Monday, 27 May 2013

Battle of Alabaster Update






Forgot to put up the larger Strain models.

I came across this site by spiraling cadavar that had some WTF news.

The rules have changed quite dramatically already!!!

The troop cards are defunct.

So the troop cards and rules are obsolete only a few weeks after I bought them  at Salute??? This does not please me.

See the link above for details.

What is this, amateur night or something? I bought a product not a development project: at least I thought I had.

OK, I am not going to learn a new game system for a single game that is in a state of flux. Life is too darn short. I will keep the models but will dump the obsolete rules, defunct cards and warped boards.
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9 comments:

  1. Joakim Ström27 May 2013 at 21:06

    Thanks for the warnings about this product. It looked so tempting. But definitely not now.
    /Joakim

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    1. John Lambshead27 May 2013 at 22:01

      Neither project management nor rules administration are as easy as they look. :)

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    2. Joakim Ström29 May 2013 at 21:19

      Hahahaha!

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  2. Meltaburn27 May 2013 at 21:26

    Yeah me too, I was quite taken with the preview pics of the miniatures.

    I postulate its slightly rushed seeming nature is indictive of the recent interweb boom in wargaming systems and these new fangled crowdfunded kickstarter things..

    I'd agree that warped playing boards and ill fitting plastics that need the level of filler in your photos isnt really acceptable in this day and age.

    Where was the box set made?

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    1. John Lambshead27 May 2013 at 21:59

      China! By the time the container lands at Felixstowe and you realise you have issues it is all too late.

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  3. Anonymous28 May 2013 at 03:13

    I'm trying not to be livid. Like you, I only just got my hands on the game, and now this...
    ugh.

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    1. John Lambshead28 May 2013 at 10:35

      It sure doesn't inspire customer confidence.

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  4. cedric28 May 2013 at 16:27

    that's what happen when a wargame company tries to do a boardgame without taking the necessary deep beta test. You can update wargame rules but damnit, don't do it for a boardgame. Never ever Monopoly sold half baked rules. Studio McVey killed itself.

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    1. John Lambshead29 May 2013 at 09:42

      I agree. This product doesn't know whether it wants to be a boardgame or a wargame and falls between the stools.

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