Black Rose Wars

The Year of the Rose
about 3 years ago – Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 03:36:19 AM

Hello Magister!

Welcome to the first update of the year! We hope the year has started well for all of you, despite the difficult times we are experiencing!

Let's talk about the fulfillment status!

After the chaos we suffered because of the Christmas Holidays + COVID19 combo, which led to an almost complete stop in Europe and the USA, shipments (and reshipments...) restarted from early January. We hope that all orders still pending will be shipped by the end of February, to all of you.

USA Replacement Packs

As many of you knows already, replacement packs (mage cards with the correct size and a misprinted inferno tile) were first blocked at US customs, then disappeared somewhere... this forced us to reprint and reship new packages from the China factory to QML.

Finally, QML received all boxes, so they will start this week to send them all. Alma Mater (promo card gifted to those who took part in a survey we did in 2019), and the Black Lymph promo card will be also shipped to those who still did not receive them. Luckily those are just cosmetic replacements, and they didn't affect gameplay.

Missing Hidden Thorns

This expansion is confirmed to be really a thorn, even during the fulfillment of wave 2... We found that missing quantities passed to us from wave1 fulfillment were incomplete. After getting this information we immediately ordered an extra batch to China, on re-re-print now, they will be delivered in April. We will find a way to compensate for this extra delay. It reinforces what we already learned: no more two waves shipping for future projects.

Print on Demand Language pack rulebooks and English card pack

As already announced in the last update, we are waiting for the end of the fulfillment and the arrival in our warehouses of the cards in English, so that those who have requested both can receive everything in a single shipment. We will start shipping both in February. In the meantime, you can always download the pdf version of all the manuals in all languages ​​from our site! 

About the game and rules, Marco Montanaro is helping us to build a first FAQ document, based on the questions we received from you. In February we will publish the first version, including the errata we found in printed cards.

Lastly, Pledge Manager for Nova Aetas Renaissance has just been opened, as many of you already know, there are some expansions also playable in BRW. In addition to the Magister pledge, which includes Hyperion plus all the Stretch Goals compatible with BRW, 3 other expansions will also be compatible with BRW: you can play with the Mediceo, a new amazing Mage, with the Minotaur, and with the huge Draco, who will be summoned through a new Forbidden Spell!

If you miss the Kickstarter, you can access directly the Late Pledge and get the expansions you like, or eventually decide to buy them together with Nova Aetas Renaissance!

That's all for today! See you soon for a new update, and stay tuned! This year will be the year of the Rose!

Fireball!

A New Christmas in the Lodge
over 3 years ago – Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 12:28:02 AM

Hello, Magisters!

A quick Fulfillments update and a good chance to wish you happy holidays!

The fulfillment general situation well underway and will continue during the month of January 2021, once the chaos due to the Christmas holidays has subsided.

At the moment the only critical situation is in Europe where the combination of the restrictions applied by many countries to contrast COVID-19 and the Christmas holidays, have forced many delivery services to block packages larger than 40x40x40 cm.

At this moment Fulfillment EU is unable to deliver the packages of wave 2 in almost all the European countries and the UK. The situation is currently frozen but it is likely that once the Christmas and New Year holidays have passed, the large packages can start spinning again, and wave 2 shipments can resume normally. We are very sorry for this situation, 2020 is closing keeping its reputation as a "complicated" year. Unfortunately in this situation, LMS cannot intervene in any way and therefore we ask all backers who have not yet received wave 2 to have a little more patience.

In the USA/CANADA, the shipments of the Replacements Packs (which we remember contain the correct mage cards, the correct Inferno room, and the Black Lynph promo card) for all the backers will start from January and probably those who receive wave 2 in January will find them directly in their shipment.

In Oceania, The fulfillment is almost completed and Etherworks is sending the replacement packs to those who have not yet received them.

For Asia, the same goes for Europe and the USA, with the fulfillment that will be completed in January.

