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I just looked at the two books, well the covers. Those walkers on the cover of the first book, cover artist's embellishment or is that the aesthetic of the robots in this setting? Because ohmagerdz!

Those models look awesome. Looking forward to owning some!

Great looking stuff so far. Not sure how much I'll be able to chip in on the KS, but it'll definitely be something; being a Dakkaite since it was a B&M store I'm just about obligated.

Looking forward to seeing more guys!

Wow, I really didn't see this coming!

Massive kudos to everyone involved. It looks stunning (both the models and art work).

I've been testing the waters with non-GW games this past 4-5 months, playing X-wing, conquest and a few other board games. I'm looking forward to giving this a shot!
And I just checked my Nook (ereader) and the ME:Faith & Sacrifice aren't available there :( Which is a damn shame because I've been looking for a book that really grabs my attention - and those two certainly do!

Got a smartphone of any kind? Kindle app is free, that's what I'm gonna use to give the first one a try. The chapter it lets you read is intriguing enough to take a chance.

Congratulations on the reveal! It looks very interesting and I'll be excited to see how it turns out.

Who has two thumbs and is super-excited?

Well... This is certainly unexpected! But... It looks awesome! I'm instantly interested, and it has nothing to do with "Dakka is doing it". The background sounds a lot more interesting than, say, the goofy Manticverse, and the model count sounds extremely interesting! Is it about the scale of Bolt Action? I love skirmish but yeah, sometimes you want more models without going apocalypse crazy.

The models are a mixed bag for me so far. The karists really hit the right notes. Love the helmets and colors. I want them right now! The Epirians... Yeah, not feeling it at all. They look very blocky, and remind me a bit of Thunderbird dolls. They also have assless chaps. Their poses seem a bit static despite being multi pose?

That criticism aside, I'm really liking the look of this project. If the KS has other Epirians that look better than these, I will be all in!

This is something to keep an eye on. Looking forward to it!

This is all completely out of nowhere and very exciting.

Looks good and congrats on getting one big step closer to release. Now that dakkadakka.com will have an "official" website game, will the forum still be the official forum of other now competing games as well in the future?

Why do the Karist fight? What do they seek to achieve by attacking others? Alternatively, what do others seek to achieve by attacking them? From what has been said, their objectives seem trivially easy to achieve - all they need to do is not run away from the Maelstrom.

My main complaint about the miniatures is that they look too top heavy. The Karist Trooper's wearing tight pants and torso armour with huge shoulder guards, and the Epirian Contractor's legs look too short relative to the rest of the model.

They also have assless chaps.

You do realize that all chaps are, in fact, assless by design?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaps

Ahem, anyway...

Reading the first book, interesting so far but haven't gotten through much yet. The Karists picking up young refugees to ingratiate and indoctrinate them early is pretty smart *and* creepy

This looks spectacular. I am buying the books now to learn more. I'd buy into this simply to support my favorite forum.

Epirians are tots overpowered. Nerf them!!!

That said. Looks cool!

Multipart plastic definitely has me interested.

 AlexHolker wrote:
Why do the Karist fight? What do they seek to achieve by attacking others? Alternatively, what do others seek to achieve by attacking them? From what has been said, their objectives seem trivially easy to achieve - all they need to do is not run away from the Maelstrom.

This was something we put a lot of work into when we designed the fluff. The key is that the Karists believe that you need to prepare your mind and body for ascension when the Maelstrom takes you. They do this by meditation and in their commune rituals, where they expose themselves to low levels of na-cybel energy, a very dilute version of the energy at the edge of the Maelstrom. The Karist Way states that if you prepare youself in this way, then you will ascend, but otherwise you will be destroyed. For this reason many Karists want to take their beliefs to as many worlds as they can along the Edge, to show people the true meaning of ascension. Sometimes, as in the novel, their methods for doing this can seem rather extreme, but they firmly believe that it is the right thing to do.

As a writer it was really interesting to write fiction from the point of view of the Karists. We really wanted to create a universe where each faction had a legitimate motive for fighting, and the Karists were the most interesting to portray. They believe incredibly strongly in ascension, which can lead them to doing some things that others might find objectionable - but to them it's the only way to save humanity.

 AlexHolker wrote:
Why do the Karist fight? What do they seek to achieve by attacking others? Alternatively, what do others seek to achieve by attacking them? From what has been said, their objectives seem trivially easy to achieve - all they need to do is not run away from the Maelstrom..

It's not just about being consumed by the Maelstrom... you have to be 'ready' for ascension in order to not just be obliterated. So they have their own preparations to make, but they're also seeking to 'save' humanity in the process.

Edit - or what Tomas just said, more eloquently

Well thats what Tomas does ;-)

Seriously, if you have smart phone or a tablet, grab yourself a copy of the books on Kindle and please, post reviews, tell people about it, you are all at the start of something incredible.

The world building is incredibly well thought out and well developed, the characters are engaging too.

Very cool! Best of luck team Dakka!

Definitely interested. I want to see more. At first glance the white armored guys with the glowing eyes are pretty awesome looking.

Did not see this coming at all. Excellent news.

Well, this is certainly a surprise! Can't wait to see more pictures of the miniatures, they look very promising. Hope the scale will be compatible with 40k, the epirians look like very promising guard-equivalents. The rules sound interesting as well.

Anyway, I wish you best luck with the project! And can't wait to see more!

Wow! What a wicked surprise. Congrats on what looks like a really great universe. Nice to see so much work done in advance to flesh everything out.

Will be grabbing those books as soon as I'm home.

Well, I did not see this coming at all! I'm very interested, not only because I wish to back an official Dakka game, but the setting does look interesting and the rules have a great potential to be very good! Plus it'll itch that scifi tabletop itch that 40k hasn't been able to for years.

Congrats to all involved and best of luck!

Looks interesting! Good luck!

GrimDork wrote:I just looked at the two books, well the covers. Those walkers on the cover of the first book, cover artist's embellishment or is that the aesthetic of the robots in this setting? Because ohmagerdz!

The range of robots is fairly diverse with those ones being fairly extreme as they are planetary scale terraforming machines which are too big to make as a model any time soon, but they do share some design DNA with the others that we are putting out. The first robots we show will be the smaller drones.

warboss wrote:Looks good and congrats on getting one big step closer to release. Now that dakkadakka.com will have an "official" website game, will the forum still be the official forum of other now competing games as well in the future?

We've spun this project off into an independent company (Spiral Arm Studios) that is not legally affiliated with Dakka, so that Dakka can remain a truly neutral place for wargaming discussion for all games including other official forums which will stay the same. We wont be changing anything about the way Dakka works except for during the Kickstarter when we'll have some fairly heavy adverts for this so that we can get full visibility across all of Dakka's pages.

This looks really promising, looking forwards to seeing more.

I hope you guys are ready for this to go big As you've already got painted production level models to show off a lot of fears should be allayed, and the setting has a lot of potential. With the right mix of units for people to pledge... could do quite well indeed. To say nothing of the really high visibility you'll have on Dakka.

I'll probably be in for the rules at least, from day one, though I wouldn't be surprised if I pick up some random models, or perhaps the starter/sweet spot if I like enough of it. Especially if the drones you mention look somewhat like those teraformers, a little bit war of the worlds, a little bit of some other things... pretty neat.