Hello, Dwellers of Eldervale!
Yikes!! It has been WAY too long since you have heard from us! Pretty sure we broke our previous records for time between issues of this here newsletter.
Back in June/July we were gearing up to announce news similar to what you are reading today only to learn that delays had reared their ugly heads. Yes, when one of these evil things hits from a blind side there are typically follow-on complications and domino effects to manufacturing, packing, and delivery timelines that arrive in its wake.
Speaking of wakes… YAY! All cargo ships bearing containers of the 4th (English) printing of Dwellings of Eldervale (all the Second Edition order items) have been headed to ports of call world-wide for more than a week! We are not 100% clear of all potential delays (Come on shipping ports! You can be nice, honest!!), but close enough that we can actually start sharing our plans with some confidence. Let’s GO!!
4th (English) Printing Timelines
NOTE: The large majority of all Dwellings of Eldervale order items (all Second Edition items) will be sold by local and online retailers across the globe vs a relatively small quantity sold direct by Breaking Games. We made each order item available to our distribution partners, but not all chose to take on every order item and make it available to their region.
BUY LOCAL NOTE: Make sure to visit local stores in person as you are able. We ALWAYS receive reports months later that copies of Dwellings of Eldervale are available in local shops (typically shops that do not want to deal with online sales from that location, sometimes board game adjacent tcg/comic/pop culture/book shops). This is true mostly for Standard base games. Don’t live in the US? You can avoid paying shipping and other fees (VAT+) by buying local as you are able. Live in the US? You can avoid paying shipping costs by buying local as you are able.
August 31st - Approximate Start of EU/UK+ Retail Sales
We do not have an exact “street date” for you, but believe there will be some order items available at local and online stores starting on or before August 31st. Our distribution partners have not provided us much information. We assume they have sold all items to retailers in their area, so will be taking in the bulk delivery, then quick as they are able getting base games and more shipped out to retailers in their region.
September 3rd to September 9th ONLY* - Breaking Games Pre-Order
Subscribers of this newsletter will have *one week to pre-order direct from Breaking Games. We will be prepping DwellingsofEldervaleShop.com this week and next for this pre-order. The approximate start and end times will be 9am EDT (UTC-4).
September 25th - Approximate Start of US/Canadian Retail Sales
We do not have an exact “street date” for you, but believe there will be some order items available at local and online stores starting on or before
September 30th - Pre-Order Fulfillment + Opening of Direct Sales
Breaking Games will begin shipping pre-orders AND will open direct sales of any remaining inventory at BreakingGames.com.
NOTE: DwellingsofEldervaleShop.com will not be taking orders, BUT will be available as the very best, easy-to-use research tool to identify which order items you already own and which you may like to purchase.
Hungarian, German, Spanish
Szia! Guten Tag! Hola! Happy to say we are making progress on the print files and approving print samples for the initial print runs of Hungarian, Spanish, and German language editions! They are each going at their own pace. Each partner publisher is fully responsible for retail distribution of their language version of Dwellings of Eldervale. Availability is looking like 2025. We will not have any retail availability details here. Keep an eye out!
5th (English) Printing to Follow 4th
Yes, we are still working towards keeping Dwellings of Eldervale more steadily available at retail. Due to the 4th printing delays, the 5th printing has been waiting. We plan to get that under way this year. It will be more of all the same Second Edition order items - with possible the appearance of some new order times!
Oh! Who could these characters be? Just snippets of new art by Sasa Radivojevic!
Dire Wolf, Thief, Elemental Shards, Castles
Quick follow up to say that the two new Mercenaries along with Elemental Shards and Castles are being set up for production. Current plan is to include them with the 5th printing if we can get their print files all dialed in and approved in time. We will have more to share as we get closer to releasing these fun game play adds!
500+ Plays Documented!!!!!!!!
Wow, wow, wow! If you have not been keeping up with Mark Dandrige’s post in the Dwellings of Eldervale Facebook group scan thru for his posts. Big THANK YOU to Mark for sharing all the fun with the fan group over the past couple years.
Here’s a link to a video Mark shared on Facebook to celebrate the accomplishment. Below is a quick screen shot we grabbed from the video. Thanks again, Mark, for sharing just some of the fun Dwellings of Eldervale has brought to your game table with us! Best wishes on mastering Luke Laurie’s new game play masterpiece that has just started delivering. It will surprise you at how different the play feels!
Gen Con
We had a great time at Gen Con running many plays of Dwellings of Eldervale (all tickets quickly claimed months before the show!) always a blast. It was the second year in a row that we chose not to retail any games. We will see if that continues in 2025. Thanks to all of you that stopped by to say Hello. We are hoping to have some fun twists in 2025. Think your best thoughts!!
Summer Time Dwelling
From all of us here at Breaking Games we hope you are having a good summer with layers of fun and easy living baked in.
Our team continues to work to grow the Dwellings of Eldervale game play options - and general availability. Delays may arise, but we will persist!
Thanks for choosing Breaking Games! Enjoy all your play.
- The Breaking Games Team