If you go to the French or Spanish Edge site ( http://www.edgeent.com/v2_fr/ ) they have a big page saying "Worldwide Release - April 18th" right up front. It's good to see they're giving this the appropriate hype it deserves!

Narsil0420 said:

April 18th i think is monday.First day of the week is a strange day for a release date but who cares ?

So, here's a probably dumb question, but when the little "on the boat" icon changes to "shipping now."  Can I run down the street at get it from the Roseville store?  Or do I have to break into the warehouse?  (Yes, I know I lucked out in that I fell in love with the idea of this game months before I realized how close I was to ffg headquarters...)

Shipping now is when it is moving from FFG to distributors, stores etc. So best to wait, I usually just call my store to see when  his order is arriving. But since you leave so close to the proverbial horses mouth might want to call them. They would have it for sure on the release date as they would want to release there at the same time as all of the other stores being able to officially release it. So you are lucky in that you are guaranteed to have it on time.

If it's true, i'll get the game and all adventure packs, isolate myselft in a dark playing room with candles and LotR music and play cards until my hands grow sore.

if you limit youself to 1-2 spheres per deck, that gives you a total of 112 different three hero combinations. multiply that by three different quests. Plus there is easy mode, hard mode And Nightmare mode. If you get tired of all of those, you can try a three sphere deck Or even a four sphere deck! I'm going to have to quit my job and give up sleep!