Comments on: Starcraft Boardgame has a Release Date

By: spazassin

spazassin — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:44:55 +0000

80 dolllars is fair for a game that size.. i am a conceptor and i know when it comes to plastic pieces and new craft, the cost rise,.. axis and allies, since the parts are old, they ve been paid for so long now and then the price reduced over the years..
simple logic

By: Chrus

Chrus — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 22:05:36 +0000

In defense of the $80 tag, the component that FF puts in their games blows the stuff in a avalon hill game out of the water. The pieces are much bigger and have much more detail. Though there may be more bits in AnA, there will probably ne 2-3 times more plastic being used in the starcraft game. On top of that the board sections are typically much more durable as well. As for depth and strategy, if its anything like TI:3, it’ll be more better in that sense as well

By: Gavin

Gavin — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 21:46:16 +0000

It is not even just the volume that A&A is printed that keeps its costs down, but that tooling of its pieces was done a decade ago. So not only can Hasbro crank the volumes to keep the unit price down, but there is no R&D nor pre-production cost to deal with. Oddly enough the most expensive aspect of A&A to produce may be it’s box, which to the best of my knoledge is still produced in the USA by Hasbro Games Division. This is only because China never got their game boxes to work right.

By: Original Sultan

Original Sultan — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:56:52 +0000

Now don’t get me wrong, I’d love to play the game. I just don’t know if I want to pay $80 to do it, or even $60. I actually think it might be really fun/good, and I would definately be down for a ‘release party’, as long as I’m not the one paying for the darn thing!

By: The Game

The Game — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:41:17 +0000

Well, in their defense, Axis & Allies is printed in MUCH larger numbers than Starcraft, so it’s hard to get the price down as much. I’m sure that the pieces are going to be more detailed, and there’s going to be a wider variety of pieces in the game. Plus that’s the full retail, Funagain will be selling it for ~$60.
Take my word for it, this is what they have to charge for the game, not some Games Workshop-esque gouging.

By: Bartoneus

Bartoneus — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:01:53 +0000

Release Party: totally happening.

By: joshx0rfz

joshx0rfz — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 13:55:02 +0000

Oh, and there was a leak about SC:2 being announced May 19th, but it is a lot of speculation.

By: joshx0rfz

joshx0rfz — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 13:52:03 +0000

For the avid Starcraft fans, it is almost a necessary investment. Even then the $80 is enough to put me off. But on the other hand, I can see if goon dancing/cliff sieging/9 hatch expansion/all the other sorts of strategies/tactics work in the board game. I saw this and immediately wanted to setup a release party for it. This is from your resident SC freak though.

Also, the advantage is that people who are good at turn based games will have the opportunity for vengeance. Unless the board game is real-time, that would be awesome and board flipping would be equivalent do disconnecting.

By: The O

The O — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 13:13:00 +0000

I agree with Sultan. With a pricetag like that, are you sure fantasy flight is releasing it and not Games Workshop?

By: Original Sultan

Original Sultan — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:46:10 +0000

$80 is pretty steep for a board game. Axis & Allies Revised has more pieces than that, and has a scale/depth of strategy that is probably similar to that of this Starcraft Board Game. But Axis & Allies Revised is only about half of that cost: http://www.funagain.com/control/product/~product_id=014679

$80 seems like a rip off to me, unless the game is like, the best damn board game ever.