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August 21:Lady Wraith minicrate Thanks monkeysloth
August 13:Raker preview - Thanks mangod
August 5: Doctor Myra Hurst
July 31:Gencon Exclusive: Aeternus Continuum Beer model
July 29:ISA Bike model and GenCon online information sessions
July 22:Corebus Concept Art
July 16: Youtub Video of Warcaster Rulebook with thanks to oomiestompa for msging me lol
July 11: Monsterpocalypse Zercalo Bloc solicitations for October
July 11: Marcher Worlds and Aeternus Continuum Heavy posted by anab0lic and Ironstar Heavy posted by ImaGeek
July 7: Links to Information from Keynote Presentation (under construction)
July 6: Riot Quest model name teaser
July 1: Pics of Warcaster packaging and production thanks kanluwen
July 1: Riot Quest 2 Kickstarter date July 7
July 1: Stone Cold Black Bella Artwork
June 26: Summer Rampage rules and details
June 25: Packaging and Art featuring vehicles for warcaster
June 23: Boomhowler the Destroyer Thanks Monkeysloth
June 23: Conan with Machine Gun Thanks Monkeysloth and Gallahad
June 23: Gor-10 Minicrate
June 22: Asheth Magnus, the Lord of Darkness minicrate Thanks Monkeysloth
June 18: Riot Quest Wave 2 preview.

With Lock and Load cancelled and their keynote stream coming up, seems fitting to start a new thread for Privateer Press News.

Join developers William "Oz" Schoonover and William Hungerford Tuesday, July 7th, at 10 a.m. PST for the Privateer Press 20th Anniversary Keynote Stream! live on twitch.tv/privateerpress
Your first look at the future of Privateer Press games!

https://home.privateerpress.com/2020/06/18/welcome-to-wintertime-wasteland/

Set 2 for Riot Quest kicks off on Kickstarter next month.

Neat. A second starter box was desperately needed for Riot Quest.

I'm not sure if Kickstarter is the best approach for it. Has anyone else done PP kickstarters before? Do they do a lot of KS exclusives? I hate those.

 Sqorgar wrote:
Neat. A second starter box was desperately needed for Riot Quest.

I'm not sure if Kickstarter is the best approach for it. Has anyone else done PP kickstarters before? Do they do a lot of KS exclusives? I hate those.

My theory is they're doing kickstarter due to the lost cash influx from two major
convention cancellations, their own just this month, and Gencon in august.

I can't think if they did exclusives for warcaster.

 Sqorgar wrote:
Neat. A second starter box was desperately needed for Riot Quest.

I'm not sure if Kickstarter is the best approach for it. Has anyone else done PP kickstarters before? Do they do a lot of KS exclusives? I hate those.

They did exclusives for one of their boardgames, Widower's Woods, but haven't for anything else I've seen. Even the art book "exclusive" mini was just early access to a general retail release.

I might back it. I ordered Riot Quest earlier in the week. See if I can get a chance to play it.

I haven't played Riot Quest yet, but I kind of like the idea of themed seasons. Taking place up north hopefully means we'll see some cool Khador and Legion models (one of the silhouettes seems to have a Juggernaut axe and one looks like it could be Vayl). Though I don't know that I'll ever get used to the "Saturday morning cartoon" art style for existing characters (like Feora).

 Monkeysloth wrote:
I ordered Riot Quest earlier in the week. See if I can get a chance to play it.

Hey, me too! My starter should arrive on Saturday. I actually ordered it a month ago, but my order slipped between the couch cushions at PP's warehouse.

Don't always post minicrate stuff but this one is pretty good.



Magnus was inspired by Ash from Army of Darkness so it's really freaking cool to have an alt reflecting that.

 Monkeysloth wrote:
Don't always post minicrate stuff but this one is pretty good.



Magnus was inspired by Ash from Army of Darkness so it's really freaking cool to have an alt reflecting that.

if they want to seriously want to compete with GW, it needs more skulls.

(I do like this sculpt though)

Very odd look for the chainsaw's teeth.

Bob Lorgar wrote:
Very odd look for the chainsaw's teeth.

Probably that way to be easier on the mold so they last longer.

The teeth are fingernail sanding blocks. They’re dull, so they’ll hurt more.

 Monkeysloth wrote:
Don't always post minicrate stuff but this one is pretty good.



Magnus was inspired by Ash from Army of Darkness so it's really freaking cool to have an alt reflecting that.

Good catch!

Groovy.

That's always been the inspiration. It's why he's got a scattergun and mechanical fist and why his unique jacks have a chainsaw arm.

Just a heads up on PP Minicrate, once you sign up, it is tough to get out of your subscription. I've been trying (unsuccessfully) for the last three months to cancel my subscription.

I only ordered a single miniature (couldn't pass on their cool Conan), but they automatically renew your "subscription" even if you just select a month to month subscription. They say you can cancel anytime but despite cancelling all future payments and confirming that there were no future subscriptions or scheduled bills, I still got billed this month. I can't find a way to "unsubscribe" using their account portal, so I emailed customer service. My account showed no subscriptions and no future bills, but still got billed. Maybe I'll get lucky with customer service since I apparently inadvertently subscribed to the end of time.

