if and when another company picks the game without the current mechanics would you play it?

well this is the way everyone talks about it,so i jsut went with it,you can clsoe it if you want to :)

I agree with Echo. Theres so much out there to play. Any time some one asks me to come play a new strategy/table top game I allways go. Its nice to see what everything is. I have stuff in my closet from so many games I have and have only played once! I got an entire War Hammer 40k starter set but got no one to play with! (And im still painting them ^.^). But just because you devote your time to one game doesnt mean you have to drop the other.

Personally, I like having a dead game. I'm having a blast with customs. SWM is easy enough, I can invite someone over for a night of games and teach fairly quickly.

That's why I was asking if SWM was the only game most people played. Because if you play a lot of games and invest in different games regularly, buying a new game isn't a big deal. If SWM is the only game you play and you aren't interested in other games at all then I understand, but if you are a regular gamer I don't understand the opposition. It's not like someone is taking your SWM; you're just buying stuff for another game. You aren't buying anything over again, you are buying all new stuff.

Actualy it is now one of the only collectible games i play. I also play Pirates CSG but that game is also dead.

This game is pretty much it for me.

If a new (ruleset/mechanics) game comes out that provides mini fodder for the v-sets, I'll probably buy singles as needed.

I've spent too much on this game to get heavily into another one. I could just as easily spend some quality time on my son's Xbox 360, Wii, Playstation etc. which I've barely touched, and are already paid for.

I think the real answer for most people is we have no idea until we see what it would be. The game mechanics for SWMs is very strong, the best I've played. I wouldn't buy another SWs game unless it had an equally strong game play. It isn't about being a gamer or not, I am, but I would not waste my limited funds on another SWs game, just because it was made - and especially since I already have a ton of pieces for the current game. I would rather spend it on other completely different games.

The comparable issue to me would be a video game franchise. Most people do not buy Madden and College Football each year from EA (I know some do). Most people buy one or the other, or like me, only buy a new one every few years. Why? Because I have limited funds and I prefer to have a more varied gaming experience, so I spend the money on things like Mariocart Wii, or Tiger Woods Golf, etc, instead of buying every football game they make, even though football would be classified as my favorite.

So while being a SWs fan, and a gamer, its not the same as buying just another game. It's a question of variety. Would I want another expensive SWs game or would I rather buy more decks for my burgeoning Killer Bunnies set? Would I want to buy more minis (which are similar to what I already have) or would I rather invest that $100 in Warlords of Europe? Generally, I'd prefer the latter.

But a lot of that depends on the mechanics. I extensively bought and played the SWs CCG, and when WotC obtained the license and released it's own TCG, I tried it, didn't like the mechanics, and stopped buying. I didn't buy another WotC product until the Minis game came out - which coincidentally, replaced my action figure habit as well as my gaming habit. If the game was solid, and different enough, and I had the funds, I'd consider getting into it. But that's a lot of ifs that I cannot project until I see what the new company has in store for the franchise.

I would not buy into another SWM game, if they used the same scale and rules but just redid old characters then i still would not buy into it.

If the rules and scales were the same and they carried off where WOTC left off with set x and new never seen before characters with the odd old character then yes i would buy.

As you asked Echo24 yes SWM's and D&D were the only games i brought. I brought for the game not for a collection. As such I no longer buy D&D as there are no cards.

Not going to say no not going to say yes... It would depend on how many other folks and if the LGS would support it. That being said I have a lot of time and money invested in my collection and would dread trying to complete another one.