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Full rules and model stats available on the official website:

http://www.puppet-wars.com/

Puppet Wars is a new game from Wyrd Miniatures. It is a game for 2-4 players which is played on a board with distinct spaces. It is a hex board with 91 total spaces. There will be miniatures and players assemble their puppet armies and...I guess...kill each other. Building your list is apparently an important aspect to the game and you can use almost any puppet in any list, although some will have better synergy than others. You need very few models to play the game, and they're cheaper than Malifaux. (although how many models and how much cheaper I do not know) Multiplayer is very much supported.

Fluff wise they're voodoo dolls that get up at night and fight with each other.







How to play video series

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vpu7PQBVbOg

Lots of info on Wyrd miniatures new game Puppet Wars up here:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Puppet-Wars/111814475574905?sk=wall

Darn...blocked at work :( I'll have to see if they have this info on their forum.

Only thing to say about that is a nice big bowel of....

Call me an old fogey but....

Why isn't news of this release on their web site? In the 'news and Events' section?

Cause you can't leverage social media that way. Duh!

Mr. Burning wrote:Call me an old fogey but....

Why isn't news of this release on their web site? In the 'news and Events' section?

Agreed. I choose not to be a part of facebook and by announcing stuff only on a closed network they're excluding me as a customer. Eh, I've got other things to spend my time and money on anyways. Besides, I just got out of an abusive relationship (with GW) and don't want to make the same mistake twice.

Aww....they look like tiny Chaos worshippers that I could smite by stepping on.

Good job on announcing this on Facebook, it's a great way to avoid a non neglect-able part of your customer base and only target people who like facebook.

Well, you don't have to have a FB account to view the page... so it's not the end of the world...

Looks kinda like a Malifaux copy to me. Since Im not into the gothic horror kinda theme, Ill pass.

Uh...it's a fan run facebook which posts information already posted on their forums or in podcasts (with the exception of, I think, two pictures).

So, yeah. So much for wyrd only appealing to people who have facebook. Although they don't have any announcements about puppet wars in their news section (which is, admittedly, odd) they do have an entire section of their forum devoted to it.


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whocares wrote:Uh...it's a fan run facebook which posts information already posted on their forums or in podcasts (with the exception of, I think, two pictures).

That would have been good info to include in the original post.

Haters gotta Hate!

The sculpts looked great. They're puppetized versions of their
existing line.

Cute. Its like a creepy perversion of Little Big Planet

gicks30 wrote:Cute. Its like a creepy perversion of Little Big Planet

It certainly looks that way.

I am intrigued. Not enough to look at a FB page or delve into yet another forum for info, but intrigued none the less.

Keep the info coming.

What does this have to do with Malfaux? Are these puppets like little sidekicks or totems for the exisiting line?

Old lady in the swamp has these guys as minions, do they belong to her?

Any information other then quippy little BS kool kid speak for the uninitiated?

Mr. Burning wrote:

gicks30 wrote:Cute. Its like a creepy perversion of Little Big Planet

It certainly looks that way.

I am intrigued. Not enough to look at a FB page or delve into yet another forum for info, but intrigued none the less.

Keep the info coming.

All info from the facebook page (and therefor second hand from podcasts):

It is a game for 2-4 players which is played on a board with distinct spaces. It is a hex board with 91 total spaces. There will be miniatures and players assemble their puppet armies and...I guess...kill each other. Building your list is apparently an important aspect to the game and you can use almost any puppet in any list, although some will have better synergy than others. You need very few models to play the game, and they're cheaper than Malifaux. (although how many models and how much cheaper I do not know) Multiplayer is very much supported.

Fluff wise they're voodoo dolls that get up at night and fight with each other.

warboss wrote:

whocares wrote:Uh...it's a fan run facebook which posts information already posted on their forums or in podcasts (with the exception of, I think, two pictures).

That would have been good info to include in the original post.

Oh, COME ON. He was focused on his primary goal: sharing information on a new game and some cool photos with the Dakka community. He really shouldn't be expected to anticipate and counter anti-Facebook sentiment in the original post.

Who Cares: Thanks for posting this! Information on new games and cool minis is always welcome!

Some more information, including price and release date. All of these releases will be available at the Wyrd booth and online at Wyrd's store during Gen Con (Aug 4-7):

Puppet Wars Board Game - $85.00 (Sep)
Includes supplies for 2 players (game board, figures, tokens, 2 Puppet Decks)


Puppet Wars Booster boxes - $32.00 each (Sep) (boosters are not random)

Multiplayer Expansion - Pandora, Marcus, Kade, Sebastian, Nino, Joss, Tokens (more Masters and Sidekicks for 1 or 2 additional players)


Pawns 1 - Executioner, Witchling, Rotten Belle, Moleman, Bad Juju, Sorrow, Bayou Gremlin, Ronin


Pawns 2 - Death Marshal, Guild Hound, Guild Autopsy, Zombie Chihuahua, Razorspine Rattler, Cherub, Mature Nephilim, Gunslinger


Pawns 3 - Austringer, Nurse, Punk Zombie, Ice Golem, December Acolyte, Silurid, Hog Whisperer, Piglet

Puppet Wars website is now live. Just got this in my email :

Puppet Wars is a game for 2 to 4 players. The game box contains enough Puppets for 2 players. Additional Puppets and Puppet Decks are sold separately.

Over the course of the game, you construct an army of animated Puppets by making use of Work Benches scattered around the board.

Puppets are small-minded creatures. They resemble their living counterparts but only have a slight memory of how to function once they become animated, and sometimes they are confused about their roles. But watch out! They’re vicious when organized into an army!

Puppet Wars lets you command a Puppet Army. Your goal is to destroy the competition and protect your Master, while retaining control of those valuable Work Benches. If ever your Master is killed, or you lose control of all your Work Benches, you’ve lost… game over, no more fun.

More details can be found here. http://www.puppet-wars.com/index.html

Wow, it looks like you can get all the game and figure rules on the website. Very interesting. I'm hoping the go this direction with Malifaux as well.

Meh.



Price of this, I might as well buy the rest of the Malfaux stuff.


Can't use them in Malfaux? WTF

If I bring Teddy to the party do I win?

Grot 6 wrote:Meh.



Price of this, I might as well buy the rest of the Malfaux stuff.


Can't use them in Malfaux? WTF

If I bring Teddy to the party do I win?

Box of 8 puppets at 32 dollars = 4 dollars per model. Pretty much the cheapest metal minis you're gonna find.

Average Malifaux model = 8 dollars

And you can use them in Malifaux. If you get a puppet wars punk zombie, you can use it as a malifaux punk zombie, etc.

Meh. Not really interested in games that don't know whether they are a miniature game or a board game.

also: the use of the term "booster" brings back memories of the "collectible" games. I thought we took that concept out back and shot it in the head?

Except it's not collectable, and they list right there exactly what comes in each booster.

So some of you guys really hate puppets hey.

I think those mini's look awesome and I'm looking forward to picking some up to use as Alt pieces and to paint something a lot diffrent.

This.
Looks.
AWSOME!!!!

These look really cool! I think I'll pit them against my Super Dungeon Explorer minis!

Kirbinator wrote:These look really cool! I think I'll pit them against my Super Dungeon Explorer minis!

Super Puppet Dungeon Explorer Wars: the Quickening
"There can be only one."

Make the rules hybrid. I dare you. : )


Eric