Natarn wrote:
Good points, Haldir.
I'm not really in a position to comment on WOTR as I've not even played it. I've watched some games, but I know that's not the same thing... so should probably just keep my mouth shut.
I just enjoy SBG
so much, I'd be amazed if anything could equal it, let alone be better.
Here here! WotR just seems to... big... to play, too expensive, and the painting would drive me insane. (Anyone who plays WotR is, by my definition, insane already.) Though I enjoy having vast armies slaughter each other, SBG was intended to be on a smaller scale than WH, or WH40K. With WotR it seems as if LotR is turning into
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the evil twin relations to LOTR.
That's why I don't play it.
That, and the fact that I have no gaming table at the moment.
EDIT: Transferred from other topic.
Captain Ingold wrote:
WotR itself seems like part of the grand scheme to reform the line into a Warhammeresque system. The SBG was designed as a small skirmish game, where at most up to 200 models would be fielded. With the advent of the economic downturn, GW realised they won't reeling the profits on anywhere near the old scale, so they invented an entirely 'new' rules system, which was essentially a blend of Warhammer and LotR. The intent being, it would appear, to force hobbyists to purchase scores, if not hundreds, of new minis. This multiplies their revenue 3- or 4-fold, plus the 'revival' of gamers who had almost abandoned LotR. I wouldn't say that they're fazing out SBG, but it seems more and more unlikely that they'll release anything SBG-oriented. I think we've pretty much seen the last of the SBG supplements. From now on its going to be WotR all the way, and I have to say I don't like it.