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2015/10/12 07:15:19
Subject: Re:The all new Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - Plague Aberration render pg 29
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Unstoppable Bloodthirster of Khorne
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2015/10/12 07:30:20
Subject: The all new Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - Plague Aberration render pg 29
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Screaming Shining Spear
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World War Z and Aeon Flux are the only post apocalyptic Paramount IPs I can think of, and considering they were both critical flops with the kind of people who'd buy in to related products...
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2015/10/12 07:41:22
Subject: The all new Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - Plague Aberration render pg 29
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Unstoppable Bloodthirster of Khorne
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Yeah, but Aeon was years and years ago, while WWZ is Zombies! - which is more than a bit of a boardgame/money thing these days.
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2015/10/12 08:23:15
Subject: The all new Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - Plague Aberration render pg 29
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Thermo-Optical Tuareg
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Well, if it weren't for the fact that Warlord already beat them to it, I'd say Terminator. I suppose it's possible they could have received an overall Terminator license while Warlord's is specifically for Genysis, but I highly doubt that. Beyond that, there's The Boyscout's Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (which I doubt) and WWZ-2 coming eventually (ugh). So, there's nothing recent from them that's post apocalyptic that isn't Terminator. WWZ was already a couple years ago. I think you're going to have to give us some more info, Squig.
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2015/10/12 08:31:47
Subject: The all new Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - Plague Aberration render pg 29
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Pious Warrior Priest
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I don't have any more info, I'm just going by the current information we have publicly available.
Another possibility is that the post-apoc game and the license are two different things.
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2015/10/12 08:52:13
Subject: Re:The all new Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - Plague Aberration render pg 29
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War of the Worlds is another possibility.
Personally, I would've liked something fairly different from recent titles, such as Mars Attacks.
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2015/10/12 08:59:55
Subject: The all new Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - Plague Aberration render pg 29
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Foxy Wildborne
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It wouldn't necessarily have to be a published movie, or one published by Paramount specifically; studios buy up properties they have no use for just so others wouldn't get them.
For example, Dreamworks bought the Monsterpocalypse license and held a pillow to its face until it stopped struggling just for the lulz.
So it could be anything that Paramount bought 10 years ago, didn't do anything with, and now wants to finally pull some money from.
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2015/10/12 09:00:18
Subject: The all new Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - Plague Aberration render pg 29
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Screaming Shining Spear
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 scarletsquig wrote:I don't have any more info, I'm just going by the current information we have publicly available.
Another possibility is that the post- apoc game and the license are two different things.
Not asking for inside info, asking what the answer was when you put 2 and 2 together, because the rest of us keep putting it into the calculator and getting "spoon" as the answer
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2015/10/12 09:07:01
Subject: The all new Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - Plague Aberration render pg 29
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Trencher
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So going through Paramounts previous film/tv lists... there is some cool IP there, but not really suitable to a wargame.
No one 'big' franchise that could be likely, so probably a fringe IP like Mars Attacks.
There is Star Trek... but I don't think so. It's also not post-apoc.
Well, it's only a matter of time now since Mantic and their partner have signed. The delays are what brought WP forward. So hopefully they release the news soon and not 'spring' it on us without warning.
Edit: Source - Ronnie at Essen Spiel.
I suspect it would be in the first half of next year as a KS.
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There's also something called 'Monster Problems', which is 'post-apocalyptic road movie' that Paramount were looking at in 2012. Can't find much recently though.
There's also a 'sci-fi adventure' called ARES.
Anyway, enough speculating from me.
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Also... no more zombies please!!!
I'm kinda dreaming that Mantic was able to seal the deal by showing them how awesome they can make sci-fi Zombies... argh! =(
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2015/10/12 09:21:54
Subject: The all new Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - Plague Aberration render pg 29
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Screaming Shining Spear
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Gale Force 9 just got the Star Trek tabletop license anyway
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2015/10/12 15:14:26
Subject: The all new Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - Plague Aberration render pg 29
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When I first read "post-apocalyptic", I immediately thought Mad Max... which would be awesome, though unlikely if the Paramount thing is also true... ah well. :/
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2015/10/12 15:22:10
Subject: The all new Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - Plague Aberration render pg 29
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Foxy Wildborne
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Age of Sigmar is technically post-apocalyptic.
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2015/10/12 15:30:09
Subject: The all new Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - Plague Aberration render pg 29
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The New Miss Macross!
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So is 30k with the Age of Darkness and all by those standards...
