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Did I miss it, or does it not say if it's KS exclusive?

There is like a Tohaa beast in the video


And a cute Yu Jing Hacker


They are obviously going to unlock Hackers at some point.

I was sort of tempted for the Combined Army TAG - but its in a rather beefy expansion box at the same time.

Looks like two pledge levels (a core and all in) with no early bird benefits. It's already 80% of the way to its $115 USD equivalent funding goal.

No stretch goals, huh?

Haven't gotten that far yet down the screen. I like the prospectors alot more than the tags themselves. Especially roided out exo Matt Damon.

FUNDED!

And they are already showing stretch goals: Engineers!

I suppose that's how the hackers (and medics/docs) will get into the game/box as well?

A little pricey for what I want out of it. Cool looking game. A lot more appealing than I first expected, but since its more of a side game in my mind, even the core box is just a lot more than what I'd like to put into it.

 LunarSol wrote:
A little pricey for what I want out of it. Cool looking game. A lot more appealing than I first expected, but since its more of a side game in my mind, even the core box is just a lot more than what I'd like to put into it.

I'm kind of in the same boat. Esp as I mostly just want the combined army models and eh they come with an expansion that's basically loads of content that's worthless without the core box. I might consider throwing a token amount in to get on the pledge manager incase I wind up with the money later. I assume that its PM will likely last a reasonable length of time as campaigns like this often take a few months to get into proper production and such

The engineers have been unlocked already:





New stretch goals

I was interested until I saw the prices... Yikes.

I dont know but those have some big models in the game so 155euro (shipping included to the UK) is not cheap but not unrealistic too?

Some cracking models in there but I think they are looking from the wrong perspective... would you spend this money on a handful of big ass minis or would you rather spend it on something like remote wars with bucket loads of tiny lil different remotes?



Edit... wait delivery is this month??

Lol no next year!
that alone is a pass

They must be really confident they're gonna reach all the stretch goals if they already have painted versions of the models

Ok, it's looking more appealing than the previews initally made it look. Maybe it's the paintjobs?

I'm a little surprised that it launched at almost the exact same time as the Monsterpocalypse kickstarter.

Tohaa beast is great.

 Wha-Mu-077 wrote:
They must be really confident they're gonna reach all the stretch goals if they already have painted versions of the models

In house metals. They'd use them for something, even if its just a box of HVTs or something.

All remotes and "prospectors" are metal. Only Tags and monsters are plastic so the metals are for this KS.

PVC for the TAGs, metal for the support humans/robots. Ewww. Just make everything PVC or Siocast FFS

Gonna be a pass from me, it's such a great idea that falls flat in execution. Construction TAGs instead of combat TAGs, tons of extra engineers and prospectors and mini remotes instead of, well, more TAGs. Far as I can tell there aren't rules for normal TAGs in the game, just N4 rules to use these models in Infinity.

God this could have been so amazing, instead it's just kinda mediocre and expensive

I thought it was going to be a TAG supported by heavy infantry special forces type mission game when they first announced it. Like Dirty Dozen but with powered armor based off the name. Hungry Hungry Hippos with monsters and robots...not so much. Regardless, i appear to be in the minority based on the funding speed.

 Wha-Mu-077 wrote:
They must be really confident they're gonna reach all the stretch goals if they already have painted versions of the models

At the same time they could just be masters and 3D print masters (they've already got renders); so having even just a quick 3D print to paint up makes a big difference to marketing. Showing actual painted models makes a huge difference to showing just renders of models when it comes to trying to sell something to customers.

Kalamadea wrote:PVC for the TAGs, metal for the support humans/robots. Ewww. Just make everything PVC or Siocast FFS

Gonna be a pass from me, it's such a great idea that falls flat in execution. Construction TAGs instead of combat TAGs, tons of extra engineers and prospectors and mini remotes instead of, well, more TAGs. Far as I can tell there aren't rules for normal TAGs in the game, just N4 rules to use these models in Infinity.

God this could have been so amazing, instead it's just kinda mediocre and expensive

warboss wrote:I thought it was going to be a TAG supported by heavy infantry special forces type mission game when they first announced it. Like Dirty Dozen but with powered armor based off the name. Hungry Hungry Hippos with monsters and robots...not so much. Regardless, i appear to be in the minority based on the funding speed.

ya this is not doing much for me either. Metal for a boardgame is not what I want (but I'm sure being done that way with n4 rules to entice their regular player base) and while the theme doesn't bother me as much as others it's an odd theme for the game name and what people's hopes were.

The giant work and dragon look awesome though. I'd totally be interested in an Infinity setting Monster Hunter style game.

 Shadow Walker wrote:
Tohaa beast is great.

It’s not a Tohaa creature fwiw:

Brought to the planet Dawn from Ugarat, the Morat’s home planet, as part of their invasion strategy, the enormous Gurlanak is an authentic titan of nature, a highly dangerous beast with no rivals other than its own counterparts.

 Shadow Walker wrote:
Tohaa beast is great.

Pretty sure it's actually Morat homeworld beast according to the little lore piece? (Totally not repurposed from an unused Tohaa concept )

Anyway, the models all look nice, which we knew, but at this price (which is fair for 5 big models I suppose!) I'm gonna pass. It's beyond impulse-buy pricepoint for the core box, and I am not sold on the concept enough to treat it otherwise. If I really wanted, I could recreate all this as an Infinity/Code One scenario, so the game itself is basically an add-on to the models...and I don't really love the civvie tags.

I do want to see what their N4 rules will be...either cheap and complete trash, or we'll find out that mining companies have access to military-grade armor and training

Basically, the game is funded so clearly there are people who want it, but for me it's not enough of a combat game (Infinity does that already, and it doesn't seem to be a TAG-sim to the same level BTech is a mech-warrior sim game) and not enough of a ...boardgame if that makes sense. It's a wargame that just happens to use tiles and tokens.

A bit pricey as noted. The stretch goals may make it more reasonable.

The rules are here for anyone interested.

I will say CB makes a very visually appealing game, and presentation. Over USD $200k so all the listed stretch goals are unlocked. I wonder if CB will add some more.

I'd totally buy Steindrage if I could get it without a base pledge as I really don't have a need for the game. Sadly though this is all KS only stuff so no space dragon for me.

 Red Harvest wrote:


I will say CB makes a very visually appealing game, and presentation.

They have some of the best production value for components in the industry that's for sure. The game, visually, looks outstanding.

There are some models I would like; the remotes and some of the prospectors (I'm not saying the tags aren't nice, only that I don't think I have a use for them). Are they likely to be available separately in the future? I'm guessing not?

I'm seeing some Blackjack DNA in that Sterling Forge prospector, which I quite like as I love the look of the Blackjacks. I'd love to get the model and take off those lamp-things next to the head, and replace the head with a helmet.

 Soul Samurai wrote:
There are some models I would like; the remotes and some of the prospectors (I'm not saying the tags aren't nice, only that I don't think I have a use for them). Are they likely to be available separately in the future? I'm guessing not?

The FAQ say Tag Raid is only available via KS during this campaign. So same as defiance.

The Morat engineer looks awesome!




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Hackers confirmed!

 BobbaFett wrote:
The Morat engineer looks awesome!

The render does indeed look pretty beastly!