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Soda Pop/Ninja Division - whatever they call themselves now! don't do exclusives so they will be up on the store at some point.

cool, thanks

 DaveC wrote:
Soda Pop/Ninja Division - whatever they call themselves now! don't do exclusives so they will be up on the store at some point.

On the opposite, it's a great thing everything is up on their store.

Exclusives are just a way to favor these despicable speculators on Ebay or the likes. We really don't need that for Relic Knights.

For three cycles, paladins of the Shattered Sword have fought to stop the growing incursion of Harbonath’s maleacch army. Led by Jeanne Romee, it is a war of attrition they cannot hope to win alone, yet cannot afford to lose. Black Diamond’s assault upon Catermane Academy has spread across Doctrine space, as Magnus plunders the Doctrine libraries for their precious knowledge. Across the galaxy, Mamaro To’s Dragon Fleet blockades Cerci Prime, his sarva scouts scouring the pleasure planet for the location of Cordelia. Emerging from the shadows, Jenner, black paladin of the Ossyrian Order, bands with corsairs to smuggle the artifact known only as Heaven’s Discord from Origin Point. The artifact’s true purpose and Jenner’s own motivations are unknown. What is known is that Ameliel, Herald of the Void, seeks its recovery above all, and that stopping her may determine the fate of the Last Galaxy once and for all!

Relic Knights returns to your tabletop with a 2-player starter set, Void Break, and new rulebook, Ascension; featuring a revised, second edition ruleset, advancement of the Last Galaxy’s storyline against the Darkspace Calamity, and even more stunning resin models. Over the coming weeks, Ninja Division and Soda Pop Miniatures will be previewing the exciting next chapter in the Relic Knights saga. Prepare yourself to answer the call and fight for the fate of the Last Galaxy!

That is a cool model! I wonder if it'll prep & glue like the other RK stuff I got.

If they get rid of their low quality plastic, I will buy them. Especiallu if they release some miniature like that artwork, That monster looks like a Finat Fantasy boss. I just love that.

Hah, I love that even the demon angel thing is in the anime girl "gotta pee" pose.

 Sarouan wrote:
If they get rid of their low quality plastic, I will buy them. Especiallu if they release some miniature like that artwork, That monster looks like a Finat Fantasy boss. I just love that.

all the new releases are in resin now, it's only the older stuff that's still PVC/Restic

Any word on when the gencon previewed models (specifically hasami) will be released?

Relic Knights returns to your tabletop with a 2-player starter set, Void Break, and new rulebook, Ascension; featuring a revised, second edition ruleset, advancement of the Last Galaxy’s storyline against the Darkspace Calamity, and even more stunning resin models. Over the coming weeks, Ninja Division and Soda Pop Miniatures will be previewing the exciting next chapter in the Relic Knights saga. Prepare yourself to answer the call and fight for the fate of the Last Galaxy!

Will this be kickstarted?

Mez

Super Dungeon is headed to video games with Super Dungeon Tactics! In this turn-based strategy game you create a guild of Heroes to combat the Dark Consul.
Accept bounties, help the downtrodden, and answer the noble call for adventure!


The Iron Golem is useable in your tabletop games of Super Dungeon. Also included is a Steam Key, which unlocks the full version of Super Dungeon Tactics.





The Star Lancer is a finely detailed resin model for the Shattered Sword faction in Relic Knights. Adorned in powerful, ornate Aegis armor and equipped with
a stunning, star-shaking blaster, the Star Lancer is often first to enter the fray of battle. Possessing unshakable dedication and incredible skill, the Star Lancer
is a peerless paragon that will stop at nothing to serve The Order and save the galaxy.

The newest chapter in the Relic Knights saga continues with a premium collector’s line of resin hobby models. Expanding the game with new, exciting characters and rich gameplay, each Relic Knights model is expertly cast to capture the dynamic anime aesthetic of the Relic Knights universe. The Star Lancer is a heavy-hitting, mega-mecha tailor-made to shake-up the starscape in full-on tabletop battles!