Buyer beware. The whole thing left me with a sour taste in my mouth towards PP. Feels very deceptive and "Gotcha!".

Besides, they pooped the bed with an inexplicable Conan with M60 machine gun miniature scheduled soon. Why?

This one seems like an awkward shot. Would like to see a different angle.

 Gallahad wrote:
Just a heads up on PP Minicrate, once you sign up, it is tough to get out of your subscription. I've been trying (unsuccessfully) for the last three months to cancel my subscription.

I only ordered a single miniature (couldn't pass on their cool Conan), but they automatically renew your "subscription" even if you just select a month to month subscription. They say you can cancel anytime but despite cancelling all future payments and confirming that there were no future subscriptions or scheduled bills, I still got billed this month. I can't find a way to "unsubscribe" using their account portal, so I emailed customer service. My account showed no subscriptions and no future bills, but still got billed. Maybe I'll get lucky with customer service since I apparently inadvertently subscribed to the end of time.

Buyer beware. The whole thing left me with a sour taste in my mouth towards PP. Feels very deceptive and "Gotcha!".

I've had good experinces with their customer support but it doesn't surprise me they're hard to cancel. That's part the course with just about any "crate"

Besides, they pooped the bed with an inexplicable Conan with M60 machine gun miniature scheduled soon. Why?

You shut your mouth. That mini is awesome.

OOOH I guess comic adaptations are on the table then with that license?

https://www.cbr.com/conan-finally-uses-a-spoiler-but-doesnt-find-it-brutal-enough/

Weird. I had a subscription awhile ago and I canceled mine just fine with no fuss.

 malfred wrote:
OOOH I guess comic adaptations are on the table then with that license?

https://www.cbr.com/conan-finally-uses-a-spoiler-but-doesnt-find-it-brutal-enough/

Yes. The first Conan from the Savage Crate was a comic cover.

I've subbed and stopped a few times now with no issues. You even got me to go double check I wasn't accidentally paying for nothing still. That sucks you're having issues with it.

That said I'm absolutely not a fan of the crate system and would rather they do print on demand or something with these models. Something. There's plenty of work that's gone into them.

Since it's all computer sculpted offer up variants as a loophole to get reprints done or something. Do high end 3D prints. Something.

Boomhowler the Destroyer via Hungerford. This is one of the new Riot Quest figures:

I'm bummed that I missed out on Alexia and the more recent 00 Di Bray, although since the VIP miniature continues to be the worst part of the whole mini-crate thing, I'm not sure I would have been in a position to get them anyway.

Oddly, the resale market for these continues to be non-existent in the UK. I cant tell if it is because there are very few subscribers in the UK, or if we are just being more frugal and pledgeing only for the miniatures we want.

 Monkeysloth wrote:
Boomhowler the Destroyer via Hungerford. This is one of the new Riot Quest figures:

I'm not the biggest Boomhowler fan (we already had him in the first season), but I have to admit that wearing Warjacks for armor and brandishing a Juggernaut axe is pretty cool.

 Sqorgar wrote:

 Monkeysloth wrote:
Boomhowler the Destroyer via Hungerford. This is one of the new Riot Quest figures:

I'm not the biggest Boomhowler fan (we already had him in the first season), but I have to admit that wearing Warjacks for armor and brandishing a Juggernaut axe is pretty cool.

This is what got me to finally try riotquest. Privateer willing to just do cool figures that they never could beofore as they'd be too out of place for the wargame. Minicrate has sculpts like that sometimes but Riotquest is just filled with them.

 Monkeysloth wrote:
This is what got me to finally try riotquest. Privateer willing to just do cool figures that they never could beofore as they'd be too out of place for the wargame. Minicrate has sculpts like that sometimes but Riotquest is just filled with them.

The maps are what convinced me, but Riot Quest does have some really cool models. I thought Chuck Dogwood's hand puppet was the best thing ever, then I discovered that he has an sequinned eagle on his cape...

I didn't realize that's a Juggernaut's axe he's lugging. Jeez!

I think I'm down to just the goblin to paint from the starter. Slowly (very slowly) getting there!

Are the mats worth picking up? I've been kind of tempted but unsure of the quality.

That axe is too huge for me to even begin to take that art seriously.

highlord tamburlaine wrote:Are the mats worth picking up? I've been kind of tempted but unsure of the quality.

I have the mat for the starter set map (Thunderhead Fortress), and I'm pretty happy with it (PP's online store has it for 25% off right now, with free domestic shipping at $50 - edit: Ah, you have a Canadian flag icon... shipping won't be free then). The printing is pretty good. Pretty sharp and bright colors. I think it is a big upgrade over the paper version. The other two maps (Hullgrinder and Temple of Concord) are only available as neoprene mats. I don't think paper versions exist.

NinthMusketeer wrote:That axe is too huge for me to even begin to take that art seriously.

You aren't supposed to take Riot Quest seriously.

 Sqorgar wrote:
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NinthMusketeer wrote:That axe is too huge for me to even begin to take that art seriously.

You aren't supposed to take Riot Quest seriously.

It's pretty much "what if there was a 80's Saturday Morning Cartoon based on the Iron Kingdoms". It's ridiculous which is quite refreshing from all the normal serious stuff out there. Still not sure the name is the best but it does match the tone.