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AgentF: May 11, 2009

What lord? I just see a giant gently caress-off dragon. Is the lord in its belly?

# ? May 15, 2016 14:40

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# ? Jun 12, 2024 10:08

TheChirurgeon: Aug 7, 2002; Remember how good you are; Taco Defender

Bad Moon posted:

You have no power here, flame of Udun

I love both those shows but Jurassic Bark is in season 4 and those last 30 seconds destroys all pretenders.

The best part was that the Giants lost that game

# ? May 15, 2016 14:42

boom boom boom: Jun 28, 2012; by Shine

AgentF posted:

What lord? I just see a giant gently caress-off dragon. Is the lord in its belly?

That thing is very clearly not finished

# ? May 15, 2016 14:49

TTerrible: Jul 15, 2005

Sir Teabag posted:

Is the curse that GW doesn't give a poo poo about it?

They actively hate it as everyone who played it.

# ? May 15, 2016 15:00

Kaiju Cage Match: Nov 5, 2012

AgentF posted:

What lord? I just see a giant gently caress-off dragon. Is the lord in its belly?

Twist: The Chaos Lord is the dragon!

# ? May 15, 2016 15:36

Its Rinaldo: Aug 13, 2010; CODS BINCH

TheChirurgeon posted:

The best part was that the Giants lost that game

NFCLEast at it's best

Its Rinaldo fucked around with this message at 18:28 on May 15, 2016

# ? May 15, 2016 17:38

Crackbone: May 23, 2003; Vlaada is my co-pilot.

From reports on SilverTower Murdergame, it sounds like it's literally Age of Sigmar rules with a dungeon randomizer and enemy AI rules bolted on. So not even close to original WHQ.
GW is just cargo culting itself from 20 years ago.

# ? May 15, 2016 17:40

Brinty: Aug 4, 2012

That sounds like it would be fun.. if it were normal boardgame prices and not crazy.

# ? May 15, 2016 17:43

TTerrible: Jul 15, 2005

Brinty posted:

That sounds like it would be fun.. if it were normal boardgame prices and not crazy.

How can anything based on AoS be fun.

# ? May 15, 2016 17:44

S.J.: May 19, 2008; Just who the hell do you think we are?

Crackbone posted:

From reports on SilverTower Murdergame, it sounds like it's literally Age of Sigmar rules with a dungeon randomizer and enemy AI rules bolted on. So not even close to original WHQ.
GW is just cargo culting itself from 20 years ago.

Ironically, the way the AoS rules work would be find in the context of a board game. It's probably still poo poo though.

# ? May 15, 2016 17:44

Avenging Dentist: Oct 1, 2005; oh my god is that a circular saw that does not go in my mouth aaaaagh

Too bad the dice mechanics are still poo poo.

# ? May 15, 2016 18:02

Thirsty Dog: May 31, 2007

Brinty posted:

That sounds like it would be fun.. if it were normal boardgame prices and not crazy.

Hmm yes transplanting a truly lovely set of wargame rules to a boardgame and adding some random terrain stuff to it is really inspiring me

# ? May 15, 2016 18:06

Galaga Galaxian: Apr 23, 2009; What a childish tactic!
Don't you think you should put more thought into your battleplan?!

Copied from the Specialist Games Thread:

quote:

Adeptus TItanicus.

Ok, not exactly much to show here except the poster below.

However talking to Andy Hoare, Mark Bedford and Chris Drew I can mention the following:

The game is set during the Horus Heresy in the spirit of the original Adeptus Titanicus.
It will begin with just Titans.
The scale will be 8mm - They decided on this scale after 3D printing a Marine, Dread, Leman Russ, Warlord and a Mastodon in three different scales. 8mm was deemed the best as you could see the details to the point of telling different armour marks apart but didn't make the Titans too big.
8mm will make a Warlord around 6" tall (that's what it looked like why Andy Hoare put his hands apart, don't blame me if the final model is smaller or larger...).
The models will be produced in resin by Forge World.
Typical force may be in the region of two Warlords, two Reavers and two-three Warhounds.
More Titan variants are possible.
Down the road infantry and tanks are to be introduced.
Other forces are also possible, this includes Xenos which can be introduced in a themed expansion, e.g. Adeptus Titanicus: Armageddon to bring in the Orks.
Currently the Titans are being 3D modelled by Chris Drew, the Warlord has been done as the 40k version was originally 3D modelled so it was a case of just scaling things down and getting it to work as a model which can be manufactured.

We may, may, get to see something at the Forge World Open Day...(may, depending on Tony Cottrell)

All Space Marines All the Time (for now) oh and we've invalidated all your old epic stuff, enjoy!

# ? May 15, 2016 18:13

Chill la Chill: Jul 2, 2007; Don't lose your gay

TTerrible posted:

How can anything based on AoS be fun.

http://youtu.be/3fITk2lj1_w with chariots.

https://youtu.be/JpLEuN43F-E better link

Chill la Chill fucked around with this message at 18:17 on May 15, 2016

# ? May 15, 2016 18:14

Leperflesh: May 17, 2007

TheChirurgeon posted:

The best part was that the Giants lost that game

Well yeah. If it had been a crucial game-winning play, that would have bested The Catch and The Catch II. It's still a fantastic display of athleticism and I love seeing it over and over. Especially if it annoys Dallas fans.

