Re: [Epic] Pro-GW Speech (Fishing for free stuff from GW)

From: Thane Morgan <thane_at_...>
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 1998 18:32:38 -0600

I think that GW has too many things on their plate now besides games, taking away
vital gaming personal. they should have several people dedicated to EPIC, but I
think it only gets whatever time is leftover at the end of the day from whoever
cares. They're too busy put out computer games and comic books.

They've probably dedicated more advertising to gorkamorka than EPIC at this point.

Thane

Stephen Sheldon wrote:

> >
> >
> > >Unlike any other GW game Epic 40K seems to be a "buy the box, then buy
> > >miniatures for your army" as opposed to "buy the game, buy the expansion
> > pack,
> > >buy some new miniatures that we just made rules for, buy a campaign pack,
> > buy
> > >some card terrain, buy the miniatures for your army, buy your army book."
> >
> > ---------> Oh they've done this type of game before. Then they've been
> > cancelled in 2 years or less - other than the Epic 2nd ed, that is. (Man O
> > War, Blood Bowl, Space Fleet, Dark Future, Mighty Empires)
>
> Epic 2nd had all of the army boxes. Man oo war had 2 expansion boxes, BB
> had an expansion box, Space fleet was a concept game and to really enjoy
> it you had to buy about 8 WDs, Dark Future had white line fever, and
> Mighty Empires had a lot of WD expansion, but I am not sure if it had an
> expansion set.
>
> > -------> You'd think they'd at least try to sell the main game. Putting in
> > some of the old-style Battle Reports couldn't hurt.
>
> I agree
>
> > -----> I don't know that I'd call them "big", but for a game company I guess
> > they are. What you suggest is what we all hope will happen, but they don't
> > have a very good track record.
>
> They listen to the numbers of sales, not the gamers, a consequence of
> being big. They just cannot keep up with everyones demands. But still, you
> would think that they would hear the cries of their stuff costing too
> much...
>
> > -------> thay haven't made ne wBlllod bowl teams - they're just rissuing the
> > old ones, just like the game itself.
> > And as for the Greater Daemons - Ack, don't get me started.
>
> The princes and the Tzeentch daemon are nice, the others....
>
> > -------> They could definitely put out an expansion pack. But if the game
> > isn't selling that well, it would be a foolish move. And if the major
> > component was terrain, well, there's a lot of people who are "terrain snobs"
> > and won't use the cardboard fold-ups typical of their other products - not
> > me in most cases, but they are pretty common. For Epic, their terrain has
> > been mostly buildings, and pretty well done. Official campaign rules and the
> > cards etc from WD would be a good thing to have in an expansion set, but I
> > think it will be quite a while before we see one.
>
> I think a campaign pack would be a nice addition.
>
> Steve
>
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