Showing posts with label Battle of Westeros. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Battle of Westeros. Show all posts

Saturday, June 26, 2010

Battle of Westeros is apparently out

It appears that the Battle of Westeros is out. Marketed as a "Battlelore" game, it's not part of the Richard Borg Commands & Colors system, although it bears more than a faint resemblance to it.

Fantasy Flight reportedly plans a pretty aggressive release schedule for expansions, although I have to say I'm pretty sure I won't be among the purchasers any time soon.

I'm mostly a history-based wargamer, although I make occasional forays into sci fi and fantasy wargames. Still, my main interest in Battlelore was because I like the Bog C&C system in its other history-based incarnations (Memoir '44, C&C: Ancients and Battle Cry) and I thought the fantasy theme would appeal to my stepson a little more than the historical titles would.

I've never heard of George R.R. Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire series, but I understand that it's not really set in the typical magical fantasy world but is more straight medieval, just in a fictional world. If I'm going to do staright meideval, I think I'll stick to the real one.