The Ongoing (Mongoose) Judge Dredd News & Rumors Thread - Mutie the Pig

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**richred_uk**

warboss wrote:Did Matt do a state of mongoose yearly address for 2013?

NOt yet - he's said he will but has said that right now he's swamped with day to day stuff.

jedi76 wrote:@rich red nice citi-def squad! Whats the name of their block, the Betty Crockers? I will have to get those and start my own block wars. Hopefully I can find them here in the states. Can't wait to get the book!

They're Ebeneezer Goode Block (E's are good E's are good, He's Ebeneezer Goode) although the colours were actually taken from my Ned's Atomic Dustbin cycling top lol.

Not sure who the US distributor would be, but whoever does Warlord's stuff should have them when they get full release (they came out post-KS but Warlord doesn't seem to have taken them on fully yet).

**Mr Morden**

jedi76 wrote:
The starter set, is this a fair fight? Seems like I'll need more punks. I assume models have a point value. What are weapon ranges like? Lawgivers should have a decent range IMHO.

Most guns tend to be in the 15-20" range - lawgivers are 18" and extremely powerful but there is a cool mechanic that you have to try and arrest potential perps before you can just gun them down

Of course if they shoot at you - all best are off but it applies sper model so there are some interesting tactical choices as it takes a full turn to move up and try to arrest.

Cover and armour are important - most tables should have lots of cover - although bikes in particular change the game quite consideably once they are involved - hence me looking foward to my Ape Biker gang!

**MongooseMatt**

We have just released a slew of new models for Judge Dredd, including the Judges of the World set and Mini-Bot reinforcements for Renegade Robot players.

This is a Luxor Judge from the World Judges set, and he is joined by Judges from the Emerald Isle, Texas City, Oz, Hondo-Cit, Vatican City, Banana City and Cal-Hab.

http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/miniatures/judge-dredd/judges-of-the-world/judges-of-the-world.html

Mini-Bots, on the other hand, are small but have a serious attitude when it comes to their former human masters!

http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/miniatures/judge-dredd/renegaderobots/mini-bots.html

And on top of all that, we have the return of the Fatties!

http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/miniatures/judge-dredd/perps-and-mercenaries/fattie.html

These Fatties now have resin models, making them a little more durable if dropped and less of a weight in your carry case!

**warboss**

richred_uk wrote:
warboss wrote:Did Matt do a state of mongoose yearly address for 2013?

NOt yet - he's said he will but has said that right now he's swamped with day to day stuff.

Cool, thanks for the update. Even though I haven't been a regular customer since the d20 and starship trooper days, I still like to read his thoughts on the industry for the year.

MongooseMatt wrote:We have just released a slew of new models for Judge Dredd, including the Judges of the World set and Mini-Bot reinforcements for Renegade Robot players.
*snip*
And on top of all that, we have the return of the Fatties!

http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/miniatures/judge-dredd/perps-and-mercenaries/fattie.html

These Fatties now have resin models, making them a little more durable if dropped and less of a weight in your carry case!

For those of us not familiar with the Judge Dredd comic universe... um... is that pelvic attachment what I think it is?

**BrookM**

The pelvic attachment is a belly wheel:

**Alpharius**

So I'm going to go with, "No, it isn't what you think it is."

Am I right?

**warboss**

No, it's not... thankfully!

**spaceelf**

MongooseMatt wrote:

http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/miniatures/judge-dredd/perps-and-mercenaries/fattie.html

Adds new definition to the term wheelie.

That, or he is giving birth to a space marine biker. We all knew that GW got them from somewhere.

**Pacific**

Haha yes, that's also possible.

The belly-wheel has been around in 2000AD for ages, since I have know the comic probably since the early 90's at least.

And, looking at the size of some people on my local high-street these days, probably only a matter of time until one of them gets made for real

**alphaecho**

The earliest I can remember Fatties is 1982 when, in a post Apocalypse War story, the League of Fatties was born out of a need to steal food when it was rationed to the populace. After that you had the eating as sport with 'Abdominal Arnie' Stodgeman and then the uplifting story of 'Two Ton Tony Tubbs' and his struggle to hit the two ton mark....and then walk.

So gloriously un-PC, especially as one fellow comments "We've got full arm sink" when testing how fat Arnie is!

**BrookM**

Don't forget that Fatties were for a long time put in a special ghetto because they are well, fat.

Also, the Dredd movie also features a dead fatty with a belly wheel all the way at the start, when the surviving perp from the van runs into that mall. You can briefly see a dead fatty on the ground, complete with wheel.

**alphaecho**

BrookM wrote:
Don't forget that Fatties were for a long time put in a special ghetto because they are well, fat.

Also, the Dredd movie also features a dead fatty with a belly wheel all the way at the start, when the surviving perp from the van runs into that mall. You can briefly see a dead fatty on the ground, complete with wheel.

The Arnie Stodgeman story showed one Fattie being released because he'd dropped below the target weight only for a Judge to deadpan "He'll binge tonight to celebrate and be back in tomorrow".

There is so much to raid for production with Dredd being around since 1977. Blob gangs, Captain Skank, Gila Munja, the Cursed Earth storyline. On that subject, we need rules for the Dredd world's Landraider because I'm sure I still have the Matchbox toy of that kicking around at my parents.

**MongooseMatt**

alphaecho wrote:
The earliest I can remember Fatties is 1982 when, in a post Apocalypse War story, the League of Fatties was born out of a need to steal food when it was rationed to the populace.

Take a trip to Planet Mongoose this Friday, as we have a new Dredd article coming that covers exactly this

**Grot 6**

Are those robots the old MegaMini robots?

