Perry's Travel Battles Game

[Ray Rivers]

Ya'll see this?



https://www.facebook.com/perryminiatures/?ref=page_internal

8mm

What'ca think?

[Captain Blood]

Saw it.
Perry fanboy as I am, l'm afraid I think this one is just weird.
Can't fault their creativity and quest for fresh directions, but I don't think this will prove commercially successful.
Sometimes, you should just stick to your knitting...

But they have a long history of making the toys that interest them and they would want to play with themselves, so that's their right and privilege.

For once, I'm just a bit sceptical that they've hit upon a winner though...

[juergen c. olk]

I'll admit ,it's not my thing..love everything else they do...

[Ray Rivers]

I'm a bit puzzled by it as well.

They say they are going to also have a terrain line to go with it.

And as a kinda historic guy, I'm not sure about have a red and blue army of the same miniatures.

Like I say, puzzling...

[Calimero]

I’m not sure about this either… BUT, it is interesting to see the manufacturing process behind this project. Looks like it could help develop new abilities in making plastic figures with smaller and smaller details on figures…

[Arthur]

I'd seen the announcement on the Perry FB page but couldn't work up enough interest to post about the set, to be honest.   

I'm afraid I'll be joining the chorus of skeptics on this one... 

[fred]

I'm intrigued by it. I'm a big fan of 10mm figures, so 8mm is close enough, especially as I don't do Naps currently.

Its also good to see smaller scale figures in plastic. GW have done it a couple of times, but not for a good while.

[fusilierdan]

It looks interesting. I think the success will depend on the rules they use and if they market to the board game community as well. Bob Cordery's The Portable Wargame and Richard Borg's Battle Cry come to mind.

I certainly admire the Perry's for doing things that they want to do regardless of whether or not it may be a commercial success.

Dan

[Ray Rivers]

I think I would have been more struck by the news if they had 2 sets of miniatures, one for each side.

Having only 1 set with 2 different colors definitely puts this into the "board game" category.

Obviously their target audience.

Let's see what they produce for terrain.

[Norm]

Great news. looking forward to them. they revolutionised 28mm with plastics, no reason to believe that they won't do the same with the small mass battle scale - they do look easy to paint.

[THE CID]

Small and plastic my Nightmare. 

[grant]

When I first heard about it I was intrigued but the two armies different colour and odd scale turned me right off.

[jambo1]

When I first heard about it I was intrigued but the two armies different colour and odd scale turned me right off.

Me too, thought that it could be interesting but seeing it, not for me. Good luck with it as they produce great figures.

[joroas]

TravelBattle-Pre-Order-Available 22nd April
TravelBattle is a complete table top miniatures game in a box.
It is intended for gamers who have limited space, or those who are traveling on a long journey or holiday and need a gaming fix!
All the playing pieces are made of coloured plastic, and include two 3 dimensional green terrain boards with separate woods, grey buildings and red and blue armies. The size of the miniatures is 8mm.
The two terrain boards are designed to be placed together on any edge, giving the potential for 16 different battlefields. The 1" grid marked on the boards excludes the need for rulers to be used in the game.
The simple rules system should allow a game to played within an hour.
The two armies are generic Napoleonic forces of equal size and composition which make up three brigades for each side. There is a simple painting guide in case you which to enhance your armies and terrain boards.

Contents:
160 x Infantry
24 x Cavalry
4 x Guns and 12 crew
6 x Brigadiers
2 x 10" 3D Terrain boards
6 x Buildings
4 x Dice
1 x Set of rules

£50.00

[Gunner Dunbar]

Hmm, missed the mark, they should have gone with nicely sculpted plastic 15/18mm similar to PSCs, then it would have opened up to a market beyond just users of their travel rules set.