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I think it would be really cool if a community formed to crowd source their own game. Have people work together on the rules, lore, and model design. That way

I think it would be really cool if a community formed to crowd source their own game. Have people work together on the rules, lore, and model design. That way anyone with access to a 3d printer could just print their own army.

jonesb6 11y ago
Aren't board games some what popular on kick starter, and don't they have a pretty bad history of abuse/fraud/mismanagement/underperformance?
- lmm 11y ago
  > Aren't board games some what popular on kick starter Yes, very much so, and miniatures games (not really the same thing) also. > don't they have a pretty bad history of abuse/fraud/mismanagement/underperformance? No? At least not by Kickstarter standards. The category has a much better track record than computer games or new hardware gadgets.
lmm 11y ago
3d printers are great for quick prototyping but they can't do the fine detail of proper sculptured/cast models which if you care about miniature gaming is presumably the point. (I mean there are people who play non-miniature wargames but it's not a big market). As for lore, I dread to think of the fights - shared-universe fiction efforts don't tend to go well.
- dragonwriter 11y ago
  > 3d printers are great for quick prototyping but they can't do the fine detail of proper sculptured/cast models which if you care about miniature gaming is presumably the point. If you care about miniature collecting that's the point, and because of the willingness of collectors to pay for that, most miniatures gaming companies cater to collectors. I think a lot of people into miniatures gaming prefer the three-dimensionalty (and, for free-movement games) freedom of miniatures as compared to other alternatives (e.g., gridded boards) and would be happy with distinguishable-but-less-detailed models.
  - lmm 11y ago
    > I think a lot of people into miniatures gaming prefer the three-dimensionalty (and, for free-movement games) freedom of miniatures as compared to other alternatives (e.g., gridded boards) and would be happy with distinguishable-but-less-detailed models. Sounds like a rather rare combination of tastes to me. I don't see anyone selling to this niche which suggests the market is small.

jonesb6 11y ago

Aren't board games some what popular on kick starter, and don't they have a pretty bad history of abuse/fraud/mismanagement/underperformance?

lmm 11y ago
> Aren't board games some what popular on kick starter Yes, very much so, and miniatures games (not really the same thing) also. > don't they have a pretty bad history of abuse/fraud/mismanagement/underperformance? No? At least not by Kickstarter standards. The category has a much better track record than computer games or new hardware gadgets.

lmm 11y ago

3d printers are great for quick prototyping but they can't do the fine detail of proper sculptured/cast models which if you care about miniature gaming is presumably the point. (I mean there are people who play non-miniature wargames but it's not a big market). As for lore, I dread to think of the fights - shared-universe fiction efforts don't tend to go well.

dragonwriter 11y ago
> 3d printers are great for quick prototyping but they can't do the fine detail of proper sculptured/cast models which if you care about miniature gaming is presumably the point. If you care about miniature collecting that's the point, and because of the willingness of collectors to pay for that, most miniatures gaming companies cater to collectors. I think a lot of people into miniatures gaming prefer the three-dimensionalty (and, for free-movement games) freedom of miniatures as compared to other alternatives (e.g., gridded boards) and would be happy with distinguishable-but-less-detailed models.
- lmm 11y ago
  > I think a lot of people into miniatures gaming prefer the three-dimensionalty (and, for free-movement games) freedom of miniatures as compared to other alternatives (e.g., gridded boards) and would be happy with distinguishable-but-less-detailed models. Sounds like a rather rare combination of tastes to me. I don't see anyone selling to this niche which suggests the market is small.