History ScheduleSlip / TableTopGames

* As most zines are labors of love rather than profit, it's not uncommon for them to go years between issues.

** The team off-record admitted they gave that estimate, knowing damn well they couldn't meet it, due to company policy. Other things occurred, such as the exit of Plague of Hats from the team due to creative differences, John Morke getting very seriously ill, school and work obligations and a complete redesign of ''[[CrazyAwesome the entirety of solar Charms]]'' among other, unknown details. While yes, it might be irritating and disheartening, the team [[WordOfGod has been very frank as to what's been happening with the game]] to the point of giving weekly updates on what's been going on in the OPP forum and (usually) monthly updates, including sneakpeeks at various elements of the system.

* A particularly infamous example occured with the ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'' boxset supplement "Dreams of the First Age". Massively hyped up, but continuously received setbacks as production ran into numerous problems. It was delayed a total of 5 months after being pushed back 6 times, sometimes only a day or two before its supposed release. The increasing irritation at the delays--exacerbated by the product's high cost and sharply limited availability--caused something of an [[InternetBackdraft explosion in the fanbase]].

** The team off-record admitted they gave that estimate, knowing damn well they couldn't meet it, due to company policy. Other things occurred, such as the exit of Plague of Hats from the team due to creative differences, John Morke getting very seriously ill, school and work obligations and a complete redesign of ''[[CrazyAwesome the entirety of solar Charms]]'' among other, unknown details. While yes, it might be irritating and disheartening, the team [[WordOfGod has been very frank as to what's been happening with the game]] to the point of giving weekly updates on what's been going on in the OPP forum and (usually) monthly updates, including sneakpeeks at various elements of the system.

* SteveJacksonGames faced this when it became apparent that Ogre Designer's Edition would be later than they expected. But the attitude of most people on their forum is, "It's only late until it ships, but it sucks forever." Meaning they'd rather get the right game late than a bad game on time.
* A particularly infamous example occured with the ''{{Exalted}}'' boxset supplement "Dreams of the First Age". Massively hyped up, but continuously received setbacks as production ran into numerous problems. It was delayed a total of 5 months after being pushed back 6 times, sometimes only a day or two before its supposed release. The increasing irritation at the delays--exacerbated by the product's high cost and sharply limited availability--caused something of an [[InternetBackdraft explosion in the fanbase]].

** The current writing team tend to play a bit fast and loose with release dates in the name of quality. Most notably, Third Edition - originally scheduled for December 2012 - is not yet released.

** The team off-record admitted they gave that estimate, knowing damn well they couldn't meet it due to company policy. Other things occurred, such as the exit of Plague of Hats from the team due to creative differences, John Morke getting very seriously ill, school and work obligations and a complete redesign of ''[[CrazyAwesome the entirety of solar Charms]]'' among other, unknown details. While yes, it might be irritating and disheartening, the team [[WordOfGod has been very frank as to what's been happening with the game]] to the point of giving weekly updates on what's been going on in the OPP forum and (usually) monthly updates, including sneakpeeks at various elements of the system.

* A particularly infamous example occured with the ''{{Exalted}}'' boxset supplement "Dreams of the First Age". Massively hyped up, but continuously receieved setback as production ran into numerous problems, delayed a total of 5 months after being pushed back 6 times, sometimes only a day or two before its supposed release. The increasing irritation at the delays--exacerbated by the product's high cost and sharply limited availability--caused something of an [[InternetBackdraft explosion in the fanbase]].

* A particularly infamous example occured with the ''{{Exalted}}'' boxset supplement "Dreams of the First Age". Massively hyped up, but continuously receieved setback as production ran into numerous problems, delayed a total of 5 months after being pushed back 6 times. The increasing irritation at the delays (exacerbated by a.) being the most expensive product to date outside of the Limited Edition Core from First Edition, b.) being a special gift pre-order deal, and c.) being pushed back within a day or two of its supposed release date more than once) combined with the... less than stellar quality of the books (not just in writing and mechanics; the binding was shoddy and incidents of books falling apart within months were widely reported) caused something on an [[InternetBackdraft explosion in the fanbase]].

** The current writing team tend to play a bit fast and loose with release dates in the name of quality. Most notably, Third Edition - originally scheduled for December 2012 - is as of September 2013 not yet released, in the hope of avoiding the crippling mechanical bork-ups that made playing and running Second Edition such an ordeal.
** As of early-mid June, 2014, it is ''still'' not released. Many supporters have grown angry and disheartened at this.

** As of the 18th of February, 2014, it is ''still'' not released. Many supporters have grown angry and disheartened at this.

** The current writing team tend to play a bit fast and loose with release dates in the name of quality. Most notably, Third Edition - originally scheduled for December 2012 - is as of September 2013 not yet released, in the hope of avoiding the crippling mechanical bork-ups that made playing and running Second Edition such an ordeal.

** The current writing team tend to play a bit fast and loose with release dates in the name of quality. Most notably, Third Edition - originally scheduled for December 2012 - is as of April 2013 not yet released, in the hope of avoiding the crippling mechanical bork-ups that made playing and running Second Edition such an ordeal.

* A particularly infamous example occured with the ''{{Exalted}}'' boxset supplement "Dreams of the First Age". Massively hyped up, but continuously receieved setback as production ran into numerous problems. The increasing irritation at the delays (exacerbated by how the set had been a special gift pre-order deal) combined with the... less than stellar quality of the books (not just in writing and mechanics; the binding was shoddy and incidents of books falling apart within months were widely reported) caused something on an [[BrokenBase explosion in the fanbase]].
** The current writing team tend to play a bit fast and loose with release dates in the name of quality. Most notably, Third Edition - originally scheduled for December 2012 - is currently expected around March or April 2013, in the hope of avoiding the crippling mechanical bork-ups that made playing and running Second Edition such an ordeal.

** The current writing team tend to play a bit fast and loose with release dates in the name of quality. Most notably, Third Edition - originally scheduled for December 2012 - is currently expected around February 2013, in the hope of avoiding the crippling mechanical bork-ups that made playing and running Second Edition such an ordeal.

* A particularly infamous example occured with the ''{{Exalted}}'' boxset supplement "Dreams of the First Age". Massively hyped up, but continuously receieved setback as production ran into numerous problems. The increasing irritation at the delays (exacerbated by how the set had been a special gift pre-order deal) combined with the... less than stellar quality of the books (not just in writing and mechanics; the binding was shoddy and incidents of books falling apart within months were widely reported) caused something on an [[BrokenBase explosion in the fanbase]].