The Weekender XLBS: Ace RPG Terrain & The Others 7 Sins!
August 17, 2014 by dignity
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Great Show, Thanks.
Haaaaaapppppyyy Sunday!
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You use dot 3 break fluid on resin. Including finecast.
I accidentally left a FW leman Russ turret in a dettol for about a month once, was also rubberized. Ooppss.
GW should stock everything that the FLGS stocks if they want to recapture their dwindling market and understand their competition.
Sponsored / supported school clubs is the answer to recruitment. If Mantic had a good School pack you could recruit at the grass roots. Particularly in the Autumn term when ‘Winter is Coming’.
I remember GW did sell a club pack a while ago, that was useful
There used to be quite a large emphasis on people starting up clubs and loads of support for it. It was a shame to see them move away from that. Especially considering how poorly staffed the stores have got recently.
Great show guys. A note on recruitment, we are looking to do recruitment at conventions (and there are quite a few of them about) and then provide ongoing support at the conventions via organised play. We are also looking at club visits and in store days. That approach works for our demographic that is the older players. Snagging the kids and new players is still an issue but is an interesting topic to consider further.
great show, and great idea.
hell if the guy selling mobile phone cases or the lass selling hair extensions can afford a booth in a shopping centre surely mantic/PP/warlord can afford one
Justin , I have access to some tablets if you need them, to help your wiggly little man problem. you can also get a nasal spray for that problem. But I would suggest not leaving you little man in Dettol for that long, by the way, where did you put it to feel like you needed to Dettol it for 4 days??
flash concentrate for about 2 hours….. no side effects other than you skin going red (wear gloves when scrubbing)
I would love to see pop up booths, almost like the convention stands. So most companies probably have enough portable equipment to run one straight off the bat 🙂
I have to say – I had no intention of getting in on the Dungeon Saga KS because I’d just put over $200 on the Zombicide one. Also, I had no intention of dungeon crawling. I watched the Dungeon Saga demo last week and I was overcome with nostalgia. I immediately put money down on it and now I cannot wait to play it – and I really want to go through all sorts of dungeons! Please play some dungeon games for us to watch! I don’t normally believe in watching others play games but I don’t want to be… Read more »
Great show guys – May I recommend Dead Man’s hand for wild west gaming – excellent little game. With regard to recruitment I agree it is necessary, but I also feel a company benefits from long term face to face support. Complete agree about the veteran’s ‘loitering’ I think this is where club support or gaming centres are helpful – away from point of entry but also supporting ongoing engagement. I don’t see why a separate kiosk is needed necessarily – surely with proper financial incentives, space allowing, local gaming stores or even toy and craft stores could house these… Read more »
Re Justin’s problem. I get quite a lot of emails about this. I can forward you a few if you like.
Great show, always look forward to watching this on a Sunday. Justin having problems with spray cans seems to be a reoccurring theme.
Warren, I have never heard you get it so wrong. I started serious gaming with RPG’s, as Warhammer was only just being prepared for release. I was the DM, and so I collected the monsters. I ended up with so many miniatures that when we bought a copy of the warhammer “harry” box set, I found I had enough miniatures to paly a tabletop wargame. We stated with Lego as we could “break” the castle walls down, then moved to the mini’s. I have three 4 foot long bookshelves of RPG games, and one of Tabletop games. My miniatures collection,… Read more »
Fair point. (And believe me I really do try and not generalise) but is this you or the majority of RPGs players who do this? 🙂
Most of my friends have done the same, much to the annoyance of our wives/partners. One shipping container for the house and one for the toys when we move.
I resemble that remark (not quiet as bad as Mattgro, but similar)
the majority of people I know in my generation started with RPG’s in Australia and New Zealand, and gaming came later.
My experience with DnD is pretty limited – especially these days – but I’d say probably not more than half of the games I played in / saw at my gaming club featured miniatures, and most of those could easily have done without them. People like them, so they include them. But DnD is only one game. I’m not aware of any other RPGs that routinely use miniatures. In the late 90’s/early 2000s when I was doing most of my roleplaying, the vast majority of RPGers I knew played White Wolf games, and there were a bunch of others too.… Read more »
I have to agree with Warren, we played RPG’s for many years, aside when wizards released a new edition and prompted a new set of books, space wasn’t a problem. Wargaming, that’s a whole can of worms, now looking at building a man cave to house the ever expanding collection.
The local FLGS in Swansea where I live runs events geared around specific game systems. They’ll run games all day and even discount the range for the whole event. This alternating coverage really gives the place a feeling of things going on all the time. The GW over the road is always pretty dark and empty however.
thx guys. about stripping paint – thats why I use fairy – its safe for models.
Yes please Sons of anarchy gameplay.
Good show guys. A lot to think about there with stores! How else can people to introduced to the hobby?
Hi, great show do you know battle systems is comming to kick starter on I think the 20th with there dungeon terrain.
Mr Floppy’s discovery will be good for games that use TLS. After everymove you just need to fold them up behind the nearest cover.
Dettol usually only takes a few hours to start removing the paint. 4 Days!
In regards to recruitment local clubs should probably do more to attract new people into the hobby. I’ve been a member of several over the years in which the hasn’t been any new blood for a long time, and no motivation to drag in new people. The local hobby stores should probably combine their efforts with the local clubs to set up demo days at the store. So local club members run demos of games down the store, and it kills two birds with one stone. The store gets additional help advertising the product, and the club has the ability… Read more »
Storage was recently a big issue for me. I moved to a new area and new house, basically from Wales to Bath, so from a 3 bed, where I had a man room, or as the other half called it the Junk room, to a 2 bed. This meant I lost my man cave, I now have a painting table in the bedroom, and some stuff has been placed in durable plastic boxes in the shed. It also made me reevaluate my collection, and I hacked through my horde and was really strict on what should go with me to… Read more »
@Warren – want a “21 or bust” style card mechanic – checkout the “One-up-One down” card mechanic in the Infamy KS Videos!
…and your deja-vu wasn’t by any chance related to the C&W song
“If I said you had a beautiful body would you hold it against me…
but don’t worry if I feel a little floppy – I’ve been Dettolled” ?
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/direbadger/direbadger-lasercut-roleplay-town-and-dungeon-terr