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He could have been standing on his sword, all lone wolf style.

I guess not everyone can be as cool as the Wolfen were.

 JohnHwangDD wrote:
Snap fit the arm in. No biggie.

For you.

I invite you visit BGG and read the shitstorms when boardgamers have to assemble something.

That's why we're cursed with pre-assembled SDE figures.

For a 5-year-old.

BGG? feth 'em.

The pre-assembled SDE minis are fine.

 JohnHwangDD wrote:
For a 5-year-old.

BGG? feth 'em.

The pre-assembled SDE minis are fine.

For you.

I'd much prefer to be able to clean them first and then assemble them myself.

No, for a 5-year-old. A 5-year-old can assemble Lego, so they can assemble a 2-part snap-fit kit. Stop being **** ** **** about snap fit.

You can always disassemble the minis, if it matters that much to you.
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Moderated.

Everyone - obviously opinions can and will differ, but Rule #1 is always a must here on Dakka Dakka.

With the launch of the Blood Rage KS, it looks like the Others is pushed farther back?

From Blood Rage, the minis look good quality, which bodes well for the Others. And the game looks mechanically playable, which is also good.

Probably won't see it until Q3.

Blood Rage is only a 2 week campaign so shouldn't make much of a difference for them.

I believe it has already been said that The Others is now looking at a late Q2 or even Q3 Kickstarter launch now. It sounds like they are being thorough to ensure that the game and components are top quality which after Sedition Wars is only a good thing.

If the rules cleanup and playtesting push from June to August / September, that's fine by me. Better a clean game, well-tested, than a rushed mess.

Aeneades wrote:
Blood Rage is only a 2 week campaign so shouldn't make much of a difference for them.

I believe it has already been said that The Others is now looking at a late Q2 or even Q3 Kickstarter launch now. It sounds like they are being thorough to ensure that the game and components are top quality which after Sedition Wars is only a good thing.

Components are fine. They're bulking out the Rules and Scenarios, to my understanding.

If they're paying attention to Rules and Scenarios, that's great.

Rules? Keep it simple, stupid. Small numbers. No math. Fast play.

Scenarios? Start small. Keep the complexity down, Victory Conditions clear. Balance them.

I'm a little late to the party, but none of the heroes really interest me. Very odd poses for several figures. The demon dude looks technically good, but it just doesn't pique my interest. Rose looks great aside from the tentacles. I liked the vampire until I zoomed in and saw the big goofy carrot fangs, but I suppose as small as it is it won't matter too much.

If I go in on this kickstarters it'll be the monsters carrying my pledge. Hopefully as big as they are the PVC won't hurt them much. Lots of interesting monsters involved.

'No math'?

(Weeps for the future)

Yeah, "no math". I don't need Exploding 3d6s where I also need to track the 6s in addition to the total.

Nor do I want subtraction / multiplication / division in the game. I want games I can play with a 5 year old. Simple counting and adding <10.

That's right! I forgot you're a huge...

...40K 3rd edition fan!

Proudly so!

 JohnHwangDD wrote:
Yeah, "no math". I don't need Exploding 3d6s where I also need to track the 6s in addition to the total.

Nor do I want subtraction / multiplication / division in the game. I want games I can play with a 5 year old. Simple counting and adding <10.

Here ya go:



I hope there's more to The Others than that.

Thing is, 7 Sins is a theme game, so kiddie-level mechanics would be just fine.

Boardgamers pretty much have a strict no assembly clause.

I've head complains with simple stuff like popping to piece of plastic together for a spinner tile.

 JohnHwangDD wrote:
Thing is, 7 Sins is a theme game, so kiddie-level mechanics would be just fine.

I mean, I disagree. But diff'rent strokes....

I'm sure there's some sort of happy medium between "popping" a d6 and the mess that was Sedition Wars.

 Alpharius wrote:
That's right! I forgot you're a huge...

...40K 3rd edition fan!

You say that like 3rd edition was a bad thing. 2nd edition - for all of it's wonderful complexity - was HeroHammer. In my first game of 3rd, my Imperial Guard infantry managed to kill an Eldar Avatar. From that point I was sold. Just a shame it's evolved since then to become the worst of both worlds.

 Azazelx wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:
That's right! I forgot you're a huge...

...40K 3rd edition fan!

You say that like 3rd edition was a bad thing. 2nd edition - for all of it's wonderful complexity - was HeroHammer. In my first game of 3rd, my Imperial Guard infantry managed to kill an Eldar Avatar. From that point I was sold. Just a shame it's evolved since then to become the worst of both worlds.

This is truth.

Well, it is certainly opinion!

I thought initially I'd really be into Blood Rage and not so much into The Others, but since I've learned more about Blood Rage's PvP only mode, I'm now back interested here.

I'm OK with Blood Rage's gameplay, but my gaming group prefers co-op more.

 Alpharius wrote:
Well, it is certainly opinion!

I thought initially I'd really be into Blood Rage and not so much into The Others, but since I've learned more about Blood Rage's PvP only mode, I'm now back interested here.

I'm OK with Blood Rage's gameplay, but my gaming group prefers co-op more.

So I guess they wouldn't like Spartacus then?

So many fond memories of yelling at friends.

Off topic, but how is that Spartacus game anyways?

My wife has been binging on Spartacus, and I'm betting I can sucker her into playing.

She's had a thing for Crixus since day one...

(I also can't help but read every post of Piston Honda's in Batiatus' voice, often with extra colorful language interspersed between words).

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
Off topic, but how is that Spartacus game anyways?

My wife has been binging on Spartacus, and I'm betting I can sucker her into playing.

She's had a thing for Crixus since day one...

(I also can't help but read every post of Piston Honda's in Batiatus' voice, often with extra colorful language interspersed between words).

+1 to all of this, including girlfriend and Crixus (though she converted to Gannicus later in the series ) Am curious how the game plays as well.

Umm, also Adrian Smith is a god? On topic ftw!

- Salvage

Adi Smith did Conan and Blood Rage - he must be the hardest-working artist in the business.

 Alpharius wrote:
Well, it is certainly opinion!

I thought initially I'd really be into Blood Rage and not so much into The Others, but since I've learned more about Blood Rage's PvP only mode, I'm now back interested here.

I'm OK with Blood Rage's gameplay, but my gaming group prefers co-op more.

I much prefer co-op as well. Blood Rage is looking like something to potentially buy for the lovely figures that might also occasionally be played. That's why I wish they were doing the usual CMoN and throwing more models in - so I could use them for wargaming units. This one, I'm less sure about, but I guess there'll be time later.