To quote a conversation about this on IRC about how much information there is about Empire:
09:48 < workmica> yes. They've given us the pancake base. 09:48 < workmica> the pizza base even. 09:48 < Bluebottle> and so far we know "it's a pizza" and perhaps "it may look circular" and "it has a crust" 09:49 < Bluebottle> I am trying to squash people's hopes and dreams and wild speculation on here in the hope that three months down the line nobody will be going "oh my god I thought this game would have PEPPERONI it doesn't have ANY MEAT WHATSOEVER OH MY GOD PD why do you even call yourselves PIZZA DECISIONS" 09:51 < Bluebottle> (especially if all the design blog says is "we're planning to go for a tomato base, there may be a variety of cheeses, toppings may include peppers and pineapple and mushrooms and also other things, and maybe even a hint of garlic sauce if you go looking for it" and just happened to say nothing about meat :) 09:52 < workmica> people will see peppers and read pepperoni, then complain that they were promised pepperoni.
The most impressively specific speculation I've seen so far on Empire was someone on Rule7 hoping to do "a hardcore Tolkien esk german level of kit orc group" - I've no doubt they'll find a system where they can, but I also don't know where they're getting that idea from the A5 flyer.
E2A - and the next person to say "german level of kit" gets me kicking their head in while dressed in my "english level of kit" while we show them photos of the less than good kit at some german events and ask them when the UK govt will give them 120k to run an event...
09:48 < workmica> yes. They've given us the pancake base.
09:48 < workmica> the pizza base even.
09:48 < Bluebottle> and so far we know "it's a pizza" and perhaps "it may look circular" and "it has a crust"
09:49 < Bluebottle> I am trying to squash people's hopes and dreams and wild speculation on here in the hope that three months down the line nobody will be going "oh my god I thought this game would have PEPPERONI it doesn't have ANY MEAT WHATSOEVER OH MY GOD PD why do you even call yourselves PIZZA DECISIONS"
09:51 < Bluebottle> (especially if all the design blog says is "we're planning to go for a tomato base, there may be a variety of cheeses, toppings may include peppers and pineapple and mushrooms and also other things, and maybe even a hint of garlic sauce if you go looking for it" and just happened to say nothing about meat :)
09:52 < workmica> people will see peppers and read pepperoni, then complain that they were promised pepperoni.
The most impressively specific speculation I've seen so far on Empire was someone on Rule7 hoping to do "a hardcore Tolkien esk german level of kit orc group" - I've no doubt they'll find a system where they can, but I also don't know where they're getting that idea from the A5 flyer.
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E2A - and the next person to say "german level of kit" gets me kicking their head in while dressed in my "english level of kit" while we show them photos of the less than good kit at some german events and ask them when the UK govt will give them 120k to run an event...
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Ohhh I could rant for ages but this is Little G's rant, not mine.
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