The Great War 1914-1918: Clash of Empires

[WILD BILL]

I like the 3rd choice as well (dusty blue), it seems to match the helmets.

[protevangelium]

The third gray-blue color posted is what I think of for Austria-Hungary. Pike-gray or what they called hechtgrau. It offsets them a bit from the Germans. A deeper blue, I would associate with France.

Turkey I tend to associate more with a khaki color, but not sure what shades are available to avoid conflict with the British.

[Imperious Leader]

Austrian color is here

[protevangelium]

@Imperious:

Austrian color is here

Yes, that’s the color I had in mind. Probably my favorite uniform of the early war period.

[xxstefanx]

Simply use the historical correct colours!

And please in this regard stay away from this red/brown nonsense for Russia WWI!
It’s beige!

(The RED revolution had yet to come up in 1917!)

France is on a good way! (and of course it’s colour #3!)

[Imperious Leader]

Anything remotely red will be the Ottomans, but a subdued red/tan.

Russia will be Brown/Beige

[zwarsky1]

Hey IL,

Any update on this Gem??  Saving my Pennies!  Can’t wait!!

[Imperious Leader]

4th quarter release, no definite date. Mostly done

[Chicochico]

Where will this game be sold on release? Any online store with international shipping?

[Imperious Leader]

Everywhere and international too ( except rules in English)

[Chacmool]

This game should be named “Chinese Democracy” …

Just kidding. I would do lots of things to play this finally    :roll:

Any news?

[Imperious Leader]

Nothing at this point. Game is done- problem is China

[Chacmool]

What about some reports ?
Since I am doing my own non-commercial ww1 game, I would like to be inspired by some of you rules… rules

[Imperious Leader]

Playtest this friday, ill post pictures ok?

Also, it may be with the complete plastic sets. Producer says hell try to make that happen.

[Chacmool]

Sounds good!

Can`t wait for new pictures. From what I can remember your miniatures look superior.

My only worry is the map, did you fix the false tt-names?

Anyway, nice to see that this game is still on its way…

[Imperious Leader]

Yes even flashman helped out on that.

[Imperious Leader]

Ok as promised, here are pics of playtest session Friday:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/h3la8qgbpe7i8dk/IMG_0598.JPG?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/o5jnkcuimtxj0v5/IMG_0600.JPG?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/hm54oe167ogrbke/IMG_0601.JPG?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/488r74vcm3jdne3/IMG_0602.JPG?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/nm9wf6rkvms03i9/IMG_0603.JPG?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/6u489t5tkaytgkv/IMG_0604.JPG?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4x7dhhs3r48uuna/IMG_0605.JPG?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/2xz2n4u0oauq9qp/IMG_0606.JPG?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/xauvxxwtqnsnoys/IMG_0607.JPG?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/9lc40mnwpsq8pxz/IMG_0608.JPG?dl=0

Keep in mind the pieces are the ones for the game, but the colors are not correct. In some cases the color is similar ( British are closest to final, Austrians too)

The Russians are way off- they look green
Italians are ridiculous green- the actual final color will be darker
Ottomans are going a dark red, not orange
France blue will be slightly darker
Germany will be darker

[General 6 Stars]

Very nice IL.  Pieces look great.  :-)

[Imperious Leader]

thanks, keep in mind Cavalry and entrenched infantry are two piece.

Another problem is you need to keep the Cavalry in a separate compartment because the lance often bends. The plastic is somewhat like old 50"s style “bakelite” style plastic.

[Chacmool]

Wow!! Looks so cool…
Could have been more than only one photo of the Great war game though.
Which size had the playtestmap that you used?