Switch Theme:

Share on facebook Share on Twitter Submit to Reddit  [RSS] 

[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/17 13:58:37


Post by: Alfndrate


Good news everyone!

The Kickstarter is live!

Here is a quick rundown of the stretch goals so far



If you go to www.endlessfantasytactics.com, you will be redirected to the kickstarter page for the drive. There you can see all the different prize levels, an introduction video by Heath Foley, artist for On the Lamb Games as well as some awesome artwork, and maybe some new sculpts that we haven't seen yet .

There are lists of the stretch goals as well as early bird specials for people getting in on the kickstarter.

I pledged, have you?




On the Lamb Games wrote:The world of Terra was forever altered when four of it’s six moons crashed into the planet, breaking apart and revealing their sources of magic, the Crystals. The magical energy of the Crystals bathed the world, giving skill and power to those who had never known it.

The four elements marked all living things. The Magma Crystal scorched the lands of Zeutenheim, but gave strength and resolve to it’s people. The Deep Crystal gave a bounty to the plains of Halleford, and gave life to magical creatures. The Iron Crystal sealed away the cities of the dwarves, but gave trolls the power to build their hero-testing dungeons. The Sky Crystal lifted a continent into the air and gave power to wizards, letting them cast spells alone, that they could never dream of casting in the cabals before the disaster.

The planet itself was polarized by the event, the magical draw of the Crystals keeps one side of the planet always facing its star. Despite the tragedy, the world moved on; knights defended castles, wizards researched spells, and trolls built dungeons.

Now, as the world has settled into it’s new order, one of the Crystals has fractured, and a sickening, corrupting miasma has spewed forth, altering any who touch it. A new war rises on this planet of Endless Day and Endless Night. Will your group be the heroes who save Terra?


With a counter at the bottom of the page... I heard from an insider source that a kickstarter might be going up for this game in a month.


This means a kickstarter is imminent for their new game.

Previews and Updates

Adept:
Spoiler:

Image spoilered due to size (its quite large )
As a wizard-in-training, the Adept spends most of his time at the Magickal Akademy on the flying continent of Nacre. With the encroaching miasma turning those below into crystalline monsters, the magically inclined have mostly cloistered themselves within the safe confines of the school. The younger, rasher, Adepts ignore the wisdom of the elder mages and step out into the world ready to put their burgeoning skills to use.

At the entry level, Adepts are trained in a variety of magicks, able to cast minor healing spells as well as combat spells. Unlike their specialized seniors, Adepts are more versatile even if they pose less of a threat.
Sculpt by Bob Naismith:


Archer:
Spoiler:

The rolling hills and open plains of Halleford create a vital need for scouts and long-range messengers. In times of peace, the Archer fills these rolls, but with the miasma hordes at the walls of Plainskeep Castle, she rains death upon her enemies. Her eyesight and skill with a bow has led many of her companions to wonder if she has elven blood, but none would say such things aloud.

With a basic attack range longer than any melee combatants, The Archer provides perfect support to frontline fighters. Low cost status effect attacks lets the Archer provide more than just damage dealing. The Archer also has a number of defensive abilities to help her escape if she gets too close to her opponents.

Cleric


Cleric, The Penitent Priest
The Churches and Temples of the 6 Gods are spread across all of Terra, and within them, the Clerics lead worship and use the magical energies given to them by their deity to heal and bless. The Cleric is most commonly a follower of Numina. She learns holy magic and often journeys the countryside sharing the good word. Not uncommon are priests of Undinite, the Goddess of Water, who also holds healing power and helps crops to grow.

Clerics are focused on support, strengthening allies with boons or healing damage they have received. In moments of divine fury a Cleric can crush the wicked, but this can severely drain their MP. The ultimate skill of the Cleric is to resurrect the dead, but this leaves a Cleric without any further support to give.

Dragoon
Concept Art Work
Spoiler:

While the dragons battle amongst themselves in a secret, global war, the Dragoon is trained by the ancient order, known as Wyvern. She prepares for the day when the draconic civil war is over, and the remaining, cunning monsters turn their eyes upon the lesser races. Until that day comes, the Dragoons test themselves in battle against all manner of foes, ready for the day they will be called upon to save the world.

The Dragoon is a hybrid of magic and physical combat. Their slower movement necessitates that they take one of the movement enhancing commands, or trudge across the battlefield, taking hits as they get into close combat. Their attacks provide medium range and often an area of effect, letting Dragoons take on multiple foes at once.
Sculpt by Brother Vinni


Knight:
Spoiler:

With armor forged in the forges of Mt. Kileen, the Knights of Zeutenheim are famous the world over. Too heavy and hulking to ride a steed, the Knight wades through enemies, barely feeling their blows. Knights of Halleford once fought alongside the Knights of Zeutenheim, but fell during the early days of the Miasma War, turning into crystalline monsters. The Zeutenheim Knights now stand alone at the frontline, defending the world from the magical plague.

The Knight’s defensive skills keep him in the fray far longer than his less armored allies, but in a pinch the Knight can become a decent damage dealer. A variety of stat damaging attacks also lets the Knight take down tougher enemies.

Sorcerer:
Spoiler:


In his autumn years, the Sorcerer has abandoned the halls of the Magickal Akademy and sequestered himself in lone study far from his peers. Some Sorcerers live on the outskirts of small villages, acting as magical guardians for meager room and board. Even with his increasing feebleness, the Sorcerer can conjure powerful spells beyond the ken of younger wizards.

The Sorcerer is able to change his elemental attunement at will, keeping himself from magical attacks and elemental monsters. His spell selection includes a wide variety of multi-target spells, letting the sorcerer combat groups of foes. Paired with his large pool of mana, the Sorcerer can cast spells for the entirety of a small battle, or use a mana potion to keep going through a longer fight.
Sculpted by Daniel Fokine, Painted by Wehrkind


Squire
Spoiler:


The youth of Zeutenheim will do anything to escape their bleak surroundings. Tired of her Ashen homestead, the Squire seeks to enter the knighthood and a chance to see the kingdom and the lands beyond. Though mostly untrained soldiers, Squires know their way around a sword and provide quantity, if not quality to reinforce the bulk of Zeutenheim’s armies.

Equipped with little more than a sword, Squires make up for their lack of equipment with spirit and bravery. Squires are perfect support for a better adventurer, knowing what they need and when. They also learn quickly from their betters, easily mimicking their combat styles.
Sculpt by Bob Naismith:


Miasma Chest:



Dark Priest, The Unholy Warlock
The Mages that follow the Dark Lord, and those Clerics corrupted by the Miasma share a common source of unholy magic. The Dark Priest consorts with demonites and sacrifices his followers to power his eldritch spells. In the Sunless Lands, Dark Priests operate in public, often performing secondary duties as governing agents of the Dark Lord. Those on Wugin hide in secret operating like the ancient Mage Cabals. A sense of foreboding and unnatural sounds on the edge of hearing are signs of their corruption in an a region.

As a foil of the Cleric, the Dark Priest inflicts status effects and has HP and MP draining abilities. The Dark Priest can also apply Dark Blood to a model, causing Dark Element abilities to heal it, providing a loophole in its usual focus on offensive support.


Miasma Thralls
During the Battle of New al’Jabran, the Deep Crystal’s precarious position out on the city docks, gave way, and the crystal was thought lost to the ocean. Unfortunately for the citizens of the city, an enterprising group of excavators and divers were successful in raising the Crystal back to the surface. When the Crystal broke the surface, a sick purple fog was released from a crack in the magical artifact. Known as “The Miasma”, the fog quickly mutated and corrupted any that came near it. These thralls of the Crystal began to follow it’s silent orders, converting New al’Jabran in a few hours.

To keep the miasma flowing beyond the city the thralls began to grow new crystals, infused with the Miasma, on their bodies. With these they could spread the corruption to others as well as to crystal shards across Halleford. Even crystals of other elements could be corrupted, ensuring that the Miasma could spread its mutation across the world.


Risen Warriors
In the dark places of the world, sites of worship to Wiggoth, Dark Priests bring back the dead as shambling minions, following the command of the necromancer. Risen Warriors are ancient skeletons capable as fighting as well as they did before their death and instilling fear into the living.

The Unnatural magic that keeps these skeletons together also augments them, allowing them to feed on the pain they inflict upon others. As dark sorcery flows through their marrow, these skeletons are also healed by dark elemental attacks, allowing a dark priest and other evil creatures to support their undead hordes.

Quickstart Rules:
Download the Endless: Fantasy Tactics Quickstart Rules via WargameVault.


These quick start rules will help you understand where we’re going with Endless, its playstyle, and the kind of customization you get to build your party. We’ve included the Sorcerer and Knight cards, along with little proxy icons you can cut out and use to give the game a try. Let us know what you think!

In the full rulebook, we will have over 50 different monsters, classes, and unique characters to pick from. A fully developed setting including: a selection of scenarios to play, battle map designs for cities and locations from the world of Endless, with an in depth look at the history, heroes, and world. The game also includes advanced rules covering elemental attunements, tactical facing and height advantage, and an item/equipment system to further customize your party. So what you’re seeing here is just a small part of the full game and its mechanics.

We hope this look at the game piques your interest!

The World of Endless
Spoiler:


Spoiler:
Wugin, The Sundrenched Continent
On the side of Terra that is perpetually bathed in sunlight, the continent of Wugin dominates the hemisphere. On it resides three human nations: Zeutenheim in the scorched ashen wastes of the northwest, Halleford in the hilly plains of the southwest, and Yorak, the eastern kingdom in a sea of sand. Caves and tunnels cross much of the continent, making up the lands of the Dwarves. Their capital, Mechinrah, was sealed off from the surface by the Iron Crystal.

Zeutenheim, The Ashen Wastes
Before the Magma Crystal fell into the caldera of Mt. Kileen, Zeutenheim was a smokey mountainous region, full of mines and foundries. The castle of Raybin was forged out of steel and iron, smoke rising skyward from the endless foundry work. When the dormant volcano was forced to erupt, by the magical energies of the crystal, Zeutenheim’s ecology was devastated and the entire region was blanketed in ash and lavafields.

The line of Zeutenheim’s bishop-kings draws its lineage back to the dukes of Raybin during the Age of Mages. Duke Kindal IX cemented his place in history by defending the Monastery of Ulbane with a detachment of Knights during the first Dark Lord Invasion. Honored by the Church of Numina, his knights were charged with the duty of defense of mankind from the hordes of the Dark Lord and became the Crusaders of Numina. The Crusaders received castles and funding for all military campaigns. The Duke was given the honorary title of Bishop. Though the title was honorary, he took the title seriously. He began a deep study of faith and the gods. When he began to expand his realm, he took the title of Bishop-King and ensured that his heirs would also study with the Church before their ascension to the throne.

Zeutenheim requires hardy people to live in its harsh environment. Miners and metalurgists make up the majority of the population. Farms raise animals, but rarely attempt to grow crops as the constant heat kills most harvests. Instead the country must rely on imported crops which has kept them in a long standing alliance with their neighbor, Halleford.

Halleford, The Windswept Highlands
Though the Miasma from the Deep Crystal clouds the region, Halleford is still a beautiful, lush region. Plainskeep, the great stone wrought capital, surveys most of the eastern regions of Halleford, including the nation’s premier kirin stables, once used by the Halleford knights.

On the eastern coast lies the twice cursed city of New al’Jabran. Once a thriving merchant port, al’Jabran was destroyed by the Deep Crystal’s impact and a magical tidal wave. Built larger than before, New al’Jabran thrived for many years. The second Dark Lord Invasion damaged and sunk the Deep Crystal as it teetered in al’Jabran Bay, but when it was brought back to the surface, the Miasma shot forth from the crack. The entire populace was mutated in minutes, giving it an army with which to conquer the world.

Before the Miasma War swept across their lands, the people of Halleford were farmers, merchants, and kirin breeders. From the sheer bounty of the land, Halleford became the world’s bread basket, trading with their neighboring nations, explorer camps in Arganea, and even to the more civilized regions in the sunless lands. Their naval fleet kept Halleford in a place of power and prestige. Since the ruin of New al’Jabran, and the siege of Plainskeep, Hallefordans fight a nightmarish battle. With every death or prisoner, the armies of Miasma grow.

Yorak, The Desert Seas
In the ancient days of the elven Arganean Empire, the region of Yorak, and specifically its capital, Mercurious, was the seat of power. Their magitechnology transformed a once tranquil region into a torrent of sand. At the western end of Yorak is the great Breaker City. Lying high atop the sandfalls, Breaker City cuts the flow in half, revealing a grand staircase cut into the cliff side. In times of war, the Breaker can redirect sand over the staircase, sealing Yorak off from the rest of the continent.

When the Agranean Empire collapsed centuries ago, the human slaves destroyed much of their technology and structures, out of fear and hate. Since that time, the Councils of Yorak have sought to recover any technology that washed beneath the flowing sands. Excavators and scientists reverse engineer anything they find and use it to reclaim the desert to build cities for the nation’s increasing population.

The other major force in the country is the exiled Crusaders of Numina. After the second Dark Lord Invasion, and their inability to repel his forces, the Crusaders were shunned by Zeutenheim and Halleford. Since then, they have become the military and security force of Yorak, hunting monsters of the desert seas. The Council and the Crusaders often butt heads over issues, but the Crusaders continue to serve as a shadow of their former selves.

Despite the increasing prosperity of those in power and those that serve them, most of Yorak lives in poverty. With nearly zero crop sustainability, many resort to thievery or gladiatorial combat to make a living. Those lucky to live on the northern coastlines try to enroll in the Magickal Akademy, its one major transport point just small ways out to sea. The rest live off the ocean, rarely scaling the area’s cliffs up to the Desert Sea itself.

Nacre, The Flying Continent
Attuned to the element of magic, the Sky Crystal is a focal point for those studying the arcane arts. Built around it’s impact crater, the Magickal Akademy is the largest facility on Terra for mages. At it’s heart sits the Magocracy, lead by the Archmage Falkin. This collection of mages administer the college and the entire nation of Nacre.

Before the Sky Crystal lifted the region into the air, it was a mostly uninhabited mountain range. When the magically inclined flocked to their new haven, there was plenty of space to set up alchemy shops, spell research facilities, and labs to study the myriad aspects of the aether. Outside the Akademy grounds this spacing between mages keeps the continent safe from any major magical catastrophes, but mundane humans are still disinclined to visit the continent.

This isolation is reinforced by the Wizard’s Ascent being the only way up onto the landmass. Wizard’s Ascent is a town on the eastern edge of the continent populated by Air Trolls. Off the edge of the island hangs a system of cages lifted up and lowered down by the trolls. With the power of wind, the few travelers come and go via this system, released onto ships waiting below to travel the world.

Ancient Arganea, Land of the Elves
When the slaves of Yorak revolted against their Elven masters, the Low Elves of Arganea joined them. Seeking to cast off the trappings of magitechnology and return to their homeland, the Low Elves and the human slaves defeated the High Elves. Free of imperialistic rule, the Low Elves returned home, retreating into the jungles of the island nation, leaving the cities to be claimed by nature.

Millennia have passed, and rare is the elf on foreign soil. Most interactions occur on the edge of their territory, where human excavators seeking magitech stray across invisible borders. In the deep of the jungles, giant spiders and hordes of goblins make quick work of exploration parties, but some survive by the grace of wandering elves, turning the tide in their battles. Largely, they disappear as quickly as they appear, but others take the opportunity to learn of the outside world from the stories of the human explorers, or by hitching a ride on their ships back to Wugin.

To avoid the rampaging goblins and the pit traps of the spiders, Low Elves build their cities high in the trees. Such villages can run for miles without having a way down to the jungle floor. Most of these communities are autonomous, foraging and hunting close to home. Despite their luddite behavior, rumors still hold that pockets of High Elves still operate their magitech in secret, even deeper within the jungles of Arganea.


Meet the Monsters Part 1

Spoiler:
Beastmen
After the six gods created Terra, they set about creating a creature to live upon it. With conflicting ideas and ideals, the gods each gave their input, creating the Beastmen, a hodge-podge of parts and motivations.
Disappointed with their creation, the gods ignored the beastmen and moved on to other ideas. The beastmen, lost in a new world looked for a reason to live, a goal to set themselves. As other creatures were created and conflicts arose between good and evil, as the first creations, the Beastmen saw their place in the world as one of guidance. They trained and tested heroes for the adventures and quests they would go upon. Dungeoneering became the supreme art of the Beastmen. Temples, Lairs, and Dungeons were built in scores to test different skills and reward those that could complete them.
When the Dark Lord rose in Iksor, many beastmen saw him as the ultimate threat to the world, and their time as coaches and testers of heroes was coming to an end. In droves they travelled to his base and joined his army, swelling his forces in the thousands. Others felt that deviating from dungeoneering was a foolish idea. Despite this, when the Dark Lord was defeated, all beastmen were exiled from Wugin, leaving their testing sites to fall into disrepair.

Trolls
With their creature-by-committee behind them, the gods decided to each make their own followers, beginning with a blank slate, each of the gods attuned a group of these trolls to their element. Fire Trolls grew large and their skin cracked with magma. Air Troll grew tall and lithe, feathers burst from their limbs. Water Trolls began as gilled, scaled creature, but by Undinite’s law quickly changed into many different permutations: Storm Trolls commanded the weather, and Ice Lords became towering furred masters of winter. Earth trolls became squat and animalistic with dirt and mud caking their skin.
Numina, the Goddess of Light, and Wiggoth, the God of Shadow, agreed to not create trolls of their own, they would like the superiority of good and evil be an existential battle. At least, that is what they told the other four.

Dragons
In the empty region of Iksor, Wiggoth and Numina set foot on a barren stretch of land; the only time any god physically touched Terra. Here they uprooted the land creating a battlefield. Massive island peaks and cave systems became Dafram, the Dragon Spires. In this region they created warriors to fight an actual battle between the two gods, their avatars would be the dragons. The dragons Kaiser and Myria would head their respective clans into mutual destruction. The gods gave the dragons many magical powers, from flight, to attack spells, and even shape shifting, but they also sealed away their ability to lay viable eggs. The gods promised that the surviving clan would have this restriction removed and be allowed to live and raise families after their victory.
Kaiser and the Light Dragons fought Myria and the Dark Dragons for ages in open bloody combat, destroying much of Dafram and the surrounding regions. When the dragons discovered humans, and their ability to crossbreed while in human form, the manner of their war changed drastically. Both sides seeded half-breed ‘dragonkin’ across the world, using their own children to fight their war in secret, assassinating human form dragons while they slept, or leading adventuring parties into the heart of the Dragon Spires. Most dragonkin die young as other dragons hunt them, but those that reach maturity find the ability to transform into dragon form as their reward for longevity. Neither clan considers Dragonkin to be true dragons, and treat their offspring like pawns in their eternal war.

Gels
The fall of the Crystals bathed the world in magical energy, augmenting many creatures, and even creating new ones. Puddles of sludge and grim began to brim with aetheric power, especially in the region of Halleford, attuned to the Deep Crystal and its water essence. While still not creatures at this point, Gels are still moving towards places of power, battlefields, or people of strong will and heroism. If they come into direct contact with any of these things, the Gels become ‘imprinted’ gaining part of the identity of a hero, a magical artifact, or the history of a location. Slowly the Gels take true form, and set out to live lives in mimicry of their new identity.
It is not uncommon for a small party of Gels, decked out with weapons, armor, and spellbooks, to take up residence in a tavern or inn, or sign up for quests and slay monsters outside of villages. Indeed, the most famous Gel is the King of Plainskeep, the last king having stepped in it while attempting to escape from assassins. The King Gel has proven to be a more competent leader than the last, weathering the siege of the miasma hordes, with a bubbly demeanor.


Battle Report with my Dad using Quickstart Rules
Spoiler:
Tried the quickstart rules today using my dad as a guinea pig.

I had a hard time trying to find anything overtly wrong with the rules. I was the Knight, and he was the sorcerer. We played on a 10 by 10 though, since we only had 2 models on the table. I don't have much of a battle report, but it came to blows.

My dad is not a wargamer by any stretch of the imagination, but he remembers me playing games like this when I was younger, so he begrudgingly agreed to play a quick game lol. We started at the very edge of the 10 square map (just some Gaming paper with numbers written on it).

Knight:
Heroic Charge
Brave Strike
Shield Bash
Mana Break

The reason why I did this is that I knew my awesome DEF was going to be useless against a magic user, so my only chance was to disrupt his mana flow, so he would be forced to attack me using that pitiful ATK stat.

Sorcerer:
Ice Blast
Flame Aura
Deep Freeze
Windlash

Turn 1
I started to close in, my dad didn't do much moving, waiting for the time when I would be within range of his spells (He could have done this turn one if he moved lol).

Turn 2
I won initiative again, and moved forward and used my Heroic Charge ability, to close the game and get an attack on my Dad, doing one point of damage. So, since I didn't see anything about in or out of combat, after my knight got into melee with the sorcerer, my dad started moving away and blasting me with spells. He hit me with Ice Blast, and my measly 2 MAG stat meant that I was taking some damage when I managed to block absolutely nothing. So 3 damage, ouch that hurt.

