Comments on: Mutant Chronicles Collectible Miniatures Game

By: Zac

Zac — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:04:37 +0000

noelvh wrote:

Once more I am sorry for my conduct on this forum.

Thanks.

I can imagine that if you were looking for a 28mm game then the much larger prepaints would be quite a shock :-)

By: noelvh

noelvh — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:58:28 +0000

I apologize for my comments I was just shocked to see what has happened to great game world. MC has evolved into some thing I can not comprehend. As for the review it was well done and very informative, even if the content shocked me.

Once more I am sorry for my conduct on this forum.

Noel Vh

By: Zac

Zac — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:59:41 +0000

noelvh wrote:

Is this a Joke???

Of course it isn’t.

Thanks for the comment but please do attempt to try to keep your comments focused on the review/news item at hand and if you do have objections to raise them plese try to be precise about them and address them instead of making generic negative comments.

As it says in the Comment Code of Conduct, which I assume you have read, we prefer to have people post comments that help build a discussion and not just vent.

By: noelvh

noelvh — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:44:49 +0000

Is this a Joke??? This is what came of the Warzone license? A 54mm over priced pre painted plastic game, with a pre painted mat. OMG!!!!

Well this is one game I will never buy into. It’s a good thing you can get all the printed Warzone stuff from free on the internet, going back to the RPG stuff. And you can find a bunch of lead on eBay.

If this is a joke, it’s not a funny one.

Noel Vh

By: Hellfury

Hellfury — Sun, 25 May 2008 23:13:25 +0000

$5 per fig may sound high, but that’s what Rackham is charging per fig for AT-43 and Confrontation. And those are 28mm compared to 54mm.

That may be close to true, but with AT-43 you don’t have blind buys. You get what you see.

You want a walker? You buy that walker, no guessing or hoping.

I hate blind buys.

This game will be a definite “pass”.

By: Mr.Brightside

Mr.Brightside — Fri, 23 May 2008 23:16:58 +0000

As a war gamer those images are pretty much exactly why I have never been a fan of cmg’s.
The system sounds interesting and i might pick up a copy for board game night at the old homestead but right now I think I may still be checking out monsterpocalypse first.

By: Ken

Ken — Fri, 23 May 2008 21:51:54 +0000

Heroscape hexes are the same size, and I think, with a little work, could be pressed into service.

By: Doc_Savage

Doc_Savage — Fri, 23 May 2008 21:21:27 +0000

You mention Heroscape in your review. How do Heroscape hexes compare in size to the MC minis bases?

By: Malebolgia

Malebolgia — Fri, 23 May 2008 18:40:56 +0000

I am planning to buy a starter and then simply use my 10 kilos of metal Warzone miniatures to play the game! That way I have awesome miniatures with a great new game and it hardly costs me any money.

And if I want certain cards there is always ebay :-)

As usual fantastic review by the way. Very thorough and clear. Awesome

By: Mocaiv

Mocaiv — Fri, 23 May 2008 17:51:41 +0000

Warzone was one of my favourite games, I have plenty of models from most factions. But I’m afraid 54mm does not do it for me. If I could pick up specific 54mm Dark Legion models to use in a 28mm army I might.

Also, just how big would a 54mm scale Hurricane Walker, Mercurian Maculator or Bretorian Behemoth be?

By: PMMJ

PMMJ — Fri, 23 May 2008 17:19:38 +0000

Murr. I love the Warzone background, but those figs are out of scale with most of my other (28mm) armies, including my other Warzone armies. And the sculpts and paint jobs would be fine for a smaller scale, but those pictures above are *not* winning me over, even into buying the larger monsters off eBay for use in other scales. Think this’ll be a pass for me, which is a shame.

By: Zac

Zac — Fri, 23 May 2008 17:15:24 +0000

IIRC the hexes are larger in this game. The scale of the terrain is also much smaller than on the BattleTech maps.

By: steeldragon

steeldragon — Fri, 23 May 2008 17:12:23 +0000

Odd question… will my Battletech hex maps work with this? what are the size of the bases?

Andres

By: Jeff Cope

Jeff Cope — Fri, 23 May 2008 16:22:25 +0000

Good review, overall.

I think the quality of the miniatures is a bit better than you describe…but that could be variance in the mass production paintjobs between my Starter and yours, or simply difference of opinion.

I really enjoy this game. It’s a CMG, and by it’s nature possess a simpler ruleset (than, say, 40K or even AT-43 or Confrontation) but the command cards, order tokens and victory tokens do add a lot of variety and complexity to the game.

I’m really looking forward to seeing how it develops. I hope that future releases are not plagued by the delays that the intiial product has been.

Also, as a minis gamer, I too grow a bit bored of the poster maps that are generally a part of CMGs, so thanks to the generous help of one of my customers who cut me a couple hundred foam hexes, I am in the process of building a 3D map/board for this game. I think the only rules that would need adjusting going to 3D is ‘cover’.

I hope this catches on. FFG has a quality game here. Now it just needs to find an audience.

By: metalminimadness

metalminimadness — Fri, 23 May 2008 15:14:59 +0000

Great review. I’m still interested in this over Monsterpocalypse.