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2015/10/12 19:39:06
Subject: Re:The all new Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - Plague Aberration render pg 29
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Is 'Eavy Metal Calling?
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Didn't they also hint at a necromunda style game? I think the 1980s movie Testament might fight both niches. It happens in San Francisco after a nuclear holocaust. Was done by paramount and its 30+ years old, so it's ripe for a remake, which could coincide with the game release. Kevin Costner and Rebecca Demornay were young in that movie  . Could have gangs trying to scavenge and survive (necromunda and gorkamorka).
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2015/10/12 19:41:41
Subject: The all new Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - Plague Aberration render pg 29
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Veteran Inquisitorial Tyranid Xenokiller
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"Hell comes to Frogtown" is part of the Paramount book isn't it 
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2015/10/13 03:10:04
Subject: The all new Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - Plague Aberration render pg 29
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Legendary Master of the Chapter
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What? Is there a thread on this?
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2015/10/13 05:21:37
Subject: The all new Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - Plague Aberration render pg 29
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Screaming Shining Spear
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No idea, but it happened back in July.
Gale Force Nine will produce a series of Star Trek hobby board games under license from CBS Consumer Products, the company revealed today. Gale Force 9, a Battlefront Group company, will launch the new series of games in Summer 2016.
Battlefront Group CEO John-Paul Brisigotti promises an expansive game. “Building on the great history and depth of Star Trek, the team at Gale Force Nine are creating a compelling game system that will explore all corners of the universe and bring gamers and fans alike into the world of Star Trek like nothing that’s come before,” he said.
Gale Force 9 has extensive experience with licensed games based on media properties, producing games based on Firefly, Spartacus, Homeland, and others.
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2015/10/13 07:18:38
Subject: Re:The all new Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - Plague Aberration render pg 29
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Incorporating Wet-Blending
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 Theophony wrote:Didn't they also hint at a necromunda style game? I think the 1980s movie Testament might fight both niches. It happens in San Francisco after a nuclear holocaust. Was done by paramount and its 30+ years old, so it's ripe for a remake, which could coincide with the game release. Kevin Costner and Rebecca Demornay were young in that movie . Could have gangs trying to scavenge and survive (necromunda and gorkamorka).
Does Testament have a gang of badass punk girls? If not, it's not much of a Necromunda alternative.
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2015/10/13 09:53:18
Subject: Re:The all new Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - Plague Aberration render pg 29
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Executing Exarch
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 DaveC wrote:Deadzone Redux Movement
Posted on October 11, 2015 by Quirkworthy
Another little snippet from the current version of DZR.
I’ve added a Speed stat to the models. This is a way of including a lot more variation in the model’s rate of movement, and doing so very simply.
Speed is listed as two numbers separated by a dash, eg 1-2, or 2-3.
The first number is the distance (in cubes) the model goes when it takes a Move action. The second is how far it goes with a Sprint action. Easy!
Doing it this way allows me to remove abilities such as Fast as it is already incorporated into the stat line. It also lets me easily have things that are disproportionate too, with a Speed of, say, 1-5 or 2-7. In the old system that would have needed a specific ability to describe it.
The Move result of the Command Dice may make more sense now, as it is a move of 1, regardless of the model’s Speed. This helps balance the models that are naturally Speedy, such as Veer-myn (2-3).
It also gives me a nice shorthand if I need to reference movements in other rules. The effect is the same as either the first or second Speed number.
So, a helpful addition to the stats, and a very simple way to describe a variety of alien movements
This is great, it cleans up the rules AND introduces variation without complicating things. God, I'm REALLY looking forward to the new Deadzone rules. When am I going to have time to paint up my Enforcers though...
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2015/10/13 10:20:41
Subject: The all new Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - Plague Aberration render pg 29
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Regular Dakkanaut
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For the new franchise, Paramount did Apocalypse Now.
'Post apocalypse may be referring to that.
They also did Escape from LA, not sure about the first one, Escape from New York.
That would make an impressive post apocalypse skirmish or board game.
