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Alien Dungeon is pleased to announce our second game - All Quiet on the Martian Front!

All Quiet on the Martian Front is a battle game in miniature set during the second Martian War, circa 1910. After their first defeat a few years earlier at the hands of stiff British resistance and unexpected environmental factors, the Martians have returned. This time they have started their invasion from the New World and they have well established themselves before surging forward in an unstoppable tide of destruction. The game begins on the Mississippi Defense Line, with America desperately trying to hold back the Martian advance. Super weapons by Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison are being rushed to the front. President Roosevelt leads the nation against the blood sucking Martians and their incredible machines. Baldwin Locomotive Works and Henry Ford work feverishly to produce as many of the new steam powered tanks for the front as possible. J.P. Morgan, Carnegie and Rockefeller work together to make the fearsome new land Ironclads a reality. The United Kingdom, experienced with anti Martian war, sends the British Expeditionary Force to help. France and Germany, untouched by any Martian machines yet, gather forces and build armies, but for what purpose?
Black Dust, Heat Rays, miles and miles of trenches and traps all form the backdrop for tripods vs tanks with lightening guns, Rough Riders on early Harleys, and lots more.

Scale: 15mm (18mm really) We have chosen that size for the maximum potential for all forms of war machines, desperate platoons of infantry, and giant vehicles and fortifications. This is a battle game for the very survival of mankind and no mere skirmish!

Components: Resin, metal, and plastic miniatures. The first plastic Tripod kit is already well on its way!
Who: We have gathered some fantastic and experienced talent.
Authors- Rick Priestley, Alessio Cavatore, and Ernest Baker
Art, Sculpting, and Design: Will Torres, Anthony Ackland, Alan Marsh, Ernest Baker, Alyn Spiller, Andy Walsh, and more as we go.
When: Prices, delivery, dates etc to come, but the intent is to get it out within this year.



YOU can get involved now:
We have finished the Alpha testing on the game play and it’s now in Beta testing BUT we are encouraging an open discussion of the game, the miniatures, etc so you get a chance to shape it. The play testers are on the forum too and it will be interesting to see the ebb and flow as we finalize the game! You can do this on our Forums here: http://www.aliendungeon.com/Joomla/index.php?option=com_kunena&func=showcat&catid=27&Itemid=477

We will be listening…

You can find more work in progress shots here, and we plan to update every week:
http://www.aliendungeon.com/Joomla/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=125&Itemid=599
More coming very soon.
Thanks!
The Alien Dungeon Team

Plastic Tripod kit?

Well color me interested! Even at 15mm/18mm, I could see a few uses in 28mm.

holy crap, me want.

With simple maths and that diagram, a 15mm scale Martian Tripod would end up being 95mm tall.

 Absolutionis wrote:
With simple maths and that diagram, a 15mm scale Martian Tripod would end up being 95mm tall.

Well the diagram already says 4"

(Though 95mm is more like 3.7" but whatever)

 kenshin620 wrote:

 Absolutionis wrote:
With simple maths and that diagram, a 15mm scale Martian Tripod would end up being 95mm tall.

Well the diagram already says 4"

(Though 95mm is more like 3.7" but whatever)

I know. So the maths does not add up! MATHS!

Seriously though, looking forward to this. Retro SciFi needs more love nowadays.

15mm steampunk alternate victorian era? Colour me interested!

I am typically a GW guy and don't much get into other games, but this looks promising.

The tripods look suitably creepy and cool and the little tanks and doughboys look suitably detailed for small miniatures.

I will watch this game progress with great interest.

Watching with interest.

Thanks for the positive feedback so far guys! We are putting lots of new concepts and previews on our website here:

http://www.aliendungeon.com/Joomla/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=125&Itemid=599

In the meantime, here are some more images:

Cavatore and Priestly sure have been busy, huh? Seems like they are all over the place putting out a new ruleset every other month... unfortunately for the most part they aren't really to my liking, hope this one is a bit more detailed/less abstract.

chaos0xomega wrote:
Cavatore and Priestly sure have been busy, huh? Seems like they are all over the place putting out a new ruleset every other month...

I have to admit it is a little funny that while this Alien Dungeon stuff is coming out, theres still little meat on GoA.......

 kenshin620 wrote:

chaos0xomega wrote:
Cavatore and Priestly sure have been busy, huh? Seems like they are all over the place putting out a new ruleset every other month...

I have to admit it is a little funny that while this Alien Dungeon stuff is coming out, theres still little meat on GoA.......

Contract work? Probably paid and done 6+ months ago.

Looks interesting Jeff although I will say that the tripod reminds me of a book I read as a child "when the tripods came". It was a series and rather interesting, anyways I hope this goes well and I look forward to seeing more of these.

I like the look of this, although I was hoping for a hard sci fi game set on Mars based on the title. Still cool, and 15mm games are often cheap to get into.

This gets announced and priestleys other game btgoa gets cancelled same week, strange. I like the idea of this one much better.

Theophony wrote:
This gets announced and priestleys other game btgoa gets cancelled same week, strange. I like the idea of this one much better.

I wouldn't put much weight to that connection.

Rick Priestley (or Cavatore's River Horse) writing (the second set of) rules for Alien Dungeon is likely just a contract-job, arguably no different than a sculptor sculpting miniatures for both .. say .. Relic Knigths and Kingdom Death.

Gates of Antares, as he said, was/is to be "his" game that would earn him royalties on owning the IP, etc.., not a freelance hire.

This is exciting.

Alien Dungeon thus far shines in game development -- if the rules are as good as Fanticide then this could be very big. Looking forward to more.

Here are some early prototype shots of talks and infantry from the "Gallery" section of the Alien Dungeon workshop.

http://www.aliendungeon.com/Joomla/index.php?option=com_rsgallery2&Itemid=501&gid=13

More great preview pics and concept art are now available.

Whoa the Tony Ackland aliens are FANTASTIC.

Why is this concept art so much more awesome than the tank models that are being shown :-/

That said... heck yeah that's some awesome concept art. Including the first one you showed:

I will be watching this...

Maybe they're trying to get the 'easy' semi-historical models out of the way first? But yeah, the 'Goliath' is certainly the most interesting model concept so far.

Alien previews

oooh nice..... very tempting

Ok, sold. I am buying all of this.

Our next round of previews, including a Teaser Trailer is up now:

http://aliendungeon.blogspot.com/

Liking the look of this, the Martian minis are downright terrifying!

I do feel like the human forces could do with being more interesting though, the mock-ups seem a bit bland in comparison.

I have a feeling that this will be my next game to fund.