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As a Civil War buff, totally interested in this.

 ArbitorIan wrote:

 insaniak wrote:
Surely that should be 'Alternate Civil War'...? [/grammarnazi]

Surely it should be 'Alternate AMERICAN Civil War'?

After all, there have been a few....

But only one that matters. Because Murica.

 Thatguyoverthere wrote:

 ArbitorIan wrote:

 insaniak wrote:
Surely that should be 'Alternate Civil War'...? [/grammarnazi]

Surely it should be 'Alternate AMERICAN Civil War'?

After all, there have been a few....

But only one that matters. Because Murica.

I know, the War of the Roses was pretty epic

 SilverMK2 wrote:


I know, the War of the Roses was pretty epic

I could definitely get behind an Alternate War of the Roses game.


Ghost Train, it's time to get to work!

Who knows what is lying ahead guys

While researching we realised it would be quite easy making a 1812 prequel/spin-off After all there was a war in Eurpe and America in tjose years...

To continue giving you some feeling about the Alternative forces fighting in this Alternative Civil War, we’ve updated the The Factions section with the Spanish Starter Set Models: Ponce de León, Becerrillo & Regulars.

Be sure to check them at http://ghosttraingames.com/the-factions/spain/

Remember we have a contest running! Check out how to participate in the following video – where we discuss about ACW with our friends from Forja y Desván.

Check out the English video at: http://ghosttraingames.com/did-you-know/

So there are Chinese. Russians. and Brits.

Will this includes
- Taiping rebellion
- Crimea war
- Mexican 'Civil War'

??

 Lone Cat wrote:
So there are Chinese. Russians. and Brits.

Will this includes
- Taiping rebellion
- Crimea war
- Mexican 'Civil War'

??

Those conflicts will impact (somewhat) the background and factions infighting. Updated timeline will show how close you were to our ideas

Surely it should be 'Alternate AMERICAN Civil War'?

After all, there have been a few....

Sutething, we then we wouldnt play with the ACW initials, which we enjoy

Anyhow, we have a new model ready to show: the Black Halls




We hope you like it. You can read about it in our CSA section

And the fourth faction is here.



The models of the Natives Starter Set (Great Chief Tecumseh, Living Totem of Nature, Bear-Brother on the Warpath and Braves on the Warpath) have been uploaded to their corresponding section in a new, lighter-to-read format we will be implementing in the website.

Don’t miss them – check out the Natives section http://ghosttraingames.com/the-factions/natives/, there’s a little something extra too.

We’re happy to announce our Kickstarter campaign will be running in a couple days, starting 26th April 19:00 GMT+1 (10:00 AM PDT). Hope you like it!

www.ghosttraingames.com

These are the Weird models on the North and South Starter set. Here you have a little preview while we show you them fully painted (which will be in a few days).





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Here's the link!: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/644661994/alternative-civil-war-1861-a-different-american-ci/

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/644661994/alternative-civil-war-1861-a-different-american-ci

Loving the idea of Eternal Guards of the Fountain for a Spanish unit.

Very flavorful game.

First & Second updates of our KS campaign.
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Have you decided which faction do you like most and will be playing? Share it with everybody in a little poll we set up for fun

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/644661994/alternative-civil-war-1861-a-different-american-ci/posts/824280

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Next one is an article we wrote sharing with you our creative process, hope you enjoy it and help you get a good better feel of our miniatures.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/644661994/alternative-civil-war-1861-a-different-american-ci/posts/824305


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 gunslingerpro wrote:
Loving the idea of Eternal Guards of the Fountain for a Spanish unit.

Very flavorful game.

Tough guys they're!

Third update of our Kickstarter Campaign!

The Big Guys come to ACW, check them!
South: MASS m1861
North: FEB Electromagnetic Barrager
Spain: Grand Duke Abigor
Natives: Sasquatch

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/644661994/alternative-civil-war-1861-a-different-american-ci/posts/825180

Backed. Let's get moving, I want Mexico!

I like the concept, but this Kickstarter seems expensive. I especially do not want to be forced to buy too many historically-accurate miniatures from this Kickstarter when I can get 28mm ACW minis much cheaper from many other sources.

I like the Spanish in concept, but the execution is just Conquistadors. And steampunk Civil War with Native Americans with big spirits or cryptids is also a bit tired. The background is cool though.

BIG NEWS, BIG CHANGES - STARTER SETS IMPROVED & MORE

Hello all backers and friends.

