Fantasy Flight Games looks to be the latest gaming manufacturer affect by the Longshore slowdown.
Good on them for keeping everybody up to date with things.
Hopefully all of this can get resolved amicably before we start seeing BIG slowdowns in not just this industry, but entire business sectors.
Via FFG
Because of the recent dispute between the Pacific Maritime Association and the workers of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, ship unloading operations have been hampered.
We are hopeful that current shipping issues will be resolved quickly. Unfortunately, the continuing port slowdowns have affected any merchandise manufactured in Asia and imported to the United States, including several upcoming Fantasy Flight Games products.
Affected FFG Products
The following new products have currently been affected by the unloading complications on the West Coast and are delayed:
- Rogue Squadron cycle for Star Wars™: The Card Game
- Fly Casual supplement for Edge of the Empire
- First wave of Imperial Assault Ally Packs and Villain Packs
- The Lost Realm deluxe expansion for The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game
- Star Wars: Armada Core Set
- Star Wars: Armada Dice Pack
The following product reprints have currently been affected by the unloading complications on the West Coast and are delayed:
- X-Wing Core Set
- Y-Wing Expansion Pack
- TIE Advanced Expansion Pack
- Millennium Falcon Expansion Pack
- Slave I Expansion Pack
- A-Wing Expansion Pack
- TIE Interceptor Expansion Pack
- B-Wing Expansion Pack
- TIE Bomber Expansion Pack
- Z-95 Headhunter Expansion Pack
- TIE Defender Expansion Pack
- E-Wing Expansion Pack
- TIE Phantom Expansion Pack
- Imperial Aces Expansion Pack
- The Genesis Cycle for Android Netrunner: The Card Game
- Talisman Revised 4th Edition
- Descent: Journeys in the Dark Second Edition
- Elder Sign
- Deathwatch
Based on where a product is in the process of being unloaded, the exact length of the delay may vary. The current backlog of unloaded containers also means that these delays will continue for some time after the shipping complications are resolved. We will continue to release updates as we receive more information, and we look forward to the time when our releases will continue unhindered.
Thank you for your patience!
No thank you FFG for being so awesome!
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About Rob Baer: Founder, Publisher, & Managing Editor of Spikey Bits, the leading tabletop gaming news website focused on the hobby side of wargaming and miniatures.
Rob also co-founded and currently hosts the Long War Podcast, which has over 350 episodes and focuses on tabletop miniatures gaming, specializing in Warhammer 40k. and spent six years writing for Bell of Lost Souls.
Every year, along with his co-hosts, he helps host the Long War 40k Doubles Tournament at Adepticon and the Long War 40k Doubles at the Las Vegas Open, each of which attracts thousands of players from around the world.
Rob has won many Warhammer 40k Tournaments over the years, including multiple first-place finishes in Warhammer 40k Grand Tournaments over the years and even winning 1st place at the 2011 Adepticon 40k Team Tournament. He was even featured for his painting in issue #304 of Games Workshop’s White Dwarf Magazine.
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While he’s played every edition of Warhammer 40k and Warhammer Fantasy (since 5th Edition) and has been hobbying on miniatures since the 1980s, Titans of all sizes will always be his favorite! It’s even rumored that his hobby vault rivals the Solemnance Galleries, containing rulebooks filled with lore from editions long past, ancient packs of black-bordered Magic Cards, and models made of both pewter and resin.
