very excited to keep the game soon in our hands.
Your patience will soon be rewarded with a high quality product. We are sure if you hold the final product in your hands, the waiting time will dissolve in the air.
Hi everybody,
this is Frank Jaeger from Ludo Fact. We are in the process of producing "Andoria Battlefields". Raentik Games and I have agreed that you should get the information straight from the source so I am chipping in here.
What is the status of the production?
We have all files and production is underway. Usually, producing a board game takes 6 to 8 weeks, but we akready started two weeks ago. The production process is a complicated matter with logistics and warehousing and also the availability of raw materials to be take into account. Before we have started production of the base game, many other items were done already. The miniatures have been started last year and are on their way to Europe on a ship somewhere on the Seven Seas (well, likely the Indian Ocean. Unless we have a very confused skipper). Raentik already has the player mats and on our end everything seems to run smoothly, too.
When will the games be ready?
Well, that is a bit difficult to say yet. We are planning for mid March. The reason for that is the time of the year. It is toy fair time which means we are usually very busy (Toy fairs are, in order starting mid January to Mid March: Hongkong, London, Nürnberg, New York, Cannes, Reno) and production capacity is full. That also goes for our suppliers of which usually the dice take longest. I expect that the dice will also determine the exact date of assembly in this case, too. Right now we only have a preliminary delivery date which is in March.
I would expect Andoria Battlefields to be ready somewhere between March 8 and March 15th. Can this be sped up? Unfortunately, no. Ludo Fact produces approximataly 50000 games per day and the logistical implications on the supply chain to switch a game back and forth are immense as each game consists of many different items, and most of these items consist of more items in various stages of processing.
Let me give you an example: Let's take a box top. From the finished box top backwards we split it into a
- box top printed sheet corners punched and a grey carton blank, punched
These go a step back and were
- box top printed sheet corners unpunched and a grey carton sheet
The carton is in its original state now, but for the printed sheet we go another step back:
- box top printed sheet cut to size
which was ordered as
- box top printed sheet
So for production the simple box top consists out of no less than seven different items for which the supply chain and production process on the machines has to be planned. So if I go over and ask my colleagues nicely if they could pull Andoria Battlefields forward a week or two, their answer my include the use of tar and feathers. Not something I look particularly forward to.
I hope that this little detour into production gave you a little insight. It does not speed up production, but at least you know exactly where we stand and that Raentik can do absolutely nothing to speed things up. It is out of their hands and will take a few more weeks to be ready.
Cheers
Frank Jaeger
LUDO FACT GmbH, Germany
Hi Guys,
we understand that you are annoyed that the game is still not there and some are asking for their money back, but the bills are paid and the games and add-ons are in production!
Here are a some pictures about the finished miniature of Lord Teraxx, the neopren game mats and the custom bags which are now on the way to Germany.
The game should be finished in the next 3 weeks and then we will start to ship them.
As some add-ons will not arrive until mid-March, backer who have ordered the basic game will first receive their copy.
We are already looking forward to seeing pictures of people around the world playing Andoria Battlefields.
Yes, there have been a lot of problems on the way here (bad productions, quality we did not like, etc.), but we do not want to bother you with the details of the problems every time, otherwise it might be an excuse. Unfortunately we couldn´t estimate how many production steps such a project goes through and how much time it takes to get it right.
We are all looking forward to the finished game.
Thank you!