Hey Ben,
I plan to give a pretty good update whe I get a chance, but work and life don't seem to agree. The reason Dark Ages is moved up is mainly because of Mark :) and well, David and Jason too. I have not had much time to work on any of the books so Mark and Jason basically made the corrections/additions and poof it is almost ready.
David, at Splintered light has agreed to basically make most of the Armies, so I did not have to do that much new stuff army wise... So that is why DA has moved up.
As for Fantasy, well there needs to be more testing. And that is the problem. Most of the guys I had playtesting have either moved on, go into something else. Also, I have been thinking about paring it back some. We learned from Ancients some valuable lessons(tournament plays, uber armies) and I need to apply those to Fantasy to some degree. I hope to have some news soon..
@Ben- Email me and we can discuss more :)
Mike