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Thanks for the compliments Dave! I am fascinated with Man O' War, even after 10 years since it's release. All the other games GW has released have all gone through changes, like 40k, Warhammer, and Epic, and while GW feels Man O' War isn't worth revising, Man O' War has been perfect all this time. I just started a custom Pirate fleet and I am by far more excited playing that than enything else right now. Unfortunately, no one I know or play with has the minis I do, so normally we can only play with what I have.
I think the only thing that kills the game is the fact that it is a Naval combat game, and that might turn people off as it did to me, since I am normally NOT big on boats or that sort of thing. I like tanks and planes. ? ?Therefore I feel I can relate to games like Epic or 40k more than I can with galleys. Of course, once I played it I fell in love with it.
BTW Dave, GW isn't selling their Man O' War minis in Archive anymore. That is why Man O' War is one of the hottest things on Ebay right now. It is sick what some people are paying now.
Anyway, I wouldn't be surprised to her that LOTR is starting to nose-dive. It seems when a GW game goes out of style it goes out quick. That is probably the main reason they are always coming out with new editions every business cycle. They need to for their survival.
I bought the Fellowship main box set the day after I saw the movie along with the Fellowship mini set. I thought the minis where some of the best I've ever seen. I bought some Uriki along with Lurtz, a Cave Troll, Saurman, and Elrond and was all set to paint them up and. . . . did nothing with them. I have only played a few skirmish games too. I don't think the system itself is good for mass combat.
Anyway, I picked up The Two Towers box set and pretty much sold it on Ebay a week later. I wasn't crazy about the box set itself. I haven't picked up the ROTK, or any of the new minis either although I think they all look great, but truthfully the excitement is over to me with the release of the game, and while I am sure the box sets helped sales being found in Barnes and Nobles and such, I don't think the mainstream people buying these games are picking up much metal, just the gamers.
So while I love what GW has done, I think LOTR is only going to get them so much. It isn't like the 40k or Warhammer universe where they can create new events just for the sake of marketing it. Reading battle reports on scenerios from the movie or books does nothing for me either.
They did a great job, but I doubt LOTR will be shown much interest by the end of the year.
I have been tempted on picking up the Warmaster rulebook and maybe the Empire and Orc starter sets. I don't think I would expand on them much, and I don't think I would look to play it outside a friend or two. I just think that if I don't get it now maybe in 10 years I will regret it. ? ?Then I will spend too much buying it.
BTW, everywhere I see Warmaster stuff it is on the sale rack.
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