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Message: <blockquote data-quote="theRogueRooster" data-source="post: 3171541" data-attributes="member: 4521">I've got this on pre-order and am chomping at the bit to get the game into my grubby little hands.  The Hill Giant promo figure has already arrived and is currently sitting on my desk, taunting me with a steely-eyed gaze under his protruding brow.I own Memoir 44 and enjoy the game, although I don't believe that the Commands & Colors system is necessarily the best fit for WWII era battles.  BattleLore is the fourth incarnation of this system and from what I've read of the game so far, it looks to be the most evolved (which would make sense).DoW has a <a href="http://blog.battlelore.com/en/" target="_blank">blog</a> which contains a ton of useful information about the game for anyone interested.I admit to being a little confused concerning Twowolves's comment about the unpainted figures.  A boardgame as lavishly produced as BattleLore is suddenly uninteresting because the playing pieces aren't painted?  How does that in any way compromise the quality or depth of the gameplay inherent to the ruleset?  I mean, I get the coolness factor that is attached to a game with fully painted minis, which is why some folks like to paint them, but to assign a negative worth value to a board game solely on the basis of a lack of painted minis is odd to me, and a bit ironic considering Days of Wonder's reputation for high production values.But different strokes and all that.-tRR</blockquote>

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