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  4. Posted

    Sold... but I didn't get the UFOs. :-)

     

    If you guys have a set of UFOs painted as they look like in Enemy Unknown, get in touch with me please (and if you plan to paint them, paint them that way and I'll buy them!). :-)

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    Funny, but I now want an X-com game with 2 human factions and 2 alien factions. You have X-com and eXalt as the human factions (defenders and collaborators). Then you should have the Advent and the Alien as well the Alien factions (assimilators and invaders)

     

    If Evolution sells, they will do more expansions. I am absolutely sure about that.

  9. Posted

    Dear FFG,

    considering the game's status has now been updated to "on the boat" on Nov 1st, it would be a great thing if you could release the .pdf rules for us to see.

    I'm literally dying to play this... the rules could give me some oxygen to hold on until January! :-)

  11. Posted · Edited by GShock112

    Hi! :-)

    Yes I found it but well... Eric is very active and while cogollo explained what happened at corporative level here, he knew I was looking for Evolution at Spiel there at BGG.

    So they DID display it and there is more stuff than the announcement of last August showed us.

     

    Can't say I had enough... I would like to see the whole set of rules and components, not that it changes anything to me, I will buy it anyway. ;-)

     

    ... but at least it would satisfy my curiosity. We've been playing XCom very intensively here and I can't wait to see the rules because of some variants I've been testing whose mechanics will surely be affected by the new cards and units.

  12. Posted

    Did you check Asmodee?

    They are now the owners of FFG and they have a big section in SPIEL so maybe they can provide some info in tgeir stands

    Oh I didn't know that... but that's why the asmodee domain was used by their tech support.... now I connect the dots. :-)

    Can't find anything about XCom unfortunately.

  13. Posted

    I saw the videos of last GenCon and XCom Evolution, originally scheduled for Q1 2017 was slated earlier to Q4 2016.

    What I don't understand is why, with an imminent expansion, FFG didn't go to Essen to announce the release of XCom Evolution.

     

    Granted... so far it's just announcements and NONE make much sense since without a gameplay turn shown (at least one!) you can't make a clear idea of what's changing with the expansion but it seems to me FFG had only to gain by being present, giving demos (which will appear on YouTube) and announcing their expansion.

     

    I'm not that disappointed... I just don't understand the reasons behind this choice. Everybody is there but FFG. Why?

  14. Posted

    In the Gen Con videos I saw, the game was scheduled for release in Q1 2017 but luckily the website says Q4 2016.

    Considering the lower price, compared to the base game, there has to be a lot less inside the box and this both makes the printing faster AND the release closer.

     

    I have a strong feeling we'll see the release in time for Xmas. I really hope for the beginning of December... gotta make sure to find a dealer that ships fast enough then.

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    Oh I'm not saying your guess is wrong... I'm just hoping they did things properly which means they tested the gameplay, the missions and the new cards BEFORE announcing the release.

    That would mean everything was ready to be made. Updating the code of the app shouldn't be a big deal because all the new content is in the XCom 2 game (images, music, etc.). The plastic miniatures, cards, cardboards and tokens would really take 1 month to produce and an extra month to ship. We're not talking of the immediate release of 50.000 expansions but a planned increasing number starting from small and following the sales curves.

     

    About the total numbers... here we have a remarkable example. I am waiting for the basic game to arrive and when I downloaded the app I saw 100.000+ downloads. Guessing nobody would get this app if he didn't own the boardgame (yea, excluding those n00bs who thought they were actually downloading a stand-alone game), the sales must have gone pretty good for FFG, a thing of which we can only be pleased. :-)

     

    The shipping is something I think we may assume will take less than we think. Since it looks like FFG has its own shop, the expansion would arrive there and be immediately available probably before the other shops all around the world could receive it and put it on the shelves.

     

    Well... it's all guesses and speculations. I think with the coming of Xmas in 3 months, FFG should make an announcement on when the game will be available. Company-wise, they should be doing the impossible to put it on the shelves BEFORE Xmas... which is the moment they can maximize profits by adding a sale offer on both items when purchased together.

     

    I really am too curious to wait. I'll be looking for FFG email so I can ask them directly. :-)

  16. Posted

    Well the page shows the content, the cards, miniatures and even the box ready.

    It would be nice if FFG pushed out a short YouTube video to show us what it's about.

     

    .... we don't even know when the expansion will be released... and if the app is ready to handle it (I suppose a patch will be needed to activate-deactivate the expansion).

  17. Posted

    February? That's a lot...

    It's basically a few tokens and some cards, which probably come from the same factory, plus the miniatures... coming from some other factory. I'm pretty sure there should be an update to the app... which must include the new cards in the balance of things.

     

    So you're saying they announced at the beginning of August and began production in mid August... that means everything in the mechanics is ready to be implemented.

    I find it hard to believe it could go past Xmas but if I was FFG I would announce a date or... begin pre-ordering since they have their own shop page.

     

    Is there a way to tell for sure? Somewhere the DEVs would answer the question?

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