I've been, sadly, absent from Acaeum except for popping my virtual head in the door lately, but wanted to post this for my friends, supporters and those who might be curious...
Center Stage Miniatures Relaunches Today
As of Nov. 1, we're back - bigger and better than ever before. For those of you who purchased the cancelled
Swords & Wizardry boxed set, your refund should have already been tendered through PayPal, and your free goodies will be in the mail in short order.
As many of you already know through private emails and correspondence on various forums, I entered the military in April of 2010...and left
Center Stage in what I thought at the time to be competent hands.
Despite the best intentions, I came home in September to what was effectively a non-business - website shut down, no orders filled, and many shrugged shoulders. Not only was our website shut down, but it had been completely erased from the hosting server!
From my perspective, a number of bad decisions and unfortunate circumstances on my part probably played a part in this move, and I blame myself (Center Stage) entirely.
It's taken since then to re-construct a website (thanks to
Bonnie Farren of Auric Design) and completely rebuild our shopping cart with OSCommerce (thanks
Brian Paganelli!), but we're finally there, and ready to go!
If you have ANY outstanding issues or orders placed during the time we were on hiatus, please contact me immediately through our general email at
[email protected].
What happened to Swords & Wizardry miniatures?
Since my departure for the military,
Mythmere Games has developed a working relationship with Bill Webb, of
Frog God Games (the heir apparent to Necromancer Games.) Swords and Wizardry has elected to move, at this time, in a direction that does not include metal miniatures.
I've spoken with
Matt Finch (of Mythmere Games), and he remains very supportive of
Center Stage Miniatures and a good friend in the Old School gaming community.
Introducing 25mm Fantasy Encounters
One good thing that came out of my leaving for training was a great backstock of castings ready to be shipped - and several sculptors who made good and had new greens ready upon my return home.
What was the original
Swords and Wizardry line is now our
Fantasy Encounters line, a number of
vintage 25mm miniatures that haven't seen the light of day in some time. The initial offerings are miniatures originally released by
Metal Magic and
R-Kiiv. It is my hope that they'll be used in Old School games, whether it's
S&W,
OSRIC, or plain old original edition
D&D.
They'll be priced at some of the lowest MSRPs in the biz, so hopefully gamers can fill their tables with quality minis for a low price! They're also in 25mm scale - which means that the miniatures you bought back when "Old School" was can come out and play! No more boxes of lead in the attic -
figures are coming that'll look just right sitting with them on the gaming table!
What's new with Center Stage?
We re-launch TODAY, kicking off the re-launch with
CSM-004,
Lord of the Eyes, the newest addition to our
Advanced Fantasy Miniatures line. In the coming months, we'll be releasing lots of goodies, specifically from the talented hands of
Jason Wiebe and
Simon Summers. One of which is a
polar worm whose official name begins with an R....but shhhh, we won't call it that!
To summarize, we've got great new minis out there for "Old-School" fantasy gamers - and if you've been frustrated in the past, give us a chance. We understand that customer service is the most important aspect of being a small company, and we're proud to be a supporter of the Old School Renaissance when it comes to fantasy RPGS.
Sincerely,
Matt S. (AKA Center_Stage)
