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DVG News - 11-11-09

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PHANTOM LEADER
Thank you to everyone who has sent in their pre-order names for the box! We’ve updated the back cover with the latest names.

http://www.dvg.com/.sc/ms/dd/ee/20/Phantom%20Leader

If you’ve pre-ordered Phantom and would like your name to appear on the game boxes, copy/paste your name into the following statement:

“I give permission to print my name, (( name )), on the Phantom Leader game boxes.”

FRONTLINE
The rules have moved to layout! There is still much to do, but they are looking great!

http://www.dvg.com/.sc/ms/dd/ee/26/Fron ... 0-%20D-Day

We’re getting close to finishing Frontline! If you’ve pre-ordered Frontline and would like your name to appear on the game boxes, copy/paste your name into the following statement:

“I give permission to print my name, (( name )), on the Frontline game boxes.”

CHECK YOUR CREDIT CARD INFO
If you have pre-ordered Frontline or Phantom Leader, please check your credit card info for your DVG account. We will be charging credit cards in a couple weeks. We hope to receive both games back from the printer in early February.

It is okay if the credit card info on your pre-order invoice is out of date. Our system does not update invoice information since it involves sensitive credit card data. Our system first checks the credit card info on the pre-order invoice. If that is declined, it checks the credit card info in your account and tries again.

FIELD COMMANDER NAPOLEON
Once Frontline and Phantom Leader are complete, we’ll be ready to place Field Commander Napoleon up for pre-order. Napoleon is looking to be a monster game with 6 mounted 11” x 17” campaign maps! The game will cover Napoleon’s entire career from Italy in 1796 through Waterloo in 1815.

BATTLE DAMAGED GAMES SALE
We have some Down In Flames, Rommels, and Alexanders that have damaged boxes. The boxes are warped, but the internal components are perfect. If you’d like to purchase some of these, enter the coupon code: 86068 to receive a 25% discount.

PRE-ORDERS
We’ve updated the pre-order numbers for Frontline and Phantom.

We are in the final push for pre-orders for Frontline and Phantom. If you’d like to order these games, now is the time!

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PHANTOM LEADER
We’ve updated the back cover with the latest names.

http://images.dvg.com/www.dvg.com/phantomboxback.jpg

If you’ve pre-ordered Phantom and would like your name to appear on the game boxes, copy/paste your name into the following statement and email me at: dan (at) dvg (dot) com

“I give permission to print my name, (( name )), on the Phantom Leader game boxes.”

FRONTLINE
Updated rulebook! We will be updating the online rulebook every day or two. Please look through it for mistakes. At this point, the graphics are not complete, but if you see any errors, typos, or confusing rules, please email me at: dan (at) dvg (dot) com

http://images.dvg.com/www.dvg.com/frontlinerules11.pdf

Back cover with pre-order names!

http://images.dvg.com/www.dvg.com/frontlineboxback.jpg

We’re getting close to finishing Frontline! If you’ve pre-ordered Frontline and would like your name to appear on the game boxes, copy/paste your name into the following statement and email me at: dan (at) dvg (dot) com

“I give permission to print my name, (( name )), on the Frontline game boxes.”

CHECK YOUR CREDIT CARD INFO
If you have pre-ordered Frontline or Phantom Leader, please check your credit card info for your DVG account. We will be charging credit cards in a couple weeks. We hope to receive both games back from the printer in early February.

It is okay if the credit card info on your pre-order invoice is out of date. Our system does not update invoice information since it involves sensitive credit card data. Our system first checks the credit card info on the pre-order invoice. If that is declined, it checks the credit card info in your account and tries again.

BATTLE DAMAGED GAMES SALE
We have some Down In Flames, Rommels, and Alexanders that have damaged boxes. The boxes are warped, but the internal components are perfect. If you’d like to purchase some of these, enter the coupon code: 86068 to receive a 25% discount.

PRE-ORDERS
We will be closing the pre-orders for Frontline and Phantom Leader very soon. This is your last chance to receive the pre-order discount and get your name on the boxes!

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PHANTOM LEADER IS GOING TO THE PRINTER!
We will be sending the final Phantom Leader files to the printer, and charging credit cards in 24 hours. If you’d like to pre-order, do it now!

We’ve updated the back cover with the latest names.

http://images.dvg.com/www.dvg.com/phantomboxback.jpg

If you’ve pre-ordered Phantom and would like your name to appear on the game boxes, copy/paste your name into the following statement and email me at: dan (at) dvg (dot) com

“I give permission to print my name, (( name )), on the Phantom Leader game boxes.”

FRONTLINE
Updated rulebook!

http://images.dvg.com/www.dvg.com/frontlinerules12.pdf

We will be updating the online rulebook every day or two. Please look through it for mistakes. At this point, the graphics are not complete, but if you see any errors, typos, or confusing rules, please email me at: dan (at) dvg (dot) com

Updated back cover with pre-order names!

http://images.dvg.com/www.dvg.com/frontlineboxback.jpg

Frontline is going to the printer in about 10 days!

