Perry's Travel Battles Game

[tin shed gamer]

I'm not,uninterested.Just undecided,I can't make up my mind if its a lack of care or over enthusiastic posting. But posting images of three ups still with the flash attached ( Especially on the cannon.)seems a very amateur approach,or a school boy error.
Surely the whole idea of marketing images is to present your products at there best?

[LawnRanger]

   If this is a way i can get my lads into wargaming at a early age and not over power them with rows of charts and ranges ( they do love a tape measure some what  .
   After all this is a Board Game using Plastic soldiers .For the younger gamer / new wargamer that does not have Hoards of painted figures
 . Why would an old Guard gamer  want to put away his painted figures and play a game of this you would not do it .So its not aimed at myself ! 

As for the figures i dont think perry would put out any poor castings , i do have 10mm fig for age of eagles so after a few games, and the boys get into it then we can use them (based 20mmx 25mm so should fit into the hex. ok)
 
I did not start wargaming till i was 15-16 years old at the old Globe Pub in Wells Many moons ago  .I dont want to push the boys into wargaming too quick and put them off from the start. But this dose look like a good FUN, quick way to get them into it ..

Tin shed I Think Battle master will be a bit more than £50   IF you can even find a copy of it .. as for Hero quest we do have it but more of a roll playing game which the boys do like .

If this can get a few more kids playing wargames with there dads then thats Got to be a good thing surely.

Happy gaming all LR 

[Hadrian39]

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[CptJake]

If making this game helps them to enjoy the 'limited time' they have on this earth, why would anyone begrudge them their happiness?

[Hadrian39]

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[Mattias]

It seem more often than not that the Perrys do what they feel like doing rather than looking only at sales. Danish Napoleonics? Cape Wars? Me personally I'm very
happy that they do offer their sculpts for sale and that they by the pure quality of their work tend to get people to start new obscure projects.
This seem to be a rather odd project that they thought about for quite some time and like themselves.
I imagine running your own miniature company as opposed to being a hired sculptor gives great freedom to sculpt what you like. Also, as other sculptor have testified, you get alot of requests but those requests arent always followed by an order once the new sculpts are released. So going by what you like as opposed to what everyone else is wanting you to do is probably a good idea. And as always, if you don't like their latest offerings don't buy them.
I'm looking forward to this particular release to I can see it all painted and hear more about the rules.
/Mattias

[Gibby]

I still think most wargamers aren't particularly active or vocal on forums, considering I see the same usernames across multiple forums, so it's hard to gauge how well this will do based on the reaction here. I'm sure it will prove popular enough for people who want what it's offering - a game to take around with you when camping, holidaying, white water rafting etc.

[tin shed gamer]

Innovation is important. It's that simple. However so is presentation and that was my point,and even more so when your trying to get customers onboard with an unusual product with a high price.
As a sculptor it is possible to get tunnel vision when working on a project,no matter which end of the scale you are.Sometimes you just miss the mark.( which can be something you simply don't notice for some considerable time or not at all.) I've done it (elephant trunks that are too long.)the Perry's have in the past.( German motorcycles with wheels sized for mopeds for one.)No ones immune from mistakes.  personally I've no issues with the sculpting( only been shown with such visible flash)as smaller scales are an art form in themselves,and a different animal to 28mm.
Until there's an actual copy, so I can actually see what they have in mind rather than hints that are open to interpretation . I'll remain scratching my head.
If it is a travel game then it suffers from the same fatal flaw all travel games do.Small parts don't travel well ,and often end up in a different location to the rest of the box.However the figures at this stage appear to require assembly/basing so that would suggest a its not intended as a travel set (a travel game that requires gluing together before you can use it!) nor would expansion sets.

No its on the fence I sit and non the wiser I remain.
Mark.

[carlos marighela]

Maybe it will be the next 'Travel Scrabble'. Perfect for those waiting for the Apocalypse.

[mweaver]

I walk a lot, and I already have trouble dodging cars whose drivers are yakking or - worse - texting on their cell phones.  Now I am going to have to dodge drivers who are playing TravelBattle?!  Aieeee!

They are trying something new, and something that might draw more younger gamers into the hobby.  Best of luck to 'em, says I.

-Michael

[Bergil]

Oh for the love of heaven, they are incredibly talented and amazing sculptors.  This is a commercial venture and as a customer I am expressing my view on a waste of talent in a commercial venture which could be better spent on sculpting more amazing figures.  If this is not a commercial venture as you seem to indicate CaptJake but for personal happiness, although how you have supreme insight into their motivation eludes me, then why are they selling this?  My point is they are great sculptors and people love their work, if they are going to make something to sell then continue doing what they are great at.  

 

[tin shed gamer]

No They're not daft, They worked for GW when I did . They know small scales are a hard sell .when it comes to encouraging younger and new players.Thats why Epic scale has Titans.No their target market capture age is 12-13.(regardless of packaging).which is one of the reasons I left,That and Maggie sent me on a desert holiday and her mate John said I had to stay.
Having gone back and read everything they've written about it.Two things stick out there's no mention from the company that its actually aimed at an entry level That idea comes in as a face book question.Nor that its a travel game.
It's a battle in a box idea. Which as mentioned by others already is an expanding market. And since that phrase is already part of other companies marketing. Travel is the next best marketing idea for a name,for their toe in that market.
But grown up thoughts aside it does confuse the hell out of you. Which has led to this threads of gentle musings and Mickey taking.
No a better explained marketing push has to be in the pipeline. Rather than the couple of paragraphs to die hard fans on Facebook.
But the name definitely deserves the ribbing its getting.

[Cubs]

Frankly I don't think the response to this has been extreme enough. It's akin to self-immolation, it's akin to smearing themselves up in a dirty protest and howling obscenities at a convent. Damn them, damn their eyes, their teeth and their pancreas for doing something different. I hate them for surprising me and hope they boil in hot Vimto for all eternity.

[Hadrian39]

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[Sarge Canard]

Frankly I don't think the response to this has been extreme enough. It's akin to self-immolation, it's akin to smearing themselves up in a dirty protest and howling obscenities at a convent. Damn them, damn their eyes, their teeth and their pancreas for doing something different. I hate them for surprising me and hope they boil in hot Vimto for all eternity.

 

Now that's an over-reaction