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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2013/10/17 19:04:56
Subject: Games & Gears to potentially produce $100 6x4 boards
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Haughty Harad Serpent Rider
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That's gonna be purchased by me, spray painted blue and white, and turned into the SDF-1 hull for playing Robotech space battles on
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2013/10/17 19:42:34
Subject: Games & Gears to potentially produce $100 6x4 boards
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Regular Dakkanaut
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Finally a slick, super sweet battle board that's my Yu Jing faction arms are safe at last!! when they tip over (and have done) those darn fiddly arms break :(. But I love the faction to bits. You have just saved the arms of many Infinity players miniatures and other fiddly bits lol. I'm IN for this one as well!!!
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2013/10/17 19:54:17
Subject: Games & Gears to potentially produce $100 6x4 boards
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darkeldarcrone wrote:Finally a slick, super sweet battle board that's my Yu Jing faction arms are safe at last!! when they tip over (and have done) those darn fiddly arms break :(. But I love the faction to bits. You have just saved the arms of many Infinity players miniatures and other fiddly bits lol. I'm IN for this one as well!!!
What board are you playing on where models are in constant fear of tipping over? I've never had a model break (including infinity) when it took a tumble down a hill...
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2013/10/17 19:55:37
Subject: Games & Gears to potentially produce $100 6x4 boards
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Dankhold Troggoth
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darkeldarcrone wrote:Finally a slick, super sweet battle board that's my Yu Jing faction arms are safe at last!! when they tip over (and have done) those darn fiddly arms break :(. But I love the faction to bits. You have just saved the arms of many Infinity players miniatures and other fiddly bits lol. I'm IN for this one as well!!!
Agreed
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2013/10/17 23:41:42
Subject: Games & Gears to potentially produce $100 6x4 boards
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Unstoppable Bloodthirster of Khorne
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Interesting. That sci-fi board looks good, and the concerns about depth and colour I have for the street board aren't an issue with that one. I can certainly see myself getting one of those. Maybe a bit of colour modulation with an airbrush, and it's golden.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2013/10/18 01:57:53
Subject: Games & Gears to potentially produce $100 6x4 boards
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Regular Dakkanaut
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Quite like the Sci-fi board. The lack of depth/texture isn't an issue when you are creating clean, smooth surfaces.
The AT board could be great. The texture of the paving stones on the sides is good, but looks a little too uniform. I could live with it though. The road I am a little baffled by. I have no idea what the surface is trying to be, and it looks like someone knocked up a bad photoshop of a cracked road in 5 minutes then stuck it on a board. Is it supposed to be a cracked earth dirt road? The harsh contrast of the paint job doesn't help it, but I doubt a better paint job will save it.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2013/10/18 02:28:10
Subject: Games & Gears to potentially produce $100 6x4 boards
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willb2064 wrote:Quite like the Sci-fi board. The lack of depth/texture isn't an issue when you are creating clean, smooth surfaces.
The AT board could be great. The texture of the paving stones on the sides is good, but looks a little too uniform. I could live with it though. The road I am a little baffled by. I have no idea what the surface is trying to be, and it looks like someone knocked up a bad photoshop of a cracked road in 5 minutes then stuck it on a board. Is it supposed to be a cracked earth dirt road? The harsh contrast of the paint job doesn't help it, but I doubt a better paint job will save it.
I assume this is the effect they're after, and a less....high contrast? paint job will probably make it a bit closer to it.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2013/10/18 06:20:42
Subject: Games & Gears to potentially produce $100 6x4 boards
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Unstoppable Bloodthirster of Khorne
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Yeah, that's what I was getting at in my posts. One like that would be made of win. The colours and shapes of the flagstones, the slight rise at the gutter/road's edge, etc.
Though the shown board also has flagstones that are a bit/lot more oddly shaped, rather than the semi-regularity of the ones in your pic. All bordered by ruler-straight lines at the road's edges.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2013/10/18 12:15:25
Subject: Games & Gears to potentially produce $100 6x4 boards
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We cannot wait to show you all more  .
More Games & Gears Battle Board pictures to come. All pre production is pretty much set and sorted. We are getting the KS video worked on and the KS itself.
