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Sorry, I totally forgot to check updates. I guess I should subscribe too. A couple of responsse to the questions and comments.

Byte - I have not read the Genesis of Shanarra, but in my younger days I did read the first two books of the Knight of the Word trilogy, which Wikipedia tells me form the prequel of sorts to the series. That's kind of a fun coincidence. I will add these books to the growing pile of PA stuff. It mentions elves, so I assume it's some type of post-apocalypse fantasy, which is great if it is. I totally want to do a ruleset for the type of game some day. It should go without saying I love Mordheim for that reason.

Fango - Funny you should mention Brother Vinni. All his miniatures work for the game. Mind you power armor and stuff like plasma rifles and laser carbine are really going to eat into your warband cost, but hey it's there if you want it. I will mention that Brother Vinni sculpted the gas-mask girl, you see her in the cover of the book, who is the mascot for my company World's End Publishing.

Weeble - I used to ride the DC metro to work. Trust me I have thought about recreating it in miniature. The challenge is you really need a lot of physical real estate to pull it off, which I don't have. All my terrain has to be fairly portable. I have been exploring doing more above ground trains, either using O scale trains or possibly a laser cut one if a company decides make it. For instance there is one in the pictures going around for the Batman miniatures game.

Kellevil - Release date is fluid right now. The book is finished and in layout. My layout guy has been swamped with projects, so that has pushed my timeline back a bit. In the meantime, I have been working on the miniature side. Right now I hope to have everything within the next month. For our initial offerings there will be the following:

gas-mask girl, with multiple weapon options
five peacekeepers, who are based partly on a combination of state police troopers and the NCR rangers, with a lot of options
radroach, bring a very big shoe
five mutants rats, inspired by the old GW Necromunda ones
robot, with multiple arm options
psychic husk. think brain-fried psyker floating around
razor rattler, really big snake
six mutants that were once part of the old Demon Blade range. Remolded and ready for action.
Five mutants (still be sculpted), with a crazy amount of head and arm options

That's is the starting line-up.

Eilif - Thanks for the shout out. You folks were instrumental in bringing the game forward. The basic rules are more or less intact, but the rest has been tightened or improved.

Once again thanks to the Dakka community for the interest. By the way for pics of stuff please like us on Facebook. I tend to keep that the most updated.

deathwing wrote:


Byte - I have not read the Genesis of Shanarra, but in my younger days I did read the first two books of the Knight of the Word trilogy, which Wikipedia tells me form the prequel of sorts to the series. That's kind of a fun coincidence. I will add these books to the growing pile of PA stuff. It mentions elves, so I assume it's some type of post-apocalypse fantasy, which is great if it is. I totally want to do a ruleset for the type of game some day. It should go without saying I love Mordheim for that reason.

Think fantasy world being born out of a post-apocalypse environment. So yes, Your assumption is correct. Looking forward to TNT. Don't forget Rad-Zombies!

Don't forget Rad-Zombies!

Byte, you shall not be disappointed. TNT has two types of rad zombies and an entire scenario to hunting them for fun and profit.

I'm one step closer to putting together a TNT warband...

I piked up a set of Wargames Factory female apocalypse survivors because one of the ladies will make a good base for a Pam Poovey conversion.

But I forgot that the box comes with 29 otherwise superfluous models, now just begging to be put to use in TNT!

Pam Poovey would be awesome, especially if you can showcase her bad-ass back tatoo. Did you see Hasslefree Miniatures not-Archer and not-Lana? Very cool. Yes, those WGF box sets are dang near perfect for entire gangs for TNT. In that vein Necromunda gangs work as well and I have wanted to get the culttists from the Dark Vegeance set for a raider warband.

deathwing wrote:
Pam Poovey would be awesome, especially if you can showcase her bad-ass back tatoo. Did you see Hasslefree Miniatures not-Archer and not-Lana? Very cool. Yes, those WGF box sets are dang near perfect for entire gangs for TNT. In that vein Necromunda gangs work as well and I have wanted to get the culttists from the Dark Vegeance set for a raider warband.

Yea. I picked up the Tec-9 chic at the resin master premium, but I am going to have wait for the others to come out in metal. I need to do some cutting on the other two and I don't want to spend $20 on a high fidelity cast that I am going to cut bits off of.

