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2016/03/16 02:29:29
Subject: Re:GW game Lost Patrol returns
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Fixture of Dakka
West Michigan, deep in Whitebread, USA
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Wow, I remember this game, but a $60 projected price tag? Really? There are plenty of clones of this game on Boardgamegeek- usually under the handle "Patrol: Lost!" to avoid the GW gestapo, that you can print out and use your own models.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/63011/patrol-lost
And another name for Advanced Space Crusade was Tyranid Attack. Have it, and loved it to death. Converting the squares of movement to inches was the first experience of open-table 40k wargaming for my buddy and me.
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"By this point I'm convinced 100% that every single race in the 40k universe have somehow tapped into the ork ability to just have their tech work because they think it should." |
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2016/03/16 02:33:34
Subject: GW game Lost Patrol returns
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[DCM]
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I've never heard of it either - and I was heavily into GW and I had a WD sub back in 2000 too!
Still, interested to see GW's modern take on this...'classic'? 
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2016/03/16 02:51:04
Subject: GW game Lost Patrol returns
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Nasty Nob on a Boar
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Gorkamorka coming soon or is it trademark renewal season?
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 No madam, 40,000 is the year that this game is set in. Not how much it costs. Though you may have a point. - GW Fulchester
 The Gatling Guns have flamethrowers on them because this is 40k - DOW III
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2016/03/16 02:56:46
Subject: GW game Lost Patrol returns
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The Daemon Possessing Fulgrim's Body
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This really is weird. It's like that time I was on all fours in a nightclub being ridden by a pole dancer like a horse. There's pics of it, so it must have happened, I know I was there, but I have absolutely no recollection of it!
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We find comfort among those who agree with us - growth among those who don't. - Frank Howard Clark
The wise man doubts often, and changes his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubts not; he knows all things but his own ignorance.
The correct statement of individual rights is that everyone has the right to an opinion, but crucially, that opinion can be roundly ignored and even made fun of, particularly if it is demonstrably nonsense!” Professor Brian Cox
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2016/03/16 03:05:50
Subject: GW game Lost Patrol returns
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Inquisitorial Keeper of the Xenobanks
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I never heard about this too^^
I'm a bit worried there are genestealers in this boardgame, too.
I hope GW to put other vilains in thex next boardgames, just to keep those boardgames innovative and original (I'm perfectly ok with 3 genestealers boardgames, but there must be others xenos before we see genestealers again).
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2016/03/16 03:43:16
Subject: GW game Lost Patrol returns
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[MOD]
Otiose in a Niche
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Are we sure this game ever existed?
I mean in 2000 I was working a few blocks from a GW store and had a WD subscription. I don't see how I could have missed this.
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2016/03/16 03:46:09
Subject: GW game Lost Patrol returns
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Ollanius Pius - Savior of the Emperor
Gathering the Informations.
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Watch this include a new Scout-Captain in plastic model.
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2016/03/16 04:07:21
Subject: GW game Lost Patrol returns
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Grizzled Space Wolves Great Wolf
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I'm sure I remember some scout related mini-game from back then.... but I don't remember this at all.
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2016/03/16 04:43:10
Subject: GW game Lost Patrol returns
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Utilizing Careful Highlighting
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Yeah in 2000 i was working for gw stockest as well as collecting everything 40k and ive never seen or heard of this
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I don't think this was ever advertised in w.d i think its something they did in very small numbers and sold through board game shops
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2016/03/16 05:45:33
Subject: Re:GW game Lost Patrol returns
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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I know the picture but not the game 
If there's rules up on BGG (and tiles, of course) I'll give this a spin, I think. I don't have scouts, sadly, but regular Marines will do (or Catachans) and I now have MORE than enough stealers.
GW should really.take.the chance to redo scouts as juvies (stuffed with additional organs and steroids and hypnotherapie) that are smaller and slimmer than Marines. Just like they were before those plastic...things we got.
Like here, justnot as extreme
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2016/03/16 06:03:59
Subject: GW game Lost Patrol returns
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Stalwart Ultramarine Tactical Marine
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2016/03/16 06:34:28
Subject: GW game Lost Patrol returns
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Regular Dakkanaut
Los Angeles
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Nice, I'm hoping for some cool scout minis!
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2016/03/16 07:01:54
Subject: GW game Lost Patrol returns
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[MOD]
Otiose in a Niche
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Wasn't there some urban myth/hoax where someone created a 60s TV show that never existed, put together a site, stills from it, etc until through the power of suggestion they got people to 'remember' seeing it?
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2016/03/16 07:10:39
Subject: Re:GW game Lost Patrol returns
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Played the Original, but this is going to fail. Regardless on what GW states.
Have they not learned yet that the average person is not going to pay $60 for what looks like an incomplete game???
Nope. GW is still trying to mine their failing customer base. It will probably be a low print run, like the others games (such as Dread Fleet). so it will look GREAT on the bottom line.
And every year they are falling further and further behind on what actual people are willing to pay and play a board game.
This is a 30-40 dollar game. If you were a main stream gaming company you might get away with a higher amount BUT NOT $60.00.
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Adam's Motto: Paint, Create, Play, but above all, have fun. -and for something silly below-
"We are the Ultramodrines, And We Shall Fear No Trolls. bear this USR with pride".
Also, how does one apply to be a member of the Ultramodrines? Are harsh trials involved, ones that would test my faith as a wargamer and resolve as a geek?
You must recite every rule of Dakka Dakka. BACKWARDS.