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2015/10/13 13:10:08
Subject: The all new Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - Plague Aberration render pg 29
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Regular Dakkanaut
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The Warriors? Huge cult following, like Mars Attacks, would be a good necromunda style gang based skirmish game with very distinctive gangs? Not sure if it's technically post apocalyptic as I cannot remember if they ever explain how the world got like that. Would be a fun idea, although a little short on sci-fi weapons and that sort of thing
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2015/10/13 13:14:44
Subject: The all new Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - Plague Aberration render pg 29
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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BigOscar wrote:The Warriors? Huge cult following, like Mars Attacks, would be a good necromunda style gang based skirmish game with very distinctive gangs? Not sure if it's technically post apocalyptic as I cannot remember if they ever explain how the world got like that. Would be a fun idea, although a little short on sci-fi weapons and that sort of thing
The Warriors is a fun movie but it's not post apocalypse at all, it's just street ganges in NYC in the 1970s. There's already a KS for a game based on it so I'm not sure if Mantic could/would choose to pay for the IP.
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/663499.page
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2015/10/13 13:21:06
Subject: The all new Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - Plague Aberration render pg 29
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Regular Dakkanaut
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Prestor Jon wrote:BigOscar wrote:The Warriors? Huge cult following, like Mars Attacks, would be a good necromunda style gang based skirmish game with very distinctive gangs? Not sure if it's technically post apocalyptic as I cannot remember if they ever explain how the world got like that. Would be a fun idea, although a little short on sci-fi weapons and that sort of thing
The Warriors is a fun movie but it's not post apocalypse at all, it's just street ganges in NYC in the 1970s. There's already a KS for a game based on it so I'm not sure if Mantic could/would choose to pay for the IP.
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/663499.page
Ah, fair enough Although that KS looks like a law suit waiting to happen?
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2015/10/13 13:28:44
Subject: The all new Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - Plague Aberration render pg 29
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Fixture of Dakka
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WW-Z 2 is due out in 2017....
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2015/10/13 14:06:24
Subject: The all new Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - Plague Aberration render pg 29
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Incorporating Wet-Blending
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The WWZ film is an IP both generic and terrible. If I had more respect for Mantic, I would say there would be no way they'd pay Paramount for the privilege of making a World War Z game when they could just do that for free.
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2015/10/13 14:10:49
Subject: The all new Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - Plague Aberration render pg 29
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Fixture of Dakka
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 AlexHolker wrote:
The WWZ film is an IP both generic and terrible. If I had more respect for Mantic, I would say there would be no way they'd pay Paramount for the privilege of making a World War Z game when they could just do that for free.
Well, since they can only not screw up zombie miniatures, it's only the rules that would be terrible.
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2015/10/13 14:15:30
Subject: The all new Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - Plague Aberration render pg 29
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Regular Dakkanaut
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AlexHolker wrote:
The WWZ film is an IP both generic and terrible. If I had more respect for Mantic, I would say there would be no way they'd pay Paramount for the privilege of making a World War Z game when they could just do that for free.
Agreed, there is nothing particularly standout worth paying money for, other than the name. Other than that it's just a generic zombie movie with standard army men and Brad Pitt(who is just a man with long hair and a beard), there are no characters or unique aspects to it, it's hard to see what would be interesting enough in it to bother getting the rights for. I'm not aware that it has any particular popularity or fanbase to speak of, I'm actually surprised they are making a sequel. I can't really even see how you could make a game out of it, or why anyone would.
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2015/10/13 15:06:57
Subject: The all new Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - Plague Aberration render pg 29
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 agnosto wrote: AlexHolker wrote:
The WWZ film is an IP both generic and terrible. If I had more respect for Mantic, I would say there would be no way they'd pay Paramount for the privilege of making a World War Z game when they could just do that for free.
Well, since they can only not screw up zombie miniatures, it's only the rules that would be terrible.
So now this thread has devolved into bashing Mantic for an IP that they haven't licensed
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2015/10/13 15:10:45
Subject: The all new Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - Plague Aberration render pg 29
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Rogue Daemonhunter fueled by Chaos
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 judgedoug wrote: So now this thread has devolved into bashing Mantic for an IP that they haven't licensed
For a guy whose panties got incredibly bunched up for me casually insinuating that you were a vocal Mantic supporter, you really do go out of your way to white knight for them.
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2015/10/13 15:11:19
Subject: The all new Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - Plague Aberration render pg 29
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Fixture of Dakka
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judgedoug wrote: agnosto wrote: AlexHolker wrote:
The WWZ film is an IP both generic and terrible. If I had more respect for Mantic, I would say there would be no way they'd pay Paramount for the privilege of making a World War Z game when they could just do that for free.
Well, since they can only not screw up zombie miniatures, it's only the rules that would be terrible.
So now this thread has devolved into bashing Mantic for an IP that they haven't licensed
Why not? Why limit the hate to facts? 
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