YF19pilot posted:

Pass interference, I believe. The other player was hooking his arms around the receiver's arm before the catch. The yellow "flag" is used to signal that there was a penalty/rules violation during the play. Active play is usually allowed to continue, and the penalties dealt with afterwards.

Yes. On that play, the man in silver and white, who is a Dallas Cowboys man, illegally interfered with the man in blue and white, who is a New York Football Giants man. There are rules about not grabbing and pulling on a man when the ball is being thrown to him. This is part of what makes that catch so special: the Giants man, whose name is Odell Beckham Jr., caught that ball behind him one-handed despite being illegally yanked on by the defender, and then came down with it with both feet touching down inbounds and not dropping it as he hit the ground, all of which are required to complete the pass. And in the end zone, so a touchdown.

The flip side of it is that if Mr. Beckham, Jr. had failed to catch the ball, the penalty would have given his team the ball spotted at the point of the foul anyway - e.g., just short of the end zone with a first down, a situation where most teams can manage to score a touchdown anyway. And, as TheChirugreon pointed out, the New York Football Giants went on to lose that game.

Leperflesh fucked around with this message at 18:33 on May 15, 2016

# ? May 15, 2016 18:31

LordAba: Oct 22, 2012; by FactsAreUseless

Galaga Galaxian posted:

Copied from the Specialist Games Thread:

All Space Marines All the Time (for now) oh and we've invalidated all your old epic stuff, enjoy!

Really, who would start epic when there are better games with the same base mechanics out there? Especially knowing GWs track record for just dumping all the old games...

I wouldn't think the market for nostalgia is this big... unless they have done some market research. When was Epic big last? Is that enough time for the people who played it to get good jobs and see their kids out of the house? Good on GW for rescaling it so your old epic scale stuff is incompatibly with the new stuff so you have to buy it again.

# ? May 15, 2016 18:36

S.J.: May 19, 2008; Just who the hell do you think we are?

Leperflesh posted:

Well yeah. If it had been a crucial game-winning play, that would have bested The Catch and The Catch II. It's still a fantastic display of athleticism and I love seeing it over and over. Especially if it annoys Dallas fans.

You and me can be friends.

# ? May 15, 2016 18:37

Slimnoid: Sep 6, 2012; Does that mean I don't get the job?

LordAba posted:

Really, who would start epic when there are better games with the same base mechanics out there?

GW whales, mostly.

# ? May 15, 2016 18:41

S.J.: May 19, 2008; Just who the hell do you think we are?

If Epic was being made by literally any other company, but with GW's blessing, I'd be willing to check it out.

# ? May 15, 2016 18:45

boom boom boom: Jun 28, 2012; by Shine

Do other companies make little tiny wargames like that? I thought everybody did regular size stuff

# ? May 15, 2016 18:46

S.J.: May 19, 2008; Just who the hell do you think we are?

boom boom boom posted:

Do other companies make little tiny wargames like that? I thought everybody did regular size stuff

Dropzone Commander is loving fantastic.

# ? May 15, 2016 18:47

Galaga Galaxian: Apr 23, 2009; What a childish tactic!
Don't you think you should put more thought into your battleplan?!

boom boom boom posted:

Do other companies make little tiny wargames like that? I thought everybody did regular size stuff

6mm/10mm is a magical land of tiny soldier mans, mostly but not limited to historical wargames.

Tiny 6mm Romans

Tiny 6mm Napoleons

Tiny 6mm WW2 Brits in Tiny France

10mm High Elves from Warmaster

6mm "Fantasy Renaissance" (aka WHFB Empire), not from GW.

And just to make it clear how small these tiny soldermans are:

Tiny 6mm Austrians:

S.J. posted:

Dropzone Commander is loving fantastic.

I couldn't get into DzCmdr, the rules I saw during a demo game were ok. But not a single faction's aesthetics appealed to me.

# ? May 15, 2016 18:55

boom boom boom: Jun 28, 2012; by Shine

I don't count historicals. What's the point of a game without aliens or monsters? Plus, no female characters.

Dropzone Commander isn't bad, except, as Galaga said, all the factions look dumb

# ? May 15, 2016 18:58

spectralent: Oct 1, 2014; Me and the boys poppin' down to the shops

Galaga Galaxian posted:

I couldn't get into DzCmdr, the rules I saw during a demo game were ok. But not a single faction's aesthetics appealed to me.

I have this issue that someone shows me something that looks cool then I look at all the support I need for them and they look dumb :smith:

boom boom boom posted:

I don't count historicals. What's the point of a game without aliens or monsters? Plus, no female characters.

Dropzone Commander isn't bad, except, as Galaga said, all the factions look dumb

# ? May 15, 2016 19:00

LordAba: Oct 22, 2012; by FactsAreUseless

spectralent posted:

I have this issue that someone shows me something that looks cool then I look at all the support I need for them and they look dumb

Where are the boobs and curves. It's like the modeler never saw a woman in real life.

