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Let's Talk Mantic Games
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I do wish Mantic would come up with some better setting material and a more distinguished style. The most successful minis games - namely 40k and Warmachine- have figures that have unmistakeable silhouettes. Their best models are the ones where they go completely off the GW template- the fish people, the monkeys, the ghosts, the bugs and so forth in Dreadball for example. But they still don't have a signature look.
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Michael Barnes wrote: I do wish Mantic would come up with some better setting material and a more distinguished style. The most successful minis games - namely 40k and Warmachine- have figures that have unmistakeable silhouettes.
This is what I want us to address a little more. I feel there's a chance that Mantic may have some of the best rules going in sci-fi and fantasy tabletop gaming. However, rules only aren't going to keep the company afloat in this market, IMO. Like you say, DeadZone is probably going to go unnoticed and if Necromunda ever comes out, worse rules or no, it will put DeadZone away simply because it is _still_ top of mind when it comes to sci-fi skirmish games...and it's been oop for years. Much like BB...a great game...but there are many that won't give DB a chance simply because BB exists.
So, what does Mantic do? Seems like they have to up the aesthetic of their minis to catch the eye of gamers. Great rules are good if you're a one man show doing pdfs, but if you are a company looking to compete with the big dogs gamers need a reason to buy more from you...and if you aren't selling paints and brushes...it's gotta be minis.
I wonder if their marketing needs to get fired up with a little aggression or something. I mean, they can't be depending on KS solely as their marketing branch.
Ronnie did the right thing when he toured the WFB Indy GTs last year and got the new KoW in the hands of all the 8th ed WFB players, but how do you get the more dinner table games like DeadZone and DreadBall more limelight?
Originally, they had their chaos dwarves, squats, and hruds to sell minis to 40k an WFB fans...now they really need a unique race/class to take them to the next level. Like you say, a Space Marine or a Jack. Enforcers aren't going to cut it.
I'm not sure what it'll be but they need to hurry because as much as I don't see RuneWars and future FFG minis games impacting GW much...it could hurt a garage outfit like Mantic.
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The thing is, I find their miniatures uninspired. Generic minis are fine. Niche fantasy/sci-fi minis are fine also. But their stuff seems to rest in between, and I just can't make myself to like them. Even their terrain are just boxes. Just compare Deadzone's plastic terrain and GW's cities of death stuff.
I mean, if I'm doing the opposite of what they intended (playing THEIR games with GW minis), that's pretty bad right?
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They need to be selling minis is my guess.
Originally they sold dead armies for wfb and 40k players to buy....now it seems players are using wfb and 40k minis to play their games
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For some reason I still hold out hope that their recently established rules committee can fix it. If the game ever lived up to it's original billing I'd be overjoyed.
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That said, I'm holding off on the companion and expansions until I see some positive feedback from others. The products seem to need revisions.
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I don't know Deadzone, but both Mars Attacks and Walking Dead are bad ass
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