I had to pick up that whole WGF box to get Pam, but that's the best base for Pam I have been able to find. Unfortunately, the only arms that are designed to work with that body are the rocket launcher arms, but a little conversion work will sort that out.

Looks cool, had a gander at the website, noticed this under rules > turn sequence.

"Initiative Phase: Each Player rolls a D10 and adds any scenario-specific modifiers to the roll. The highest score activates first in the turn. T

ies should be rerolled until there is a winner. Initiative order is determined each turn. Players attempt to activate as many of their figures as possible before initiative passes to his opponent, who will then try to activate as many their figures before initiative passes on to the next player, or back to the opponent."

You need to get someone to move that T and the end of the first paragraph to the start of the second.

Thanks. Should be fixed by now.

deathwing wrote:


Kellevil - Release date is fluid right now. The book is finished and in layout. My layout guy has been swamped with projects, so that has pushed my timeline back a bit. In the meantime, I have been working on the miniature side. Right now I hope to have everything within the next month. For our initial offerings there will be the following:

gas-mask girl, with multiple weapon options
five peacekeepers, who are based partly on a combination of state police troopers and the NCR rangers, with a lot of options
radroach, bring a very big shoe
five mutants rats, inspired by the old GW Necromunda ones
robot, with multiple arm options
psychic husk. think brain-fried psyker floating around
razor rattler, really big snake
six mutants that were once part of the old Demon Blade range. Remolded and ready for action.
Five mutants (still be sculpted), with a crazy amount of head and arm options

That's is the starting line-up.

Thanks, sounds like enough awesome models to get a feel for the wasteland!

Will the rule book be available in PDF format?

Absolutely, the rulebook will be available first as a PDF.


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So I've been slowly showing off the upcoming miniatures that can be purchased once the store goes live in a few weeks. First up we have the Old School Mutants. These were originally part of the Demonblade Line way back in the 1990's. I tried to find out who sculpted them, but so far no luck as multiple sculptors worked on the line and individual works cannot be pinpointed. I purchased these lovelies from Megaminis as they just ooze post-apocalypse character. They would make great additions to any mutant Outcast or Downwinder warband and can be used to represent any number of mutations featured in This Is Not a Test. They will be available to purchase in packs of three or all six with can be had for discount price. Here they are painted and unpainted. Paint jobs by Steve Dake. Pictures by Dave Taylor Miniatures.







Thanks for looking.

Love the look of this game! Also refreshing that you're not doing a Kickstarter, although I would love to get my hands on some nice package deals of your rulebook + minis, so hmm....

So are you manufacturing these models, as in did you buy the molds, or are you retailing models from a variety of manufacturers?

Love paintjob on these mutants. Good figs that have always suffered from middling paintjobs whenever they were featured online. Finally they get the treatment they deserve!

I'm pretty sure some of weapons at least were sculpted by Bobby Jackson. IIRC, some of the first minis to use them were the troopers that were sculpted to expand the line of not-cadians" that were acquired from Grenadier where they had been sold as "K-Force" miniatures.

Lost minis credits the mutant line to the following sculptors: Drew Williams, Bobby Jackson, Jeff Valent, Dave Summers.

I agree Eilif. These mutants are some my favorite miniatures and now I own the rights to them. Pretty cool I think. Also, thanks for the sculpting details. I will make sure that ends up on the website.

Weeble100. I bought the molds from Megaminis and have since remolded them. They are now wholly produced and sold by my company World's End Publishing.

Mymearan. You are right on Kickstarter. Nothing against other companies who rely on the quick scratch, but there is a bit of bloat right now for crowdfunding games and I would like to demonstrate the ability to put product out there before running one. In the future I am considering small ones to help get the warbands out there quicker.

Joey

After much work, I have the first battle report for This Is Not a Test ready. Called Give Me Shelter, it's a wasteland tale of derring-do, betrayal, and mutants rats.



http://worldsendpublishing.com/dispatches-wastes/dispatch-2-give-shelter-battle-report/

Enjoy.

