If I could not play DarkAge then I'd rather play:

[Shinobi]

Infinity: This is what Im playing most recently. Its still in Quickstart rules, and I am eager for the full rulebook. It has the most interactive turn system of any game ive seen. Great models. Interesting manga-themed universe. Skirmish-level. D20

Hearing good things about this game (especially from Artemis)........ will wait and see the full rules first, since the models are pretty pricey.

[DA_Grafter]

sigh... and confrontation beats Necromunda, WTF LOL

[steeldragon]

I voted WH40K... It seems I have fun with this game... I'm playing again (I'm recruiting converts for DA, they just don't know yet). I dusted off my old Space Marine army I've build for 2nd Edition and used in 3rd and discovered the marvelous possibilities of doing a personalized army for 4th. It's great when the newbies realize I do not field tanks at all... in fact I played today and had the pleasure of killing a Greater Demon of Khorne and a pumped out Daemon Prince in HTH with a squad of 6 veterans without losing a single model... the Greater Demon assaulted me first and was obliterated, then it came the Prince and was beated... great day. 4rd Edition also did wonders with the Assault Cannon... it's so good I cry of joy everytime I shoot them.

I must say I hate the Confrontation game system, both present and past. The unbalances are not minor in my opinion, the game down here has degenerated in who has the biggest and baddest monster... not really my idea of fun, even if my army (Tir Na Bor dwarves) has some big mean bastards and received a huge boost in 3rd... I don't feel there is strategy in the battlefield... there is strategy when you build your list.

Urban War is so close to Void, that I must like it. Alternate activations and a well thought system that really works is great. What I love the most is a stat called "calibre" that means how veteran is a unit (if we translate this to Dark Age a Bane unit with Calibre 0 is a normal Bane Unit, but another Bane unit with Calibre 1 would have an extra AP, 'cause it's better trained). Void ussually replaced my 40K fix and I really liked the Koralons, the old Broodmaster was great.

I miss Necromunda... my Escher, Goliath and Spyrers miss action... but life can't be perfect.

I would really love to see the Sabotage game system and get some minis... I'm a fan of Kev White. TFT has nothing to do with the company Urban Mammoth other than doing terrain and some resin models based on UM IP.

I'm interested in Warmachine... in fact I believe I have a 500 point army of Cryx that never has seen any action... there are no opponents for this game and I easily got distracted when planning my second Warmachine army (500 points of mercs)

I never played or planned to play WHF. Too many models, and as modeler I hate bows... they ussually lack arrows and strings. I also hate square bases. And I do not like the regiment formations... not a game for me.

Andres

[DA_Magpie]

Right now I'm struggling to find time for Dark Age sadly. Not to say my eyes aren't open to anything else, just that DA is my first love in this field and I'm not seeing much of it, let alone a

[tnjrp]

Don't feel particularly at home discussing other game systems on a system-specific forum, but that aside...

I've been rather involved with Infinity lately, and am looking to finally get some games of Starship Troopers under my belt. Also continually working on something related to Defiance: Vital Ground, which I should prolly name my fave game, although I don't actually get to play that nearly as often as I'd like.

All this whiling away the time for one of my buddies to own up on his promise to get the Dark Age: Genesis book

[Stunke]

Yeah my biggest problem is the fact that it extremely hard to convert people away from 40K.
GW has got a real iron grip on the danish gaming community, and especially so in the area where I live. Many stores outright refuse to sell anything but GW, and the players themselves almost wince at the mention of another game!

A couple of diehard gamers are really interested in a demo game though, but something has come up the last couple of times (except for the ONE game I managed to pull off) but I think I can manage to create a four man gaming squad here. I hope to infiltrate a few gaming clubs too, but time will tell how I will pull this one off.

Having a demoteam would sure be neat, and I think it would greatly help getting sales started in Denmark, but I can't remember what the requirements are, and shoul I join the ranks of demo'ing, I will have to be a one man army, since my regular opponent can't find the time to head for cons every once in a while(busy man). This means I will have to convert someone before becoming a demoteam...sigh.
I have found out that some stores actually have a range of DA on the shelves, but no one really knows what the game is about, so I'm guessing sales are a bit slow.
I think Jenova was at a con or two, playing DarkAge but I can't remember how she fared.

Of course, you COULD just turn up at a con, sit down and start playing DarkAge all day long... someones bound to come by!

OOOOOOOOKAY back on topic!

Don't feel particularly at home discussing other game systems on a system-specific forum, but that aside...

Don't worry, the inevitable conclusion will of course be that Darkage will surpass them all

[gunslinger]

stunke. you should have a talk with punky.. honestly most of our demo teams reserve a few hours at a store (preferably one that sells DA, but not required) you then contact the demo person (i think it is P0fane, at least it was last i heard) swag can be worked out etc.. at the demos i ran, when i had time to run them, i gave away the models i would get for running such demos.. anyways. a few painted armies, and an opponent is all that is required..

[Vaxillus]

Figure I'll discuss some other gaming systems that aren't on the list, basically old GW fanatic stuff:

Mordhiem: Love this game. Has a great atmosphere and some pretty good rules, but gets really broken once a warband gains enough experience (Hotchland long rifles anyone?)

Inquisitor: Apart from the intolerable scale it can be fun. Unfortunately, it's too oriented towards non-compeditive play, which can be a problem when someone decides to take power armor or other such things. I wanna try shrinking the scale to 32MM size and using DA minis.


In response to steeldragon, I don't think that's true of Confrontation at all. If anything, I've found the new rules prevent a large creature from being unstopable. Again, it's hard to get a good enough grip on the rules to have a good game, but I've found experienced player have slaughtered my Evil Dwarf Cyclops many times. Of course, Tir-na-bor are far overdue for a facelift both ballance wise and model wise.

[Ochaye Beers]

40K, but my God Bloodbowl is a lot of fun if you are in a club playing a league or tournament. Absolutely class.

Played some warmaster (WFB in epic scale) and that was pretty good, and easy to model terrain for.

Battlefleet Gothic is also very good.

[Stunke]

Tell me about battlefleet Gothic then!
Lets get some game mechanics on the table, and discuss the living vitamins out of them!
(insert suitable phrase for highbrowed semi-nerdy discussion concerning wargaming rule structure)


Blood bowl is just perfect, because its a game of placement and extreme foresight.
You need to have all of your men ready for that succeful pass, but they need to be able to react to the failed pass as well.
The fact that placement is half the game, makes it even easier to stack the dice in your favor, so luck becomes less and less in important in this game, so you can actively work your way to victory even with semi bad dice rolling.
Some of the danish coaches on fummbl are really extreme, I cannot believe how few dice they have to roll, to beat the living dung out of someone. Too bad I'm a slow learner when it comes to watching things, instead of having them explained.