The Weekender XLBS: Would You Survive The Apocalypse?
September 21, 2014 by warzan
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Stayed up all night with a bottle of wine waiting for the XLBS!!!
Should mention I’m located in the USA, so I didn’t quite pull an all-nighter.
gods.
Oh and in case your interested my personal favorite zombie survival equipment are a hammer and a shark proof chain mail suit if a great white can’t bite through it theres no way a decaying human can
Hey guys, great laid back show. I would love to get in on the D&D game. Google Hangout would work or might even be incentive to fly over. Loving the direction you all are taking the show. Dawn and I are doing research on model building here at Walt Disney World and hoping to meet with some model fx builders and get ideas to send to Studio 1.
God scenario would have to be Cthulu 🙂
I wouldnt mind paying a litte extra to keep the xlbs flowing. As for the money currency.
I dont mind either way. I can imagine that usa might want to have $. Im an older europian and am use to the different currencies before the euro….
On the modern war game question (and accept this is not everyone’s view) – I am very uncomfortable with them. I’m a teacher who runs games clubs and have taught a fair few forces kids. I don’t know why it would feel weirder doing a tabletop skirmish set in Afghanistan that a PC game for example (though these also leave me feeling a bit squeamish) but it just would somehow.
One idea about the reenactment thing as zombies versus military and then you get beyond the issue of it being too soon.
It changes it from reenactment into something a bit less touchy and something very different. Of course it might be even less respectful.
Probably a bad idea.
Aliens gets my vote.
Hey guys good show! and would love to see the ‘gods’ end of the world. I remember years ago there was a game on the PC that was a version of the end of the world that was angels and demons came back for one last battle with humans left in the middle, problem was we had all left earth for other planets to the angels/demons were left a bit confused when there where no peeps around. As for modern wargames I have no issues with them, but with modern re enactment it does make we a little twitchy. I… Read more »
That’s a very good point about ‘it has to be over’!
I really like this point of view. And it’s great to have such an understanding of peoples feelings when looking in to such ideas.
not a problem, happy to be of service
Good point, I love the whole re enactment thing. But here in the states its mostly the civil war between the north and south( and some on booth sides think its not over yet ). Again you all have a great many conflicts to pick from, we do mostly American war of independence , war of 1812, French and Indian war , and Civil war. Modern wars are a little uncomfortable, I have family that did 4 and 6 tours their , and family that now has to go back to fix the mess we left behind , I pray… Read more »
People actually care what currency they pay in? Erm…why? Also, concerning raising the price for backstage, I’m totally ok with that. You guys do a good job and I think it’s worth the money. However, I don’t think it’s right that people who subscribed to you before a certain date gets away cheaper than new subscribers. That’s no solidarity. I think we should all pay an equal price. Just because you sign up for something for a certain price doesn’t mean the price can never change. Or did you guys at BoW honestly plan to NEVER EVER increase the subscription… Read more »
I would worry about a price rise putting people off of subscribing. Would growing the number of subscribers be a better way of raising revenue? I am loving BoW since discovering you guys. I get more and better content than a games mag for about the same price. As (recently) Ex Forces I wouldn’t have a problem with modern re-enactors. They are there to educate and do some great work. They would probably be more suited to a static display rather than re-enacting a battle. I’m sure The tank museum would be interested in some modern re-enactors for their tank… Read more »
Hi,
Not sure if it is just me, but i can’t get the video to load using either Firefox or Chrome on my mac.
Thought i would mention it incase there is an issue
Cheers
Toby
Modern re-enactment… What a first world problem. I can understand doing vikings or romans and barely even WWII… But modern? We have a conscript army. I did my time, and I have ZERO interest in putting that crap back on. I have ZERO interest in seeing some spotty kid play-act in my old kit — except when I see one, I think he’s in the army for real because that’s by far the most likely case. And I have ZERO interest in playing with toy guns. Don’t you guys have National Guard or Territorial Army or something similar you could… Read more »
The difference between “playing soldier” and re-enactment is primarily on what role a re-enactor can do. As said somewhere above it can be an educational tool. As in the UK at least joe-public has very little exposure to military history beyond some TV channels and the news. I found the main reason I do re-enactments (particularly static displays as mock battles are just eye-candy for people to see explosions and hear loud noises) is to show people that what you see in a video game is nothing like what the real soldiers have to endure. I wear the uniforms respectfully… Read more »
John Thank you for trying to save us from forgetting modern history. It is a noble thing you do, but I just talked to my nephew who did 2 tours in Afghanistan and 2 tours in Iraq all as a combat medic. He is a doctor now and wants the world to heal , but thinks its ok for as you say history’s sack . BUT no freakin way for running around do paintball. I to do not want the world to forget , especially the bastard politicians that sent our people over there to fight for oil Iraq. Afghanistan… Read more »
Pepsidan , I think in my heart of hearts that there are two ways of covering modern warfare history. One is based on education, wearing or at least displaying the uniform and giving plenty of insight into what we know of the more recent conflicts. The second is unfortunately relying on the News, which no historian or history enthusiast should take as a reliable source. The problem with airsofting and paintballing teams who wear modern kit is that they can sometimes look so convincing they create a grey area to people who are unaware. My main gripe over airsoft teams… Read more »
Ok, for re-enactors to wear the stuff I wore in Bosnia – no objections.