I'm sure we've had this discussion before, but what size base is the Star Lancer on?

Usually they list the base sizes (or at least they did with the restic stuff) on their Relic Knights releases.

Looks cool though.

Hm. I did not know Relic Knights was going Gundam.

They aren't going Gundam- that's way more Super Robot than Real Robot!

I've seen Gundam, and it's pretty Super Robot compared to something like a Metal Gear (a la One Shot).

Cool idea pairing the iron golem with the SDE Tactics game. More likely to pick that up now.

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
I'm sure we've had this discussion before, but what size base is the Star Lancer on?

Usually they list the base sizes (or at least they did with the restic stuff) on their Relic Knights releases.

Looks cool though.

No base size yet (all the new released stuff has it so I guess it will be added soon?)

Expanding Our Lineup

Published by Nick Toennis, on October 5, 2016. Filed under News.



Recently we’ve begun to explore new possibilities with our unique line of miniatures. As many of you know, we recently partnered with Cabinet Entertainment and Modiphius to create eight miniatures for the re-creation of Siege of the Citadel. These miniatures are exclusive content for that Kickstarter project, and are only available through that project to individuals who pledge and buy the add-on content. These miniatures are primarily intended for use with Siege of the Citadel, but fans are also being provided with cards to use them in Super Dungeon Explore.

We understand that this exclusive content changes a long held “no gameplay exclusives” policy which we have maintained through our previous Kickstarters. This decision was not made lightly, and it is worth us addressing in detail why the decision was made and what it means for Kickstarter exclusivity moving into the future.

Expanding Opportunity and the Community

Our characteristic brand of miniatures continues to be a distinct aesthetic beloved by many around the world. Super Dungeon defined an entire genre of “chibi” miniatures within the hobby space. We continue to lead and expand within the genre with games such as Ninja All-Stars and Rail Raiders Infinite.

Our partnership with Cabinet Entertainment and Modiphius continues to expand visibility of our unique and beautiful miniatures to new groups of gamers and hobbyists. We believe that creating new partnership opportunities such as this one allows us to showcase the whimsical, creative, and beautiful worlds of our games and characters with fans of any background or interest. Such partnerships also afford us the opportunity to create cool new miniatures for characters and games that we might not otherwise be able to do through our own product line.

Why Super Dungeon?

Super Dungeon continues to be Ninja Division Publishing and Soda Pop Miniatures’ premier brand. In the recent past we have resisted providing Super Dungeon rules for Ninja All-Stars and Rail Raiders. Our primary purpose behind this decision is that we strongly believe in the game systems and worlds created for Ninja All-Stars and Rail Raiders, and want people to invest in the worlds and games these models were built for and are meant to represent.


RelicKnights-SuperDungeon-Sebastian

A secondary concern is maintaining the integrity of the Super Dungeon universe and theme. Also known as, “what the heck is a dude with an assault rifle doing in Super Dungeon?” This is where the nature of exclusives work to our advantage. It allows us to explore bizarre and strange diversions into new territory, without upsetting the long-term integrity of the Super Dungeon universe. In fact, it is territory we have already explored when we brought Relic Knights into the world of Super Dungeon several years ago. These exclusives allow us to have a fun, “what if?” scenario which we could never pursue within the normal confines of Crystalia.

Super Dungeon’s setting is also far more elastic than most standard fantasy settings. It routinely breaks the fourth wall with nods to the fact that it is a “video game”. We have always encouraged these tongue-in-cheek references through treasure, fiction, and art. This makes Super Dungeon an ideal setting for team-ups and explorations of new possibilities.



Products that we consider integral to a brand’s core experience will forever remain nonexclusive, only going out of stock as dictated by normal market demand. However, if we want to explore a unique niche or theme that does not fit within the brand’s core experience (such as Super Dungeon x Siege of the Citadel) we will make an individual determination on the product’s exclusivity. This will allow us to explore a broad range of unique niche themes which will appeal to specific fans, but due to their “outside” nature are not particularly suitable for retail, and thus not for maintaining constant stock.

