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On may the 20th Taban Miniatures is going to launch a KS campaign to finance a Boardgame called Escape.

- EDIT - LINK TO THE CAMPAIGN - EDIT -

Escape depicts the fight of the Resistance, a group of dissident humans trying to escape an underground laboratory (L.A.B. 03) used as an anti-atomic shelter.
This LAB is ruled by a maddened computer (NOAH) who decided that its humans denizens can't go back to the surface of the ancient world.
NOAH prefer to use his automated drones to kill the resistant than to take the risk of any contact with the exterior

Escape has already be published in French as a "compact" boardgame.
Released in magazine format, this first opus got a resounding success.
The game consisted of 50 pages booklet where the reader discovered in detail the origins of the ISC and Resistance, a foldable 2 inches square poster as boardgame and two counter and fighters punchboards

We now want to re-edit this game making things big, with a cardboard box and game board, 24 ultra-detailed pre-assembled plastic miniatures, based on our models Eden.
Escape new version will be published in English and French.



What’s new then?
Lots of things! In addition to the plastic miniatures, we will include several new game modes, new characters and missions.

If the crowd funding on Kickstarter is successful enough, we plan to develop many features, missions and exclusive characters which we are already on the workbench.

We Need You!
So for fans of Eden and Escape, join us on May the 20th for the official on Kickstarter launch of the campaign!
Until then be sure to follow Taban's website and facebook pages to get more details!

OK, I'm interested!

I'm sure someone will let us know when it is live too...

You have my attention

Did they finish up their Indiegogo campaign? Checking out the site it sounds like it finished.

Anyone participate in it and can comment on how it went?

I am defiantely interested in this as well. I can see great potential in this.

Hah, excellent. The two most interesting factions in Eden going at one another. I'm interested as well.

They do indeed have lots of great miniatures. I just got a problem with metal miniatures these days. I've been spoilt by resin. :/ I wish I never would have bought into any of those. :/

I was in the IndieGoGo and have more than a few minis. I love the minis, they are great models to be sure.

Customer service, however, from Taban is questionable. Not going to derail the thread, but PM me if that makes a red flag for you.

This looks like something up my alley, but Drazz's comment has me a tad worried.

We'll see how things turn out. The French seem to be hitting all the sweet spots for me lately when it comes to games.

 Absolutionis wrote:
Hah, excellent. The two most interesting factions in Eden going at one another. I'm interested as well.

When you say "the two most interesting factions in Eden", what are you referring to? This is the first I'd heard of it... unless it's somehow connected to the computer game. Where did you encounter the factions before?

Thanks and sorry if it's obvious

I agree with Drazz, i was pretty happy with the models i received from the Indiegogo campaign. Although i did get pretty annoyed at Taban during the campaign.

The main thing that bothered me during the Eden IGG campaign was that they had a 100€ pledge level called 'Aftermath Special' that was originally listed as including the Eden rulebook, a single faction boxset and all of the unlocked stretch goal goodies. A few weeks into the actual campaign after a handful of the stretch goal freebies had been unlocked, Taban decided that they were just giving away too much. (Which is understandable, by that time the freebies amounted to 4 resin models and 3 small terrain pieces.) So from that point on none of the future stretch goals were included in the 'Aftermath Special' level and were only available by adding extra money to your pledge.

The big problem though was that Taban never bothered making an official announcement stating that the new stretch goal models were going to be add-on only, which managed to make the final days of the campaign an absolute mess as the majority of backers had no idea if the models were included in 'Aftermath Special' or not. Eventually someone found a single post by Taban on the French Eden forums saying they were add-ons, but by that point the complete lack of communication from Taban towards paying customers on the actual IGG site had really pissed me off.

 RiTides wrote:

 Absolutionis wrote:
Hah, excellent. The two most interesting factions in Eden going at one another. I'm interested as well.

When you say "the two most interesting factions in Eden", what are you referring to? This is the first I'd heard of it... unless it's somehow connected to the computer game. Where did you encounter the factions before?

Thanks and sorry if it's obvious

It's a miniatures game. They're simply making a board game of it.

There are several factions:
http://www.taban-miniatures.com/shop2/index.php?cPath=48
(the main site seems a bit WIP right now)

Of the factions, the dominatrix-like Matriarchs and the silly circus-freak Jokers are the opposite of interesting for me.
I'm kind of a technophile, so the Resistance Faction (human survivalists and machinists) and the ISC (Japanese-themed robots) are the most interesting for me.

Opinions, of course. YMMV

Well hopefully they'll have learned from their IndieGoGo mistakes.

Dug through their site- they do have some interesting designs. If they stick with just the ISC mecha and the Resistance I think that would be the wisest choice. Those other factions they've got are just kind of out there.

The ISC sure does have some purdy looking mechs too.

I'm hoping the board will be a bit more substantial than the one the game originally came with.

I'll be keeping an eye out on this one.

Hi , does anyone know if the miniatures for the boardgame will be compatible with eden the skirmish game i.e cards for eden will ve included or available as an add on? And the scale will be similar. Bought the rulebook for eden and matriarchy and askaris starter set at salute.

