Thanks for the information, Captain oh my Captain!
Thanks for the information, Captain oh my Captain!
So, nothing for WGS in 2015.So much for the year of 3 WGS releases. Obviously, things happen both out of the control of Ares and perhaps there are things they can improve upon as well. I am being a tad bit dramatic, but it's only because I care so much. Here is to a better 2016 , for WGS and Ares games in general. Looking back at the released items from Ares overall in 2015, covering all their games, I didn't see a ton of new products. Indicative of bigger issues perhaps? Anyway, I look forward to getting Dauntlesses and the Thunderbolts as soon as possible!
You are not alone Daniel in caring this much about WGS and I agree that 2015 has been a disappointing year for the game on theOriginally Posted by P-51D
So, nothing for WGS in 2015.front ... But if people like us were not still passionate about the game then it really would be facing extinction. The key is finding ways of keeping that passion alive that are able to potentially bridge massive gaps once we have them. The best idea I have come up with as you are probably aware of by now took a lot of research but was still fun to do. It also took my mind off a complete cock up of a repaint job which just could not be salvaged: Originally the stand (now replaced) and many of the other WGS heavy bomber components were diverted into use with this DIY and unofficial
That would definitely be one way of turning 2015 from a flat dull and forgettable year for WGS into a year that is worth remembering ... Call this a friendly challenge with the only restriction being the 1/200 Scale factor
Thanks for the positive support and great ideas. I certainly love that there are many options out there to expand both WGF and WGS. Furthermore, I am not opposed to unofficial models and am a decent enough painter and artisan. However, my preference to expanding a game is hold back until the game officially ends. Nothing bugs me more than making a model and then having the company make an official version. Consequently, I hold off until I know a game is good and dead and that I enjoy before making any unofficial additions. A prime example of this strategy is War at Sea. I love that game for many reasons. It's simple base rules make for a fun quick game and my friends and I have developed more advanced rules and added thousands of units through sister ships and previously left out ship and airplane classes when we want something more indepth. In order to represent them in the game, we have turned to Shapeways. I buy anywhere from 50-100 dollars worth of new models and supplies on a monthly basis. i have been adding them to my game for years now. I still have quite a large amount left to buy and wouldn't be surprised if that still totaled somewhere north of $1,200.00.You are not alone Daniel in caring this much about WGS and I agree that 2015 has been a disappointing year for the game on the
That would definitely be one way of turning 2015 from a flat dull and forgettable year for WGS into a year that is worth remembering ... Call this a friendly challenge with the only restriction being the 1/200 Scale factor
All that being said, I am glad there are so many people out there making WGS/WGF their personalized version of the game and admittedly I too, will do that at some point. But for now, I want official game pieces of the quality that Ares supplies. I would rather have the official stuff rather than rely on the vissitudes of my artisan skills until after the game officially ends.
As far as excitement for series 6 and beyond is concerned, let's just the delays have left it untempered. Bring 'me on!
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Yes. But when you want to have certain planes in a game, like Bf 109 F/G, Fw 190A, Spitfires of later versions, Italian fighters and bombers you will have to wait at least 2 maybe 3 or more years from now for the official products if ever! I do not want to wait that long. I want to field planes according to my taste, for the game is absolutely ready for that and cries for a faster production line. With RAP available we have everything we need to recreate fascinating air battles of WWII on every front.
Everything except most well known and popular planes.
In spite of the ones mentioned above, we are offered as "official" less popular and demanded planes (D-520, Reggiane) or planes of very limited usage in the game (Lancaster).
I want to fly miniatures, not wait, flying a desk and begging ARES for mercy.
"We do not stop playing when we get old, but we get old when we stop playing."
Yes. But when you want to have certain planes in a game, like Bf 109 F/G, Fw 190A, Spitfires of later versions, Italian fighters and bombers you will have to wait at least 2 maybe 3 or more years from now for the official products if ever! I do not want to wait that long. I want to field planes according to my taste, for the game is absolutely ready for that and cries for a faster production line. With RAP available we have everything we need to recreate fascinating air battles of WWII on every front.
Everything except most well known and popular planes.
In spite of the ones mentioned above, we are offered as "official" less popular and demanded planes (D-520, Reggiane) or planes of very limited usage in the game (Lancaster).
I want to fly miniatures, not wait, flying a desk and begging ARES for mercy.
The lifeline for WoG WW2 is the basic stuff to play the most popular theatres. I.E. BoB & Pacific War zones.
Therefore we must have Spits, Hurricanes, ME 109's & III's plus Wildcats, Dauntless, Zeros, Kates, & Val's available all the time.
