Warzone Resurrection wrote:

praetor24 wrote:
@Prodos: When should we be expecting renders for these?



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I am also waiting for the first renders from Bauhaus, so that I may increase my pledge.

Soon we need to hit £40k to make it happen

 Nick Ellingworth wrote:
Talking of increasing your pledge they've just put up prices for the t-shirt and custom KR case (Aquilla 5 I think) if you want to add one (or more) of either to your pledge. £25 for the case and £11 for the t-shirt.

Well done Prodos that's an extra £25 from me.

EDIT: praetor24 they'll send a survey out after the kickstarter ends allowing you to select what you want.

Pak0 wrote:
Card rules that you presented on your forum should be redesigned. Card can be used for determining battlefield conditions (fog, sandstorm, airstrike) but not for equiping soldiers. I think it is to random. Card effects should be limited.

Pak0 wrote:
Card rules that you presented on your forum should be redesigned. Card can be used for determining battlefield conditions (fog, sandstorm, airstrike) but not for equiping soldiers. I think it is to random. Card effects should be limited.

Shadow Walker wrote:

Pak0 wrote:
Card rules that you presented on your forum should be redesigned. Card can be used for determining battlefield conditions (fog, sandstorm, airstrike) but not for equiping soldiers. I think it is to random. Card effects should be limited.

I agree.
I will also repeat my request about any Mishima info. I can understand that main effort about miniatures goes for kickstarter armies but you should not neglect fans of other factions. At least give us some concept sketches or tell us which units from older editions will be used etc.

 His Master's Voice wrote:
All those updates should be front and centre on the main page of your Kickstarter. Hiding those in the updates section is asking for people to miss the info.

Not to mention you have more updates in 3 days than most kickstarters get in two weeks. That on in itself is worth showing to those who haven't pledged yet.

 His Master's Voice wrote:
All those updates should be front and centre on the main page of your Kickstarter. Hiding those in the updates section is asking for people to miss the info.

Not to mention you have more updates in 3 days than most kickstarters get in two weeks. That on in itself is worth showing to those who haven't pledged yet.

 Alpharius wrote:
Is there a good site to go to for an overview of the Mutant Chronicles game world?

I got into 40K at the start of 2E, and never really encountered Warzone at all here in my section of the US.

Taarnak wrote:

 His Master's Voice wrote:
All those updates should be front and centre on the main page of your Kickstarter. Hiding those in the updates section is asking for people to miss the info.

Not to mention you have more updates in 3 days than most kickstarters get in two weeks. That on in itself is worth showing to those who haven't pledged yet.

I totally agree that the updates need to be put onto the front page. I thought I read somewhere though that there were image and text limits for the front page so that new updates need to be made as images or something like that. I could totally be making that up though, lol.

~Eric

Edit:
@HMV: I love the new Vulkan concept and all of your weapon redesigns so far.

Story

The game takes place in a distant future where the Earth has long since been depleted of natural resources and abandoned. Humanity has spread to the worlds of Venus, Mars, Mercury, Luna (the first settlement following the exodus from Earth), and the Asteroid Belt.

Since the exodus from Earth the traditional nation-states of the world have merged into five huge megacorporations: Bauhaus, styled after the culture of continental Europe, the American-influenced Capitol, the Japanese-themed Mishima, the British-inspired Imperial, and the ultra-secretive, ambiguous , high-tech wielding Cybertronic, all of whom use private military forces to fight for resources. Luna (the Moon) itself is considered to be neutral ground and is home to the massive city-state known as Luna City. The other major power of this universe is the Brotherhood, a fanatical religious organization formed to meet the threat of the Dark Legion, an ancient evil comprising five "Dark Apostles" and their horde of hideous mutants and undead. The Dark Legion is the corporeal presentation of Dark Symmetry and minions of the Dark Apostles. The Dark Legion commands the most powerful armies of the solar system, including Legionnaires, resurrected corpses of fallen Megacorp heroes and footsoldiers alike; Necromutants, hideously modified humanoids; Centurions, the lethal lieutenants of the Dark Legion; and Nepharites, fearsome, towering behemoths of unimaginable power.

The reign of the Dark Legion began as mankind set foot on Nero, a fictional tenth planet beyond the orbit of Pluto, where they discovered a citadel. As they entered, the Imperial Conquistadors – a group of interplanetary explorers – accidentally broke the First Seal Of Repulsion, a thin ring of salt spread around the citadel. Inside, a mysterious iron plate was found, and as it was touched, the Dark Legion was brought to our dimension, and along with it, the Dark Symmetry.

