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Mantis Creations is running a Kickstarter for storage boxes for miniature board games, and they have a Myth loadout if you are looking for something to store all this stuff in:
Picture of Myth Double Box loadout:


This will hold:

170 small models (heroes/minions/traps)
6 sculpted lairs (or more at the cost of minions)
28 larger models (captains/commanders)
4 mini-bosses
10 bosses (pick & pluck)
0/15/30 tiles 4x6
0/15/30 tiles 6x6
about 160~165 small cards (sleeved. more if unsleeved)
about 490~500 large cards (sleeved. more if unsleeved)

There will also be 2 addon options. You can opt for option 1 OR 2.

1. a single box with 4 trays for £28 that will hold:

0/15/30 tiles 4x6 (or more cards)
0/15/30 tiles 6x6 (or more models/tokens)
120 additional small models
36 additional larger models (captains/commanders/miniboss)

2. a double box with 8 trays for £56 that will hold:

0/15/30 tiles 4x6 (or more cards)
0/15/30 tiles 6x6 (or more models/tokens)
236 additional small models
108 additional larger models (captains/commanders/miniboss)
add-on options:

Myth loadout trial work in progress:



More info here

$410k SG has been achieved,...... next goals will be released once it gets to $425k (can't wait to summon that Soul Stalker!)

If the Necromancer is already getting pets at the Journeymen level, I'm hoping it gets to be Dialbo 2 levels of ridiculousness by the time he hits legendary status.

Isn't he supposed to be a lich by that point?

I so hope I can resurrect dead mini bosses just like the good old days...

Have they mentioned if the monk gets an alt race/gender whenever those show up?

Someone asked for a Monkey alt-gender (race) for the Monk,... and they said,......

"how could it not be the Monkey King?"

Also - they indicated Lich for the Master Level a long time ago,...... so Legend would have to go beyond that if it happens!

I love the Diablo 2 Necro,....... lots of fun back then!


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Quest revisions shown for the first time:



I like how the white area (#4) tells you what to do each refresh phase,.... that the back of the card setup diagram was really needed!

This one removes the clumsy "slaughterfield" reference, and just tells you what to do and creates a wave counter all at the same time:



Chain quests,.... are spelled out a bit better:



and a mechanism for Agents coming back to haunt the party has been added:

Once an Agent has been introduced by the Heroes encountering them in a starting quest, there will be chance they can pop up randomly. Any future adventures the players enter, while possessing an Agent’s ability card in their deck, has a chance to draw the Agent out. Players roll 1 fate die for each Agent ability card in their decks. Any darkness results will draw out that Agent onto the realm tile in place of a lair. If the realm tile doesn't have a lair option, or if the players chose a trap instead so no lair exists, the Agent won't appear.

so if I want to try the new module system will they be available on the website or can I only get them from the kickstarter?
does the new 2.0 rulebook that you can download talk about modules at all or only "adventuring" mode?

Modules are not that same as the "Adventure Mode Quest Card" system.

Modules are self contained full quests that can take up multiple gaming sessions. They spell out everything to do from tile selection to monster placement,.... flavor text, dialog, etc.

at this point,.... they do not know if all or only some of the modules will go to retail,.... but the original story quests from the first game will be rewritten in Module format and will be available for free download from the MCG site when ready.

The full Modules (that include minis, quest cards, item cards, monster cards, bunch board counters, etc.) are only available through the KS at this point,.... but may be available via retail at a later time,...... these are really the way that the game should be expanded with new monster types,..... I would imagine that at retail; they would include the bosses too,..... (right now those will all show up as "free" stretch goals).


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Oh,... the 2.0 rulebook talks about both Modules and Adventure mode.

thanks yamato, youre always so helpful
I hope we see modules go retail. It sounds like its a lot nicer of a way to play.

Mild shipping update! they said individual countries would follow; but new estimates are a bit more encouraging:

I will have specific costs for specific countries tonight, but here is a grouped and very brief general summary. PLEASE NOTE: THESE ARE STILL ESTIMATES.

North America: $15-20
EU: It still varies but average is €20-25
Rest of World: €50-€80
With these new prices we are much more open to creating/opening a Hero pledge level for EU. Let us know what you think.

The shipping estimate is for Minion level, the All in module add on and SGs up to 900k.

RotW would be shipped from their Europe facility, except cases like Mexico and South America.

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$425k achieved and Necromancer "pets" are now unlocked and free for all Minion and Hero level pledgers:



The next set of goals have been released:



Those Naga minions look so unique,..... Keith has another winner with his artwork! I always love the slightly different take he has on some of these traditional monster types.

I was going to post this, but yamamoto beat me to it

I'm kinda excited about Naga....

Anyone notice in the stretch goal section the first two allies got full body artwork rather than just a headshot?

