I have chosen war of 4 or (four) for the name. I might as well tell you somthing about it. It is for 2-4 players. Its set 150-200 years into the future. It is on a contient that does not exist. It has a futuristic new energy in it as well. It has units of today mixed with robots and supper warriors as well. The goal is to oblitorate your opponets off the map. below is a discription of the powers that are in it.

The 4 countries to choose from.

Miskria-The Miskria live in a cold, dark country far up in the west. They have invested in lots of heavy laser wespondry. They have energy resources but not enough. Elimination of other countries may be the only way to fulfill the demands. War is coming, and on an industrial scale, what you do will decide the fate of the Miskria.


Flatar-Stuck out in the middle of everything, the Flatar is bound to get attacked by someone soon. However, their ease of access to lots og energy more then make up for that. Believing in precise and accurate weapondry, their weapondry stands second to none in preciseness and accuracy. Having got it down to a art they now seek a leader with skill and accuracy. Are you that leader? Can you lead them to greatness?


Jalbria-not much is known about this land. What is known is that those who go in never come out. Armies have been seen to go in but nothing comes out. What is suggested is that they are mobile but no one knows. What is known is that they are not to be trifled with!


Rukszon-the country of the Rukszon has a good defence from other countries but had very little energy resources. If he intends to survive, he must push into enemy territory. He has the highest most advanced tec out there. With a little deturmination and a good leader, he will have no problem getting to more resoures with the weapones he has!


Above is close to what will be in the rules. I know that it is not all correct but it will be fixed. I have someone who is fixing that on the rules.

Such a missed opportunity. Should have been Weapons Of Tomorrow.

I agree with abgemacht! (and you should get someone to correct typos and mispellings - except they belong to the spirit of the game, which would make it really great! It sounds like a more accessible Warhammer 40k the way it is now. Like it!)

I know its not the favorit here but i like it and many others do too. I really like weapons of tomorrow as well as ashes of oblivion. But i aint giving roylites because someone. spent 3 seconds on a name and i dont know how to make sure you would not want one later.

Don't listen to them - that name will sell 'em!

"But i aint giving roylites because someone. spent 3 seconds on a name and i dont know how to make sure you would not want one later."

You're joking, right?

well ezra, if you really like the names and they really describe the game for you and the only consideration stopping you from using the name is a fear of royalties, then this is what you do:

1) look for a lawyer on IP - there are very good ones in the US :)
2) then think with him about launching it under some European legal regime on IP
3) make sure that these posts here are PD (which they are technically) and credit the thread/forum with the name (write a nice story about how nice everything here is)
4) make a re-import and into the US
5) before you are doing any of 2)-4) register both names as a trade mark in the US and EU and then you only have to bring the game out within 4/5 years until the trade mark expires…
6) lean back, enjoy your red neck country life and buy yourself some nice beer from the money you saved on royalties :)

Ezra,

This game sounds really fun. I hope I get the chance to play some day.

"Believing in precise and accurate weapondry, their weapondry stands second to none in preciseness and accuracy. Having got it down to a art they now seek a leader with skill and accuracy."

I lol'd.


Seems like a good game though. I would strongly suggest that you use "Weapons Of Tomorrow," and since abge got that idea from you in the first place, I don't really think he has any claims to royalties.

No im not joking. Someone who created the name before i did could demand rolyilties and would win it too. One must be carful now days. Im not saying you would. But i just know too many people (friends) who have created a tool or somthing to make life easier and then they show it to someone and the next thing they know its out on the market. Thanks X3nOn for your information. I will sure look into it.

ezra,

If your game becomes popular and you use the name Weapons of Tomorrow, I promise to seek no more than 1/1000 of 1% of total sales. Go crazy!

@ezra In fact. YOU ised the phrase weapons of tomorrow in the thread, so it's your idea. And its PD anyway. And abge is going to be a nice boy rit now and relinquish all rights in writing on this site, right abge?

Sounds cool, I'd love to see a pic of the board if you can!

Hmm, lets say he sells 20,000 units. Board game price is $20-$25, but that's retail, not what ezra would get it for (assuming he partners with another company for the launch). So, take off 40% for the margin retailers take in. So you're down to $12-$14 per unit. Deduct another 2-5% for you broker who worked the deal...meh, that's negligible. $11.50-$13.50 per unit. Times 20,000 units = $230,000-$270,000 for our nice ezra here. 1% of that is $2,300-$2,700. 1/1000th of that is $2.30-$2.70.

Come on ezra, you can spare abge a cheap hamburger? Or a pretzel and soda from a vendor?

Go on, tell us what those pesky Jalbrians are like. I'm assuming whoever plays as them gets a better idea of what they're about? My bet is they're rather fond of lasers (and cloaking devices... but mostly lasers)

Lol. sadly i dont think ill make that much. If i take it to a company that purchess games depending on the company ill get a woppen 2-20% (that is what i have been told anyway.) of the profits they make. For a first game (which this is for me) it runs on the lesser end. Now if i try to sale it by myself i would need somwhere around 20-40 thousand dollars and thats just to much for me. 1000s of games are being submitted to games companys a year and only a few are picked. Thats pestimistic looking at it. The optimustic look to it is so far everyone that has played it has liked it

Their mobile people who use light waight weapones to defeat their opponets. And they also can beam units around. They can be dificult to beat but since i desiged it i know their weakness. And each country i have tryed to make have a equal amount of stringth and weakness.