What about gameplay?

We also understand that there may be concerns about how these new opportunities and new miniatures affect gameplay in the games you all enjoy.

All exclusives will have their rules published on the Ninja Division website, so that players may use them if they wish.

For any Ninja Division events we are officially attending, we will only allow non-exclusive gameplay content. We prefer this for our official events because it not only showcases the worlds of our games in their distinct forms, but it also allows anyone who comes to our events to play the game with the same common knowledge of its characters and its mechanics.

For events created by volunteers of our Ninja Corps program—at conventions, in clubs and leagues, and at stores—we will provide templates for how you may wish to run events. These templates will serve as that: a template for how you can run demos, clubs, and leagues. Ultimately you get to decide which products you will and will not allow in play. Since these events are voluntary, and not official Ninja Division events, we believe that those who run them will do so based on their goals for the event, as well as the kind of community they want to foster with others who are fans of our games or new to our games.

As we move forward, we want longtime fans and new fans to be able to enjoy our games in a variety of ways. Whether participating in an official event with us at a convention, learning how to play a game from a volunteer at a store, or picking up the game for the first time through seeing our miniatures on another Kickstarter, we want our community to grow and see even more of the finely detailed and incredibly novel minis we do as a company and industry leader.

With new partnerships on the horizon, we hope you all will continue to enjoy our games in whichever ways you play and with whichever miniatures you decide to include.

Thank you.

I am very glad that SPM decided to end their "no exclusives" policy with something that excites me not at all.

Orlando - what's up?

The thread locked and wasn't refreshing the page. I saw the title change, posted in response to what I assumed someone posted, but didn't see my post appear, even though the Thread List said I had posted.

Obviously, it's fixed now.
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ETA - it wouldn't hurt for you to [SNIP!] those duplicate posts...

Pretty much what JohnHwangDD said, I tried to post the update and while dakka accepted it and the thread apparently updated nothing appeared

but whatever glitch was happening it seemed to clear up eventually and my post appeared

They realized that exclusives make for good business. This is why almost every company has them. Preorder and kickstarter exclusives ensure early production capital. Event exclusives ensure attendance and promote attendance at events. This has worked well for every company that uses them (cmon, wotc, gw, wkg, dust, etc).

They have also seen that folks will not pledge for kickstarters as they can buy the product later from discount stores for cheaper. This means less startup capital, less interest, and lower valued games.

Some hate exclusives, but you don't need them to play. Good thinking on spm's part for once.

I dunno about that. I'm not backing Siege for a grossly overpriced pile of ugly AF minis that don't match any of my other SDE stuff. Further, the whole now-or-never makes me not want to back at all.

Yeah - it's a bummer move. Soda Pop was the one company that did exclusives right.

That said - I have 0 interest in these, and SDE has grown so fast over the years that I can't keep up and no longer have a complete collection anyway.

Am already dreading getting my Legends pledge when I still haven't touched 90% of my TFK pledge.

I'm looking forward to Legends delivering. I split on FK, and I split on Legends. Takes a lot of the risk and dread out.
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After Legends, I'm done, though.

new army painter announced from facebook

Has anyone been watching the videos on Beasts of War? John Cadice from Nina Division has been on, and there are faction overviews, a Noh vs. Shattered Sword game, and painted tutorials. I'm hoping this may signal signal the initiation of the Void Break Kickstarter in a short period of time.

If nothing else, its encouraging me to finish painting up my Cerci faction.

Mez

A complete move away from the original Kickstarter's crappy 'restic' will be a must for me to take a look at this one again!

Is that on the table?

Will the old 'starter sets' be getting a re-do?

 Alpharius wrote:
A complete move away from the original Kickstarter's crappy 'restic' will be a must for me to take a look at this one again!

Agreed, I found the material terrible to work with. I painted up a bunch of Cerci and had to repair or simply invent detail on most of the models.