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Post subject: Gandalf the Grey's Gaming blog  Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2005 5:28 pm |
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Hi Gandalf,
Thanks for the review.
I'm still interested though.
*** How do you feel about SJG's OGRE? ***
I love Reaper's CAV minis, but the game doesn't do much for me. I like the card-based initiative sytem though. Very cool. Otherwise, the game is a sort of abstracted Battletech. It does run qwuickly and well though although I just can't seem to ever get myself enthused about it. CAV has now passed by my area. It's both come and gone.
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Post subject: Gandalf the Grey's Gaming blog Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 6:57 am |
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Post subject: Gandalf the Grey's Gaming blog Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 11:24 am |
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Gandalf, looking forward on your reviews of LotR and Pirates of the Spanish Main.
Good work.
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Post subject: Gandalf the Grey's Gaming blog Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 11:48 pm |
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Heh heh, I want Gandalf on Cart for my shire diorama.:p
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Post subject: Gandalf the Grey's Gaming blog Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 8:56 am |
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| Quote (Gandalf the Grey @ 14 Nov. 2005 (18:49)) | | Quote (MaksimSmelchak @ 13 Nov. 2005 (16:28)) | | *** How do you feel about SJG's OGRE? *** |
Actually, I've never played it although I've been interested in it for some time. I picked up a mini game for it a few years ago, but the rulebbook inside was all messed up and misprinted, so I promptly returned it. This was the little set the size of a book that used counters. Neat little set, but I didn't risk buying another.
I've alos been interested in the newer ones with the nice card boards to play on, with minis. There's been a set released for G.E.V. too.
Someday I'll pick them up. |
Hi Gandalf,
I can highly recommend SJG OGRE and have been playing it for years.
It's a great game... simple, but with meaningful tactical decisions.
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Post subject: Gandalf the Grey's Gaming blog Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 3:45 pm |
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| Quote (blackhorizon @ 15 Nov. 2005 (22:48)) | | Heh heh, I want Gandalf on Cart for my shire diorama.:p |
I can undertsand wanting Gandalf's cart for a diorama, but as a mini for a game?  Give me a break.
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Post subject: Gandalf the Grey's Gaming blog Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 5:07 pm |
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Thanks Gandalf for the LoTR review
(actually thanks for all the reviews, but I'm focussed on that one  )
I have to say I'm in complete agreement with you, an ok skirmish game, and only if you're using a couple of favourite characters. I do like the minis though (and have a awful lot of them, mainly for use in roleplaying) as I do the older Mithril minis.
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Post subject: Gandalf the Grey's Gaming blog Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 9:36 pm |
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Maybe we just like reading your reviews? 
However, your review, the facts that some friends already play it has convinced me in buying 2-4 Pirates ot Spanish Main packs.... if only it wasn't so expensive....:O
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Post subject: Gandalf the Grey's Gaming blog Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 10:19 am |
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I concur the entertainment value of your reviews is high.
Actually I'm the fanatic collector, I did get the game and didn't think that much of it so I doubt I'll ever actually play. Model wise I also agree, there is absolutly no reason gameswise to buy half a dozen Aragorns, or a cart! but collections wise it's a pretty good move.
I think it's pretty obvious by now that GW are not the slightest bit interested in the games really, only in shifting as many models as they possibly can.
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Post subject: Gandalf the Grey's Gaming blog Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 3:26 pm |
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| Quote (Gandalf the Grey @ 16 Nov. 2005 (18:56)) | | but I would be interested in 'fictional' (I say fictional because it isn't official Tokkinen) scenerios involving a younger Gandalf, Boromir, or Aragorn |
Boromir or Aragorn, could be. Gandalf, though, was never young. You, of all people, should know
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Post subject: Gandalf the Grey's Gaming blog Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 3:49 pm |
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| Quote (Justiniel @ 17 Nov. 2005 (09:19)) | | I think it's pretty obvious by now that GW are not the slightest bit interested in the games really, only in shifting as many models as they possibly can. |
I came to that conclusion years ago when GW stopped releasing games that either don't require minis (like WHFRP) or only require a limited number (like Dungeonquest).
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Post subject: Gandalf the Grey's Gaming blog Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 3:51 pm |
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| Quote (Dwarf Supreme @ 17 Nov. 2005 (09:49)) | | Quote (Justiniel @ 17 Nov. 2005 (09:19)) | | I think it's pretty obvious by now that GW are not the slightest bit interested in the games really, only in shifting as many models as they possibly can. |
I came to that conclusion years ago when GW stopped releasing games that either don't require minis (like WHFRP) or only require a limited number (like Dungeonquest). |
Hi!
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Post subject: Gandalf the Grey's Gaming blog Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 7:15 pm |
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I don't remember who, but there were others who discussed doing/having done a travel version of Space Hulk. Sounds like a neat idea to me. 
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I have the small OGRE game you mentioned. We played it a lot years ago ... was a pretty good game as I remember ... I also remember another game just like it ... Where the USSR vs. the USA in Alaska, in the near future ... it was good too ! 
I was laughing out loud over that Gandalf's cart thing