12-09-2011, 07:53 PM
I just noticed I missed Dustin's reply. :oops:
Thanks for all the info. It was all interesting, but your comment on your Wargame was especially interesting:
I have noticed that, although WotC opened up the D&D core (with the SRD) and got a lot of publishers to support a single rules system, they did seem to be pretty resistant to the idea of people making miniature combat rules. I really do think that was a shame, because D&D evolved from wargamming.
Wargamers generally buy more miniatures than tabletop players and I think they make it possible for a manufacturer to have a bigger range of figures. So I think a Battlestorm-like game would have really helped to make tabletop minis more viable.
I wonder if WotC were worried that your system would have competed with Chainmail. It is a shame they didn't just make a Chainmail SRD and ask you to make something compatible with their own rules. At least that would have made your wargame possible (even if the ruleset was different).
Thanks for all the info. It was all interesting, but your comment on your Wargame was especially interesting:
TheMystic Wrote:Regarding the Wargame. Our hopes were to generate miniatures to allow players to combat between the forces of the Afridhi, Blackmoor and the Egg. The system was derivative of the BATTLESTORM property that was produced by my friend Will Nesbitt. We had run Dave through a version of play and he enjoyed it. It was disappointing that we were not able to realize that as a product.
I have noticed that, although WotC opened up the D&D core (with the SRD) and got a lot of publishers to support a single rules system, they did seem to be pretty resistant to the idea of people making miniature combat rules. I really do think that was a shame, because D&D evolved from wargamming.
Wargamers generally buy more miniatures than tabletop players and I think they make it possible for a manufacturer to have a bigger range of figures. So I think a Battlestorm-like game would have really helped to make tabletop minis more viable.
I wonder if WotC were worried that your system would have competed with Chainmail. It is a shame they didn't just make a Chainmail SRD and ask you to make something compatible with their own rules. At least that would have made your wargame possible (even if the ruleset was different).