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Post by loyalist on Feb 18, 2016 2:08:38 GMT
And Alessio left in the same year as well As a 40K and BFG player I remember the chatter when Priestly left.
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Post by loyalist on Feb 18, 2016 2:11:14 GMT
Getting back to the original question, yes I do remember the PC game. In fact I still have it and play every so often. Brilliant fun and very much a part of my WotW addiction! Too bad it won't play on a Mac. Regret replacing my old PC - can't play any of my computer war games now.
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Post by madmorgan on Feb 18, 2016 2:36:05 GMT
Really. They both work for the GW spin off Warlord Games, are authors of a number of rules, including the popular Black Powder (Priestley) and of coarse Bolt Action, worked by both Rick & Cavatore as well as Hicks and others. In fact, Warlord looks so much like GW because all but Bob Naismith (I think) are former GW folks. They have the same high prices and are rapidly expanding into all periods including futuristic - in fact they're doing much better than GW especially in USA these days. GW never really captured the historical gaming periods, probably due to the lack of talent of their systems designers like Rick and Alessio. I'm really doing 'water under the bridge', one has to wonder if AD would have gone anywhere without their imput - but, also, once they found better pastures with Warlord, the fix was in. In truth I'm a bit bitter about them if only because the format for GW and now Warlord is overpriced, tons of rule books to play, and grabbing up the industry in a pricey grip. But, then I'm mad. Crazy. There does seem to be some connections no? Okay, I'm off the soapbox. Sorry.
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Post by madmorgan on Feb 18, 2016 2:51:58 GMT
Please forgive my tirade above. I'm just frustrated to see my favorite game go into the trash bin. And I'm tired and physcially sick, so its seems worse to me then it probaly is. If you all want GW/Warlord to run AD, its okay. But, I've gone for years trying to play GW only to have them pull the rug out from under me with the newest rule set or figures and though new sells, the model is far to expensive to keep up with. Peace out.
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Post by loyalist on Feb 18, 2016 3:51:27 GMT
Concur with your comments about GW changing codices and models too quickly, probably to generate more sales. Got so annoyed about it I stopped playing 40K for 4 years and only got back into it recently through a gaming league. I'm not enamored of new stuff like psychic phases and 'mysterious terrain' so am selling off the bulk of my 40K stuff to make room for AQotMF.
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Post by hardlec on Feb 18, 2016 15:43:25 GMT
I do not own any Citidel or GW products. This after once being a "official demonstrator." Enough of that. Metal casting, Resin casting and Plastic injection molding are each quite different and require different, expensive equipment. As a jeweler I well informed on how to do the casting, but I do not have the thousands of dollars to buy the tools and materials. I think it is possible to take a model, scan it with a 3D scanner, and make an original with a 3D printer, refine the original and make a mold from that. It is also possible to scan a model an use specialist software to make paper models. Some day 3D printing will be cost effective enough that people won't buy models but buy downloads and print their own models. As for now, a computer game would be nice.
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Post by boxholder on Feb 18, 2016 18:08:10 GMT
The point of my observations was that there exists a population of people interested in the Victorian Sci-fi genre. True, the folks into the cosplay part of steampunk may not be interested in a game, but the cosplayers are not the only ones at a convention. And the readership of the Victorian Sci-fi genre appears to be sufficient to keep publishers cranking out product. Perhaps I should not have used "steampunk" as shorthand for Victorian Sci-fi.
It is true that the molds themselves may have been recycled, but the numerical control files to machine them are probably in storage. The actual cutting of new molds is nowhere nearly as long or slow (=expensive) as doing the design, programming, test shots and correcting. Exactly who owns what part of the IP is a contractual matter.
Molds for the metal centrifugal(spin) casting are usually a hard, high temp rubber. They are quite durable and inexpensive compared to injection molds.
The citation of SPACE 1889 is a very interesting example. Game Designers Workshop released it in 1988 with followon products over a few years, GDW went out of business in 1996. Fan support of the design kept the franchise alive since the mid-1990's and in 2014 a new line of SPACE 1889 books were released for the role playing game. In the years since 1996, a couple of manufacturers kept selling miniatures for the SPACE 1889 games, although under new names.
And the eBay psycho will find himself in possession of his overpriced stuff for a very long time. Unless PT Barnum's law applies...
Re: GW -- I too have been burned several times by GW's launch-and-abandon approach to obsoleting game components. I now buy only those GW items that I intend to use just for the model itself, not for the game anymore.
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Post by Chronos on Feb 19, 2016 1:56:40 GMT
to be fair, and not wanting to sound bitchy, but i'd like to see more, or at least this post stay on topic .
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Post by Chronos on Feb 19, 2016 1:57:43 GMT
Getting back to the original question, yes I do remember the PC game. In fact I still have it and play every so often. Brilliant fun and very much a part of my WotW addiction! Was i right about lines of pylons strung together to snare tripods?
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Post by loyalist on Feb 19, 2016 3:25:51 GMT
It's been several years since I played the game but I think there were power lines between pylons that were used as defenses.
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Post by paulnippress on Feb 19, 2016 9:04:57 GMT
It's been a long while since I played Human, but there were some defences that the Humans could use. I've attached an image of the build lists from the manual, which show wire walls, mined wire walls and wire fence. You can also see a number of videos on YouTube if you search for War of the Worlds PC Game.
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Post by madmorgan on Feb 19, 2016 11:08:29 GMT
Nice ideas (wire walls, mined wire walls, wire fence). Could you list some more off of it, I keep getting the 'hottie' site calling up your post there.
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Post by paulnippress on Feb 20, 2016 10:05:28 GMT
It's been a long while since I played Human, but there were some defences that the Humans could use. I've attached an image of the build lists from the manual, which show wire walls, mined wire walls and wire fence. You can also see a number of videos on YouTube if you search for War of the Worlds PC Game. clicking on picture takes us to an upload page. Maybe an admin can advise with this - all I did was use the "add image to post" button?
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Post by paulnippress on Feb 20, 2016 10:09:11 GMT
Nice ideas (wire walls, mined wire walls, wire fence). Could you list some more off of it, I keep getting the 'hottie' site calling up your post there. Have a look at Human Units and Martian Units.
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Post by madmorgan on Feb 20, 2016 11:57:34 GMT
Man those are cool. Came through fine this time. Wish someone would pickup that license and redo the game with todays techniques and graphics! I'd buy several - one for me and two for my brother & best friend.
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