http://www.flyingpiggames.com/home.html
QuoteHi People,
Mark Walker here, and I have big news this week. It's the news I've been hinting at for the past month. I'm excited, like Christmas morning when I was ten excited,
to announce the founding of my new game company, Flying Pig Games (http://www.flyingpiggames.com/) . We hope to become a significant, yet also significantly different, strategy game company - a company without boundaries, a company that publishes strategy games, war games, and magazines that meet only one criteria... they are fun.
You can visit our minty-fresh website and study our first game, Night of Man, as well as our independent strategy and wargame magazine, Yaah! by clicking here (http://www.flyingpiggames.com/), or the logo above.
Effective immediately, I have resigned as lead designer for Lock 'n Load Publishing. I wish Lock 'n Load Publishing the best of luck, and thank our customers for their support.
Looking forward to seeing what new stuff he can come up with.
Night of Man sounds really good!
http://www.flyingpiggames.com/night-of-man.html
QuoteNight of Man is a card-driven, tactical board game. Set in a post-alien-invasion-of-Earth universe, the squads, heroes, and tanks of Earth's Militia battle against powerful aliens with enhanced power armor, hover tanks, Mechs (Ya, I need a better name.), and spider-like robots.
In each turn gamers draw up to a four card hand and may play a card, sometimes more, in each impulse. The cards activate units to move, fire, assault, and use special powers, such as explosive rounds, telekinesis, and more. Special cards, such as critical hit or bullet storm, can also enhance a unit's attacks.
Each turn continues until three end turn cards have been drawn. Players then choose one card from their hand to keep, the administrative markers are removed from the board, and a new hand is dealt to each player. The players use that new hand, or the card kept from the previous turn, to bid for initiative in the new turn.
Night of Man ships with numerous scenarios, as well as a point system that allows gamers to put together their own battles in no time flat. Coming to Kickstarter soon. Real soon.
I love how tactical sci-fi games are so much more common in the world of board games and minis than they are in the world of PC games! Wonder why that is....
I thought Mark WAS LnL. The principal owner, anyway.
Mark sold LnLP a year ago March. He was just an employee/designer until now. The Lock 'n Load line of games will continue under the control of Jeff Lewis of LnLP.
Quote from: Ubercat on December 01, 2014, 07:53:23 PM
I thought Mark WAS LnL. The principal owner, anyway.
He was until about 18 months ago. He sold to Jim Crabtree, who sold to David Heath. Mark hasn't
owned LNLP for almost 2 years. He just left as the lead wargame designer in the past few weeks.
Quote from: Ubercat on December 01, 2014, 07:53:23 PM
I thought Mark WAS LnL. The principal owner, anyway.
Don't
any of you guys read our front page?!
http://grogheads.com/?p=2165
August of 2013! ::)
Front... page... ? :o
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Quote from: bayonetbrant on December 01, 2014, 08:07:41 PM
Quote from: Ubercat on December 01, 2014, 07:53:23 PM
I thought Mark WAS LnL. The principal owner, anyway.
Don't any of you guys read our front page?!
http://grogheads.com/?p=2165
August of 2013! ::)
Clearly there's a lack of promotional strategy :P
Quote from: Ubercat on December 01, 2014, 07:53:23 PM
I thought Mark WAS LnL. The principal owner, anyway.
^ +1.
It must be weird to found a company, sell it, and then leave it.
Quote from: Toonces on December 01, 2014, 10:27:07 PM
Quote from: Ubercat on December 01, 2014, 07:53:23 PM
I thought Mark WAS LnL. The principal owner, anyway.
^ +1.
It must be weird to found a company, sell it, and then leave it.
How many times do people found a company, take it public, and then get kicked out by boards of directors? Seems to happen a lot and seems kind of .. repugnant .. to me every time I hear of it.
that's not really what happened here. It was an amicable split
If someone was to come along and give me a decent valuation for my company, I'd sell it tomorrow. Then, I'd take the money and go start something else interesting. Companies tend to be a lot more fun to start than to run, I find.
In any case, I'm glad to hear Mark is starting something new. I'm very much looking forward to his new games, and I'm eager to see what the new(-ish) LnL crew now do, too.
Having more talented and excited publishers can in no way be a bad thing.
Quote from: bayonetbrant on December 01, 2014, 10:48:42 PM
that's not really what happened here. It was an amicable split
I got that. I don't think they're a public company anyway. I was just remarking that I hear of it happening a lot. One of the founders of Apple, for example.
That's one fugly logo, best of luck though.
I really dislike his rulebook writing style, but he does make interesting games.
Slightly more interested in what LnL does with all the Two Hour Wargame stuff at the moment. Could be some really interesteing boardgames coming out of that deal.
Quote from: weateallthepies on December 02, 2014, 04:32:19 AMSlightly more interested in what LnL does with all the Two Hour Wargame stuff at the moment. Could be some really interesteing boardgames coming out of that deal.
+1 . . . Two Hour Wargames has some good stuff.
Quote from: weateallthepies on December 02, 2014, 04:32:19 AM
Slightly more interested in what LnL does with all the Two Hour Wargame stuff at the moment. Could be some really interesteing boardgames coming out of that deal.
I didn't hear about this. Are they merging or something? There are one or two games form THW that I've been interested in trying.
LnLP is just going to publish THW board games. Not really a merger.
Quote from: Barthheart on December 02, 2014, 04:47:49 PM
LnLP is just going to publish THW board games. Not really a merger.
Ah, got it. Thanks!
Yeah Ed at Two Hour Wargames is still continuing as usual but LnL are going to create boardgames from some of his products. They are going to be using the same rules but be self contained with counters and maps and things from the sound of it. First up is the gladiator and chariot games combined into one package.
Quote from: weateallthepies on December 03, 2014, 08:47:24 AM
Yeah Ed at Two Hour Wargames is still continuing as usual but LnL are going to create boardgames from some of his products. They are going to be using the same rules but be self contained with counters and maps and things from the sound of it. First up is the gladiator and chariot games combined into one package.
Interesting! I hope they get around to 5150 Star Army. I am looking forward to giving it a try one day. 8)
I wanted to wait until David posted his announcement before speaking up.
Yes, there are many games coming from THW and I'm looking forward to it. Having a chance to spend time with David and the new LnL folks convinced me to give it a go. Knowing that I have final approval on my games was the deciding factor. So if there's a production hiccup, like David said, it's on him. But any game design hiccups, totally on me. After producing over 50 games, I'm pretty comfortable with supporting them.
For those of you that don't know Two Hour Wargames, we cover a variety of periods and topics. It was pointed out to me that Two Hour Wargames does a lot more than traditional wargames, so we've decided to release all LnL/THW collaborations under THW Game Design.
All of the games for LnL will be either totally new games or games that will be updated. Heroes of the Colosseum is much more than Red Sand Blue Sky and Charioteer re-packaged. Just like the upcoming ATZ - Outbreak, the games are streamlined using current/new mechanics and not just a rehash of current offerings.
In any case, glad to get this started and if you have questions or requests for games let me know. All of the games are on the table.
FYI - All the THW/LnL games will work perfectly well with minis or counters.
Hey Ed,
Thanks for stopping by and giving us further info. Looking forward to seeing what comes of the partnership.
Since this is a Flying Pig Games thread I'm really interested in seeing where Mark is going. What he left behind is a LnLP topic of another color.
Good Hunting.
MR
Dang, good observation. I'll move to the other thread so any questions can be posted there instead of here.