Any update on release date?

[gunboat]

credit card in hand, hopeing for digital download.....

[ardilla]

Now 2, waiting for the digital download.

Cross my fingers.

[eg0master]

I think matrix has made it quite clear they do not want to tell us any release date as long as the release date is to far in the future.

But since this thread was started I repeat myself (lucky 3rd time):

How long before the release can we expect to know the release date?
That would at least give is an idea of how far in the future we're talking at least...

[carnifex]

After consulting my Crystal Ballsack, I predict game will go gold on August 15th.

[Freddy Fudpucker]

ORIGINAL: carnifex

After consulting my Crystal Ballsack, I predict game will go gold on August 15th.

2004?[:)]

[Marshall Ellis]

Ok guys:

Here is the date ................... Sometime in the near future!
When I make my testers happy, we'll get it out!

I would say YES for 2004. What month? How bout August OR September OR October OR November OR December!

In summary, hard to say????????

Meanwhile ....

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[eg0master]

How about now? [:D]

[pfnognoff]

Come on people! WiTP is out! I'll be getting that this or the next week if I can hold my nerve until then (I have some things to finish up before I start my gaming in the Pacific)
I just can't imagine how my spare free time or my budget would cope with WiTP and EiA being released at the same time! [:D][:D][:D]

So I say: Don't release EiA yet!!!

P.S. Speaking about budget, do you have any info about the price range for EiA?

[Pippin]

Do not worry. After getting raped and gutted a few times in a row, you will curse the day you ever installed EIA, and move on to something else for a while

Human nature seems to win out in the end...

[pfnognoff]

ORIGINAL: Pippin

Do not worry. After getting raped and gutted a few times in a row, you will curse the day you ever installed EIA, and move on to something else for a while

Human nature seems to win out in the end...

OK, so now we have two players for our first game [8D] We need five more, and start the bidding...

P.S. Will you be getting WiTP also? We are all human after all. [:D][:D]

[sol_invictus]

Here's another one. Never played the boardgame but Napoleonic Era is my favorite period of military history. I think I would enjoy any nation; well maybe not Prussia or Austria. Let's just agree to give me Russia.[:D]

[siriain]

Me too please. I own the boardgame but have never played. I would be willing to play the Ottomans or whoever, of the non critical countries.

[ardilla]

I would mind to play any country, but I always feel more identified with Spain...wonder why...[;)]

I hope MG had made an easy e-mail system to bid.

[fjbn]

You can count with me for a game. I'm spamnish but I don't mind the country, maybe Austria or Prussia. They are both very interesting facing Napo.[;)]

[yammahoper]

I have played Spain twice. VERY frustrating nation. Conflicts arise with GB, FR and TU as you try to gain minors in Africa and Italy. Still, actually rolling up in FR back door is very thrilling. It is the 3.0 morale cav I always disliked.

A spanish/Turkish war is great fun. Without ally funding it is a slow and torturous campaign as neither nation can afford large foraging losses, and the morales are very close for both nations corps. The last war I fought against the Turk lasted almost 30 months (I was a British ally, the Turk a French ally). The impact of our war in Europe was surprising because of the cash drain on France and Austria not having to worry about the Turk invading, allowing the Austrain to bring all of his corps into Western Europe.

One of the reasons EiA is a great game because it never plays the same. I hope the games AI maintains that advantage.

yamma

[YohanTM2]

ORIGINAL: ardilla

I would mind to play any country, but I always feel more identified with Spain...wonder why...[;)]

I hope MG had made an easy e-mail system to bid.

Last I heard there was not going to be a bid system, at least for the initial release. We'll have to sort out something among ourselves.

[fjbn]

Yes, the cavalry and its 3.0 morale is very frustating, but Spain has its point. First, if you are GB ally, you can count with a very interesting trade bonus, because you have many ports. Second. You have a large fleet, and GB will pay a lot of money to be an ally, because Spain on the French side can balance sea war.Third. Spain is, because of guerrilla, a difficult country to invade, much more difficult than Prussia or Austria, so France's menaces are not very dangerous. Fourth and last. If you focus on your national interest, I mean, the ones that makes you a dominant power, you are not getting into the real war, but Italy, and maybe you will get it.It's easier for spain to became a dominant power than Prussia or Austria, because they need Confederation of the Rhine.

[NeverMan]

ORIGINAL: Yohan

Last I heard there was not going to be a bid system, at least for the initial release. We'll have to sort out something among ourselves.

Is this true? WIERD!!!!

That will be just silly! MG has to put in a bid system for this game to work, otherwise, there will be too much BS.

[eg0master]

ORIGINAL: NeverMan

ORIGINAL: Yohan

Last I heard there was not going to be a bid system, at least for the initial release. We'll have to sort out something among ourselves.

Is this true? WIERD!!!!

That will be just silly! MG has to put in a bid system for this game to work, otherwise, there will be too much BS.

Isn't this a bit harsch? MG has to put in a bid system for this game to work seams much sillier to me... I can think of at least 4 other ways to solve this...

1) When requesting players (at a opponetns request forum for example) each new player selects whatever country is available.
2) All players trust the person setting up the game and sends their bids to him.
3) If you're playing with RL friends, meet up and solve the bid RL...
4) Create a simple BID system as a webpage and use it that way.

Since it all comes down to one person setting the game up (if I understand correctly) the problem is simple to solve without building in a bid system into the game.

[ardilla]

I dont think is that bad Spain.

Yes, we have a shitty cavalery, wonder why...we didnt have much but it was not that bad....IMO.

I find Spain very funny and exciting, since nobody wants to push you to the other side (FR and GB), the manly 2 major powers at war with, besides Turky at the begining at least.

So you can play kind of neutrality till you get under control serveral states (north africa, some in Italy, maybe Portugal...)

I dont think GB or FR are going to mess with you at the very begining and neither Turky, because everybody is busy conquering minors.

GB wants Spain as ally because of his amount of ships to avoid join France and high trading values, of course as being french neighbourg is very solid place to attack France from.

FR wants Spain as ally because of his amount of ships to attack the british and because there is nothing of profit attacking Spain and much money to spend.

So I think you should play with this neutrality as long as you can while you are building your kingdom.

Turky is a danger, but usually after 1807, not before.
He has the same problems as Spain, he can only be good besides france or british, so usually is the other country that is not with spain.

Austria, Prussia and Russia have nothing to do against Spain, so are valuable allies to get money and help from them when needed, of course as FR or GB, who ever is your "protector".

A war between TU-SP is usually a benefit for the brit, taking control of north africa and the good thing will be that TU-SP were allies against the brit in the mediterranean, so they can reach an agreement for the minors and dont let the brit have anything else besides malta and gibraltar.

In my game rigth now I am Spain and is not bad, well, not good in VP (7-8) but I have Portugal, Kingdom of 2 Sicilies, Tuscany and i am fighting the brit for Morocco (was mine) and Algeria (was mine too), now both under besige.

Regards