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2025/01/04 15:15:25
Subject: Gundam Miniatures Game from Bandai Announced!
Sadly doesnt look like theyre too concermed about scale accuracy as theres an out of scale.... Albion? whatever the warship is. shown on the website. No inducation it will provide the combined arms wargame experience ive been hoping for but gotta start spmewhere i suppose. Launch it as a skirmish game, if it picks up then invest into making squad boxes of mass produced mobile suits and tank platoons, etc.
Looking forward to this. Recently started in the gunpla hobby after 40 years in the tabletop gaming world. first kit nearly done is the standard HG RX-78-2 - about to weather it, but decided to fix it to a 3mm thick 90mm oval base for display and superglue it into a dynamic pose. Had considered using Gamma Wolves to play some games with other kits, but will probably look at this upcoming ruleset to use with the kits as opposed the minis - though I'll probably be getting these just to paint up and display.
Either way, I'm really enjoying the gunpla hobby.
2025/01/04 18:43:44
Subject: Gundam Miniatures Game from Bandai Announced!
I hope it accurately reflects the anime that I remember as a kid with one round of combat and then three rounds of solo contemplation about the meaning of life! I kid... partially.
I don't mind if it's unpainted/unassembled but I do hope each model is done in multiple colors of plastic at least like some of the model kits so that even unpainted it looks good. I realize that may mean that all the red or blue parts of multiple models may be on a single mixed sprue but I'm ok with that for a boxed game.
2025/01/04 19:01:40
Subject: Re:Gundam Miniatures Game from Bandai Announced!
JonathanPeace wrote: Looking forward to this. Recently started in the gunpla hobby after 40 years in the tabletop gaming world. first kit nearly done is the standard HG RX-78-2 - about to weather it, but decided to fix it to a 3mm thick 90mm oval base for display and superglue it into a dynamic pose. Had considered using Gamma Wolves to play some games with other kits, but will probably look at this upcoming ruleset to use with the kits as opposed the minis - though I'll probably be getting these just to paint up and display.
Either way, I'm really enjoying the gunpla hobby.
Holy guacamole!
What a time to start getting into Gundam.
Especially since Santa brought me a RX-78-2, a Gouf and a big bag of Dspaie tools
2025/01/04 19:03:01
Subject: Gundam Miniatures Game from Bandai Announced!
I know the Bandai IP churn machine is at work here, but a Gundam Minis game is far from yet another Bandai Card Game.
I'll definitely buy in for the base set and some of the frames I love, beyond that we'll see how the game plays and how a community builds as a result.
warboss wrote: I hope it accurately reflects the anime that I remember as a kid with one round of combat and then three rounds of solo contemplation about the meaning of life! I kid... partially.
I don't mind if it's unpainted/unassembled but I do hope each model is done in multiple colors of plastic at least like some of the model kits so that even unpainted it looks good. I realize that may mean that all the red or blue parts of multiple models may be on a single mixed sprue but I'm ok with that for a boxed game.
I think you'll be disappointed. From the looks of it, the parts for each mini will all be on a single sprue (!! wow!) which will prevent them from doing the color-coded plastic like they do for the larger kits.
I remember the Robotech Tactics debacle, where the mechs ended up being drafted into various BattleTech lances because the Robotech game died.
Bandai and Palladium Books are not even remotely comparable as businesses. One is a multi-billion dollar international multimedia business empire, the other one is a mickey mouse organization that exists to appease the ego of a charlatan who is "big in japan" and thinks hes made it because he publishes a game that most people have never heard of.
Ill let you figure out which is which.
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rybackstun wrote: I know the Bandai IP churn machine is at work here, but a Gundam Minis game is far from yet another Bandai Card Game.
I'll definitely buy in for the base set and some of the frames I love, beyond that we'll see how the game plays and how a community builds as a result.
tbh it might just be worth buying for the minis, which you will be able to use with other games (either your own homebrew or just use it as proxies for battletech, etc.). For years, one of the biggest problems with playing gundam wargames is that the availability of minis to play it with was non-existent. 1/100 and 1/144 scale model kits are great, but they are too large to successfully play the type of game that most people want to play.
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2025/01/04 20:30:21
Subject: Re:Gundam Miniatures Game from Bandai Announced!
I remember the Robotech Tactics debacle, where the mechs ended up being drafted into various BattleTech lances because the Robotech game died.
To be fair, many of those original backers actually bought them for that Unseen purpose specifically and considered the actual Robotech game to just be the gravy on the top. Also, the game didn't just die but rather was murdered by Palladium.
I think you'll be disappointed. From the looks of it, the parts for each mini will all be on a single sprue (!! wow!) which will prevent them from doing the color-coded plastic like they do for the larger kits.
I am indeed disappointed. If anything could have pulled that off, I would have expected Gunpla: The Game to do it.
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2025/01/04 21:23:09
Subject: Gundam Miniatures Game from Bandai Announced!
warboss wrote: I hope it accurately reflects the anime that I remember as a kid with one round of combat and then three rounds of solo contemplation about the meaning of life! I kid... partially.
For the part of you that is not joking, have you seen WeaselTech? It's by the same guy that wrote Five Parsecs From Home/Five Leagues from the Borderlands, so it's a similar style of solo-narrative campaign wargame, but the theme is anime-style mecha. The kicker is, the post-game sequence includes a social system, so in addition to adding weapons or upgrades, it can also generate things like rivalries and love triangles between any of the characters.
warboss wrote: I don't mind if it's unpainted/unassembled but I do hope each model is done in multiple colors of plastic at least like some of the model kits so that even unpainted it looks good. I realize that may mean that all the red or blue parts of multiple models may be on a single mixed sprue but I'm ok with that for a boxed game.
