Mark, I have your Battlestations. If you are interested you can meet me tomorrow night at BGR at 6:30 or so.
On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 10:27 AM, Kenneth Li <[email protected]> wrote: > Mark T has Battlestations, or so he claimed :) > > Thus, I have not seen or even touch it :) > > Anyway, > > Here is something I found on the net about Bellicose and announcements: > > " Sanity Studios has created Bellicose Fantasy Battles - a low-cost > juggernaut in an industry dominated by costly money-pits. Table-top > war-gaming has endured for many years; but has always had a relatively small > following. It can be very rewarding; but has its share of frustrations as > well. > > Some of those frustrations were keenly felt by the authors of > Bellicose, one of whom described it like this: “Over the course of a few > years, I spent countless hours and hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars > trying to build impressive, playable miniature armies. Just as I was making > progress, the company completely revised the rules. Suddenly all of my books > were obsolete, and my miniatures, too, as the new designs were significantly > different from the old ones and they didn’t really look right together. > > I was not alone in my frustrations. I talked to many other gamers who > told me that these game companies revised their rules and content on a > regular basis. The rule changes between each version did not really enhance > game-play, but were seemingly aimed at milking more money from customers by > forcing loyal fans of the game to completely re-purchase the rules every few > years. The games themselves also seemed obvious devices to promote their > lines of miniatures rather than to stand alone as a game in and of > themselves.” > > The goal of Sanity Studios, then, was to create a game that existed for > the sake of the game. The result is a fast-paced, easily learned offering > good for smaller confrontations, or large-scale campaigns. It is friendly to > using miniatures, but it is not necessary to spend a small fortune to buy > them. Sanity-Studios does not sell any pewter miniatures at all, so you can > mix and match your favorites from different manufacturers. You don’t even > have to use miniatures. The rules include alternative ideas, and the Sanity > Studios website has some free download-able top-down counters that are > specifically designed for the game. They also plan to start releasing > inexpensive, yet visually appealing, paper miniatures for use with > Bellicose. > > Now you don’t have to be a millionaire to enjoy this rewarding hobby. > Visit their website for more information. > > You can purchase Bellicose online at the website for only $18.95 + S/H; > or avoid shipping costs buy picking it up from your local hobby-store. If > they don’t carry Bellicose, loudly demand that they begin to do so. Sanity > Studios welcomes dealer inquiries from their website." > > Sanity Studio is a local Utah company, I think they are based in Price, but > my memory can be wrong. http://sanitystudios.com/, they also produce board > games... > > To play Bellicose, all you need is the rules book, it will include all the > armies info. And you can use paper miniatures (printout) or make your own > counter sheet. > > So no more expensive rules, army books or miniatures... Quite neat... > > --- Ken --- > > > On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 9:42 AM, Mark Crane <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Wow, it sounds like there were lots publishers there, and some of the >> games Ken played sound interesting, especially Bellicose. Do we know >> who ended up with Battlestations so I can stage a raid? Thanks! >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "utah county boardgamers association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ucboardgamers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
