For those who pre-ordered Elemental way back, you can finally upgrade your pre-order to a Limited Edition. Couldn't find this announced anywhere, had to wade through a thread to find it.
http://www.elementalgame.com/purchase
No idea how supplies will work with this, but I just upgraded two minutes ago (wanted to get my shinies before giving everyone else a chance :p) and didn't get an error.

A CLOTH MAP?!!!
Why don't more games have this anymore?

21 damn dollars to ship the limited edition to Canada. Dammit dammit dammit. I love you Brad and I'll buy the Elemental novel on top of the game, but there's no way in hell I'm paying that for the L.E.
Looks like digital download it is. By the way, are you billed immediately when you pre-order the game because of that early beta access thing? I've heard conflicting information.

Yep - Framed and Hanging on the wall. It was a bit thin in the fabric but better than nothing.

To be fair, I am pretty sure the cloth map will be nigh useless for this game. Especially because it sounds like they are going with pseudo-random generation and the like, and placing an emphasis on modding.
That being said, I mostly want it for the extended manual (supposed to be lots of content from the book thing), the music, and the dragon. And the game tickles my fancy too :p

I don't want to open a new thread about this game,so
http://frogboy.impulsedriven.net/article/383250/Elemental_Kumquat_Graphics_Engine/page/1

Not for the UK there wasn't.
We got the worst CE edition by far.
Interested in this though... will get the download version though, not that desperate for the map and stuff.

damn, the shipping cost makes it a little bit too expensive for me.

Can't wait for the game. A instant buy on the first day it releases. I just hope the retail shops here have it.
Great year for strategy games, particularly this Q3 2010.

Elemental: War of Magic releases August 24th
The exact same day with the release of Mafia 2, gonna be one great hectic day! :)

Elemental will have the <span class="bold">best DRM</span>
I still think Brad Wardell is whiny, but you have to admit, he does side with the consumers more so than most publishers, and he knows how to play his cards right.
DO WANT!

I´m really looking forward to this game, seems great.
But I´m going to wait for the 64-bit version and see if there are any significant benefits.

...Damn, that game looks sexy, plus with an extremely awesome editor....fuck.....

Launch trailer here. Pretty boring though. Considering this is the next flagship game from Stardock, I'd have expected something (like Firaxis') that's more than just a montage of dull gameplay sequences.