After hearing the words from my friend at FFG, "Do not look forward to the future of this game", I started to wonder. Well, that same friend got back to me with something else earlier this morning in an email to me. He tells me that there is a significant loss of interest in this game, that they are planning to release all of the miniatures they had originally intended due to the core set and the sad fact that they are having trouble with the retail sale of this product.
I even noticed that miniaturesmarket.com is trying to rid themselves of this game by selling starters at $12 and warpacks at $10. A few gamestores in my area are selling the starter at $10-15 and hardly anyone is carrying the newer releases and the two Ilian warpacks.
My friend alerted me that this game, and I quote, "will not survive, and will probably die out sooner than most MC fans think". I was also hinted at the fact that World of Warcraft miniatures has been doing far better in sales than this game, and may play a role in the poor sales of our beloved Mutant Chronicles CMG.
I dunno, guys. I love this game. I literally have now, like 200 of these miniatures, some boxed and some in containers. I play this game all the time with my fiance and even hombrew rules that allow us to have battle of 5 players Vs. 5 players with the help of 6 starter maps put together. I have followed this game since my friend at FFG told me about it, showed me how to play it and got me tons of free stuff from the game before it came out officially. If you look at the MC Demo I did on YouTube, you'll find I bragged about it even before it was officially released and played at local game stores.
I'm worried, and as my friend cannot tell me the full blown details about this game, it makes me wonder, especially since his comments were all gloomy. I have not heard back from FFG people about my email to them concerning the lack of information being put out there to this and other communities regarding this game, but have heard from one of my two friends at FFG, who again, tells me not to look forward to the future of this game.
Sad news, guys. I just hope they do keep to it and finish releasing these models, although I wonder if the lack of support from game stores will force them to drop the prices, as they tried to do with Rackham's AT-43 and Confrontation lines.
One can only hope.