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Ares Games - Battle of Five Armies is coming

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09 Jan 2014 10:18 - 09 Jan 2014 10:20 #169553 by Sagrilarus

DukeofChutney wrote: i wonder whether the delay is deliberate. The game could get a boost in sales in time for the final Hobbit movie.


The delay may be due to Ares being six months late with Sales of Glory, which required a metric butt-ton of plastic to be produced, painted and assembled. I don't think they're all that big a company and SofG is quite a package. It needed to be out for Christmas but they missed, and I know two game store owners that figure they lost a couple thousand dollars in revenue because of it.

S.
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09 Jan 2014 10:56 #169555 by ChristopherMD
Wasn't SoG a kickstarter? When its not your own money invested then deadlines don't mean shit.

How many players is Battles for? 5? Or 2 (even if the box says otherwise) like WotR?

I'd prefer they get the promised WotR expansions out ahead of this.

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09 Jan 2014 11:31 #169558 by Msample

Mad Dog wrote: Wasn't SoG a kickstarter? When its not your own money invested then deadlines don't mean shit.


Perhaps, but to Sag's point, by missing Christmas they cost themselves some incremental sales through traditional channels.

Mad Dog wrote: How many players is Battles for? 5? Or 2 (even if the box says otherwise) like WotR?

I'd prefer they get the promised WotR expansions out ahead of this.


Yeah, I'd prefer the WotR stuff too. But this game has been in the pipeline for a while, my guess is that from a playtesting development standpoint, it was closer than the expansion stuff. And I think from a timing perspective, slotting it in between the 2nd and 3rd Hobbit movies will allow them to maximize sales.

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09 Jan 2014 18:24 #169584 by Bulwyf
I have high hopes for this one. May it fall closer to the WotR end of the awesome scale and far, far, far away from the Age of Conan end.

-Will

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09 Jan 2014 19:41 #169592 by Sagrilarus

Mad Dog wrote: Wasn't SoG a kickstarter? When its not your own money invested then deadlines don't mean shit.


Oh yes they do when you've got a business loan to cover your 4X print run and distributors and retailers are looking to hand you cash. They also matter when 40% of your sales occur in a 30 day period that just passed.

AND when getting it out the door needs to happen to free up room for projects like Five Armies.

S.

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09 Jan 2014 19:45 #169594 by jpat

Sagrilarus wrote: AND when getting it out the door needs to happen to free up room for projects like Five Armies.

S.


And more Battles of Napoleon. Oh, wait ...

(Not that I did more than look at my copy of that.)

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02 Oct 2014 17:30 #188043 by Hex Sinister
Well, it's finally out. Somebody give us the scoop already.
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03 Oct 2014 04:30 #188059 by jur
I hope to try and perhaps pick it up in Essen.

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03 Oct 2014 14:45 #188069 by Hex Sinister
Cool. Have fun at Essen!
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03 Oct 2014 15:35 #188072 by Space Ghost
I just picked it up from coolstuff -- hope to try it out soon.
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