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**insaniak**

This stuff just keeps getting better.

I hope the bobbies make it into miniature form.

**Alpharius**

Their Official Introduction:

Update #46

Mar 12 2016

The Guild of Harmony Arrive

A fourth Faction for Twisted

This disparate band of heroes form the mysterious Guild of Harmony. No one know for sure who leads them and their goals are unclear. What is certain is that they work to ensure that balance is maintained in the streets of Twisted London.

They can be seen working with the various Factions vying for control of The Engine's nodes - sometimes favouring one or the other and sometimes fighting as an independent force of their own to achieve one of their hidden goals.

They have even been known to fight against one another for reasons only truly understood by their masters who seek balance but choose to remain hidden.

Whatever their reasons for joining in the fray the Guild of Harmony should not be underestimated as their assistance can sometimes mean victory!

The Box set of The Guild of Harmony and Pigsty will soon unlock!

There are also the following Characters currently available to backers as either add-ons or free Kickstarter bonuses!

Ariel and Tinker will be available to add to your pledge later during the Pledge Manager if you don't reach the Pledge amount to get them free. They will all be available as a general retail release in metal later on.

With four Factions to choose from now Twisted has really grown and it is due to the fantastic support of our backers that this has been able to happen!

Thanks again!

- Sebastian and Pete

**Nostromodamus**

$120k unlocked already! The Guild of Harmony certainly made an impact...

**grefven**

The final 48 hours will surely see quite the jump here.

I wonder how much else can be reached.

**Alpharius**

This will certainly help!

Update #48

Mar 13 2016

Ratcatcha Arrives for the Dickensians

The Urkin forces of the Dickensians are bolstered again by the arrival of Ratcatcha!

This mean little fellow sneaks around the sewers taking rats and other "edible" things for the Urkin dinner tables! He's also adept at lurking in the streets an alleys above and grabbing more waifs for Nancy to turn into Urkin!

For those of you who are Servants of The Engine fans - never fear - the Gentlefolk will receive reinforcements too in the fullness of time!

Cheers

- Sebastian and Pete

**Whumbachumba**

I wish Ariel was an option for an add-on. I guess I will just have to wait until it's available for general release.

**Alpharius**

Whumbachumba wrote:
I wish Ariel was an option for an add-on. I guess I will just have to wait until it's available for general release.

She is - and you can!

Bert Kleyn 1 day ago

Hi, can I as a backer under 250, ad Ariel to my pledge or is she only for 250 Pledgers and above,
Long question sort can I buy her on this kickstarter, or later in retail

Creator Demented Games about 20 hours ago

@ Bert - She will be available as an add on in the Pledge Manager to those below $250 :-)

**drazz**

Those bobbies have to get done. So much love for them.

That sewer golem looks great, but I do have to say it's almost exactly the golem from Smog 1888. I know steampunk can be limiting, but that caught my eye and I hope the future development of it will make it more distinct.

**Alpharius**

Fair point - there are a lot of similarities there, but as you say, some of that can be attributed to "Steampunk" I guess?

I think that sketch is rough enough and we're far enough away from it to have it become more unique.

Speaking of Smog 1888 and Smart Max, is that still a thing?

Is the company and game still in business?

**OrlandotheTechnicoloured**

SMOG itself has been closed down (and the remaining minis sold off cheap), but that was only the SMOG range

I think Mauser Earth passed over to the Wonderlands Projects (https://www.facebook.com/WonderlandsProject?hc_location=ufi)

not sure if Smart Max is doing anything themselves any more?

**Undead_Love-Machine**

Yeah, Wonderlands are currently selling, and still producing (I think?) the Mauser Earth figures.

Smart Max is dead, as is Smog 1888 sadly.

I was really looking forward to this KS, but now that it's here I just can't get excited about it. If it had more of a horror slant to it like Smog then I would have been all over it.

**Alpharius**

I'm coming at this from the other side - I had no idea this campaign was coming, and I'm not even sure I knew about the Twisted range at all.

I'm not normally a Steampunk fan. Nothing against it, but it isn't something that normally gets me excited.

But something about this campaign, this range and the terrain has got m3 jumping on board bigtime.

