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Miniatures Adventure => Call of Cthulhu => Strange Aeons => Topic started by: superflytnt on 20 December 2012, 04:12:18 PM

Title: SA review that's targeted for board gamers
Post by: superflytnt on 20 December 2012, 04:12:18 PM
http://www.superflycircus.blogspot.com/2012/12/strange-aeons-two-parts-cthulhu-2-parts.html

I stole a few of your pictures, Mason, hope you don't mind. I did give you credit, though. :)
Title: Re: SA review that's targeted for board gamers
Post by: harleyface on 20 December 2012, 07:47:41 PM
Good review
-and good to see my picture of my battle scene gettig arround ;)
Greetings from Germany
Florian
Title: Re: SA review that's targeted for board gamers
Post by: Mason on 20 December 2012, 07:58:46 PM
Good review of Strange Aeons, you obviously love the game and it comes across that way.

Not too sure what you mean by 'American gamer' opposed to 'Euro gamer' as I cannot see any difference really, we are all of us, deep down, just gamers.  ???

As for the pictures: Thats fine, mate.  :D


Title: Re: SA review that's targeted for board gamers
Post by: superflytnt on 20 December 2012, 08:28:17 PM
Not too sure what you mean by 'American gamer' opposed to 'Euro gamer' as I cannot see any difference really, we are all of us, deep down, just gamers.  ???

Unless you're into the "board game scene" it probably sounds weird. There's three main categories of board games:
Ameritrash (American-style) which are games like Axis and Allies, Heroscape, Arkham Horror, and so on. Games with dice.
Euro Games: Games like Settlers of Catan, Agricola, Puerto Rico. Mostly dice-free, games of "wit" with little to no luck.
Abstracts: Chess, Mancala, and the like.
Title: Re: SA review that's targeted for board gamers
Post by: styx on 21 December 2012, 02:46:06 AM
Good review
-and good to see my picture of my battle scene gettig arround ;)
Greetings from Germany
Florian

Yea, nice to see some of mine also floating there...
Title: Re: SA review that's targeted for board gamers
Post by: superflytnt on 21 December 2012, 03:24:39 AM
I only took the sexiest ones, Styx.  That one was on the SA website.. :)
Title: Re: SA review that's targeted for board gamers
Post by: Uncle Mike on 21 December 2012, 10:13:39 PM
Thanks for the great review! I've always said it about myself but it is great to hear someone else say "Uncle Mike doesn't f#@k around'. I may quote you on that in the future.  :)
Title: Re: SA review that's targeted for board gamers
Post by: The Scarecrow King on 22 December 2012, 12:43:36 AM
I think this is the review that pushes me over the edge. I really want to try this out now, even though my mini painting skills are minimal. Great review, thanks.

-Brian
Title: Re: SA review that's targeted for board gamers
Post by: superflytnt on 22 December 2012, 04:13:12 PM
@Mike: Don't be surprised if you start receiving requests for review copies and whatnot, because I have a very wide audience. On my site alone that article has had 412 hits since publication, and it's on boardgamegeek.com (people tend to hate me there because I really like to piss those people off)  as well as on FortressAT.com, which is the second most watched board game site.

In a week or so, you'll see it on GMS Magazine's website (they publish my stuff) and more likely than not many other aggregators (read: content thieves) will reprint it. That GMS Magazine bit should help you a lot because they have a ~huge~ following in the UK, where grown men playing with toys is still socially acceptable. :)
Title: Re: SA review that's targeted for board gamers
Post by: Minus on 18 February 2013, 01:48:55 PM
Add me to the list of people who hasn't put paint to a miniature in over 15 years...until this  :-* review was found. I was doing some research on a different boardgame when i found superfly's site, and then the infamous strange aeons review.

Within 3 weeks I've got the starter minis bundle, and just got my rules bundle in the mail yesterday. Even spent most of this weekend working on a terrain board.

uh...hello everyone!
Title: Re: SA review that's targeted for board gamers
Post by: Mason on 18 February 2013, 02:12:55 PM
Add me to the list of people who hasn't put paint to a miniature in over 15 years...until this  :-* review was found. I was doing some research on a different boardgame when i found superfly's site, and then the infamous strange aeons review.

Within 3 weeks I've got the starter minis bundle, and just got my rules bundle in the mail yesterday. Even spent most of this weekend working on a terrain board.

uh...hello everyone!

Hello, Minus!

Welcome to the Cult!
 :D


Title: Re: SA review that's targeted for board gamers
Post by: Minus on 18 February 2013, 03:28:13 PM
Hello, Minus!

Welcome to the Cult!
 :D




Mason, your work has certainly fueled my enthusiasm as well...
Title: Re: SA review that's targeted for board gamers
Post by: Tarrant on 25 February 2013, 04:44:36 PM
FYI, SuperFly's excellent review introduced me to the game and helped in my decision to pick it up!  

T.
Title: Re: SA review that's targeted for board gamers
Post by: Mason on 25 February 2013, 04:49:03 PM
FYI, SuperFly's excellent review introduced me to the game and helped in my decision to pick it up!  

T.

Welcome aboard, T!
Enjoy your stay.
 :)

Title: Re: SA review that's targeted for board gamers
Post by: obsidian3d on 25 February 2013, 06:18:08 PM
The system is far more versatile than I think people give it credit for. There's nothing to really stop a person from using it to play Weird WW2 stuff, or straight up squad-based military games. Victorian horror wouldn't be out of the realms of possibility either.
Title: Re: SA review that's targeted for board gamers
Post by: Mason on 25 February 2013, 06:27:50 PM
To be perfectly honest, obsidian3d, I think it can be used for any period or genre of skirmish gaming.

I intend using it for VSF, Star Wars and Old West in the future.