I get what you are saying, however I prefer to use what they have put out, which is extensive, if not definitive at this point. I don't like aftermarket stands or unofficial cards etc. But that is obviously just my way of doing things and there are a lot of ways people play and collect this game that makes them happy and therefore, "right" for them.Yes. But when you want to have certain planes in a game, like Bf 109 F/G, Fw 190A, Spitfires of later versions, Italian fighters and bombers you will have to wait at least 2 maybe 3 or more years from now for the official products if ever! I do not want to wait that long. I want to field planes according to my taste, for the game is absolutely ready for that and cries for a faster production line. With RAP available we have everything we need to recreate fascinating air battles of WWII on every front.
Everything except most well known and popular planes.
In spite of the ones mentioned above, we are offered as "official" less popular and demanded planes (D-520, Reggiane) or planes of very limited usage in the game (Lancaster).
I want to fly miniatures, not wait, flying a desk and begging ARES for mercy.
I have managed to amass a pretty good collection of WGS over the last few months, all nicely packed away until I get the inclination to move on from WGF.
I am enjoying the Over the Trenches scenarios and look forward to similar pleasure with the World War II aircraft at some point in the future.
The delay of Series 6 is disappointing, but not the end of my world.
Is this one of the new models ?
I don't speak Italian but this photo's recently been posted on the Italian wing, looks like the new Japanese aircraft.
https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...d5&oe=56D0AA6E
Yup; that would be the new Judys.
Karl
It is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he thinks he knows. -- Epictetus
Hi Gerry, look at page 12 of this thread.
There are more pictures of series 6.
Voilŕ le soleil d'Austerlitz!
Thanks for pointing those out, having watched this thread I missed the first pics. Doh
Welcome to the Aerodrome, Gerry. I see that you have been a member here for quite a while but have not posted many messages. May I suggest that you go to the Report for Duty sub-Forum and introduce yourself. Then lots of members will welcome you. People here are very friendly.
Good to see you posting Gerry.
I would love to see my Wingman in the Officers' club sharing a few virtual beers and a chat with the lads.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
<-wonders if anyone else noticed a certain other "of Glory" game conspicuously absent from those photos...
Maybe nothing new for The Game that Starts with S for the foreseeable - only realised when you came to mention it
There is more than one s*** (are four letter words allowed on this forum?) in the production process now as a third series, and a fourth being designed. Plus some other little expansions for S***s of Glory. Even if no painted prototypes were ready for the show yet...
Now that at least is good news, I for one was getting a bit twitchy
Third and fourth? Do you mean reprinted of old Nexus series?
You are allowed to mention Sails of Glory Andrea. Just don't let Tim (Flying Helmut) see it, otherwise it will set off his Tourette's sails syndrome again.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
For which you have the dried frog pills, no?You are allowed to mention Sails of Glory Andrea. Just don't let Tim (Flying Helmut) see it, otherwise it will set off his Tourette's sails syndrome again.
Rob.
Karl
It is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he thinks he knows. -- Epictetus
No Dan.Third and fourth? Do you mean reprinted of old Nexus series?
SAILS OF GLORY.
The game you want to buy after Summer Con next year.
(...wonder if this decoy is big enought to attract Helmut's attention at his 6000 feet altitude level.
Voilŕ le soleil d'Austerlitz!
Ah, I didn't noticed change of topic. Thank you, Sven!
Wow, i am a bit late for the party. All right, what's not good is that Ares keep doing the same bad sticker wrap like in the previous wave. Especially my beloved Dountless looks like horror, not mentioning that the Midway scheme is missing in favour of some obscure rarity. The positive side of that is that i am gonna spend money just on the shiny, aluminium Razorback. I loved the last WWI wave, and that one made a real wind in my wallet (just to prove that i am not just bitchin about everything i see).
Did anyone get these boys?
http://www.amazon.com/MRT68203-Daunt.../dp/B00OSTK06I
Do they look any decent?
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Fear not Sven, I have a new supply ready and awaiting the new season.No Dan.
SAILS OF GLORY.
The game you want to buy after Summer Con next year.
(...wonder if this decoy is big enought to attract Helmut's attention at his 6000 feet altitude level.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
I am thankful to Ares for choosing various schemes for every plane of this serie.
2 US Dauntless and a French one sound more interesting than 3 US (I don't say that because I am French, it could have also be 2 US and one New-Zealand).
Those who want to play squadron will buy a few models of the same scheme.
Same for the P47 : 2 US and one British (but why both US have invasion stripes ?).
Even with the Judy, as there are no choice of different paintings, Ares proposes one with a radial engine and 2 with in-line engine.
They have been talking about a WGS Starter Set for Midway. So perhaps there it could/will be in there.
That would be for sure a legal reason for not including it now. Thanks for explaining it.
