Unbelievable World in Flames Map & Books

[Neilster]

Gary, that new Command Naval Combat game from Matrix uses a spherical map. It's like playing a wargame on Google Earth.

Cheers, Neilster

[GaryChildress]

ORIGINAL: Neilster

Gary, that new Command Naval Combat game from Matrix uses a spherical map. It's like playing a wargame on Google Earth.

Cheers, Neilster

That sounds really cool. I was looking at the game on a youtube video. It looks kind of like Harpoon a little bit. I couldn't really get a feel for the game just seeing the video though. Has Matrix considered maybe doing a demo for the game. I'd like to try it out but I'm a little reluctant to pay full price for it just to see what it is like and see if I will like it or not. I've done that a few too many times--just bought a game because I wanted to see if it would be fun or not.

[Neilster]

ORIGINAL: Gary Childress

ORIGINAL: Neilster

Gary, that new Command Naval Combat game from Matrix uses a spherical map. It's like playing a wargame on Google Earth.

Cheers, Neilster

That sounds really cool. I was looking at the game on a youtube video. It looks kind of like Harpoon a little bit. I couldn't really get a feel for the game just seeing the video though. Has Matrix considered maybe doing a demo for the game. I'd like to try it out but I'm a little reluctant to pay full price for it just to see what it is like and see if I will like it or not. I've done that a few too many times--just bought a game because I wanted to see if it would be fun or not.

They generally have a policy of not doing demos. You'll be able to find threads where this has been argued out endlessly.

There's a pretty strong argument that watching "Let's play" videos is a better way to get a feel for their games.

Cheers, Neilster

[Perturabo]

I wouldn't have bought BftB without a demo.

By the way, would there be any chance for a physical edition of the BftB update together with printed colour manuals and a full-sized box?

[Jim D Burns]

ORIGINAL: warspite1
i.e. how would I be able to lean over to reach the stacks? Impossible!

There is an old-school board game trick to play huge monster games like these using magnets. Check page 6 of this old thread, we discus wall mounting a huge game map:

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Jim

[Jim D Burns]

ORIGINAL: Iain McNeil
The map weighs over 3kg - that's how much paper is in it. The same as the 3 hard backed books!

What caliper is the paper, such an expensive and heavy map could easily tear if the caliper is too light?

Here's a PDF chart:

http://www.casepaper.com/resources/calc ... s-caliper/

Jim

[GaryChildress]

ORIGINAL: Neilster

ORIGINAL: Gary Childress

ORIGINAL: Neilster

Gary, that new Command Naval Combat game from Matrix uses a spherical map. It's like playing a wargame on Google Earth.

Cheers, Neilster

That sounds really cool. I was looking at the game on a youtube video. It looks kind of like Harpoon a little bit. I couldn't really get a feel for the game just seeing the video though. Has Matrix considered maybe doing a demo for the game. I'd like to try it out but I'm a little reluctant to pay full price for it just to see what it is like and see if I will like it or not. I've done that a few too many times--just bought a game because I wanted to see if it would be fun or not.

They generally have a policy of not doing demos. You'll be able to find threads where this has been argued out endlessly.

There's a pretty strong argument that watching "Let's play" videos is a better way to get a feel for their games.

Cheers, Neilster

That's true. I bought XCOM Enemy Unknown just from watching a series of "Let's Play" videos on it. Had a lot of fun with it. I'll check out youtube for some vids on the CMNAO.