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I still lament at the demise of Chronopia one of my favorite game systems. GW however did not hesitate to pick up their leading artist and sculpture. Quote:
They have Mike McVey which has gotten them a good following, another system that has been gaining is Dark Ages. |
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On some of his endeavors, he was aided by stalwart, giant hulking "Space Marines" of other species, in armored space suits that used great crowbars to wreck the opposing nasty forces own armored space suits.. My brother in law who retired from the Navy as a Captain and I, a ground pounder, as young men, both loved those interstellar swashbuckling tales. Of course the new "Space Marines" are far more advanced and far more silly than Poul Anderson's were. It appears that the company that owns them is also silly. Kind of like Apple and MS, trying to trademark, patent, copyright old expressions. Last edited by frahse; 02-07-2013 at 11:22 AM. |
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The Lord of the Rings miniatures are a lot better, with focus on looking 'realistic', but that is because they were constrained by the license limits. Other companies have hooked into including powerful character figures in their games, because it's a nice cash cow. |
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Then again GW shot itself in the foot with 4th and later editions because they nerfed their most expensive kits- transport vehicles- to the ground. Quote:
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What I also find interesting in this story is how quick Amazon enforced the TM claim but did not apply the same vigor to themselves when their battle with Apple was going on (App store)
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02-07-2013, 06:02 PM | #22 |
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GW tend to do that with each rules update, and then bring out new (and expensive) goodies to spend cash on. It has worked for them so far, but I wonder how many customers they lost along along the way.
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Their business model does not aim to keep customers. They depend on churn - new customers constantly appearing. Most of their customers are kids, who play for a few years, then discover girls, and move on. By coming out with ever better units, to play competitively, you have to have the latest, so you can't use your big brother's stuff, that he isn't interested in any more. It's a brilliant, if somewhat amoral, model.
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Course Dark Sun was always frighteningly equal-opportunity about putting people in battle thongs... *involuntary shudder* |
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02-07-2013, 10:24 PM | #27 | |
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Yeah, and it's always been that way. Since most of the money is in rule books, not accessories, that's realy the only way it can be. Some companies do it better than most. WotC and GW are among the best.
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02-08-2013, 01:51 AM | #28 |
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What bugs me the most about this, is that it is a trademark claim, yet they used a DMCA takedown. DMCA is strictly for copyright, and using a DMCA takedown request for something other than copyright violations is considered misrepresentation. Problem is, because of the poor wording of the DMCA, it is extremely difficult to have anything done. You essentially have to prove that it was done knowingly and with malicious intent.
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Well, well; this is currently a featured article at the BBC News Technology page:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21380003 Graham |
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Also, the Kindle edition of "Spots" appears to be back:
http://www.amazon.com/Spots-Space-Ma...r_pr_orig_subj Can someone in the US confirm whether it's available to purchase? (In the UK I can't see a 'Buy' button for any book on amazon.com.) Graham Last edited by Graham; 02-08-2013 at 12:22 PM. Reason: fixed closing parenthesis. |
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