The end of the Baccus sale and nasty infestation

The first and most important piece of news is that the Great Baccus sale is now over.  Prices have reverted back to normal – for now.   During the last week or so, we’ve had a nasty infestation at Baccus HQ.  Yes, we’ve had a nest of those damned critters, the, ‘Technical Issues’.  The pest controller was called in and has apparently got all of them, but they’ve still had a mark, which means that due to those, ‘Technical issues’, there is no order update  today.  Some version of normality will be resumed in a week’s time.

December's Baccus Golden Ticket winner is...

We have been working the poor benighted souls shackled to their casting machines very hard this week.  As a result of their back-breaking labour I am happy to announce that we’ve reached order number #31000.  A lovely round number if ever there was one. 

And They’re off!

Yes, the Great Baccus Sale is now underway, and the pack is up and running.  But more of that excitement later.   First, we have this week’s Magic number, which stands at #30851.

In case you haven’t heard, the Baccus sale started yesterday.   It will continue until January 31st.   During this period, all of the items on the Baccus site have their prices reduced by 10%. 

 
To put this into even sharper focus, from Wednesday 5th February, we will be putting our prices up as inflation has bitten us quite nastily over the last couple of years and we need to keep pace.

The first show of 2025 is looking on the horizon, and we’ll see lots of you at Vapnartak in York on February 2nd.   It’s time to get this collect/advanced orders in to us, especially as you can take advantage of the sale period.
Speaking personally, I’ll be spending some time painting the sample models of some new releases and researching and producing flags for the Italian Wars range.

There is Good News and there is Bad News.

(But the Good News is quite good!)

As part of the End of Year message, I flagged up the Bad News that there was a price increase in the offing, and I am afraid that the time has come.   All of our prices will be going up on Wednesday 5th February.   Believe me, it’s not something done lightly, and it causes us a huge amount of work, but, given the massive increase in our operating costs of late, it is a necessity.

However, there is some Good News.   In order to sweeten the pill, we will be running a sale for two weeks starting from Thursday 16th January to Friday 31st January.   In that period, all codes on the Baccus site will receive a 10% discount.   

To all our overseas customers, the UK£ has nosedived of late, so the exchange rate is definitely in your favour.  So, if you fancy some of those luverly new Landsknechts, expanding your TTT real estate, or finishing off an army or two, now would be a great time to get your order in!

Hut-Dich-Baur Ich Komm!

Time for the first ‘proper’ Baccus update of 2025, and where would a ‘proper’ post be without a magic order number, which this week stands at #30817.

Our return to work after the festive season always sees us facing a backlog of orders to work through and we’ve been on that with a vengeance and we should be well on top of things by the end of next week.

A ‘proper’ post should also include the announcement of a new release or two, so let’s get to it with something that a lot of people have been waiting for.

The first Baccus 2025 update

Hello All, and welcome to the first Baccus update of 2025.   We’ve only been back at work for two days, so there’s not a great deal to report on, but nevertheless, I do have some important news.

We are now accepting bookings for games and traders for the Joy of Six 2025.   This will take place at Sheffield Hallam University on 13th July.  All games will be welcome, large and small, spectacular and simple.   If you fancy having a go and joining in the fun, you can book your place online at www.joysofsix.co.uk

We are also accepting bookings for the Baccus workshop tour which will take place on  Saturday prior to JOS.  Places are free, but numbers are limited, so book early.

We’ll have the first new releases of the year next week.

What we did in 2024 and what we will/might do in 2025

Time, it seems, really does fly.  It only seems two minutes ago since I sat down to exercise my powers of creative writing to list the range of predicted shiny new releases from Baccus that were going to made available during 2024.  As we coast through the final days of this year, it’s time to list the triumphs and the disappointments of the predicted release schedule, and to look at what may come for 2025.  Let’s get this litany of broken promises and dashed hopes underway…

A Merry Christmas and all that

Christmas, eh?  To use a very apt phrase, ‘Like it or loathe it - you can’t ignore it.’   So yes, THAT time of the year is nearly upon us, and one of the consequences of this is that we will be closing the workshop for a few days, while drinking, eating and revelling to excess is indulged in.   Baccus HQ will therefore be lying dormant from close of business today (20/12/24) until Thursday 2nd January.

We’ve been casting, packing and posting orders as quickly as we can, with extra hours being put in by all members of the team.   As a result, we have processed orders up to #30718.   For those of you with a mathematical bent, we have processed over 200 orders this week, and to be honest, that is an underestimate as we have managed to get a fair number completed after the nominal figure.   As ever, some of you with orders after this number will get an expected surprise, and some prior to this will have to wait a little longer.  Many apologies to those who will have to wait until the New Year for us to send their orders off.  We really have worked as quickly as we can, but full completion of every order proved to be beyond us this time around.

As ever, I will soon be presenting the Baccus end of year bucketful of gibberish as I attempt to outline the plans for 2025.   This usually has a level of accuracy which makes alchemy and astrology look credible, but if you fancy a laugh, I will be posting this around the turn of the year.

One behalf of all of us at Team Baccus, can I wish You and Yours all the very best for the Festive Season, and I hope that Santa brings you just what you always wanted.

Great news for all of our EU customers!

I am delighted, and more than a little relieved, to be able to announce that Baccus is once more able to accept orders from EU countries.

We have secured the services of an EU point of contact for GPRS purposes, which meant that I have been able to give our Tech Chap the order to, 'turn the EU back on again!'.

Here is a lovely pre-Xmas present for all concerned.

Many thanks to all who reached out to us over the past few days offering support.  It was really appreciated.

A Good News Post. Prizes galore, GPSR progress and a new Facebook page.

Hello all, and welcome to the weekly update from you friendly local neighbourhood maker of little men.   There are some positive items this week, so keep reading to be better informed.   First in the queue is this week’s magic order number which stands at #30517.  We are making a concerted effort to shift as many orders as we can over the next few days ahead of the festive break.

Which brings us to the first of this week’s announcements.   In the spirit of the season, Lindy has decided to give more things away.   I really do need to have strong words with her about needless seasonal generosity.   Words like, ‘Bah!’ and ‘Humbug!’, will definitely be deployed.   Anyway, today twelve envelopes, one for each day of the Christmas have been sent out to twelve of our customers who have bought something from us over the last twelve months.  Each contains a, (thankfully), small gift from Baccus.   To the winners, congratulations, and to everyone else commiserations, but thank you one and all for your order.