We want our ACW campaign to reach as many players as possible to build a great game with a great community. We have heard the feedback received about how to improve the campaign, and this is the result:

MORE MODELS ON EVERY STARTER SET WITHOUT INCREASING THE PLEDGE LEVELS!

North & South Starter Sets are now comprised of 9 models, while Spain and Natives of 7 (large models have a significantly higher production cost). Here is the break-down:

North: Brig. Gen. William Sherman + Lieut. Ambrose Bierce + 2x FEB Coil Projector + 5x Infantry Regulars = 9 miniatures!

South: Major Stonewall Jackson + Old Veteran + 2x IMLS m1861 + 5x Infantry Regulars = 9 miniatures!

Spain: Marquis-General Ponce de León + Becerrillo + Inquisition Prosecutor + 4 Infantry Regulars = 6 Infantry + 1 Large miniatures!

Natives: Great Chief Tecumseh + Living Totem + Brother-Bear + 4x Bravos = 6 Infantry + 1 Large Miniatures!

Remember – this applies to all Pledges Levels without increasing your pledge amount.

Furthermore, we have created two new pledges – Two-Players and Four-Players Starter box. These boxes will contain the Backers' choice of, correspondingly, 2 or 4 Faction Bundles, plus Token & Dice Sets (48 or 96 tokens, 4 or 8 dice), a printed version of the rulebook and the usual digital goodies. Shipping worldwide included, as usual. Faction Bundles consist of:

North Faction: Brig. Gen. William Sherman + Lieut. Ambrose Bierce + 2x FEB Coil projector + Freemason Alchemist-Rifleman + FEB Barrager + 7x Infantry Regulars = 12 Infantry + 1 Large miniatures!

South Faction: Major Stonewall Jackson + The Black Halls + Old Veteran + 2x IMLS m1861 + MASS m1861 + 7x Infantry Regulars = 12 Infantry + 1 Large miniatures!

Spain Faction: Marquis-General Ponce de León + Becerrillo + Inquisition Prosecutor + Guardia Eterna de la Fuente + Grand Duke Abigor + 6x Infantry Regulars = 9 Infantry + 2 Large miniatures!

Natives Faction: Great Chief Tecumseh + Living Totem + Brother-Bear + Ancestor Bravo + Sasquatch + 6x Bravos = 9 Infantry + 2 Large miniatures!

All this for merely 89 (2-players) or 169 (4 players) GBP. These Faction Bundles will also be available as Add-ons for 49 GBP each.

We will be also creating non-miniatures Add-on Bundles so you can customize your scenery and gaming accessories.

Some of these models added to the factions have been taken from the stretches, so we added more models there too! Remember the 30k and 35k Stretch goal grants even more free miniatures!

All these changes have been made at a great personal sacrifice, giving up the pre-campaign investment that came out of our pockets, and reducing margins but we believe it is in good order to reach a larger player community that will enjoy our awesome background, unique ruleset and excellent miniatures.

This is a huge effort, and we kindly ask you to spread our campaign with everybody through your usual forums, blogs, social profiles (facebook, twitter, youtube, etc) and sharing our news, so we all can achieve a campaign as great as possible.

Be part of the history!

Thank you all kindly,
the GTG Team.

KS Link: http://kck.st/1feMIKY


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Zond wrote:I like the Spanish in concept, but the execution is just Conquistadors. And steampunk Civil War with Native Americans with big spirits or cryptids is also a bit tired. The background is cool though.

My frined, Spain is way more than simply Conquistadors, trust me, being ourselves spaniards. Just you have not seen (yet) the regular spanish army and XIX century characters, the Conquistador branch is out there of course, as well as Inquisition!. If you know about our background you'll notice that we plan introducing China, Russia, Great Britain, so no just steampunk Cilvil War with natives . Also natives have their share of XIX Century characters as you will check eventualy.

LawnDart wrote:I like the concept, but this Kickstarter seems expensive. I especially do not want to be forced to buy too many historically-accurate miniatures from this Kickstarter when I can get 28mm ACW minis much cheaper from many other sources.

Check our last update!

Although our KS campaign failed in our funding goal we plan a re-launch with lots of improvements! Stay tuned, we´ll be back.

 Ghost Train Games wrote:
Although our KS campaign failed in our funding goal we plan a re-launch with lots of improvements! Stay tuned, we´ll be back.

Looking forward to it!