# ? May 15, 2016 19:05

Chill la Chill: Jul 2, 2007; Don't lose your gay

spectralent posted:

Would (fire that rifle). I mean drat that is the best gun I have ever fired and it is amaze.

# ? May 15, 2016 19:08

Safety Factor: Oct 31, 2009; Grimey Drawer

Leperflesh posted:

Especially if it annoys Dallas fans.

As a Houstonian, gently caress Dallas forever in all regards.

# ? May 15, 2016 19:10

boom boom boom: Jun 28, 2012; by Shine

spectralent posted:

I have this issue that someone shows me something that looks cool then I look at all the support I need for them and they look dumb

Oh please, a couple token sexy pin up models don't make up for the rest of the line

# ? May 15, 2016 19:12

Traveller: Jan 6, 2012; WHIM AND FOPPERY

LordAba posted:

Really, who would start epic when there are better games with the same base mechanics out there?

For instance, there's Epic: Armageddon. :colbert:

# ? May 15, 2016 19:28

NTRabbit: Aug 15, 2012; i wear this armour to protect myself from the histrionics of hysterical women

bitches

I like how the universal standards, and hence terrain and accessory supplies, are 6mm and 10mm, so GW decides to make 8mm instead

# ? May 15, 2016 19:28

grassy gnoll: Aug 27, 2006; The pawsting business is tough work.

Safety Factor posted:

As a Houstonian, gently caress Dallas forever in all regards.

I would like to take this time to say specifically gently caress the Stars, I'm glad they got knocked out of the playoffs, especially by the most boring team in the world.

Thank you for reading.

# ? May 15, 2016 19:35

spectralent: Oct 1, 2014; Me and the boys poppin' down to the shops

You could do a guards tank army with Aleksandra Samusenko in it!

# ? May 15, 2016 19:38

Reubenesque Sandwich: Aug 1, 2006; Their flashing tongues, spitting out blood and poison.; Fun Shoe

I cannot wait to see what they do to BloodBowl.

It will be a poo poo-show of epic proportions. There is no way they will release it in its current living rule book form, and whatever they release will be a glorious mess.

It won't surpass some of the other gaffs they have done in the past few years, but they will be poking some of the most fanatical and passionate players of any board game I've ever seen to date.

# ? May 15, 2016 19:39

ilmucche: Mar 16, 2016; What did you say the strategy was?

Chill la Chill posted:

http://youtu.be/3fITk2lj1_w with chariots.

https://youtu.be/JpLEuN43F-E better link

I've seen the multitrack drifting thing before. Is train Initial-D a real thing?

# ? May 15, 2016 19:40

Leperflesh: May 17, 2007

NTRabbit posted:

I like how the universal standards, and hence terrain and accessory supplies, are 6mm and 10mm, so GW decides to make 8mm instead

This is just classic GW, right? They're thinking "a different scale means nobody else is making minis our players can use instead, so they'll buy more of ours!"
Reality: "The barrier to entry to this game is really high... I'll need entirely new terrain pieces, I can't proxy anything, and my thousand dollar collection of Epic Armageddon is useless. I think I'll just keep playing EA."
Or if you never played epic before: "The barrier to entry to this game is really high... I'll need entirely new terrain pieces, I can't proxy anything from other companies, and I could just play a much better game like Dropzone Commander for a fraction of the cost."

# ? May 15, 2016 19:40

Herr Tog: Jun 18, 2011; Grimey Drawer

Galaga Galaxian posted:

6mm/10mm is a magical land of tiny soldier mans, mostly but not limited to historical wargames.

Tiny 6mm Romans

Tiny 6mm Napoleons

Tiny 6mm WW2 Brits in Tiny France

10mm High Elves from Warmaster

6mm "Fantasy Renaissance" (aka WHFB Empire), not from GW.

And just to make it clear how small these tiny soldermans are:

Tiny 6mm Austrians:

I couldn't get into DzCmdr, the rules I saw during a demo game were ok. But not a single faction's aesthetics appealed to me.

you are killing me. I want to make 6mm historicals again and have no where to put them.

Chill la Chill posted:

Would (fire that rifle). I mean drat that is the best gun I have ever fired and it is amaze.

Mosin Nagat sniper can be surprisingly nice.

# ? May 15, 2016 19:49

Captain Rufus: Sep 16, 2005; CAPTAIN WORD SALAD

OFF MY MEDS AGAIN PLEASE DON'T USE BIG WORDS

UNNECESSARY LINE BREAK

http://www.picoarmor.com
There is even smaller. Fight the entirety of Stalingrad!

I so wanted to find folks interested in Nam era so I could have all the F4s and F14s.

Also as someone with massive Epic CSM, Tyranid, and Ork armies? Yeah they can gently caress right off.

# ? May 15, 2016 20:06

MCPeePants: Feb 25, 2013

Yeah Dropzone is pretty cool. I've had no luck getting my friends playing it and the aesthetic is kinda weird, but it's a good game and I love the tiny men.

What I wouldn't give for a superior line of 10mm fantasy miniatures to play Kings of War with.

# ? May 15, 2016 20:36