I must say the article is very good but the ruined city lacks... more detail
fotos! :-P
I'd like to point out something from the analysis of the issue with
'spin-off' games. I still can't understand how and when GW had the idea that
SM 2nd and Blood Bowl (not to say Necromunda or Talisman or Heroquest or
..) were in the same category. Whereas the funny football game had a truly
limited commercial life (You can hardly strip more money from customers
after the 20th miniature of your team, at least if you only play one team),
the epic game had a real potential to reach the level of WH40k if properly
promoted.
I suppose they wanted to complement both games to avoid concurring against
themselves. But the fact is that most Epic players just quitted WH40k after
some time and stay solely with SM, thus pointing GW wrong choice. I suppose
they just prefered to kill SM 2nd Ed rather than risking to promote it.
Wether this second option could have worked out in good terms for them is
something we'll never known.
9 months ago(16/05 ), relating to the price change in GWUS I posted:
>> Indeed, I think this is the grace shot to GW epic line (a.k.a. "let's
make the most of the money out of this before we close it").
Thus, I reaffirm myself: my conclusion is that any possible 'rebirth' of
Epic through GW is completely impossible. The opportunity was lost long ago
with the death of SM 2nd Ed. I can only expect "take the money and run"
politics as in Epic 40k or E:A. A whole new system with different detachment
composition, some new inconsistent miniatures, a redesign of someold
miniatures (packed -and priced- according to new game) or simply and
blatantly sell the same old miniatures priced two or three times (A Reaver
is a Reaver costing 9$ or 30$)
We are alone in the universe...
Albert
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From: "Stephane" <kotrin_at_...>
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Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 10:24 AM
Subject: [NetEpic ML] A Rant and a City...
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> Hi all, I've updated my website.
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> One update is a new rant aimed at what I'd call the "Specialist
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> http://www.stephane.info/show.php?code=specialist_games
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> The second is a deeeeeeeep explanation on how to build a
> ruined city for NetEpic (6mm scale) but some tidbits and
> advices are useful for any game system.
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> http://www.stephane.info/show.php?code=ne_ruined_city
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> Enjoy!
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> Best regards,
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> Stephane
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