I have managed to secure my copy of BattleLore, and I am very pleased with it.
For those of you considering purchasing this game, there are two "niggles" that you should be aware of:
1) The dice in the first batch have problems with the printing. They are wooden dice (standard for Days of Wonder products) with coloured images on the faces. The images have been rubbing off alarmingly quickly. The good news is that Days of Wonder is a company that takes great pride in their products and is committed to customer service. They have already identified the problem and will be correcting it and issuing replacement dice, at their expense, to all those affected.
2) Some of the plastic figures, espcially the cavalry, can be quite bent by being squashed into the box (which really is loaded with bits). This will bug many people, especially the more "particular" folk (myself included). A solution on their website that works so well I want to do it again just for fun, is to place them in just boiled water before dipping them in cold water. The warm water straightens them right up again, even their swords.
The game is real quality. Everything from the artwork on the cards to the board itself illustrates how much effort went into the making of it. I have a lot of boardgames (86 at last count) and this is easily one of the most impressive games in my collection. It looks great set up on the table, and makes people want to play it, which is very handy.