Cheers

Phil

phil751 wrote:
Hi , does anyone know if the miniatures for the boardgame will be compatible with eden the skirmish game i.e cards for eden will ve included or available as an add on? And the scale will be similar. Bought the rulebook for eden and matriarchy and askaris starter set at salute.

Cheers

Phil

I believe the scale will be the same although I have no idea about the Eden cards.

I also picked up a starter set (Horde), rulebook and thre other mates picked up ISC, Baraka & Jokers starters. I've enjoyed it to date and will follow this kickstarter with interest.

Anyone know if this kickstarter is still launching today, it's still not up yet?

Cheers

Phil

I hope soon, because I'm stuck at an inservice all day today with nothing better to do than listen to these stuffy old coots patter on about whatever it is they do.
I can only check the same websites so many times before my mind goes numb.

Give me the new freshness! And hopefully at a reasonable price!

Lol ive been waiting all day to check it out. Wish there was a countdown somewhere

From the facebook page it looks like amazon payments are holding up the launch. Should now be launching at the weekend

We are proud to announce that our Escape project and account has been validated by Kickstarter.

Our finger is already on the "Launch" button

We will tell the official project opening date tomorrow

And indeed we have learnt many things during our indiegogo campaign : this time shipping will be performed by third party companies (both in europe and in the US) and we will have a dedicated community manager to answer your questions during the campaign

Taban wrote:
we will have a dedicated community manager to answer your questions during the campaign

Some of the previous problems have been after the campaign has ended. How will you guys be able to keep a good level of customer-communication after the KS ends?

Taban posted this image of the box contents recently in an update on their website.

The contents of the box will allow you to enjoy our Escape game with high quality material, more generous than the original version.

-The profile cards are re-designed for a clearer and easier use.
- The double-sided battlefield will be printed on a rigid, foldable high quality cardboard, playable straight out of the box and avoiding a laborious implementation of the tiles …
- The big “plus” of course are the 8 pre-assembled plastic miniatures. These highly detailed models, that will bring Escape universe to life and spare player’s time ..
- We took advantage of the plastic production to change some parts of the original sculpts (Ashton, Duncan and Rikishi faces, Alice Equipment) : your Escape models will be exclusive to the game board version!
- Finally, we have improved the game system to propose a Multiplayer mode allowing up to 6 players to play “Face to Face” matches (Resistance vs. ISC) but also altogether against the ISC.

It is not less than 16 extra plastic miniatures that will be added to the 8 original characters of the game! 8 Scarabots and 8 FlyBots!
This mechanical vermin will do anything possible to prevent your survivors to rush out of their underground jail!

Also someone posted these pledge level images over on the Eden forums, unless im mistaken that $69 option appears to be the basic game. Which if so is actually a pretty good price for the amount of content in the box, although the RoW postage costs could potentially skyrocket the price...

69 is a fair price for the amount of stuff you are currently getting.

Who knows how much is going to get tacked on if you want all the extras that will inevitably follow. I might put in for a few of the ISC models they've got, especially if they end up in plastic (like the ronin and the shogun).

I'm interested in this since I don't have a lot of post apocalyptic board games, but some of the indiegogo happenings have made me a bit hesitant.

Hopefully Taban will do good on this. We'll see how things play out. I'll be checking this out tomorrow morning if I'm not stuck dragging the kids to Japanese school.

I love the feel of these designs. They have are varied, but still have a ....design ethos to them.

Kind of like how you can tell something is a Guillermo Del Toro monster when you see it.

Whether or not this or Raging Heroes pops my KS cherry first, only time will tell.

Official start : this saturday 1st of June, check picture below for opening local times

Now live: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/453409401/escape-a-boardgame-in-the-eden-universe

Well im in for now, i grabbed myself one of the $180 early bird pledges just in case this Kickstarter becomes amazing value. But ultimately i think this KS campaign is going to be a big 'wait and see' for me.

the fact that they've already attached a total retail value to the ISC Sensei pledge level is a little worrying, im wondering if Taban has already decided on just how many of the stretch goal freebies will be included in the Sensei pledge level before they switch over to the add-on only resin miniatures.

Not that there is anything wrong with add-on only stretch goal miniatures. i just don't want to see Taban pull the same stunt that they used during their IGG, where they put a limit on the amount of freebies included in the most popular pledge level (which was supposed to include all of the unlocked stretch goals.) roughly halfway though the campaign.

I'm in for an EB. For some reason I'm really excited about this!

I'm looking forward to what gets unveiled. I like Eden's style.

Hoping the more silly stuff is absent from the board game, but I wouldn't mind if they offer up some of the faction specific figures further into the campaign.

Plus I don't have a lot of post apocalyptic board games.

I got an EB as well, and I'll be taking a wait and see approach as to whether I keep my pledge that high. It's a lot to commit at this point. Hopefully that 80 dollars worth of goodies is going to get me a lot of things to play with!

Well you can buy the cards and rules for the skirmish game for $10 from the 'goodies' section so for $79 you get 2 games! Eden is a great little game too.