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Re: What are people buying?
Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2019 11:09 am
by Norman D. Landings
Phwoar, they’re absolutely splendid!
Re: What are people buying?
Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2019 12:21 pm
by Paul
Re: What are people buying?
Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2019 1:02 pm
by levied troop
The Fistful of Lead gothic horror update. Not released yet but due out at Salute and seem to have some interesting write-ups on LAF.
I have a few painted Victorians I did for amusement, a couple of Oshiro Victorian terraced houses I tried out for a 1940 game a couple of years ago (they’re nice but were too 1/56th to go with the 1/48th I settled for) plus a crate load of graveyard stuff, all unpainted but enough to fill a 2x2 board - so it’s not really a new period. And theres some crackin’ graveyards in Edinburgh to research. Even started drafting scenarios......oh dear.
Re: What are people buying?
Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2019 1:58 pm
by Zenbadger
Three quid a figure? Are they trying to outdo Games Workshop?
Re: What are people buying?
Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2019 2:44 pm
by Paul
levied troop wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2019 1:02 pm
The Fistful of Lead gothic horror update. Not released yet but due out at Salute and seem to have some interesting write-ups on LAF.
I have a few painted Victorians I did for amusement, a couple of Oshiro Victorian terraced houses I tried out for a 1940 game a couple of years ago (they’re nice but were too 1/56th to go with the 1/48th I settled for) plus a crate load of graveyard stuff, all unpainted but enough to fill a 2x2 board - so it’s not really a new period. And theres some crackin’ graveyards in Edinburgh to research. Even started drafting scenarios......oh dear.
I've got the GW Garden of Morr kit which looks like it would fit and a Victorian Warehouse building.
Are Oshro/Highgate doing rules?
Or how about In Her Majestys Nme or Empire of the dead?
Re: What are people buying?
Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2019 2:54 pm
by levied troop
Oshiro/Highgate are using the FFoL gothic set. I was looking at a 1:1 setup for the rules with a strong RPG element so had ruled out (see what I did there heh heh) IHMN. Not that familiar with Empire/Dead.
Zenbadger wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2019 1:58 pm
Three quid a figure? Are they trying to outdo Games Workshop?
I doubt people are going to be buying regiments of each figure so they're not going to recoup costs on the ‘economy of scale’ approach. I figure to be buying a pack of each, that ain’t gonna fund a Highgate Miniatures shop on every High Street.
Re: What are people buying?
Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2019 3:49 pm
by Paul
I didn't know there was a Gothic version of FFoL, I've only ever played it as a straight Wild West game. I'll have to look out for it.
Re: What are people buying?
Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2019 3:51 pm
by FreddBloggs
It is the sort of game that needs a way of handling named characters 1 to 1 and for named to hzndle hordes of outraged peasants, possessed, zombies etc.
Re: What are people buying?
Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2019 4:37 pm
by levied troop
“Fistful of Lead: Tales of Horror and the Fistful of Lead Core books will be available both in printed and pdf forms the weekend of April 6th from the Wiley Games website.”
Never played the original but the various Gothic play test AARs suggests it handles the way Fred describes.
What was the Wild West version like to play?
Re: What are people buying?
Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2019 5:08 pm
by Paul
levied troop wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2019 4:37 pm
Never played the original but the various Gothic play test AARs suggests it handles the way Fred describes.
What was the Wild West version like to play?
It was a very simple card driven system. So quick to learn and play and, I would think, easy to bolt on modifications.
It's a good basic system but needs modifications to add any real background specific flavour IMHO.
