DeadInThrench
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Hmmmm... said I wasn't gonna post for a while and also noticed that I had misspelled 'trench' in my ID (sheesh) and need to fix that but.... what the heck.
Noticed that all the entries of Matrix aquiring the rights to HnM, etc, have disappeared from their announcements. Guess things were a bit more complicated than were seen originally. Also, I should note here that.... I had gotten word through the grapevine that Matrix was potentially looking for someone to handle the HnM programming (I am a progineer myself) so.... hopefully things can be worked out here between Matrix and Boku. Could be the start of a great relationship!
Also... I should note here that... for those that follow this forum.... I had a bit of a problem with the potential plan to increase the size of the hex artwork by 4x while leaving the unit art the same size... and thus decreasing the amount of space that the figurines take up in a hex by... 75% but.... figured that once people that follow this forum got a look at what that would look like in practice... then that would be the end of that (doubling the art size of ALL of the art would be plus but... IMO... not just SOME of it).
But... there was ALSO another concern I had that didn't get much visibility... and that is.. I realize Matrix tends to purchase the rights to games and release them with just minor updates... and I respect that and for many games, IMO, that is the right thing.
But... with HnM2 Dragoon.. IMO.... I think a PLAN is needed on exactly how many games there are gonna be.... at least with respect to the 7YW.
IMO... the name... Prussian War Machine... is more than just another game name... and IMO is succienct relative to the army that FtG inherited from his father, arguabaly the most highly trained army ever to walk the service of this planet.
And.... this was the case up to and including the Battles of Prague/Kolin. FtG was victorius at Prague... but the amount of casualties and the loss of two of their greatest generals.. signaled a detioration of what was the PWM that FtG had inherited. Then, right after that.. Kolin.... FtGs (and the Prussians') first defeat in battle.
There was still to come.... FtGs greatest victories.. Leuthen, Rossback, etc. In large part, FtGs improvement in his abilities as a commander (a long way from Mollwitz to Leuthen) to a signficant degree compensating for the detiroation of the PWM. So, IMO, a title like Prussia's Glory is significant also in this sense.
Proposed here in these forums... is a third title... with the Russian battles, etc... and I propose a name for that one... Dragoon: War and Peace in the 18th Century. Whether this is a good title or the best one is one thing... but in any case... the battles against the Russians... maybe the few battles that the Swedes got into during this period... etc.
And then there is a possible 4th title... on the WAS and the 7YR.... that would cover the western front (in Europe) battles. Ferdinand, the British, the French.... etc.
But.... to get to the bottom line here.... IMO... what is needed here... is a PLAN as to what titles are gonna get released and what is the focus of each.
Given that.... if PWM were to cover the battles up to and including Prague/Kolin, then Lobositz and Soor should be moved into PWM... and Kesseldorf, Reichenberg, Gorlitz and Hennersdorf added.
Doing this with the first two... should be quite easy (they are in PG right now), and the next two... would have to be developed. As far as the last two... I have found only minor references to these on the Inet so.... they might just be difficult.
But.... if this were done.... then PWM would feature 11 battles instead of the 5 it currently features.. and that IMO would be a big improvement... a significant selling point... over what is there now.
For PG... would have to replace Lobositz and Soor to start with.... but this would be easy with Rossback and Leignitz... though these would have to be developed. Then..... you would have to fill things out... to get to 10-12 battles.... with other (typically smaller) battles but.... there are enough of them to do this (not sure which ones but there are enough).
For the Russian battles game... I only count 4 battles with FtG commanding in just two of them. Could add Burkersdorf with scenarios with Russian involvement in the battle, and that would make 5. Then there are two battles with the Swedes, one on the WAS against the Russians and one on the 7YW against Prussia... so that would make 7... and should not be that difficult to add some more that would bring the battle count here up to 10-12 as well.
Anyways.... IMO.... new releases with more than twice the battles featured as in the previous releases.... along with upgrades to the system otherwise.... IMO would make good selling points. But what is as important or even MORE important as this.... a comprehensive PLAN as to the long term releases, support and upgrades... to the HnM series... at least with respect to FtG and the WAS/7YW.
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