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Posted November 10, 2014
Get your virtual table-top ready for an adventure in Temeria!

The Witcher Adventure Game, the digital installment of the board game set in the dark fantasy realm of The Witcher, is available 10% off for pre-orders, for Windows and Mac OS X, on GOG.com. That's only $8.99 until November 27, when we expect the game to launch. If you were taking part in the beta-test program for this title, you get a special (non-stackable) 40% off discount, valid until December 27.

The Witcher Adventure Game takes players on a journey across the world of the Witcher as they assume the roles of four distinct characters known from the books and video games: Geralt of Rivia, monster slayer; Triss Merigold, cunning sorceress; Yarpen Zigrin, dwarven warrior; and Dandelion, roguish bard. Each character has unique skills and multiple ways of overcoming obstacles - the choice is yours: do you fight your way to victory, call on your charm or try your hand at diplomacy? It's the true spirit of board gaming brought straight to your computer screen. Set in the mature and brutal world of The Witcher the game features 4 unique heroes with different skills and approaches to problem solving. With clear, simple rules and intuitive mechanics, tons of quest cards allow players to tell a new tale every time they play. Look adventure in the eye in a world with which you'll fall in love!

Time to research all the good-luck spells and enchantments that work on virtual dice, as you prepare to launch your first campaign in The Witcher Adventure Game, for only $8.99 (or $5.99 if you were among the beta-testers!), on GOG.com. The special pre-order discount lasts until December 4, the expected day of the game's release. The 40% off special discount for beta-test participants remains valid one month after the game's release.

**$8.99 is the discounted price for this title in the US. Other prices will apply in different countries. If you end up paying more than than the US price, we will reimburse the difference from our own pocket, giving it back to you in store credit (this is what we call the "Fair Price Package").
Posted November 10, 2014
I'm in the closed beta for this game, so I'm bound not to say anything about it, the only thing I can recommend is to wait for a review before making a purchase descision.
Posted November 10, 2014
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ixbt25i: I thougth this was conceived as a freebie, in order to have a somewhat relevant modern game promoting the features of Galaxy.
That's the exact same thing I thought until I saw this pre-order announcement.
Posted November 10, 2014
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Tarnicus: I'd like GOG not to be so hypocritical. How can you on one hand condemn regional pricing with slogans like "One world, one price" and then have your same/sister/other company regionally price their own games? The irony is hilarious.

*grabs a shovel to dig up more potatoes*
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yyahoo: To be fair, GOG no longer advertises the "one world, one price" slogan anymore. Now it's "Fair Price Package".

That said, after all of the backtracking they did in statements after the initial, failed introduction of regional pricing, it is indeed very hypocritical.
A Fair Price Package for an unfair priced store. They are untrushworthy at the very best.
Posted November 10, 2014
So many people complaining about regional pricing, yet it says at the end that everyone is paying the same price for the game, even if it comes out of their pocket.
Posted November 10, 2014
Definately want to play this, but not knowing much of it so wont be pre-ordering.
Posted November 10, 2014
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yyahoo: To be fair, GOG no longer advertises the "one world, one price" slogan anymore. Now it's "Fair Price Package".

That said, after all of the backtracking they did in statements after the initial, failed introduction of regional pricing, it is indeed very hypocritical.
Indeed they do not. The official statement from March 11th this year regarding their stance on regional pricing was:

"The bottom line is simple: there may be companies that won't work with us (although we will work hard to convince the most stubborn ones ;). Yes, it means we might miss out on some games, but at the same time GOG.com will remain true to its values and will keep on offering you the best of DRM-free gaming with Fair Prices.
Once again thank you for caring so much about GOG.com. We will work hard not to disappoint you again.

