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 Gomez wrote:
The more I see of these individual fighters' rules, the more and more excited I am about this game.

Hmmm, I feel myself almost going in the opposite direction. It still seems fun, but it looks like it's going to be a lot of pushing your enemy around happening, and I'm slightly concerned that it will make the game unnecessarily fiddly. With all these 1" pushes, I think I might even prefer if the game was based on a hexagon or square map. It'll be interesting to see that actual play video.

$80K hit - so that means SVEN is unlocked, and we're only $5K away from the very cool looking MAGO!

 Trodax wrote:

 Gomez wrote:
The more I see of these individual fighters' rules, the more and more excited I am about this game.

Hmmm, I feel myself almost going in the opposite direction. It still seems fun, but it looks like it's going to be a lot of pushing your enemy around happening, and I'm slightly concerned that it will make the game unnecessarily fiddly. With all these 1" pushes, I think I might even prefer if the game was based on a hexagon or square map. It'll be interesting to see that actual play video.

I expect that this is going to be a very position-based game, so I agree but look at it positively.

However, I agree that a grid seems like the best answer: more and more, I'm feeling like games work well on a hex map: you don't lose a ton of flexibility, and it takes way shorter.

I'm also not really a fan of guessed ranges, though... I think that, for every time they are tactically a little more interesting, you get two when someone's annoyed b/c they're 1/8" short or two people need to sort out if that model is 1/16" away from another, noting that one guy has chubby fingers so already pushed the model and needs to place it back about where it is and without 1/16" variance, or someone cheats because they can probably get away with 1/8".

Update Time:

"Sven is now available in the Field of Mars!

Next up we have Mago: A rising star of the Antonian Guard, Mago is one of the few elite guardsmen allowed to participate in the munera. Combining the exotic styles of his birth with the traditional garb of the Retiarius, Mago presents something both new and familiar to the delight of the crowds. Wielding net and trident in a ruthlessly efficient and tactical manner, most assume Mago is the clear successor for Captain of the Antonian Guard.

Following that, Euryale from the Field of Titans. "

Okay, so Euryale is pretty fantastic. Wonder which faction she'll be.

If I want more than 10 models combined from the Field of Mars and Jupiter do I add another pledge level to get them, or can I just add $$$ to my existing pledge? I can't seem to find a clear answer to that question.

Like Leo, she may be faction-less. But seeing as she resembles the common interpretation for Echidna, she'll probably be either LM or XIII.

Not sure where Greek aesthetics falls best in the factions.

 His Master's Voice wrote:
If I want more than 10 models combined from the Field of Mars and Jupiter do I add another pledge level to get them, or can I just add $$$ to my existing pledge? I can't seem to find a clear answer to that question.

I can't find exactly where the RRG guys said it to give you a link, but in that situation you just add to your pledge.

 Gomez wrote:
I can't find exactly where the RRG guys said it to give you a link, but in that situation you just add to your pledge.

Thanks.

Not sure on the added Mars and Jupiter models. I would assume you would just add the extra charge on and figure it out though the future pledge manager. The same must be done for the Titans, as there is no pledge for them.

I'm thinking Euryale may not have a faction. Leo doesn't. They might just be extra 'features' in the arena.

Speculation: Leo and Euryale will be immobile, terrain-like optional hazards for the gladiators to work around. So, Micon shoves a model into one of these hazards to take out the enemy. (There is evidence that chained animals, fires, pits and other hazards were used in some fights.)

Regardless, beautiful concept.

Drazz, it's already been stated that Leo has stats and a points value.

I'm tempted to build Arena boards for it, maybe even a flooded arena with boats for the mock naval battles they held in the Colosseum.

Don't know if this has shown up here yet, but there's an 'unboxing' and paint of Aquilla on the blog below

http://wargamingninjaturtles.blogspot.ca/

(the blogger was one of the lucky winners from Arena Rex's giveaway)

New update to share:

Red Republic Games wrote:Noxius and Micon , presented for your viewing pleasure! Benoit Cauchies's Noxius sculpt now has the hair and beard that make him so striking in the art -- here you can see it from a couple of angles. We can also finally show you a near-final Micon to give you a better taste of what's to come. Valentin Zak has done a terrific job of creating this towering figure, a monument of a man with a heart and fists of stone.

I liked how both turned out; was on the fence about Micon but seeing the model sold me on him. His warrior spotlight helped too...

Those WIPs are ridiculous. Such nice sculpts.

Can't say I love Euryale though. The art looks very cool, but I have to say I was really hoping the "mythic" element of the game was to be more grounded in reality - like, say, Septimus and Nero representing a Minotaur, or a giant python representing Echidna. Ah, well. I'll either get used to the monsters or pretend they don't exist. Either way the game looks awesome.

 Gomez wrote:
Those WIPs are ridiculous. Such nice sculpts.

Can't say I love Euryale though. The art looks very cool, but I have to say I was really hoping the "mythic" element of the game was to be more grounded in reality - like, say, Septimus and Nero representing a Minotaur, or a giant python representing Echidna. Ah, well. I'll either get used to the monsters or pretend they don't exist. Either way the game looks awesome.

