Why do UK stores offer game as in stock before subscribers are shipped


Pathfinder Adventure Card Game General Discussion


Yesterday I received this :-In the next week or so, we're expecting to ship Pathfinder Adventure Card Game?Promo Card: Dance with Squealy Nord, the next product of your subscription.

cool but probably means I wont receive it before Christmas / New Year.

I read you were trying to co-ordinate release date so that US subscribers get theirs at the same time as it arrives in stores. I expected mine to bringing its way and arriving 5-10 days later (but xmas post will probably add to that) it took around that time last time.

I am surprised that Infinity games (IGUK) is offering it as in stock before mine has and probably most other subscribers have even shipped. Have they broken an agreement and offered it early?

Paizo Employee Chief Technical Officer

Retailers, regardless of location, are not allowed to release the Hook Mountain Massacre Adventure Deck until December 26. We'll investigate. Thanks for letting us know!


Hi, I didn't get any notice of date restrictions from the supplier when I ordered my stock. I'm expecting it to arrive here on the 18th Dec, but please confirm if I should hold them until after Christmas!

Lantern Lodge Customer Service Dire Care Bear Manager

Retail release date is December 26th. If you have questions about that, please email distributororders@paizo.com.


No problem - I'll stick to that, but how are the retailers supposed to know these things unless the distributor tells them? If I wasn't on this forum I would have happily put Hook Mountain on sale next week and not know I was doing anything wrong.

Paizo Employee Chief Technical Officer

The distributor is supposed to communicate release dates to their retailers. (Exactly how that happens varies by distributor.)

h4ppy, are you buying from Esdevium?


Got a notice in today's "new releases" email from the distributor (there's only one in the UK, right?) saying that all this week's Paizo items have a release date of 26th December (and apologising for not mentioning it sooner).

Hopefully everybody saw that and sticks to the dates now.


h4ppy wrote:

Got a notice in today's "new releases" email from the distributor (there's only one in the UK, right?) saying that all this week's Paizo items have a release date of 26th December (and apologising for not mentioning it sooner).

Hopefully everybody saw that and sticks to the dates now.

H4ppy - you have a shop in the UK? Are you allowed to tell us where or link to it in some way on here? A twitter name would do :)


@Daarck - yes, I do. Not sure if it's possible to send a PM on these boards, but look me up on BoardGameGeek - my handle there is boardgamemonster - and I'll send you more info.


My FLGS - also in the UK - has received Hook, and had heard nothing about any official release date. He asked if I wanted a copy, and I had to say that, as a subscriber, I was already guaranteed to get a copy in about three weeks time.


Well, I have received my stock now sitting on it before sending to customers...

...do you think I should open my *personal* copy before Boxing Day?

rip - rip - rip

Too late!

Paizo Employee Chief Technical Officer

Does that make today Unboxing Day?


I doubt if there will be problem if you information about your shop in your profile information. Unless you consider it private and don't want to have it associated with your work.

You don't happen to be in Norwich?


@Drejk - I'm not in Norwich all the time, but I will be there for a week over Christmas... PM me via BGG for more info!

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