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2016/03/16 07:23:58
Subject: GW game Lost Patrol returns
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Well... they are scraping the bottom of the barrel with this one.
"x used to be a success!... let's rerelease it in 2016"
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2016/03/16 07:38:35
Subject: GW game Lost Patrol returns
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Owns Whole Set of Skullz Techpriests
Versteckt in den Schatten deines Geistes.
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B... b... b... b... board tiles?
HOW MANY???
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2016/03/16 07:48:51
Subject: GW game Lost Patrol returns
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Fireknife Shas'el
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Oh God, someone woke him up, NURSE! 
This is interesting, they're really going all in on expanding the range of games, curious to see how well it does given the total lack of nostalgia apparently attached to this one.
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2016/03/16 07:51:48
Subject: GW game Lost Patrol returns
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I used to have this, I think. Numbers in the lid game
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2016/03/16 07:54:08
Subject: GW game Lost Patrol returns
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Owns Whole Set of Skullz Techpriests
Versteckt in den Schatten deines Geistes.
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2016/03/16 08:51:30
Subject: GW game Lost Patrol returns
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Ancient Chaos Terminator
Surfing the Tervigon Wave...on a baby.
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....Uh....I too have no recollection of this. At all. White Dwarf subscription and all (heck, I started the hobby when 5th ed WFB Lizardmen came out because Salamanders and their Dimetrodon look hooked me).
Still, nice? Nice to see GW picking up their old games and revamping them - nice to see that Specialist Games branch doing actual standalone games. (Not Dreadfleet lol)
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2016/03/16 08:58:18
Subject: GW game Lost Patrol returns
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Owns Whole Set of Skullz Techpriests
Versteckt in den Schatten deines Geistes.
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I mean I recognise that artwork from what I guess is the original box, but I don't remember the game at all.
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2016/03/16 09:01:13
Subject: GW game Lost Patrol returns
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[MOD]
Otiose in a Niche
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Yeah but the artwork is from the 80s, as are the models. And this was supposedly released in the 2000s?
I mean are we SURE this was a real game?
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2016/03/16 09:12:58
Subject: GW game Lost Patrol returns
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Anti-Armour Swiss Guard
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I still have my tiles and card pieces. I never liked those scouts. The same scouts also used in the advanced space crusade game. I've replaced the scout models with more recent ones (2nd ed metals - which the current plastics mostly mimic) but never got around to resurrecting the game. https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2268/lost-patrol
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I'm OVER 50 (and so far over everyone's BS, too).
Old enough to know better, young enough to not give a ****.
That is not dead which can eternal lie ...
... and yet, with strange aeons, even death may die.
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2016/03/16 09:23:31
Subject: Re:GW game Lost Patrol returns
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[DCM]
Et In Arcadia Ego
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The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
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2016/03/16 09:39:54
Subject: GW game Lost Patrol returns
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Grim Dark Angels Interrogator-Chaplain
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Sounds like a super-easy repack/reuse of sprues... One Scouts kit, three lots of Stealer sprues for 12 Stealers. A way to make a quick buck with no need to maintain it or reprint.
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 Stormonu wrote:For me, the joy is in putting some good-looking models on the board and playing out a fantasy battle - not arguing over the poorly-made rules of some 3rd party who neither has any power over my play nor will be visiting me (and my opponent) to ensure we are "playing by the rules"
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2016/03/16 09:47:45
Subject: Re:GW game Lost Patrol returns
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Noise Marine Terminator with Sonic Blaster
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Jake actually talked about LP on his blog in the last few years, I can't remember if the context was he was revising the rules for his own amusement or if it was about games design.
richstrach wrote:I've been slightly disappointed by GW's recent boxed games, in that I actually want to play them as board games and not as collections of miniatures with a board game thrown in. The prices for BaC and DO may be great considering the number of miniatures you get with them, but they're far too high for a standard board game - I'd prefer far fewer models and a lower price. This looks like it might redress the balance though, I'm really intrigued by it. And like some of the other posters, I've never heard of it before!
^This. Pricing BaC as a 30k starter set and not a board game immediately barred entry to my "to buy" list.
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2016/03/16 09:53:20
Subject: GW game Lost Patrol returns
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[MOD]
Anti-piracy Officer
Somewhere in south-central England.
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17 models is not a lot for a standard board game, especially given that most GW customers are very likely already to own Generstealers and SM models of some kind if not Scouts.
The big cost in the box is the die cut tiles. As JohnnyHell pointed out, the figures are likely to be sprues for which the moulds are already available from Space Hulk or 40K kits.
That makes perfect sense from the business angle, and the game may appeal to newcomers as a standalone boxed set.
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2016/03/16 09:53:24
Subject: Re:GW game Lost Patrol returns
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[DCM]
Et In Arcadia Ego
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..Does make one wonder if GW have some weird contractual obligation to put Genestealers into every single board game they make.
.... When the next boxed game is Sigmarines versus Tzeentch 'stealer cult the internet will melt down.
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The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
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2016/03/16 09:55:34
Subject: GW game Lost Patrol returns
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Moustache-twirling Princeps
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GW did a load of 'little' stand-alone games using existing miniatures with some new boards & rules - Lost Patrol, Ultra Marines, Mighty Warriors, etc.
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2016/03/16 09:59:33
Subject: Re:GW game Lost Patrol returns
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Grim Dark Angels Interrogator-Chaplain
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Interesting. Thanks for the quick history lesson! 
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Legion: Dark Angels