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Reply To: Hobby Weekender 23/02/2019 – Here we go!

February 23, 2019 at 2:55 pm #1353025

limburger

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Happy Hobby time folks 🙂

> 1. Regale us with an anecdote from a game where you really hadn’t earned the win but it was handed to you by a lucky card or die roll.

*eh* that would mean I had to win something at all …

> 2. What is one instance where a hobby company has come through with an idea or concept that just blew you away?

Dropfleet Commander

A game set in space that did several good things :

fights happen at a logical location : next to the planet
it respects the size of space
not too technical
great miniatures

The link to their Dropzone commander was an interesting aspect as well.

3. Transformers the Miniatures Game – Could it ever work?

Why not ?
I think the tricky part is picking a scale that does justice to the transformers while still allowing their vehicle modes to be useful.

I was thinking of the A-team recently … it would be kind of cool to see it done with a bit more realism.
The only problem is that their DIY inventions are unlikely to work in a realistic setting, but it wouldn’t be the same if they couldn’t use improvised weapons & vehicles either.

Pledge wise I think I will look at creating a list for AoS. The Gloomspite Gitz look so cool that I want to build them.