@ezra

Why don't you try your hand at kickstarter? I'm sure some people here would help fund if you provided some more details.

Reminds me of Lillie's dad in how I met your mother.

Although it also sounds like a fun project even if its not at a store near you next year.

Also, please forgive me, but I couldn't help myself:

Miskria-The Miskria live in a cold, dark country far up in the West. They have focused their investments in heavy laser weaponry. They have Energy resources, but they are insufficient. Elimination of other countries may be the only way to fulfill their demands. War is coming on an industrial scale; what you do will decide the fate of the Miskria!

Flatar-Stuck in the middle of everything, the Flatar are bound to be attacked by someone soon. However, their ease of access to Energy more than makes up for their precarious location. Understanding the power of precise and accurate weaponry, their arsenal is second to none. Having perfected their weaponry, they now seek a leader with the skills to use them. Are you that leader? Can you lead them to greatness?

Jalbria-Not much is know about this land. What is known is that those who venture there never return. Armies have been seen to go in but nothing comes out. Rumors suggest they are highly mobile, but no one is certain. What is known is that they are not to be trifled with!

Rukszon-The country of the Rukszon is naturally defended from other countries, but has very little Energy resources. If they intend to survive, they must encroach on enemy territory. The Rukszon pride themselves in their advanced technology. With a little determination and a good leader, they will have no problem seizing additional resources.

I picked up a copy of Axis and Allies the other day for just 15 bucks at Calendars and Co. (closing down their holiday store so everything half off). I know, dice throwing and all, not exactly Diplomacy, but still a fun game and you don't have to worry about being stabbed unless you open it up to negotiations and switching sides. :-)

A&A is a decent game, but not one of my favorites.

There are simply too many rules. I prefer games with simple rules but lots of strategy (Chess, Diplomacy, RISK!, Rail Baron, etc). I don't get any more enjoyment out of A&A then I do any other game, but it is a bitch to set up and clean up.

My favorites are the old combat sim games like Panzer Blitz and and Advanced Squad Leader. But I was in the Conflict Simulation club way back in high school with tons of rules relating to the capabilities of each unit type. Computer gaming makes this much easier by putting the onus for adjudicating results of an attack on the programmer, not the player.

Sorry Ezra, I have already filed the paperwork for TM registration of Weapons of Tomorrow - think up smth else! Or: You can lease the name for business use and only 10% of pre-tax sales… Seriously, if you fear, try the TM-registration quickly, if not the publisher will steal your project!

I love Axis and Allies, but I'm really looking forward to playing Wesponds of Tomorrow!

I must say though I'm intrigued about the "supper warriors". What are they armed with? Cheese-and-cracker cannons? Hot cocoa bombs?

I wasn't a fan of Panzer Blitz. I loved the concept, but the game mechanics were too broken, imho. Line of sight wasn't done right and the fact that Germany could travel through 3 pieces of debris while Russia could only travel over 2 was disastrous.

My favorite ofbthe bookshelf games was probably Feudal. Chess taken to the next level.

Solar Quest was actually a decent game. The graphics sucked but the game was reasonably sophisticated for it's target audience. Took kind of long to play, but what can you do?

Oh the Supper warriors, the fabled elite paramilitary force of the enigmatic religious order Watchtower. Despite the pacifist facade of Watchtower, each Supper warrior is a carefully crafted murdering machine. Word is the training regimen consists of a neverending humiliation at the hands of others, which sparks an unquenchable thirst for human blood. This haunting cognitive dissonance is strengthened even further by upholding the doctrine of impurity of blood, which forbids any form of contact with the blood of others. While this creates obvious military drawbacks by disallowing field surgery on Supper warriors, it is the only safeguard keeping them in check; otherwise, they could very well turn on other Watchtowerites. In case of an emergency, a Supper warrior is issued a bottle of vintage Port wine to be drank immediately - part of the doctrine rests on the principle of suppersubstantiation, a belief that drinking such wine teleports your soul to a hearty supper with John Henry Hubbard, the first prophet of the Watchtower, where your soul regenerates its strength and cleanse you of all sinful thoughts, thoughts not related to killing whomever you're ordered to kill. To prevent any loss of precision and accuracy of a Supper warrior incurred by consuming too much divine wine, it is commonly issued together with a substance called lembas, which regenerates the body and shields it from deleterious effects of the previous mind-alteration, summarily known as Last Supper postsuppersubstantion traumatic disorder and popularly called hangover. These panacean effects lead some Supper warriors to overestimating its true power though. It is not unheard of Supper warriors who ate several slices of lembas at once believing it could instantly cure deadly wounds such as forced guttural ejection or a being split in a half by a high-powered laser syndrome. Still, the power of Port is held in an even higher esteem - many a Supper warrior charged alone into battle with a bottle in one hand and a quadmounted hyperturbolaser in the other four, all the while singing uplifting battle hymns about precision and accuracy.