Everything about this so far ticks all the right boxes for me...

**Jehan-reznor**

I like this one

makes me think of Ro-jaws

Spoiler:

**ORicK**

Miniatures are great.
But i must add that i sometimes just buy a few nice looking models, but i only start a new game if i have at least one other player.

But above all i love the scenery!
That i want to have completely independent of of i will or will not play the game.

**Alpharius**

Update #49

Mar 14 2016
More progress on the Avatar of Set!

Valentin Zak has been doing an absolutely amazing job sculpting the Avatar of Set for the Egyptian faction, and these latest WIP pictures are so incredible that we had to share them with all of you! We only received these today so they are absolutely 'fresh of the press'. Only a few more areas to finish - he's almost done!

The amount of detail Valentin has managed to capture is incredible. The arms, hands and forearm bracers are outstanding in sharpness and clarity, as is the work around the large canopic jars plugging into Set's back complete with tube attachments. Very creepy and sinister, in a steampunk kind of way! The jaw, face and head are also shaping up to be very menacing and characterful.

The Avatar of Set is certainly going to be one of the most outstanding pieces in the entire Twisted range, and a worthy centrepiece for the Egyptians faction! Many thanks to Valentin for the superb work so far.

-sebastian

Valentin Zak...so awesome!

**OrlandotheTechnicoloured**

**Alpharius**

The actual words from the update to go along with that picture:

Update #50

Mar 14 2016

48 Hours to go!

There are only 48 hours left to go in the Twisted campaign - wow, this month has flown by so quickly! We want to say another huge 'thank you' to all of our backers, we literally could not be doing any of this without you and we are so excited to have your wonderful support in making Twisted an amazing universe, game and product. Well done and bravo to all of you!

With only 48 hours remaining it's time to get the rest of the stragglers and fences-sitters involved, especially in order to take advantage of the Kickstarter Exclusives! We're going to do our best to entice some more last-minute support with a few final surprises in store, and we'd love your help to get the most out of the final hours of this campaign. You've done amazing well backing our project and any more support we can generate now will only help to enrich Twisted even further, and make Twisted an even better experience for all of our backers.

So please share the news and let's see if together we can rope in a few more last-minute backers for Twisted! We are all in this together at this point - and it's an exciting ride to be sharing with you!

-Pete and Seb

It's always nice to be appreciated!

At $128K AUD currently - looks like a fair few more stretches will be reached and unlocked.

Some interesting tidbits from the comments section:

Creator Demented Games about 3 hours ago

@Howard, Alpharius and others: have no fear, we are planning to keep the pledge manager open for at least a month after the campaign ends

@Ukko: I'm afraid we've been so busy working on content for this Kickstarter that we couldn't quite manage to get the video finished in time for the end of this campaign. Post production takes a while to complete and we want any video we publish to be clear, polished and cool. So we thought we'd rather take our time and publish something more professional as a post-campaign update, rather than rush to finish something that might not be up to our high standards.

-sebastian

Creator Demented Games about 7 hours ago

@ Horselover & Ludvig - Yes - we could do that if you want. We'll run up some estimates of shipping for just those two sets so you can make an informed decision.
@ Alpharius & Phillip - New terrain will likely appear in the Pledge Manager at this stage. Once Craig has done test cuts we can get the prices sorted out and let you guys know!
@ Nostromodamus - We aced that then! :-)
@ Paul - Yes - the cards will be available separately so you can run your existing GoH models in Twisted.
@ Joey - Yes - you will be able to up your Pledge in the Pledge Manager. We hope to have it open shortly after the Campaign ends and it will stay open for at least a month.

**gunslingerpro**

Torn between the Lancelot and the Ollyver. I don't love any of the Dickensians, but those Servants and that terrain? Lovely stuff!

Though I do want to Urkins stacked into a Bobby. That will have to be added on. Decisions, decisions!

**Alpharius**

We're in the stretch run now!

Update #51

Mar 14 2016

New Stretch Goal: Tzandi + FREE Painting Guide!

We've got quite a bit of news in this update, as we enter the last 42 hours of the Twisted Kickstarter campaign!

