Editor in Chief Bill | 10 Nov 2016 12:54 p.m. PST |
Which book or film would you like to see Games Workshop give the 'Lord of the Rings' treatment to? |
GarrisonMiniatures | 10 Nov 2016 12:57 p.m. PST |
Not interested in GW, but would be interested in seeing what they did with Conan and Hyboria. |
Weasel | 10 Nov 2016 1:11 p.m. PST |
I was very pleased with the LOTR games they did. If they were still in the RPG business, I'd have loved to see a WFRP based Middle Earth game. For a new book or film…what is out or coming out? Super hero stuff? Sure. |
Lion in the Stars | 10 Nov 2016 1:19 p.m. PST |
Based on how well Lord of the Rings plays, I'd like to see GW do Conan or John Carter of Mars. Well, actually, I'd like someone else to do it, so that the models would be affordable. |
15mm and 28mm Fanatik | 10 Nov 2016 1:22 p.m. PST |
Star Wars because Disney won't be doing a miniature game. But it won't happen because it will undermine 40K/30K. |
Pictors Studio | 10 Nov 2016 2:07 p.m. PST |
Elric of Melnibone and the Eternal Champion stuff again. That stuff was great back in the day and the current GW style would be amazing with that stuff. |
Coyotepunc and Hatshepsuut | 10 Nov 2016 2:15 p.m. PST |
I would like them to pursue things I am not interested in. That way, maybe another company can do things I like and that I will be able to afford :-) |
Zephyr1 | 10 Nov 2016 3:22 p.m. PST |
I'm surprised they haven't tried for a Harry Potter licensing agreement… |
TheWhiteDog | 10 Nov 2016 3:32 p.m. PST |
Zephyr, as I understand it, they did pitch a 28mm Quidditch game at one point. |
ROUWetPatchBehindTheSofa | 10 Nov 2016 3:55 p.m. PST |
I'd be interested to see them pick up something like the Edge Chronicles to use as a gateway product, but that would require them to do something novel… Don't see why they shouldn't round out their stable with a high-profile sci-fi license. Star Trek as a counter point to 40K would be interesting and they have done ships in the past! Failing that perhaps license a classic British sci-fi comic strip, e.g. Dan Dare, for a bit of pulp or go left field with something like Battlefield: Los Angele's or even Transformers! |
Arkansan | 10 Nov 2016 4:11 p.m. PST |
I'd second seeing a Hyboria licence from them. I think it would make an excellent setting for either skirmish or mass battle games. |
leidang | 10 Nov 2016 5:19 p.m. PST |
Since I am not a GW fan hopefully it would be something I hate like Hunger Games, Twilight, or Divergent. |
Weasel | 10 Nov 2016 6:40 p.m. PST |
Okay, a star trek game would have my interest for sure. |
Der Krieg Geist | 10 Nov 2016 7:06 p.m. PST |
I am with Lion in the Stars on a John Carter of Mars or even better, Moorcocks Eternal Champion stuff….but …aaah then they might have to admit how much they poached from him…LOL |
Twilight Samurai | 10 Nov 2016 7:12 p.m. PST |
Mad Max. GW seem good at doing plastic kits, lots of scope for various cars and crew for a skirmish game. Fallout. Super Mutants vs Brotherhood of Steel would make a great skirmish game. |
Lion in the Stars | 10 Nov 2016 8:24 p.m. PST |
@DKG: That's why they can't go near that IP, Michael Moorcock's lawyers will eat them for breakfast. (Apparently one of GW's more stupid attack-sharks tried to hit Moorcock with a C&D over his use of the 8-pointed star of Chaos. Things did not go well from there.) Mad Max would be another fun one. But realistically, you'd need a game that would need pretty significant numbers of models, including some really big ones. And models that could easily be done in plastic. |
Weasel | 10 Nov 2016 8:36 p.m. PST |
A Mad Max style campaign game Necro/Gorka style could work I think. |
basileus66 | 10 Nov 2016 11:40 p.m. PST |
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Patrick R | 11 Nov 2016 3:01 a.m. PST |
The problem is that GW needs something massive, popular and in the media right now to make it interesting for them. They have their own IP and it has to be huge for at least half a decade or more. Star Wars would eat away at 40k, in the same way Lord of the Rings put a dent in Warhammer Fantasy. But it's the only property I see GW being interested in right now. They missed the boat on historicals and stuff like Elric and Conan is way too obscure to draw in the kids on name alone. Maybe Game of Thrones. |
langobard | 11 Nov 2016 3:07 a.m. PST |
Another vote for Hyboria. |
Mithmee | 11 Nov 2016 4:56 a.m. PST |
Which book or film would you like to see Games Workshop give the 'Lord of the Rings' treatment to? Good Lord none since they do not do a very good job. |
Pictors Studio | 11 Nov 2016 8:22 a.m. PST |
What? They did a great job with Lord of the Rings. When the first set of movies were coming out I was painting those figures by the bucket load. People liked the rules, the figures were top notch, they were were pretty reasonably priced and they even kept it alive for a while after the movies came out with the War of the Ring supplement. Unless you mean that they didn't do a good job, they did a great job. |
Echoco | 11 Nov 2016 8:32 a.m. PST |
I'd like to see them do something like LOTR again but there's a lack of epic source material that can carry a whole product line. Most movies has only a few factions fighting for 2 sides. Maybe Old Man's War series by John Scalzi. |
Thomas Thomas | 11 Nov 2016 9:17 a.m. PST |
I dread them getting the TV version of Ice and Fire. But I would love for a qualtity game to appear based on the books. Miles Camerons's "Knight" serias is an intelligent version of a Warhammer like world. Would make a great game world – in the right hands. TomT |
etotheipi | 11 Nov 2016 9:35 a.m. PST |