But I thought we already saw an over the top mythic guy with Gaius Pallidus, the resurrected tree monster guy, no?

I'm glad the more Mythic elements are in.

And since we're free to pick and choose our teams, those who don't like them can... not pick them!

It really is the best of both worlds for everyone!

greywulf wrote:

 Gomez wrote:
Those WIPs are ridiculous. Such nice sculpts.

Can't say I love Euryale though. The art looks very cool, but I have to say I was really hoping the "mythic" element of the game was to be more grounded in reality - like, say, Septimus and Nero representing a Minotaur, or a giant python representing Echidna. Ah, well. I'll either get used to the monsters or pretend they don't exist. Either way the game looks awesome.

But I thought we already saw an over the top mythic guy with Gaius Pallidus, the resurrected tree monster guy, no?

Yeah, but I was fully prepared to pretend he had a bad "skin condition"... (And who knows? Maybe Euryale's sculpt will be too awesome to resist and I'll come around).

Regardless, like Alpharius said, it works out just fine for people to pick and choose.

Not an huge fan of Noxius' pose, but other than that the model is great. Micon is superb. Definitely getting him.

~Eric

That is some damned fine sculptign there.

 Gomez wrote:


Yeah, but I was fully prepared to pretend he had a bad "skin condition"... (And who knows? Maybe Euryale's sculpt will be too awesome to resist and I'll come around).

I was in the bad skin condition boat too when I first saw him. I've come around now, though. Either way, I'm expecting some great sculpts!

Well.. I tried not to but I upped my pledge. All the concept art and models we've seen are too damn pretty and I am sure before the end I'll have upped my pledge again :/

On a side note we hit 85K so Mago is in

 jonolikespie wrote:
Well.. I tried not to but I upped my pledge. All the concept art and models we've seen are too damn pretty and I am sure before the end I'll have upped my pledge again :/

On a side note we hit 85K so Mago is in

I've done that a couple times already and expect to up again before it's all said and done. My wallet is the only thing complaining though - the minis, rules features, and gameplay tidbits all look so awesome. Waiting for the 85K update is torture...

Full update:

Mago is now available in the Field of Mars!

Next up, another Titan, Euryale:
Constantly being transported to far-flung arenas, the stunning Euryale is a vision of beauty, grace, and poise that distracts from her monstrous nature just long enough for fools to wander close enough to strike. Her lilting calls and statuesque appearance transform to blood-curdling bellows and sinuous fury as she joins battle, within an instant shedding her appeal and becoming a vortex of terror and carnage. Her cries of rage stun spectators and foes alike, and can drown out even the most boisterous crowds. The cost of drawing her to the arena was considerable in both currency and lives, and the cost of keeping her there is even more so.

Following that, Wendigo!

Wendigo is an interesting choice and a very different, but also interesting, look.

~Eric

Oh god.. Well that's my pledge upped again.

I'm really hoping we can squeeze out at least a couple more monsters after the Wendigo, I have some ideas about running a campaign with 4 players (one faction each) and a Game Master type of person who gets a bunch of monsters and a few extra gladiators. The idea would be to swap from setting the players against each other to forcing them to team up to fight monsters (or fight each other around the monsters) and bring in a permadead/wounded and unable to participate in the next fight/just down for the count system.

 jonolikespie wrote:
Oh god.. Well that's my pledge upped again.

I'm really hoping we can squeeze out at least a couple more monsters after the Wendigo, I have some ideas about running a campaign with 4 players (one faction each) and a Game Master type of person who gets a bunch of monsters and a few extra gladiators. The idea would be to swap from setting the players against each other to forcing them to team up to fight monsters (or fight each other around the monsters) and bring in a permadead/wounded and unable to participate in the next fight/just down for the count system.

Multiplayer Titan's Quest mixed with Warhammer Quest was my first idea when I learned about this project. We're going to need some much terrain for this...

I quite like the lamia lady! We need some more high quality snake people!

The Wendigo is way weird, but I like it!

No tto nitpick btu Wendigo is Algonquian myth and that thign has Moose antlers and a Plains tribal War Bonnet. Kind of like dressing a troll in a greek toga and arming him with a Khopesh.

 tre manor wrote:
Kind of like dressing a troll in a greek toga and arming him with a Khopesh.

I don't particularly like the design but it's going to be fighting against Roman gladiators and an Echidna lookalike. I'd say it's less "in place" that said troll would be.

 tre manor wrote:
No tto nitpick btu Wendigo is Algonquian myth and that thign has Moose antlers and a Plains tribal War Bonnet. Kind of like dressing a troll in a greek toga and arming him with a Khopesh.

That sort of deliberate exaggeration is par for the course for the Roman gladiators. The whole point was looking cool, not being accurate. Consider the Hoplomachus, meant to resemble a heavy Greek fighter, but forced to fight with a tiny shield and no spear (in melee), nor any cuirass or linothorax. Practically speaking, it is like taking a Space Marine and sending him into battle without a helmet. But man, did it look cool to the Romans.

Also- I would totally buy a Troll in a Toga, even if he was armed with a flintlock rifle and a morning star. Talk about a general!