We have been notified that the Army of Darkness games have been released from customs at this time. Our factory has received the paperwork and is helping to move them to the freight forwarder. Upon arrival at the shipper, the games to be placed on the next available container to ship to the port in the United States.
We've requested that the shipper confirm the start of the timeline from when the games are loaded into the container. There is a container shortage in China at the moment but we believe it will not be more than a few weeks to go from the queue to being loaded for shipping, and then on the water to come to us.
As soon as we have the confirmation on the shipping transit timeline we will get another update posted and begin the countdown for the games to arrive at port. From port they will be unloaded from the ship and transported to our fulfillment center by rail.
We've been working behind the scenes with the Chinese customs team that is evaluating the Army of Darkness game (and another game) to be released to our freight forwarder.
Over the past several weeks we have had multiple exchanges with customs in China as they have increased their scrutiny of goods bound for the USA.
After nearly a month of exchanging information and providing details, they seem to be moving the shipment along. The freight forwarder is ready to load the games into a container for shipping as soon as they are released.
We hope that they will give us a positive update by the end of next week. If the games are cleared, they will be moved onto freight with the next available container ship leaving the country for the USA. We will keep you posted as we know more.
The factory had some issues with the palletization and preparation for the shipping to the US. They have notified us that these issues have been resolved and that the freight forwarding company is working to schedule the container which will ship the full order of games to our warehouse. We're expecting to get an update on the projected transportation time by this time next week.
As soon as we have that update and are able to give a solid projection for the games to arrive at port in the US we will provide another update. From port the games will be loaded on a train and shipped to our fulfilment partner for shipping to customers. We will continue to notify everyone as we get the timeline finalized for the various stops on the way to the shipping warehouse.
We've got some great news. The factory just confirmed that the initial production run of Army of Darkness has been completed! They are working now on getting the games ready to begin shipping to the US. It normally takes about 45 days or so from when the product gets on a boat to when it arrives at the port. We will keep everyone updated on the progress toward the games leaving the factory over the next few weeks.
Here's a look at an actual product sample from the main game manufacturing run.
We had several requests for the option to purchase extra sets of the custom Army of Darkness dice that are used in the board game. At this time we've added an add-on option where you can purchase the six d6 with the AOD board game iconography in a custom Army of Darkness dice bag.
These are not needed to play the game. You will get a set of the dice in the box. But for fans that like to have extra sets, these are a nice addition to the game.
We also wanted to point out that our friends at Paizo have an incredible game on Backerkit right now that is coming up on its final hours today. Pathfinder Quest looks incredible! For RPG players who are looking for a fun RPG lite tabletop game with beautiful minis. Check it out and let's get their backertrain rolling for the last hours of the campaign:
