Reply To: Atomic mass games taking over FFG miniature games

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> They should do well with Legion, Armada, and X-Wing

I absolutely disagree, Atomic Mass Games does not have the likes of Alex Davy, Michael Gernes and Luke Eddy without whom X-Wing, Armada and Legion simply would not exist because they convinced the previous FFG bosses to make the games.   If not for Alex Davy there would be no X-Wing 2.0 rebalance.   The tournament scene for Legion exists because of Luke Eddy.

All three have been fired.  What was once a great brand with FFG has now been gutted.   What remains is the BS of poor designers/creative team that has given us awful products like Descent: Legends of the Dark.

Asmodee has made a move to consolidate and save money.  As you can see from the announcement, they have moved over the “management team” but you can read on Reddit and elsewhere they have flushed the design team down the toilet.  Like many holding companies, they nothing of their product, but they know how to run excel spreadsheets and when the numbers do not work they will simply flush the company down the toilet.

FFG is a shell of its former self and Asmodee is all about maximizing savings and milking existing IP without thought of actually making a good product.  While the games Armada, Legion and X-Wing are all mature enough now that they can just keep milking the cow for years, IMHO, there is no real design talent left for new games in the future.