Ken: thanks for the update on Bellicose! Mark T: I will stop by, thank you so much for picking that up for me. I owe both of you guys!
On Jul 13, 10:45 am, Mark Tyler <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
