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Not sure whether this is appropriate to post here. This is another hybrid between tabletop miniatures and computer technology. The official website states that Jean Bey helps to design the figures. I believe that Jean was previously the founder of Rackham. The company that produced games such as Confrontation with all those awesome figures. The new figures for Prodigy actually look pretty good in picture. Check in out yourself.

Link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/121511007/prodigy-the-game?ref=live

I was expecting a Keith Flint miniature, but this certainly looks very interesting.

Glad to see people trying to push some boundaries, and they've got some pretty talented artists working with it. Will be interested to see how this develops!

The gameplay itself looks incredibly dumbed down. Like Ex Illis, it is inferior to what either tabletop gaming or computer gaming is capable of representing on its own.

Can't say that I'm a fan of Jean Bey, so that's not much of a selling point here...

Anime styling, 60mm scale, simplistic gameplay. Hmm, pass.

What is the point of a new medium unless it enhances some aspect of the experience that you already find appealing?

It looks like they had to sacrifice a great deal of what table top gamers want in a game just to put it on a computer screen. Still, it's cool to see folks trying out new things.

It is similar to skylanders is like it, looking forward to console version.
And because it is called prodigy, i hope that they use this music for the battles.

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weeble1000 wrote:
What is the point of a new medium unless it enhances some aspect of the experience that you already find appealing?

It looks like they had to sacrifice a great deal of what table top gamers want in a game just to put it on a computer screen. Still, it's cool to see folks trying out new things.

Yeah pretty much this. Just look at the shot of the two people playing against each other, they're not even interacting on the same board but rather staring at their individual laptops
opposite each other, isn't the charm of miniature wargaming playing and interacting with you opponent, in this it begs the question as to why they are even in the same room at all
or even on the same continent for that matter, and since its the PC that's responsible for all the game play, not the board or miniatures, whats the point of it having them.

Well, either way best of luck to them, its always nice to see people trying to innovate and this game will have a market, just look at skylanders. I like the artwork, shame the mini's are
60mm (why???) and are thus incompatible with anything else I own, otherwise I would've bought some for use with anima tactics.

 Rolt wrote:

Yeah pretty much this. Just look at the shot of the two people playing against each other, they're not even interacting on the same board but rather staring at their individual laptops
opposite each other, isn't the charm of miniature wargaming playing and interacting with you opponent, in this it begs the question as to why they are even in the same room at all
or even on the same continent for that matter, and since its the PC that's responsible for all the game play, not the board or miniatures, whats the point of it having them.

The game is primarily designed for remote play or against AI. There is little reason for head to head because you will need two game boards and two computers to work. Theoretically, they can make it entirely a computer game but then everyone will have access to the same figures. Yes, it is not comparable to some of the popular tabletop miniature games. On the other hand, there are many people who don't want to assemble or to paint miniatures or who don't have the time to go to the FLGS to meeting other people to play. Yet, they do like miniatures.

Looks interesting. I like the art design.

I posted about this game when it launched, but nobody paid attention.

Big difference with Sklanders is interaction- you play together rather than against each other.

My kids can play together, and it's fun to watch them yell and argue and wave controllers as they try to problem solve out loud together.

Plus, they can take those figures over to their cousins to play on his console, or on a family member's tablet.

I'd consider picking up some of the figures when the game goes out of vogue.

Anime style monsters are always up my alley!

Jean bey !!!!
I think I threw up a little bit in my mouth just hearing his name

 streetsamurai wrote:
Jean bey !!!!
I think I threw up a little bit in my mouth just hearing his name

Why? He's a really nice guy and I've yet to hear differently from anyone else who's met him.

The miniatures look nice, but going by that gameplay description I'm just not seeing the point of them for this game.

To be frank, I'd rather have board-game like components and component packs to buy than have to use a tablet at the table to handle rules resolution.

But I'm not against the idea, I just think that the tech has to reach a point where it's seamless and instant. For example, instead of relying on a grid or having to scan or punch in info into a tablet after every move and action, the tablet reads everything automatically. This would allow tabletop games with even more depth as you can have stats and rules with more complicated math, or game elements that might have required more bookkeeping.