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Post by squirmydad on Sept 15, 2010 16:26:26 GMT -9
What does this name stand for. In all fairness it does not bring to mind awesome bloody huge battles between fantastic fantasy forces. Is there some hidden meaning to the title I don't know?
I think if you want to appeal to more people, the name should be something familiar and evoking of fantasy warfare. It should sound like the title of a cartoon action show.
I'd think something like FANTASY LEGIONS, would give you an instant understanding of what the game is, or even LEGIONS OF DOOM, or WIZARD WARS, MAGE WARS or even REALMS of BATTLE. JIM
P.S. be warned, if you ask for my feedback, I give full honest feedback and opinions.
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Post by okumarts on Sept 15, 2010 16:29:47 GMT -9
If my Latin serves me, Bellicose means someone who is inclined to start a fight. Beli being Latin for war/fight/struggle.
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Post by Reivaj on Sept 15, 2010 16:46:00 GMT -9
In spanish "Bélico" is refered to war, for example "conflicto bélico" is a sinonimus of war, "cine bélico" are war movies. It comes from latin bellicus.
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Post by squirmydad on Sept 15, 2010 16:54:14 GMT -9
Ah, I probably have the sensibilities of a 13 year caffeine hyper kid. Hence my preference for the bold in in your face style names, and not the thoughtful brainy names. JIM
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Post by Floyd on Sept 15, 2010 17:16:57 GMT -9
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Post by nikloveland on Sept 15, 2010 17:41:51 GMT -9
Yeah, I gave our miniatures game that name back when I was young and stupid (and thought I was being clever). According to the History of Bellicose it used to mean 'romantic hamster' (yet again, back when I was young/stupid/non-clever). We have had many comments about that actually. Most don't know it is an English word. We just like to think we are improving vocabulary one table-top miniatures game at a time!
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Post by squirmydad on Sept 15, 2010 18:25:46 GMT -9
Very eloquent, I still prefer something like OGRE! smash ELF! the wargame! JIM
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Post by Parduz on Sept 15, 2010 22:35:35 GMT -9
In italian , just like for my spanish neighbour Reivaj, "Bellico" (the accent is on the "e") is an adjective that means "for the war". "Bellicoso" is another adjective used to define the "mood" of an aggressive person, but it implies in a negative meaning, as Wordreference properly explain: www.wordreference.com/iten/Bellicoso
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Post by josedominguez on Sept 16, 2010 0:23:55 GMT -9
Yup, like verbose is prone to talk , bellicose is prone to war. I knew my latin G.C.S.E would be useful eventually, it's took 22 years, but I feel vindicated in taking latin rather than computing now
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Post by boffothesane on Sept 17, 2010 5:16:24 GMT -9
I think in an alternate reality the game was called "Must...Kill..." But in that universe, it was mistaken as an instructional manual for serial killers and the staff of Sanity Studios were all hauled off to prison.
As mentioned in a previous message, Bellicose means "romantic hamster" in the ancient tongue. The gods who created the world of Bellicose often turn to the ancient tongue when they need to name something. It is evident, however, that the ancients were remarkably silly. It hasn't stopped the gods, though.
For example, another world created by some of the same gods was a planet-sized pile of dung, which they named "Krakasplod". Sounds appropriate; but in the ancient tongue, this means "pock-marked granmother's tofu soup" which is not even relevant. Why would any language have a single word that means something like that?
Anyhoo, Krakasplod was a popping place for a while - lots of microbial life-forms and creepy-crawly things. The life on the planet eventually died out. It turns out that dung is not as much of a renewable resource as the gods thought it would be. The gods of Bellicose and the ancients seemed to have silliness in common.
I hope nobody was eating when they read this - I just thought everyone deserved to know...
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