We at 4 Winds Fantasy Gaming know that many of you have been waiting a long time – months, in fact – for several of our products. We are behind on releasing numerous print products that should have been out already, including The Apothecary’s Handbook, Tyranny & Manipulation, Paths of Power 2, Deus ex Historica, Exploding Aces, and The GOLD Guide to Competitive Gaming. I’m not going to go into the specifics of why we are behind, mostly because it has been covered before, but I will say that we vastly overestimated our ability to get print products out in the time we originally set for them. This is partially due to the fact that we are a two-person outfit, not counting freelancers, and one of those two also holds a full-time day job. Rest assured, however, that we fully intend to see that each and every promised title is released in 2012. We currently have only one title we had already scheduled for 2012 (Fae Ways), and we are not going to schedule any more releases until the previously promised titles are finished and all of them are released.
Some of you may have already pre-ordered a few of these titles and we certainly understand your frustrations at not yet receiving them. If you have pre-ordered and feel you have waited too long, please contact whomever you pre-ordered through and cancel your order and ask for a refund of your money. We won’t blame you if you do. We do hope that when the title is finally released in 2012 that you will return to purchase it.
I can tell you that most of the previously announced titles are nearly complete. Many are only waiting on editing and layout. One is still waiting on art, but the art order is under way. These books WILL be completed. That is our goal in 2012.
We thank you for your continued support.
Happy New Year,
Robert & Connie Thomson
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No worries, as I have said to other companies that have problems pop up. I am content to wait, just keep us informed. Even if it is to just pop on and say. Sorry no new news yet guys. With that I am willing to wait a long time.
Though hopefully once you get more use to things and get it all straightened out, the future products will go smoother.
Of course I wouldn't mind it if the PDF's came out weeks or months early. :)
Of course I wouldn't mind it if the PDF's came out weeks or months early. :)
That's been our trend in recent months, starting with Inkantations, that the PDF would be released anywhere from a couple of weeks to a few months before the print edition was released. That will most likely continue.
Many are only waiting on...layout. One is still waiting on art, but the art order is under way.Robert, please feel free to shoot me an e-mail if I can jump in and help at all.
Take care
Marc
We may do that, Marc. Thanks!