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on: October 07, 2019, 06:08:56 PM
https://canvastemple.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=40

This looks interesting, and from a Publisher that I'm not familiar with, although I recognise some of the designers involved.

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Reply #1 on: October 07, 2019, 07:17:52 PM
Canvas Temple is Jon Compton's company. He set it up after leaving OSS

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Reply #2 on: October 08, 2019, 06:35:54 AM
Yep, saw that, also the name Ty Bomba is very familiar. The product quality looks very good indeed, although the range of games is very limited. I like the idea of mounted maps and 3/4" counters!

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Reply #3 on: October 08, 2019, 06:50:01 AM
Yep, saw that, also the name Ty Bomba is very familiar. The product quality looks very good indeed, although the range of games is very limited. I like the idea of mounted maps and 3/4" counters!


Ty is up there with Joe Miranda for how prolific he is as a designer.  He was the guy behind Brezhnev's War and a whole lot of other post-WWII games.


He's sold some games to Canvas Temple, but Jon runs the company.


Watch on the Rhine does look pretty cool :)

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Reply #4 on: October 08, 2019, 06:52:26 AM
...now, if you can just get me a review copy................................

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Reply #5 on: October 08, 2019, 08:27:42 AM
Ty is pretty damn prolific, though some of his titles catch flak. Like Triumph of the Will, for instance...over on BGG I saw a post that said he thinks Ty will create anything just to see if wargamers bite and buy it. :)

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Reply #6 on: October 08, 2019, 08:32:14 AM
Ty will create anything just to see if wargamers bite and buy it. :)

and we have you to thank for that

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Reply #7 on: October 08, 2019, 08:35:47 AM
over on BGG I saw a post that said he thinks Ty will create anything just to see if wargamers bite and buy it. :)


has this person ever met Joe Miranda?

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Reply #8 on: October 08, 2019, 08:49:30 AM
Who knows. I only read those posts because I was checking out the game's standing among the community. I had Tomorrow The World (also by Ty) but that one was far too easy for the Japanese to win since they had so many more units than the Germans. Triumph of the Will looked much more scaled back and manageable, but the hate is palpable over there in the forums.


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Reply #9 on: October 08, 2019, 08:56:26 AM
...does this mean I don't get a review copy then?...........................

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Reply #10 on: October 08, 2019, 08:57:10 AM
...does this mean I don't get a review copy then?...........................


I can reach out to Jon and ask.

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Reply #11 on: October 08, 2019, 09:26:18 AM
Thanks. All joking apart, I would love to review it. I'd be willing to look at paying the shipping cost, if that's any help. Second Chance Games to keep some of their games, but they don't have this one - maybe because its pretty new.

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Reply #12 on: October 08, 2019, 10:58:22 AM
And Dragoons everywhere would love to read that review I'm sure.  :applause:

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Reply #13 on: October 08, 2019, 11:04:17 AM
You'd better, or by crikey, there will be trouble!

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Reply #14 on: October 08, 2019, 11:35:07 AM
Wherever would we be able to read such a thing, though?

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