It's exciting times and we cannot wait to launch.
More special limited rewards to be announced like the convention limited rewards.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2013/10/18 12:43:15
Subject: Games & Gears to potentially produce $100 6x4 boards
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Warning From Magnus? Not Listening!
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Azazelx wrote:All bordered by ruler-straight lines at the road's edges.
THAT's what looks so weird. I couldn't put my finger on it.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2013/10/18 12:56:46
Subject: Re:Games & Gears to potentially produce $100 6x4 boards
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Awesome!! Really cannot wait. Going to add pictures of the space station here so I don't have to keep going back and fourth on this thread, just like to stare  . Can you put all the pictures of all the boards in one post please?? Thanks!
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2013/10/18 13:37:26
Subject: Games & Gears to potentially produce $100 6x4 boards
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Dankhold Troggoth
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2013/10/18 13:46:32
Subject: Games & Gears to potentially produce $100 6x4 boards
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Regular Dakkanaut
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 my mates and I are already excited about playing X-Wing, inifinity and 40k on it. Spaceship, space station, base compound... so many ways... so many games to be played on this board. Its really sweet.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2013/10/18 14:18:13
Subject: Games & Gears to potentially produce $100 6x4 boards
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I would think that playing X-Wing on such a board wouldn't be to viable when you look at the scale of things. The tiles pictured are set up in such a way that they are very clearly meant for 25 to 32mm models. Placing an X-wing on that board would look horribly out of scale. I mean the Naboo starfighter is smaller than an X-wing if I remember correctly, and if you watch Phantom Menace, it has to basically 'land' for it to stop and shoot. This board doesn't really lend itself to that scale of game.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2040/09/26 14:34:51
Subject: Games & Gears to potentially produce $100 6x4 boards
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Regular Dakkanaut
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Maybe not viable for you. But we are going to play x-wing on it. Because we can...
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2013/10/18 14:29:05
Subject: Games & Gears to potentially produce $100 6x4 boards
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Dankhold Troggoth
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I'll be in this for the Dropzone Commander city board. I think it was really smart the way they laid that one out- with the lines painted on, it works fantastically for 10mm. It will be interesting if it works well for 28mm without the painted lines... but I'm not too concerned since I saw the DzC version at GenCon and that's the one I'm interested in
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2013/10/18 14:36:48
Subject: Games & Gears to potentially produce $100 6x4 boards
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Regular Dakkanaut
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For my dark eldar and 40k gaming gonna get the Hellscape, for fantasy battle the Anima one. For the anime wars one as I said X-wing, infinity and 40k and anything else I want to play on it! The Dropzone one if I get into Dropzome, a mate of mine has an army set, their mini's are super sweet. So leading onto my question. Will there be a reward to get all the boards? A couple of us may just do that. I'm in for 3 for starts and see what else you have.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2013/10/18 14:48:01
Subject: Games & Gears to potentially produce $100 6x4 boards
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Sneaky Sniper Drone
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This looks to finish around the time i get my Christmas bonus so i am very tempted by the Anime wars and DZC ones, should nicely cover my gaming table needs!
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2013/10/19 15:04:02
Subject: Games & Gears to potentially produce $100 6x4 boards
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Unstoppable Bloodthirster of Khorne
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Alfndrate wrote:I would think that playing X-Wing on such a board wouldn't be to viable when you look at the scale of things. The tiles pictured are set up in such a way that they are very clearly meant for 25 to 32mm models. Placing an X-wing on that board would look horribly out of scale. I mean the Naboo starfighter is smaller than an X-wing if I remember correctly, and if you watch Phantom Menace, it has to basically 'land' for it to stop and shoot. This board doesn't really lend itself to that scale of game.
I think it could work really well. Thinking of it as the exterior of a large Space Station (though nothing like the size of the Death Star). I'm also assuming that like the Tablescapes KS campaign, the G&G tile "themes" will feature several different tile designs each to get the 6x4 board happening. I felt that both the Hell Dorado and Anima boards as shown were flawed, but this one looks bloody good. I just hope G&G become more open to feedback and constructive criticism, as most replies to such appear to simply be cheerleading posts that ignore criticism with "400 facebook hell yeas" about whether the campaign should go ahead (which means gak all really when discussing specific details on tiles).
