Brettspiel-Forum

Hallo,

hat eigentlich noch jemand außer mir dieses Spiel gesucht? Nach einigem Suchen und Fragen bin ich beim Merz-Verlag an die Info gekommen, dass der Verlag EL&M nicht angereist ist.
Das Spiel, das in der Vorschau für 55 € angekündigt war, auf der Homepage des Verlages für 65 € verkauft wird, habe ich dann bei Fantasy Encounter entdeckt, die wohl das Messemonopol hatten und dafür sage und schreibe 80 (!!) Euros wollten.
Unglaublich ...

Nun aber zum zweiten Teil des Postings:
Die Mitarbeiter bei FanEn behaupteten, 30 Exemplare erhalten zu haben und am Sonnatg mittag waren noch 4 da. Kann irgendjemand der 26 Käufer etwas über das Spiel sagen und ob sich evtl. die 65 € Investition für eine Direktbestellung lohnen?

Vielen Dank und viele Grüße

Gregor

Dear Gregor,

I can understand that you were disappointed that Alchimech was not available at the Essen Fair, but something terrible happened to the game.

EL&M Productions had some difficulties with the print of the game in the weeks before Spiel '04. After printers 1 and 2 failed to produce the game, printer 3 was able to print the game and the print was finished just in time to get it ready for the Essen Fair.

Unfortunately, after the gameboxes had been assembled, they were sent to Essen with a transporter, who did not carry out his task very well. At the moment we are not sure whether the games ever arrived in Essen. Fact is, that the authors arrived at their stand on Thursday, 21th October, and none of the games had arrived. They went home desperately, after cancelling their stand, their hotel and everything else.

The Alchimech boxes were returned to sender on Monday, 25th October, and we heard from the author that all the boxes were damaged. As a matter of fact, there appeared to be complete holes in the boxes and many of the games were destroyed. This is hard to imagine, since the cardboard boxes which were bought for the transport of Alcimech were made of special, extra layered, cardboard. Inquiry has to be made on the things that happened during the transport.

In the meantime the author has some new Alchmechs available, which will be presented at the Spellenspektakel Fair in Eindhoven, The Netherlands on 29th-31st October.

Kind regards,

Armand Servaes
Sales Manager Cooperation Vendetta
Representative for Alchimech
Leisteen 30
NL- 3991 SL Houten
The Netherlands
+31 6 44 65 87 80