You can join this preorder campaign by paying by Credit Card, Paypal, Bitcoins, Satispay or by Bank Transfer. Also, with Paypal you can split the payment into 4 installments (zero interest).

Games will be shipped from Italy. There will, therefore, be no additional costs within the European Union (such as customs fees or the like). If you live outside the European Community, customs duties, and possibly VAT may be added at the cost of the game. We suggest you check your country's legislation in this regard.

• Because this is one of the most anticipated games of the last Essen fair, sold out very soon!
• Because the game mechanics, typically in the "German" style, though simple to learn, create a multitude of combinations and strategic levels that are always different.
• Because the online reviews are great!
• Because here you can buy it at a lower price than the one of the stores! (59.95€ MSRP).
• Because with our Fidelity Program, for each purchase done on Giochistarter you can get or increase a permanent discount linked to your account.
• Because you can pick it up for free at our headquarters in Rome or at our booth in Modena Play Fair.

The game does not have the classic board, but a number of game boards that form a circular map and that represents the locations where the game takes place:

Each player has also an action board, that shows the common actions availables in the game (related to the various map locations), plus a warehouse where to store the goods, and one pawn-worker to place and move among the various game locations.

In Altiplano there are 4 game phases:

1) Drawing out from the bag

During this first phase, each player draws out from own bag the tiles in function of their own planning spaces, that can be increased with the construction of roads.

2) Scheduling moves

Each player chooses carefully how to use the tiles just drawed out, moving them in the action spaces of the own board. This phase is played simultaneously by all players.

 
3) Actions

The tiles are used in the various actions to produce a result: it could be a resource, an additional cart, till buying market extensions. The actions interwine with each other, so initial planning must take account of it.

4) Preparations to the new round

In this phase the players prepare the components for a new round.

End of the game

When the tiles are finished and/or no more cards are available in a location, and/or the market extension are finished, the game ends and the victory points count starts.

Production. A distinction must be made between games that are printed by Giochix directly and those that are printed “indirectly” by another publisher.

In the first case, we have direct control over the entire printing process and we can intervene quickly to adjust for any potential issues where necessary.

In the second case, we may only interact with the publisher that prints the game, without any ability to make immediate changes during the production process.

This means that once the games are printed by us, the shipping date that we have indicated in the project will be a reasonably safe deadline. While we are confident in our abilities to meet the designated timing, unfortunately, delays are always a possibility and this must be taken into account. In the second case, for “indirect” games, the shipping date is purely indicative.

It can happen also that the deliveries suffer a delay for reason out of our control and this should be taken into account.

-> Altiplano is printed by DLP games for Giochix.it. It is, therefore, an “indirect” game.

Components. Game specifications and components are to be considered indicative of the final product and may be changed during final production.

Fairs. It is possible for the game's shipment to be scheduled to occur during a time frame close to a larger game fair, such as Essen Fair in Germany or Lucca Comics and Games in Italy. It is important to note that we will be showing/selling the game at these fairs independently of campaign participant shipment status. Attending these fair events is vital to the game's chances for success.

Order Canceling. An order can be canceled/refunded before the end of the campaign by clicking on the specific button in the order page or within 15 days from the order date by sending us an e-mail with the specific request. Besides these options, the order is considered as valid and is not cancelable/refundable.
Orders paid only partially will be awaiting full payment before being processed and shipped.

Shipments. We ship by postal service or by supported courier (UPS, GLS, SDA, etc.)

We reserve the right to separate the contents of an order into different shipments or to merge the contents of different orders in the same shipment to improve the shipment's delivery speed and any required logistics management. If this happens, there will not be any additional costs to you as a customer (nor right to any refund).

Shipments made by courier or by insured postal service can be tracked and are considered insured.

Shipments made by the postal service are not insured and cannot be traced. While rare it is also possible that a package may be lost (0.1-1%). The insurance option for postal services costs an additional 3 euros.

Courier shipments may take about 1-2 days for Italy, 3-6 days for EU/US/Canada and 1-2 weeks for the rest of the world. Postal service shipments require about 1-2 weeks for Italy, 2-7 weeks for EU/US/Canada and 4-8 weeks for the rest of the world. Please note that the postal service in the same case can be slow and may suffer several weeks of additional delay. This happens very rarely but it is still a possibility and is out of our control. If you would like a faster delivery or wish to avoid any risk of a long delay in the arrival of the package, please use a courier service.

Courier shipment insures against package loss, destruction, and package damage. Postal service insurance insures against package loss or destruction. Insurance requires a customer claim to be made when the package is delivered. Ask the postman.

If the game failed to arrive because of your mistake (wrong address, recipient absent, not picking up at courier/postal warehouse, etc.), you will have to pay an additional shipping/warehousing cost for us to re-send/re-deliver your game. This cost will also include the return costs of the game. On the other hand, if the error is ours, we will send it again to you at our expense. If the package is lost or destroyed, we will reship it at our expense only if it was insured.

Important: Please note that we will not reship any game without first having investigated what happened to the first shipment. This can be processed quickly through the courier service option but may require an additional 1-5 weeks through the postal service. 
We will no longer accept complaints related to the shipments of items of this campaign (package damaged, lost or missing contents) after 6 months from the date of shipment.

If you live outside of the European Community, custom's taxes may be added. This usually doesn't happen for boardgames; however, please check your country's rules and regulations as this aspect will not be our responsibility. 

Important: We will no longer accept complaints about this campaign after 12 months from the actual shipment date.  (Ver17GS)