I think VPG will be a unit for design, based on the language. Not a bad relationship given the size. Like a “hands off” acquisition. I bet no money changed hands, hence, “aligned”.
I think you nailed it. Thanks for the explanation. Sounds right.
Yeah, pure analysis though, I have zero inside info. It makes sense though, if you just wanted to make games, and be a vehicle for other select designers (Frank Chadwick) and the other stuff was getting too intense for your one man shop. I bet Thunder in the East required some heavy lifting.
Speaking of which I wonder when that bad boy is shipping. It was meant to be last month I think. Hmm.
Brooski
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Delayed due to dice re-tooling. Their last Kickstarter update says “Q4.”
A business deal with Dan Yarrington? What culd go wrong?
Wistfully looks at Thunder in the East receipt…remembers his excitement…remembers @Brooski got him excited in the first place…sighs…
Brooski
4894
You’ll get it. That one is done. Games are printed.
Oh, I read the updates in detail. They are also all framed by the invisible, yet crucial preamble , “Sez-”
Ah thanks. I will assume 2019. Not being able to get some dice seems a weird one though.
Brooski
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I’m not too worried. They are hard at work on The Middle Sea. The playtest posts are very interesting.
The Good News:
From GMT
The Digital Version of Commands & Colors: Ancients
is available today on Steam!
Hi everyone!
Here’s a quick note to let you all know that today is “Steam Launch Day” for the long-awaited Hexwar digital version of our Commands & Colors Ancients game! More details are below. The game is available today on Steam in both Mac and PC formats. Hexwar is also doing final testing on the iOS and Android versions of the game for tablets.We will let you know as soon as those are available for purchase. Get your Steam version today at the link below:
Note that Hexwar is running a 30% off Launch Discount until September 19, so get yours soon!
https://mailchi.mp/2bd32e5cf062/digital-commands-colors-ancients-available-on-steam-today?e=a5e43c0c5b
https://store.steampowered.com/app/699870/Commands__Colors_Ancients/?utm_source=GMT+Games&utm_campaign=7efcbed268-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_09_12_12_11&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_a53b26436f-7efcbed268-15936793
The Bad News:
It’s Hex Wars, No Multiplayer, and this is the first review:
Not Recommended
1.6 hrs on record
POSTED: SEPTEMBER 12
Refunding this game. Shame on me there is no multiplayer. What a travesty.
Pros:
-GMT Commands and Colors is a superb game system. Buy the board game and find a friend.
Cons:
-No online multiplayer… whats the point of a wargame like this if not to play it against a friend 1000 miles away who cannot come to play it on a real board?
-Units move too slow, and if you disable animations you have no idea what just happened.
-Units themselves are not labelled properly, its hard to tell without hovering what units are light infantry versus medium. They both have the same sword icon, just have one with an L and one with a M. Same with cav.
-No tutorial, no explanation of how to play or anything. It is assumed you know the game system.
-Graphics are below even the threshold of what is expected of a wargame in 2018,
-When you hover a unit to learn its details (dice rolled, leader modifiers, etc) half the time the popup works and half of the time it doesn’t.
- There is a ton of nitpicky crap : no undo if you misclick. No prompts for what your units are doing (am i signalling an evade or am i retreating or what)
This is just a super poor implementation. If I was GMT I would be♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥at the the devs. They could have hired one person to do QA for less than two hours on this game and caught all of these issues.
No online multiplayer? That’s going to be a killer.
Yeah, I agree. I think there were better choices than Hex Wars as a partner on this one.
The minumum bar you have to cross in this case is “better experience than VASSAL.”
It is not a high bar.
#lowestbidder
Maybe your standards are too high? I’ll say this with a good Vassal Mod for a quality game (say the COIN series) Hex Wars Mobile-trash really looks shabby in comparison.
Tom_Mc
4905
I was also excited about C&C Ancients and was hoping to check it out when I got home from work. Based on what I’m hearing today I’m going to try to forget it and think about playing Frozen Synapse 2 tomorrow.
Brooski
4906
It’s broken. Played this morning. Rules not implemented, camera gets stuck, just awful. Avoid.