Turn 3
He wins initiative this time (could not roll a freaking 4 to save my life that time). Since he's out of my melee range atm, he shoots off Deep Freeze. Since we didn't see anything about AoE, and he could target me anyways, we ignored that part of the rule. He rolled, and got only 1 success (yay me lol), and I rolled my 2 MAG dice and got 1 succcess, negating his attack. I move up, and Brave Strike him (again, who cares about my DEF when going up against a magic user). I roll my 5 ATK dice and get 4 successes, perfect! I think, he's going down!. And then he turns around and rolls 2 6s for DEF... Its going to be one of those days huh? lol

Turn 4
He wins initiative again, moves away towards center board, and casts another Ice Blast. He rolls and gets 5 successes. I need both successes to survive to my turn. I get 1.

My knight falls, and my dad beats me lol.

His thoughts: Quick game, pretty simple, but not go fish simple (that's his standard of simple whenever I try to teach him a game).

My thoughts: That game was quick, I could see that if you were to have 10 Crystals, it might take longer but it we didn't play more than 10 minutes in our game. This is easily something that could be run after a quick explanation of the rules. Definitely not a game that requires a lot of models, but we've already seen the Adept, Cleric, Dragoon, Knight, Sorcerer and Squire. That's 6 classes right there, and would probably make for a pretty balanced game.

I can't wait for Friday lol.


The World of Endless Part 2
Spoiler:

[spoiler][imghttp://www.on-the-lamb.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Terra-Nightside.jpg[/img]


Iksor, The Sunless Lands
On the far side of Terra, the islands of Iksor are wreathed in permanent darkness. Only the reflection of Terra’s two remaining moons provides any light to its denizens. Four major islands make up the Sunless Lands. Dafram is a land of spires and caves hidden in their heights. Here the eldest dragons hide and plot, seeking the downfall of their brethren. The Free Hold of Narjal is home to the Beastmen who refused the rule of the Dark Lord. The humans of Ineb-Iksor live in a small sheltered valley to protect themselves from the rampaging behemoths that stampede across most of the region. The largest island is known simply as the Dark Lord’s Domain, across it spans a massive city housing beastmen, orcs, trolls and demonites under the rule of the greatest evil the world has known.

Dafram, The Dragon Spires
Forged in a secret pact between Numina and Wiggoth, the two set their personal creations, the dragons, upon these islands to fight and determine the superiority of Light or Dark. This civil war raged for millennia, on these secluded peaks, until a dueling pair of dragons strayed over human lands on Ineb-Iksor. With the discovery of the ‘lesser races’, both sides sought more cunning measures to fight their war, seeding half-breed dragonkin across the world. Since their secret war began, the Dragon Spires have been quiet, with assassinations, shapeshifting, and betrayal becoming their method of war.

Narjal, The Free Hold
When the Dark Lord was defeated during his first invasion of Wugin, many beastmen fought under his command, but even those that had remained neutral were exiled by the humans. Unwelcome in their homeland, and unsafe in most areas of Iksor, the beastmen eked out an existence on the island of Narjal. Over time, using their dungeoneering skills, the beastmen came to dominate the land, the Free Hold turned into a haven for all travelers in a dangerous land. Since the fall of the Mage Circles, the beastmen have been able to travel freely to Wugin, and continue building and testing dungeons for would-be heroes, but Narjal remains their new home.

Ineb-Iksor, The Sheltered Land
Before the rise of the Dark Lord, the people of Ineb-Iksor lived across most of the islands of Iksor, indeed the entire continent was named after their kingdom. They were a harsh people for a harsh climate, even when the sun still shone, the behemoths charged across the landscape, wiping out entire villages. Since the climate shift and dangers mounted by the Dark Lord, the Inebians have settled into a valley safe from the outside. Only the coast is open to attack, and it is guarded by the Dragoons of Wyvern. These warrior-mages were the first to see the destruction wrought by dragons and they keep an eternal vigil over the nation, seeking out dragonkin and minions of the Dark Lord alike.

The Dark Lord’s Domain
When the trolls were created by the gods, Numina and Wiggoth refused to attune any to their elements. Whether a trick of the dark god, or simply an inevitability from Undinite’s law of change, the Dark Lord was an Ice Lord, one of the water trolls of Iksor that became corrupt, drawing upon dark power and summoning demonites. Exiled from his clan, the Dark Lord collected armies of orcs and beastmen to him. Twice he attempted to conquer the world and twice he was defeated on the edge of victory. Despite the mortality of most trolls, the Dark Lord has lived for centuries, and rebellious upstarts amongst his armies quickly discover his age has not dulled his strength. His standing armies require a place to live and the Dark Lord’s Domain acts as a massive bivouac for it. Here his legions wait for the next war, and his dark mages seek new spells of horror and demons to call into the world.[/spoiler]

Meet the Monsters

Spoiler:
Goblins
In the early centuries of the Arganean Empire, before they conquered Wugin and enslaved humanity, the Elves had the Goblins as their servants. These lanky creatures, a head or two shorter than humans, were quick learners but unable to comprehend the more advanced magiscience of the Arganeans, and completely devoid of magical prowess.

Using aetheric crystals, the artificial power sources for all Magitechnology, the Arganeans experimented upon Goblins, seeking away to give them magic, and in turn, augment their own. These experiments never resulted in any benefits in the Age of Arganea, but instead mutated the Goblins. They became unable to breathe normal air, requiring ground up aetheric crystals, to live. The Goblins were forced to wear gas masks, that allowed them to infuse aether into their air supply. This kept the massive Goblin population from rebelling or attempting to escape, as only the Arganeans could create more of the aetheric crystals.

When the Empire collapsed, the Goblins fought fiercely for their overlords, fearing the day when the loss of their needed drug. Despite their efforts, the Arganeans were killed or fled into the shadows of history, leaving the Goblins alone in their abandoned cities. Clans of Goblins fought each other for the supplies of crystals, wiser tribes attempting to extend their supply through limited use. Where once the Goblin population counted in the billions, merely a few million exist today. Scavengers explore the Arganean ruins searching for sources of crystal, or attack Low Elf villages, hoping to find caches of Magitechnoloy. From time to time a group of goblins going through extreme withdrawals will join together in roaming hordes, devastating anything in their path in one last desperate search before they burn out and die.

Orcs
The porcine orcs once lived in the same areas as the Ibenians, eeking out a life on the central continents of Iksor. In ancient times, both groups worshiped the Ice Lords, trolls of the water goddess Undinite, praying for warmer temperatures, and survival of their crops. When the Dark Lord was born to the Ice Lords, all their followers were taken aback. Never had a troll been attuned to Wiggoth, nor had any troll given birth to one of another element. The Orcs and Inebians were conflicted as to how to interpret this ‘miracle’. The Orcs see significance in every event, and the birth of a dark troll was the most important event they had seen in centuries. The Inebians saw the dark troll as an aberration. They argued for several months, while the Ice Lords kept the child in one of the temples that had been built for them by the Humans and Orcs.

Finally, the bickering came to a head, and the Inebians gathered a mob to slay the young troll. Before the mob could move storm the temple, a group of Orcs snuck into the Ice Lord temple and took the child away into the night. Since that time, the Orcs have been the primary followers of the Dark Lord. As he rose to power the Orcs fought in his name, claiming most of Iksor, and built temples in his honor.

Orcs are creatures that believe heavily in mysticism and the cosmic significance of every event. The birth of the Dark Lord, his invasions of the human realms, and his eventual defeat or victory. These are all important events of the Orcish faith. An entire caste of Orcs, the Astrologers, spend their lives determining the signs and portents, determining the future professions of newborns, the time to raid enemy villages, and when to return to the Dark Lord’s side for his next invasion.

High Elves
As Air Trolls travelled the world, the first species they created was the Elves. Like other trolls, they taught them magic. Those that took to it with skill were treated well and gifted areas of land to build cities and grow crops. Those that were unable to grasp the use of magic, or those that simply refused the Air Trolls’ methods, were shunned and cast aside. This created the schism between High and Low Elves. With everything they could want, the High Elves created the first nation, Arganea. Over the centuries the government became bloated and imperial, lead by a line of Emperors whose prowess with magic kept them in power.

The High Elves also created magitechnology, a hybrid of science and aetheric energy. This technology was far beyond the ken of the nations they attacked in their imperial expansion, ensuring that their wars were swift and final. As they conquered, the Arganeans enslaved those of martial skill and killed those of magical ability, keeping themselves safe from secret orders of mages, that might seek to assassinate their leaders by magic.
The humans, beastmen, and dwarves they enslaved were forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas for the spectacle and entertainment of the ruling class. To avoid the hunting and cleansing of magic users, deep in their caverns the dwarves developed a system of magical runes, forged into armor and weapons, that went undetectable until their use in battle. The Rune Fencers, with their sentient weapons, became the leaders of the resistance, able to keep their soldiers safe from the retribution of the Empire.

In a joint alliance with the Low Elves, the Rune Fencers, after millennia, would lead a successful rebellion against the Arganeans. Their cities were destroyed, and every captured High Elf was killed by the rebels. Those that escaped the chaos disappeared into the Arganean jungles, hunted by the Low Elves, but were never found. Whether the Arganeans were simply killed by the threats of the jungle, or still hide somewhere, has been a mystery for the ages.

Low Elves
Elves that were shunned by the Air Trolls were pushed into the jungles, forces to fend off great spiders and other horrors far from civilization. It took little time for the Low Elves to become masters of untamed Arganea, but they would continue to be ruled by the High Elves. Sending their armies and magisters into Low Elf villages, the Arganeans would subject them to their edicts and laws. Low Elves would often be forced out of their villages, only their forests destroyed and turned into new Arganean cities for them to live in. Others were taken off to Wugin to work as security for their Imperial ‘betters’. Though the High Elves saw this ‘raising’ of the Low Elves as charity work, most Low Elves begrudged the changes that were forced upon them.

When the humans rebelled, and rioted in the cities of Wugin, the Low Elves took the opportunity to seize their own goals, and the like minded groups destroyed the greatest civilization Terra has ever seen. Free to decide their own destinies, the Low Elves returned to the jungles of Arganea, abandoning the cities for their primitive villages. In their withdrawal some Low Elves took magitech designed by High Elves, to keep weapons or other devices out of the hands of anyone who might use them against them. Villages that hold such devices are headed by High Shamans, the Low Elven experts of magic, who guard them down through their descendants.


History of the World - Part 1

Spoiler:
~ Age of Creation ~
Before the world existed, the six gods had created their own worlds, around stars far from Terra. Numina, the goddess of Light, made worlds of truth and peace, with civilizations enduring for aeons. Salamandros, the god of fire, made worlds of high adventure, heroes and villains creating legends for the ages. Undinite, the goddess of water, made worlds in constant flux, where everything flowed and changed. Titanark, the god of earth, made worlds of static order, beautiful to behold, but timeless and unchanging. Sylphane, the goddess of air, made worlds of arcane energy, wizards weaving the aether into spells of incredible power. Wiggoth, the god of darkness, made worlds of chaos and war, with monsters and armies fighting endlessly.

Tired of endless iterations of similar worlds, the gods came together to create a shared world. They discussed the universal laws of the world for centuries, eventually deciding to each state a rule of this new world. As they stated their laws, each attempted to trump the others, creating a law to enforce their influence.

Numina’s Law – All things have a capacity for good.
Salamandros’ Law – All things have a capacity for greatness.
Undinite’s Law – All things change.
Titanark’s Law – All things have substance.
Sylphane’s Law – All things have a connection to aether.
Wiggoth’s Law – All things end.

Each of their laws was given substance, as per Titanark’s Law, and so in addition to the world of Terra, the six gods created six moons, each a representation of the god and their law. Before they ended their influence on the world, the Gods created two species in an attempt to create guardians in their image: the Beastmen and the Trolls.

Each god wanted a servant on the world, to embody their ideals, but as with their laws, they could not come to an agreement. The Beastmen were gestalt creatures, put together from a dozen ideas, and were given a dozen ideals. This conflict of interest led to their free will, and unlike the Trolls, the Beastmen heeded no gods. Instead they sought out to test the ideals of the gods in others. The Beastmen became the first dungeon builders, creating the ancient places where heroes were tested before their great quests, to prove their worth and ability.

The Trolls were the gods' second, and last, attempt to create life with their essence. The Trolls were blank slates, with little identity or feature, but Sylphane’s law connected the Trolls to aether, the stuff of magic and the elements. So, each Troll became attuned to an element, taking on features, abilities, and ideals of their god.

Fire Trolls became wreathed in fire and fought alongside the earliest heroes, slinging fire spells at the wicked creatures of the void that crawled across Terra in its earliest days. The Humans were their creation.

Water Trolls fractured into many smaller tribes, the Deep Trolls creating majestic cities below the waves, the Ice Trolls migrating to the mountainous lands of Iksor and mastering the creatures of that land, and the Storm Trolls, traveling the world and bringing rain from the sky to create nature. The Water Trolls have created many creatures, and altered others.

Air Trolls became lithe creatures, subsisting on magic instead of the mundane. They were the first to share their skill in magic with the other creatures of Terra. To many, they are still known as the children of mana. The Elves were their creation.

Earth Trolls became large, hump-backed creatures, moving stone and metal to create mountains, canyons, and caves. When their world sculpting tasks were complete, they joined the Beastmen and became dungeon builders. The Dwarves were their creation.

No “Holy Trolls” or “Dark Trolls” came into existence in the Age of Creation. Numina and Wiggoth agreed to let creatures with free will determine the dominance of their ideals over the world.

In these early days, magic was not as it is now. While a single sorcerer after the Crystal Fall could cast combat spells with the same effort as a knight could swing his sword, in the ancient days, spells were cast by circles of wizards, focused together in a cloistered chamber, drawing magic symbols in arcane blood and chanting for hours. While these spells were several magnitudes stronger than any modern spell, a mage was as defenseless as a child outside their circle.



Meet the Monster Part 3

Dwarves
As the Earth Trolls moved mountains and sculpted caves, they found they needed a creature to inhabit these places. Stocky and heavily bearded, the Dwarves were left to their own devices once the Earth Trolls moved on to building other features of Terra. Before they could learn magic from their creators, the Dwarves were abandoned. They would eventually develop Runes, funneling magic into symbols of power, as an alternative to normal magic.

The Dwarves built great underground transportation systems, utilizing runic machines to connect their residences across Wugin. During their expansion, the Dwarves came into contact with the Arganeans, and their initial interactions were not favorable. Their mutual distrust and plans to expand into the same territories instantly set the two nations against each other. The Dwarves reinforced their cities with traps and runic barriers, making invasion nearly impossible for the Elves. Using their runes to create sentient weapons, the Dwarves armed the first human Rune Fencers to fight the Arganeans and their magitechnology.

Relations between Dwarves and humans continued into the Age of Mages, as mage circles required soldiers to defend them while they cast their spells. Rune Fencers became common in these roles, and rune weapons were sought after by the rich and powerful. Rune weapons have become incredibly rare after the Crystal Fall with the largest Dwarf city, Mechinrah, becoming sealed away from the surface and underground tunnel network. At Deepgate, the unlucky dwarves caught on the outside set up a massive mining operation to dig up the Iron Crystal and open a passage back into Mechinrah.

Kirin
Fast, four-legged creatures, the Kirin were created by the Air Trolls as mounts for the Elves. Blessed with magical celerity, the Kirin move faster than any other creature across the land. When the Arganeans moved their capital to Wugin, they brought thousands of Kirin to the mainland, setting up Kirin farms and stables. Since that time, the Kirin have become the standard ride of the Knights of Halleford, and any traveller across the world.

Their horns even grant increased speed to those that wear them, and poachers are known to cut off the horns and sell them to alchemists. Kirin are able to defend themselves, casting air elemental spells taught to them by the Air Trolls, but only War Kirin, trained for the Knights, actually attack poachers. Kirin are not actually killed in the process of having their horns cut but the loss causes them to lose their unnatural speed and magic abilities.

Behemoths
Bipedal, ape-like monsters, Behemoths roam the icefields of Iskor, destroying any structures they come upon. Only the temples of the Ice Lords, their creators, escape the swath of destruction. Nomadic human tribes still share the land with the Behemoths, able to tame young Behemoths and use them to cross the wide snow plains. These nomads would sometimes attack the city of Ineb, seeking to pillage the more prosperous nation, but the cave systems to reach the valley are too small for the Behemoths to travel through, severly crippling the nomads' fighting strength.

When the Dark Lord began building his army, some of the nomads joined his force, bringing along their Behemoths. With armor built specifically for the giant beasts, the Behemoths were used during the first Dark Lord Invasion. Unfortunately, the climate change wore down the behemoths quickly, turning them into weapons of terror more than effective siege weapons.

Demonites
Once, demons clawed at reality, trying to break through from the aetheric realm. The rare few, that came through portals created by wizards, quickly found the plane of existence caustic and unable to keep them anchored for any periods of time. The demons’ worshipers and those seeking to dominate them searched for ways to bring these powerful beings permanently into the world of Terra.

The solution, that was found, was the Demonite. Channeling the spirit of a demon into a specially constructed fetish or construct allows the demon to interact with the real world. Demonites are directly under the control of the dark mages that create them, forcing demons to do their bidding. Expert Demonologists create better constructs to house more powerful demons, ensuring they can survive in combat to use their magical abilities.

Demonites are particularly popular amongst the followers of the Dark Lord, where they can summon demons in peace, unlike in the Sundrenched lands where the Crusaders and Church of Numina hunt down demonites and their masters.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/17 14:57:37


Post by: Cyporiean


Thanks for taking care of this Alf.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/17 15:04:03


Post by: Alfndrate


No problem, it's what I get for being a twitter Junkie lol.

And for those that missed it, OTLG did a twitter Q&A for EFT, so here are some of the questions I asked:

So after a twitter based "interview" here are the answers/responses I got about Endless Fantasy Tactics

@AspirantRanger wrote:Is there a basic rundown on gameplay yet to avoid asking what has been answered?

@onthelambgames wrote:Not Yet, EFT is a d6 pool based system on a square grid play surface. Players form parties of 5 to 10 minis with various abilities. EFT models work a little like Brushfire heroes do, in that they have a list of abilities to choose from and you can only have so many per fig.


Will we see a set of campaign rules along the lines of Brushfire, or is the game more focused on random skirmishes?

@onthelambgames wrote:Campaign Rules will be included, they are something we enjoy.


Also, based on your inspirational material can we expect to see NPC models ala monsters or judges?

@onthelambgames wrote:First stretch goal features an Earth Troll. . We plan to allow monsters as part of a party, after all not everyone wants to fight for truth and justice. As for NPCs/Non-combatants/AI, that might fit into a little better with Endless Fantasy Roleplaying... should such a thing occur.


Okay, I was referring to scenario, "judicators" that would enforce "arena style" rules ala tactics advanced.

@onthelambgames wrote:Models that change the way everyone plays? Likely.


Can we expect to see limited Brushfire Crossovers? Like The Black Kiwi on a yellow short beaked kiwi w/a rider in plate armor?

@onthelambgames wrote:Crossovers between Brushfire and EFT is highly unlikely


Assuming the kickstarter succeeds, when can we expect to see an actual release?

@onthelambgames wrote:Retail release for EFT is aimed at GenCon next year, but we plan to have stuff shipping out to backers sooner. Maybe AdeptiCon? The Kickstarter wil list 'August 2013' as the shipping date, but we'll ship out pledge rewards as quickly as we can fill them.


@AspirantRanger wrote: Sounds fun! The summary on the website made it sound like there could be a few 'factions'. How many total?


@onthelambgames wrote:EFT will have an Endless number of factions in a sense. All models will be usable by all players. We'll detail a number of groups/nations in the fluff, but you'll easily be able to make your own as well.


Based on the "nations" in the teaser put up today, can we get a rundown of those nations/factions?

@onthelambgames wrote:As we get closer to the Kickstarter/during it, we'll post more world fluff and info about the groups/nations.


Any faction specific art yet?

@onthelambgames wrote:No faction specific art until we start getting to the Character Stretch goals


So, there is a lot of information being tossed around, lots of cool stuff to make me excited for this kickstarter, but sad that a general release is still a year off... I suspect it will be a fun time though


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/18 06:03:16


Post by: Guildsman


Gee, the character design and logo art are surprisingly unique. I've definitely never seen anything like this before.

Seriously though, a cool idea. Best of luck to On the Lamb Games, and I'll keep an eye out for the kickstarter launch.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/18 12:02:18


Post by: Alfndrate


Endless Fantasy Tactics is a grid based table top game, ala 1990s Tactical RPGs. It is a small square based skirmish game that uses d6s.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/18 12:05:22


Post by: RiTides


Will there be a gameplay video? Are the rules finalized? How many sculpts are done?

Aug 2013 is a ways away...


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/18 12:16:22


Post by: Alfndrate


Currently, there is only 1 sculpt done, and that is the sorcerer, which I will add here and to the OP.

There isn't a gameplay video that I've seen, but that doesn't mean OTL won't be doing one, I know Cy is currently building a demo board with the help of large amounts of Hirst Arts Molds, so we'll see. I believe the core mechanics are finalized, and OTL is finishing up some minor additions.

I know there is a better res version of this out there somewhere, but I can't find it.

This is the sorcerer sculpt, I can't remember who sculpted it, but I'm almost sure Wehrkind painted it (will correct when I know for certain)

Spoiler:


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/18 13:41:07


Post by: Cyporiean



Sculpted by Daniel Fokine, Painted by Wehrkind.

We'll be showing off the Dragoon by Brother Vinni, along with the Quickstart rules soon. A video featuring gameplay will be included at launch.