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2013/10/19 15:33:11
Subject: Games & Gears to potentially produce $100 6x4 boards
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Regular Dakkanaut
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I think critical thought based on 3 or 4 pictures is not critical. Like another dude said wait for the videos and more pics. Also I think the few same people have made their points as G&G have said over again and again.
I would PM G&G like i do if I feel so passionately about something. It is ok if you don't love it. I think it's not ok if you keep ranting about it.
But from the 30 gamers mates I play with we are all going to jump in. Their 1080 hell yes and a few hundred maybes is bloody fantastic and puts things into perspective (just check) So no gak here, just in awe of their awesome boards. Best thing I seen so far out there including the hell one and anima. As someone who frequents miniature war games on nearly a daily basis. I think they got the board exactly down to how club players like myself want gaming boards to be like.  off the soap box... Back to staring....
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2013/10/19 15:50:43
Subject: Games & Gears to potentially produce $100 6x4 boards
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Unstoppable Bloodthirster of Khorne
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darkeldarcrone wrote:I think critical thought based on 3 or 4 pictures is not critical. Like another dude said wait for the videos and more pics. Also I think the few same people have made their points as G&G have said over again and again.
If that's all we've got to go on, and people continue to discuss the product, then the discussion continues. This isn't a forum that's dedicated only to slavering sycophancy. There are actually quite a few producers of products who are quite active here who are also receptive to feedback.
I would PM G&G like i do if I feel so passionately about something. It is ok if you don't love it. I think it's not ok if you keep ranting about it.
Well, if we're going to go down this path, I don't particularly care what you think, and I'm quite happy that you don't get to decide what's ok and not ok for me to post about.
But from the 30 gamers mates I play with we are all going to jump in. Their 1080 hell yes and a few hundred maybes is bloody fantastic and puts things into perspective (just check) So no gak here, just in awe of their awesome boards. Best thing I seen so far out there including the hell one and anima.
The entirety of your gaming group of 30 of you are all going to jump in? As unlikely as it sounds,  good for you and good for them. Your fanboi is showing a bit much here though - and as I said before, I'm one of the "hell yeas". But let's not forget that we're talking about a poll that simply asks if you'd be interested in purchasing $100 gaming boards - it asks nothing specific about any of the designs (none of which are even mentioned), so it basically means less than feth all when discussing the specifics of any of the designs.
Ultimately, of the three shown, I only like one. I can certainly afford to get more than one, so I'd like as many as possible to be up to par so I can spend more money on their products.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2013/10/19 15:54:04
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Regular Dakkanaut
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Lol, ok dude relax. I'm still thinking how I'm going theme my hell board for my dark eldar army. Looking forward to this!
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2013/10/19 17:13:18
Subject: Games & Gears to potentially produce $100 6x4 boards
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darkeldarcrone wrote:Lol, ok dude relax. I'm still thinking how I'm going theme my hell board for my dark eldar army. Looking forward to this!
How do you know you'll actually like the board? 3-4 pictures really aren't enough to form an opinion, or so I've heard.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 0004/06/08 17:14:56
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Regular Dakkanaut
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Went down a London club which they posted around here or elsewhere. loved the sweet design and since then fell for the rest....
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2013/10/19 18:28:27
Subject: Re:Games & Gears to potentially produce $100 6x4 boards
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Hey all  .
Sorry for the radio silence here. We have all been busy here gearing up on Games & Gears battle boards Kickstarter, getting our other lines of products ready for distribution world wide that are available on our website. Some great ideas here. We will post all the board pics which have already been published here and elsewhere in one post. So what we are doing now is videos, KS video a battle report and a lot more  .
Since we make these if you have any great ideas/suggestions were we can consider please email us info@gamesandgears.co.uk. This is really the best way to engage and discuss it. It will be forwarded to the design team and they will discuss with Ninja Division or Hawk. So Please email us by all means, just bear with us, we are usually quick to reply, we have not yet got any PMs yet at all on this yet... But the community is brimming with awesome ideas we are sure!
