Perry's Travel Battles Game

[matakishi]

It's a board game not a miniatures game. They're only marketing it to wargamers in the hope of getting the people who play both (like me) interested. After all, wargamers know them and boardgamers don't.
As a board game it looks fine but the proof is in the play. Without being able to see the rules before shelling out £50.00 (a not unreasonable price for a boardgame with these components) I won't be getting it until I read reviews, by boardgamers.
The idea appeals, the Command and Colours stickers put me off so I don't own any- just play a friend's, But often with the Perry's the rules seem to be a secondary consideration to the look of the game so...
I'm hoping it'll be good.

[Ray Rivers]

It might have been better to start with 18th Century or ACW first then the same figures in different colours wouldn't have mattered so much.

Agreed.

I think ACW would have been a better pick for the introduction.

Given it's small nature, however, if they decide to go full in and back the product with expansion packs (French minis pack, additional terrain tiles, etc.,) then all bets may be off.

I guess it will depend on how the initial game is received.

[Captain Blood]

It's a board game not a miniatures game. They're only marketing it to wargamers in the hope of getting the people who play both (like me) interested. After all, wargamers know them and boardgamers don't.

Matakishi sums it up for me.

The Perrys are famous for sculpting brilliant miniatures aimed at tabletop wargamers. You paint the lovely miniatures. You create lovely terrain to play on. You play a tabletop wargame using rules of your choice.

This new venture is none of those things. It's a different category entirely. I too hope it's brilliant and successful for Alan and Michael. But it's a departure, for sure. It's a board game. with pieces, not a miniatures wargame.

Reminds me a bit of a game I had long, long ago, in a galaxy far far away, called 'Feudal'. Kind of a cross between a wargame and chess. Similar concept.

[Shaun1969]

Maybe this topic is in the wrong board?

From the picture it's a battle on a 20x10 grid with 2 armies (red/blue) infantry, hvy/lt cavalry, artillery and commanders... With 2d6 per side... There's terrain that blocks and some that is passable.. And that's about it really... Game play will dictate if it sells and as far as I can tell the rules haven't been posted, a gameplay video hasn't been posted and well... It's released at Salute

hobby wise we are interested, but already don't like it because it's too simple (red/blue) its a funny scale... It's not a miniatures game, it needs expansions ( before its release ) it's not The right period...

Personally I'm interested to find out more, currently we are playing a lot of throw down CnC Napoleonics games and are enjoying then more that the first time

As with any good advertising, WE WANT MORE INFORMATION ... And that's where we are really .. Awaiting the release

£50 is a bit high for me tho and so far the only issue I have

Could I get as good a game with Kallistra 10mm AWI packs deal 6for£30 split in halves and sprayed red/blue, using my heroscape hex terrain and an A4 sheet of rules... Possibly

[Ray Rivers]

Looking over Perry's Facebook page, and the comments section, what happens next depends on how this initial game goes.

Given it is successful:

- Expansion board pieces and further soldier sprues and/or metal miniatures
- Individual component sales
- New games set in other eras

The folks at "Perry's Miniatures" (have no idea who it is) on the Facebook page also said that they look at it not just as a stand alone game but a way to play campaigns for setting up tabletop battles.

So I would imagine in this case the houses would be towns/cities and the miniatures would represent divisions/corps.

[Arthur]

The folks at "Perry's Miniatures" (have no idea who it is)

A couple of guys named Alan and Michael, most likely 

[Shaun1969]

Would be good for the blucher/scharnhorst stuff I guess

[flags_of_war]

I don't get it myself.

[Emir of Askaristan]

Not sure on the "Travel" angle to it  - bit of a misnomer to me. I cant see me playing it when travelling like travel scrabble!! I think its a fairly established feature of the hobby that you travel to play a game carrying your stuff with you or if hosting it, your opponent does, whether that's 6's or 28's at a club or at someone's dedicated room.

Seriously though,

I think (as others have said/mentioned) it taps into Command & Colours and also Blucher type games which seem to be increasing in popularity.

The figures are perhaps better than the wooden blocks but fail as miniatures - the recent 10-12mm plastic pieces out there for The Great War or the smaller plastics from GW Bot5A (or  the old Mighty Empires even) show what can be done. They aren't intended as miniatures I'm sure, only as pieces, but a large portion of the hobby looks for the former in games not the latter.

The scenery does look quite interesting and a different approach from tiles or card used in other systems.

It will be interesting to see what they do with it and where the expansions lead it to.

It seems a quality product, nice box art too. However I'd rather they stuck to 28's.

[Calimero]

It might have been better to start with 18th Century or ACW first then the same figures in different colours wouldn't have mattered so much.

That would have been a great idea... and maybe a better sells to "historical" gamers.

[CptJake]

For folks interested in the US, the WarStore has this up for pre-order at about $70.

[Timmo]

It might have been better to start with 18th Century or ACW first then the same figures in different colours wouldn't have mattered so much.

That was exactly my view. I'd have bought some figures to play other rules had they done AWI or ACW however, that's perhaps down to my personal preference as I have Napoleonics already. As harsh as it sounds the box art is fabulously enticing but the contents could be considered rather disappointing in comparison.

I have to echo other comments in not being too certain who this is targeted at and at £50 that's quite a big price tag for something that looks a bit 'cheap' to me.

[Costanzo]

Perries consider the Eighteenth Century please?

[tin shed gamer]

I'd take a closer look at that dodgy Photo shopped board. It's not even an image of a complete game.No figure base is going to sit like that on those hill sides.The woods are painted in !
At the moment all you can really say is £50 pre order, for a very pretty box and some left over bits from monopoly and Risk.
LawnRanger

I'd recommend tracking down a copy of Battle Masters a much better board game /war game.For younger Gamers.Or for that matter Hero Quest,and Space Crusade.

[Bergil]

I'm interested in it somewhat.