Sir Archeronn is looking like quite the regal warrior now.

I'm surprised we still haven't hit the 3000 backer mark. I know it'll get there eventually. Did it take that long the first time around? Can't remember.

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:

I'm surprised we still haven't hit the 3000 backer mark. I know it'll get there eventually. Did it take that long the first time around? Can't remember.

In the last two days 2500 backers pledged, so it took longer then now. See:
http://www.kicktraq.com/projects/1700755582/myth-0/#chart-daily

I seriously doubt that that we'll see 2500 extra backers in the last two days this time around.

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
Anyone notice in the stretch goal section the first two allies got full body artwork rather than just a headshot?

Sir Archeronn is looking like quite the regal warrior now.

yeah,..... there was much hoo haa and discussion in the comments,.... some really did not like that different style of the art; even though Brian said that Keith was doing art for each so that they could be posed for the minis,..... a few choice people continued to worry about how those minis would look.

I had seen these on the avatar page,.... looking good. They also said that when we hit that next goal @ $435 they will show the new art for each of the other allies (fathers, Bobby, Elder) that still have the old art shown.

Those Old Ones should get Highlords to Highlord it up in here!

I have a question, so the 2nd edition printing consists of:
*Rulebook
*Hero cards
*Items
*Traps

So is this mean the items and heroes are reprints of specific cards with errors or the entire set?

Does this mean all the quest changes they are showing are not included? Are we getting all new quest decks to replace 100% of our quest cards we currently have? I am curious how the updates to questing will exist... Like only new cards will be double sided and new format and the old quests are unchanged. Also, do we need to re-buy quest pack add-on with new format?

a) they are reprinting the entire set - and those you listed are part of a first run (that I believe have already been ordered)

b) in addition to that; all monster cards and quest cards, and expansion item cards are being updated as well. These will take a little longer to be available (more like the June '16 timeframe) If you have these; you will be able to get them replaced for free during the pledge manager as part of your KS order.

I would imagine that all of these changes will be incorporated into their second printing of the base game as well. so no need to worry about integrating old and new components, as all the cards of each type will be changed out........ the only cards that have not been discussed as changing are the Darkness decks, and the vendor cards (as far as I can tell)

 yamato wrote:
a) they are reprinting the entire set - and those you listed are part of a first run (that I believe have already been ordered)

b) in addition to that; all monster cards and quest cards, and expansion item cards are being updated as well. These will take a little longer to be available (more like the June '16 timeframe) If you have these; you will be able to get them replaced for free during the pledge manager as part of your KS order.

I would imagine that all of these changes will be incorporated into their second printing of the base game as well. so no need to worry about integrating old and new components, as all the cards of each type will be changed out........ the only cards that have not been discussed as changing are the Darkness decks, and the vendor cards (as far as I can tell)

So if I bought quest/item expansion 1 or 2 from KS 1, does that mean those will become invalid? Will I get them for free with my 6$ pledge or will I need to re-buy. Or do I just need to relax and know 6$ gets me every printed material I have which is updated?

Nah, I'll start highlording it up when I get a reptile hero. I'd even settle for an alt version of an existing one at this point. Or possibly when we see the Monkey King they mentioned...

Old ones are nice, but reminding me a bit of Hadross' shark man leaders, which I guess isn't the worst thing they could remind me of. That's also a sore sport for me, because I have no idea what I did with my Carcharian box.

It'll be interesting to see what else ends up in the Naga module. I'm hoping for a sunken temple or something along those lines! I want some drowning traps too!

nkelsch wrote:


So if I bought quest/item expansion 1 or 2 from KS 1, does that mean those will become invalid? Will I get them for free with my 6$ pledge or will I need to re-buy. Or do I just need to relax and know 6$ gets me every printed material I have which is updated?

$6 pledge will repalace everything that you have already. They said that in the PM there will be a way to provide visual proof of ownership of items like quest expansion decks, add-on heroes, etc. (even the Spriggan will be replaced with plastic version this way); and that these would be replaced for free along with any pledge level.

 yamato wrote:

nkelsch wrote:


So if I bought quest/item expansion 1 or 2 from KS 1, does that mean those will become invalid? Will I get them for free with my 6$ pledge or will I need to re-buy. Or do I just need to relax and know 6$ gets me every printed material I have which is updated?

$6 pledge will repalace everything that you have already. They said that in the PM there will be a way to provide visual proof of ownership of items like quest expansion decks, add-on heroes, etc. (even the Spriggan will be replaced with plastic version this way); and that these would be replaced for free along with any pledge level.

Interesting... I wonder how much all of these re-printings will set them back. I am excited to see how it all turns out. Regardless, the minis are fantastic, both in concepts and execution.

Didn't know that about the spriggan. Interesting.

