Flight of Giants

**Dom S** · 08-14-2010 01:37

Very odd - I thought you guys usually get stuff before the Americans, let alone us Brits (who are pretty much bottom of the food chain thanks to the odd distribution network....)

**ego** · 08-14-2010 02:19

Originally Posted by Dom S

Very odd - I thought you guys usually get stuff before the Americans, let alone us Brits (who are pretty much bottom of the food chain thanks to the odd distribution network....)

Well, just maybe they blundered with the german Instructions.....

**AndyT** · 08-14-2010 23:51

I picked up FotG, Hit & Run and Crossfire at my local games store in Bristol yesterday. Very pleased with all of them and it will be nice to have the SE5a and Bristol Fighter on table at the same time.

The shop manager told me he expects to have the series 4 planes in stock next week.

Cheers,
Andy

**Flying Officer Kyte** · 08-15-2010 00:49

Originally Posted by AndyT

I picked up FotG, Hit & Run and Crossfire at my local games store in Bristol yesterday. Very pleased with all of them and it will be nice to have the SE5a and Bristol Fighter on table at the same time.

The shop manager told me he expects to have the series 4 planes in stock next week.

Cheers,
Andy

That is very interesting news indeed Andy. If your shopkeeper is correct he will have stolen a march on everyone. I wonder how he got his information on series four?
Rob.

**AndyT** · 08-15-2010 01:08

The store manager may well have got it wrong. His expertise is RPGs and comics not wargames as such so perhaps he has confused Series 4 planes with something else (Series 1 reprint?).

If I hear any more news I'll let you know.

**Dom S** · 08-15-2010 02:18

I'd love to think he's right, but frankly, umm, I don't....

Given the nature of the distribution network, it's pretty much inconceivable that it could be out in the UK without already having been released at least a week or two ago elsewhere....

**Oberst Hajj** · 08-15-2010 06:59

We know Series 4 will be out after the new Deluxe set, and Andrea has told me that it is not due out until August/Sept in Italy.

**Flying Officer Kyte** · 08-15-2010 07:11

Originally Posted by Col. Hajj

We know Series 4 will be out after the new Deluxe set, and Andrea has told me that it is not due out until August/Sept in Italy.

I bet you wish you had a pint for every time you have told us that Col. You know what it is like. The nearer the release date comes, the more twitchy the lads trigger finger gets on the old keyboard.
Rob.

**Oberst Hajj** · 08-15-2010 07:18

I'm just as itchy as everyone else!

Diamat · 08-17-2010 22:05

I too received FotG, Crossfire and Hit & Run yesterday, and tore into them immediately. Another high-quality set of releases, although I was thrown a bit by the way the plane and deck cards were presented in the blister packs: a few planes, a few cards, repeat!

I was grateful for the 'official' altitude cards, too.

FotG looks meatier than I was expecting in terms of rules. I for one am grateful that the plane cards (which are double sided, and come in two sizes) aren't on board. The card stock FFG has used is flexible, but resilient - it's just the job, I think.

Anyway, I'm looking forward to getting it on the table soon. Drowning in IRL work at the moment, but that should all be over by the end of the month.

**Flying Officer Kyte** · 08-18-2010 00:38

I was grateful for the 'official' altitude cards, too.

Yes they are a useful addition . I hope they are included in all future releases, so that both sides have access to a copy, without us having to print our own. However well we do it they never seem quite like the real thing. Oh the finish, the finish.

Rob.

**Bigman** · 08-21-2010 11:09

Originally Posted by AndyT

I picked up FotG, Hit & Run and Crossfire at my local games store in Bristol yesterday. Very pleased with all of them and it will be nice to have the SE5a and Bristol Fighter on table at the same time.

The shop manager told me he expects to have the series 4 planes in stock next week.

Cheers,
Andy

Hi

quick query. I visit Bristol often can you tell me which shop you are using as mine is a bit hit and miss with WOW. owner dosent think pre painted minis are proper war game materials

hi ho

Thanks in advance

**AndyT** · 08-22-2010 23:18

Hi Bigman

I go to Area 51 on the Gloucester Road. He doesn't have a lot of stock because his main interests are board games, comics and RPGs but he will order stuff for you if its not on the shelves.

Cheers,
Andy

**Scoop** · 09-28-2010 05:42

Does anyone know when those bombers will arrive in Germany? I've ordered the box about half a year ago and my local dealer still says that no one knowns when it will come out.

**Dom S** · 09-28-2010 05:50

No real idea (as the boxed sets mean commissioning a separate edition for different languages) but I'd take a blind guess that given how important Spiel in Essen is to German firms, getting it out in time for that (late October) would make sense for a German distributor....

**Scoop** · 09-28-2010 06:20

That makes sense - so I would expect another six months

Since Nexus showed the ballons on the last "Spiel" con in Essen, it took about that long until we got them here.

**Dom S** · 09-28-2010 06:22

Hopefully it'll be a bit quicker this time - if nothing else, the fact that it's all printed matter rather than models should reduce the production lead time quite a lot....