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Reply To: Is BoW biased in its reviews?

May 30, 2018 at 2:27 pm #1193809

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I think that the games that they choose to show are always going to be ones that are always going to get some enjoyment from, as this is both a community that has a wide range of intrests and people in it. From memory a couple of weekenders ago BoW Sam was talking about how he doesn’t have much intrest in historical gaming, so putting him in a Bolt Action or Flames of War lets play wouldn’t show of the game as well. This could lead to the impression that every game on here is a win for everyone, but that’s not the case.

As for the mini’s shown off, I’ve had some boxes of stuff that’s noticibly less neatly moulded than what’s been shown off on BoW on an unboxing or weekender, first one that comes to mind is the Guildball blacksmiths. I always put that down to the fact that for a company not everything they make is going to be the best quality they can, mould slips, air bubbles, etc. But the ones that they send out to be studio painted or to show off on somewhere like BoW (not that any other site can match the beasts) is probably going to be the best minis that they can pull off.

I do think you are right in that a thread about games that really don’t have a fun playthrough would be good, I’ve always wondered what BoW have filmed but thought they just couldn’t put out.