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Friday, July 18, 2008
Audio Report - 4e licensing and other ventures
In our latest Audio Report episode, Lee Valentine joins us again as we discuss the more restricted nature of the D&D 4e Game System License. To us, it almost seems publishers will require a Will save to move to the new edition. Then we move on to the Mutant Chronicles CMG becoming non-random, and Days of Wonder issues. In Currently Playing, we’ve dabbled in everything from Red Dragon Inn and Carolus Magnus to Ticket to Ride: Switzerland. Have a listen, and be sure to check out our previous episodes.
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James S. Says: July 20th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
http://www.mutantchroniclesthemovie.com/
Check out the trailer here. It looks like it might be fun. Its definitely not a big budget SF spectacular but perhaps they’ll have a really good story to make up for it.
Allan Sugarbaker Says: July 21st, 2008 at 2:24 pm
Right, I had that link and another at the end of this news post (linked in the show notes; kinda hard to see there, I guess). The other teaser link leads to another trailer on actor Thomas Jane’s website.
Torquemada Says: July 22nd, 2008 at 1:46 am
In its heyday, Mutant Chronicles covered most of the hobbie game bases with certain amount of success: Board games (Siege of the Citadel, Fury of the Clansmen, Blood Berets), Miniatures (Warzone), CCG (Doom Trooper, Dark Eden) and, of course, the RPG. Even a Contra-like videogame for Genesis and SNES.
I was pretty enthusiastic about Fantasy Flight’s CMG and seriously considering buying a crate or two of the stuff to use for the rpg encounters and Siege of the Citadel substitutes. I knew of some other people wanting to use those minis for Warzone.
I still don’t know why they decided to use a Inquisitor-like scale instead of the 40K/WizKids/D&D Minis-like scale. IMHO, the smaller scale had more sales potential. They sure know better than me about their biz but for me this game went from “Sure buy” to “Might buy the starter some day. Maybe.”
Allan Sugarbaker Says: July 23rd, 2008 at 1:39 am
Yeah, it seems a new minis game shouldn’t try to set itself apart from the rest by being a slightly different size, but rather by being a good game. Why should a company be opposed to having gamers buy their figures for alternate purposes? It still equals sales.
Chris Says: July 24th, 2008 at 8:25 am
“Why should a company be opposed to having gamers buy their figures for alternate purposes?”
Cause the license holder may stipulate it as part of the contract…Not saying that’s the case here, but was for GW in terms of the entire LoTR line.