I think you'll be disappointed. From the looks of it, the parts for each mini will all be on a single sprue (!! wow!) which will prevent them from doing the color-coded plastic like they do for the larger kits.
Errrr... maybe? That's probably true of the smaller frames, but I have definitely seen Gundam sprues that had multiple colors on one frame. They just have multiple injection ports, and inject different plastic into each one.
tbh it might just be worth buying for the minis, which you will be able to use with other games (either your own homebrew or just use it as proxies for battletech, etc.). For years, one of the biggest problems with playing gundam wargames is that the availability of minis to play it with was non-existent. 1/100 and 1/144 scale model kits are great, but they are too large to successfully play the type of game that most people want to play.
I completely agree, but I would add that it's not only the prospect of official minis, but the secondary market that it will likely create, the same way we saw lots of Star Wars ships show up on Shapeways once X-Wing became popular.
2025/01/04 22:10:15
Subject: Gundam Miniatures Game from Bandai Announced!
warboss wrote: I don't mind if it's unpainted/unassembled but I do hope each model is done in multiple colors of plastic at least like some of the model kits so that even unpainted it looks good. I realize that may mean that all the red or blue parts of multiple models may be on a single mixed sprue but I'm ok with that for a boxed game.
I think you'll be disappointed. From the looks of it, the parts for each mini will all be on a single sprue (!! wow!) which will prevent them from doing the color-coded plastic like they do for the larger kits.
Errrr... maybe? That's probably true of the smaller frames, but I have definitely seen Gundam sprues that had multiple colors on one frame. They just have multiple injection ports, and inject different plastic into each one.
My guess is that on that type of multicolor injection that there is a buffer zone inbetween involving some mixing and shifting borders so they'd have to account for that which might be difficult for a wargaming sized model sprue; that's actually why I hoped for single color multiple model sprues instead for a boxed set like this.
2025/01/05 00:43:21
Subject: Gundam Miniatures Game from Bandai Announced!
warboss wrote: I don't mind if it's unpainted/unassembled but I do hope each model is done in multiple colors of plastic at least like some of the model kits so that even unpainted it looks good. I realize that may mean that all the red or blue parts of multiple models may be on a single mixed sprue but I'm ok with that for a boxed game.
I think you'll be disappointed. From the looks of it, the parts for each mini will all be on a single sprue (!! wow!) which will prevent them from doing the color-coded plastic like they do for the larger kits.
Errrr... maybe? That's probably true of the smaller frames, but I have definitely seen Gundam sprues that had multiple colors on one frame. They just have multiple injection ports, and inject different plastic into each one.
My guess is that on that type of multicolor injection that there is a buffer zone inbetween involving some mixing and shifting borders so they'd have to account for that which might be difficult for a wargaming sized model sprue; that's actually why I hoped for single color multiple model sprues instead for a boxed set like this.
Freeze the end of the video. One of the things that it states is "The product in the video has been painted." It also states that "... contents are subject to change."
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2025/01/05 01:37:55
Subject: Gundam Miniatures Game from Bandai Announced!
Haven't there been at least one or two Japanese wargames already? I mean, ignoring the fan written rules, I thought the various Convergence and similar toy lines existed long enough to have caused a game.
2025/01/05 06:41:30
Subject: Gundam Miniatures Game from Bandai Announced!
These don’t look too much bigger than the Gundam Collection 1/400 figures that also used to have a Tactical Combat game. Long time collectors easily stick them on the hex bases and call it a day.
2025/01/05 11:10:18
Subject: Re:Gundam Miniatures Game from Bandai Announced!
These might be fun, but it's a shame that the minis have GW-style parts-slicing rather than being modular mini-gunpla. I suppose they are board-game minis at the end of the day. Weirdly this product doesn't appear on the front page of bandai-hobby.net, but the promo page has a Japanese language option, so I assume it will be released there. Let's see if Bandai can keep this product line in supply at retail once it releases, or if they go the dreaded 'p-bandai' (on-line direct sales) route.
Mini-gunpla potentially has disadvantages especially if not done well (see Robotech Tactics models for examples) though I agree with the sentiment. I'm ok with this though for more action-y poses.
2025/01/05 15:09:13
Subject: Gundam Miniatures Game from Bandai Announced!
This announcement makes it so much more clear why Bandai has been reaching out to a lot of the wargaming and painting youtubers like Peachy and Suggs lately. It's obviously a market they're keen to expand into.
2025/01/05 16:49:00
Subject: Gundam Miniatures Game from Bandai Announced!
I will likely be picking up some of these suits, even if the game ends up as a generic arena battle game, they will be great for playing Mobile Suit Skirmish with.
2025/01/05 17:03:39
Subject: Gundam Miniatures Game from Bandai Announced!
warboss wrote: Mini-gunpla potentially has disadvantages especially if not done well (see Robotech Tactics models for examples) though I agree with the sentiment. I'm ok with this though for more action-y poses.
If you look at the picture of the sprue, these are snap together mono-pose models rather than "true" GunPla kits.
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2025/01/05 17:25:46
Subject: Gundam Miniatures Game from Bandai Announced!
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