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Greybriar
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Re:Hist War Les Grognards -DROPPED....
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Sunday, November 08, 2009 8:02 AM
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According to Rock, Paper, Shotgun:
Rock, Paper, Shotgun
HistWar: Boney Retreats From Battlefront
Posted by Tim Stone on November 8th, 2009 at 10:41 am.
Not a good week for Combat Mission creators Battlefront. After waiting donkey’s years for Jean-Michel Mathé to finish his ground-breaking Napoleonic ‘First-Person Commander’ wargame HistWar: Les Grognards, the scamp has jumped ship at the eleventh hour and decided to self-publish. Battlefront are sticking doggedly to a ‘we cancelled because of repeated delays’ line, but the simmering annoyance radiating from their statements suggests subtler shenanigans.
I could puddle the mud with my own ill-informed speculation but, to be honest, you might as well choose your own explanation:
- Battlefront Version A – After four years of missed milestones, patient publicity, and sensitive shepherding, Battlefront finally snap, walking away in disgust despite JMM’s assurances that HistWar will be done by Christmas.
- Battlefront Version B – After four years of missed milestones, patient publicity, and sensitive shepherding Battlefront finally snap, walking away in disgust after JMM refuses to confirm HistWar will be complete by Christmas.
- JMM Version A – With the finish-line in sight, JMM goes back to Battlefront and attempts to renegotiate the original five-year-old deal. Talks founder over the thorny issue of moulah.
- JMM Version B – With the finish-line in sight, JMM goes back to Battlefront and attempts to renegotiate the original five-year-old deal. Talks founder over the thorny issue of DRM (Battlefront insist on shackling HistWar with their own eLicense system).
- JMM Version C – With the finish-line in sight, JMM goes back to Battlefront and attempts to renegotiate the original five-year-old deal. Talks founder over the thorny issue of retail distribution (Battlefront are no longer able/willing to put HistWar on store shelves)
- Stone Version – All is going swimmingly between Battlefront and JMM until, during an all-night drinking session involving both parties, one of the Battlefront crew makes an off-the-cuff remark about Ney’s performance at Quatre Bras. JMM visibly bristles, then demands the comment is retracted. When the BF man refuses, a five-year relationship disintegrates in a chaos of flailing arms and hurled furniture.
This war is not about slavery. --Robert E. Lee
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Re:Hist War Les Grognards -DROPPED....
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Sunday, November 08, 2009 2:12 PM
( #82 )
Thats fine, this thing was going to look so outdated there was no way I was going to shell out $49 for last decades graphics.
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Re:Hist War Les Grognards -DROPPED....
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Sunday, November 08, 2009 4:54 PM
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Why not? Don't you buy HPS and Matrixgames games?
A.I. production-it's more like, Okay, the games about ready--lets stick some A.I. in- you have 3 weeks.
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Re:Hist War Les Grognards -DROPPED....
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009 12:33 AM
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i think download for the first and second book of the game ll be ready here www.histwar.com today! 
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Re:Hist War Les Grognards -DROPPED....
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009 2:23 AM
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AnkLrd
i think download for the first and second book of the game ll be ready here www.histwar.com today!
I just took a look at the website too, and indeed parts 1 and 2 of the manual are promised for today. A very public and well-defined milestone ... interesting (<raises one eyebrow Spock/Earl like>).
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Manual DELAY...............
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009 7:59 AM
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From the HISTWAR WEBSITE....................
"A slight DELAY"....from what i gathered......Due to PDF format and picture alignment error.
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Re:Hist War Les Grognards -DROPPED....
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009 8:07 AM
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honestabe
Why not? Don't you buy HPS and Matrixgames games?
Careful. Big Brother is watching.
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Re:Hist War Les Grognards -DROPPED....
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009 8:39 AM
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^No he's not.
Just remember kids, when you need something wholesome and innocent like Sesame Street twisted into something sick and perverted - I'm just a phone call away. -HR
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Re:Hist War Les Grognards -DROPPED....
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009 10:19 AM
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Re:Hist War Les Grognards -DROPPED....
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009 10:48 AM
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For me BFC "dropping" the game is rather good news : they behave like a$$holes since too long now. JMM will be better without them, players too (no crap DRM).
Going to read the manual now !
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Re:Hist War Les Grognards -DROPPED....
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009 1:47 PM
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purplehelmetedwarrior
Gusington
^What? Can anyone confirm this?
Looks to be true.
It is no longer on Battlefront's webpage.
But Battlefront added the Russian PT Boat game. Looks good. More fun than more Napoleonic stuff.
<message edited by MengCiao on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 1:48 PM>
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Re:Hist War Les Grognards -DROPPED....
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009 2:02 PM
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MengCiao
purplehelmetedwarrior
Gusington
^What? Can anyone confirm this?
Looks to be true.
It is no longer on Battlefront's webpage.
But Battlefront added the Russian PT Boat game. Looks good. More fun than more Napoleonic stuff.
If you say so.
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Re:Hist War Les Grognards -DROPPED....
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009 2:18 PM
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Follow the link /POST above...click on the second/ lower part it is the ENGLISH version of the manual..Enjoy
AP514
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Re:Hist War Les Grognards -DROPPED....
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009 2:24 PM
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AP514
Follow the link /POST above...click on the second/ lower part it is the ENGLISH version of the manual..Enjoy
AP514
Looks great...the screenshots of the maps are still in French, but I can read them so I'm happy.
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