Civ3 Preordered

[Chowlett]

Their preorder list didn't mention the LE, nor did the man in the shop. To be honest, I'm not up for paying another £10 for a biscuit tin and some miniatures.

The list did however mention both "Civilisation 3" and "Civillisation 3". I kid you not.

Jad - you a student here? What year, subject, college if so?

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison
Watch it kid, I will be playing the French. The musketeer and that industrious and commercial bonus are too much for me to resist. I will just have to learn to cope with running cities called Paris, Chartres and Rouen

Yeah, watch me tremble in my boots as I put a Panzer up Joan's derriere!

O, mon Dieu!!!!

[Nemo]

Originally posted by Kyle
Heads up to anyone that preordered from ebworld.com. If you did it for the 64.99$ price (the Limited Edition), email them to change the price to reflect the new 59.99$ price.

is that $64.99 before or after S&H?

[Kyle]

Originally posted by Nemo


is that $64.99 before or after S&H?

The old price was $64 before S&H, the new price is $59 before S&H.

[Nemo]

cool, thanks kyle

also, ebgames.com has been offering risk II for free with any civ pre-order
nice little bonus for the extra $$$ for the LE

[Pembleton]

Originally posted by Nemo

also, ebgames.com has been offering risk II for free with any civ pre-order
nice little bonus for the extra $$$ for the LE

Are you sure? I quote from their and on their home page: "Choose from the Limited Edition Tin, packed with many extras, or the regular version and get a free copy of Risk II!"

I interpret that as meaning you get Risk only with the regular edition.

Edit: actually...now I can see how it can be interpreted both ways. It seems unclear.

[Nemo]

actually i was not "interpreting" anything, they made it very clear:

Pre-order Civilization III Limited Edition from EBgames.com and receive a free copy of Risk II for PC!

http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/categories/products/product.asp?pf_id=207765&mscssid=&ref=1&PromoCode=&site=&siteID=

(its in bold print on that URL )

so, yes, I am sure

[Pembleton]

Originally posted by Nemo
so, yes, I am sure

Yep, that's clear. The funny thing is, I was thinking of getting Risk II to hold me over until Civ3. And they don't seem to have it on sale there.

Will they send Risk II right away or when they ship Civ3? If it's the latter, why should anyone care? Who wants to think about playing anything else when Civ3 arrives?

[Nemo]

Originally posted by Pembleton
Will they send Risk II right away or when they ship Civ3? If it's the latter, why should anyone care? Who wants to think about playing anything else when Civ3 arrives?

This is true. I had not even thought about that

stupid me, what was i thinking!

[jad]

Originally posted by Chowlett
Their preorder list didn't mention the LE, nor did the man in the shop. To be honest, I'm not up for paying another £10 for a biscuit tin and some miniatures.

I was originally going to get the LE, but I'm beginning to have real doubts that it's worth buying.

Jad - you a student here? What year, subject, college if so?

Nope, I work for one of the ISPs. Used to go to Anglia in Chelmsford though, so I guess my student days are vaguely related to Cambridge

[Earthling7]

They should bundle the strategy guide instead.

[Fidel]

Originally posted by Martinus
I managed to pre-order Civ3 at Chips & Bits, with the delivery on US release date (plus posting of course). That's great!

(Earlier I tried to pre-order at US Amazon, but they told me I have to be on the US Protectorate territory - I was even considering declaring war on US and surrendering before the date of release )

Hahaha,
For all practical purposes, all of us in the Eastern Europe ARE in the US protectorate

[Chowlett]

Originally posted by Earthling7
They should bundle the strategy guide instead.

Why? The only one that'll be worth getting is the one Vel's going to write. He promised!

[Earthling7]

Originally posted by Chowlett
Why? The only one that'll be worth getting is the one Vel's going to write. He promised!

Bedtime reading. It'll keep me away from those magazines

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Nemo
cool, thanks kyle

also, ebgames.com has been offering risk II for free with any civ pre-order
nice little bonus for the extra $$$ for the LE

Well, I'm not so sad I missed that offer, then...I already own Risk II!

And it is not a very good game. The first Risk for the PC had tons more options and cool things. Risk II was boooooring and there were no special features (different maps, army/leader options, etc.) like in the first one. Major disappointment.

Cheers.