OK, so things are going out for direct sales and it looks like a turning point has been reached. Both for items listed at Mongoose as in stock and Mongoose direct pre-orders.
But many gamers have been cut out of the game because all of the local US distributors still list everything except the rulebook as Not Yet Available or Out of Stock.
Back at the initial release I had over 30 people at my FLGS that were really interested in playing and a big push to set up league play and some local tournaments. I had managed to get one Fed and one Kling Sqd box and used it for a couple demos but then the floor fell through. The number of people that are asking now is steadily dropping as interest dies because no product is available.
When will there be shipments to actual distribution companies. Not direct sales, but stuff that will actually make it to the FLGS. 90% of my local area games at a FLGS, not at home in the basement. This has led to the domination of mini’s gaming by Warhammer or Warmachine with other games (including practically all historical) to be virtually non-existent. I have only seen a handful of historical games being run at any of the local cons over the last 3 years and they are usually Flames of War (since that line is actually supported for both rules and figures).
ACTA:SF was actually a godsend for mini’s. Rules + Miniatures being actually supported via actual distributors. That is it was until the mini’s dried up.
No don’t get me wrong, I really want to run/demo ACTA:SF but I have been hiding from my FLGS because I hate not having any answers for any body and “well Mongoose is supporting direct sales right now, but the distributors have nothing” gets old.
So for now I will not be promoting the game until I actually receive in hand the ships I ordered via my FLGS several months ago. And my specific question is this.
"Have you shipped any product (excluding the rulebook) to any US Distributors and if not, can we expect it any time soon?"
But many gamers have been cut out of the game because all of the local US distributors still list everything except the rulebook as Not Yet Available or Out of Stock.
Back at the initial release I had over 30 people at my FLGS that were really interested in playing and a big push to set up league play and some local tournaments. I had managed to get one Fed and one Kling Sqd box and used it for a couple demos but then the floor fell through. The number of people that are asking now is steadily dropping as interest dies because no product is available.
When will there be shipments to actual distribution companies. Not direct sales, but stuff that will actually make it to the FLGS. 90% of my local area games at a FLGS, not at home in the basement. This has led to the domination of mini’s gaming by Warhammer or Warmachine with other games (including practically all historical) to be virtually non-existent. I have only seen a handful of historical games being run at any of the local cons over the last 3 years and they are usually Flames of War (since that line is actually supported for both rules and figures).
ACTA:SF was actually a godsend for mini’s. Rules + Miniatures being actually supported via actual distributors. That is it was until the mini’s dried up.
No don’t get me wrong, I really want to run/demo ACTA:SF but I have been hiding from my FLGS because I hate not having any answers for any body and “well Mongoose is supporting direct sales right now, but the distributors have nothing” gets old.
So for now I will not be promoting the game until I actually receive in hand the ships I ordered via my FLGS several months ago. And my specific question is this.
"Have you shipped any product (excluding the rulebook) to any US Distributors and if not, can we expect it any time soon?"
