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Schmapdi wrote:
First and foremost good minis. Though I would argue interesting theme/fluff ties into that.

And this is why Battletech is not as popular as it use to be or could be now. The mins are not that great especially once you compare them to 40K or Warmahordes. They actually look pretty childish and so 80's.


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ComTrav wrote:
Kinda interesting to note how many people said concept art...I wouldn't have said it was a big deal myself, but when I was leafing through the ork codex the other day, I definitely missed it. Photos of models are well and good for learning, but I guess it doesn't spark much desire for me to interpret them in my own way.

And almost all my models are bought for gaming purposes, but I bought http://www.amazon.com/Revell-Germany-Viking-Plastic-Model/dp/B000N2F5G4 at Nova, because there is no way me owning a model viking ship can be bad.

Well that is what kept me going for Battletech for a while. After the player base was gone for me and no more gaming, it came down to collecting minis. I didn't like or should have said, I Hated the art direction of where Battletech went, and then the minis followed the art and just didn't enjoy collecting anymore. Usually great art work and then the minis follow the art work because when reading on how the game plays, you follow the artwork as your read the rules. Well at least that is how it was back then.

Now you see the minis first because we seem to do more research before buying a game because the costs are just so high now to get into. It's no more just buy a box for $50 and play. Now we buy a box for $50 play and then see what else is more in supplements, expansions and what not.

So you need good minis to get into because you like the look of, then when reading the rules, you want good art work to get you into factions/races so you will buy more of. Lots of people just like to look at pretty pictures of art. I think that is why the new 40K codices get a lot of complaint. When you are so use to it, you don't notice it. When it's gone then you really notice what you are missing.

The models by far. Though a really nice display board (ie. fully modeled terrain) with the models is another factor.

Normally word of mouth gets me into a game but in the case of X-wing it was definitely the minis with the bonus of the started set being within the impulse buy price range.

I'm currently on the lookout for a single player board/card game for next month (spent enough this month already) so I look forward to starting a new hunt when the time comes.