Battlefield Evolution.
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Armydillo978
Mongoose
zlatan said:
What's Battlefield Evolution?
DaWarbossMI
Mongoose
I don't think Battlefield Evo is dead or even ever died. Let's call it a sabbatical. Evo is a great rule set and the 'reaction' component of the game makes sure that no player is ever just sitting there waiting for their turn. The system, while not simplistic by any means, is simple. I've run several demos of the game and even 8-10 year old kids get the basic concepts fairly quickly.
The first rule set had some quirks to work out, but every 1st run game does (its like a new model car for the first few years...they hafta get the bugs out). The big speedbump for Evo was the figures. They were promoted as the best thing since sliced bread and, indeed, the prototypes Mongoose received from the Chinese manufacturer were fantastic. When the actual retail models came out, they were not the quality promised by the manufacturer. They were still very well done for pre-painted plastics (look at MageKnight, and the Clixs series by WizKids...those paint jobs look like they were done by a blind monkey). Granted, Mongoose may be a larger company in terms of the gaming world, they are small potatoes in the global marketplace. They could rant and rave to the Chinese manufacturer all they wanted but... too bad. Without Walmart style buying power, nobody's going to be able to budge an Asian exporter. Its not like western countries are on the best legal terms with China, so how would a company like Mongoose get recompense from a manufacturer who doesn't produce what they promised. Good luck with that one. Still, I think that $30 US for a box of 8-10 models prepainted to the quality that the Evo ones were is a good price. It works out to be $3.25 or so a model which is the going rate per figure for unpainted, unassembled pewter figs...
As far as Evolution's future, I think its a bright one. The World at War and Modern core books are both out and are great. The broken rules from the first edition are fixed and the game is great. It can be played in 1/72 or 25/8mm too. As far as models go, Mongoose may not make the figs anymore, but there are a ton of companies out there that do.
Mongoose also made the choice to open the license for Battlefield Evolution. This is going to give a big boost, I think, to the system. My company, Exploding Goat Games, just produced a supplement for Evo called Apocalypse-Z. Its due for worldwide release in November. It allows players to fight against zombies :twisted: using the Evo core rules. (shamless plug time)... you can pick it up right off of the Mongoose website since The Goat is a Flaming Cobra company. You can actually pre-order it right now if you go to the new releases area and scroll down to the November release area.
But shameless plug aside, open licening will certainly breathe a lot of life into Battlefield Evolution. Which, in an of itself, is a great game! If you don't have the current editions of Modern of WWII, I'd suggest you pick them up (I'd also suggest you pre-order Apocalypse-Z, since I have bills to pay :wink: ).
Well... that's my two cents.
Jay Hyland
The first rule set had some quirks to work out, but every 1st run game does (its like a new model car for the first few years...they hafta get the bugs out). The big speedbump for Evo was the figures. They were promoted as the best thing since sliced bread and, indeed, the prototypes Mongoose received from the Chinese manufacturer were fantastic. When the actual retail models came out, they were not the quality promised by the manufacturer. They were still very well done for pre-painted plastics (look at MageKnight, and the Clixs series by WizKids...those paint jobs look like they were done by a blind monkey). Granted, Mongoose may be a larger company in terms of the gaming world, they are small potatoes in the global marketplace. They could rant and rave to the Chinese manufacturer all they wanted but... too bad. Without Walmart style buying power, nobody's going to be able to budge an Asian exporter. Its not like western countries are on the best legal terms with China, so how would a company like Mongoose get recompense from a manufacturer who doesn't produce what they promised. Good luck with that one. Still, I think that $30 US for a box of 8-10 models prepainted to the quality that the Evo ones were is a good price. It works out to be $3.25 or so a model which is the going rate per figure for unpainted, unassembled pewter figs...
As far as Evolution's future, I think its a bright one. The World at War and Modern core books are both out and are great. The broken rules from the first edition are fixed and the game is great. It can be played in 1/72 or 25/8mm too. As far as models go, Mongoose may not make the figs anymore, but there are a ton of companies out there that do.
Mongoose also made the choice to open the license for Battlefield Evolution. This is going to give a big boost, I think, to the system. My company, Exploding Goat Games, just produced a supplement for Evo called Apocalypse-Z. Its due for worldwide release in November. It allows players to fight against zombies :twisted: using the Evo core rules. (shamless plug time)... you can pick it up right off of the Mongoose website since The Goat is a Flaming Cobra company. You can actually pre-order it right now if you go to the new releases area and scroll down to the November release area.
But shameless plug aside, open licening will certainly breathe a lot of life into Battlefield Evolution. Which, in an of itself, is a great game! If you don't have the current editions of Modern of WWII, I'd suggest you pick them up (I'd also suggest you pre-order Apocalypse-Z, since I have bills to pay :wink: ).
Well... that's my two cents.
Jay Hyland
Armydillo978
Mongoose
zlatan said:
I know, I was just pulling your leg.
I have BE and SST and like 'em both alot.
Jay was talking about thier game Apocalypse Z, the zombie game, but I'm finding their other game Apocalypse D to be a bit more fun at the moment.
It uses the BE core system, and has a pretty cool Jurassic Park 3 feel to it with dinosaurs and soldiers, and cavemen. It's different, and a "new-again".
Nothing cooler that 30 foot dinosaurs trying to take out a Stryker IFV.....unless it's a zombie dinosaur.
Armydillo978
Mongoose
zlatan said:
I generally use 1/72 Revell figures. US Army Infantry and GSD Kommandoes and then a whole buncha Oriental Trading Company dinosaurs (96 for 7$) leftover from some event at school.
They had a link on their Yahoo page that had links to the company that's make the "official" dinosaurs and figures.
http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/GoatHerd/
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