Very interesting! The battle reports makes the game seem quite fun, I love that random critters (I assume) can just appear and cause general chaos amongst the gangs. I like the alternating activations. Don't know what to make of the postponed to-wound rolls yet, I didn't really understand that part. And didn't you have a campaign system? Would have loved to see the results of that after the game, Necromunda nut as I am!

Thanks. It really was fun game. It's rewarding to see my friends really put themselves in the game and forge their own narrative. Since you asked, I have added a quick campaign play break down for injuries. There would also be experience, advances, income, relic and equipment purchasing, and the chance to hire freelancers, but that would have been too much for a basic battle report. As you can see by the results, the pendulum can really swing between good and bad results. I think this represents living and dying in the wasteland, though it is rare for one bad game to really decimate a warband entirely. Also for the firing rule, it is one of the more popular aspects of the game. Basically, while a single player is activating, all ranged attacks are considered simultaneous. I think this rewards tactical play as you must decide if you have put in enough shots to kill a model for good or gamble with killing multiple models if you are lucky or no models if not. Thanks for the comments.

It's Raturday folks! It's the nest day of the week. Here are the rats that will be releasing soon. Sculpted by Federico Genovese and painted by Gregory Zuniga. Inspired by the old GW Necromunda rats that are no longer available. If these do well, I will make more with even crazier mutations.

Lovely critters.

Ooooh I want this for Necromunda!

Hi folks. A quick status update on the game and miniatures have been posted. Check it out.

http://worldsendpublishing.com/dispatch-3-status-update/

You have no idea how excited this makes me.

Just the idea of a 28mm post-apoc campaign ruleset gets me going. I've been looking for one on and off for years now.

I should have asked this earlier, but where can I find a download for the rules? I don't see a shop on your site.

Greetings everyone. Thought I would share a few more models that are coming out.

First, we have the rad roach. Are your boots big enough to stomp this bug? This not-so little guy was sculpted by Peder Bartholdy and painted by Gregory Zuniga.









Next up we have the razor rattler. A nasty varmint ith a nasty disposition and a poisonous bite. Model sculpted by Peder Bartholdy and painted by Tanya Brewer.





Finally, we have gas mask girl, the company mascot for World's End Publishing. She comes with a machete, a choice of heavy pistol or assault rifle, and a golf bag full of problem solvers. Sculpted by Brother Vinni and painted by Tanya Brewer.









That's all for now. More will be coming in the next week or so as we prepare to officially open our store.

All the best.


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 youidiotkid wrote:
I should have asked this earlier, but where can I find a download for the rules? I don't see a shop on your site.

Sorry, we are not quite there just yet. For info, please check out this dispatch, which discusses this very thing. Thank you for your interest.

http://worldsendpublishing.com/dispatch-3-status-update/

For those interested in what This Is Not a Test is like, please check out these nice battle reports players made up for my Cold Wars 2015 game. Both of these were done independently of each other, but I have collected them here for your reading pleasure. I always appreciate when players have a great time. Thanks for looking.

http://www.mattcaron.net/2015/03/16/on-cold-wars/

http://metal-skirmish.blogspot.com/2015/03/cold-wars-2015-report.html

This is awesome. Over the next week, I plan to try out the preview rules on your website in some friendly games. If I'm not planning on running a full campaign, will the rules and stats you have posted be enough for a rough test game?

 youidiotkid wrote:
This is awesome. Over the next week, I plan to try out the preview rules on your website in some friendly games. If I'm not planning on running a full campaign, will the rules and stats you have posted be enough for a rough test game?

Sounds awesome. You could probably cobble together a sample warband from the various stuff I have put in various places, but I can do you one better. Drop me an email at joey@worldsendpublishing.com and I will send you the mini warbands I use for the various battle reports and convention games. They are more balanced among themselves, and stripped down for ease of play, but they have all the rules needed when combined with the rules preview on the website. I can also send you a quick play sheet to get you started. Note the warbands are not really meant for external use, otherwise they would have a fancier layout and be edited more heavily, so there may be an error or two. But you are welcome to them.

Joey

Just sent you an email

And email replied to. I should mention if anyone else is interested, I can provide these materials to any who want them. Eventually, I will put up a quick play ruleset up.