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Predictions for 2016?

Started by RPGPundit, December 28, 2015, 06:23:23 PM

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TrippyHippy

Quote from: TristramEvans;872176What science fiction and fantasy games does Warlord produce?

Judge Dredd (with Mongoose), Gates of Antares, Terminator Genysis and Doctor Who upcoming. They also do historical miniatures from a multitude of eras.
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TristramEvans

Quote from: TrippyHippy;872178Judge Dredd (with Mongoose), Gates of Antares, Terminator Genysis and Doctor Who upcoming. They also do historical miniatures from a multitude of eras.

Yes, I quite like their historical games. Of course they're written by the fellow who wrote the best edition of Warhammer, so thats to be expected.

Ive heard of the Judge Dredd game, but its not an IP I've ever had more than a passing interest in (even if the last film was absolutely exceptional). Not familiar with Gates of Antares, and didnt know about the Terminator and new Dr. Who minis game. Maybe I'll finally be able to do a Cybermen-themed Necrons force.

Looks like Im still looking for a new mass battle fantasy game that hits that sweet spot, though.

Omega

Quote from: Bobloblah;872085I think that's been occurring for some years now, but on the surface GW has been able to mask it by increasing profitability. I think they are simply reaching the limits of that.

GW's sales from I believe 2008 to 2012 sank incredibly. Doesnt help that they treat their foreign retailers like absolute dirt. Then theres that whole online retailer blow-up and on and on. They dig their grave a little deeper every passing year now.

Snowman0147

Quote from: TristramEvans;872175what was the rant about?

Sent a fpm.

Omega

Quote from: TrippyHippy;872173But my major thoughts are when are we going to see movies or a TV show for it. As an IP, this is really what WotC want the D&D brand for surely? What are the developments on this front?

There arent any D&D movies or TV shows because Loraine Williams handed ooff ALL the rights to Solomon and he has been blockading D&D movies every since that arent his own or licensed through SweatPea. Apparently he recently sold some of the rights to I think Paramont who can now do a D&D movie without WOTCs permission. That couldnt possibly fail right?

How much of a bind Solomon has WOTC in is anyones guess. But the legal battles gone back and fourth since 2000 at least. Seems he can blockade TV shows and even animated series?

So untill that is resolved theres no chance of a non-Solomon D&D movie coming out. Weis & Hickman can do Dragonlance as apparently they own the rights seperately. Though their animated movie was... sub par to say the least.

TrippyHippy

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Omega

Saw the trailer at the theater Sunday.

Warthur

Quote from: Omega;872185GW's sales from I believe 2008 to 2012 sank incredibly. Doesnt help that they treat their foreign retailers like absolute dirt. Then theres that whole online retailer blow-up and on and on. They dig their grave a little deeper every passing year now.
They've also shifted the majority of their outlets to a "one-man store" model more recently, which obviously cuts a heap of costs but has the consequence that rather than having a team of people onhand to help with customer enquiries, interested customers have to deal with one overworked dude. (I can't imagine it helps the situation with shoplifting any - Games Workshop seemed to lose lots of stuff to kids with sticky fingers even when they had a whole team running the stores.)
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I predict more long and strangely heated arguments over which way of playing Let's Pretend is more mature and produces more objective Fun Units per hour.

I predicts reams of new jargon invented that will change many 30 times in the first 24 hours of its existence then even more heated arguments over what it really means.

I have seen the future. It is covered in Outrage. No one was spared. Not even the children. O.O

TBP will continue its slide into an almost perfect satire of a corrupt police state/dystopian commune. Yet will retain its position of noteworthiness due to sheer numbers and inertia.

Politics will continue to seep into gaming and gaming discussion adding fuel and kindling to the aforementioned fires and many others.

I will continue to bounce between forums, too Right for some, Too Left for others. I may purchase a trenchcoat and katana to complete the wandering loner image.
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Mordred Pendragon

5e will pick up steam and Pathfinder will falter, but still maintain some presence in the market. This is kind of obvious for me.

