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Balls! is the latest Kickstarter by Macrocosm Miniatures.

It is for a set of 10 flying Balls made up from 6 unique sculpts, they are already funded and not far from unlocking the first stretch goal the legged versions.

These are 28mm and made from resin, the sculpts are quirky and remind me of Squigs so in that aspect you could use these as proxies for them, also imo i think these will be good for various RPGs.

So far there is only one add-on and that is the Monster Ball for £8.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2076383099/balls/description

Reminds me of Mad Balls

Reminds me of squigs with no legs.

 Nostromodamus wrote:
Reminds me of squigs with no legs.

Thats what caught my eye with these!


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 paulson games wrote:
Reminds me of Mad Balls

I had forgotten all about those, i used to love them when i was younger!

The first two stretch goals has been unlocked, the legged versions and 10 eye pin hooks per pledge to make the "Balls" into Christmas decorations!

The next stretch goal is for the "Monster Ball Of DOOM!"

If they'd made them legged to start with, I think the market would've been much bigger... I'd like to see a bit of shape to them (like squigs really) rather than just spheres, too.

This is really a fun project to be on...

Great goals and not breaking the bank.

Everyone has an opinion on how things should be run, but this way is nice.

The Monster Ball Of Doom is now unlocked, onwards to the next stretch goal One Eyed Floating Balls!

Hey, Here is a all in picture of everything so far in this set.

There is a new add-on, "Deflated Balls" £5 for the set of 3.

Those deflated balls are cute in sort of a sad and horrible kind of way.

Great project. Love the see this kind of thing on KS get funded even if it isn't something I'm currently into.

The Colossal Ball is now unlocked and is a £25 add-on, its one solid piece of resin too!

The next stretch goal is for the Great Balls Of Fire and they are very close to unlocking!

Some more WIP pictures of a Great Ball Of Fire and the horns and arm accessories.

The Great Balls Of Fire are now unlocked and can be taken as part of your pledge,

The next stretch goal is for The Swarm, Lots of teeny tiny Ball monsters all flying as one swarm together. This will be sculpted as one big monster Ball.

In the latest update they talk a little bit about some rules they are thinking of for the Balls.

From the Kickstarter update:

"I had a sit down meeting with Robey Jenkins (Horizon Wars) who pitched an idea of a game to me over a cup of tea and a biscuit. I was sold on the idea and am really excited to play it.
We will hopefully see a lot of movement on this during next week and I will keep you all informed.....
What I can say to you now about it is this..... It will be fast, it will be fun and it will be diceless...I better start practicing guessing ranges again, I've been spoiled with all the premeasuring games Ive been playing recently!"

Also some more WIP of the accessory wings with the prices and the new pledges level graphics with the Balls available to choose from as part of your pledge.

50 balls for £100 is pretty baller.

I am backing, Super interested in what comes of the eyestalks.

So far, creatures I want to create from this:

*Eyebats (1-eyes + wings)
*FF-style Bombs (Fireballs + Arms)
*DQ Drakees (beast face + Wings + Legs)
*Beholder (Monster 1-eye + Eyestalks)
*Baby Beholders (1-Eye + Eyestalks)
*Squigs (Beastface + Legs)
*DQ Babbels (Defalted Balls)

nkelsch wrote:
I am backing, Super interested in what comes of the eyestalks.

So far, creatures I want to create from this:

*Eyebats (1-eyes + wings)
*FF-style Bombs (Fireballs + Arms)
*DQ Drakees (beast face + Wings + Legs)
*Beholder (Monster 1-eye + Eyestalks)
*Baby Beholders (1-Eye + Eyestalks)
*Squigs (Beastface + Legs)
*DQ Babbels (Defalted Balls)

They sound great combinations, if you have any suggestions for any type of Ball, put it in the comments as the project creator is welcoming ideas from us backers.

The Swarm Ball are now unlocked and can be added to your pledge for £8,

The next stretch goal is for The Tiny Balls, 2 sets of Tiny Balls sculpted! 5 One Eyed monsters and 5 2 Eyed versions.

There are some new add-ons Balls, the Mine Ball, Nukekubi* also eyes talks* and leg accessories*.

*Pictures to follow.

Also some more WIP of the Great Balls Of Fire.

Judging from the title I didn't think much of this, but after seeing the pictures I realize what a fool I was. These are some really quirky and neat critters.

The Tiny Balls are unlocked and can be taken as part of your Ball set choices or taken as an add-on, you also get 15 of them to a set.

The next stretch goal is for the Blob Balls.

There is a new pledge level, 1 of each sculpt for £170 with each stretch goal unlock being added as they unlock.

The WIP pictures of the eye stalks are now in.

There is an update re-guarding Balls The Game:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2076383099/balls/posts/1552156


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 Sinful Hero wrote:
Judging from the title I didn't think much of this, but after seeing the pictures I realize what a fool I was. These are some really quirky and neat critters.

Yeah there is some really cool and fun sculpts, The game they are planning sounds loads of fun too

LAST 48HRS OF THE CAMPAIGN.

The Blob Balls are now unlocked, the next stretch goal is for Hairy Balls(think critters)

So far this campaign has unlocked:

Balls
Balls with legs
One Eye Monster
Fire Balls
Original Monster Ball
Monster Ball Of Doom
Swarm Ball
Mine Ball
Deflated Balls
Nakekubi Balls
Colossal Ball V1
Colossal Ball V2
Tiny one eyed balls
Tiny two eyed balls
Blobs
Various horns, eye stalks, wings, arms and leg accessories

You have one Monsterball which is the only ball you can actively move. You target another ball, and guess the range to the ball, placing a template on the opposite side of the ball from the side you hit. If your guess is accurate, the ball goes in the direction you have nominated. If it is within +/-1" of your guess, it goes in a slightly different direction. If it's less accurate than that, the shot misses, and the Masterball carries on, hitting whatever's in its path. Naturally, there are rules to allow you to set up cannons (not that sort), to bounce off the sides of the arena etc. The object is to put the balls into one of six goals around the board. Currently, board is 2'x2'. Might increase to 3'x3', but honestly I'm rubbish at guessing ranges. My opponent last week wiped the floor with me!'

That game sounds hilarious. More importantly, it's not yet another "roll dice, add modifiers, beat target number" game.

If the balls have special abilities when hit, who knows what sort of crazy the game could have!

ced1106 wrote:

You have one Monsterball which is the only ball you can actively move. You target another ball, and guess the range to the ball, placing a template on the opposite side of the ball from the side you hit. If your guess is accurate, the ball goes in the direction you have nominated. If it is within +/-1" of your guess, it goes in a slightly different direction. If it's less accurate than that, the shot misses, and the Masterball carries on, hitting whatever's in its path. Naturally, there are rules to allow you to set up cannons (not that sort), to bounce off the sides of the arena etc. The object is to put the balls into one of six goals around the board. Currently, board is 2'x2'. Might increase to 3'x3', but honestly I'm rubbish at guessing ranges. My opponent last week wiped the floor with me!'

That game sounds hilarious. More importantly, it's not yet another "roll dice, add modifiers, beat target number" game.

If the balls have special abilities when hit, who knows what sort of crazy the game could have!

The Balls will have special rules.

So there will be your standard balls, which can release gas (burp, fart whatever) to change direction and move nearby balls.
Some with arms (suckers) that can grab balls as they go past
Eye stalks that can see all round
Sticky balls
Mine Balls that explode

We see each set of balls being made into Teams with their own abilities!
And its great the support for a diceless game, it is a great idea.
The Game has legs, and will be demoed at UKGE


34 Hours to get onboard though!!!!!

ced1106 wrote:

You have one Monsterball which is the only ball you can actively move. You target another ball, and guess the range to the ball, placing a template on the opposite side of the ball from the side you hit. If your guess is accurate, the ball goes in the direction you have nominated. If it is within +/-1" of your guess, it goes in a slightly different direction. If it's less accurate than that, the shot misses, and the Masterball carries on, hitting whatever's in its path. Naturally, there are rules to allow you to set up cannons (not that sort), to bounce off the sides of the arena etc. The object is to put the balls into one of six goals around the board. Currently, board is 2'x2'. Might increase to 3'x3', but honestly I'm rubbish at guessing ranges. My opponent last week wiped the floor with me!'

That game sounds hilarious. More importantly, it's not yet another "roll dice, add modifiers, beat target number" game.

If the balls have special abilities when hit, who knows what sort of crazy the game could have!

It sounds nice and simple but loads of fun, something that is lacking in this hobby imo, it makes a nice change from all the normal fantasy and sci-fi games that are bogged down in rules and modifiers etc.

LAST 24HRS OF CAMPAIGN

The Hairy Balls and the next stretch goal the Ball of Steel another monster sized ball were unlocked overnight. the next stretch goal which is close to unlocking, is the Tough Nut Balls.

All above unlocked stretch goals are added to the "1 click" pledge which is 1 of each sculpt unlocked through this campaign.

The 1 click pledge right now contains:

6 Original Balls
6 Balls with legs
6 One Eye Monster
3 Fire Balls
1 Original Monster Ball
1 Monster Ball Of Doom
1 Swarm Ball
1 Mine Ball
3 Deflated Balls
3 Nakekubi Balls
1 Colossal Ball V1
1 Colossal Ball V2
1 of each of the accessories sprues (6 Sprues)
5 Tiny one eyed balls
5 Tiny 2 eyed balls
3 Blobs!
3 Hairy Balls!
1 Monster Ball Of Steel

And this keeps getting bigger with each stretch goal unlocked.

Still waiting for WIP of the Ball Of Steel, i hear it should be with the Macrocosm by the morning.

2HRS LEFT OF THE CAMPAIGN.

The Tough Nut Balls and 1 free random Monster Ball for pledges over £25 stretch goals are now unlocked, they are added to the one-click pledge for free or can be taken as a choice for a standard pledge of 10 or an add-on for £25.

The next stretch goal is Zombie Balls and we are not far from unlocking them.

The Ball Of Steel WIP still is not in, but imagine a woodlouse rolled up with one eye and plate mail armour.

The Tough Nut Ball WIP is also still not in, but they are a cross of punk rocker and scarred veterans.