If you’ve pre-ordered Frontline and would like your name to appear on the game boxes, copy/paste your name into the following statement and email me at: dan (at) dvg (dot) com

“I give permission to print my name, (( name )), on the Frontline game boxes.”

CHECK YOUR CREDIT CARD INFO
If you have pre-ordered Frontline or Phantom Leader, please check your credit card info for your DVG account. We will be charging credit cards in a couple weeks. We hope to receive both games back from the printer in early February.

It is okay if the credit card info on your pre-order invoice is out of date. Our system does not update invoice information since it involves sensitive credit card data. Our system first checks the credit card info on the pre-order invoice. If that is declined, it checks the credit card info in your account and tries again.

BATTLE DAMAGED GAMES SALE
We have some Down In Flames, Rommels, and Alexanders that have damaged boxes. The boxes are warped, but the internal components are perfect. If you’d like to purchase some of these, enter the coupon code: 86068 to receive a 25% discount.

DVG IS TWEETING!
Our Twitter account is www.twitter.com/danverssengames

If you’d like to keep up on the exciting events in our daily game designer lives, please add us to your Twitter list!

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PHANTOM LEADER
We’ve updated the back cover with the final names.

http://images.dvg.com/www.dvg.com/phantomboxback.jpg

FRONTLINE
Updated rulebook!

http://images.dvg.com/www.dvg.com/frontlinerules13.pdf

The rules are pretty much done at this point. There are a couple little lay-out adjustments to take care of and that’s about it. Please look through it for mistakes. If you see any errors, typos, or confusing rules, please email me at: dan (at) dvg (dot) com

Updated back cover with pre-order names!

http://images.dvg.com/www.dvg.com/frontlineboxback.jpg

Frontline is going to the printer in about 5 days!

If you’ve pre-ordered Frontline and would like your name to appear on the game boxes, copy/paste your name into the following statement and email me at: dan (at) dvg (dot) com

“I give permission to print my name, (( name )), on the Frontline game boxes.”

CHECK YOUR CREDIT CARD INFO
If you have pre-ordered Frontline, please check your credit card info for your DVG account. We will be charging credit cards in a couple weeks. We hope to receive both games back from the printer in early February.

It is okay if the credit card info on your pre-order invoice is out of date. Our system does not update invoice information since it involves sensitive credit card data. Our system first checks the credit card info on the pre-order invoice. If that is declined, it checks the credit card info in your account and tries again.

BATTLE DAMAGED GAMES SALE
We have some Down In Flames, Rommels, and Alexanders that have damaged boxes. The boxes are warped, but the internal components are perfect. If you’d like to purchase some of these, enter the coupon code: 86068 to receive a 25% discount.

DVG IS TWEETING!
Our Twitter account is www.twitter.com/danverssengames

If you’d like to keep up on the exciting events in our daily game designer lives, please add us to your Twitter list!


www.dvg.com
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FRONTLINE
Updated rulebook! Almost Done!

http://images.dvg.com/www.dvg.com/frontlinerules14.pdf

Updated back cover with pre-order names!

http://images.dvg.com/www.dvg.com/frontlineboxback.jpg

Frontline is going to the printer in about 2 days!

If you’ve pre-ordered Frontline and would like your name to appear on the game boxes, copy/paste your name into the following statement and email me at: dan (at) dvg (dot) com

“I give permission to print my name, (( name )), on the Frontline game boxes.”

CHECK YOUR CREDIT CARD INFO
If you have pre-ordered Frontline, please check your credit card info for your DVG account. We will be charging credit cards in a couple weeks. We hope to receive both games back from the printer in early February.


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A word about pre-orders…

The pre-order system is a vital part of a strategy game company’s business model. Without pre-orders, most companies would be hard-pressed to bring a game to market. For small companies like DVG, it would be worse than hard-pressed, it would be impossible.

We recently ended the pre-order cycle for Frontline and Phantom Leader. We then charged the credit card pre-orders from the past 9 months.

We usually have 10% of the charges declined. We then contact the customers and ask them to re-pre-order with revised credit card information. Roughly, half do, and the other half don’t.

I must admit, I was worried when we charged the cards this time. Let’s face it, the economy has been bad for all of us, plus its holiday time when money is even tighter. I was fully expecting to see one declined charge after another.

I want to thank all of you who pre-ordered, because I got an early Christmas present this year. Against all anticipation, the number of declined cards were down, and the number of people who then re-pre-ordered was up. When the dust cleared, all (ALL!) the Phantom pre-orders were successful, and only three (3!) of the Frontline pre-orders failed.

Thank you all for a very Merry Christmas!

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Wow, a new cycle of games is starting!

