rise of the planet of the apes

[Photographer]

cool idea for a wargame?

[Gluteus Maximus]

As a kid I always wanted lots of rifle-armed Gorillas as seen in the original films and tv series.

Sentient apes are always a scary prospect and this might make the basis of a great sci-fi/horror game 

[Christian]

So I guess this ia prequel-type flick?

[Connectamabob]

It's a reboot. They're just trying to start the franchise with an "origin story", rather than in medias res like the original and the Burton remake. It's being called a prequel a lot in the media, but technically it isn't, since it's a whole new continuity.

[Thantsants]

Just watched Beneath the Planet of the Apes and I have to say I prefer the original series of films - always thought that they would make a great game on the table, especially with all the factions like the telepathic mutants, Governor Kolp and the human survivors living in the forbidden city among others.

I too would love to see gorillas armed with rifles!

New movie looks good though...

[Photographer]

wargame friendly version

[Hupp n at em]

The one thing that would sink the entire premise for me is that there are far, far more humans on this earth than great apes...still, now that I'm done being a party pooper  , looks like a good movie.
Jim

[Sangennaru]

The one thing that would sink the entire premise for me is that there are far, far more humans on this earth than great apes...still, now that I'm done being a party pooper  , looks like a good movie.
Jim

exactely what i was thinking while watching the trailer....

we have rifles and weapons, and the apes are in some  very restricted areas in the world. so why are they a threat bigger than... well any ethnic minorance that our ancestors bruttally killed? :-\

i'm really not proud about ANY of those massacres, but i'm shure that against a different species humanity should be even much more evil and cruel than in the past!

:-\ not a good scenario to me.




is just like ... making the sequel of Avatar: "wait, they have poison arrows!" "but we have poison f**ing NUKES!" the unubtamium is beneath the ground! XD

[Bako]

is just like ... making the sequel of Avatar: "wait, they have poison arrows!" "but we have poison f**ing NUKES!" the unubtamium is beneath the ground! XD

This reminds me of that episode of How It Should Have Ended: Avatar. "I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure..."  "Game over, man!"

 

[Sangennaru]

in my opinion the best strategy for the apes is pretending to be stupid until the humanity will nuke himself, in the while digging some huge bunkers and fulfilling them with the peanuts from the zoos... this way they will survive the apocalypse, and then will rule over the men!!!

[Connectamabob]

Yeah, if they lay low & bide their time for at least a generation, working their way to zoos and native populations without humans finding out, they might have a chance... in another fifty years, maybe. But going straight from the lab to La Revolucion can't end well for them without a heapin' helpin' of writers' conveniences.

Actually, now that I think about it, that could totally work, if handled right. A short, bloody, but small and quickly squashed coup that leaves only a tiny handful of uplifts still alive on the outside, who then spend years/decades making their way in hiding out to the zoos and jungles, building up a secret culture based on refugee solidarity, before eventually witnessing their "evil" persecutors self destruct, leaving the "peaceful" apes to inherit the land. Ceaser tries to be John Conner, but ends up being Moses instead.

[ray]

Me likey these!
http://www.monolithdesigns.co.uk/update060306/CHM41.JPG
http://www.monolithdesigns.co.uk/update110804/CH041.jpg
http://www.monolithdesigns.co.uk/update110804/CH042.jpg
http://www.monolithdesigns.co.uk/update030405/CH043.jpg

http://www.monolithdesigns.co.uk

[Gluteus Maximus]

Me likey these!
http://www.monolithdesigns.co.uk/update060306/CHM41.JPG
http://www.monolithdesigns.co.uk/update110804/CH041.jpg
http://www.monolithdesigns.co.uk/update110804/CH042.jpg
http://www.monolithdesigns.co.uk/update030405/CH043.jpg

http://www.monolithdesigns.co.uk

 

Wow - I never knew these existed! Just about perfect. Well, the rifles are different from the films but hey - close enough for me 

It's probably just me, but I can't find them in Monolith's on-line catalogue. Any clues?

[Commander Vyper]

Wow - I never knew these existed! Just about perfect. Well, the rifles are different from the films but hey - close enough for me 

It's probably just me, but I can't find them in Monolith's on-line catalogue. Any clues?

Probably a 'send an email and we'll provide them' rather than advertise the issue I'd imagine shhhhh.......!

[ushistoryprof]

In David Brin's "Startide Rising" and "The Uplift War" the increased intelligence apes are nominal allies of humans in our wars against much of the Universe.  Gives even more possible gaming ideas. Ape & humans allies vs ape and human allies and or aliens.  Lots of ideas to mine in this series of books.
Prof
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