I have read a bit about the changes Asmodee intends to make in their marketing of X-Wing. And there are quite a few posts and opinions concerning that topic from just about every direction.

However, have there been any rumblings one way or another as to how Asmodee views the VASSAL online community for X-Wing?

They'd be bonkers to do anything negative it would generate nothing but anger, and its clearly not affecting their sales.

What they should do is get their own version made release it on steam and use it as a marketing tool.

Sure most would only buy the game but you'd generate some interest in the mini version.

Of course EA own game rights so you'd have to make sure they didn't try to make it freemium like that awful dungeon keeper.

They're probably looking at it in the same way Netflix views VPNs; they know it exists and technically should do something, but if anything it's driving sales rather than harming the business.

If the EA hurdle can be gotten around, I'd be all for throwing Mu0n into a room full of software developers and bashing out a slick 'n' shiny standalone version for Steam. Take my money, please.

Save us MuOn you're our only hope.

I mean, if GW can make a fortune off a bad (so bad) computer port of Space Hulk, anything is possible...

I'm not really a developer guys. My full time job is college teacher (for 17-18 year olds). I know how to code and it's always been a plan-B career path if the first didn't pan out, but I don't officially have any professional experience in coding, only on a personal level.

Putting me in a room full of developers, Id be dragging that project down, hard. Software engineering is the class I got the lowest grade for (still A-) in the computer science certificate I'm currently doing with remote classes.

Vassal isn't coding: common misconception. It's filling forms, declaring properties inside forms and trying to script automated stuff using those. The simplest things can be the hardest sometimes. All my coding knowledge serves very little here. It's just stubbornness that gets me through the hardest challenges.

They're probably looking at it in the same way Netflix views VPNs; they know it exists and technically should do something, but if anything it's driving sales rather than harming the business.

If the EA hurdle can be gotten around, I'd be all for throwing Mu0n into a room full of software developers and bashing out a slick 'n' shiny standalone version for Steam. Take my money, please.

Whether something impacts sales or generates good will is unfortunately something that's not taken into consideration when IP/trademark/licensing lawyers get involved. We can only hope common sense prevails.

The most likely issue with VASSAL is if Disney decides that the X-wing modules present an IP violation. There's not much Asmodee/FFG can do about VASSAL as long as nobody's putting any copyrighted stuff on there (and you can't copyright game mechanics or statistics, only the art and exact wording of rules and cards).

I'm not a lawyer, but I'd wager that the tiny ship images and names used in the VASSAL module probably fall under fair use, especially since nobody's selling anything.

They're probably looking at it in the same way Netflix views VPNs; they know it exists and technically should do something, but if anything it's driving sales rather than harming the business.

If the EA hurdle can be gotten around, I'd be all for throwing Mu0n into a room full of software developers and bashing out a slick 'n' shiny standalone version for Steam. Take my money, please.

Ironic timing, as Netflix have recently cracked down on VPN/DNS proxies under pressure from the TV & movie studios. It will undoubtably have an impact on their subs but we'll likely never know as I doubt they'd ever publish that.

Whether something impacts sales or generates good will is unfortunately something that's not taken into consideration when IP/trademark/licensing lawyers get involved. We can only hope common sense prevails.

I'm 99% sure that the only reason Netflix is cracking down on VPNs is because their content distribution agreements say that they can only provide access to certain content in certain jurisdictions. If they allow VPN services to go unchallenged, it opens up a couple of unpleasant possibilities:

1 - they could potentially get sued by a content provider for failing to meet the terms of their contract. The courts may or may not rule against Netflix, but regardless of the outcome it's a huge expense and it would harm their reputation.

2 - the perception that Netflix doesn't want to enforce regional content restrictions could make it harder for them to make deals with content providers, which could open the door for a competitor to take Netflix's place

Blocking VPN services costs Netflix money and customers, but the safe money is that it's a lesser cost than failing to block them (or, more accurately, failing to try).