Does it really matter who the NDA Co. is at this point?

[JayRaider]

Just wondering, this NDA company, most believe its a software game company with lots of licences and connections.
Does it really matter to you who it is at this point?
For me, BFE appears dead from Mongoose's point of view. Some mutated EVO games with the new licences will appear.
These don't interest me.
I liked BFE.
The NDA Co. carrot just ain't working for us BFE gamers and we're showing this by hitting Mongoose with the stick (from my reading of the net).

P.S. To moderators: if you feel this post needs to be removed? Have the manners to give me an explanation (not like the last few times!!!). I think i deserve it after spending so much money with you on ACTA/BFE!

[Armchair_Marine]

Personally I always felt BFE models needed A LOT of improvement. And if this mystery company will help achieve that it will be worth the wait.

[DM]

When its all done and dusted it will be interesting to see whether there was actually any good reason for all this NDA mularky, or whether it was all just hype.

[Lorcan Nagle]

I'm pretty sure it'll be worth it. Mongoose have taken a total ass-kicking these last 18-odd months and I do believe them when they say they're trying to sort it out.

[DM]

No, what i mean is whether the whole NDA element of the current situation is worth it, or whether there is a lot of corporate "willy waving" going on (I've experienced this many, may times working with "precious" companies and corporations - perhaps it is someone along these lines with whom MGP is currently negotiating).

I'm sure the end result will be worth waiting for

[lastbesthope]

Well someone obviously is of the opinion that the company's name is important enoughto be kept secret or said information wouldn't be covered by the NDA.

LBH

[Xorrandor]

Well someone obviously is of the opinion that the company's name is important enoughto be kept secret or said information wouldn't be covered by the NDA.

And that's the question: is it someone with a legitimate concern, or just someone who just reflexively slaps an NDA on everything?

[Aussie-Richard]

Well someone obviously is of the opinion that the company's name is important enoughto be kept secret or said information wouldn't be covered by the NDA.

LBH

Oftentimes, the fact that 'someone' thinks that something is important or true, doesn't always make it so... Can we all say WMD?

Besides, people taking their secrets, opinions and beliefs (and most probably, themselves...) altogether too seriously is why this world is as screwed up as it is!

On the bright side, though... we get a hobby!

[Greg Smith]

I think what the OP means, is that,whoever the NDA partner company is, BFE as we know it will no longer be supported. The ultra-modern, quasi-realistic, 15-years-in-the-future wargame will be replaced by something new and different.

[Xorrandor]

I think what the OP means, is that,whoever the NDA partner company is, BFE as we know it will no longer be supported. The ultra-modern, quasi-realistic, 15-years-in-the-future wargame will be replaced by something new and different.

I'm actually not taking that as a given yet. It sounds to me like we might get a connected series of quasi-realistic, 15-years-in-the-future minigames that are interoperable. "Riot in Bagdhad" matches US Marines against rioting Iraqis, with rules for hidden insurgents and explosives. "Orient Express" matches teams of spies as they try to steal vital information without getting caught. And now you have the option of sending a team of spies into a building guarded by US Marines, if you combine the sets.

It could work, but I'm not sure about the sliding skirmish<->squad scale. That would seem to call for SFB-levels of rules organization, which kind of ruins the whole simple vibe that Evo has now.

[Wishbone]

thats the pic i've got in my mind too. I think BE as we know it will still be there, but as a supplement to a greater and more encompassing game.

well, fingers crossed anyway.

[Lorcan Nagle]

Rereading the state of the mongoose address suggests that BF:Evo is going to continue just with unpainted minis, and the games produced with the NDA company (and maybe more mongoose-specific ones) will be the later games mentioned. Presumably it'll be the later games that are lower-level and have the more detailed rules.

That said, there's no reason why the more detailed rules will negate the current stat cards, or that Mongoose can't just publish free stats (or include them in a rulebook) for the existing models.

[PilGrim]

I pretty much gave in on BFE and moved to AT43 a couple of months ago. While there are still problems over in AT43land, the difference in approach has been most welcome.

As for BFE, well, this message may as well have RIP at the end. Without the prepaints it becomes just another set of modern skirmish rules. I can't honestly see MGP bothering with metals - the whole modern metal thing is so well covered by others.

Anyway, good luck

[shotgun-toting chipmunk]

I do prefer the idea of prepaints for BF:Evo. Made it a lot easier to get into the game.