First up we've added a brand new Stretch Goal: this time it's a double whammy featuring both a new miniature - Tzandi - and also a painting guide by Sebastian that will be absolutely free to all backers if we can reach $135k!

Tzandi (or Sandy to those who know her well!) is a gender-swapped version of Sha Wujing, the 3rd hero in the Monkey King's entourage. Tzandi is a water monster and will feature a lot of water symbolism in her design, as well as being a potent water-based alchemancer for your games of Twisted!

The sketch of Tzandi you can see below is absolutely brand new - our brilliant artist Nicolas Amoroso only sent this through a few hours ago! It's the very first rough sketch for Tzandi so it is simply exploring some initial ideas - we have a long way to go to develop the concept and refine the character, but we think we're off to a fantastic start with this one!

But that's not all: if we can reach this Stretch Goal it will also unlock a free painting guide written by Sebastian! Sebastian - also known as automaton on CoolMiniOrNot - is a multi-award winning painter (as well as our lead sculptor, of course!) and is responsible for most of the painted Twisted miniatures you can see in this Kickstarter. If we reach the $135k mark Sebastian will write some painting guides detailing lots of techniques, tips and tricks for painting your Twisted miniatures, with step-by-step photos showing the painting process. This will be a fantastic addition and a cool little free bonus for everyone who backs Twisted.

The others news of course is that thanks to your help and a surge of new pledges, we have unlocked the Guild of Harmony box set! It's now available to be added to your pledge

and

Update #52

Mar 15 2016

Dawg and Flea unveiled, FREE extra Dice, plus a Playtester Review of the Twisted Game!

We're down to only 33 hours left in the Twisted campaign, and there is plenty more news to share in this update!

First up, the urkin Dawg and Flea have been unveiled in the next Stretch Goal! This is a quirky character Peter came up with: a small urkin riding on the back of a large, dog-like companion, 'Flea' lobbing grenades left and right from the shoulders of 'Dawg'! You can see Peter's initial sketch below. This is simply a rough first sketch and the character has a lot of development to go through, but it's enough to show you our idea

The second part of this stretch goal is another FREE upgrade to the game box: if we reach $140k we will be able to add a 2nd set of dice to the box, so that both you and your opponent can have a complete set each. A very cool and convenient little bonus!

Game Review:

We received this review of the Twisted Game from one of our independent playtesters tonight, and we thought we'd share it with you. This playtester has no affiliation at all with Twisted or Demented Games, so it's great to have an unbiased perspective to share with you:

It's amazing to have such a wonderful review to share with you - we hope you all enjoy the game just as much when you receive your copy.

-Peter and Sebastian

**Alpharius**

Less than a day to go now!

Update #53

Mar 15 2016
24 hours left - and Horace de Havilland final artwork!
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We are now inside the final 24 hours of the Twisted Kickstarter campaign! It is so exciting for Peter and I to know that we've received such support from all of you, our wonderful backers - thank you all for making Twisted such a success! It is such a huge boost it is for a small start-up company like us, and it is so very much appreciated. We will are forever grateful to you all.

Let's go for a final push over the last 24 hours and see if we can add some icing to the cake by reaching a few more Stretch Goals and unlocking more upgrades, Add-ons and free stuff for you. We don't want anyone to miss out on those Kickstarter Exclusives, either!

We've received the final concept artwork for Horace de Havilland, from our amazingly talented artist Owen Aurelio! Owen has done such a fantastic job capturing the haughty, high-handed attitude of Horace - what another excellent addition to the Egyptians faction for Twisted!

Horace will come with the both the pointing left hand and the pistol, so it will be your choice how to equip him for your games of Twisted.

We hope you've enjoyed seeing how the Horace concept has developed! This is the typical process we go through with all of our Twisted characters. We feel it is worth this extra effort to make sure our characters are developed fully, and designed properly to create the most interesting and excellent miniatures possible for Twisted

-Pete and Seb

**OrlandotheTechnicoloured**

Update #54 Mar 16 2016

Another Stretch Goal down - 2 new Stretch Goals revealed!

