Re: [Epic] Rumours R Us

From: Brett Hollindale <agro_at_...>
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 12:59:22 GMT

At 02:25 PM 18/2/97 +0200, you wrote:
>
>
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>> From: Mark A Shieh <SHODAN+_at_...>
>> Michael the Liu <mikethel_at_...> writes:
>> > And I do hope that they are just rumours. On another note, if anyone
>wants
>> > to see something interesting (read this: rude), check out the latest WD
>(206
>> > I think?). In the Golden Daemon section, they already have a category
>for
>> > Epic40k, and gone is the category of Titans. The Epic40k guidelines go
>> > something like, you must mount 2 detachments of units, with at least
>one
>> > recommended to being small vehicles or infantry, and movement trays
>> > suggested. Movement trays huh? I hope they charge a fortune for these
>new
>> > pieces too! Maybe a buck a tray like with Warhammer Fantasy battles!
>>
>> Hey, there's nothing wrong with movement trays. They're as
>> fun to make as normal terrain, and it makes your bases that much more
>> unified against whatever they're displaying miniatures on. A lot of
>> the winning entries last year had movement trays on them. (The Epic
>> one too, I think, not that you can actually use it in a game...)
>>
>> Mark
>
>Well, this reminded me the first time we played Warhammer with my brother.
>We first mail ordered the whole stuff from London (we don't have a GW store
>in Istanbul), including 100s of $s worth models and stuff, then spent a few
>months painting them. The day we played our first actual play, my brother
>realized that the units move in strict blocks, and there is no way to move
>the models individually (remember he is an EPIC player). He asked me: "Why
>have we painted these models this well if we couldn't see the details
>because we're supposed to play them stacked like shoeboxes?". I said "Well,
>that is how they fought in the medieval times", and he went


Hey...

No badmouthing medieval combat! That's my favourite hobby we're talkin' about!

:-)

(Just stirring the pot a bit - sorry!)

Agro



> "Fine. I'm not
>a medieval though, and won't have my army fight that way. Let's design new
>rules for this stupid game". So, down to garbage went the cardboard trays.
>
>S. Birol Akmeric
>
>nethol_at_...
>


Actually I've never even seen a "movement tray". They sound like a bad idea
though...
Received on Tue Feb 18 1997 - 12:59:22 UTC