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Finally! How are you celebrating?

Finding a sheep, and do like the happy guy on the game box.

edit : better idea.

Putting on the farmer hat and chewing a straw.

I'm celebrating by continuing to wait patiently for the game to arrive.

Will Z-Man pre-order people be provided with tracking numbers, or should I just setup camp by the mailbox?

Shipped from the factory to Z-Man, then there's the time it will take Z-Man to ship the single copies to pre-order people, then the bulk copies to the distributors...

And the traditional hold at customs.

So.. if I understood this right, the boxes are now shipped from the factory in Germany to US to Z-man (with the usual customs delay), then they will be shipped back to Europe to the retailers from where they will be distributed to European buyers.

Seems it's still a long way off...

Good news indeed...thanks for the update !

Hopefully the house goat doesn't chew up too many of the copies during the voyage to the US.....

I'll celebrate this evening with a glass of wine (or two...) while re-reading Melissa's awesome translation of the games instructions.

If Agricola makes it to US customers before the Hannibal generals this will just be a travesty.

Dear Z-Man

I heard that Agricola shipped. Why don't I have my game yet?

My understanding was that it is JKLM (in the UK) that ships the english versions to european customers.

FYI, I've been offline for a while due to many different things. I am told that on Monday the games will start shipping to my European distributors. JKLM among them - who will then distribute to European preorderers. If my info is correct the Z-deck will be in ALL preorders. NOT sent separately.

The games coming to the US I assume will also be sent next week but I do not have a firm date yet. Then it is 2-3 weeks travel and customs time (assuming no major delay at customs).

That's the best info I got so far.

Zev Shlasinger, President
Z-Man Games, Inc.
www.zmangames.com

Yes for those that pre-ordered from Z-Man.

Presumably if Zev has got his head screwed on straight a certain number would go to JKLM (who distribute to retail outlets) direct from Germany with instructions not to release it to retailers (or through their retail outlet) until a certain day/they receive a phone-call. There is no sense in shipping to the US and then back again for the hell of it (extra paperwork and cost).

Beaten to the punch - yes Zev has got his head screwed on straight.

PS - yeah that means I should get my Agricola with animeeples and stuff next week if JKLM pull their finger out.

Thanks, Zev, for getting the word out to us lunatics!

Wonderful. I'm moving toward the end of July. The timing ought to be interesting.

A container in a ship labeled as Agricola... Wonder if US customs won't "randomly pick" that container for extra screening... I bet the FDA will have a say in that one...

I'm celebrating by hiring a pirate ship and scheduling an intercept.



Sounds like this may be in hand for my July games dates, but not my June ones.

Fair enough.

Would be great to have it in hand for the 4th of July weekend, but that's a pipe dream.

Where does South Africa get shipped from? Europe or US? any ideas anyone....? Yes, I've preordered etc.. thanks

It'll be my birthday on Wednesday...come on Agricola...you can make it

At last, my bag of homeless meeple farmers will get their land!

HUZZAH!!!

So around the 3rd week of July. Just when I will be on vacation. Well this hopefully will mean it will be waiting for me when I get back. I keep having nightmares that it won't come and I'll call Zev and he'll say "I have no record of your pre-order". Then I show him my CC receipt. Oh opps he says sorry they are all sold out but I'll get you one as soon as the next print run is done

On July 10th I take off for Japan for the next two years Pleeeeeeaaaaaase get to me before then......otherwise I'll have to have someone send it for more postage