WOW, you guys are too good at blasting through these Stretch Goals! Thanks once again for all of your amazing support - this is turning out to be a very exciting last 24 hours as we get an influx of late pledges! Awesome stuff, we are so thrilled by the way this Kickstarter has unfolded, and it's all because of your generous support.

We've rocketed through the $135k Stretch Goal, so Tzandi and the FREE painting guide are officially unlocked. Well done, everyone!

I've just put up 2 brand new Stretch Goals - surely you guys can't reach these two by the end?? The challenge is on!

At $145k we have the final member of the Monkey King's party: Tricia Harker! This is another double Stretch Goal as it also includes a FREE 'Trevor the Rat' KS Exclusive mini game campaign for our backers. Another cool little bonus for you!

The $150k Stretch Goal is a big one (literally!): if we reach it Sebastian will sculpt an alternate 54mm version of Launcelot, one of our most popular flagship characters for Twisted (the standard version is 32mm size). This will be a painter's dream at the larger scale in resin! If the 54mm Launcelot is added to you pledge, you'll also receive a Kickstarter Exclusive signed artwork to go with the miniature that's only available to Twisted Kickstarter backers. But of course, it'll only happen if we can unlock the Stretch Goal!

**Charlesx1337**

insaniak wrote:This stuff just keeps getting better.

I hope the bobbies make it into miniature form.

Jehan-reznor wrote:I like this one

makes me think of Ro-jaws

Spoiler:

Twisted Delivers with new SG!!

This KS has been an awesome wild ride... Backing in now - for the final hour push... loving all the stretch goals !

**Necros**

Well I waited till the end but finally decided to go for it. Minis look great. I'm gonna go for the 2 gang starter and probably do the egyptians and (bruce) dickensons

Or would they let you 1 gang with the starter + expansion pack instead of 2 different gangs? Looks like the same amount of minis in either kind of pack

**Nostromodamus**

You can choose any type and combination of starter and expansion packs.

So if you have a pledge with 4 choices, you could choose the starter for all 4 factions, starter and expansion for 2 factions, or whatever combination you desire.

**Mymearan**

These miniatures are exquisite... some of the best I've ever seen. Shame it's another small-scale skirmish game in an already oversaturated market, and one that I have 0% chance of getting anyone at my club to play :(

**Necros**

I've found when it comes to skirmish games where you just need a few minis to play, the best way to go is to start with 2 different gangs and show your buddies how to play with your own stuff. If they like it, it's a usually small investment for them to pick up their own, not like building a big army first. And since you already have the rules they won't feel like they need to buy that too.

**Alpharius**

Glad to see someone else FINALLY updating this thread too!

Of course it took getting to the LAST day for it to happen!

I'm still worried about tdwg83 though - the search parties we sent out haven't found anything yet...

Here's the complete update!

With some cool art!

Update #55

Mar 16 2016

Only 8 hours to go – and one last Stretch Goal unveiled!

This is it: we are entering the last 8 hours of the Twisted Kickstarter campaign, currently closing in on 600% of our original funding goal! It’s our last chance to get a few more people on board and grab those Kickstarter Exclusives before time runs out!

This Kickstarter is the culmination of years of hard work, not only by Peter and I but also by many talented artists that have contributed to Twisted in countless amazing ways. It is absolutely thrilling to be running such a successful Kickstarter to launch Twisted, but more importantly we’ve been blown away by such a positive and enthusiastic reception by all of you, our wonderful backers! Thank you all for continuing to make the Twisted Kickstarter such a positive campaign

We’ve just added one last Stretch Goal: Craig’s Steampunk Bobby ‘Sgt Clark’ joins the Servants of the Engine, with a Kickstarter Exclusive mini campaign!

Let’s have one last push for the finish line, together!

-sebastian

**Nostromodamus**

Looking at that Tesla art, does anyone else think it looks more like Poe? What with the chair-armor and clockwork Raven...

**Alpharius**

Maybe, a little?

Still looks 'Tesla-Enough" for me!

$8K AUD to go in 2 1/2 hours for the Bobby - can we make it?!?

**Nostromodamus**

I hope so!

Everyone loves the police!

Right?

.... Right?