Madaxeman takes the Han Chinese to Limerick (ADLG reports)

Started by madaxeman, 05 August 2018, 10:11:27 PM

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There once was a man with an axe,
Who played ADLG to relax.
A comp in Limerick Town,
Would see much Guinness go down,
On the plane was a Chinese army he'd packed.



That Keith Duffy bloke was nowhere to be seen,
But the chap from the Hobbit – yes, he'd been!
The Emerald Isle suits this game,
You can drink as yer' playin',
Which in Limerick makes everyone keen!



There were five games that went down in two days,
Although hangovers made most just a haze,
Many dice they were rolled,
And when the final bell tolled,
Well.. you must read on to see what Hannibal says!



(If that all makes no sense at all, there are 5 new ADLG battle reports now on http://Madaxeman.com featuring Han Chinese in action in Ireland!)
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L'Art de la Guerre - most widely played Ancients ruleset in the world right now...
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Quote from: madaxeman on 06 August 2018, 07:25:01 AM
L'Art de la Guerre - most widely played Ancients ruleset in the world right now...

Cept for Hail CEaser, DBA, Swordpoint, 6th Ed, etc.....
FOG IN CHANNEL - EUROPE CUT OFF
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Sunray

Thanks for posting Tim- see what you mean about the skirmish effect of ADLG.

Yes, Limerick does a good breakfast served with criac. The city is famous for its traditional hams.

The Irish will appreciate the Eurovision joke - it sparked a Father Ted parody.

The Ulster Breakfast is perhaps the best with its tasty potato and soda breads, pork sausages, crispy back bacon and mushrooms/black pudding.

Leman

Two things:

1] Never played Art de la Guerre - my favourites are TtS and BS2.

2] I imagine most wargamer's will be shocked, but I can't stand fried breakfasts, roast dinners or vast quantities of alcohol.
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toxicpixie

Most played competition set, anyway - and very popular amongst the gamers I know outside of comps too, for that matter, although "most popular in the world" is a bit unquantifiable :D

Wonder what sales of other sets versus AdlG sales would say, although that still doesn't measure actual usage in the field...

Have to say I like them, they give a good game across a wide period even if I think these days I lean to more period/theatre specific rules on the whole.

Leman, these days whilst I like the first two of those I really can't cope with vast quantities of alcohol, think I may have stocked up on that in my earlier days ;)

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Quote from: toxicpixie on 06 August 2018, 01:23:40 PM
Most played competition set, anyway - and very popular amongst the gamers I know outside of comps too, for that matter, although "most popular in the world" is a bit unquantifiable :D

Wonder what sales of other sets versus AdlG sales would say, although that still doesn't measure actual usage in the field...

Have to say I like them, they give a good game across a wide period even if I think these days I lean to more period/theatre specific rules on the whole.

Leman, these days whilst I like the first two of those I really can't cope with vast quantities of alcohol, think I may have stocked up on that in my earlier days ;)


Well, the science is....

Competition-wise its undoubtedly the most widely played ancients set in the world - that can be definitively measured by numbers of people in the rankings in the various countries where they are published.

There's likely to be a strong correlation - but not a perfect one - between numbers of active competition gamers and non-competition gamers, and so there's more reason to suggest its the most widely played ancients set than there is for any other based on competition data.

In terms of numbers, the other way of measuring it is to look at print runs - based on postings on social media and other forums by North Star (who are the global distributor of ADLG) they have said they are now onto the 4th print run of the English-language version. I have seen posts from them suggesting that each print run has been between 1,000-2,500 copies, so even averaging that out at a lowball 1,500 per run you are probably looking at more than 5,000 English-language sets being sold in the last 2-3 years. There are also French (original) and Spanish language editions which have been published too in a similar timeframe, adding to that number.

I'm struggling to see much out there to suggest that any other Ancients set has been shifting similar numbers of copies (lets say 6,000 minimum) in the last few years..
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I suspect all sales of other sets totalled are probably less than that, Tim :D

Although as Warlord just gave away the PDFs for Hail Caesar maybe I'm wrong ;)

That doesn't account for "legacy" systems that people already own, I suppose, but I think you're probably right on the correlation, it'll be a strong one anyway.
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Quote from: toxicpixie on 06 August 2018, 02:33:47 PM
That doesn't account for "legacy" systems that people already own, I suppose, but I think you're probably right on the correlation, it'll be a strong one anyway.

I guess I was working on the assumption of "shiny shiny" syndrome, whereby most wargamers are much more likely to play the latest hotness, and use of legacy systems tails off after a few years   8)
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