The Aug 2013 date is for a number of reasons:
- Gencon is a great time/place to launch a new product line
- Gives us a long amount of time for us to have sculpts done by high quality, but slower speed sculptors.
- Also gives us a buffer for unexpected issues.
- Rewards will ship as soon as we can complete someone's order, so its likely (and our personal goal) you will get your stuff before Aug 2013. I personally want to have the stuff for the basic Kickstarter goal when we goto GAMA Trade Show next March.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/19 13:11:43


Post by: Alfndrate


Wednesday Update This time we're going to meet the Archer, Art by Noah Page:

Archer:


The rolling hills and open plains of Halleford create a vital need for scouts and long-range messengers. In times of peace, the Archer fills these rolls, but with the miasma hordes at the walls of Plainskeep Castle, she rains death upon her enemies. Her eyesight and skill with a bow has led many of her companions to wonder if she has elven blood, but none would say such things aloud.

With a basic attack range longer than any melee combatants, The Archer provides perfect support to frontline fighters. Low cost status effect attacks lets the Archer provide more than just damage dealing. The Archer also has a number of defensive abilities to help her escape if she gets too close to her opponents.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/19 22:25:10


Post by: Gymnogyps


I can't WAIT to see the Dragoon sculpt...



[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/19 22:53:20


Post by: Piston Honda


Art is not to my liking, but the whole concept of the game is triggering the best moments of my video game memories. friend and I made a game based off FF tactics using legos.

I wanna go back to the 90s

very tempted to jump in on this.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/20 03:18:45


Post by: Alfndrate


I will admit the archer is in a weird pose, or is the adept work not to your liking?

And Gym, I may or may not have seen something along those lines...


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/20 03:24:11


Post by: Marrak


 Gymnogyps wrote:
I can't WAIT to see the Dragoon sculpt...



Glad I'm not the only one who noticed a trend.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/20 03:34:20


Post by: Cyporiean


 Gymnogyps wrote:
I can't WAIT to see the Dragoon sculpt...



Brother Vinni's Dragoon sculpt will be unveiled on launch day.

Also happy to say that Bob Naismith will be doing the Adept & Squire.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/21 13:17:32


Post by: Alfndrate


Time for Friday's preview, I'm personally excited by today's update. We've got a sculpt At the bottom of the post, we've got the sculpt for the Dragoon by Brother Vinni, which is arguably my favorite sculpt so far (sorry sorcerer). I cannot wait to see the plastic of this one.
Dragoon
Concept Art Work


While the dragons battle amongst themselves in a secret, global war, the Dragoon is trained by the ancient order, known as Wyvern. She prepares for the day when the draconic civil war is over, and the remaining, cunning monsters turn their eyes upon the lesser races. Until that day comes, the Dragoons test themselves in battle against all manner of foes, ready for the day they will be called upon to save the world.

The Dragoon is a hybrid of magic and physical combat. Their slower movement necessitates that they take one of the movement enhancing commands, or trudge across the battlefield, taking hits as they get into close combat. Their attacks provide medium range and often an area of effect, letting Dragoons take on multiple foes at once.

Sculpt by Brother Vinni


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/21 18:24:17


Post by: Gymnogyps


First off, I am really pleasantly startled by this mini. I've never seen anything quite like it. I had the same response to the artwork, and Brother Vinni hit this one out of the park. I like it very much.

So, I do need more background info on those wings. Are they made of metal or feathers? Are they purely decorative, or are they functional? Do they have any symbolic meaning?

I was surprised that the text indicated a slow rate of movement. Visually, she looks super light and agile so it doesn't quite match... Though being en pointe would slow you down, I suppose.

Edit- clarity


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/21 18:38:17


Post by: miskatonicalum


Those are metal plates that look like feathers. One of the Dragons has feathered wings (think feathered dinosaurs), so THIS Dragoon's armor is designed to look like that. When we do variant dragoons, they will look like other dragons (more reptilian, less avian).

Generic characters like the Dragoon have a list of abilities they can choose from (Specifically 10 for a 2 point model) and they may pick 4 of those abilities. There are two movement enhancing abilities, a FFT-like Jump ability, and a Move/Attack/Move ability. Without these, the Dragoon is still a magic-based attacker with medium range, both for spells and for melee attacks (lance/spear).


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/21 18:59:54


Post by: Necros


Looks really great.

Didn't know Vinni did 3D


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/21 19:01:35


Post by: Gymnogyps


Ok, now I love the wings even more. I have 5 feathered dinosaurs living with me, so I'm totally on board! You've played right in to my bird obsession.

Thanks for the details regarding the movement. Sounds really interesting!


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/21 19:09:09


Post by: Alfndrate


Necros wrote:Looks really great.

Didn't know Vinni did 3D


Me either I saw the sculpt this morning, and was like AMG?!!!! I squee'd a bit like a little girl, and a kid I've been trying to get to support the game saw it and was like "You may have just sold me on this game."

Brother Vinni did a great job, and best part, no references to political figures or nudity lol

Gymnogyps wrote:Ok, now I love the wings even more. I have 5 feathered dinosaurs living with me, so I'm totally on board! You've played right in to my bird obsession.

Thanks for the details regarding the movement. Sounds really interesting!


I agree, thanks for the update on the Dragoon's movement, I can't wait to learn more about the other classes and some of their abilities.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/21 19:14:11


Post by: miskatonicalum


I'm willing to share a bit, any other questions or points of interest?


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/21 19:25:32


Post by: Mathieu Raymond


DFG, Black Gulch and now this has me seriously happy that I gave up buying tons of GW "just because."

There is so much interesting gaming out there... I will definitely be keeping an eye on this one.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/21 19:26:48


Post by: Alfndrate


Um Misk,

We're seeing classes and concept art, what are some of the monsters we might be able to see?


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/21 19:33:56


Post by: miskatonicalum


Well dragons were mentioned in the Dragoon fluff, so those (you will likely see lesser dragons before great dragons).

We're doing Trolls as part elemental, so you'll see Fire Trolls, big hulking bruisers with magma-like armor, Earth Trolls in the style of John Bauer's classic norse art, etc.

One of my personal favorites is the Beastmen, creatures that are a hodgepodge of ideas, a creature designed by committee. Once given free will, they decide that their lot in life is to design dungeons and 'temples'. Because who else is going to test heroes, set up puzzle-based traps, and place unique items at just the right point to let an adventurer finish a level? No one that's who.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/21 19:40:20


Post by: ShumaGorath


Whelp, if Square Enix isn't going to make something with their IP someone else might as well.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/21 19:44:20


Post by: Talarn Blackshard


Yeah ... I need to find resources for this one...


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/21 19:45:55


Post by: Mathieu Raymond


Isn't it likely, though, that Square Enix might take offence?


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/21 19:47:38


Post by: Alfndrate


 Talarn Blackshard wrote:
Yeah ... I need to find resources for this one...


Resources?

Edit: I think Square Enix might have a little bit more issue with this: http://kotaku.com/5906905/its-like-final-fantasy-but-with-adults+only-scenes/gallery/1


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/21 19:53:05


Post by: Alfndrate


 RiTides wrote:
Money, Alf


I'm going to crawl into this corner next to my desk, and cry... >_<


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/21 19:53:12


Post by: Noir


 Mathieu Raymond wrote:
Isn't it likely, though, that Square Enix might take offence?


Maybe at the name (and nothing they can do about that), but the didn't invent the high fantasy genre or the art style. There just the most well know for it.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/21 20:31:47


Post by: ShumaGorath


Noir wrote:
 Mathieu Raymond wrote:
Isn't it likely, though, that Square Enix might take offence?


Maybe at the name (and nothing they can do about that), but the didn't invent the high fantasy genre or the art style. There just the most well know for it.


The name, the art style, the character designs, the logo, the font choices, the setting, etc. If you want to pretend that this isn't a clear ripoff (a welcome one), that's your choice, but it is pretending.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/21 20:37:02


Post by: miskatonicalum


We like to use the term 'homage', but we hold no illusions (maybe ALLUSIONS) to what EFT is based on. Though with future characters and tropes hopefully you'll see it is based on plenty of other 90's RPGs.


The background fluff for the Dragoon is a reference to a different line of games about fire and how one breathes it.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/21 20:49:19


Post by: Noir


 ShumaGorath wrote:
Noir wrote:
 Mathieu Raymond wrote:
Isn't it likely, though, that Square Enix might take offence?


Maybe at the name (and nothing they can do about that), but the didn't invent the high fantasy genre or the art style. There just the most well know for it.


The name, the art style, the character designs, the logo, the font choices, the setting, etc. If you want to pretend that this isn't a clear ripoff (a welcome one), that's your choice, but it is pretending.


Never said it wasn't a ripoff. I said they didn't event the genre, just the best know. As such there is nothing SE can do or really get upset about.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/21 20:54:16


Post by: Alfndrate


I saw something on TTGN that the art and coloring style was more akin to WW2 era Disney art... I'm sure Cy or Misk could probably comment more on that one.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/21 20:59:40


Post by: ShumaGorath


Noir wrote:
 ShumaGorath wrote:
Noir wrote:
 Mathieu Raymond wrote:
Isn't it likely, though, that Square Enix might take offence?


Maybe at the name (and nothing they can do about that), but the didn't invent the high fantasy genre or the art style. There just the most well know for it.


The name, the art style, the character designs, the logo, the font choices, the setting, etc. If you want to pretend that this isn't a clear ripoff (a welcome one), that's your choice, but it is pretending.


Never said it wasn't a ripoff. I said they didn't event the genre, just the best know. As such there is nothing SE can do or really get upset about.


Except for appropriated branding.


Automatically Appended Next Post:
 miskatonicalum wrote:
We like to use the term 'homage', but we hold no illusions (maybe ALLUSIONS) to what EFT is based on. Though with future characters and tropes hopefully you'll see it is based on plenty of other 90's RPGs.


I don't think you will have much to worry about for a while. The fact that you're a non competitor and aren't actually infringing on IP, just heavily riffing on it, means that Squenix probably won't care.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/21 21:02:15


Post by: Cyporiean


 Alfndrate wrote:
I saw something on TTGN that the art and coloring style was more akin to WW2 era Disney art... I'm sure Cy or Misk could probably comment more on that one.


It was more that the style of art (what is commonly called anime) has been around since around WW2, and was originally based off of Disney's works.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/22 09:17:06


Post by: Grot 6


I really do not see the issue that some posters are trying to go for here.


I'd like to see more on the background, and see some figures, other then generic wizard number 7.

Interesed in the concept, though. Especially if there are a few more of these styled guys at 28-32mm level.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/22 16:45:41


Post by: miskatonicalum


We'll be doing previews of generic characters as we head towards our kickstarter, along with some setting background information.

More sculpts will be shown during the kickstarter, Bob Naismith who did portions of the Starship Troopers line, our Valkyr and Gecko Riders, is set to do the Adept and another model.

The Endless models are scaled at about 35-40mm, they're a little bigger but still fit on 25/30mm bases. So they're about the size of some epic warcasters or bigger HQs.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/22 18:50:33


Post by: Mad4Minis


Brother Vinni is doing some work for this? Hmmm....might have to keep an eye on this, hes extremely talented.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/22 19:14:10


Post by: Mathieu Raymond


 Alfndrate wrote:
 Talarn Blackshard wrote:
Yeah ... I need to find resources for this one...


Resources?

Edit: I think Square Enix might have a little bit more issue with this: http://kotaku.com/5906905/its-like-final-fantasy-but-with-adults+only-scenes/gallery/1


My innocence!!!! Where did it go? What have you done to me?


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/22 19:22:37


Post by: Cyporiean


 Mad4Minis wrote:
Brother Vinni is doing some work for this? Hmmm....might have to keep an eye on this, hes extremely talented.


Currently Brother Vinni, Bob Naismith, and Daniel Fokine are doing sculpts for EFT. We're looking to add a few more talented folks depending on funding achieved and their personal schedules. (Already tried to get Patrick Keith, but he is a little busy...)


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/24 04:33:30


Post by: Zond


I like the Dragoon, and I'm a big Brother Vinni fan so that bodes well. The art for the Archer and the Adept seem oddly proportioned, even for the art style. I reserve judgement on the Sorceror because that's not a great picture of him.

I'm interested in this game, but between the three aforementioned options I have my Anime/Final Fantasy themed gaming well and truly covered, so Endless Fantasy will have to bring a lot to the table in terms of gameplay and sculpts.

I'm curious as to why the figures are 40mm, as it's a bit of a no man's land for scale nad it also prevents people from buying an anime themed figure or two for Super Dungeon Explore or Anima Tactics, and now the successful Relic Knights.

I'm also curious as to whether or not On The Lamb have made any roads to getting a European distributor. The shipping is generally something I don't mind swallowing when investing from outside the country of origin, but a lot of successful kickstarters have offered a distributor so that the tax we pay no longer supplies or is severely limited. Also it's going to be handy simply to be able to expand the game without constantly ordering from across the pond. I suspect this hasn't happened, as for about a year On The Lamb have been working on a Euro distributor for a year or so for Brushfire, but it would be nice to know future plans.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/24 04:45:40


Post by: Cyporiean


Zond wrote:

I'm also curious as to whether or not On The Lamb have made any roads to getting a European distributor. The shipping is generally something I don't mind swallowing when investing from outside the country of origin, but a lot of successful kickstarters have offered a distributor so that the tax we pay no longer supplies or is severely limited. Also it's going to be handy simply to be able to expand the game without constantly ordering from across the pond. I suspect this hasn't happened, as for about a year On The Lamb have been working on a Euro distributor for a year or so for Brushfire, but it would be nice to know future plans.


We keep trying to get Euro/ROW Distribution, and several times have gotten close.. but we keep running into having them just stopping communication with us at some point. I'd love to have Euro/ROW (and US) distribution set up already, but its been ridiculously difficult.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/24 12:23:16


Post by: Alfndrate


Zond wrote:
I'm curious as to why the figures are 40mm, as it's a bit of a no man's land for scale nad it also prevents people from buying an anime themed figure or two for Super Dungeon Explore or Anima Tactics, and now the successful Relic Knights.


Zond, the scale isn't as "far" out as you might expect. Looking at other big game companies, the EFT sculpts will be just a hair taller than the figures from GW, Wyrd, PP, Mantic, and Reaper as seen here:

 Cyporiean wrote:
A number of requests have been made to see a size comparison of the EFT Sorcerer and other lines of miniatures.

Wyrd & Reaper:

Mantic & GW:

Mantic & GW:

Privateer Press:




[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/24 13:21:23


Post by: Zond


Size comparison would be more useful if everything was equally based and the photograph was taken from a level view, and was in focus. Same goes for the actual Sorceror photo in general.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/24 13:24:42


Post by: Cyporiean


The reaper mini is the only one that wasn't at the exact same height, with its slightly built in scenic base raising it about 1mm.

I'll try to get some more size comparison pics later today, those were rushed so we could get the Sorcerer casted & painted before Adepticon.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/24 13:27:51


Post by: miskatonicalum


It is also no longer on a hexagonal base, that was early in development when we were toying with the idea of a hex grid. The picture earlier in the thread of the Sorcerer is on a 25mm base, the size of a 1" square, like those used on RPG battle/dungeon maps.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/24 13:31:46


Post by: Alfndrate


Today we've got the Knight preview for today

Knight:

With armor forged in the forges of Mt. Kileen, the Knights of Zeutenheim are famous the world over. Too heavy and hulking to ride a steed, the Knight wades through enemies, barely feeling their blows. Knights of Halleford once fought alongside the Knights of Zeutenheim, but fell during the early days of the Miasma War, turning into crystalline monsters. The Zeutenheim Knights now stand alone at the frontline, defending the world from the magical plague.

The Knight’s defensive skills keep him in the fray far longer than his less armored allies, but in a pinch the Knight can become a decent damage dealer. A variety of stat damaging attacks also lets the Knight take down tougher enemies.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/24 13:38:26


Post by: Gymnogyps


Thanks for posting the comparison shots. That helps quite a bit.

Don't mean to state the obvious, but it should be noted that 40mm in the above art from Cyporiean is to top of head, where other companies may be scaling 28-32mm to eyes. Measuring to the eye is very common when referencing scales, but nothing is standardized.

That actually makes them pretty comparable, especially looking at the GW, Reaper, and Privateer.

Edit- for better wording.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/25 13:52:24


Post by: Alfndrate


Since the kickstarter is about to go live, On the Lamb tweeted that there would be previews all this week, so today we have to Sorcerer. Many have seen the sculpt, but now it's time to meet him

Sorcerer:


In his autumn years, the Sorcerer has abandoned the halls of the Magickal Akademy and sequestered himself in lone study far from his peers. Some Sorcerers live on the outskirts of small villages, acting as magical guardians for meager room and board. Even with his increasing feebleness, the Sorcerer can conjure powerful spells beyond the ken of younger wizards.

The Sorcerer is able to change his elemental attunement at will, keeping himself from magical attacks and elemental monsters. His spell selection includes a wide variety of multi-target spells, letting the sorcerer combat groups of foes. Paired with his large pool of mana, the Sorcerer can cast spells for the entirety of a small battle, or use a mana potion to keep going through a longer fight.



[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/26 01:43:20


Post by: Cyporiean


Updated scale picture:



Left to Right:
Kingdom Death | GW | On The Lamb | Reaper | Avatar of War | Mantic


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/26 13:46:49


Post by: Alfndrate


Another update today, this one is a double dose of awesomeness

Squire


The youth of Zeutenheim will do anything to escape their bleak surroundings. Tired of her Ashen homestead, the Squire seeks to enter the knighthood and a chance to see the kingdom and the lands beyond. Though mostly untrained soldiers, Squires know their way around a sword and provide quantity, if not quality to reinforce the bulk of Zeutenheim’s armies.

Equipped with little more than a sword, Squires make up for their lack of equipment with spirit and bravery. Squires are perfect support for a better adventurer, knowing what they need and when. They also learn quickly from their betters, easily mimicking their combat styles.


Quickstart Rules:
Download the Endless: Fantasy Tactics Quickstart Rules via WargameVault.


These quick start rules will help you understand where we’re going with Endless, its playstyle, and the kind of customization you get to build your party. We’ve included the Sorcerer and Knight cards, along with little proxy icons you can cut out and use to give the game a try. Let us know what you think!

In the full rulebook, we will have over 50 different monsters, classes, and unique characters to pick from. A fully developed setting including: a selection of scenarios to play, battle map designs for cities and locations from the world of Endless, with an in depth look at the history, heroes, and world. The game also includes advanced rules covering elemental attunements, tactical facing and height advantage, and an item/equipment system to further customize your party. So what you’re seeing here is just a small part of the full game and its mechanics.

We hope this look at the game piques your interest!


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/26 18:04:52


Post by: BlueDagger


I've been keep an eye on this from that shadows and I think this picture sums up my thoughts...



I look forward to the kickstarter.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/26 18:31:45


Post by: Sekai


Squire is probably my favorite picture so far.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/26 18:34:31


Post by: miskatonicalum


I was really pleased that she came out so perfect, I've been tired of cheesecake in miniatures. This is really a chance for us to do female characters without just making overly sexualized models.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/26 18:38:37


Post by: Alfndrate


 miskatonicalum wrote:
I was really pleased that she came out so perfect, I've been tired of cheesecake in miniatures. This is really a chance for us to do female characters without just making overly sexualized models.


I'm glad she's a little more covered up... I assumed the squire would be... ya know... young...


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/26 21:04:31


Post by: miskatonicalum


Well, it's not like she's supposed to be child labor, but late teens, going off to war? sure.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/26 22:26:55


Post by: Gymnogyps


 miskatonicalum wrote:
I was really pleased that she came out so perfect, I've been tired of cheesecake in miniatures. This is really a chance for us to do female characters without just making overly sexualized models.

I really like that Squire, and this overall direction with the female models. Nicely done!

So... may I ask about that rakish fellow on the right-ish with the playing card looking accessory? Or will we find out more about him soon perhaps?


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/26 22:36:06


Post by: miskatonicalum


Thats the Thief, its a great outfit, but not a good model pose, so we're going to be getting a new one as the Kickstarter progresses.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/26 22:50:25


Post by: Gymnogyps


Thanks! I can't wait for the new and improved version.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/27 09:41:13


Post by: Cyporiean


The iPhone 5 appears to be alittle better at taking pics of minis then our proper camera... so here are some new pics of the Sorcerer:




[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/27 13:28:58


Post by: Alfndrate


We've had some nice previews of models, now it's time to see parts of the world



Wugin, The Sundrenched Continent
On the side of Terra that is perpetually bathed in sunlight, the continent of Wugin dominates the hemisphere. On it resides three human nations: Zeutenheim in the scorched ashen wastes of the northwest, Halleford in the hilly plains of the southwest, and Yorak, the eastern kingdom in a sea of sand. Caves and tunnels cross much of the continent, making up the lands of the Dwarves. Their capital, Mechinrah, was sealed off from the surface by the Iron Crystal.

Zeutenheim, The Ashen Wastes
Before the Magma Crystal fell into the caldera of Mt. Kileen, Zeutenheim was a smokey mountainous region, full of mines and foundries. The castle of Raybin was forged out of steel and iron, smoke rising skyward from the endless foundry work. When the dormant volcano was forced to erupt, by the magical energies of the crystal, Zeutenheim’s ecology was devastated and the entire region was blanketed in ash and lavafields.

