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While searching KS i came across this interesting 28mm skirmish game set in 1970's New York, its called "New York Bop" by Ghetto Miniatures.

The miniatures are very nice looking and capture the look of 1970's New York gangs, there are 4 gangs on offer with more planned, each gang is comprised of 8 members with various different weapons and skills. The game can be played in one off games and it can also be played as part of a campaign

There are pledge levels from £5(single mini) - £115(4 gangs,printed rulebook,fan pack,exclusive KS mini,unlocked stretch goals inc)
There is also a £400 create your own character pledge

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/553354256/ghetto-miniatures-1970s-new-york-gang-skirmish-gam/description

http://www.flagsofwar.com/


Sample of the rules:

http://www.ghettominiatures.co.uk/Kick_Starter/NYB_RULES_sample_V1.pdf

"The year is 1974 and the streets of New York are filled with pimps and their hoes, the subway is a crime filled haven and unemployment forces young New Yorkers into a life of debauchery and violence" *

"New York Bop is easy to learn and offers lots of fun between friends and enemies alike. It will immerse you in 1970’s New York, where you will fight your gang of Boppers in a one off game or as part of a larger Campaign" *

"Each gang member will have a number of Characteristics that will help them to beat down their enemies" *

"The Roster cards are designed like 1970’s baseball cards" *

"The rules will be a fully coloured book with loads of illustrations and photographs" *

* From the campaign page

I spotted the Shogun of Harlem. My interest grows!

Come out to plaaaaaay

Gonna pass though.. Trying to find room for stuff as it is..

I can dig it!

 MLaw wrote:
Come out to plaaaaaay

Gonna pass though.. Trying to find room for stuff as it is..

C'mon you know you don't want to pass on the chance of playing our an anabasis campaign without having to use historical minis.

A few pictures of the miniatures from New York Bop,

Where is the girl gang!

Interesting...

 Jehan-reznor wrote:
Where is the girl gang!

i believe they are in the works for a future gang

Just a heads up, it is the last week of the campaign!

Might have to get me a gang of Lizzies...

Feels wrong to see a Kickstarter game without a Cthulhu or pirate faction.

Awesome. Bums me out that it's not coming out of NY though. Does the OP have some affiliation? 13 dakka posts don't get cred round this ghetto bro?

Aside from that.... Want the black bushido badass!

Fab little figures. I think they should aim to get the rules published by Osprey -- they would sit nicely alongside the Fistful of Kung Fu and Ronin rules, and concentrate on making more models.

 doktor_g wrote:
Awesome. Bums me out that it's not coming out of NY though. Does the OP have some affiliation? 13 dakka posts don't get cred round this ghetto bro?

Aside from that.... Want the black bushido badass!

no mate, i have no affiliation with the owners of the Kickstater, im just a backer,

i only really post in the forums about KS that i back, to try and help get more backers and ive only posted about 3 KS so far hence the low post count!

I hope it gets done. The buy in for Lt level is a bit high for me at the moment. More than I'm willing to invest on an unknown commodity.
Been looking for an interesting skirmish game, though. I'll have to check out the rules, as I love The Warriors, which this is clearly based on.

I don't understand the gang of interracial skinheads, though. Isn't that kind of oxymoronic?

Eric

They are nice looking, highly detailed minis. Hope they get to their goal!

JJ

Actually in the movie the only gangs that came off as racist was the Gramercy Riff's ( the gang that was lead by Cyrus) and the Rogues.
Only they and the "Rogues" (they guy that actually shot Cyrus) had no "cultural diversity".

Admittedly it was hard to tell with the Baseball Furies and the gang of mimes (known as "The Hi-Hats") at the very beginning.

Only 48hrs to go!

Iain the creator has adjusted a couple of the pledge levels, you now get:

free PDF rules with the £25 pledge,

free PDF rules and free "Big Boi" mini with the £45 pledge

the "king of New York" £400 pledge has been reduced to £300 for a mini of your own design, all 4 gangs, rulebook(physical & PDF),2 x free minis and the fan pack

free rules update:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/553354256/ghetto-miniatures-1970s-new-york-gang-skirmish-gam/posts/1371281

free rules and mini update:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/553354256/ghetto-miniatures-1970s-new-york-gang-skirmish-gam/posts/1371266

"King of New York" reduction update:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/553354256/ghetto-miniatures-1970s-new-york-gang-skirmish-gam/posts/1371278

About 12hrs left to pledge and help make this a reality!

These are some characterful and appropriately old school sculpts. I hope it gets funded!

It came close but unfortunately it didnt fund, hopefully they will have a re-launch at some point, rectifying their first time mistakes

A shame it didn't fund.

Kickstarter is over-populated with projects now and there are lots of pitfalls. One of them being that just to get the exposure is difficult.

I think their best way forwards would be to offer the rules to Osprey to publish and the models to Hasslefree to manufacture and sell.

This would not necessarily involve giving up creative freedom of the the project, or financial rewards (if there are any). A deal could be worked out.

Alternatively, Crooked Dice might be interested in the figures for their 7TV family of games.

 Kilkrazy wrote:
A shame it didn't fund.

Kickstarter is over-populated with projects now and there are lots of pitfalls. One of them being that just to get the exposure is difficult.

I think their best way forwards would be to offer the rules to Osprey to publish and the models to Hasslefree to manufacture and sell.

This would not necessarily involve giving up creative freedom of the the project, or financial rewards (if there are any). A deal could be worked out.

Alternatively, Crooked Dice might be interested in the figures for their 7TV family of games.

Definitely a shame it didnt fund, tonight in the comments the creator Iain has said, he will be doing a re-launch in the future, taking on board suggestions about where he might of went wrong! hopefully he will comeback with a stronger campaign and fund that time around!

Missed out while it was active...those minis looked cool, a 70s gang skirmish would have been fun and something different in the current atmosphere.

Fisher001 wrote:
Missed out while it was active...those minis looked cool, a 70s gang skirmish would have been fun and something different in the current atmosphere.

Here is the Ghetto Miniatures Facebook page if you want to keep up to date on the progress of the games re-launch

https://www.facebook.com/ghettominiatures?fref=ts

Ghetto Miniatures is planned for a 1st quarter 2016 relaunch

Ghetto Miniatures Facebook link:

https://www.facebook.com/ghettominiatures?fref=ts