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I like the look of some models a lot, but quite a few of those starters only have 1 tank despite two factions! Overall what is shown looks quite infantry heavy for gameplay, and infantry is a bit like pins at this scale.

manic _miner wrote:
Just wondering how many people from Dakka Dakka are on this Project?

Also what factions have you gone for?

VASA and Syntha, the models look fantastic.

Actually, everything about this project is brilliant. Lets see..

- An excellent 6mm ruleset (have read through them, they use an order mechanic that is very fast to play and creates interesting tactical decisions).
- Interesting well-established background (there have been 3 previous games using the setting over the course of the last 20+ years). Really nice looking traditional painted artwork and concepts.
- 6mm sci-fi is awesome, this a natural alternative to Epic for people who have collected that game, and other small scale sci-fi (such as Dirtside etc.) over the years.

Also, if you look at the website, it is loaded with resources and information, and is really well done, this is something that has had a serious amount of work put into it over the course of 5 years before it even went near Kickstarter, it is very much a traditional Kickstarter in terms of it is actually allowing a small company to produce a high quality product, and a lot of effort has gone into making it work.

Really glad to see the funding total for this going up, think the £48 starter boxes are a great idea, hopefully it can end on £40-£50k total.

The total has went up now and unlocked quite a few new units.

The starter sets are a very good idea.Makes for a good entry level point.

It would be amazing if the total reached £40-£50K.Fingers crossed for it.

Always liked the background for this setting.Not way to out there Sci-Fi either.

I'm in for a quid and I'll most likely up my pledge after. As much aw I love Draconis Alba this is the 3rd reboot or attempt, and UW for did explode and fold spectacularly with no communication, so I want to get a small amount for painting and not go nuts as much as the game excites me.

I have been into all of the incarnations of the setting Zond.Not sure why but the Junkers have always appealed to me.Maybe it is because they seem like the under-dog just like the Imperial Guard in 40K.Which i loved too.

Once the KS has finished i too will be after more stuff i am sure.Pretty spent up at the moment.

Had to pledge at a level to get some of Wayne Englands art work.

 RiTides wrote:
I like the look of some models a lot, but quite a few of those starters only have 1 tank despite two factions! Overall what is shown looks quite infantry heavy for gameplay, and infantry is a bit like pins at this scale.

Not quite, you can play it Infantry heavy if you want.

Essentially, we've offered those, because someone said they wanted to be able to start playing for under £50. That's what we gave them. If you want to go vehicle heavy, then you could pledge a little higher and get yourself armoured platoons instead!

As for the fact it's 1 per starter, yeah, some factions mobilise their Infantry in vehicles, others don't. It's just the make-up of those particular platoons.

 rob_alderman wrote:

 RiTides wrote:
I like the look of some models a lot, but quite a few of those starters only have 1 tank despite two factions! Overall what is shown looks quite infantry heavy for gameplay, and infantry is a bit like pins at this scale.

Not quite, you can play it Infantry heavy if you want.

Essentially, we've offered those, because someone said they wanted to be able to start playing for under £50. That's what we gave them. If you want to go vehicle heavy, then you could pledge a little higher and get yourself armoured platoons instead!

As for the fact it's 1 per starter, yeah, some factions mobilise their Infantry in vehicles, others don't. It's just the make-up of those particular platoons.

Yuppers, variety and choice man. I'm going to try to jump back in on this. The 2 player starter is incredibly enticing. I'll simply add some of my favorite tanks on the side for a bit more to get started.

Nice to see you back in Mark.

There are now loads of options for how to organise your company's.

Just got to scrape enough money together to get the Dune Raiders and Saurian riders.

Not long now and it is good to see the casualties unlocked as freebies.

I've changed my mind. I want everything on this KS. but I'm so strapped for cash I'll probably end up getting nothing

The scenery is awesome, the aircraft are awesome, the gaming mats are cool, the Viper Wing are awesome, the Dune Raiders are awesome but only 62 hours left to make up my mind. I don't think I'll be in a much better situation when the pledge manager hits. If I don't back this now I'll be kicking myself later, but if I do back it... I'll still be kicking myself later.

There sure is a lot of free stuff but I think I'm just going to have to go in for a pound right now and decide later.

Well, your support is appreciated nonetheless!! £1 or nothing.

Whatever you can stretch to is awesome and I'm really pleased you're liking what you see.

It is really hard to decide what to get with all of the cool units being unlocked Bocatt.If you can you should try to go for the £48 pledge and get a Company that way you get the free Commander vehicle and some freebies too.

I am trying to scrape more funds together to up my pledge yet again.

Thought you might like this piece of new's from Mark Brendan.

And if we go beyond £35k? What then? Well, don't worry, next in the pipeline will be Allied forces in the form of Gladiators for the Junkers, Saurian Federated States for the Viridians, Prosthenes for the Syntha, and Triads for VASA. Each set will feature an elite infantry or mounted infantry platoon, and a heavy platoon (won't say too much yet, but fans of big robots are going to be happy).

Sounds very interesting to me and i would love to see it reach this level.Even though i would most likely have to add to my pledge after the KS has finished.

From our newsletter:

It's been an interesting weekend on the Kickstarter, which on Saturday was looking a bit moribund, and had been sliding inexorably backwards, but then on Saturday evening it took off like a rocket with an influx of new backers. We're almost on £30k now and all the Recon platoons are unlocked and the first of the Air Superiority platoons. Just £5k and bit more, and we'll be able to release everything we planned for this Kickstarter.