White Wolf, now under new ownership, wants to maintain the 20th Anniversary material and expand the World of Darkness brand. As a WoD fan (well, most of WoD, I don't like Revised Edition due to the awful metaplot), I am happy so long as they keep it in the style of V20 and W20 and maintain a metaplot-agnostic approach (M20, while not entirely metaplot-agnostic, does negate the worst aspects of the metaplot's impact, which is good). Hopefully, Onyx Path's attempts at the unnecessary and downright awful ideas for V4 will be ultimately mothballed and V20 will see wider release, along with Wraith and Changeling's 20th Anniversary Editions. Also, I hope they get a TV show for HBO or Netflix like they have been wanting and I hope it is good.

Addendum to the White Wolf thing, with the new ownership, maybe we can sort out the issues with the Guardians of the Order properties and maybe see a small-scale release of BESM again (this is more wishful thinking sadly)

Onyx Path will continue to chug along so long as they can do work on the Classic World of Darkness 20th Anniversary Materials. Vampire 4E has been put on hold from the looks of it (Thank God, we don't need a continuation of the Revised Edition metaplot. Pretentious goths may have liked it, but everyone else hated it), and I hope Chronicles of Darkness does well for them.

However, once the 20th Anniversary stuff is either finished or completely in White Wolf's hands, things could look grim for Onyx Path. They are already a small-scale overworked outfit notorious for delayed projects, so Chronicles of Darkness could be a sink or swim moment for them. On one hand, Chronicles of Darkness no longer being titled World of Darkness could help reinvent their brand and not have to live in the shadow of the Classic World of Darkness. On the other hand, it could fail again (Which is a shame because I like nWoD) and essentially doom Onyx Path.
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S'mon

Quote from: TrippyHippy;872165Never quite got the bug for W40K stuff, thankfully. I do recognise their success though.

But yeah, Warlord games are better....;)

Do you have Bolt Action? Been thinking about getting it. I like Alessio Cavatore's Terminator: Genisys game I bought at Dragonmeet, and Rick Priestly is a legend of course.
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S'mon

Quote from: TrippyHippy;872178Judge Dredd (with Mongoose), Gates of Antares, Terminator Genysis and Doctor Who upcoming. They also do historical miniatures from a multitude of eras.

Terminator: Genisys belongs to River Horse. I guess Warlord produce & distribute it. Cool game, I'm about to try to get my son to play me again now. :D
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Shipyard Locked

Quote from: Doc Sammy;872233As a WoD fan (well, most of WoD, I don't like Revised Edition due to the awful metaplot), I am happy so long as they keep it in the style of V20 and W20 and maintain a metaplot-agnostic approach (M20, while not entirely metaplot-agnostic, does negate the worst aspects of the metaplot's impact, which is good).

The 20th games were metaplot free? I didn't realize that. How free, like nWoD free* or just a toned down version of the old stuff?

A version of WTA with a lot of the specific real world angst removed could be quite appealing.

Then again, a werewolf game without any of the Captain Planet + hippy-dippy shamanism stuff would be an even more appealing breath of fresh air.

* In the sense that nWoD could be played sandbox style in a very small homebrew setting without any reference to a wider world or epic conflicts.

Mordred Pendragon

Quote from: Shipyard Locked;872251The 20th games were metaplot free? I didn't realize that. How free, like nWoD free* or just a toned down version of the old stuff?

A version of WTA with a lot of the specific real world angst removed could be quite appealing.

Then again, a werewolf game without any of the Captain Planet + hippy-dippy shamanism stuff would be an even more appealing breath of fresh air.

* In the sense that nWoD could be played sandbox style in a very small homebrew setting without any reference to a wider world or epic conflicts.

Not so much metaplot free like nWoD, but metaplot-neutral. The metaplot was toned down and made optional.
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