Where is the maid bot that was pushing the sweeper? You need to add her with a larger bust and guns in each hand.

Any way of getting that old Demobot sculpt? He'd be a HUGE asset to any upstanding rebel Bot crews...

**judgedoug**

Grot 6 wrote:
Are those robots the old MegaMini robots?

Where is the maid bot that was pushing the sweeper? You need to add her with a larger bust and guns in each hand.

I don't think so... I found this pic of the MegaMinis bots

**richred_uk**

Grot 6 wrote:
Are those robots the old MegaMini robots?

Where is the maid bot that was pushing the sweeper? You need to add her with a larger bust and guns in each hand.

Any way of getting that old Demobot sculpt? He'd be a HUGE asset to any upstanding rebel Bot cre0ws...

They are from mongoose' s old paranoia range (I was told elsewhere).

**MongooseMatt**

It is Friday, so time for a new article on the Judge Dredd miniatures game!

Today, we present a brand new scenario, Rolling Thunder, the first of the new Justice Department Missions. Following a disaster, there is a critical food shortage in some parts of the city which guarantees a rioting crowd. This time, however, they are spearheaded by the Fatties!

You can find Rolling Thunder on Planet Mongoose at;

http://blog.mongoosepublishing.co.uk/?p=621

**Grot 6**

richred_uk wrote:
Grot 6 wrote:
Are those robots the old MegaMini robots?

Where is the maid bot that was pushing the sweeper? You need to add her with a larger bust and guns in each hand.

Any way of getting that old Demobot sculpt? He'd be a HUGE asset to any upstanding rebel Bot cre0ws...

They are from mongoose' s old paranoia range (I was told elsewhere).

Thanks, I knew I had seen them somewhere before. ( I have them.

) Just forgot where I got them from.

**BrookM**

Warlord has these for sale now by the way:

NEW: CHIEF JUDGE CAL’S PERSONAL RETINUE

Out today is the insane lunatic Chief Judge Cal with his retinue of Judges and the monstrous Klegg mercenaries. As we’ve seen from our own Judge Dredd campaign, this force is deadly!

Once he came to power, Chief Judge Caligula instigated a reign of terror over Mega-City One. Resistance was cruelly put down with the brain-washed judges of the Justice Department and, later, with the alien Kleggs who were promised a feast of the city’s own citizens! When he appeared in public, Caligula had a sizeable armed force behind him. Chief Judge Caligula’s personal retinue is a force that will never lack for enemies and while it may appear very similar to a Justice Department force, you will find it is far nastier!

This boxed set contains two superb exclusive (and just a little bit odd!) miniatures – Judges Glass and Quincy. Sentenced to death by the mad tyrant Cal, they were saved by the quick thinking of SJS Judge Slocombe although they would be humiliated by having to wear non-regulation clothing – Quincy in his underpants and Glass donning a child’s dress and lollipop!

The set is also led by a brand new Chief Judge Caligula miniature…

We’ve also taken the opportunity to modify the Klegg models – they they have separate heads, allowing you to decide which goes on which body for more variety in your force.

We’ll end with a stirring rendition of the Klegg Dance of Death:

NEW: THE EXECUTIONER AND OOLA BLINT

We have two new mercenaries to boost the killing power of your gang this week…

A strikingly beautiful woman, Oola Blint became the Angel of Mercy, visiting the lonely, the desperate, and the dejected to grant them the sweet release of a dignified death – whether they wanted it or not.

A lone vigilante, Blanche Tatum went on a killing spree to avenge her murdered husband. Thrown out of the Academy of Law in her 12th year for a liaison with a man she eventually married, Blanche Tatum became a vigilante known as the Executioner when her husband was killed by gangsters.

**Grot 6**

Where is Judge Fish?

**MongooseMatt**

Grot 6 wrote:
Where is Judge Fish?

We'll get to him but, as a gaming piece, he is not the highest priority (Grampus, on the other hand...).

**MongooseMatt**

Today, Planet Mongoose hosts another of its weekly Dredd articles. This time, it is Guardians of Justice, a range of new Lone Vigilantes for you to try in your games!

You can find the full scoop here;

http://blog.mongoosepublishing.co.uk/?p=626

**Conrad Turner**

Grot 6 wrote:
Where is Judge Fish?

That's "Deputy Chief Judge Fish", to you!

However, I'd still like to see "Fergee" first.

**richred_uk**

Conrad Turner wrote:
Grot 6 wrote:
Where is Judge Fish?

That's "Deputy Chief Judge Fish", to you!

However, I'd still like to see "Fergee" first.

Your wish is my Command

**MongooseMatt**

We have just released the Rogue Trooper blister pack, containing Rogue himself, a Nort Soldier and a Souther Soldier;

http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/miniatures/judge-dredd/rogue-trooper-set.html

And now Planet Mongoose features the rules to get these models into your games of Judge Dredd!

http://blog.mongoosepublishing.co.uk/?p=644

**Vain**

Hey there MM, any news on the Wagons?

They are the biggest thing I am excited for!

**judgedoug**

Still waiting on my Lawmasters I pledged for on the Rogue Trooper KS :(

**CptJake**

judgedoug wrote:
Still waiting on my Lawmasters I pledged for on the Rogue Trooper KS :(

Just out of curiosity (as I didn't pledge), who is handling sending stuff out, Mongoose or Warlord?

I have the rulebook and a bunch of old Foundry figures and gangers from various sources, but have not played a game yet.

**judgedoug**

I've gotten all my packages from Mongoose.

**CptJake**

I was just curious. I wonder if the switch over is part of the reason you're still missing stuff.