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Steve from WWPD does Battlefront NZ!
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Steve (from WWPD) does Battlefront NZ!
Hey everyone! For those of you who don't know, I was asked to come down to the BF HQ in Auckland New Zealand to have a look "behind the curtain". I've interviewed just about everyone in the studio to talk about everything from rules writing and playtesting to manufacturing and printing. It's been an enlightening experience that I can't wait to share with you all. We have hours upon hours of footage to sift through for videos, as well as some good podcast material.
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I think you all will be interested in this unprecedented look into the inner workings of a large game company. You can follow along with some daily progress over at WWPD.net although the majority of the content will require a few weeks to be sifted through and edited.
Visit WWPD.net here...
~ Steve.
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Steve Visits The Studio
In November of 2012 Steven MacLauchlan, from WWPD, spent a week at the Battlefront Office in Auckland, New Zealand.
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Meet The Studio
In this video Steve introduces the team and finds out how they discovered wargaming.
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The Design Process: Part One
In this video we see how the book creation process begins and the studio talks about research, concepts and deciding who gets to do which project.
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The Design Process: Part Two
In this video we see how the book creation process comes to a close and the studio talks about the end-of-project crunch.
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Playtesting
In this video we Steve talks to the team about how the playtesting process works. |
Game Design
Principles
In this video we hear from Phil what principles shaped the original design of
Flames Of War and influenced its evolution. |
Errata
In this video we get a glimpse of Battlefront's plans for future erratas and FAQs.
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Special Rules
In this video we hear from the writers about the thought process they use when it comes to Special Rules for armies.
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Version Three
In this video we hear from the writers about the process of writing a new version of Flames Of War and get an insight into how and why rules change.
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Adapting Flames Of War
In this final video we find out what the studio staff would do if they could adapt Flames Of War to any era or genre.
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| Below: The Battlefront Studio.
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| Below: Mike and Wayne at their desks.
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| Below: Part of the reference library.
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| Below: Phil's home-made work-station. |
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| Below: Wayne, Chris, Phil and Mike discuss the latest project.
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| Below: A studio meeting in underway.
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| Below: James and Mike setting up the studio in preparation for my interviews.
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| Below: Mike with the Bastogne church.
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| Below: The photography area.
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| Below: Taking photos.
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| Below: Studio armies.
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Below: Early / Mid-war Italians.
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| Below: The playtesting area.
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| Below: The playtester are briefed.
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Below: Playtesting miniatures.
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Below: Playtesting underway.
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Below: The D-Day table.
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| Below: The warehouse (the boxes on the left are the long awaiting Australia & New Zealand shipment of Open Fire!) |
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