tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167684119478977136.post4078845835102872543..comments2024-03-22T08:23:38.715+00:00Comments on Trouble At T’Mill - a wargaming blog: Ch...ch...ch....changes...Mike Whitakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02165272678144625943noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167684119478977136.post-34156896633721885842013-09-13T19:09:33.623+01:002013-09-13T19:09:33.623+01:00Yeah, I was going to mention 3D printers (and, par...Yeah, I was going to mention 3D printers (and, particularly, printer/scanners) as constituting probably the next huge shift in the industry. I'm looking forward to it, but it's probably still a few years off before it really starts to make big waves.<br /><br />In the meantime, the rise of skirmish gaming, I think, has presented a great point of entry for would-be minis gamers. I love a good "big battle" game, but I know from experience that newbies can often find ranks and ranks of painted figures to be an intimidating barrier ("You mean I have to paint <i>all</i> those figures just to have a game?"). The number of minis required for a skirmish game is much less intimidating.David Larkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04133630988557116729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167684119478977136.post-68906765687723868662013-09-13T18:22:38.071+01:002013-09-13T18:22:38.071+01:00I'll second Firemonkeyboy in that Impetus is g...I'll second Firemonkeyboy in that Impetus is great newish alternative for ancient/medieval wargaming. If your into horse and musket a lot of exciting new things have come along with biggie's being Black Powder and Maurice. I agree wargaming is alive and well!<br /><br />Christopher Christopher(aka Axebreaker)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13205928451375232865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167684119478977136.post-62390960365212520232013-09-13T18:04:39.140+01:002013-09-13T18:04:39.140+01:00Re multi-pose plastic - my first figures when i go...Re multi-pose plastic - my first figures when i got back into the hobby were Warlord plastic Romans, so for the stretch under discussion, for me anyway, they've always been around. I concede I only missed their onset by a smidge, though :DMike Whitakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02165272678144625943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167684119478977136.post-67323234594362133352013-09-13T16:38:00.098+01:002013-09-13T16:38:00.098+01:00Good post, I am watching the kickstarters at the m...Good post, I am watching the kickstarters at the moment. I have backed just the one but could see this getting habit forming<br /><br />IanIanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113835961977211021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167684119478977136.post-37303159722058460172013-09-13T16:03:31.201+01:002013-09-13T16:03:31.201+01:00Nice recap of the state of the hobby. Nice recap of the state of the hobby. Chris Stoesenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285495844651490795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167684119478977136.post-41392070927455749262013-09-13T15:52:08.342+01:002013-09-13T15:52:08.342+01:00I too remember WAB from its heyday with great affe...I too remember WAB from its heyday with great affection. But I too am loving all the new skirmish rules hitting our hobby tables ATM<br />great post<br />Peace JamesJames Brewertonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07792196222970349737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167684119478977136.post-9294072728443127132013-09-13T15:18:27.305+01:002013-09-13T15:18:27.305+01:00We certainly live in interesting times and not nec...We certainly live in interesting times and not necessarily in the 'bad way' intended by the oriental curse.<br /><br />You forgot to mention the rise of the plastic 'multi-pose' figure, which makes 28mm 'big battles' affordable if not practical to many and which gives you a typical variation across a unit that metal can't match.<br /><br />I don't see 'metal' being wholly replaced anytime soon though and in terms of quality, there are too many excellent sculptors crawling out of the mire... which is of course bad news for the established ranges of metal blobs that still populate some ranges.<br /><br />Take a moment to regret the passing of WAB by all means, but we should be looking forwards to what is to come. Admittedly somewhat ironic as a hobby largely dealing in the past. ;-) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167684119478977136.post-48472960450261336362013-09-13T15:15:03.356+01:002013-09-13T15:15:03.356+01:00Quite the golden age we're living in, isn'...Quite the golden age we're living in, isn't it? I really like what I see of TFL's CoC rules set, and DB. On the small action side I'm getting to know the Pulp Alley set, which is a hoot and a half, as my American wife would say. <br /><br />I think one major game-changer coming up is the expiration next year of a number of patents relating to 3D printing. It'll mean the machines and the raw materials required will be far cheaper and more readily available, with a commensurate drop in prices for 3D print work. Look to see an explosion of self-produced models of all kinds from 2014 onward. A Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834159033854153921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167684119478977136.post-66139282482983468212013-09-13T14:57:53.550+01:002013-09-13T14:57:53.550+01:00Necromunda was surprisingly playable, if you didn&...Necromunda was surprisingly playable, if you didn't charge into close combat at every opportunity (something that the authors of the rules clearly expected you to do). Stay a bit further back (as my mates and I did, being not quite in the GW target demographic, indeed one of us having bought the game at a knock-down price when they withdrew it), and it was a nice little skirmish game between untrained militia-grade troops. No great subtlety, but had its moments.<br /><br />I think the rules-with-figures and the GW model both reinforce the thing that's been mentioned here and elsewhere a few times before: that the money's in lead, not in PDFs. There are free rules for pretty much any period and setting out there, and if you don't mind a bit of tweaking you can get something that'll do a decent job with very little effort. (The rule set I'm working on right now will be released cc-by-sa.) The only way I can see to make money on rules is the GW/FloW model: bring out new books every year or two, and make tournament play important enough that a lot of players feel they have to have them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167684119478977136.post-66031549336618806162013-09-13T14:37:45.971+01:002013-09-13T14:37:45.971+01:00Mike, have you tried Impetus (the full game, not t...Mike, have you tried Impetus (the full game, not the basic). For all that the translation is occasionally wanting, it covers a wide historical spectrum, is mid-range in terms of figure demand, and in both my experience and that of others, subtly promotes period-appropriate tactics. You're not compelled to do things historically, but doing so actually works.fireymonkeyboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05833974263127787678noreply@blogger.com