Never played the LOTR from GW, but I respect the gaming opinions (and the way they described it) of the advocates above. Given that, Redwall. There are existing miniature lines that I like that would benefit from a good set of Redwall rules. Honestly, you could play it with toy animals, or even stuffed animals (dollar store or sale rack dog toys would do you fine). The milieu has a solid background, so there would be no room for ever shifting background material. And if it got more young kids to read that series of books, better than better. |
Pictors Studio | 11 Nov 2016 9:52 a.m. PST |
Redwall is a pretty good idea and one I hadn't thought of. The best thing about it, from GW's perspective, is that it probably wouldn't steal players from their current lines as it would probably appeal to a younger and more diverse crowd. As the kids tired of Redwall and were looking for something different transitioning them into LotR or one of the Warhmmers would be win/win for GW. If you made the figures in the boxed set one piece plastics, out of a more durable, rubbery plastic, like the Reaper Bones figures you could even safely give them to smaller kids without fear of harm to the kids or damage to the minis. That could be brilliant. Good idea. |
eddy1957 | 11 Nov 2016 10:16 a.m. PST |
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ordinarybass | 11 Nov 2016 10:22 a.m. PST |
Redwall would be quite cool, but I don't see it happening at all. Mad Max would be super cool, but I'd probably stick with the post-apoc stuff I've been doing for all these years. I don't see GW doing another license anytime soon. Seems like they got a bit burned by Hobbit. They seem to be concentrating on delving in to their own past. The release of Genestealer Army and whatever the game they were in was called is one example. Likewise with the Adeptus MEchanicus line. Also, there is word that Necromunda is next on the burner, though we don't know whether it will be one box only, a core with some expansions or a fully supported game. |
Khusrau | 11 Nov 2016 1:28 p.m. PST |
Game of Thrones is the only one with the current appeal – but the challenge will be that much of the series is theoretically 'not suitable' for their core market. There are already hyper-expensive GoT licensed figures out there, so I am not sure what the position would be. But ideal for skirmish, plus magic, monsters and massed battles. |
Waco Joe | 11 Nov 2016 7:05 p.m. PST |
Back in the day I once thought a perfect tie in would be Magic the Gathering. There were recurring "races" associated with each color. And the magic in MtG could form the basis of a magic system in the game. Nowadays I don't play so I don't know if such a thing is still possible. Plus I don't think that even GW could keep up with the proliferation of races that MtG generates. |
Weasel | 11 Nov 2016 8:44 p.m. PST |
Oh shoot, I'd be all over a Redwall game with super nice figures. |
(Major Disaster) | 11 Nov 2016 11:16 p.m. PST |
Love to see a new Star Trek Wrath of Kahn era game, but by a different company, cause I want a set of rules that don't suck and are affordable |
Andy ONeill | 12 Nov 2016 7:27 a.m. PST |
GW's strength is their plastic miniatures. Their core system rules are rather poorly designed IMO. "Specialist games" get even less care in the making. On balance, other companies are more likely to offer something I want. |
ROUWetPatchBehindTheSofa | 12 Nov 2016 9:40 a.m. PST |
Redwall would be interesting, but I don't see it happening for a heap of reasons. I second the GW 'not touching GoT becuase of its adult content'. I'm not sure about computer game-based licenses, the most obvious one is already taken and perhaps isn't living up to the hype in a wider context. As pointed out Eternal Champian, and I'd add Dune to the list, are probably out on embrassment grounds…. Their fear of cannabalising their own market, while actually stupid (not every gamer likes grimdark), will probably stop them taking another license for the moment. Though on a really radical note they could develope their own new IP…. |
brass1 | 13 Nov 2016 10:05 a.m. PST |
Mad Max. GW seem good at doing plastic kits, lots of scope for various cars and crew for a skirmish game. They did it way back when with "Dark Future", their competitor with "Car Wars". The rules weren't that bad and the miniatures (20mm for some reason) were fairly good but the game didn't last. They sorta tried again with "Gorkamorka", another flash in the pan. Somehow I don't see the third time being the charm in this case. Given my druthers, I'd like to see another fantasy game based on something like "The Island of the Mighty", where the armies fight with pretty much the same weapons, the old gods still walk the earth but don't raise huge armies of rabid followers, and magic is powerful but very, very rare and your wizard can't win every battle by farting nuclear fire. Okay, maybe that last was a tiny exaggeration. I think this could appeal to a different type of gamer than "Age of Sigmar". LT |
Weasel | 13 Nov 2016 12:19 p.m. PST |
Gorka morka was solid mechanically, I think the problem was that not everyone wanted to play orks and using orks made the game sort of dull (no pinning, hard to kill anything and most of them couldn't shoot straight in any event) |
Howler | 13 Nov 2016 5:51 p.m. PST |
Jason and the Argonauts type game or King Arthur type |
zircher | 13 Nov 2016 5:59 p.m. PST |
They need to break the mold and come up with something new like a line of Chuck Tingle action figures. I'm sure that will get the press talking. :-) Seriously, GW should go with the Eternal Champions.
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snurl1 | 15 Nov 2016 2:42 a.m. PST |
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