The line of Zeutenheim’s bishop-kings draws its lineage back to the dukes of Raybin during the Age of Mages. Duke Kindal IX cemented his place in history by defending the Monastery of Ulbane with a detachment of Knights during the first Dark Lord Invasion. Honored by the Church of Numina, his knights were charged with the duty of defense of mankind from the hordes of the Dark Lord and became the Crusaders of Numina. The Crusaders received castles and funding for all military campaigns. The Duke was given the honorary title of Bishop. Though the title was honorary, he took the title seriously. He began a deep study of faith and the gods. When he began to expand his realm, he took the title of Bishop-King and ensured that his heirs would also study with the Church before their ascension to the throne.

Zeutenheim requires hardy people to live in its harsh environment. Miners and metalurgists make up the majority of the population. Farms raise animals, but rarely attempt to grow crops as the constant heat kills most harvests. Instead the country must rely on imported crops which has kept them in a long standing alliance with their neighbor, Halleford.

Halleford, The Windswept Highlands
Though the Miasma from the Deep Crystal clouds the region, Halleford is still a beautiful, lush region. Plainskeep, the great stone wrought capital, surveys most of the eastern regions of Halleford, including the nation’s premier kirin stables, once used by the Halleford knights.

On the eastern coast lies the twice cursed city of New al’Jabran. Once a thriving merchant port, al’Jabran was destroyed by the Deep Crystal’s impact and a magical tidal wave. Built larger than before, New al’Jabran thrived for many years. The second Dark Lord Invasion damaged and sunk the Deep Crystal as it teetered in al’Jabran Bay, but when it was brought back to the surface, the Miasma shot forth from the crack. The entire populace was mutated in minutes, giving it an army with which to conquer the world.

Before the Miasma War swept across their lands, the people of Halleford were farmers, merchants, and kirin breeders. From the sheer bounty of the land, Halleford became the world’s bread basket, trading with their neighboring nations, explorer camps in Arganea, and even to the more civilized regions in the sunless lands. Their naval fleet kept Halleford in a place of power and prestige. Since the ruin of New al’Jabran, and the siege of Plainskeep, Hallefordans fight a nightmarish battle. With every death or prisoner, the armies of Miasma grow.

Yorak, The Desert Seas
In the ancient days of the elven Arganean Empire, the region of Yorak, and specifically its capital, Mercurious, was the seat of power. Their magitechnology transformed a once tranquil region into a torrent of sand. At the western end of Yorak is the great Breaker City. Lying high atop the sandfalls, Breaker City cuts the flow in half, revealing a grand staircase cut into the cliff side. In times of war, the Breaker can redirect sand over the staircase, sealing Yorak off from the rest of the continent.

When the Agranean Empire collapsed centuries ago, the human slaves destroyed much of their technology and structures, out of fear and hate. Since that time, the Councils of Yorak have sought to recover any technology that washed beneath the flowing sands. Excavators and scientists reverse engineer anything they find and use it to reclaim the desert to build cities for the nation’s increasing population.

The other major force in the country is the exiled Crusaders of Numina. After the second Dark Lord Invasion, and their inability to repel his forces, the Crusaders were shunned by Zeutenheim and Halleford. Since then, they have become the military and security force of Yorak, hunting monsters of the desert seas. The Council and the Crusaders often butt heads over issues, but the Crusaders continue to serve as a shadow of their former selves.

Despite the increasing prosperity of those in power and those that serve them, most of Yorak lives in poverty. With nearly zero crop sustainability, many resort to thievery or gladiatorial combat to make a living. Those lucky to live on the northern coastlines try to enroll in the Magickal Akademy, its one major transport point just small ways out to sea. The rest live off the ocean, rarely scaling the area’s cliffs up to the Desert Sea itself.

Nacre, The Flying Continent
Attuned to the element of magic, the Sky Crystal is a focal point for those studying the arcane arts. Built around it’s impact crater, the Magickal Akademy is the largest facility on Terra for mages. At it’s heart sits the Magocracy, lead by the Archmage Falkin. This collection of mages administer the college and the entire nation of Nacre.

Before the Sky Crystal lifted the region into the air, it was a mostly uninhabited mountain range. When the magically inclined flocked to their new haven, there was plenty of space to set up alchemy shops, spell research facilities, and labs to study the myriad aspects of the aether. Outside the Akademy grounds this spacing between mages keeps the continent safe from any major magical catastrophes, but mundane humans are still disinclined to visit the continent.

This isolation is reinforced by the Wizard’s Ascent being the only way up onto the landmass. Wizard’s Ascent is a town on the eastern edge of the continent populated by Air Trolls. Off the edge of the island hangs a system of cages lifted up and lowered down by the trolls. With the power of wind, the few travelers come and go via this system, released onto ships waiting below to travel the world.

Ancient Arganea, Land of the Elves
When the slaves of Yorak revolted against their Elven masters, the Low Elves of Arganea joined them. Seeking to cast off the trappings of magitechnology and return to their homeland, the Low Elves and the human slaves defeated the High Elves. Free of imperialistic rule, the Low Elves returned home, retreating into the jungles of the island nation, leaving the cities to be claimed by nature.

Millennia have passed, and rare is the elf on foreign soil. Most interactions occur on the edge of their territory, where human excavators seeking magitech stray across invisible borders. In the deep of the jungles, giant spiders and hordes of goblins make quick work of exploration parties, but some survive by the grace of wandering elves, turning the tide in their battles. Largely, they disappear as quickly as they appear, but others take the opportunity to learn of the outside world from the stories of the human explorers, or by hitching a ride on their ships back to Wugin.

To avoid the rampaging goblins and the pit traps of the spiders, Low Elves build their cities high in the trees. Such villages can run for miles without having a way down to the jungle floor. Most of these communities are autonomous, foraging and hunting close to home. Despite their luddite behavior, rumors still hold that pockets of High Elves still operate their magitech in secret, even deeper within the jungles of Arganea.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/27 15:29:11


Post by: Sekai


Could use a few more rivers.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/27 21:50:25


Post by: KalashnikovMarine


So... wait, is this a Final Fantasy Tactics/Fire Emblem style turn based strategy game? Or is it a table top game?


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/27 22:19:15


Post by: miskatonicalum


It's a tabletop miniatures game with an art aesthetic based on console RPGs/TRPGs. If it evokes memories of those games, then that's what we're going for! Earlier in the thread you can find some of our miniature sculpts.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/27 22:28:07


Post by: KalashnikovMarine


 miskatonicalum wrote:
It's a tabletop miniatures game with an art aesthetic based on console RPGs/TRPGs. If it evokes memories of those games, then that's what we're going for! Earlier in the thread you can find some of our miniature sculpts.


Right on, they're lovely... hmmm... yes. We shall watch this with great interest. At least for some cool minis to paint. The Dragoon looks amazing!


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/28 12:35:20


Post by: Alfndrate


 KalashnikovMarine wrote:
 miskatonicalum wrote:
It's a tabletop miniatures game with an art aesthetic based on console RPGs/TRPGs. If it evokes memories of those games, then that's what we're going for! Earlier in the thread you can find some of our miniature sculpts.


Right on, they're lovely... hmmm... yes. We shall watch this with great interest. At least for some cool minis to paint. The Dragoon looks amazing!


If you are interested, there are quick start rules available, you could give the game a gander... possibly give some feed back...


Edit: New update!

Meet the Monsters Part 1

Beastmen
After the six gods created Terra, they set about creating a creature to live upon it. With conflicting ideas and ideals, the gods each gave their input, creating the Beastmen, a hodge-podge of parts and motivations.
Disappointed with their creation, the gods ignored the beastmen and moved on to other ideas. The beastmen, lost in a new world looked for a reason to live, a goal to set themselves. As other creatures were created and conflicts arose between good and evil, as the first creations, the Beastmen saw their place in the world as one of guidance. They trained and tested heroes for the adventures and quests they would go upon. Dungeoneering became the supreme art of the Beastmen. Temples, Lairs, and Dungeons were built in scores to test different skills and reward those that could complete them.
When the Dark Lord rose in Iksor, many beastmen saw him as the ultimate threat to the world, and their time as coaches and testers of heroes was coming to an end. In droves they travelled to his base and joined his army, swelling his forces in the thousands. Others felt that deviating from dungeoneering was a foolish idea. Despite this, when the Dark Lord was defeated, all beastmen were exiled from Wugin, leaving their testing sites to fall into disrepair.

Trolls
With their creature-by-committee behind them, the gods decided to each make their own followers, beginning with a blank slate, each of the gods attuned a group of these trolls to their element. Fire Trolls grew large and their skin cracked with magma. Air Troll grew tall and lithe, feathers burst from their limbs. Water Trolls began as gilled, scaled creature, but by Undinite’s law quickly changed into many different permutations: Storm Trolls commanded the weather, and Ice Lords became towering furred masters of winter. Earth trolls became squat and animalistic with dirt and mud caking their skin.
Numina, the Goddess of Light, and Wiggoth, the God of Shadow, agreed to not create trolls of their own, they would like the superiority of good and evil be an existential battle. At least, that is what they told the other four.

Dragons
In the empty region of Iksor, Wiggoth and Numina set foot on a barren stretch of land; the only time any god physically touched Terra. Here they uprooted the land creating a battlefield. Massive island peaks and cave systems became Dafram, the Dragon Spires. In this region they created warriors to fight an actual battle between the two gods, their avatars would be the dragons. The dragons Kaiser and Myria would head their respective clans into mutual destruction. The gods gave the dragons many magical powers, from flight, to attack spells, and even shape shifting, but they also sealed away their ability to lay viable eggs. The gods promised that the surviving clan would have this restriction removed and be allowed to live and raise families after their victory.
Kaiser and the Light Dragons fought Myria and the Dark Dragons for ages in open bloody combat, destroying much of Dafram and the surrounding regions. When the dragons discovered humans, and their ability to crossbreed while in human form, the manner of their war changed drastically. Both sides seeded half-breed ‘dragonkin’ across the world, using their own children to fight their war in secret, assassinating human form dragons while they slept, or leading adventuring parties into the heart of the Dragon Spires. Most dragonkin die young as other dragons hunt them, but those that reach maturity find the ability to transform into dragon form as their reward for longevity. Neither clan considers Dragonkin to be true dragons, and treat their offspring like pawns in their eternal war.

Gels
The fall of the Crystals bathed the world in magical energy, augmenting many creatures, and even creating new ones. Puddles of sludge and grim began to brim with aetheric power, especially in the region of Halleford, attuned to the Deep Crystal and its water essence. While still not creatures at this point, Gels are still moving towards places of power, battlefields, or people of strong will and heroism. If they come into direct contact with any of these things, the Gels become ‘imprinted’ gaining part of the identity of a hero, a magical artifact, or the history of a location. Slowly the Gels take true form, and set out to live lives in mimicry of their new identity.
It is not uncommon for a small party of Gels, decked out with weapons, armor, and spellbooks, to take up residence in a tavern or inn, or sign up for quests and slay monsters outside of villages. Indeed, the most famous Gel is the King of Plainskeep, the last king having stepped in it while attempting to escape from assassins. The King Gel has proven to be a more competent leader than the last, weathering the siege of the miasma hordes, with a bubbly demeanor.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/28 13:27:05


Post by: Mathieu Raymond


Very nice squire image, I hope this translates faithfully to mini form.

This thing needs more gunblades...


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/28 22:49:35


Post by: Platuan4th


I demand(read: ask super special nicely) that a not-Moogle carrying a bucket of miasma-protection be a Stretch goal/KS exclusive extra.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/28 22:52:53


Post by: Cyporiean


 Platuan4th wrote:
I demand(read: ask super special nicely) that a not-Moogle carrying a bucket of miasma-protection be a Stretch goal/KS exclusive extra.


We're still trying to figure out what exactly we want as a 'setting mascot', so it wouldn't be an early stretch goal... but we'll see what we can do, Dood.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/29 15:50:30


Post by: Cyporiean


No previews today or tomorrow, but they'll be rolling out again on Monday through Thursday, with the Kickstarter launch on Friday at noon EST.

We're excited, and we hope you are as well. There are a ton of stretch goals planned, and with your support we can keep throwing more and more miniatures into the pledges.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/29 16:08:53


Post by: Sabotage!


I'm all over this, I love the quickstart rules, looks like a perfect set up for me. Not super space consuming and a small model count with lots of emphasis on each one, and I love the throwback to some of my favorite rpgs/ strategy games. If you guys do a Dark Knight and Necromancer following the cliches (Dark Knight only character with helmet that covers whole face, Necromancer hooded old guy with a gnarly beard, etc.) from such games I think I would just about die. I'm definitely supporting this kickstarter!


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/29 16:21:41


Post by: Cyporiean


Dark Knight, Dark Priest, Miasma Thralls, and Risen Warriors are going to be what you're looking for.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/29 16:41:10


Post by: Sabotage!


That sounds awesome! I can't wait to see more of the backstory and models!


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/30 00:06:46


Post by: Alfndrate


Tried the quickstart rules today using my dad as a guinea pig.

I had a hard time trying to find anything overtly wrong with the rules. I was the Knight, and he was the sorcerer. We played on a 10 by 10 though, since we only had 2 models on the table. I don't have much of a battle report, but it came to blows.

My dad is not a wargamer by any stretch of the imagination, but he remembers me playing games like this when I was younger, so he begrudgingly agreed to play a quick game lol. We started at the very edge of the 10 square map (just some Gaming paper with numbers written on it).

Knight:
Heroic Charge
Brave Strike
Shield Bash
Mana Break

The reason why I did this is that I knew my awesome DEF was going to be useless against a magic user, so my only chance was to disrupt his mana flow, so he would be forced to attack me using that pitiful ATK stat.

Sorcerer:
Ice Blast
Flame Aura
Deep Freeze
Windlash

Turn 1
I started to close in, my dad didn't do much moving, waiting for the time when I would be within range of his spells (He could have done this turn one if he moved lol).

Turn 2
I won initiative again, and moved forward and used my Heroic Charge ability, to close the game and get an attack on my Dad, doing one point of damage. So, since I didn't see anything about in or out of combat, after my knight got into melee with the sorcerer, my dad started moving away and blasting me with spells. He hit me with Ice Blast, and my measly 2 MAG stat meant that I was taking some damage when I managed to block absolutely nothing. So 3 damage, ouch that hurt.

Turn 3
He wins initiative this time (could not roll a freaking 4 to save my life that time). Since he's out of my melee range atm, he shoots off Deep Freeze. Since we didn't see anything about AoE, and he could target me anyways, we ignored that part of the rule. He rolled, and got only 1 success (yay me lol), and I rolled my 2 MAG dice and got 1 succcess, negating his attack. I move up, and Brave Strike him (again, who cares about my DEF when going up against a magic user). I roll my 5 ATK dice and get 4 successes, perfect! I think, he's going down!. And then he turns around and rolls 2 6s for DEF... Its going to be one of those days huh? lol

Turn 4
He wins initiative again, moves away towards center board, and casts another Ice Blast. He rolls and gets 5 successes. I need both successes to survive to my turn. I get 1.

My knight falls, and my dad beats me lol.

His thoughts: Quick game, pretty simple, but not go fish simple (that's his standard of simple whenever I try to teach him a game).

My thoughts: That game was quick, I could see that if you were to have 10 Crystals, it might take longer but it we didn't play more than 10 minutes in our game. This is easily something that could be run after a quick explanation of the rules. Definitely not a game that requires a lot of models, but we've already seen the Adept, Cleric, Dragoon, Knight, Sorcerer and Squire. That's 6 classes right there, and would probably make for a pretty balanced game.

I can't wait for Friday lol.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/30 00:13:29


Post by: miskatonicalum


Sounds like you had fun, even if you said you "came to blows". I'm glad to hear your dad grasped the game, is he a gamer/rpger/nerd? The "Parent Test" is a great way to see if the rules are understandable thanks for doing that for us.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/30 00:17:18


Post by: Alfndrate


My dad is not a gamer, painter, or nerd lol. The closest thing to "gamer" would be when he would spend hours playing Pinball back in the 70s, 80s, and 90s. Now that his eyesight is going, he's resorting to claw machines for his "gaming".

A big fan of games like tetris and Klax, but I would not consider him a gamer at all.

He did like it, and as someone outside of the hobby, said, "you better not waste all your money on this." Which is different, cause he usually just says waste my money... So I am taking that as permission to spend some money on this game


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/09/30 00:42:01


Post by: Cyporiean


 Alfndrate wrote:
So I am taking that as permission to spend some money on this game




Good Stuff! We've heard similar good results from people playing with the Quickstart rules, so we hope that turns into a good Kickstarter turnout. We've got plans to throw a lot of minis at everyone, just gotta plow through stretch goals.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/01 13:35:58


Post by: Alfndrate


Today's update is the other half of the world.



Iksor, The Sunless Lands
On the far side of Terra, the islands of Iksor are wreathed in permanent darkness. Only the reflection of Terra’s two remaining moons provides any light to its denizens. Four major islands make up the Sunless Lands. Dafram is a land of spires and caves hidden in their heights. Here the eldest dragons hide and plot, seeking the downfall of their brethren. The Free Hold of Narjal is home to the Beastmen who refused the rule of the Dark Lord. The humans of Ineb-Iksor live in a small sheltered valley to protect themselves from the rampaging behemoths that stampede across most of the region. The largest island is known simply as the Dark Lord’s Domain, across it spans a massive city housing beastmen, orcs, trolls and demonites under the rule of the greatest evil the world has known.

Dafram, The Dragon Spires
Forged in a secret pact between Numina and Wiggoth, the two set their personal creations, the dragons, upon these islands to fight and determine the superiority of Light or Dark. This civil war raged for millennia, on these secluded peaks, until a dueling pair of dragons strayed over human lands on Ineb-Iksor. With the discovery of the ‘lesser races’, both sides sought more cunning measures to fight their war, seeding half-breed dragonkin across the world. Since their secret war began, the Dragon Spires have been quiet, with assassinations, shapeshifting, and betrayal becoming their method of war.

Narjal, The Free Hold
When the Dark Lord was defeated during his first invasion of Wugin, many beastmen fought under his command, but even those that had remained neutral were exiled by the humans. Unwelcome in their homeland, and unsafe in most areas of Iksor, the beastmen eked out an existence on the island of Narjal. Over time, using their dungeoneering skills, the beastmen came to dominate the land, the Free Hold turned into a haven for all travelers in a dangerous land. Since the fall of the Mage Circles, the beastmen have been able to travel freely to Wugin, and continue building and testing dungeons for would-be heroes, but Narjal remains their new home.

Ineb-Iksor, The Sheltered Land
Before the rise of the Dark Lord, the people of Ineb-Iksor lived across most of the islands of Iksor, indeed the entire continent was named after their kingdom. They were a harsh people for a harsh climate, even when the sun still shone, the behemoths charged across the landscape, wiping out entire villages. Since the climate shift and dangers mounted by the Dark Lord, the Inebians have settled into a valley safe from the outside. Only the coast is open to attack, and it is guarded by the Dragoons of Wyvern. These warrior-mages were the first to see the destruction wrought by dragons and they keep an eternal vigil over the nation, seeking out dragonkin and minions of the Dark Lord alike.

The Dark Lord’s Domain
When the trolls were created by the gods, Numina and Wiggoth refused to attune any to their elements. Whether a trick of the dark god, or simply an inevitability from Undinite’s law of change, the Dark Lord was an Ice Lord, one of the water trolls of Iksor that became corrupt, drawing upon dark power and summoning demonites. Exiled from his clan, the Dark Lord collected armies of orcs and beastmen to him. Twice he attempted to conquer the world and twice he was defeated on the edge of victory. Despite the mortality of most trolls, the Dark Lord has lived for centuries, and rebellious upstarts amongst his armies quickly discover his age has not dulled his strength. His standing armies require a place to live and the Dark Lord’s Domain acts as a massive bivouac for it. Here his legions wait for the next war, and his dark mages seek new spells of horror and demons to call into the world.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/01 22:34:13


Post by: Atilary


Finally read the quick start rules. I have to say, this may be my first kickstarter I'll buy into. I've added in to a friends to get certain rewards but if the dollar amount isn't crazy I'm in on this one myself. A couple of questions, I think you may have already answered this one but will it be possible to run a party of all monsters/ bad guys? Will there be terrain effects, like being on a water tile slowing movement when leaving or being on a lava tile causing a point of damage a turn, etc? Will there be campaign play available to develop and level characters?


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/01 22:44:12


Post by: miskatonicalum


The only party creation restrictions are: model point costs and a limit of one of each unique character. We are making a number of 'bad guys' and monsters, and when we hit certain stretch goals, there will be two 'evil' boxes to choose from.

Yes, water would slow your movement, and lava would damage you. We wont be going much beyond that. Grass tiles are not going to have a slightly different movement rate from Roads, or certain elemental attacks do more damage on Castle walls.

We have a basic campaign system with class level-ups, and item gains that will be in the core book, and depending on the stretch goals, a more complex system will see its way in, or as a PDF as a companion to a scripted story campaign. The current system is intended more for leagues to play, rather than for a developing story.

Glad you like the rules so much, we're also very excited to get the Kickstarter going on friday!


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/01 23:54:41


Post by: Sabotage!


A level-up system!? This really can't get any better to me. I think a campaign/ level-up system makes skirmish games so much better (really what made Mordheim and Necromunda for me). The scale of the game, rules, art/miniature style, and campaign rules combined, I think this is literally everything I want in a miniature game. I can't wait to see the kickstarter!


