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The Manhattan Project: Energy Empire - Cold War expansion

Created by Minion Games

Modular expansions and solo player add-on to the 2016 strategy game of the year!

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Third Thursday Update [August]
over 1 year ago – Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 07:22:40 AM

Hi everyone! 

We are still working on finishing this project 100%, and I've got a few small updates for you all.


Cold War: This is nearing 100% completion, almost everyone should have their copies by now, and if you do not please submit a ticket with us here so we can investigate individual cases, please allow up to 48 hours for a response, but usually we reply within 24 hours.

Older Titles: All titles have left the U.S warehouse and are En Route to your region's facilities.

AUS/NZ/EU/UK - Clearing Customs 

CAN- Has arrived at the warehouse and will continue shipping until 100% complete. 


I will of course update you all if more information was to arrive before next month's update. 


NEW GRAIL WEBSITE

We are proud to finally announce the launch of our brand new website.

https://www.grailgames.games

Be sure to check it out but pardon our dust as I continue to work on adding more of our titles to our "Games" section as well as monthly blogs discussing new and upcoming titles from Grail Games including our plans for Manhattan Project, and what's coming next!


We'll talk soon when more updates come in!

- Matt, Grail Games



Third Thursday Update [July]
over 1 year ago – Fri, Jul 22, 2022 at 01:19:03 AM

Hi everyone! 


We have a short update for you all as we are working hard to get you all your games!

Cold War

Canada- All copies have now been mailed out.

AUS- All copies have now been mailed out.


Non- Cold War titles

For the U.S., Asia, and South America we are at 100% mailing of your pledges, please if there are any issues submit a ticket with our US partners at Kolossal Games who will assist in helping you resolve your questions. Our website is currently down and in the process of a remodel so we appreciate the patience while we get it up and running! https://kolossalgames.com/support-center/


EU/UK/AUS/CAN

During the test process of international shipping from the U.S. to international backers, we found that shipping pallets to the centers was the better solution for the customers to help avoid import fees and games getting held at customs. 

We want to apologize for the delay it's causing but rest assured we are working on this daily to get you all your games.


Non-Cold War games are en route to the centers in Canada, Australia, and France and will begin fulfilling soon. We expect the games to begin shipping to backers in early August.


-GG

Mays Shipping Update
almost 2 years ago – Fri, May 20, 2022 at 11:01:26 PM

Hello everyone,


It's been a busy month with 3 of our titles mailing out at different centers around the world while we had a Kickstarter go live. 

Manhattan Project Cold War is in its final stages of fulfillment and will be on everyone's table soon. Please see the updates for each of the centers below.


US/South America

Copies of Cold War finally began to move this week. At the time of writing this post, 1,170 packages are either out the door or have had their labels printed and tracking emails sent out. We know this was much later than we originally expected. The Indy warehouse has been working hard to move through their queue and we were thrilled to see MP finally on the move this week.

International shipments from the US are up next and soon backers around the world who ordered older titles will begin receiving notifications.

For the EU and UK orders, we did decided to move the older titles to our facility in France and the UK and then distribute them to backers. After talking with logistics managers at each facility this seemed like the fastest and most reliable option to ensure games wouldn't be held up at customs or incur additional fees.


AUS/NZ

Similar to the US our AUS center has had the container of games but has had a major back log of other projects that it's taken them a while to get to Manhattan Project. Fortunately, our container is up next and we've already seen movement on our other title Fjords earlier this week which was packed with Cold War. We expect Aus/NZ backers will receive tracking emails soon from VR Distribution.


CAN

The games are on the move! All copies of Cold War went out last Thursday and have already reached a majority of the backers. Canada is a large area though so please allow up to 2 weeks for your games to arrive. Tracking emails were sent out by Ilo307.


EU/UK

These centers have mailed out all of their copies of Cold War. If you ordered an older title please note that these are being shipped from the US to France and the UK and will then be shipped out to you. This extra leg of the journey helps ensure fewer issues with customs and import fees.

If you live in this region and have not received your copy of Cold War please submit a ticket using the link below.


Asia/RoW

This center has mailed out all of its copies of Cold War. If you ordered an older title please note that these are being shipped from the US soon.

If you live in this region and have not received your copy of Cold War please submit a ticket using the link below.


We thank you for your patience while we worked to get these games out to everyone. We're so glad we got to be a part of this series and bring a long-awaited expansion to life. We hope you'll enjoy getting Energy Empire on the table again and enjoying this classic.