We have also started the shipment of the Alma Mater promo card (Forgotten Spell, only in English and not Foil), which is up to the approximately 3700 backers who, in 2019 participated in the Survey launched via LMS by an Italian university for the study of crowdfunding projects. This card was originally supposed to be Black Lynph, but given the nature of the sponsor of this initiative, we opted for a new, more "themed" card. The card has already been integrated into the latest European shipments and will be integrated into all future shipments and Replacement Packs for the USA/CANADA. Instead, it will be sent individually to all Survey participants who have already received their pledge. Please note that not all backers are entitled to receive this card, but only those who, in 2019, voluntarily participated in our survey.

Language packs Print on Demand Rulebooks

Shipments for these Rulebooks (which will include Core Box Rulebook and Codex Arcanum, Crono Rulebook, Hidden Thorn Rulebook) in ESP / GER / ITA will start in January. We prefer to finish the main fulfillment before opening this front too. In the meantime, at this link, you can find all the updated manuals for all languages with the sole exception of those in Italian that will arrive between Christmas and New Year.

Language Packs English cards

These cards will also be shipped in January, after we have received them from the factory, we will try to match those who also ordered the PoD rulebooks in a single shipment. To request these cards you will need to write to our support center. Please only make this request if you actually need English cards for your games as well.

FAQ and ERRATA

As previously mentioned, the management of fulfillment in such a complicated period (the pandemic + Christmas combo) is requiring the use of many of our resources, and therefore we are late in the publication of this document much awaited by all players, we ask you to have a little more patience, we hope to have the opportunity to work on it with due attention as soon as some of the Fulfillment powder has settled. Marco Montanaro is collecting your feedback and we are sure that the wait will be well rewarded.

Finally, we remind you that for any problem you can contact our Support service.

That's all for today! Ludus Magnus Studio Team wishes everyone a Merry Christmas and a happy new year!

Fireball (and stay safe!)

Fulfillment Update!
over 3 years ago – Wed, Dec 09, 2020 at 03:08:40 AM

Hello Magister!

The fulfillment is in full swing and finally many of you are appreciating the wonders of Wave 2, but let's take stock of the situation on shipments in the various areas!

USA / CANADA - QML has kept faith with its reputation and finished the shipment of the CTAs within a few days, and thanks to the support of the backers who helped us, we were able to start the first shipments even for those who did not participate in the CTA in a very short time, fulfillment will also continue in January 2021.

Orders for Canadian CTA backers take a week to 10 days longer than in the US so it is normal that Canadian backers are receiving the CTA these days.

For the package of replacements that all USA / CANADA backers have yet to receive, we are taking steps to resolve the situation but it is likely that the shipment will stop between the end of the month and the beginning of January due to the quite busy period for shipments between Christmas holidays and pandemics.

We remind you that you do not have to take any action to receive the package with the replacements, it will be sent to you automatically by QML as soon as they receive the items that compose it (Mage cards, promo card, and Inferno Room). I still remind you that these replacements are only cosmetic, so you already have all the correct material to play.

EU / ROW - Fulfillment Europe took longer than expected to send the orders marked as CTA, and now also here the fulfillment of the rest of the orders has begun, which also, in this case, will continue during January 2021, always starting from the European orders and then passing to the Rest of the world.

Unfortunately, even here the pandemic continues to throw a spanner in the works... Friday Fulfillment EU wrote to us:

"I wanted to inform you that DHL is currently not delivering to the following countries due to COVID-19: Bolivia, Ireland, Czech Republic, Belgium.

For your list, this concerns 140 orders which cannot currently be fulfilled and have been put on hold. "

The ROW CTAs have started and are currently on their way so don't be alarmed if you haven't received them yet, the journey will simply take a little longer.

ASIA - CTA orders have been shipped and the rest of the orders are being fulfilled here too. Also in this case we plan to finish the shipments for January 2021. Some backers have not received the package of replacements but VFI is correcting the situation, if you have not yet received it, contact us to request the shipment.

OCEANIA - Here too CTAs completely shipped and a small remaining non-CTA order still to be shipped, it is possible that the fulfillment can be completed by the end of the month.

Our thanks go today to a group of backers and players who on BGG have drawn up a very useful guide to combining the materials of wave 1 with those of wave 2. With the fulfillment in progress, our resources are currently focused on solving the problems of the expedition and these guys have helped both us and the community in this first period! Thanks so much to Jesper Munch Keiding, John Cosgrove, Freddy, Boga82, Stephen Ball, and Barbapere!