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/02 00:26:55


Post by: Alfndrate


I'm so excited,Friday cannot come soon enough.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/02 00:40:23


Post by: Atilary


Will you be releasing your own maps with the rule set? There are plenty of maps that would fit the 1" scheme but very few fit the aesthetic of the game capture the feel of it. Most maps that would work are for rpg encounters and usually don't take into account elevation. I think if you guys created a set of reversible maps similar to heroclix that would be perfect.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/02 00:45:07


Post by: Cyporiean


Atilary wrote:
Will you be releasing your own maps with the rule set? There are plenty of maps that would fit the 1" scheme but very few fit the aesthetic of the game capture the feel of it. Most maps that would work are for rpg encounters and usually don't take into account elevation. I think if you guys created a set of reversible maps similar to heroclix that would be perfect.


Its something we're working on, along with a modular MDF board. We designed the game to work with basic RPG maps as well as building your own 3D tables, when we were demo/playtesting at Adepticon we used a basic battlemap with some drawn on elevated areas marked with a little number stating the elevation.

Campaigns that we release officially will have map layouts included, though not at scale, so that you can transpose it to a battlemap, use the planned MDF board, or build your own table.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/02 14:17:16


Post by: Alfndrate


Meet the Monsters

Goblins
In the early centuries of the Arganean Empire, before they conquered Wugin and enslaved humanity, the Elves had the Goblins as their servants. These lanky creatures, a head or two shorter than humans, were quick learners but unable to comprehend the more advanced magiscience of the Arganeans, and completely devoid of magical prowess.

Using aetheric crystals, the artificial power sources for all Magitechnology, the Arganeans experimented upon Goblins, seeking away to give them magic, and in turn, augment their own. These experiments never resulted in any benefits in the Age of Arganea, but instead mutated the Goblins. They became unable to breathe normal air, requiring ground up aetheric crystals, to live. The Goblins were forced to wear gas masks, that allowed them to infuse aether into their air supply. This kept the massive Goblin population from rebelling or attempting to escape, as only the Arganeans could create more of the aetheric crystals.

When the Empire collapsed, the Goblins fought fiercely for their overlords, fearing the day when the loss of their needed drug. Despite their efforts, the Arganeans were killed or fled into the shadows of history, leaving the Goblins alone in their abandoned cities. Clans of Goblins fought each other for the supplies of crystals, wiser tribes attempting to extend their supply through limited use. Where once the Goblin population counted in the billions, merely a few million exist today. Scavengers explore the Arganean ruins searching for sources of crystal, or attack Low Elf villages, hoping to find caches of Magitechnoloy. From time to time a group of goblins going through extreme withdrawals will join together in roaming hordes, devastating anything in their path in one last desperate search before they burn out and die.

Orcs
The porcine orcs once lived in the same areas as the Ibenians, eeking out a life on the central continents of Iksor. In ancient times, both groups worshiped the Ice Lords, trolls of the water goddess Undinite, praying for warmer temperatures, and survival of their crops. When the Dark Lord was born to the Ice Lords, all their followers were taken aback. Never had a troll been attuned to Wiggoth, nor had any troll given birth to one of another element. The Orcs and Inebians were conflicted as to how to interpret this ‘miracle’. The Orcs see significance in every event, and the birth of a dark troll was the most important event they had seen in centuries. The Inebians saw the dark troll as an aberration. They argued for several months, while the Ice Lords kept the child in one of the temples that had been built for them by the Humans and Orcs.

Finally, the bickering came to a head, and the Inebians gathered a mob to slay the young troll. Before the mob could move storm the temple, a group of Orcs snuck into the Ice Lord temple and took the child away into the night. Since that time, the Orcs have been the primary followers of the Dark Lord. As he rose to power the Orcs fought in his name, claiming most of Iksor, and built temples in his honor.

Orcs are creatures that believe heavily in mysticism and the cosmic significance of every event. The birth of the Dark Lord, his invasions of the human realms, and his eventual defeat or victory. These are all important events of the Orcish faith. An entire caste of Orcs, the Astrologers, spend their lives determining the signs and portents, determining the future professions of newborns, the time to raid enemy villages, and when to return to the Dark Lord’s side for his next invasion.

High Elves
As Air Trolls travelled the world, the first species they created was the Elves. Like other trolls, they taught them magic. Those that took to it with skill were treated well and gifted areas of land to build cities and grow crops. Those that were unable to grasp the use of magic, or those that simply refused the Air Trolls’ methods, were shunned and cast aside. This created the schism between High and Low Elves. With everything they could want, the High Elves created the first nation, Arganea. Over the centuries the government became bloated and imperial, lead by a line of Emperors whose prowess with magic kept them in power.

The High Elves also created magitechnology, a hybrid of science and aetheric energy. This technology was far beyond the ken of the nations they attacked in their imperial expansion, ensuring that their wars were swift and final. As they conquered, the Arganeans enslaved those of martial skill and killed those of magical ability, keeping themselves safe from secret orders of mages, that might seek to assassinate their leaders by magic.
The humans, beastmen, and dwarves they enslaved were forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas for the spectacle and entertainment of the ruling class. To avoid the hunting and cleansing of magic users, deep in their caverns the dwarves developed a system of magical runes, forged into armor and weapons, that went undetectable until their use in battle. The Rune Fencers, with their sentient weapons, became the leaders of the resistance, able to keep their soldiers safe from the retribution of the Empire.

In a joint alliance with the Low Elves, the Rune Fencers, after millennia, would lead a successful rebellion against the Arganeans. Their cities were destroyed, and every captured High Elf was killed by the rebels. Those that escaped the chaos disappeared into the Arganean jungles, hunted by the Low Elves, but were never found. Whether the Arganeans were simply killed by the threats of the jungle, or still hide somewhere, has been a mystery for the ages.

Low Elves
Elves that were shunned by the Air Trolls were pushed into the jungles, forces to fend off great spiders and other horrors far from civilization. It took little time for the Low Elves to become masters of untamed Arganea, but they would continue to be ruled by the High Elves. Sending their armies and magisters into Low Elf villages, the Arganeans would subject them to their edicts and laws. Low Elves would often be forced out of their villages, only their forests destroyed and turned into new Arganean cities for them to live in. Others were taken off to Wugin to work as security for their Imperial ‘betters’. Though the High Elves saw this ‘raising’ of the Low Elves as charity work, most Low Elves begrudged the changes that were forced upon them.

When the humans rebelled, and rioted in the cities of Wugin, the Low Elves took the opportunity to seize their own goals, and the like minded groups destroyed the greatest civilization Terra has ever seen. Free to decide their own destinies, the Low Elves returned to the jungles of Arganea, abandoning the cities for their primitive villages. In their withdrawal some Low Elves took magitech designed by High Elves, to keep weapons or other devices out of the hands of anyone who might use them against them. Villages that hold such devices are headed by High Shamans, the Low Elven experts of magic, who guard them down through their descendants.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/02 21:48:40


Post by: Zond


The quickstart rules, the level up system and the playtest all intrigue me, however the background is pretty poor. It reads like an attempt to cram every Final Fantasy reference possible into a setting, complete with world maps from someones first homebrew RPG campaign. Also, just shorten it to Magitech or something similar that rolls off the tongue.

I'll wait to see more greens.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/02 21:53:29


Post by: Cyporiean


The world maps are temporary, and will be replaced by proper art in the full book. We'd have liked to have the full maps ready at this point, but it was just not possible.

More greens on Friday


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/03 13:10:34


Post by: Alfndrate


~ Age of Creation ~
Before the world existed, the six gods had created their own worlds, around stars far from Terra. Numina, the goddess of Light, made worlds of truth and peace, with civilizations enduring for aeons. Salamandros, the god of fire, made worlds of high adventure, heroes and villains creating legends for the ages. Undinite, the goddess of water, made worlds in constant flux, where everything flowed and changed. Titanark, the god of earth, made worlds of static order, beautiful to behold, but timeless and unchanging. Sylphane, the goddess of air, made worlds of arcane energy, wizards weaving the aether into spells of incredible power. Wiggoth, the god of darkness, made worlds of chaos and war, with monsters and armies fighting endlessly.

Tired of endless iterations of similar worlds, the gods came together to create a shared world. They discussed the universal laws of the world for centuries, eventually deciding to each state a rule of this new world. As they stated their laws, each attempted to trump the others, creating a law to enforce their influence.

Numina’s Law – All things have a capacity for good.
Salamandros’ Law – All things have a capacity for greatness.
Undinite’s Law – All things change.
Titanark’s Law – All things have substance.
Sylphane’s Law – All things have a connection to aether.
Wiggoth’s Law – All things end.

Each of their laws was given substance, as per Titanark’s Law, and so in addition to the world of Terra, the six gods created six moons, each a representation of the god and their law. Before they ended their influence on the world, the Gods created two species in an attempt to create guardians in their image: the Beastmen and the Trolls.

Each god wanted a servant on the world, to embody their ideals, but as with their laws, they could not come to an agreement. The Beastmen were gestalt creatures, put together from a dozen ideas, and were given a dozen ideals. This conflict of interest led to their free will, and unlike the Trolls, the Beastmen heeded no gods. Instead they sought out to test the ideals of the gods in others. The Beastmen became the first dungeon builders, creating the ancient places where heroes were tested before their great quests, to prove their worth and ability.

The Trolls were the gods' second, and last, attempt to create life with their essence. The Trolls were blank slates, with little identity or feature, but Sylphane’s law connected the Trolls to aether, the stuff of magic and the elements. So, each Troll became attuned to an element, taking on features, abilities, and ideals of their god.

Fire Trolls became wreathed in fire and fought alongside the earliest heroes, slinging fire spells at the wicked creatures of the void that crawled across Terra in its earliest days. The Humans were their creation.

Water Trolls fractured into many smaller tribes, the Deep Trolls creating majestic cities below the waves, the Ice Trolls migrating to the mountainous lands of Iksor and mastering the creatures of that land, and the Storm Trolls, traveling the world and bringing rain from the sky to create nature. The Water Trolls have created many creatures, and altered others.

Air Trolls became lithe creatures, subsisting on magic instead of the mundane. They were the first to share their skill in magic with the other creatures of Terra. To many, they are still known as the children of mana. The Elves were their creation.

Earth Trolls became large, hump-backed creatures, moving stone and metal to create mountains, canyons, and caves. When their world sculpting tasks were complete, they joined the Beastmen and became dungeon builders. The Dwarves were their creation.

No “Holy Trolls” or “Dark Trolls” came into existence in the Age of Creation. Numina and Wiggoth agreed to let creatures with free will determine the dominance of their ideals over the world.

In these early days, magic was not as it is now. While a single sorcerer after the Crystal Fall could cast combat spells with the same effort as a knight could swing his sword, in the ancient days, spells were cast by circles of wizards, focused together in a cloistered chamber, drawing magic symbols in arcane blood and chanting for hours. While these spells were several magnitudes stronger than any modern spell, a mage was as defenseless as a child outside their circle.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/03 20:10:04


Post by: Sekai


Some very interesting stuff.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/03 20:25:18


Post by: Alfndrate


I'm liking some of the fluff, but I want more greens!!!! Need to see more awesome models.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/03 20:39:53


Post by: Cyporiean


 Alfndrate wrote:
I'm liking some of the fluff, but I want more greens!!!! Need to see more awesome models.


Greens for the Adept, Archer, and Squire will be shown on Friday.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/03 22:39:40


Post by: Sabotage!


 Cyporiean wrote:
 Alfndrate wrote:
I'm liking some of the fluff, but I want more greens!!!! Need to see more awesome models.


Greens for the Adept, Archer, and Squire will be shown on Friday.


Very cool, I'm definitely looking forward to it. How many classes(or characters?), should be expect in the first wave of models (I think so far we've seen info for the Adept, Archer, Knight, Sorcerer, Priest, Thief, Squire, and Dragoon)? Or is that contingent on the kickstarter (and thus the amount of sculptors/ concept artists/etc that can be hired)?

I'm very much looking forward to Friday!


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/03 22:59:11


Post by: Alfndrate


I don't think we've previewed the thief much more than the scale comparison shot, but like Miskatonicalum said, that pose was going to be redone (I like it too btw ). So we've seen art for Adept, Archer, Cleric, Dragoon, Knight, and Sorcerer and seen the sculpts for dragoon and sorc.

CAN IT BE FRIDAY YET?!


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/03 23:11:45


Post by: Cyporiean


 Sabotage! wrote:
 Cyporiean wrote:
 Alfndrate wrote:
I'm liking some of the fluff, but I want more greens!!!! Need to see more awesome models.


Greens for the Adept, Archer, and Squire will be shown on Friday.


Very cool, I'm definitely looking forward to it. How many classes(or characters?), should be expect in the first wave of models (I think so far we've seen info for the Adept, Archer, Knight, Sorcerer, Priest, Thief, Squire, and Dragoon)? Or is that contingent on the kickstarter (and thus the amount of sculptors/ concept artists/etc that can be hired)?

I'm very much looking forward to Friday!


Its very much contingent on the Kickstarter's success. We've used our small budget (mostly from sales of Brushfire and Historia Rodnetia) to get a handful of greens and artwork done, but without a successful Kickstarter we won't be able to do much more beyond this. The basic goal of the Kickstarter will go towards the molding costs for the first 6 models, along with paying for a small amount of art for the book, units, and items. As we progress through stretch goals we'll be adding in more models, and more art in the rulebook, and gain the ability to have a printed full color hardback edition of the rulebook done, but mostly more models (There is only one stretch goal that isn't more models atm).


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/04 00:11:30


Post by: Sabotage!


Very understandable, I can't imagine that this type of endeavor (or really any into miniature war gaming) would be easily funded, that said I wish you great success with the Kickstarter Cyporiean (along with everyone else at On the Lamb), and know I will definitely be backing it. I hope we can knock those stretch goals out of the park and see some new concepts for the Thief (the old one was awesome too!), the Dark Knight, and everything else you guys are going to surprise us with!


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/04 00:22:48


Post by: Cyporiean


 Sabotage! wrote:
Very understandable, I can't imagine that this type of endeavor (or really any into miniature war gaming) would be easily funded, that said I wish you great success with the Kickstarter Cyporiean (along with everyone else at On the Lamb), and know I will definitely be backing it. I hope we can knock those stretch goals out of the park and see some new concepts for the Thief (the old one was awesome too!), the Dark Knight, and everything else you guys are going to surprise us with!


Aye, it takes a lot of blood, sweat, tears, and money to make a game (especially a miniatures game). We've learned a lot from producing Brushfire, about both what to do and what not to do, and we want to make sure Endless' retail release is awesome.

Now for a little bit of a teaser... We have 19 generic 'classes' written up for the Endless core book, anyone want to guess at what they are?

Adept
Archer
B*****
B********
C******
C*****
C*******
D*** ******
D*** ******
Dragoon
G*******
Knight
P*******
R*********
R*** ******
Sorcerer
Squire
S*******
T****

This list of course doesn't include named folks, or monsters that are also included in the book.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/04 00:58:26


Post by: Alfndrate


for 50 bucks I'll guess them.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/04 02:01:00


Post by: Sabotage!


I'll try my best at this from what I've gathered from this thread and On the Lamb's page.

Adept
Archer
B*****
Berserker or Barbarian ??
Chemist ??
Cleric
C*******
Dark Knight
Dark Priest
Dragoon
Guardian ??
Knight
P*******
R*********
R*** ******
Sorcerer
Squire
Summoner ??
Thief

I think that's all I have for now, it was worth a shot though.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/04 02:02:57


Post by: Cyporiean


One of those is wrong


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/04 02:03:36


Post by: miskatonicalum


Its like Mastermind! I love that game.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/04 02:24:42


Post by: Sabotage!


Hahaha, it is like Mastermind! My guess would Guardian or Summoner would be the wrong call, but it is just that, a guess, haha.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/04 02:32:37


Post by: Cyporiean


 Sabotage! wrote:
Hahaha, it is like Mastermind! My guess would Guardian or Summoner would be the wrong call, but it is just that, a guess, haha.


You've guessed right


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/04 02:39:17


Post by: Sabotage!




Okay, revised list:


Adept
Archer
B*****
Berserker or Barbarian ??
Chemist ??
Cleric
C*******
Dark Knight
Dark Priest
Dragoon
G*******
Knight
P*******
R*********
R*** ******
Sorcerer
Squire
Summoner ??
Thief

I'll have to give this some more consideration at work tomorrow. At the moment I'm stumped!


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/04 13:23:06


Post by: Alfndrate


Meet the Monsters Part 3! It's Thursday, which means that the kickstarter goes live AND we get to see new greens tomorrow

Meet the Monster Part 3

Dwarves
As the Earth Trolls moved mountains and sculpted caves, they found they needed a creature to inhabit these places. Stocky and heavily bearded, the Dwarves were left to their own devices once the Earth Trolls moved on to building other features of Terra. Before they could learn magic from their creators, the Dwarves were abandoned. They would eventually develop Runes, funneling magic into symbols of power, as an alternative to normal magic.

The Dwarves built great underground transportation systems, utilizing runic machines to connect their residences across Wugin. During their expansion, the Dwarves came into contact with the Arganeans, and their initial interactions were not favorable. Their mutual distrust and plans to expand into the same territories instantly set the two nations against each other. The Dwarves reinforced their cities with traps and runic barriers, making invasion nearly impossible for the Elves. Using their runes to create sentient weapons, the Dwarves armed the first human Rune Fencers to fight the Arganeans and their magitechnology.

Relations between Dwarves and humans continued into the Age of Mages, as mage circles required soldiers to defend them while they cast their spells. Rune Fencers became common in these roles, and rune weapons were sought after by the rich and powerful. Rune weapons have become incredibly rare after the Crystal Fall with the largest Dwarf city, Mechinrah, becoming sealed away from the surface and underground tunnel network. At Deepgate, the unlucky dwarves caught on the outside set up a massive mining operation to dig up the Iron Crystal and open a passage back into Mechinrah.

Kirin
Fast, four-legged creatures, the Kirin were created by the Air Trolls as mounts for the Elves. Blessed with magical celerity, the Kirin move faster than any other creature across the land. When the Arganeans moved their capital to Wugin, they brought thousands of Kirin to the mainland, setting up Kirin farms and stables. Since that time, the Kirin have become the standard ride of the Knights of Halleford, and any traveller across the world.

Their horns even grant increased speed to those that wear them, and poachers are known to cut off the horns and sell them to alchemists. Kirin are able to defend themselves, casting air elemental spells taught to them by the Air Trolls, but only War Kirin, trained for the Knights, actually attack poachers. Kirin are not actually killed in the process of having their horns cut but the loss causes them to lose their unnatural speed and magic abilities.

Behemoths
Bipedal, ape-like monsters, Behemoths roam the icefields of Iskor, destroying any structures they come upon. Only the temples of the Ice Lords, their creators, escape the swath of destruction. Nomadic human tribes still share the land with the Behemoths, able to tame young Behemoths and use them to cross the wide snow plains. These nomads would sometimes attack the city of Ineb, seeking to pillage the more prosperous nation, but the cave systems to reach the valley are too small for the Behemoths to travel through, severly crippling the nomads' fighting strength.

When the Dark Lord began building his army, some of the nomads joined his force, bringing along their Behemoths. With armor built specifically for the giant beasts, the Behemoths were used during the first Dark Lord Invasion. Unfortunately, the climate change wore down the behemoths quickly, turning them into weapons of terror more than effective siege weapons.

Demonites
Once, demons clawed at reality, trying to break through from the aetheric realm. The rare few, that came through portals created by wizards, quickly found the plane of existence caustic and unable to keep them anchored for any periods of time. The demons’ worshipers and those seeking to dominate them searched for ways to bring these powerful beings permanently into the world of Terra.

The solution, that was found, was the Demonite. Channeling the spirit of a demon into a specially constructed fetish or construct allows the demon to interact with the real world. Demonites are directly under the control of the dark mages that create them, forcing demons to do their bidding. Expert Demonologists create better constructs to house more powerful demons, ensuring they can survive in combat to use their magical abilities.

Demonites are particularly popular amongst the followers of the Dark Lord, where they can summon demons in peace, unlike in the Sundrenched lands where the Crusaders and Church of Numina hunt down demonites and their masters.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/04 15:05:06


Post by: Cyporiean


about 24 hours till the Kickstarter goes live... not that I'm counting or anything. >.>

We've had several requests to add a 3rd unit to the Quickstart Rules to help with party balance, and so we've instead added 3. The Quickstart Rules now include a full 10 Crystal party to give the game a try with.

You can download them from WargameVault.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/04 21:19:16


Post by: Sabotage!


I'm excited to give the game a try with a full party, should be pretty fun!

Unfortunately I did not have a stroke of brilliance at work and was only able to deduce one more class (Rune Fencer), mainly because of today's update.

Adept
Archer
B*****
Berserker or Barbarian ??
Chemist ??
Cleric
C*******
Dark Knight
Dark Priest
Dragoon
G*******
Knight
P*******
R*********
Rune Fencer
Sorcerer
Squire
Summoner ??
Thief

I'm definitely liking the fluff more as it's expanded upon. Is there any chance we'd get to see trolls in the game (or is there power level too high for what we are looking at?), or even some art, I'm really curious to what the different types look like.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/04 21:38:32


Post by: miskatonicalum


Now you've got 6 of 7 right!


