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Patrick Korner interviews Eric Hautemont, CEO of DoW
Short Attention Gamer interviews Mark Kaufmann, DoW’s Vice President of Marketing
GG&G Boardgaming Roundtable interview with Eric Hautemont and Mark Kaufmann of DoW
Tom Vasel MP3 interview with Eric Hautemont
icv2.com interview with Eric Hautemont
Our first press mention! Boardgame News
In the last of our ‘opening the box’ posts, let’s examine the upcoming Goblin Skirmishers figure set! I think the Goblin band leader now has my vote for favourite BattleLore miniature …
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In the second of our ‘opening the box’ posts, let’s have a look at the upcoming Dwarven Battalion figure set!
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In the first of three new ‘opening the box’ posts, let’s have a look at the new Epic BattleLore. After we’ve had a good look at the contents of this and a couple of figure expansion packs you may have heard mentioned, reviews will follow.
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A glowing Tom Vasel review of the new Battlelore: Call to Arms on BoardGameGeek.
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My copy of Call to Arms arrived today day, so let’s have a good look at the contents:
As you can see, the plastic tray in the packaging has been intelligently designed, as always, with spaces to store the terrain and counters. More information soon as I get to know the system!
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Mark Kaufmann, Vice President of Marketing for Days of Wonder, discusses the company and BattleLore in a new interview with Matt and Todd from Short Attention Gamer. Listen to the interview here. Note his comments on ‘collectibility’ in the games industry which I personally totally agree with!
Also, in the first week of February a new game from DoW (non-BattleLore) will be announced.
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The Boardgames With Scott video review is online.
It gives an excellent long, detailed overview of how to play in Scott’s usual relaxed and friendly style. “I didn’t expect to like this game …[but] I really like it. A+. Hurrah Days of Wonder! … I’m really impressed. I predict big things for this game system.”
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My (first) copy of BattleLore arrived the other day, so let’s have a good long look at the packed contents of a BattleLore box (and the two promotional miniatures):
First impressions? The quality is stunning. I haven’t seen any photographs that have done justice to the detail in the miniatures—they really have to be seen in person to be fully appreciated. As expected, a few of the miniatures in the second layer were a bit bent, but ten minutes with the hot and cold water technique fixed that problem easily. While the plastic trays are great, it’s virtually impossible to remember where all the banner bearers belong in the trays, so instead I’ve moved the bulk of the minis into a plastic compartmentalised box and kept the second tray for banner bearers. As I’ll be getting a second set I plan to use one box for minis and one for everything else.
The game truly is ready to play: no punching out counters and tiles, no fiddly work applying stickers. The rulebook is 80 pages of full colour, packed with examples and beautiful artwork, perfect-bound with a matt celloglazed cover.
The artwork throughout is top-notch. I especially like the fine detail of the grass cover on the Battle Board (much nicer than the somewhat painterly look of the Memoir ’44 boards, in my opinion). When flipped over, of course, the board becomes one half of an Epic sized board, and the possibilities for huge battles are certainly very exciting.
Now, I’m faced with the daunting task of painting this huge selection of finely-detailed miniatures. Quite a job, but I think the game will be justify the effort and painted miniatures really do enhance the experience.
Time for the battles to begin ..!
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The RPGnet review of BattleLore by Shannon Appelcline is another huge endorsement of the game: … really shows off the strengths of [Richard Borg's] Commands & Colors gaming systems, now in a more complex, but also much better polished form. This new game allows for tons of strategy and more importantly fun, all upon the fantasy battlefield. Rating: 5/5 for both style and substance.
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Tom Vasel’s review of BattleLore is in: Considering the clamor of those I played it with, the fun is high. Considering how I am typing this out, wishing I was playing the game instead—it must be good! All I can say is that BattleLore is the best in the series yet! Rating: 10/10
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