In this cycle we’re moving forward with Down In Flames – Guns Blazing (WWII), Down In Flames – Locked-On (Jets), and Modern Land Battles (well, er… modern).

New Guns Blazing Slideshow!
http://www.dvg.com/.sc/ms/dd/ee/29/Down ... %20Blazing

New Locked-On Slideshow!
http://www.dvg.com/.sc/ms/dd/ee/31/Down ... 0Locked-On

Modern Land Battles Rules – Early Draft!
http://images.dvg.com/www.dvg.com/mlbrules.pdf

Looking forward, we’re going to be announcing 3 new games for pre-order in the coming weeks…

Field Commander Napoleon
The 3rd installment in our Field Commander series, and a huge game. It will have 6 mounted maps and span Napoleon’s entire career.

Here’s the game box, courtesy of Wan…
http://www.dvg.com/.sc/ms/ch/news

Hornet Leader – Carrier Air Operations
One of the most demanded games to get into print is the Hornet Leader II series. This game will include the material from Hornet Leader II, Carrier Air Group, Cold War, Marine Air, plus new material.

It will be a huge box with over 300 cards.

Wan has been kind enough to create an ad to get the ball rolling…
http://www.dvg.com/.sc/ms/ch/news

Vendetta
Our first venture into the Euro/Mass Market!

A “Family” card game. It's a card game for 2 to 6 players. Each player plays a mob boss trying to take over the top spot in New York City. The game is designed to be a low complexity family game and takes about 45-60 minutes to play. The tone is very light and very socially interactive.

The goal is to take control of different places and people in the "Neighborhood". As you do so, you gain reputation. The first player to reach the reputation goal wins.

Here's the cool part of the game...

The cornerstone to the game is the "Vendetta" mechanic. If I take control of the local Delicatessen, I get some Reputation points. If you then come and Whack (destroy) the Deli, you take the Reputation points I gained from controlling Deli.

But wait!

There's more!

When you Whack my Deli, you must give me some of your Vendetta counters. The specific number is noted on the Deli card. If I attack you in the future, I can spend your Vendetta counters to pump up my attack against your places and people.

So, the more you Whack a player, the more bonuses they have in the future to Whack you back.

This does 2 cool things.

First, you get the whole "Grudge" or "Now it's personal" aspect of mob warfare.

Second, even if a player gets Whacked hard, he still has the resources to make a comeback. Which means until a player wins, everyone has a shot at winning.

The design came together very fast, and the artist, Jerry, is doing a great job of capturing the light feel we're going for.

Here’s the current box cover…
http://www.dvg.com/.sc/ms/ch/news

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Dan when are you going to make some "Computer" games? I'd like a WWI Dogfight game if you could?[:D]
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I'd love to make more computer games! The tricky part is finding the right game, and finding a programmer who will code now in return for royalties later.
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We just received the Frontline and Phantom Leader sample games from the printer! They look amazing! The colors on the boxes, cards, and counters really come out. Wan did a wonderful job of choosing a diverse, yet consistent palette of colors.

This is our last company update before the holidays. We wish all of you the best. It has been a great year for DVG. Our line of games has grown, sales are up, and we have made some great friends around the world.

There is a great Field Commander Alexander review on BGG…
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/...-point-reviews
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Happy New Year!

We’re back to work following the holidays. Here’s a general overview of how we’re starting the new year…

We’re working on new cards and rulebooks to build-up excitement for DIF Locked-On, DIF Guns Blazing, and Modern Land Battles pre-orders.
http://www.dvg.com/.sc/ms/dd/ee/29/Down ... %20Blazing

http://www.dvg.com/.sc/ms/dd/ee/31/Down ... 0Locked-On

http://www.dvg.com/.sc/ms/dd/ee/24/Mode ... %20Battles

Modern Naval Battles is SOLD OUT!
We’ve re-opened the game for pre-orders, and we’re already collecting pre-orders for the next printing. We will be collecting the pre-order names to print on the box.
http://www.dvg.com/.sc/ms/dd/ee/1/Moder ... %20Warfare

DVG Blog
The DVG blog has reached 25,000 views!
http://feeds2.feedburner.com/DanVerssenGames

Rommel Russian Rules
Thank you Maxim for sending in the Russian translation for the Field Commander Rommel rules!
http://images.dvg.com/www.dvg.com/romme ... ussian.pdf

DVG Gift Certificates
We’re thinking of offering DVG gift certificates. If this is something that would be of interest to you, please email us and let us know.

Frontline and Phantom Leader will arrive at the end of February or early March.
http://www.dvg.com/.sc/ms/dd/ee/20/Phantom%20Leader

http://www.dvg.com/.sc/ms/dd/ee/26/Fron ... 0-%20D-Day

We will soon be offering Hornet Leader – Carrier Air Operations, Vendetta – New York Style, and Field Commander Napoleon for pre-order. At this point, we’re waiting on the first batches of art for game covers, cards, maps, etc.

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