I would be keen on what old games they’ll put up for reprint.
Also Dogs of War reprint confirmed!
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It’s Dice Tower Essentials, but s/dice tower/pear/g?
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Ok, I was skeptical until Dogs of War was mentioned. I’m interested to see how different it’ll be. The two attempts to remake Ethnos left me cold and I really like the aesthetics of the original DoW.
I doubt they’ll manage to make it a lower price, considering my copy cost me £22.50 …
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Is it just me, or does using this to promote a NEW unreleased game out of the gate destroy any semblance of objectivity? If they limited this to “games reviewed by SUSD prior to this announcement” it would come across a bit differently; but immediately it’s not that.
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I have no stake here as I dont listen to SUSD anymore but I suppose if they did the same thing with the SUSD expansion of Monikers, I would have no problem with that.
What would current fans here think?
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Wilmot’s Warehouse as well of course, which they worked on.
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Oh, gosh. “The Pear Essentials” would have been such a good name!
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Apparently the right one is the work-in-progress, but at least they spelled the designers’ names correctly.
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Just pearly missed it!
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I wouldn’t want to see them using this to promote games that SUSD folks worked on purely on account of the “a new title annually” part of the announcement. I think the line would lose any credibility if they did this only once a year, and it turned out to be something SUSD had worked on.
If it weren’t for that (i.e. they did any arbitrary number of these in a year) then it wouldn’t really bother me to see “SUSD Presents… a game we worked on”, just so long as that fact was made apparent, because then the bias is too obvious to mislead anyone. But “SUSD Presents… a game we worked on… in preference to any number of stone-cold classics that deserve reprints…” would come across a bit differently.
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It’s good art, but it’s not a particularly unique theme. Where are the steam-powered soldiers? Where are the hats?? 
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That’s what I was about to respond. There is a distinct lack of hats on this cover!
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I think that’s probably why they are pairing it with a game that is considered a stone cold classic. As long as it is a game they have been able to play and honestly review positively, then I don’t really see too much of an issue with it. Though I admit I would definitely prefer that going forward they just endorse reprints of well-loved games.
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I haven’t seen any Play to Z products (mostly due to the timing of my involvement in the hobby). I feel as though those form-factors look good, but they could be A3 footprint for all we know. Ideally, they would be A5.
I feel myself wishing Allplay were involved instead.
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Considering Play-to-Z was founded by Zev Shlasinger (founder of Z-Man Games), and co-founded with Stephen Buonocore (founder of Stronghold Games), Geoff Engelstein, all three of whom have pretty good track records to my knowledge, and some other game designers, I am willing to give them a chance.
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I’ll hopefully be able to show off their first (I think) production sometime this month, if Ascending Empires turns up on schedule…
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This is a new publisher - this year or last year. Zev used to work for Wizkids previously and released bangers like Sidereal Confluence.
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I think “here’s an old game we loved that’s out of print, we’re going to make sure it gets a new edition” is a brilliant idea.
On brand new games SUSD’s tastes aren’t the same as mine (given what they’ve co-designed previously), so I’m much more wary. But “Oh yes, that game was awesome and they’re bringing it back” is a great use of SUSD’s high profile.
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Agreeing with that. There is more than enough of those in their own catalogue of reviews.
The “we worked on the game” is a bit … … … I feel like either you are a reviewer or designer. Both… a bit difficult. But until I see what is coming out of that, I’ll go with a mild case of “hmf” as a comment.
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