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Pledge Program Overview

The Decision Games Pledge Program is an advance order system in which gamers "pledge" their support for future games and books. This directs our efforts to the projects customers have the most interest in seeing published. Pledges are a commitment to purchase a game or book when published and payment information is required to make pledges however payment will not be collected until a game is in our warehouse and ready to start collating. (generally about four weeks before shipping begins). As pledge support builds, we'll add more detailed descriptions, sample artwork, and rules drafts to the web site. Pledge orders will receive up to a 25% discount from the final retail price. We will provide estimated pricing based on the latest information we have about the game components and print pricing however the final price is subject to change (largely due to the variable cost of paper).

The Decision Games Pledge Program has published over a dozen games with many more on the way. What you see below is the games projected for release next year. Beyond these, there is no specific timeframe for publication as each game varies significantly in size and complexity, and the availability of outside part-time developers to work on some titles means a longer timeframe. We generally expect to publish one monster game each year with the priority given to the highest ranking games. We may publish a game from further down the rankings when we need a good fit to optimize component gang-printing.

The pledge games are divided into the same eras we use for Strategy & Tactics games. Many of the proposed games have longer descriptions or a complete web page with sample artwork. Games that earn sufficient support work their way up the rankings until they are in the top 10 and begin the process of design, development, artwork, and printing. Game proposals not making sufficient progress are dropped to make way for new game proposals.
To pledge your support, select the game proposals you wish to pledge by either using the form in the Dispatch, or use the on-line form in the pledge area of our web site. If this is your first time placing pledge orders, you must complete the "Pledge Account" form. You can check your list at anytime by going to the Decision Games web site, click on "Pledges", then click on "Pledge Status" (lower left side of any Pledge area page) and send your request, or a paper copy can be requested through Customer Service. Questions about the Pledge Program and the games are handled by Doc at ccummins@bak.rr.com.

Pledge Program Update (21 Mar 08)

No changes to the list for this update. Four games were published since the last March: Storm of Steel, Nine Navies War, Luftwaffe, and Land without End. A new section for Strategy & Tactics Special Editions was added last time. These games will include two map sheets and two counter sheets. They will include a special edition of Strategy & Tactics magazine with three to four articles and other material devoted to the game topic and be published as zip-lock editions.

The last opportunity to pledge for the 2008 releases: Highway to the Reich, China: The Middle Kingdom, Down in Flames-WWI, and the WITP Extension Kit will be 30 Apr 08. Outside the pledge program, we'll be publishing the next installment of the Lightning card game series: Poland, 1939.

We expect Computer War in Europe to be ready for release this fall along with the four Excalibre games (#4 The Conquerors, #5 Mighty Fortress, #6 Ancient Conquest and #23 Battle for Stalingrad) however these games are being completed outside the DG system so we can only estimate publication from what we have been told. Also this fall, #16 SPW Middle East Campaigns may be ready to print. George Carter Games joined the associates last year with his Iraqi War simulation Insurgency.

Looking to 2009, Eric Harvey has finished Advanced PTO and the AOI module for Advanced ETO so these two will be released in 2009. We're also looking at publishing several solitaire games in 2009 including John Butterfield's Omaha Beach and RAF update, Dan Verssen's Super Hornet Leader and Corsair Leader, and Joseph Miranda's Struggle for the Galactic Empire.
Looking ahead to 2010-2011, Joe Youst has begun work on Hurtgen Forest and an update of Wacht am Rhein and expects the design and development to go rapidly. Dai Senso & Deluxe Totaler Krieg are proceeding through joint testing. We expect a new edition of AETO with iconic counters in 2010. Other projects getting off the ground later this year for publication in 2010-2012 include updates of Desert Fox/Trail of the Fox, Global War, and Joseph Miranda's new design on Vietnam.

Click HEREto view info on all games that we currently have in our pledge system.

Click the Pledge Status button to the left to check your pledge list. Pledge orders and status checks are processed on weekends, so depending on the timing of your request, it may be several days before you receive an email with your list.

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