Earth Trolls we already have the sculpts for just waiting to get them cast as a stretch goal. All the trolls are stat'ed up, so you'll see them in game. Points wise, they are equivalent to unique heroes in power level (Cost 3 Crystals). As the kickstarter goes on we'll release art and images of the sculpts.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/04 21:49:39


Post by: Cyporiean


We've talked a bit about how we designed EFT to be playable on RPG Battle maps, and any other gridded surface and you might be saying 'But Emily, I'm insane determined and have access to Hrist Arts molds, what would a 3D EFT board look like?'

Well here ya go, our WIP board for The Warstore Weekend. Needs paint and what not, but its a good foundation.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/04 21:56:05


Post by: Sabotage!


Awesome, I can't wait to see what they end up looking like.

Looks like Summoner must have been the wrong call rather than Guardian.

Adept
Archer
B*****
Berserker or Barbarian ??
Chemist ??
Cleric
C*******
Dark Knight
Dark Priest
Dragoon
G*******
Knight
P*******
R*********
Rune Fencer
Sorcerer
Squire
Summoner
Thief

That's a really cool looking board. Is that made from plaster of paris blocks, or another sculpting putty? I'd really like to attempt to put something like this together at some point (though I am a big fan of being able to use RPG mats for their modularity too).


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/04 21:58:54


Post by: Cyporiean


No Summoner was correct, I think Matt was commenting more on you being undecided about Berserker or Barbarian.

I used a type of plaster, was a powder mixed with water. It was a really simple build, it just took me like 3 weeks to do all of the casting.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/04 22:04:45


Post by: Sabotage!


It looks really good! I've seen some really awesome things from plaster casting, but everyone I've seen use it says it takes a long time to cast. On the plus side, it looks great and is considerably more affordable than pre-made terrain in most cases.

Good to know about the Summoner, I've always thought that was a cool concept. Hopefully he/she can summon up some elementals! I just updated my earlier list as not to flood the thread with a million estimate lists, haha.

Really excited about tomorrow!


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/04 22:09:25


Post by: Cyporiean


The Summoner should be alot of fun, but it'll be a later (and larger) stretch goal as what good would the summoner be if you didn't have the summons as well!


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/04 22:43:16


Post by: Gymnogyps


I wanna play! I'll tag on to Sabotage's list...

Adept
Archer
Binder
Berserker or Barbarian ??
Chemist ??
Cleric
Commando (underpants optional?) or Cavalier
Dark Knight
Dark Priest
Dragoon
G*******
Knight
Pugilist
Runepriest
Rune Fencer
Sorcerer
Squire
Summoner
Thief


For the "G", I keep going to Gladiator or Geomancer. But both of those are too long! Gonna keep thinking on that one...


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/04 22:54:50


Post by: Gymnogyps


Hrm... Guess I'll have to look for more!


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/04 23:29:48


Post by: Alfndrate


I wanna play! I'll tag on to Sabotage's list...

Adept
Archer
Bandit
Berserker or Barbarian ??
Chemist ??
Cleric
C idk
Dark Knight
Dark Priest
Dragoon
Gunsmith
Knight
Pugilist
R. Idk
Rune Fencer
Sorcerer
Squire
Summoner
Thief


Those are my guesses.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/04 23:35:34


Post by: Alfndrate


Helping? I'm just trying to guess :(


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/05 12:29:51


Post by: Gymnogyps


I have a new one... Actually a revision.

Crusader

I am very excited for the kickstarter to go live.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/05 13:02:24


Post by: Alfndrate


The Kickstarter is live!

If you go to www.endlessfantasytactics.com, you will be redirected to the kickstarter page for the drive. There you can see all the different prize levels, an introduction video by Heath Foley, artist for On the Lamb Games as well as some awesome artwork, and maybe some new sculpts that we haven't seen yet .

There are lists of the stretch goals as well as early bird specials for people getting in on the kickstarter.

I pledged, have you?


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/05 13:10:31


Post by: Cyporiean


Clickable Link: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/otlgames/endless-a-tactical-fantasy-miniatures-game

WIP Greens of the Adept, Archer, and Squire from Bob Naismith are up on the Kickstarter page and as I type this we're at 4% funded already.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/05 13:15:33


Post by: Alfndrate


My link is clickable as well, I just had color issues.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/05 13:40:50


Post by: Atilary


I just joined in the kickstarter. Quick question, this may be answered but I'm on my phone at work so sony have the ability to peruse at leisure, when can we expect to be able to get the pdf rules?


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/05 13:47:52


Post by: Cyporiean


Atilary wrote:
I just joined in the kickstarter. Quick question, this may be answered but I'm on my phone at work so sony have the ability to peruse at leisure, when can we expect to be able to get the pdf rules?


We're hoping to have a bare bones version of the rulebook pdf out to backers immediately after the Kickstarter ends, this will be the full rules but will just short on things like fluff and art, as a big part of the Kickstarter is to fund the art production. Once all the art is in we'll send you an updated PDF that will match the print version, this PDF will be in your hands before April.

If you haven't already, make sure to grab the Quickstart Rules.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/05 13:48:24


Post by: miskatonicalum


A quickstart/preview version of the rules are available as a link on the kickstarter. (It goes through our shop, simply so we can track the number of downloads)

Pledgers will be getting a more detailed version of the rules as well, the link has not been made yet so look for it over the course of the project!

Edit: I see that I am redundant.....


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/05 14:17:58


Post by: skarsol


Amusingly, Early Knight is a much better discount than Early Thief (or any of the higher ones). Assuming you can add chests for $50 to any pledge, there's no benefit to pledging higher than Early Knight (until those run out).


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/05 14:23:33


Post by: Atilary


I have the quickstart, just wondering when we get through the salad and into the steak.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/05 14:30:32


Post by: Alfndrate


skarsol wrote:Amusingly, Early Knight is a much better discount than Early Thief (or any of the higher ones). Assuming you can add chests for $50 to any pledge, there's no benefit to pledging higher than Early Knight (until those run out).


At this time, the 40 dollar pledge level seems like the best buy, but like we've seen with other kickstarters such as the Reaper Bones kickstarter, once stretch goals start being reached, the better buys starts to be the Dragoon and Cleric boxes. Though if you look at it like how you stated. The Early Knight + x number of 50 dollar pledges isn't always the best. for 40 + 50 you get Early Thief, for 40 + 150 you get Early Dragoon + 10 dollars, and 40 + 250 is twenty dollars more than Early Cleric.

Remember, On the Lamb is trying to fund the game, so we can all have it in our hands

Atilary wrote:I have the quickstart, just wondering when we get through the salad and into the steak.


I too wish for steak instead of salad, but I'm sure the OTL crew is working their butts off trying to get the rules finalized and ready for print.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/05 14:37:20


Post by: skarsol


 Alfndrate wrote:
skarsol wrote:Amusingly, Early Knight is a much better discount than Early Thief (or any of the higher ones). Assuming you can add chests for $50 to any pledge, there's no benefit to pledging higher than Early Knight (until those run out).


At this time, the 40 dollar pledge level seems like the best buy, but like we've seen with other kickstarters such as the Reaper Bones kickstarter, once stretch goals start being reached, the better buys starts to be the Dragoon and Cleric boxes. Though if you look at it like how you stated. The Early Knight + x number of 50 dollar pledges isn't always the best. for 40 + 50 you get Early Thief, for 40 + 150 you get Early Dragoon + 10 dollars, and 40 + 250 is twenty dollars more than Early Cleric.


Ah, right, I was looking at it as EK saving you $10/chest vs all the others saving you $5/chest. Eventually the $5 adds up.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/05 14:41:02


Post by: Cyporiean


Adding to what Alf mathmagiced up, While the Basic Goal up to $100k add to the Crystal Chests, and enhance them for everyone, as we go beyond that there is only so many models we can add to each pledge tier. Knight will get a few more beyond a Crystal Chest, but not as many as Thief, and Thief won't get as many as Dragoon, and so on.

We've got a lot of stuff planned, and with your help we can get to it!


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/05 14:42:02


Post by: Alfndrate


That's okay, also I forgot to mention guys, with the kickstarter live, we've got new greens to look at

I can only grab the Adept and the Squire, but I hear that the Archer is also out..

First up is the Adept


and the Squire


I love both these sculpts. Bob Naismith is a beast. I love the very JRPG look to both of them, and love how the Squire isn't just eye candy. Top notch IMO


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/05 15:23:30


Post by: Atilary


I agree with the above. The sculpts are tasteful, have character, and stay true to the influences for the game. They still have their own little unique touches though.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/05 15:42:44


Post by: Gymnogyps


The Squire may be my new go to character for RPGs. Such a great sculpt!

Also, now we know we have Rhapsodist to add to the list of character classes.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/05 15:47:46


Post by: Alfndrate


Adept
Archer
Bandit
Berserker or Barbarian ??
Chemist
Cleric
Crusader
Dark Knight
Dark Priest
Dragoon
Gunsmith
Knight
Pugilist
Rhapsodist
Rune Fencer
Sorcerer
Squire
Summoner
Thief


So based on Gym's awesome eyesight (good catch, I didn't see that). Here is what we've come up with as a list of classes... The Chemist is confirmed as well based on stretch goals.

Based on the stretch goals we also can expect the following:

Beastman Laborer
Beastman Engineer
Earth Troll
Fire Troll
Gel Warrior
Gel Wizard
Risen Warrior
Miasma Thrall

So we might all get some monsters too


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/05 15:48:23


Post by: Cyporiean


 Gymnogyps wrote:
The Squire may be my new go to character for RPGs. Such a great sculpt!

Also, now we know we have Rhapsodist to add to the list of character classes.


The Stretch Goals do a pretty good job of leaking this class listing


Adept
Archer
Bandit
Berserker
Chemist
Cleric
Crusader
Dark Priest
Dark Knight
Dragoon
Gunsmith
Knight
Pugilist
Rhapsodist
Rune Fencer
Sorcerer
Squire
Summoner
Thief


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/05 15:58:22


Post by: Mathieu Raymond


I love the cuffs on the Squire, very much like Zidane in FF9.

Can I build a party of, say, Squire, Red Mage, White Mage and Black Mage?


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/05 16:01:21


Post by: Alfndrate


 Mathieu Raymond wrote:
I love the cuffs on the Squire, very much like Zidane in FF9.

Can I build a party of, say, Squire, Red Mage, White Mage and Black Mage?


There aren't red mage, white mage, and black mage. The list of classes are in the post above yours.

You could say build a party that consists of a Squire, Cleric (white mage), Sorcerer (Black Mage), or based on the sculpt I'd probably say the Adept (even though it looks a little like Vivi), and maybe... the uh... Rune Fencer (based on the name?)... Those are the only two that really seem to bridge that gap between white and black mage.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/05 16:03:06


Post by: Cyporiean


Rune Fencer is fairly close to being a Red Mage.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/05 16:52:20


Post by: Sabotage!


I'm loving this list! Really excited to see that Dwarf Gunsmith and Earth Troll! I just pledged at Dragoon, and am really looking forward to updating this page several times a day.

A few question though:

Is it possible to get a set up banner link so I can advertise this in my signature/ my blog/ facebook gaming groups?

Also with the 10$ extra miniature feature, can you only add miniatures that have been unlocked, or is it any miniature from the list of stretch goals(I would assume that it would only be miniatures that are unlocked)?

Edit: Had to switch to Cleric level, assuming all the boxes are unlocked, I couldn't just pick 4, too much cool stuff!


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/05 16:55:30


Post by: Alfndrate


You can gank the signature banner that Cy and I are using for EFT, that is designed to fit on Dakka.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/05 16:57:48


Post by: Cyporiean


 Sabotage! wrote:
I'm loving this list! Really excited to see that Dwarf Gunsmith and Earth Troll! I just pledged at Dragoon, and am really looking forward to updating this page several times a day.


Thanks, since we're averaging around $1k an hour (and it hasn't hit TTGN or other news sites yet!), we've chained Heath to a desk and have him working on stretch goal art, we'll get that posted ASAP!

 Sabotage! wrote:

A few question though:

Is it possible to get a set up banner link so I can advertise this in my signature/ my blog/ facebook gaming groups?


This and avatars are coming soon.

 Sabotage! wrote:
Also with the 10$ extra miniature feature, can you only add miniatures that have been unlocked, or is it any miniature from the list of stretch goals(I would assume that it would only be miniatures that are unlocked)?


Only miniatures that are unlocked, same with adding extra Crystal Chests.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/05 17:01:55


Post by: Sabotage!


Awesome, I can't wait to see what he comes out with! Great! I posted some traditional links in some of my gaming groups, but I can't wait to get a rad new avatar and a banner.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/05 17:34:39


Post by: spiralingcadaver


Looking good! I'll be checking out those rule later today. Good luck w/ the kickstarter!


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/05 18:21:47


Post by: Cyporiean


 Sabotage! wrote:
Awesome, I can't wait to see what he comes out with! Great! I posted some traditional links in some of my gaming groups, but I can't wait to get a rad new avatar and a banner.


You might want to update that sig to this code:


so that it links to the Kickstarter as well


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/05 18:28:39


Post by: Sabotage!


Thanks Cy, totally didn't even check that. Consider it done!


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/05 18:36:00


Post by: BrookM


Maybe I missed it, but regarding the Squire mini: Are her arms supposed to be that spindly or is that part still WIP?


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/05 18:48:34


Post by: Cyporiean


 BrookM wrote:
Maybe I missed it, but regarding the Squire mini: Are her arms supposed to be that spindly or is that part still WIP?


Here is the concept art, the limbs look to be about the same level of thinkness to me.
Spoiler:


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/05 18:49:09


Post by: BrookM


Ah okay, its just me then!


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/05 18:58:59


Post by: Alfndrate


The jump from concept to model is awesome, but I did just realize that her sword arm is on the same side as her sheath..


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/05 19:29:49


Post by: Lansirill


 Alfndrate wrote:
The jump from concept to model is awesome, but I did just realize that her sword arm is on the same side as her sheath..


That's because she never sheathes her sword. ALWAYS KILLING, ALL THE TIME!

... sorry, forgot we're not talking 40k in here.

Totally going to hop onto this thing. I've been waiting for it to come out since I heard about it on here. I played FFT far too much my freshman year of college. It got to the point that I was playing it in my dreams. Now I can play with miniatures that are from a similar style? Time to go coocoo for cocoa puffs.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/05 21:38:55


Post by: miskatonicalum


I was exactly the same, though for me, Shining Force was my first.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/05 22:55:42


Post by: cerealkiller195


saw the kickstarter while having lunch at work, jumped immediately onto the early bird dragoon level. May adjust pending how far we get. Though for a "first day" doing quite well actually!


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/06 00:08:55


Post by: Mathieu Raymond


I love the emergence of this type of game, for people who can't lug around 4 cases and a load of terrain to every venue.

I'm assuming a foldable map would be usable for those of us who have to commute every day of the week?


Automatically Appended Next Post:
althouhg I have to come out and say it: I just can't get excited about the Sorceror fig. The adept and squire greens have me stoked, though.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/06 00:14:15


Post by: miskatonicalum


Indeed! something from Gaming Paper as a cheap disposable map, or Chessex/Crystal Caste washable marker maps work great. You can draw on them, including numbers to indicate the height of a square (or a wider area, just putting a single number in a zone).


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/06 02:52:16


Post by: Atilary


I would think heroscape sets may be usuable with a little rule tweaking (I think they're hexes) and heroclix maps would be perfect other than they are modern settings. Heroclix styled maps would be ideal as they are tactical and incorporate multiple terrain heights already. You can easily fold/laminate and role to transport as well.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/06 08:16:36


Post by: Sabotage!


I think the Dungeons and Dragons dungeon tiles would probably work pretty well, you could stack the small extra room tokens on top of the main ones to make "elevated" terrain as well. I only have the basic dungeon set, but I just looked them out, and it looks like they have a ton of different tile sets out now.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/06 14:33:14


Post by: Cyporiean


We had a very successful first day, with reaching over half our goal already!

We've also posted art of our first stretch goal, which will make the basic Earth Crystal Chest available as a reward choice. This chest includes the Earth Troll, Dwarf Gunsmith, and Beastmen Laborer.



Update #2 - Hammer to Fall


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/06 14:35:05


Post by: Sekai


That Dwarf has no torso. And it is AWESOME!


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/06 14:36:04


Post by: Necros


 Sekai wrote:
That Dwarf has no torso. And it is AWESOME!


Dwarfs don't need torsos, they have beards.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/06 14:47:03


Post by: Cyporiean


There is no Dwarf, Only Beard.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/06 15:10:27


Post by: Gymnogyps


Is it bad that I want to hug the earth troll?

You need a beastman that has bird parts. Just sayin.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/06 16:27:38


Post by: miskatonicalum


I'm pleased with how all three came out.

We've got additional Beastmen designs to do, i'll pass your suggestion on to Heath.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/06 16:31:21


Post by: Cyporiean


In case you aren't on EFT's Facebook page.. Here is a WIP of the table we're bringing to The Warstore Weekend.



[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/06 16:47:33


Post by: Gymnogyps


Nice water effect! I was wondering how it would come out.

LOL Matt, the current beastman is pretty dang awesome, too. This is a long running thing... my bird obsession is well known. The more bird and bird-like things, the better!


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/06 17:17:42


Post by: Zefig


Backed! Best of luck to you on the rest, it doesn't look like it'll take long to be fully backed.

One note, the eyes on the archer are throwing me off a little. Doesn't look like she has eyelids.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/06 17:23:08


Post by: Cyporiean


 Zefig wrote:
Backed! Best of luck to you on the rest, it doesn't look like it'll take long to be fully backed.

One note, the eyes on the archer are throwing me off a little. Doesn't look like she has eyelids.


Yes, her eyes bug us as well. She is still WIP, and Bob should have an updated pic for us later this week.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/06 18:41:43


Post by: miskatonicalum


Bob seems to be a very procedural sculptor, the Valkyr for Brushfire started very limited in detail and turned out amazing.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/06 19:16:56


Post by: Sabotage!


I'm really happy to see some art for one of the trolls, and it looks great! Very creative take on it. I'm glad you guys didn't do "generic fantasy troll." I'm particularly fond of how much of a creature of myth he looks like, definitely fitting for a race that created others.

The beastman and dwarf are also very awesome! Good work guys!


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/06 19:22:55


Post by: greenskin lynn


the troll sketch makes me think of the movie The Labyrinth" and thus gets a super thumbs up awesome good job...i think its the nose or something


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/06 20:46:50


Post by: Rolt


Pretty nice stuff so far although I would agree the archers eyes need some work, feel like I'm gonna need a "Soft" potion if I stare into those any longer. Now considering from what game series this takes inspration from (amoung many of course) any chance were going to see some not-Burmecian's and not-Bangaa, I'd be very down for those.



[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/06 21:49:12


Post by: miskatonicalum


The beastmen are our attempt to do those sort of weird animal-like creatures, the burmecians, the bangaa, the myriad of species from Suikoden, etc. Small variants might popup for the beastmen as we get the rest of them done, and what the future holds for other monstrous creatures? who knows.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/06 23:58:45


Post by: Zond


The sketches for the Earth Chest just don't do anything for me at all and really put me off pledging. The first two sets were nice enough though. Good luck with the kickstarter.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/07 00:07:11


Post by: Cyporiean


Zond wrote:
The sketches for the Earth Chest just don't do anything for me at all and really put me off pledging. The first two sets were nice enough though. Good luck with the kickstarter.


You get to pick whichever chests you'd like to get, so if you just like the Air/Fire stuff you don't have to get anything from Earth, Water, Void, or Miasma.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/07 00:34:18


Post by: Zond


Indeed I could, but it would make for a bland game.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/07 02:08:50


Post by: Alfndrate


Zond wrote:
Indeed I could, but it would make for a bland game.


As someone that has played with most of the things that comes in the first two chests, it is not a bland game. And just because a chest goal isn't reached doesn't mean there won't be eventual releases. Idk, maybe I'm a little fanboi-ish, but the final fantasy tactics games weren't bland when my buddies and I played against each other on the GBA with similar teams since we all theorycrafted our parties...

The dwarf doesn't really do it for me atm, reminds me of the little helmeted guys from Megaman, but they're definitely not your typical fantasy dwarves (ala whfb and dnd).


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/07 02:38:07


Post by: Lansirill


Well, every party needs a pooper.

I'm curious to see some greens for the Earth chest if they're ready before the KS ends, but I'm not so thrilled with the concept art. Then again, I always stuck to the human classes in tactical RPGs so I'm not terribly surprised I'm liking the more human models. From the names it sounds like there should be a good mix of humans and non to look forward to though.

My only concern (even though I went ahead and pledged anyways, cuz it sounds fun) is that if the KS doesn't get into the stretch goals that add extras to the chests $50 for a chest with 3 models vs. $30 for just getting the models seems like a pretty awful deal. Although, who knows, maybe the extra cards that come with the chest are that valuable. Still, it's been 2 days and the thing is almost at $10k. I'll be surprised if it doesn't hit 100k.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/07 03:04:02


Post by: Cyporiean


 Lansirill wrote:
Well, every party needs a pooper.

I'm curious to see some greens for the Earth chest if they're ready before the KS ends, but I'm not so thrilled with the concept art. Then again, I always stuck to the human classes in tactical RPGs so I'm not terribly surprised I'm liking the more human models. From the names it sounds like there should be a good mix of humans and non to look forward to though.