Hypothetically, I could then run 2 at the same time, what with owning the original figure and deck, and then receiving a plastic version and the 2.0 deck as well.

Heck, I think I could do that with all the classes now.

Plus with the journeymen light/ dark expansions, what's to stop me from taking one down each path, since I'll have doubles for all the beginning decks?

My mind is starting to reel at the possiblity of grabbing some extra printed materials, giving it to family members along with some tiles, to let them work on their own characters at home via adventuring, and then bring them over for some modules once we've got them.

Liking this more and more!

Shortly after the news of the lower shipping estimates to Europe and the RotW; Hero pledge has been opened to the EU as well:



the $435k goal was hit last night:



More of the detailed new art of the fathers, sarah and sir acheron here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1700755582/myth-journeyman/posts/1171473

Funding is now about $443k,....... next SG is coming at $450k: the Herast'iel mini-boss (got to be one of the best looking guys yet!)

I have Myth sets now added to my kickstarter which will store S1 and S2.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/932371889/mantis-creations-storage-for-zombies/

I don't think that it would be a good idea to jump in on this one after missing the first Kickstarter (there is so, so much content that is unavailable to the UK), but I'd like to understand something.

When the base game arrived, people complained that it wasn't a complete game with just the contents of the core box - that some scenarios were literally unplayable with just that. Is this being corrected in the revised rules, or that why they're also throwing in those Skeletons?

Bioptic wrote:
I don't think that it would be a good idea to jump in on this one after missing the first Kickstarter (there is so, so much content that is unavailable to the UK), but I'd like to understand something.

When the base game arrived, people complained that it wasn't a complete game with just the contents of the core box - that some scenarios were literally unplayable with just that. Is this being corrected in the revised rules, or that why they're also throwing in those Skeletons?

The main issue was in 5 player games, spawns can get numerous, and you run out of minions to spawn. 15 minions and 2 captains gets you basically one lair/pack. Some quests and general happenstance would push those limits. (more heroes, more baddies)

Why the core game didn't work:
1. Yardu spawned shamblers, and relies on them for his boss fight. Core box has no shamblers.
2. Large tiles with lots of heroes can have 2 lairs and a hunting pack. A Lair needs minimum 15min/2capt and possibly more depending how unlucky you get. So the core box can find itself out of minions pretty quickly if you do two lairs and a hunting pack which is practically 25-30 models right there (and you only have 30 minions core box)
3. New rules I believe have rules for 'out of models' for spawning. I have seen it discussed, but can't confirm it. Basically for every 3 minions not spawned, the AP track moves 1. IE: darkness reacts faster. Sounds reasonable.

IMHO, to play the game comfortably, you really need 3 Lairs/packs and the core game has 2. The general consensus is you should have 20 minions/4 captains for a race. That will allow for a double lair/hunting pack for that race. (since two lairs with the same race is way different that two lairs with different races)

If I was to re-launch Myth boxed set, I would put at least 15 shamblers/2soulless in it on top of what is there. If someone got that pledge for 100$, they would have a pretty functional and complete game.

Bioptic wrote:
I don't think that it would be a good idea to jump in on this one after missing the first Kickstarter (there is so, so much content that is unavailable to the UK), but I'd like to understand something.

When the base game arrived, people complained that it wasn't a complete game with just the contents of the core box - that some scenarios were literally unplayable with just that. Is this being corrected in the revised rules, or that why they're also throwing in those Skeletons?

The hero level was made specifically to address these problems.

But...they're selling the second version of the base box with the same model-count as before, right? So if I buy it at retail when it comes out, I'll have the same problem as before, surely?

Anyway - many thanks for the explanation, nkelsch!

Bioptic wrote:
But...they're selling the second version of the base box with the same model-count as before, right? So if I buy it at retail when it comes out, I'll have the same problem as before, surely?

Anyway - many thanks for the explanation, nkelsch!

I don't think we know that yet.

However, if you get the Hero pack, you will get the shamblers and soulless expansions that nkelsch recommended.

Again, I'm not sure if they've confirmed how/if they'll be doing the 2nd Edition base box. I know it was mentioned that the original quests from the base game, including the problem quest, would be rereleased as modules? Maybe the modules will be updated thusly?

They said the crawler/grubbers add on will be an option in the pledge manager.. I'd suggest that you need one more pack of each of those minions and one more pack for each of those captains,.....

But let's see,.... They may indeed upgrade the v2 box set with 20/4 minions/captains,..... We still have to find out.

So is the general consensus the 20/4/2 minions/captains/lairs requirement?

Yeah,... But I'd like 30/6 myself,.... Even then,.... If you have two of the same lair going,.... And get hung up dealing with something like a mini boss that keeps you from handling the lairs,.... They can really stream out in a hurry!


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The strange part is that spawn rates are also different,.... So some minions don't really need as many,... Like elementals