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 Stormonu wrote:
Sooo - apparently FFG is dropping GW like a wet noodle to do a Starcraft & Warcraft tabletop wargame...

Ah, this just gets better and better...

Ohh please let this be true !



Hoping that you aren't being scurrilous here Stormonu ?!

There were some very nice looking small-scale Starcraft pieces that Prodos did a while back, I wonder if there is any relation? (knowing that most of the work that Prodos does is through their casting facilities for other companies)

I agree Wacraft does sound unlikely in the context of Runewards being released.

Unfortunately the person that commented initially (Stormonu) hasn't posted anything further or revealed the source of the rumour.

 Azreal13 wrote:
I take FFG and GW as rivals based on the fact that

a) it's obvious
b) every single X Wing player I know is (or more commonly, was) a 40K player.

You can't spend the same money twice, if you are a tabletop wargamer, GW or FFG (or PP, or Steam Forged, or CB) is a choice, ergo they are competing. The level of crossover is significant, the amount of niche within niche within niche (i.e. "will only game with Space Marines") is not.

I know a number of x-wing players who have never touched wargaming, 40k or otherwise.

There is undoubtedly some crossover, they will satisfy the same 'itch' for some, but not for all. Think the truth probably falls somewhere between Manchu and Peregrine/Azael's arguments.

There was quite an interesting article about FFG in the current Tabletop Gaming magazine, which featured an interview with Christian Petersen (CEO of FFG)

I can find the exact quote, but he mentioned that there was very little influence by FFG and none by Asmodee in terms of the creative output of the company. While I don't think this is ever completely true, it did seem to give an impression of it not being the case of Asmodee stepping in like some massive Decepticon, and dictating orders by megaphone about what the company is going to release or not, which has been inferred/guessed at by some posters in the thread. More, it gave the impression of the company's size now allowing it to release higher quality of game, pool resources and talent, and take risks that might otherwise not have been possible had the company been smaller.

 agnosto wrote:
From Ars Technica: http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/09/board-game-breakup-why-the-fantasy-flightgames-workshop-split-matters/

Interesting write-up, thanks for posting the link.