My only concern (even though I went ahead and pledged anyways, cuz it sounds fun) is that if the KS doesn't get into the stretch goals that add extras to the chests $50 for a chest with 3 models vs. $30 for just getting the models seems like a pretty awful deal. Although, who knows, maybe the extra cards that come with the chest are that valuable. Still, it's been 2 days and the thing is almost at $10k. I'll be surprised if it doesn't hit 100k.


Earth Troll will definitely be shown before the Campaign ends, Not sure on the Dwarf Gunsmith or Beastmen Laborer yet.

As for Humans/Monster Races, all 19 Classes will get Humans for sure (as the majority of stretch goals are for Humans), and if we get high enough in the stretch goals we'll have a Male and Female option for each class. We intend to further flush that out with Dwarf, Orc, and Elf versions of most of the classes.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/07 04:30:27


Post by: Sekai


 Lansirill wrote:
Well, every party needs a pooper.





Can't help but think of this!


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/07 05:22:15


Post by: Atilary


Lol, couldn't have said it better myself.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/07 11:41:52


Post by: Zond


Alfndrate wrote:
Zond wrote:
Indeed I could, but it would make for a bland game.


As someone that has played with most of the things that comes in the first two chests, it is not a bland game. And just because a chest goal isn't reached doesn't mean there won't be eventual releases. Idk, maybe I'm a little fanboi-ish, but the final fantasy tactics games weren't bland when my buddies and I played against each other on the GBA with similar teams since we all theorycrafted our parties...

The dwarf doesn't really do it for me atm, reminds me of the little helmeted guys from Megaman, but they're definitely not your typical fantasy dwarves (ala whfb and dnd).


I never said the game was bland at all. I downloaded the quickstart rules and tried it out as well. I simply don't like the Earth Chest concept sketches so for me, right now, I think that only playing with two boxes will be bland, as eventually my group will play it to death. This does't preclude me from suddenly liking the greens, or other concept art. It's a preliminary opinion based on what I've been shown or seen. Again I'm aware there will be more eventual releases but if I don't like the current art style it may not be a good investment as it were. No need to be a fanboi, I'm not saying the game is terrible and a failure, I'm just sayong that right now it's not doing anything for me. Hardly a damning opinion from a stranger on the internet.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/07 12:53:30


Post by: Cyporiean


No worries, we'll tempt you with something else.

We're a couple of Thieves away from 10k, so not far from being funded.

There were some requests on the comments for an additional unit card leak, so I've promised to release another one and two item cards when we 15k. We'll also show off the Water Crystal Chest stuff at that point as well.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/07 20:08:20


Post by: Sekai


Cannot wait to see some more artwork!


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/07 23:36:00


Post by: Cyporiean


Updated the Kickstarter front page with some more scale/size pics:



[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/08 12:01:56


Post by: Talarn Blackshard


I am at work so my site access is limited ... how long is this kick started planning on going? I should be purchasing Adepticon related models ... but I think I need to get in on this...


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/08 12:06:35


Post by: Cyporiean


 Talarn Blackshard wrote:
I am at work so my site access is limited ... how long is this kick started planning on going? I should be purchasing Adepticon related models ... but I think I need to get in on this...


Ends on November 11th, at 10pm EST.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/08 16:54:19


Post by: Alfndrate


Hey all, sorry for the lateness of this, but we're meeting a new class... I was sure as hell that we had previewed this before, but apparently not >_<. Without further ado, I present the Cleric:

Cleric


Cleric, The Penitent Priest
The Churches and Temples of the 6 Gods are spread across all of Terra, and within them, the Clerics lead worship and use the magical energies given to them by their deity to heal and bless. The Cleric is most commonly a follower of Numina. She learns holy magic and often journeys the countryside sharing the good word. Not uncommon are priests of Undinite, the Goddess of Water, who also holds healing power and helps crops to grow.

Clerics are focused on support, strengthening allies with boons or healing damage they have received. In moments of divine fury a Cleric can crush the wicked, but this can severely drain their MP. The ultimate skill of the Cleric is to resurrect the dead, but this leaves a Cleric without any further support to give.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/08 22:49:00


Post by: Cyporiean


We posted another update, and showed off some more monster artwork for the Water Crystal Chest. If Trolls and Dwarves aren't your thing, maybe Gels?



[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/09 02:08:24


Post by: Sekai


They want to be people!


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/09 03:01:59


Post by: Wehrkind


Gel peeeple
Geel peeple
Taste like gel
Talk like peeeple
Gel people


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/09 04:36:31


Post by: miskatonicalum


I was joking with Em earlier, that maybe some people are keeping them as pets, and they dress them up like people do with dogs and cats.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/09 14:52:16


Post by: Cyporiean


As we grow ever closer to our goal we're able to calculate the costs better based off what everyone's reward tier is. Using that information, and the known costs for art/sculpting/casting/etc we've determined that we can lower the goal posts for our stretch goals.

Stretch Goal # 1 - $20k - Earth & Water

Yep, At 20k both the Earth & Water Crystal Chests will be available as options.

Continuing this trend...

Stretch Goal #2 - $30k - Miasma & Void Crystal Chests
Stretch Goal #3 - $45k - Enhanced Item Deck (54 Cards), Bag of Loot mini, and Printed Rulebook.
Stretch Goal #4 - $60k - Enhance All! Fire Crystal Chest Gains: Fire Troll, Extra Adept, Extra Squire. Air Crystal Chest Gains: Rhapsodist. Earth Crystal Chest gains: Beastmen Engineer, 2 extra Beastmen Laborers. Water Crystal Chest gains: Rune Fencer, Crusader, extra Gel Warrior, extra Gel Wizard. Miasma Crystal Chest gains: Berserker, Dark Knight, extra Risen Warrior, extra Miasma Thrall. Void Crystal Chest gains: Gunsmith.
Stretch Goal #5 - $65k+ TBA!


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/09 15:09:09


Post by: Alfndrate


DONATE NOW!

Sorry, I'm excited... those gels are so cute


Automatically Appended Next Post:
71% of the way there, everyone should tell their friends, family members, and little old ladies down the street!


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/09 23:00:48


Post by: Rolt


Well done on hitting the 10k mark, nice to see this project almost funded. I quite like the water crystal chest can't wait to see some scuplts from it (the cleric mostly).

Out of question is there any chance we'll see some previews from the Void and Miasma chests some time soon.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/09 23:28:42


Post by: Cyporiean


 Rolt wrote:
Well done on hitting the 10k mark, nice to see this project almost funded. I quite like the water crystal chest can't wait to see some scuplts from it (the cleric mostly).

Out of question is there any chance we'll see some previews from the Void and Miasma chests some time soon.


As soon as Heath gets them to me, we'll post the Void and Miasma stuff. (Miasma will likely be first)


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/09 23:56:10


Post by: Mathieu Raymond


But I thought miasma came AFTER you Void-ed...

oh never mind, it was a groaner anyway.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/11 19:06:00


Post by: Alfndrate


Hey everyone, we are nearing 12 thousand dollars, so instead of hiding them, tell your wife, tell your kids that EFT is getting funding from everybody up in here (or tell them that everybody in cleveland got obama phone... idk, that lady is crazy.)


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/11 20:32:48


Post by: Rolt


 Alfndrate wrote:
Hey everyone, we are nearing 12 thousand dollars, so instead of hiding them, tell your wife, tell your kids that EFT is getting funding from everybody up in here (or tell them that everybody in cleveland got obama phone... idk, that lady is crazy.)


You guys ever considered doing some kickstarter only limited edition miniatures, seems to have worked pretty well for many other kickstarters, could help give this one a bit of a push.
I know moneys probley a bit short for you guys right now, but surly you can get a scupltor to do a LE on the cheap, you guys seem to have a small yet very didicated group of fans, ask around its not unheard of.

Well either way just a friendly surggestion.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/11 20:38:24


Post by: Cyporiean


 Rolt wrote:
 Alfndrate wrote:
Hey everyone, we are nearing 12 thousand dollars, so instead of hiding them, tell your wife, tell your kids that EFT is getting funding from everybody up in here (or tell them that everybody in cleveland got obama phone... idk, that lady is crazy.)


You guys ever considered doing some kickstarter only limited edition miniatures, seems to have worked pretty well for many other kickstarters, could help give this one a bit of a push.
I know moneys probley a bit short for you guys right now, but surly you can get a scupltor to do a LE on the cheap, you guys seem to have a small yet very didicated group of fans, ask around its not unheard of.

Well either way just a friendly surggestion.


Yep, the $65k Stretch goal will be Kickstarter exclusive version of one of our Hero models, a fighter who is stuck in an Endless battle across time.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/12 13:59:07


Post by: miskatonicalum


We're at 11k, and We thought we should share a gameplay video we made. It was recorded in HD (on the iphone 5 of all things) and Youtube is having a fit letting us upload it, so in the mean time:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/37716250/EFT-Gameplay.mov


You can download the full video right there. Its a 3 GB video so watch your bandwidth, but If someone can get it up on youtube for us (preferably cutting the first few seconds of prep from the footage) as promised on the KS you'll win a dozen internets.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/12 18:47:38


Post by: Cyporiean





After several attempts to get this up, I dropboxed it to Heath who was then able to compress it and get it up on Youtube.

Dark Priest, Miasma Thrall, and Risen Warrior art soon!


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/12 18:49:42


Post by: Sekai


Yay, my hands are in a video.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/12 19:50:00


Post by: Sabotage!


Very good work on the video folks! I'm super excited to give the game another play through. I'm actually introducing the game to three of my buddies tomorrow morning, I'm thinking they'll like it a lot (and hopefully they'll pledge too)!


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/12 21:01:28


Post by: RiTides


While I'm a fan of your "other game", I'm happy to see this doing well . Will watch the demo vid when I get home.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/12 22:58:45


Post by: Rolt


Liking the look of the gameplay so far, would be very interested to see how it works at larger scales with a large varity of units. I do love the fact that it so closely imitates the old grid based tacitcal RPG games, which I gather was the point. Use to love games like FF Tactics, Vandal Hearts, Legend of Katia, have real "soft spot" for games like that. Kinda of a shame that the genre has declied with every new generation of gaming.

Either way this projects got my interest, would love to create some scenery for this game, at only 15"x15" boards for an avarage game it would'nt be too hard, could be fun as well. So I guess I'm curious now even though its probley a long way off are we ever going to see summons/GF's make a apperence in this game (and on the board itself ), if so I'll just have design and sculpt one for myself, as sad as it is I've always wanted to design a summon, thier just so over the top and destructive its awsome, I mean really who does'nt like to blow up three quarters of the battle map just to kill two slimes and a spider, plues no JRPG's complete without summons.






[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/12 23:03:13


Post by: OrlandotheTechnicoloured


How about dropping in the forthcoming PP Archangel as a summons



cool looking - check
insanely out of scale to the rest of the characters - check
Dragon like - check

perfect


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/12 23:25:17


Post by: RiTides


I don't think it's out of scale (dragons are supposed to be huge!) but certainly is too big... unless there's some kind of "end boss" mode


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/12 23:30:01


Post by: Rolt


True, very true, he is a perfect looking summon counts-as, he'll probley snap the board in half when you plunk him down.

But c'mon thats not half as fun designing and sculpting it yourself (well at least to me), just think of it this way Orlando, every time you use him/her/it you can rest safe in the knowleage that it was yours and yours hard work only that broke the carefully made and most likley expensive scenery and ruined the game for your opponent FOREVER every single time. Isn't that just worth the extra effort.





[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/12 23:35:42


Post by: Cyporiean


A Summoner class is in the rules, as are Bosses and Mid-Bosses


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/13 00:00:03


Post by: Gymnogyps


 Rolt wrote:
True, very true, he is a perfect looking summon counts-as, he'll probley snap the board in half when you plunk him down.

But c'mon thats not half as fun designing and sculpting it yourself (well at least to me), just think of it this way Orlando, every time you use him/her/it you can rest safe in the knowleage that it was yours and yours hard work only that broke the carefully made and most likley expensive scenery and ruined the game for your opponent FOREVER every single time. Isn't that just worth the extra effort.


I like the way you think.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/13 13:22:23


Post by: Cyporiean


Kickstarter Update - All Dead, All Dead wrote:Heath has sent along the art for the first half of our 30k Stretch Goal, the contents of the Miasma Crystal Chest:

As a foil of the Cleric, the Dark Priest inflicts status effects and has HP and MP draining abilities. The Dark Priest can also apply Dark Blood to a model, causing Dark Element abilities to heal it, providing a loophole in its usual focus on offensive support.

Next up art-wise is the Void Crystal Chest's Gunsmith, Pugilist, and Chemist; but they'll have to wait until we hit $15k!


We've got an optional extra or two going to be added soon as well, I've just gotta get pics to go with it from Outrider Hobbies.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/13 15:36:13


Post by: Rolt


Next up art-wise is the Void Crystal Chest's Gunsmith, Pugilist, and Chemist; but they'll have to wait until we hit $15k!


Oh so its like that than is it Cyp, your shameless, just shameless.

But seriously, the Miasma chest does look pretty good, not a fan of "undead" armies myself, but its still a nice series of designs. The Miasma thrall is quite intresting I gather the miasma cause's an "infection" of sorts to those it touches, would be cool to eventully see some larger monsters with same disease, if thats how it works of course.




[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/13 15:42:17


Post by: Cyporiean


 Rolt wrote:
Next up art-wise is the Void Crystal Chest's Gunsmith, Pugilist, and Chemist; but they'll have to wait until we hit $15k!


Oh so its like that than is it Cyp, your shameless, just shameless.




 Rolt wrote:
But seriously, the Miasma chest does look pretty good, not a fan of "undead" armies myself, but its still a nice series of designs. The Miasma thrall is quite intresting I gather the miasma cause's an "infection" of sorts to those it touches, would be cool to eventully see some larger monsters with same disease, if thats how it works of course.


We'll go over the fluff behind the Miasma Thralls and Risen Warriors in an upcoming website post, but I will say the term 'Miasma Troll' has been tossed around a few times..


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/13 16:05:17


Post by: Sabotage!


I've very impressed by the Miasma Chest art, you guys have outdone yourselves Cy! All three of the concepts look fantastic! I really like the take you guys did the Dark Priest too, he looks very mysterious and undoubtedly evil!


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/13 16:17:26


Post by: Cyporiean


Heath did a fantastic job on them, we're really happy with how they came out.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/14 02:57:33


Post by: miskatonicalum


The demo board is almost done, take a look:



Also, someone made a reddit post:

http://www.reddit.com/r/kickstarter/comments/11fp89/check_out_this_awesome_final_fantasy_tactics/

If you're into reddit, and looking to share the KS with folks, some upvotes would be great!


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/14 05:02:53


Post by: Grot 6


I think i understand it as a crystal as being a team of 3 figures?

How much will these sets cost then?

So far, I'm interested, but the price is a little steep for what you get.

A second question I have is about larger figures, and enemies. Are there going to be larger teams for the baddies? What are they going to be looking like?



[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/14 05:43:48


Post by: Sabotage!


 Grot 6 wrote:
I think i understand it as a crystal as being a team of 3 figures?


I'll give this one a shot, though by no means am I the most qualified to do so.

The Crystal chests are just assortments of figures with something in common, not so much a team. From what I've gathered reading the quick start rules and playing a few games (and running a very fun demo of Endless today), the average point cost of a team is 10 crystals. For example if you look at the quick start rules in your demo team you have a Thief, Sorcerer, Knight, Cleric, and Archer. All are two crystal cost models, for a total of 10. On the Lamb has a list of the 19 classes in the core ruleset on their website. It appears that your standard class will be two crystal cost, your junior classes (probably adept and squire?) will cost 1, and Unique named characters and Trolls and what not will cost 3 crystals.

How much will these sets cost then?

I don't believe these sets will be the retail releases for the game, I believe there will be different system to the releases (at least this is what I have gathered), so I unfortunately do not have an answer to this one.

So far, I'm interested, but the price is a little steep for what you get.

I don't think it's too bad considering you need 4-6 models on average for a team, it's definitely comparable to some of the lower entry cost games that I play or am familiar with (Firestorm Armada, Malifaux, Mordheim), and definitely cheaper than games like Warmachine and Warhammer (though I honestly can't think of many games that even come close to the cost of these two). While you may not get as many models as some of the other similarly priced games, you don't need as many, and you'll definitely save on terrain and playing space costs compared to others.

That said, I do feel the chests become a much better deal when the enhanced goal is reached on the kickstarter. I think a lot of the cost of this endeavor is this is a small company that is trying to build a game from the ground up, so naturally they do not have the initial funding that some kickstarter projects do. I mean companies like Coolminiornot or Mantic are large enough and profitable enough to have their projects start out with heavy monetary investments in them and give you an amazing deal without stretch goals or anything, because at the end of the day, if the project is not incredibly successful they have many other very successful projects keeping them afloat.

Sorry for the rant on that one.


A second question I have is about larger figures, and enemies. Are there going to be larger teams for the baddies? What are they going to be looking like?


I think that larger figures and "enemies (such as non-standard classes, like beastment, gels, etc)" are available to any players to use in their party. I know OtLG have mentioned scenarios in their full rulebook, so there may be some scenarios with more "baddies" than standard classes. But in general, since both players have pretty much full access to the rosters (standard classes and monsters), I don't think either side will have a significantly larger force (unless you mean numerically, if one player decides to pick all one crystal cost models they will most likely outnumber their opponent). I'm not sure what all the enemies will look like, or all of the larger figures, but on the kickstarter updates they have Previewed the Earth Troll (a larger figure), and a fair few of non-standard class characters (Miasma Thrall, Risen Warrior, Beastman Laborer, Gel Warrior, Gel Wizard, etc....)


I hope that answers some of your questions Grot! I'm sure one of the OtLG people will be by soon to give you a more accurate answer.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/14 06:26:38


Post by: Grot 6


It does. Thanks for the reply, I think I will go out on a limb and see what comes from this.

thanks again for the reply.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/14 06:41:45


Post by: Sabotage!


Not a problem! If anything else comes up, I'd be happy to try and help!


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/14 08:08:14


Post by: Sabotage!


Hello there! Welcome to Dakka and the Endless Fantasy Tactics thread!


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/14 14:34:49


Post by: Cyporiean


Grot - Sabotage got it pretty much spot on. The Crystal Chests are just an easy way for us to load up models for people with a somewhat similar theme, there are no factions and the only restrictions to party building is you have to pay the Crystal Cost of the model. Our plan is to keep adding to these throughout the campaign, giving the Crystal Chests at least a 10 Crystals.. (as well as dropping named folks/larger monsters on Knight/Thief/Dragoon/Ceric pledges).

Lesser Classes and Monsters are 1 Crystal, such as the Adept, Bandit, and Squire, and get to choose 2 abilities from a list of 5.
Classes and Standard Monsters are 2 Crystals and get to choose 4 abilities from a list of 10.
Unique Characters and Large Monsters are 3 Crystals and have 6 preset abilities
Mid-Bosses are 4 Crystals and also have 6 preset abilities, but sometimes as have multiple phases (as in drop to 0, change cards, and get new abilities).
Bosses are 5 Crystals, have 6 preset abilities, and always have multiple phases, and are unique.

A standard game is 10 Crystals, so you will on average have 5 models on the table.

So if you wanted to you could take a Boss, a Mid Boss, and a Lesser Monster as a regular party.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/14 18:22:50


Post by: Rolt


Sounds pretty good, being able to field a mid-boss plus a bunch of lesser monsters could create some very thematic games. You should probley post some of this information up on the kickstarter
page Cyp, it would'nt hurt to show potenial backers how this game will expand.

P.s the demos boards coming very nicely.



[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/15 12:19:49


Post by: Cyporiean


The Show Must Go On
Kickstarter Update wrote:Its nice to wake up and see one of the Rhapsodist levels taken, which means only two are left! This level not only gets you the Cleric rewards, but they'll come to you painted, you'll get your on personal hero model, and you'll have that satisfaction of knowing you helped give the campaign a huge boost towards the next goal.

At this point we're only $1129 from the initial goal, which isn't much; Only about 4 Clerics, 6 Dragoons, or 12 Thieves. I'm putting on the finishing touches to a 'Quick-Kickstarter' Rules packet that we will release at $15k in a Backers Only update, this will include two more units, two item cards, and the expanded rules from the proper book. With your help we should get to $15k pretty soon, so spread the word to your friends, forums, and favorite news sites. Remember you can grab avatars in the first update.

We've had a number of folks asking about factions and party creation, let me see if I can clear that up. The Crystal Chests are just an easy way for us to load up models for people with a somewhat similar theme, there are no factions (other than in fluff) and the only restrictions to party building is you have to pay the crystal cost of the model. Our plan is to keep adding to the Crystal Chests throughout the campaign, giving them around 10 to 20 crystals; as well as dropping named folks/larger monsters on Knight/Thief/Dragoon/Ceric pledges. (Clerics will get just about everything produced from the campaign automatically.)

Lesser Classes and Monsters are 1 Crystal, such as the Adept, Bandit, and Squire, and get to choose 2 abilities from a list of 5.
Classes and Standard Monsters are 2 Crystals and get to choose 4 abilities from a list of 10.
Unique Characters and Large Monsters are 3 Crystals and have 6 preset abilities
Mid-Bosses are 4 Crystals and also have 6 preset abilities, but sometimes as have multiple phases (as in drop to 0, change cards, and get new abilities).
Bosses are 5 Crystals, have 6 preset abilities, and always have multiple phases, and are unique.