--Marcin "iWi" Iwinski & Guillaume "TheFrenchMonk" Rambourg"

So they are saying that the company they are most closely related to must be one of the "stubborn ones"?
Posted November 10, 2014
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DarkAkriloth: So many people complaining about regional pricing, yet it says at the end that everyone is paying the same price for the game, even if it comes out of their pocket.
Yeah, I can't complain either. It kinda sucks how people behave here. The whole "fair pricing package" was introduced so GOG can further expand its catalogue while staying true to its former "one price" policy - it must have been one big mindfu** to come up with and execute it. I don't get how people can honestly look at the price + what they get back in store credit and just go "booo, regional pricing, booo". They don't need an excuse for why this game has regional pricing because it doesn't. :P
Posted November 10, 2014
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DarkAkriloth: So many people complaining about regional pricing, yet it says at the end that everyone is paying the same price for the game, even if it comes out of their pocket.
What interest rate do I get on my store credit? I'm not fond of anyone taking my money in advance for goods or services that I haven't yet decided to purchase.
Posted November 10, 2014
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PaterAlf: So anothe regional priced game by CDPR. You blamed Namco Bandai for it the last time. What's your excuse for this game?
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JudasIscariot: Well, I do know there will be a physical version of the board game itself coming out but as to whether that has any effect on the price of the digital version, I have no idea.
Could we get scans that we can print out in the extra content of the game when we purchase it?
Posted November 10, 2014
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Tarnicus: So they are saying that the company they are most closely related to must be one of the "stubborn ones"?
No, he's obviously referring to the ones that won't cooperate with GOG at all, not the ones that agree to the fair pricing thing.
Posted November 10, 2014
IMHO:
- About 19% VAT and stuff.. That's the VAT of the country and has nothing to do with "regional prices". VAT of the country is a percentage on the full _profit_ a product has earned and has to be paid anyways, for sanity's sake that percentage will not be paid on each dealer involved in the product's sell-chain, and delayed until the end-dealer is involved, in this case GOG and YOU. (so in fact the 19% paid by GOG to the country likely has money in it which are in fact "from other parties".). Anyways: Different countries have different VAT so slightly different prices for YOU would be perfectly normal.
- GOG gives you back the regional price difference on the next purchase, so I see no bad in doing this, it's just confusing. "regional prices" are like when a movie company sells movies in Russia for cheap because the official conversion factor of currency is so broken, a movie would cost rent for a month. Why the currency factor is broken? Gotta ask the big banks and stuff, I think it's kept like that because globalism wants cheap labor.
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Posted November 10, 2014
***On a more technical matter ***

I'm saddened by the fact the Intel Graphics HD chipset isn't supported as it's widely spread among laptops and cheap desktops. Card games are cool to play on laptops, devs should redo their engine because they cut themselves from a market. :(
Posted November 10, 2014
I'm just excited that this must mean Galaxy is coming very soon. Thanks GOG, will pre-order soon as well. :)
Posted November 10, 2014
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Tarnicus: Indeed they do not. The official statement from March 11th this year regarding their stance on regional pricing was:

"The bottom line is simple: there may be companies that won't work with us (although we will work hard to convince the most stubborn ones ;). Yes, it means we might miss out on some games, but at the same time GOG.com will remain true to its values and will keep on offering you the best of DRM-free gaming with Fair Prices.
Once again thank you for caring so much about GOG.com. We will work hard not to disappoint you again.

--Marcin "iWi" Iwinski & Guillaume "TheFrenchMonk" Rambourg"

So they are saying that the company they are most closely related to must be one of the "stubborn ones"?
Haha, good one! (~_^)


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Tarnicus: What interest rate do I get on my store credit? I'm not fond of anyone taking my money in advance for goods or services that I haven't yet decided to purchase.
This has been explained so many times, yet there will always be someone repeating "but you do pay the same price". *sigh*



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DarkAkriloth: So many people complaining about regional pricing, yet it says at the end that everyone is paying the same price for the game, even if it comes out of their pocket.
That's not exactly how this works - one does pay the higher price at checkout, and then gets store credit, not their money back.

Read what Tarnicus replied to you earlier.
Posted November 10, 2014
Add me to the "why the hell is this regionally priced?" group please.

I'm not totally against it, but an explanation would be nice, here on gog.com. Many devs have accounts here so that they can explain stuff, I assume that shouldn't pose a problem.
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