THE EXPEDITION

Steve Cole writes: Leanna and I are leaving this morning for Dallas. Tomorrow morning, we will go to the die cutting company and watch them cut the counters for R11, FC-Battleships Attack, Omega Five, and other things. We will pick up the first few boxes and head home.


Press checks like this are good and bad. It's a trip to "the big city" and we do plan to hit a mall or two and the zoo. But I didn't want to prepare for the grueling 20-hour drive to Origins with a relaxing 14-hour drive to Dallas. Oh well.


Being there will be good. I will gain valuable experience in understanding the technology, get a better product by telling them "this one is good, this one is dumpster bait", build a long-term relationship with a company I hope will be doing excellent work for us for years to come.


The products are moving along. As you know, the covers and maps and ship cards are here. We started printing rulebooks for FCBA and both rulebooks and ship books for R11 yesterday. We will be printing R11 books all of today and tomorrow and most of Thursday.


See you when I get back.