However, there is something else that makes BF:Evo models stand out from the rest, and what has kept me from looking at other companies to expand on my forces: Realistic proportions. Pretty much every modern line I've seen is too beefy, cartoonish, or has really big heads and/or weapons in relation to the body. BF:Evo models actually look proper for actual humans, and I like that.

[darklord4]

Without the prepaints it becomes just another set of modern skirmish rules.

I have several armies worth of minis from other sources. The most annoying thing was keeping the scale the same as BFE in the off chance I would meet another BFE player besides my stepson. I wonder if MGP has considered taking the same approach as Victory at Sea and just provide the rules/stats and let the players come up with their own minis.

[Greg Smith]

They have kind of done that with the stat cards in S&P.

[dsfrankevo]

Without the prepaints it becomes just another set of modern skirmish rules.

I have several armies worth of minis from other sources. The most annoying thing was keeping the scale the same as BFE in the off chance I would meet another BFE player besides my stepson. I wonder if MGP has considered taking the same approach as Victory at Sea and just provide the rules/stats and let the players come up with their own minis.

That looks to be the path they are taking with the WWII version of the game and possibly a WWI version as well.

Truth is we can pretty much do that with the BF Evo stuff as well - pick a scale & go - most of the gang on Evocommand.com are moving towards 1/72 - a few of us will stick with 28mm BIG stuff - there are lots of options & different cards for modern stuff on evocommand.com & the main card poster - Pietia - will do custom requests if you need something that doesn't yet have a card

[kodiak155]

Besides from general curiousity, I could care less about who the NDA company is. It's not the reason I liked the game. The proposed plan for metal minitures is a HUGE mistake. Some of the folks that I've played table top games with in the past have given up on it entirely - the store I went to doesn't even carry the minitures anymore. Instead, they're playing a game called AT43 produced by Rackham. Different premise - scifi based table-top strategy game; but similar idea in producing and marketing pre-painted game-pieces. Rackham has not only produced several different units for the original three different factions, it's expanding it game with introducing a fourth faction - and I'm not kidding about this - they're space monkeys. So, Mongoose needs to sh*t or get off the pot! There are already several companies that are producing metal minitures that can be used in BFE (Devil Dogg Designs, for instance); and there are already a couple of games requiring models to be assembled and painted (shall I say Flames of War and ......OMG.......WARHAMMER & 40k?) So, to whomever works at the company who may chance to read this, I say to you this...........Keep It Simple and Stupid!!!!! The more complex you try to make this.......and yes, Mongoose IS trying to make it more complicated......the more likely it is to fail; to be forgotten by the side of the road like a dead animal.

[demonllamma]

Besides from general curiousity, I could care less about who the NDA company is. It's not the reason I liked the game. The proposed plan for metal minitures is a HUGE mistake. Some of the folks that I've played table top games with in the past have given up on it entirely - the store I went to doesn't even carry the minitures anymore. Instead, they're playing a game called AT43 produced by Rackham. Different premise - scifi based table-top strategy game; but similar idea in producing and marketing pre-painted game-pieces. Rackham has not only produced several different units for the original three different factions, it's expanding it game with introducing a fourth faction - and I'm not kidding about this - they're space monkeys. So, Mongoose needs to sh*t or get off the pot! There are already several companies that are producing metal minitures that can be used in BFE (Devil Dogg Designs, for instance); and there are already a couple of games requiring models to be assembled and painted (shall I say Flames of War and ......OMG.......WARHAMMER & 40k?) So, to whomever works at the company who may chance to read this, I say to you this...........Keep It Simple and Stupid!!!!! The more complex you try to make this.......and yes, Mongoose IS trying to make it more complicated......the more likely it is to fail; to be forgotten by the side of the road like a dead animal.

From what I understand, the nonpainted stuff is something of a holdover until they can get everything squared away with the mysterious Company X (cue dramatic music).

[tiepilot1138]

From what I understand, the nonpainted stuff is something of a holdover until they can get everything squared away with the mysterious Company X (cue dramatic music).

The problem with this is that the wargame crowd (and hobbyists in general) are a fickle crowd. They aren't going to wait 2 years (and by the time the pre-paints come out again we'll be going on at least 18 months, assuming that they actually meet this estimate). They are going to move onto something else. By the time BFE gets back on it's feet, gamer's money will be invested in something else.

I'm not getting rid of my stuff, but I'm looking for the next thing out there now too. I'm getting real tired of waiting.