So to recap, we've unlocked Sandrunners and Dune Raiders (Legionaries mounted on mutant camel beasts and quad bikers) for the Junkers, Saurian Riders and Jaguar Strike Craft (Colonial Marines mounted on dinosaurs, and hovercraft) for the Viridians, HK Scouts and Heavy platoons for the Syntha (grav bikes), and for VASA we have Archangels and Viper Wings (light jump troops and bike squadrons). All these Recon platoons have a special rule that allows them to be kept off the play area during deployment and come on at a flank in a subsequent turn. In addition to the Recon platoons, we've unlocked the first of the Air Superiority platoons, in the form of the Viridian Mustang Fighters.

And if we go beyond £35k? What then? Well, don't worry, next in the pipeline will be Allied forces in the form of Gladiators for the Junkers, Saurian Federated States for the Viridians, Prosthenes for the Syntha, and Triads for VASA. Each set will feature an elite infantry or mounted infantry platoon, and a heavy platoon (won't say too much yet, but fans of big robots are going to be happy).

-Mark Brendan

Okay, so onto the pictures!

Viridian Mustangs are the latest unlocks.


Red Vectors terrain is available to this project.




We've had a great crop of unlocks over the weekend: VASA Viper wings and Archangels, Viridians Saurain Riders and Jaguar Strike Craft, Syntha HK2000 Scouts and Junkers Dune Raider quads.



We are also very grateful to Spud from Chilling Gamers who's set up the "official" Age Of Tyrants Officially Group! Why not pop over and say hello.



(less than 60 hours left! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1520354196/age-of-tyrants)

Cheers!
Rob

I'm so glad this is doing well. The new flyers look great, I had to add a bit on for those!

Just pledged!!! looking forward to getting my hands on this one! I really like the setting.

What are you going for then thesearmsarerob?

Lots of people seem to be getting Junkers and i am one of them .

Thanks for the support folks!

More news from the front! Follow the link to hear about the Age of Tyrants expansion packs, as well as watch the Viridian Fighter being sculpted with a, quite frankly, awesome soundtrack!

http://www.beastsofwar.com/age-of-tyrants/stretch-goal-expansions-future-plans/


Matthew Hipkin, one of our supporters, has also painted up the first metal casts of our Viridian Infantry!

Have to say those look fantastic, basing is very effective.

And cracking paint jobs considering the scale!

I think a lot of people get put off by the size of miniatures but as a long-term epic fan it's fairly straightforward to get some good results at the scale (in many ways actually easier).

Great painting from Matthew.

Wow, those infantry look superb. I'm still very on the fence on whether to pledge or not. But looking at those infantry, I can definitely see myself dropping a big pledge and trying to start a group at my FLGS.

Only 40 hours to make up my mind...

What are the other 6mm options at the moment? Don't want to derail with links to competitors but PMs would be much appreciated.

@Freytag93 if you are going to pledge big you can still get the earlybird options.I was at level 3 and would have got a black and white piece of art by Wayne England as a bonus at that level plus free stuff.Changed my pledge Yesterday to level 4 which gets me a black and white and colour pieces of art by Wayne England.Now they on there own would be quite a few £'s so it is a bonus to get.Plus the extra free stuff too .

Not far from unlocking lots more stuff including the free Tank crews.

Just wondering what you would go for?


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31 hours to go and more stretch goals have been added.Gladiator infantry and Gladiator Pit Beasts with more to come.Link below to the stretch goals.

http://www.ageoftyrants.com/stretchgoals.html

 manic _miner wrote:
What are you going for then thesearmsarerob?

Lots of people seem to be getting Junkers and i am one of them .

I'm putting together some junkers and viridians, enough to have two companies to game with( to try and get the guys I game with interested). It's really hard to choose what exact units to choose though. There are too many cool looking ones for my wallet to take!

Hehe! I know the feeling...

Updates inbound here with more gubbins!!!!


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Couple of things to update you on!!!

We have free sprues for pledges level 2 and up, these casualty sprues will make excellent suppression counters or simply to decorate your bases to give them that "battlefield" look.



We've added Romain Gaschet exceptional work to our online galleries.



This morning we unlocked the VASA Sky Hammers, next up Viridian Falcon Transports



We also have a painting tutorial for Viridian Marines by Giovanni Bosio which you can find on our site.

http://www.ageoftyrants.com/index.php/game/how-to-paint-your-army#!1_Primed

And finally we have also started revealing stretch goals beyond Air Superiority, first come the Allies with Gladiators and Triads:









Don't forget to check out all our stretch goals here! http://www.ageoftyrants.com/stretchgoals.html

AND JOIN US ON KICKSTARTER! 23 HOURS TO GO!!!!!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1520354196/age-of-tyrants

Down to the last 11 hours.If you are on the fence about this now is the time to jump in and help release more stretch goals and free stuff.

It's the last day folks.

Here's some sexy pics to whet your appetite.

















9 HOURS TO GO!

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Less than 4 hours to go!

We got any stragglers coming on board?

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1520354196/age-of-tyrants

Damn those are sexy as hell, I admit!

Awesome looking terrain as well.

1 hour left!

Get in while you still can!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1520354196/age-of-tyrants