You can find the guide by following this link:

Combining the base game with the SATOR box

Within the next week, we will publish the updated manuals in ESP, GER, and ITA and the first Errata / FAQ document online. We apologize for the delay but as already mentioned our resources are almost totally committed to supporting the fulfillment.

As always, we remind you to write to this link if you need support with your pledge!

https://ludusmagnusstudio.com/contact-us/

That's it for now, have fun and of course ...

Fireball !!!

USA Shipment update
over 3 years ago – Sun, Nov 22, 2020 at 01:37:01 AM

Hello, Magisters!

A quick update about the fulfillment with particular attention for the USA and CANADA.

QML has informed us that the fulfillment for the Call to Arms will begin on Monday 23 November.

From today all US and Canada backers will receive an email for one last change of address.

So if you need a last-minute change of address, we recommend you to check your inbox (including the Spam folder) for an email with the subject:

"Please verify your Black Rose Wars Address!"

Unfortunately, boxes with the replacements containing the Mage Cards and the Inferno room, are still blocked at US customs, so we decide to proceed as planned with shipping and you will receive this material with a separate shipment as soon as we manage to unlock this unpleasant situation, without the need for any action on your part.

Please note those replacements are purely cosmetics, so they will not have any impact on game playability.

Shipments to Europe and ROW started few days ago and are proceeding regularly. Obviously, it will take some days to complete the fulfillment for the Call to Arms.

VFI in Asia has also started shipping yesterday, so even in this case, for the backers who participated in the Call to Arms, it is just a matter of waiting their turn.

As always for any need you can contact us here:

LMS CONTACT US

That's it for now, see you soon for new updates!

Fire Ball (and stay safe!)

Wave 2 Fulfillment Update
over 3 years ago – Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 11:27:04 PM

Hello Magisters

A quick update on the status of fulfillment in each area!

OCEANIA - Aetherworks has almost completed the fulfillment and is also sending the replacements for the Mage Cards and for the Inferno room, to those who have not received them together with the rest of wave 2. The promo card will arrive later with a separate shipment. That we are still recovering the box that contained them. It will be a matter of a few more days.

EU / UK / ROW - On 13 November Fulfillment Europe officially started the Fulfillment for Europe and UK, obviously starting from those who participated in the Call To Arms. Since everything worked fine in this case, the backers will receive the Replacement and the promo card all in a single shipment. As soon as the Call to Arms for the EU and UK has ended, the shipment for the ROW will start.

ASIA - Due to a misunderstanding with VFI, compared to the last update we have to correct the status of shipments for this area. At the moment VFI has yet to begin fulfillment. Shipments will start this week for the next to come, so don't worry if you haven't received a notification yet, probably you will receive it in the next few days. Even the backers in this Area will receive the Replacement and the promo card all in a single shipment. Sorry if we have unnecessarily alarmed you.

USA/CANADA - QML will start fulfillment on November 18th, with the possibility, however, that the firestarter may be postponed by 2-3 days, based on the fulfillment completion of the projects they are currently managing.

Unfortunately, the box containing the promo card and the replacements for Mage Cards and Inferno Room is currently blocked at customs due to a series of complications that we are trying to solve.

If we fail to resolve the issue by November 18th, we have instructed QML to start shipping the Wave 2 anyway, so as not to make you wait any longer, and we will ship the replacements with a second shipment as soon as we have resolved the problems that still hold the goods blocked at customs. Don't worry about not being able to enjoy wave 2 right away, the Mage Cards in the box are perfectly usable to play, just don't force to insert them into the new Mage Sheets, and the Inferno room has only a "cosmetic" problem in its "destroyed version".

The replacements and the Promo card will be sent to everyone without any action on your part.

Since many of you will be wondering why these problems with the replacements of the Mage Sheet and Inferno room, as we had warned you, these elements were produced when the boxes of wave 2 were ready for boarding, so as not to delay further the shipping. After a flash production, they were shipped by plane to the various hubs to be then reunited with the rest of the goods and shipped all together. Unfortunately in the USA, this coordination did not work perfectly due to events beyond our control, but which we are resolving with the help of QML and FEDEX.

That is all for the moment! See you soon for a new update!

Fireball! (and stay safe)