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2015/05/23 14:43:27
Subject: Re:Zombicide: The Black Plague - Hitting Kickstarter in June
Oh, my comment on zombie dinos wasn't meant for Black Plague, I just want to see it as a future Zombicide gig. Sci-fi Zombicide would be incredible too.
My fear on Toxic/Berserker zombies is that they would have a weird place in BP. It's said to be much more melee oriented, so I feel Berserkers would be a tad redundant and the Toxics would likely end up overpowered, due to the (alleged) reduction in number of ranged weapons. I could see having skeletons as the smaller expansion, with regular/armored/wizard skeletons, and then like Murder of Crowz, have Lycan Pack, and Brotherhood of Vampires.
+1 on having Selene, Viktor, and Lucian survivors.
Kingdom Death Fanatic. Dark Eldar: Kabal of the Fragile Breath. Dark Elves: Allegiance to the Black Crown. Also, Masons, Cygnar, and Legion of Everblight. All unnamed.
Manchu wrote:
The Fragile Breath wrote: . . . something but I was distracted by the username.
Holy gak that is an awesome username. Please tell me your army is called Kabal of the Fragile Breath. Morathi's Darkest Sin has some competition here for best handle, I think.
2015/05/23 16:58:22
Subject: Zombicide: The Black Plague - Hitting Kickstarter in June
The problem with skeletons, vampires and wereeovles isn't themeatic, it's how to implement them.
Zombicide as a game works because zombies are mostly slow moving, predictable, and not a terrible threat until there are hoards of them bearing down on you.
Skeletons are traditionally faster than zombies. The runner already fills that role.
Werewolves are fast, do lots of damage, and are hard to kill. That would make them more dangerous than Abominations .
Vampires ? I can't think of any way to implement them without them either being grossly overpowered, or horrifically under represented. If we "I am Legend" them down to be playable, they are basically zombies by another name.
Vampire Survivors on the other hand, seem alot more managable.
Zombicide: Black Plague will give players a brand new way to handle their Survivor's stats! The ID Card itself will fit in a deluxe plastic dashboard that will help you keep track of everything regarding your Survivor!
The experience tracker is a sliding arrow built into the dashboard.
Color pegs will help you mark you Survivor's new skills and keep track of their wounds.
Black Plague introduces a more detailed inventory system, and the dashboard will help you organize your cards between your hands, your body, and your backpack.
Guillotine Games - We received many questions on PM. The plastic dashboards will be in the core box. They are NOT sold separately or Kickstarter exclusive.
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2015/05/24 17:29:44
Subject: Zombicide: The Black Plague - Hitting Kickstarter in June
This is very close to something that I am in the process of developing for my company's game. Great idea. It is interesting to see how they handled certain design issues.
I like the tapered wall on the card slots. It should be easy to slide cards out of the compartment. I'll definitely have to back the campaign now .
Kirasu: Have we fallen so far that we are excited that GW is giving us the opportunity to spend 58$ for JUST the rules? Surprised it's not "Dataslate: Assault Phase"
AlexHolker: "The power loader is a forklift. The public doesn't complain about a forklift not having frontal armour protecting the crew compartment because the only enemy it is designed to face is the OHSA violation."
AlexHolker: "Allow me to put it this way: Paramount is Skynet, reboots are termination attempts, and your childhood is John Connor."
2015/05/24 18:44:02
Subject: Zombicide: The Black Plague - Hitting Kickstarter in June
This is very close to something that I am in the process of developing for my company's game. Great idea. It is interesting to see how they handled certain design issues.
I like the tapered wall on the card slots. It should be easy to slide cards out of the compartment. I'll definitely have to back the campaign now .
and even better they've made sure it will fit sleeved cards according to FB
2015/05/24 19:56:42
Subject: Re:Zombicide: The Black Plague - Hitting Kickstarter in June
This is very close to something that I am in the process of developing for my company's game. Great idea. It is interesting to see how they handled certain design issues.
I like the tapered wall on the card slots. It should be easy to slide cards out of the compartment. I'll definitely have to back the campaign now .
and even better they've made sure it will fit sleeved cards according to FB
It is nice that it will be plastic too.
Ours will have to be wood or MDF I think. Design is on the back burner until the game is at least close to finalized. Don't want to design something and then have to scrap it.
The dashboard has been, in my opinion, one of the weakest links in Zombicide. I get a little twitchy playing around my 4 y/o. A little bump from a grabby hand can send your stuff flying.
The Hell Dorado board game, Claustrophobia, had something similar, and I never understood why nobody else ever tried to do something similar.
Spoiler:
Of course that used dice instead of pegs, and it was more to show where the character's energies were being focused as well as how beat up they were.
It's an expensive component. That's probably why more products don't include something similar. I'm still not sure that we will be able to get away with it, and we will be doing production in house via CNC. It depends on material costs and how much time on the machine it takes to produce one.
They are so darn useful though, that I would want to have them available to players, even if ti meant selling at cost.
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Kirasu: Have we fallen so far that we are excited that GW is giving us the opportunity to spend 58$ for JUST the rules? Surprised it's not "Dataslate: Assault Phase"
AlexHolker: "The power loader is a forklift. The public doesn't complain about a forklift not having frontal armour protecting the crew compartment because the only enemy it is designed to face is the OHSA violation."
AlexHolker: "Allow me to put it this way: Paramount is Skynet, reboots are termination attempts, and your childhood is John Connor."
2015/05/24 22:39:22
Subject: Re:Zombicide: The Black Plague - Hitting Kickstarter in June
This video confirms there is a base game and expansion - Wulfsburg - Zombie wolfs, Zombie wolf Abomination and 4 new heroes. Expect a $150 buy in then.
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2015/05/24 22:51:55
Subject: Re:Zombicide: The Black Plague - Hitting Kickstarter in June
They usually send out a warning a few days befire it launches, A few minutes after t has launched (although I would expect early birds to be gone if you rely on the launch email) and 48 hours before it end.
2015/05/25 07:44:27
Subject: Zombicide: The Black Plague - Kickstarter in June for Core set & Wolfsburg expansion
I think this is the first kickstarter where I know before day one that I'm backing it. I'm hoping to grab an early bird Black Plague plus Wulfsburg, but that's probably unlikely.
Kingdom Death Fanatic. Dark Eldar: Kabal of the Fragile Breath. Dark Elves: Allegiance to the Black Crown. Also, Masons, Cygnar, and Legion of Everblight. All unnamed.
Manchu wrote:
The Fragile Breath wrote: . . . something but I was distracted by the username.
Holy gak that is an awesome username. Please tell me your army is called Kabal of the Fragile Breath. Morathi's Darkest Sin has some competition here for best handle, I think.
2015/05/25 13:10:24
Subject: Re:Zombicide: The Black Plague - Kickstarter in June for Core set & Wolfsburg expansion
I like the plastic tray, I always thought something like that would be a lot better than just placing small cards on top of a big card where they can slide around too easy
2015/05/25 14:38:35
Subject: Re:Zombicide: The Black Plague - Kickstarter in June for Core set & Wolfsburg expansion
I don't care for the human/elf/dwarf/zombie designs and I don't want more "miniature games" except The Others (that €:$ exchange rate REALLY doesn't help), but I could really use a ton of werewolves for Blood Bowl and such. Urgh.
Looking for a Skaven Doomwheel banner to repair my Nurgle knights.
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you know the one with John "The Baron" Waine and Flint Eastwards. 
I am totally getting this one as well. 
