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Author Topic: CMON makes tabletop game with miniatures for Song of Ice and Fire  (Read 6231 times)

Offline manic _miner

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Re: CMON makes tabletop game with miniatures for Song of Ice and Fire
« Reply #30 on: May 16, 2017, 09:25:17 AM »
 Some really nice looking miniatures shown so far.

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Re: CMON makes tabletop game with miniatures for Song of Ice and Fire
« Reply #31 on: May 28, 2017, 07:42:16 PM »
Looking forward to this kickstarter. Never been disappointed by CMON, excellent quality products.

In-depth article with painted miniatures samples here:

http://geekandsundry.com/our-hands-on-impressions-of-a-song-of-ice-fire-miniatures-game-from-cmon-expo/
« Last Edit: May 28, 2017, 07:47:43 PM by Admiral Benbow »

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Re: CMON makes tabletop game with miniatures for Song of Ice and Fire
« Reply #32 on: May 29, 2017, 11:49:38 AM »
Thanks for the link, Admiral.

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Offline CaptainHaddonCollider

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Re: CMON makes tabletop game with miniatures for Song of Ice and Fire
« Reply #33 on: May 30, 2017, 07:46:32 AM »
Thanks for the link. The miniatures look absolutely like 32mm's in the video. Not that I mind, but they won't be compatible to, say, perry true 28's, which is a shame for most people who already have armies.

Offline PaintsByNumbers

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Re: CMON makes tabletop game with miniatures for Song of Ice and Fire
« Reply #34 on: June 04, 2017, 01:17:33 AM »
So just another skirmish scale rules, GW buckets o dice derivative. Yawn.

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Re: CMON makes tabletop game with miniatures for Song of Ice and Fire
« Reply #35 on: June 04, 2017, 06:29:16 PM »
So just another skirmish scale rules, GW buckets o dice derivative. Yawn.

I gotta say the main things putting me off it is the idea of it using massed battle mechanics with so few troops - ie units of 12 infantry in ranks. Seems unattractive to me. If you're gonna go for massed battle with ranked units, they gotta be BIG! Or just stick with skirmish, either open order units or individual models. This is a weird half-way thing I don't like.

Offline Davout

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Re: CMON makes tabletop game with miniatures for Song of Ice and Fire
« Reply #36 on: June 06, 2017, 02:37:11 PM »
I get why CMON is developing this game, it's a popular IP and the design direction is meant to appeal to board gamers who want to try out a miniatures game (much like FFG and their Rune Wars game) but I feel that for experienced miniatures war gamers it might lack something.

What I like about the idea of gaming out GoT (or ASoIF for the book purists) is how easy it is to do with most mass battle/skirmish medieval rule sets. Martin, despite writing a fantasy series has done quite a bit to remove most fantasy elements. The battles as written don't have epic, un-killable heroes riding around on huge war beasts (unless you want to play out the early Targaryen conquests) and there are no wizards casting fire bolts down on the heads of the opposing side. You can easily play out most GoT games using Lion Rampant or Sword and Spear etc.

As for the minis they look a little over designed to me. I'd much rather add GoT appropriate heraldry to a box of Perry's then work with the sculpted on iconography CMON has added to these figs.         

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Re: CMON makes tabletop game with miniatures for Song of Ice and Fire
« Reply #37 on: September 12, 2017, 01:58:10 PM »
The figures look really good, but I don't like the ultra deep relief of the embossed heraldry on the shields  :?

Sorry for the threadomancy but I just stumbled over this on CMON.

My thoughts exactly, Richard.

Does anyone know *what* kind of plastic or resin, exactly, they are made from? Makes a huge difference in regards to durability and paintability.

Offline Thomas Thomas

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Re: CMON makes tabletop game with miniatures for Song of Ice and Fire
« Reply #38 on: November 08, 2017, 05:41:57 PM »
Have been following this Kickstarter closely (and invested).
 
Figures:
Positives:  using book based characters and "look" rather than HBO version.
Negative:  to much fantasy and oversized  armor.  Very large so will not work with other lines.

Rules:
Positive:  well written and illustrated.
Negatives:  very board gamey too many special powers and worst of all "alternative activation" meaning you can only advance one unit at a time not a whole battle line.  Not true to either books or HBO version of battles.

Not suprisingly I'll stick with A Game of Knights and Knaves for my Fantistorical battles.  May try to use the figures and the trays for games in that system though.  Wish figures had been compatible with Perry etc. who truely catch the flavor of Martin's world.  Good reason to stick with a rule set not tied to a figure line.

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Re: CMON makes tabletop game with miniatures for Song of Ice and Fire
« Reply #39 on: November 09, 2017, 07:32:08 PM »
Yes the size of The minis was what made me hesitating to pledge. In the end I joined the KS.
When I saw the minis in real at Spiel in Essen I realised how big they actually are. As I really like the sculpts and quality so far,
 it seems they have to be kept separate from the rest of my collection.
Cheers Thomas
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