Editor in Chief Bill | 25 Jul 2017 5:41 p.m. PST |
On a scale of 0 (no interest) to 10 (gotta have it!!!), what would your level of interest be in a licensed, official miniature wargaming ruleset for Game of Thrones? |
Mooseworks8 | 25 Jul 2017 6:58 p.m. PST |
With miniatures 10. Without 8. |
sneakgun | 25 Jul 2017 7:04 p.m. PST |
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thosmoss | 25 Jul 2017 7:06 p.m. PST |
I dunno. Any game where if you don't win, you die … I've got other things to accomplish. |
Mardaddy | 25 Jul 2017 7:15 p.m. PST |
That's a pretty humorous quirk to add into the Kickstarter game… The Citadel Seneschal – does not come into play until the end and allows the victor to define what occurred during the game with the loser not being able to refute or deny any retelling of the events by the victor. …Until the next game and a new victor(?) is established… |
79thPA | 25 Jul 2017 7:19 p.m. PST |
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infinite array | 25 Jul 2017 9:23 p.m. PST |
I'd say around an 8. I like the idea of non-combat units affecting the battle at the cost of activating troops on the table. Ranks make for a decent method of tracking unit effectiveness. And changing commanders affects the kinds of tactics a force will use in game. The funniest/most aggravating part of the KS is watching all the board gamers try to understand a miniature wargamd. |
Winston Smith | 25 Jul 2017 10:38 p.m. PST |
None. I'm a huge fan of the show. A disgruntled former fan of the books. I did Medieval. I'm over that. I never liked doing Middle Earth battles. Too much deus ex machina in them. When I game, it's to change the outcome of history, not that of a fantasy writer's arbitrary plot necessity. |
Karellian Knight | 26 Jul 2017 5:30 a.m. PST |
Zero, just doesn't float my boat. |
langobard | 26 Jul 2017 6:27 a.m. PST |
I'd probably be happy with the Risk version if I really felt the need for anything GoT… Umm, which I don't at the moment… |
dwight shrute | 26 Jul 2017 7:19 a.m. PST |
Knowing my luck my sand snakes after much talk of killing the mountain couldn't even kill Euron .. |
etotheipi | 26 Jul 2017 9:37 a.m. PST |
I'm interested in it having a wildly popular push, then tanking so the minis go on the discount shelf. Haven't seen or read GoT, but I understand it's some swords and sorcery thing. |
robert piepenbrink | 26 Jul 2017 9:53 a.m. PST |
0. Plenty of decent medieval and fantasy rules. No interest in proprietary systems. Mind you, I might pick up some GoT castings if they were more or less in scale with my existing medieval/fantasy armies. But in addition to the other problems, almost certainly in five years "GoT--the Miniatures Rules" would be replaced by "GoT(2)--the Different Miniatures Rules for the Sequel" by a different company, no resemblance to the previous system and the figures in some other scale. Don't believe me? See Star Wars. |
Andy ONeill | 26 Jul 2017 10:16 a.m. PST |
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Thomas Thomas | 26 Jul 2017 10:26 a.m. PST |
Several points: First the proper name: A Song of Ice and Fire (A Game of Thrones is the name of the first book in a seven book sequence). Second: there is already a "miniature" game with a direct tie in by Cool Mini or Not. Have read over the rules- a bit board gamey and not much of a "medieval" simulation (at least so far). Miniature much better look than the HBO stuff but maybe 32mm so incompatible with everything else. Gaming Ice and Fire: better choice is to get a good medieval simulation with light fantasy elements (well Dragons are getting a bit heavier). Medeival warfare is a strong combined arms period with Mounted (both light and heavy), missile troops and heavy infantry all having roles to play. All these weapon systems won and lost battles in period and make for great interactions. Great period of history to simulate and well reflected in the books. As to games pick one with Command Control limitations – vital for simulation and a big factor in the book battles. Books provide an ideal background for gaming battles and campaigns. No "good" v. "evil" but instead sifting alliances and armies with real differences. As to figure lines any good 100 Years War & War of the Roses lines will work – great plastic 28mm lines already fill the stores. I use my own system A Game of Fire and Ice which started as a War of the Roses/HYW campaign system and expanded into fantasy. Cautions: bear in mind that formal tie ins can be pricey with most investment going to IP costs rather than design. They often are "quick fix' investments – get the money up front and who cares whether they play game or not. Figure lines designed to force you to buy their figs – so no compition to thwart the capatilist model. Still a great setting and great period for gaming. Thomas J. Thomas Fame and Glory Games |
Howler | 28 Jul 2017 7:27 p.m. PST |
Interested, but getting too old to get into a new game. Of course, I said that just before I bought Walking Dead and Alien…Sigh |