Dragon Rage Hot

Yes. I am on the record for this. Barnes! When you have your Final For Last Time I Am Selling This Sale, let me know.

I dunno man, it has the hallmarks of a Barnes Permanent Collection game...

I've been wanting a copy of this game myself, but the shipping just kills it for me.

Is there enough interest at this site to try to coordinate a case, hopefully lowering shipping costs, and distributing them?

Yes.

This looks really good. I might be in on that case. Let me know if it materializes.

Anyone know how to figure out what the price would be per copy if we ordered a case?

S.

I think we need Mr T in a Sombrero to chime in to see what he's able to do.

But I would be very interested in a copy if we could get this pulled off.

Also if Barnes is planning a review in a few weeks (I hope at least) that might drum up some more interest to make this viable.

For a total of approximately £55 I think I'll stick with my original copy.

I would be in too if we could get some kind of bulk discount.

Shipping a case of 6 (10Kg) or 12 (20Kg) units to US is €72.

You may want to go trough a retailer for such a group order, as he'd benefit from our retailer discount. Depending on his margin, he might even be willing to cover part of the shipping.

Also I'll be looking forward to find an US distributor during the upcoming Essen fair, but no news on that front yet.

By the way is there a way to get a email notification when a new coment is posted ?
(I missed the post, sorry for the delay.)

I don't think you can subscribe to News stories like this one ehanuise, but we should all be better about trash-mailing when a user's input is desired.

Man, I want this. Someone Kickstarter a project to get this game put in my hands!

I might be willing to talk to my FLGS and see if they would order them and what kind of price we could expect. Anyone else interested, so I can get an accurate count?

You should contact Boards & Bits. He cherry picks Essen releases that don't have a US distributer. In the past he has taken requests by e-mail, but now he has an on-line request form.

Dragon Rage is already on the request list

Ouch, yeah. I didn't realise this shipped from Europe and I was just about to go order a copy until I saw this.

Thanks Uba! I'll check that out first.

MattDP: It is a great game; maybe someone can pick up a copy at Essen for you and save the postage.

Just got email from funagain, they will pick some copies at Essen. (No idea how many, though.)

Awesome! When is Essen again so I can start to keep an eye out to snag a copy when they have it available?

thu 20/10 - sun 23/10.
I expect it'll ba a couple weeks after that before it's available from them, however.

Itching for my funagain copy.

I'm all for small games companies and I understand that the cost of putting out a game is far higher than for a large established company but I hope the gameplay far outclasses the components. While they are nice, this does not feel like a 75$ + game.

No offence to the man with the sombrero - I am betting (indeed, sincerely hope) that the game itself will be great... I also appreciate him bringing back a game 30 years out of print.

EDIT: I am not a 'chit' or much of a warmgames person, so judged in comparison to small wargames companies, the chits here are superthick, pre-rounded (no dang clippers!) and double-sided (with the original and new art) which is a super touch!

Edit: It looks like fun, just a bit underwhelming when first opened. Anyways, kicks the crap out of what I originally paid for Lock N Load's Zombie board game which I soon sold - just to compare.

Update: Okay, the vibe is getting a lot more positive - reading the rule set and I like the details. This is supposed to be an entry-level chit wargame and I like the way the various moves are implemented, including that water means instant soggy death should the dragon ever be brought down over it. (Images of Smaug and Laketown from childhood first reading of Hobbit recalled). Think I'm on board now.

My next review is Dragon Rage. I love it for exactly the reasons you're getting out of reading the rules- detail and narrative the comes from rules and gameplay instead of art and flavor text.

$75 is a definite downside. I'd like to see this at a $40 price point, but the small printing/small company thing for loses on that.

Great game though.

I watched this being demoed live at Essen and was impressed by Flatline Games's Eric Hanuise and his obvious passion for this remake.

It's a definite throwback to hex and chit wargaming but I'm beginning to get back into some wargames (like Wilderness War) and Magic Realm is a bit of a fantasy wargame in its own right. So far I like what I'm reading about this game. Whatever you want to say about the 70's and 80's, games used to be unpredictable and fun until we stared getting flooded with the book keeping, resource management and cube fondling of your standard Euro.

I'm also with Barnes on narrative coming from rules and gameplay rather than flavour text. I wished the game weren't so damned expensive, but considering how many games we buy and then either trade away or just quit playing how expensive is a game with staying power? To this day, I still play Magic Realm and I bought it in 1979. I wore out the game tiles on my first copy it got so many plays.