Also note This KS will be about our Battle Boards and Terrain line,, gaming trays, dice trays which will go hand in hand with each other. There is some really lovely stuff coming up with our terrain line that we hope you will love too. We think beautiful terrain art for the boards and modular movable terrain is the way forward. Thanks to many of you here and the world wide gaming community you have already made Games & Gears a great success so we thank everyone sincerely. We will continue to work hard and bring this KS about and upon hopeful success on that bring out many many more battle boards  . This is just the start.
Bear with us if we are quiet on here. It's just crazy busy (in a very good way).
Just to quickly answer some questions. You can get some or all the Games & Gears battle board themes by pledging on the KS, up to you how many you want. All theme boards will be delivered at the same time not in separate waves. Only waves we have is the: First 1400 backers get there's a bit early as we make them and ship them, save us storage space we do not have. There will be a limited reward where Ichiban Studios will professional paint your battle boards for you. Will have some gaming convention rewards as they will be using them in their cons and a whole lot more.
More to come! Please bear with us, if we are not as active in the next few days!
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2013/10/20 20:05:40
Subject: Games & Gears to potentially produce $100 6x4 boards
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darkeldarcrone wrote:I think critical thought based on 3 or 4 pictures is not critical. Like another dude said wait for the videos and more pics. Also I think the few same people have made their points as G&G have said over again and again.
I would PM G&G like i do if I feel so passionately about something. It is ok if you don't love it. I think it's not ok if you keep ranting about it.
1) First impressions are everything when it comes to a product. If someone doesn't like the 3 or 4 pictures that are used as promotional marketing material, then why would they like the actual product? The promo material is supposed to be the stuff to suck people into a product that they don't know they want yet. People have been asking for videos and more pics for weeks now, if they aren't going to release one now, then it won't matter if they release one when the KS starts because by then people will find themselves in 1 camp or another.
2) I'd rather not take my issues with the designs to PMs because I've yet to get what I feel is an honest answer without the thin, slimy veneer of marketing doublespeak from GnG.
But from the 30 gamers mates I play with we are all going to jump in. Their 1080 hell yes and a few hundred maybes is bloody fantastic and puts things into perspective (just check) So no gak here, just in awe of their awesome boards. Best thing I seen so far out there including the hell one and anima. As someone who frequents miniature war games on nearly a daily basis. I think they got the board exactly down to how club players like myself want gaming boards to be like.  off the soap box... Back to staring....
Sadly, "30 gamers/mates" etc... means feth all in the larger scheme of things, as does the number of hell yes's on facebook. The actual lack of activity on any of the designs seems more telling than anything. Out of the past few design reveal posts on their facebook have garnered far less attention than it seems to be considering GnG's 1097 "hell yeahs". But hey, I'm gonna bow out for awhile because it seems that the company don't seem to be willing to take criticism about their product even from people that are interested in their product such as Azazelx.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2013/10/20 20:18:04
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Super Quick Update  , Good news!!
We we will be previewing some of our G&G Terrain line here and elsewhere soon and some more groovy announcements!!
Kickstarter hopefully to be launched end of the coming week of week after. Get ready!! it's coming!
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2013/10/20 20:32:02
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Bowing out is probably a good idea, Alf- it's pretty obvious this product isn't for you. No harm in that.
Terrain previews sound good!
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2013/10/21 06:30:59
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After looking at their facebook page, I'm wondering if the "DZC"-sized roads will work well for Robotech Tactics? I also ordered a pair of the paint racks as well as they're a pretty great price. They look like they'll work well on my temporary paint desk to help neaten up the paints and possibly some of the WIP models as well. Now just hoping they ship in early rather than late November.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2013/10/21 07:00:47
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@Azazelx thanks for your purchase and support! Our team who heads that are working hard to send it out early! Worst case scenario as promised end of November. Thanks again we are nearly sold out. Had a crazy rush in the beginning, last few left.
Regarding the DZC boards on Robotech Tactics. It should work sweetly together. The buildings however will be a tad big. As we will be doing a special building pack only for this with Hawk Wargames which you can get separately. There are some pictures on our FB with Epic 40k showcased on the DZC Battle Board.
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