Price rise – fine by me.
Apocalypse – zombies please.
As for justin hugging and cradling a .50 – that was a bit terrifying, to be honest.
Each to their own. You might say the same about wargamers!
Hi.
Good show. I always thought re-enacting was what it said in the name, to re-enact battles or times of a certain period, not just to wear a costume of the period. A re-enactor becomes a person from the time and enacts what went on.
Keep up the good work
That kind of price increase is a very minor thing when compared to the content we get out of it, let me know when you do it an I’ll cancel and re subscribe.
You have to do the gods everything else seems to have been done at one point or another. For inspiration try James Lovegrove’s Pantheon book series a go great fun little man verses gods stories.
great show.
About the cost of being a BS I personally would not expect to pay the same year in year out, all costs rise. Subs for mags go up after a time. So if you decided to increase my sub then that’s fine as long as I have the choice to cancel (which I do).
Hi guys. Happy with us currency, it gets converted anyway from my bank. Alien invasion would be my pick for RPG.
Regarding modern warfare reenactment; my opinion is its just too soon for me to feel comfortable with. Even WW2 should be handled with respect and care as it directly effected the lives of people who are still around today. Personally speaking, my grandfather was killed during WW2 and I have very mixed feelings about anything WW2 related. I don’t have a problem with WW2 movies or reenactment, as long as it’s done with respect, but I feel a bit uneasy about turning WW2 into a game of toy soldiers (why I could never play FoW). If I feel slightly uneasy… Read more »
I’m 100% ok with a price increase. As I live in the UK I have no valid opinion on offering subscriptions in other currencies.
You could auto raise it upto £10 and I would still be happy to pay. But I am lazy if it more than ticking a box that is right in front on the home screen I do not do it ;-p. Just want to say THANK YOU for bringing me back to my first love of RPGing and wargaming . It brought back brilliant memories of massive WH40K battles where you only spoke in character of your chosen factions race ( Marines: imperious upper class English arrogant mixed with extreme SS nazi overtures . Orcs that comedy accent GW puts… Read more »
Happy Sunday!
You forgot Alien option No4 – Nids!
For God apocalypse, I think it’s time to militarise the priesthood and create our own Grey Knights 😀
I buy at least two wargame magazines a month and none of them are as cheap as my monthly subs on here. If I had to drop any of them BoW would be the last on my list as checking in on here is now pretty much part of my daily routine.
The re enacting I must say I’m uncomfortable with anything “modern” which is a pretty loose term as it is very relative to our individual ages. What some people view as history others see it like yesterday.
All my wargaming has been tabletop. I have not had the opportunity to play an rpg so I would be keen to see how one works
if you want to dig in a bit more about modern reenactement, you should check airsoft websites. They are not reenactors per say, but some do both airsoft and reenactment, and there are quite a few “geardos” who really like to have their kit as accurate as possible.
I bought myself a 2005-2008 british army kit from afghanistan when I was in England and now I collect russian ones (got my hands on a bullet proof helmet, @Warzan you’d love the scifi look of these).
need some edit option here ! :p As for modern wargaming, I have ultra modern miniatures to play force on force, USMC, royal marines, French paratroopers,talebans, russians … And have had no problem at all with my friend currently serving in the french army. He enjoyed playing the game with me and we even re create operations he was part of during his deployment (Afghanistan, Ivory Coast, Mali, Central African Republic …). My father served 39 years in the french army, no issue playing with him modern stuffs as well. And a fair amount of the airsoft players I know… Read more »