In a standard game you would have 10 Crystals (Points/Resources) to build your party, so you will on average have 5 models on the table. You can play larger or smaller games if you like, but this is the recommended size. There is no restriction on having multiples, unless the unit is Unique (like a named hero).

So a few Examples:
Bryan's party: Knight, Cleric, Archer, Archer, Berserker
Ericka's party: Crusader, Rune Fencer, Earth Troll, Fire Troll
Nick's party: Sorcerer, Sorcerer, Sorcerer, Adept, Adept, Adept, Adept
Anna's party: King Gel, Gel Warrior, Gel Warrior, Gel Warrior, Gel Wizard, Gel Wizard


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/15 16:54:38


Post by: Sekai


Doing the 14,000 dance!


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/16 02:55:01


Post by: Alfndrate


Less than 700 dollars to go from being funded... GET YOUR FRIENDS INVOLVED!!!


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/16 03:25:23


Post by: msears


I want like, 30 gel warriors please. Different shade for each!


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/16 03:38:06


Post by: Alfndrate


If you haven't pledge already, there is still plenty of time to do it


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/16 03:41:23


Post by: Cyporiean


msears wrote:
I want like, 30 gel warriors please. Different shade for each!


You got it


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/16 15:27:48


Post by: Alfndrate


It's nearing funding, It should be there by today or tomorrow. Seriously, if you are sitting on the fence, there is talks in the comments with OTL and backers about increasing the model count side, so now is the time to get in on this so we can see it funded


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/16 17:01:57


Post by: Sabotage!


 Alfndrate wrote:
It's nearing funding, It should be there by today or tomorrow. Seriously, if you are sitting on the fence, there is talks in the comments with OTL and backers about increasing the model count side, so now is the time to get in on this so we can see it funded


This is the truth if I have ever seen it!


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/16 17:14:44


Post by: Alfndrate


I still want a printed rulebook lol...


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/16 18:35:34


Post by: Lansirill


 Alfndrate wrote:
I still want a printed rulebook lol...


Heresy! Minis for the Mini God! Superglue for his Throne!

PS. Do you realize your banner doesn't link to to the KS page?


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/16 18:40:00


Post by: Alfndrate


 Lansirill wrote:
 Alfndrate wrote:
I still want a printed rulebook lol...


Heresy! Minis for the Mini God! Superglue for his Throne!

PS. Do you realize your banner doesn't link to to the KS page?


Yes, because I got it from Cyp before the kickstarter went live.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/16 21:54:22


Post by: Cyporiean


Only about $400 left until we're funded for the Kickstarter. Once we hit 100% we'll be releasing an expanded Quick-Kickstarter Rules PDF for our backers, and further information about stretch goals!


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/16 23:25:18


Post by: Sabotage!


Endless Fantasy Tactics was just funded! Congrats Cy and everyone at OtLG!


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/17 00:12:01


Post by: greenskin lynn


awesome, now hurry up and make a chocobo


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/17 00:37:43


Post by: Alfndrate


Thread Title Updated

Congrats guys, onwards to stretch goals


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/17 00:46:13


Post by: Cyporiean


Thanks Gang!

Lynn, keep an eye out for Brushfire's news next week..


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/17 01:55:01


Post by: greenskin lynn


 Cyporiean wrote:
Thanks Gang!

Lynn, keep an eye out for Brushfire's news next week..

awesome...well then.....hurry up and make a moogle


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/17 01:57:48


Post by: Cyporiean


 greenskin lynn wrote:
 Cyporiean wrote:
Thanks Gang!

Lynn, keep an eye out for Brushfire's news next week..

awesome...well then.....hurry up and make a moogle


Moogle isn't likely, but we've got something fun in the works.


Automatically Appended Next Post:
Updated Stretch Goals:






[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/17 16:39:03


Post by: Rolt


Edit

*Need to adjust the page and link a little*






[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/18 20:37:22


Post by: Sabotage!


I don't think we've meet the Miasma crew yet, so I'm going to post these cool articles from the website for all to enjoy!

Dark Priest, The Unholy Warlock
The Mages that follow the Dark Lord, and those Clerics corrupted by the Miasma share a common source of unholy magic. The Dark Priest consorts with demonites and sacrifices his followers to power his eldritch spells. In the Sunless Lands, Dark Priests operate in public, often performing secondary duties as governing agents of the Dark Lord. Those on Wugin hide in secret operating like the ancient Mage Cabals. A sense of foreboding and unnatural sounds on the edge of hearing are signs of their corruption in an a region.

As a foil of the Cleric, the Dark Priest inflicts status effects and has HP and MP draining abilities. The Dark Priest can also apply Dark Blood to a model, causing Dark Element abilities to heal it, providing a loophole in its usual focus on offensive support.


Miasma Thralls
During the Battle of New al’Jabran, the Deep Crystal’s precarious position out on the city docks, gave way, and the crystal was thought lost to the ocean. Unfortunately for the citizens of the city, an enterprising group of excavators and divers were successful in raising the Crystal back to the surface. When the Crystal broke the surface, a sick purple fog was released from a crack in the magical artifact. Known as “The Miasma”, the fog quickly mutated and corrupted any that came near it. These thralls of the Crystal began to follow it’s silent orders, converting New al’Jabran in a few hours.

To keep the miasma flowing beyond the city the thralls began to grow new crystals, infused with the Miasma, on their bodies. With these they could spread the corruption to others as well as to crystal shards across Halleford. Even crystals of other elements could be corrupted, ensuring that the Miasma could spread its mutation across the world.


Risen Warriors
In the dark places of the world, sites of worship to Wiggoth, Dark Priests bring back the dead as shambling minions, following the command of the necromancer. Risen Warriors are ancient skeletons capable as fighting as well as they did before their death and instilling fear into the living.

The Unnatural magic that keeps these skeletons together also augments them, allowing them to feed on the pain they inflict upon others. As dark sorcery flows through their marrow, these skeletons are also healed by dark elemental attacks, allowing a dark priest and other evil creatures to support their undead hordes.

Very cool stuff here!


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/18 20:38:29


Post by: Alfndrate


Did you pull that from the Kickstarter? Might I suggest pulling from OtLG's website... those images won't be work blocked.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/18 20:39:13


Post by: Cyporiean


 Sabotage! wrote:
I don't think we've meet the Miasma crew yet, so I'm going to post these cool articles from the website for all to enjoy!

Very cool stuff here!


Yeah, I think Alf has been slacking

Also updated Archer, Adept, and Squire greens.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/18 20:42:29


Post by: Sabotage!


 Alfndrate wrote:
Did you pull that from the Kickstarter? Might I suggest pulling from OtLG's website... those images won't be work blocked.


Nope, I got them from OtLG's website! Are they blocked for you?


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/18 20:43:21


Post by: Alfndrate


They are blocked for me...

And yes, I have been slacking... I've been swamped at work, and have been doing some side projects for a game company...


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/18 20:44:38


Post by: Sabotage!


Hmm, are you looking at them on a Phone? It might just be the size of the photos? They are pretty large pics.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/18 20:49:13


Post by: Alfndrate


I am not on a phone, the pure image that I copied is a huge resolution. The ones in the posts are smaller... I have fixed this issue...


Automatically Appended Next Post:
Btw, we've gotten another early thief to donate... That puts us at 16k


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/18 21:06:29


Post by: Sabotage!


Oh gotcha, glad it worked out!

Yeah for 16k!


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/18 21:13:23


Post by: Cyporiean


 Sabotage! wrote:
Oh gotcha, glad it worked out!

Yeah for 16k!


Only $3957 until the first stretch goal


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/18 21:18:28


Post by: RiTides


Here's a late "Congrats on reaching the funding level!" from me


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/18 22:01:46


Post by: Rolt


Looks cool, great to see your not far off the first stretch goal.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/18 23:42:54


Post by: Lockark


Happy to say I just put down for my Knight Level. =D

Looks like a very fun game, Might have to start working on a modular grid board to play it on now thow due to how slow I am when it comes to terrian. lol


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/19 02:27:49


Post by: Cyporiean


Someone grabbed the 'King Gel' level (The King of Halleford, a Gel, will be named after them.. along with some other goodies), so we're now only $1613 from hitting the first stretch goal! Not that far away now.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/19 03:12:56


Post by: Sabotage!


Push for 20k guys, let's do it!


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/19 03:52:02


Post by: KalashnikovMarine


Tempting tempting tempting


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/19 04:50:24


Post by: Sharkvictim


So I got a copy of the beta rules and we're going to give it a shot. It looks pretty fun, and will definitely break up the monotony of 40k. I plan on making a modular board of 5x5 tiles with these http://www.eaieducation.com/Product/531024/Color_Tiles_Plastic_-_Set_of_400.aspx. They are 1"x1" colored tiles, 4mm thick, and you can get 400 for $12.95 USD, which averages to 26 levels on a 15"x15", so there will be plenty to spare for making more floorplan options.

Here's what they look like.


I can't wait for the full rules.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/19 04:53:44


Post by: Sabotage!


Sharkvictim, I was thinking of where I could find something like this (I was thinking of something like scrabble tiles), and those are perfect. Great find man! I think I may have to pick up a set and start building!


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/19 13:24:13


Post by: Sekai


I heard a rumor that we are over halfway to the first stretch goal!


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/19 13:30:49


Post by: Alfndrate


Not a rumor

Get more people to donate


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/19 17:33:12


Post by: Sabotage!


1508$ to the first stretch goal! Good time to join if you are interested folks!


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/20 20:35:06


Post by: Cyporiean


 Sabotage! wrote:
1508$ to the first stretch goal! Good time to join if you are interested folks!


$1409 now.

So another 16 Early Bird Thieves we got it, really not that much.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/21 02:11:32


Post by: Alfndrate


Get your kids, get your wives, get your uncles, aunts and grand parents, and get them to donate.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/21 12:33:36


Post by: RiTides


 Sharkvictim wrote:
So I got a copy of the beta rules and we're going to give it a shot. It looks pretty fun, and will definitely break up the monotony of 40k. I plan on making a modular board of 5x5 tiles with these http://www.eaieducation.com/Product/531024/Color_Tiles_Plastic_-_Set_of_400.aspx. They are 1"x1" colored tiles, 4mm thick, and you can get 400 for $12.95 USD, which averages to 26 levels on a 15"x15", so there will be plenty to spare for making more floorplan options.

Here's what they look like.


I can't wait for the full rules.

Those look good, I just wish they were a little thicker! But you can't beat the price.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/21 19:47:51


Post by: Sabotage!


Less than 1k to the first stretch goal! We are getting mighty close!


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/21 20:51:49


Post by: Cyporiean


Yeah, not far at all.

And as a reminder, we'll be running demos of Endless at The Warstore Weekend next weekend. Daniel Fokine (Sculptor) and Jennifer Letts (Painter of the 'Endless Colors' reward level) will also be in attendance for part of the show.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/23 00:08:18


Post by: Gymnogyps


Here is a picture of a fantastic game board by a backer. I believe he may post on Dakka. If so, I hope dear sir you will forgive my impertinence for showing it here... it was too cool not to share!



[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/23 13:06:18


Post by: Zygrot24


I know I'm way later to this than I should be, but I just jumped in the kickstart.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/23 13:20:25


Post by: Alfndrate


 Zygrot24 wrote:
I know I'm way later to this than I should be, but I just jumped in the kickstart.


Did you drive it over 20k?


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/23 13:37:27


Post by: Zygrot24


 Alfndrate wrote:
 Zygrot24 wrote:
I know I'm way later to this than I should be, but I just jumped in the kickstart.


Did you drive it over 20k?


I can only dream of that being possible. It's at $18866.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/23 13:38:38


Post by: Alfndrate


It was at 19,011...

SO DAMN CLOSE


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/23 13:42:42


Post by: Cyporiean


Here is the Void Crystal Artwork:



[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/23 14:50:41


Post by: Grot 6


Any way of putting some of those individual figures up for sale on the KS page?


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/23 15:39:02


Post by: Tonio


Grot 6 wrote:Any way of putting some of those individual figures up for sale on the KS page?

On The Lamb Games answer to that question in the Kickstarter comments:
On The Lamb Games wrote:You can get individual models by choosing Adept (or higher level) and then adding $10 per figure, or you can get the Crystal Chests which are sets of models that get more models as we increase in pledges.



Gymnogyps wrote:Here is a picture of a fantastic game board by a backer. I believe he may post on Dakka. If so, I hope dear sir you will forgive my impertinence for showing it here... it was too cool not to share!

I did that board. Happy to see that other people like it. I do not mind at all the reposting, I'm mostly a lurker here.

I have a further pic of the board during a demo. I know the colours are different on both pics, but it's just the lightning.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/23 16:00:38


Post by: Grot 6


So are there going to be some other types of maps, or boards that are going to come with the game?

Or should we start putting those types of boards together? What type of bases are these figures going to come on? (Slotta bases, 40mm rounded ones, no base?)

Are those squares 28-32mm? or are they 25? for the bases?

as for adding to that pledge stuff, I already pledged for one, how are you supposed to pledge for more when you are supposely getting a gakload of the boxes?

I'm talking buying a guy or something for like 5 bucks or so, or giving me some sort of incentive to spend some money here, beyond the base pledge. If I were to pledge for more, how exactly does that work when there isn't much more I'm going to need, except a few more guys to add in those crystal levels. Is there something I'm missing here? Those sets are like two or three guys there. that doesn't seem enough to make a ten point or crystal army with. And what happened to the Bosses? wern't we supposed to be seeing some bosses? What sized bases are they on, as well?

I'd throw a couple more bones in if there was some sort of incentive stuff, like a base starter of minions, or something, or a boss guy. Other then that, I wouldn't mind seeing some add ons, like pets, or something to give some boosts in there, kinda like those little muppet guys that hang around with the characters in some of those Anime shows and movies. Then theres the weapons options, are all of these guys using the same weapons? are there upgrades, or something like magic weapons and equipment packs? What about treasures, or goal stuff to give you some bonuses?

Just a few ideas to maybe roll around.

I put in for the 270 level. hope to see that 20G's, so I can get a few more boxes.

I see a whole bunch of cool ideas rolling from this game, though. I really hope it pushes past that hump.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/23 16:36:32


Post by: Cyporiean


 Grot 6 wrote:
So are there going to be some other types of maps, or boards that are going to come with the game?

Or should we start putting those types of boards together? What type of bases are these figures going to come on? (Slotta bases, 40mm rounded ones, no base?)

Are those squares 28-32mm? or are they 25? for the bases?


We're working on getting a modular board made through Outrider Hobbies, and as soon as we have pricing and pictures we'll add it to the extras section. Otherwise you can build a table out of foam, Hrist Arts Molds, or use RPG Maps.

All squares and Human size models are on 25mm/1" squares.

 Grot 6 wrote:

as for adding to that pledge stuff, I already pledged for one, how are you supposed to pledge for more when you are supposely getting a gakload of the boxes?


Goto Manage Pledge and add the $X amount of whatever you want to add, and leave your reward selection as is. When the Kickstarter is over we'll send you a survey asking what you wanted to get.

 Grot 6 wrote:

I'm talking buying a guy or something for like 5 bucks or so, or giving me some sort of incentive to spend some money here, beyond the base pledge. If I were to pledge for more, how exactly does that work when there isn't much more I'm going to need, except a few more guys to add in those crystal levels. Is there something I'm missing here? Those sets are like two or three guys there. that doesn't seem enough to make a ten point or crystal army with. And what happened to the Bosses? wern't we supposed to be seeing some bosses? What sized bases are they on, as well?


Extra Single miniatures are $10 and can be added to any level starting at Adept. Extra Crystal Chests are $50. Each Crystal Chest starts at 3 models and gains more as we progress through stretch goals automatically. We intend to get the chests up to 10 points worth of models, but we have to go through several stretch goals to get there.

 Grot 6 wrote:

I'd throw a couple more bones in if there was some sort of incentive stuff, like a base starter of minions, or something, or a boss guy. Other then that, I wouldn't mind seeing some add ons, like pets, or something to give some boosts in there, kinda like those little muppet guys that hang around with the characters in some of those Anime shows and movies. Then theres the weapons options, are all of these guys using the same weapons? are there upgrades, or something like magic weapons and equipment packs? What about treasures, or goal stuff to give you some bonuses?


Bosses are coming as a future stretch goal along with named heroes. Weapon that the models have are not important in Endless, alternate sculpts will have different gear, and are a stretch goal. Additional Item cards added to the Crystal Chests are a stretch goal.

 Grot 6 wrote:
Just a few ideas to maybe roll around.


We have a lot of things planned, but we need to get through stretch goals to make them happen.

Or find a winning lotto ticket.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/23 17:54:43


Post by: Sabotage!


Void Chest looks amazing! Looks like we are getting some momentum, let's get to 20k today!

Also really excited to see the modular table from outrider and other extras!


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/23 19:10:06


Post by: Lockark


I love that chemist! stunning concept art!


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/23 19:47:44


Post by: Wehrkind


I hope the optional sculpt is "Heisenberg' from Breaking Bad.


Automatically Appended Next Post:
Not enough wargaming models look like high school science teachers.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/23 20:06:43


Post by: Cyporiean


Kickstarter Update #12 - Is This The World We Created... ? wrote:New Extras are now available!

For $10 you can get a set of 6 D6, these are only going to be available during the Kickstarter. After the Kickstarter is over you'll be able to choose to get all of one style, or a set with one of each. Additionally one of each Die type will be included with Cleric Level (and higher) backers.


The final dice will feature slightly thicker lines, and a darker etching on the blue dice.

Additionally we have a Modular Game Table from Outrider Hobbies. This will allow you to have a 20x20 modular playing area, including a variety of height levels. Because of the weight we've arranged for this extra to be shipped directly by Outrider Hobbies, so it will arrive separate from your other rewards. If you'd like to get one of these please include an additional $60 for US Backers, $80 for Canadian Backers, or $100 for UK/ROW Backers. These prices include the shipping costs for the tables, but not for your regular rewards.



[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/23 20:07:58


Post by: Alfndrate


You're evil...

That looks awesome, very simplistic, but it gets the job done... I'm gonna have to include an extra 30 dollars now...


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/23 22:25:18


Post by: Cyporiean


 Alfndrate wrote:
You're evil...


Only sometimes


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/24 11:56:34


Post by: RiTides



Awesome board! Thanks for de-lurking to share it

The official one looks good, too!


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/24 12:10:11


Post by: Alfndrate


Everyone, we're less than 1 Early Cleric away from the first stretch goal!


Automatically Appended Next Post:
90 dollars till the first stretch goal... We must reach it...


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/24 21:06:38


Post by: Sabotage!


On the Lamb has had a few posts of their site introducing a few of the classes: Here you go!

Pugilist, The Resilient Brawler

Whether in the gladiator pits, or wrecking a tavern on the road, the Pugilist lives for the fight. In Yorak, where gladitorial combat is the national pastime, She is praised for her ability to pummel her opponents into the sandy arena floor. The Pugilist sees a lesser reputation in the outside world, where she must fight in illegal rings organized by criminal syndicates. Despite the varying views of their martial art, Pugilists are often recruited for adventuring groups, as their ability to take a beating, and dish it back out is of incredible use.

The Pugilist is a versatile combatant, with a variety of defensive abilities and status effect abilities. The only drawback is the severe lack of ranged commands, and a low starting DEF/MAG. This can be counteracted with some of their defensive commands, and their large HP pool will keep them fighting without much support.


Thief, The Sneaky Burglar

In the large cities of Yorak, with a decadent upper class, many underprivileged citizens resort to thievery and other criminal activities to survive. The Thief most often targets the rich and affluent. Though the Thief seeks to steal their valuables, the dead make very bad witnesses and he is as likely to stick a knife in their back when all is said and done.

An indirect combat fighter, the Thief tries to stay in their target’s rear arc, getting backstab bonuses, and avoiding being the target of any attacks. With their high movement value they can easily move about harassing enemies or continually get the flanking bonus, circling rapidly around their opponent.


Also there is an interview with Emily Fontana (From on the Lamb Games) on Frontline Gamer that can be found Here


Just 90$ from the first stretch, let's get there!


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/24 21:16:52


Post by: Gymnogyps


We just hit $20,029!!! Whoo!!!


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/24 21:22:36


Post by: Cyporiean


 Gymnogyps wrote:
We just hit $20,029!!! Whoo!!!



Yay~!

In the car on route to TWSW, so no update till later tonight or tomorrow.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/24 21:22:41


Post by: Sabotage!


First Stretch Goal Achieved! It's Gel and Troll Time!


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/24 21:39:32


Post by: Zygrot24


This pleases me. I desire water chest.


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/24 22:12:15


Post by: Lockark


Not sure if this question has been asked yet but....
The Backer Levels say that Knight level is Squire Level + A chest. (So you get the PDF and a chest)

But in the kick starter's description/graphic says Knight level is Adept plus a chest. (So one chest, one mini of your choice, and a PDF)

Witch exactly is the correct description?


[OTL] [EFT] Endless: Fantasy Tactics - Funded! 23,783 Final Cash Raised! 11/11/2012 @ 2012/10/24 22:17:54


Post by: Cyporiean


Lockark wrote:
Not sure if this question has been asked yet but....
The Backer Levels say that Knight level is Squire Level + A chest. (So you get the PDF and a chest)

But in the kick starter's description/graphic says Knight level is Adept plus a chest. (So one chest, one mini of your choice, and a PDF)

Witch exactly is the correct description?


It's in the FAQ at the bottom of the Kickstarter

Knight gets Adept+1 Chest.