A number of us did; they have been discussed a few places, like here:
http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/sho...ighlight=merit
http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/sho...ighlight=merit
Karl
It is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he thinks he knows. -- Epictetus
Thank you Karl
I do not like the Merit International line of planes because the propellers tend to snap off if you just look at them wrong.
Please keep in mind that this is what I have deduced from various emails with Ares. I have never been told this is how it is going to be.
Please post something on the Anchorage. Folks would be very happy to hear anything regarding SoG.
“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.” ― Plato
So, Christmas is nearly here and no release date for these birds yet......no official Ares photos, and people so jaded, there isn't even any discussion in the main thread for a month. You are losing us Ares....2015, was an abysmal year for WGS, which is a shame, with all the potential it once held. Hopefully, 2016, can prove to be great.
In my view it has been a poor year for both WW2 of which we have had no new models. I understand that there will always be production and distribution problems but nothing for a year is in my mind a bit of a poor show
I think I agree with the others here. This year has seen me playing less and less. Due in part to how busy I have been but it would be nice to have something to liven things up on the table. At any rate, as usual it's this forum that keeps me interested in the game and if it weren't for coming on every now and then to see what others are up to I fear my interest would have diminished all the more.
I am concerned at this point that a future Corsair and Lightning will never be made due to franchise failure. The biggest threat is lack of support in the form of releases or even communication about future releases. Eventually people start playing other things and they may or may not continue to seek WGS (for the record, I will buy if they fly). I see another potential issue specific to US sales. The upcoming Dauntless and Thunderbolt will come in three versions, two US and one European. Based on what I see from old sets left on US shelves the Euro plane versions are not going to sell as well, making it increasingly unlikely that stores will want to order more if they are forced to buy in sets of three. Maybe Ares should consider making the third plane blank with stickers so the buyer can decide which colors to fly.
2015 has indeed been a flat year for WGS on the Ares Games front. However one excellent way the Aerodrome does keep the spirit of the game alive is with the new ideas and aircraft which are put into the game by Members from other sources: I'm of course talking about Shapeways and AIM for example. But in terms of having ready to run
I personally cannot regard 2015 as a bad year for WGS just a flat one as mentioned before. After all I discovered the game in February 2015 and have enjoyed the collecting
What you guys wrote above makes me think that a decision to give up the card version of the game and focus on it's miniatures side was a huge marketing mistake.
We have just talked with Sven AKA Marechallannes recently that it would be so nice to have sets of new cards and maneuver decks of new and also existing aircraft in blisters, which are easy to produce and cheaper in shipping all around.
WoG can be perfectly played with just cards on a table.
Moreover, new cards would incite to outsource minis from Shapeways or AIM as well.
A starter pack with just cards in it, like it was during old NEXUS days (FFtS, unpublished RoD etc.) would do really well, I am sure about it.
"We do not stop playing when we get old, but we get old when we stop playing."
Andrzej, I have tried sharing new-in-shrink WoW boxes along with a few booster packs on BGG in various threads. I never had anyone take them. I have been able to put minis into folks hands, but the cards fell flat. Personally, I like the cards and am glad I picked up each release. The only thing missing was a stale piece of pink gum.
“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.” ― Plato
I have a feeling that had the game not evolved by the time I discovered it then I would not have actually joined the fun. I really do enjoy the collecting and playing with
Having said this though I would like to emphasise how much I enjoy actually playing the game too. Rather than seemingly having an excuse to collect yet more aircraft models!
I love both aspects. Playing with miniatures is my first choice, but if I'm traveling away with limited carrying capacity its nice to be able to pop "Drachens" or "Watch Your Back" into a suitcase and go
This is what I usually do as well!I love both aspects. Playing with miniatures is my first choice, but if I'm traveling away with limited carrying capacity its nice to be able to pop "Drachens" or "Watch Your Back" into a suitcase and go
One of the "old" Nexus boxes is labelled Demo Copy with all the stuff necessary to play for 2 players virtually on any table.
"We do not stop playing when we get old, but we get old when we stop playing."
Good one, Eric
I looked at the card version of the game on the shelf at the LFGS for 3 or 4 years without buying it. It was not until the minis came out that I was willing to play it. It's kind of scary to think about it, but if the minis never came out, this site would have never been born. How different my life would have been over the past 6 years!
It was an ebay lot of minis that caught my attention. Not knowing anything about the game, I bid and won. While looking to find out what the game was, I found the 'Drome. I'm glad I was on ebay that day.
“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.” ― Plato
I was originally going to buy just a few aircraft - one of each type. No more than 4 in total.
I had similar misguided thoughts.
“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.” ― Plato
id have to disagree with you there andy. i dont think id have gotten into the game if not for the minis
even more reason to love the minis
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