"Has anyone tried "UFO Interception: Roswell 1947"" Topic

This looking interesting but I dont know anyone that has tried it or reviewed. Whats it like and long many players can play and how long does it take?

Any comments, reviews about the game (not the price)?

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kieran

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I purchased it and have done nothing with it yet. I will say that it is a VERY detailed aerial combat game and my initial impression was that it was Attack Vector for post WWII. In other words, the product may be more of a simulation than a game.

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simulation of a UFO?

Wow.

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OR 3 puffs of swamp gas vs a P-60, in the other game… both of these games are as realistic (and probably as complex) as the Jet Fighter versus UFO scenarios in Foxbat & Phantom and Air War.

The models must be made from pure unobtanium. It isn't the rules, you can get those seperately for 10 pounds. Since the whole shooting match is 95 pounds, I just can't see how good the game could be when so little of the cost goes to the most important part of the game.

I wish that I could hope they succeed with these, but the best I can hope for now is that they come to their senses and price the games to sell, and then sell a ton of them.

I doubt they are going to break even at current prices, Martian Root Canal is the only person I've ever heard of who's bought one of these games.

Hi Cpt Arexu,

Just a couple of clarifications.

The £95.00 GBP you are refering to is a delux version of the game that was produced to comemorate the 60th anniversary of the Roswell incident.

The Standard sets of both 'UFO Interception: Roswell 1947' and 'Rhineland 1945' are priced at £30.00 GBP each for a complete game.

Check out the review written by another TMP member which is refered to by Cacique Caribe above.

Hope that helps.

With best wishes,

Oliver

MAJIC Miniatures

Cpt Arexu seems to think more of the price tag should go the rulebook. I am not sure I follow. Printing is still the cheapest part of producing a game.

The deluxe Roswell game seems a decent value to me. In-light UFO, P-51, Weather Balloon andcrashed UFO allin resin. Very nice multi-part flight stands, that actually seem to make reflecting in flight attitude workable, photo quality game mat, dice, data cards – laminated no less. It doesn't seem a bad value if it is a fun game.

The standard games are perfectly in line with what I would expect to pay for the sort of game components they include.

I would like to know how well the games play solo before I invest in them.

They certainly are a unique subject.

I stand corrected, that does seem more reasonable. A third of the cost for the rules sounds much better than a tenth.

Printing is just the last part of the cost of the rules. If these rules are written at the simulation end of the game---simulation axis, I'd figure there was a significant investment of time and effort in their production.

Best wishes for sales success, Oliver.

I didn't purchase it. A bit too pricey for me. And it seems a bit one-sided.

Hi Pyrate Captain,

<…And it seems a bit one-sided.>

I can understand how it might look that way at face value, but the game is pretty finely balanced between the P-51D and the Roswell UFO, or P-61A and Foo Fighters.

Both sides have advantages and disadvantages which can be exploited by canny players. The freedom of choices within the game means players can develop lots of different strategies. If additional miniatures / players are added to the mix then even more options become available to players.

Incidentally, the playtesters beat me most games no matter which side I took, and I wrote the rules!

All the best,

Oliver

MAJIC Miniatures