The Dark Symmetry prevents computers, "thinking engines", and other electronic devices from functioning reliably, if at all, and initially caused complete chaos, and then a forced adaptation of the technology used by mankind. The Dark Symmetry also begins to spread plague, lies, illusions and war on the human population through Dark Apostles known as Demnogonis, Semai, Muawihje, Algeroth and Ilian, The Dark Mistress and most powerful wielder of The Dark Symmetry. Thus the first Corporate wars began. Only through the Brotherhood and its first Cardinal, Nathaniel Durand were the corporations pulled under one banner, driving back the Dark Legion and Dark Symmetry back to the void where it came. This however cost Nathaniel Durand his life as he fought and defeated Algeroth, the field commander of all of the Dark Legion and the master of Dark Technology. Dark Legion resurfaces as a milennia passes, old edicts to keep the evil at bay are broken and Megacorps begin the 2nd Corporate wars. Yet again Nero is explored and Dark Symmetry is unleashed. It was also during the period of 1000-year peace that Cybertronic surfaced and was first to break one of the edicts; Human must not create or use machines that think like man.

 Ronin_eX wrote:
The Mutant Chronicles RPG is probably the best background source (1st or 2nd Edition of the RPG work fine for that). And 1st Edition of the RPG managed to publish a sourcebook for each major faction (outside the Cartel and several Dark Legion sub-factions). The 1st Edition Warzone core is also a pretty good start (with a short run-down on the main factions and overall setting). 2nd Edition Warzone change a lot of setting material (near complete re-writes in some areas) but a lot of people prefer to ignore a lot of 2nd Edition Warzone stuff (Ultimate Warzone mixed some of it in, but mostly went back to 1st Edition and Mutant Chronicles as sources).

But for me, the RPG is the closest to the "real" source with 1st Edition Warzone stuff being quite close to it. I'd pop open the RPG and run through the background section, should give you a good intro.

The Dark Eden sourcebook for 1st Edition Warzone is also pretty neat (though I hope some of the more problematic elements in it are toned down, personally; Crescentians can seem a bit stereotypical, especially these days; most of the factions for Dark Eden could use some tweaking in terms of background/style, just enough to take them down a bit from charicature-status). It was only ever outlined for the 1st Edition of Warzone (and later Ultimate, which mostly just replicated it without adding much new stuff), the RPG never got around to it.

It's a really fun setting with a few elements that parody 40k while still managing to be its own beast. I always describe it as pulpy-dieselpunk horror IN SPAAAAACE with elements of Cyberpunk (megacorps) and planetary romance stuff thrown in. It is a setting that bleeds 2000AD/Heavy Metal Magazine style (it helps that several of the artists for those properties helped shape the aesthetics).

I'll be interested to see what kind of background mix Prodos go for. So far they seem to be favouring going back to basics with so many of the units displayed so far being recreations of 1st Edition/Mutant Chronicles stuff. I kind of hope they run with that, as I always liked to older background material (though keeping things like Vulkan battlesuits is appreciated, 2nd Edition had some stellar new unit concepts).

 Warzone Resurrection wrote:
Btw, we are working with these guys: http://www.facebook.com/MutantChroniclesRPG?fref=ts on fluff and time line :]

 Warzone Resurrection wrote:
Btw, we are working with these guys: http://www.facebook.com/MutantChroniclesRPG?fref=ts on fluff and time line :]
It's going to be a good year for Mutant Chronicles !

 Ronin_eX wrote:
The Mutant Chronicles RPG is probably the best background source (1st or 2nd Edition of the RPG work fine for that). And 1st Edition of the RPG managed to publish a sourcebook for each major faction (outside the Cartel and several Dark Legion sub-factions). The 1st Edition Warzone core is also a pretty good start (with a short run-down on the main factions and overall setting).

 Ronin_eX wrote:
It's a really fun setting with a few elements that parody 40k while still managing to be its own beast. I always describe it as pulpy-dieselpunk horror IN SPAAAAACE with elements of Cyberpunk (megacorps) and planetary romance stuff thrown in. It is a setting that bleeds 2000AD/Heavy Metal Magazine style (it helps that several of the artists for those properties helped shape the aesthetics).

 Ronin_eX wrote:
I'll be interested to see what kind of background mix Prodos go for. So far they seem to be favouring going back to basics with so many of the units displayed so far being recreations of 1st Edition/Mutant Chronicles stuff. I kind of hope they run with that, as I always liked to older background material (though keeping things like Vulkan battlesuits is appreciated, 2nd Edition had some stellar new unit concepts).