Happy gaming!

-GG

Early Thursday Update!
almost 2 years ago – Sun, Apr 17, 2022 at 05:13:13 AM

Hey everyone,


We usually post on the Third Thursday, but we finally got the games at the US center and wanted to do a quick update for you.


US- All titles, Cold War and previous Manhattan Project games, are now safe in the Indy warehouse and are being prepared for shipping. US and South American backers who backed both Cold War and older titles will receive 1 package containing all parts of their order.

Non-US/South American backers should have received Cold War from your closest hub and will receive older Manhattan Project titles from the US fulfillment center.

We expect the games to be out the door before the end of April. However we’ve seen some slower than usual traffic in the US due to the overwhelming amount of projects now going through them, so we apologize if this takes longer than usual.


AUS/NZ- Games just arrived at the Australian center yesterday and are being unloaded now. Just like the other centers, we’re in a shipping queue now but hope to have all the titles out the doors by the end of April.


CAN- Games have arrived at the center in Canada and are being prepared for shipping. Their team did let us know that they're taking a small easter break, followed by a large convention in Quebec that will take up most of their time and staff. So while the games have arrived, it likely won't be until late April or early May that most copies are out the door. Still, we're happy that the games have arrived and we can prepare for this last leg of our journey.


Asia, EU/UK- All copies of the Cold War expansion have been mailed out in the EU/UK. If you have not received a tracking notice please submit a ticket here: http://support.grail-games.com/

Please remember that if you purchased older MP titles, those will ship from the US.


Looking for another title from Grail? We've got another project from Scott Almes live on Kickstarter now!

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We hope to see you there!

-Grail Team

Cold War Copies are on the move
about 2 years ago – Tue, Mar 08, 2022 at 03:24:22 AM

Hello everyone,

We apologize for the delay in shipping updates. Things have been moving so fast internally with Fjords and Manhattan Project and the Gardens that we forgot to post all of the information publicly.

Mailing

Cold War mailing has begun!

Backers in Asia and Europe are already receiving their expansions and finally getting the long-awaited Cold War expansion to the table.

We have a worldwide breakdown just below. However, we’ve been getting a lot of tickets and comments about older Manhattan Project titles ordered during the campaign and why they weren’t included with the Cold War expansions. All of Minion Games inventory was located in the US and will be shipping out from there. This is not a usual situation for us. If you’ve backed any Grail projects in the last couple of years you’ll know that we usually move products from China to one of our 5 hubs around the world to keep shipping costs low and help avoid issues with import fees and customs.

We’re currently moving the product from the Minion Games warehouse to our own warehouse in Indianapolis. Once there, we’ll begin moving the product out to both the US backers and international ones.

We’re in talks with the warehouse right now about how best to service international customers from the Indy facility. The original Cold War project was set up to be sent directly to customers worldwide, and we followed their shipping costs and plan as best we could. However, changes in VAT, import fees, and customs around the world may make this too expensive or cause too many issues for backers whose orders could get held up by custom agencies.

We want to make this process as easy as possible for the backers so please bear with us while we get this sorted out with the warehouse.

COLD WAR MAILING UPDATES-

EU-

50% of the EU copies of Cold War have shipped out and are on their way to customers. We expect the remaining copies to be out the door by the end of the week. Please allow up to 2-3 weeks for the games to arrive.

UK-

Cold War copies are on their way from France to our UK warehouse. We expect them to arrive and begin shipping before the end of March.

US-

Cold War copies are en route and expected to arrive at our Indianapolis warehouse before the end of March. We’ll post once games begin shipping out from that location.

AUS/NZ-

Cold War copies recently left China and are on their way to the facility. We expect them to arrive at the AUS warehouse before the end of March and begin shipping out shortly after.

CAN-

Cold War copies are loaded and ready to leave the port in China. We expect they’ll arrive at the center in Canada in early April.

Asia/RoW-

Cold War copies have shipped to all backers. If you haven’t received a copy please submit a ticket so we can investigate.

TICKET LINK: http://support.grail-games.com/

Other Manhattan Project titles

All of the previous Manhattan Project titles are moving to our Indianapolis warehouse. We expect they’ll arrive in the next 2 weeks so we can begin shipping US orders and preparing international ones.

Thank you all for helping us make this project and have a great day!