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Decrepit Dakkanaut




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their host forgot to update the security certificate i should think

 
   
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 DaveC wrote:
No argument with that weapons could do with being scaled down a bit - but I’m only interested in the Terrain anyway.

Next reveal stream 14th December 22:00 CET/ 21:00 GMT/ 16:00 EST

https://youtu.be/ZwbWQGlaiI4


Based on their Dungeons and Lasers 3 Kickstarter we are going to see a lot more miniatures than terrain scatter as freebie stretchgoals. Of course there is always eBay.

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If it's 85€ for 50 sprues I don't even care what's on them!

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 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
their host forgot to update the security certificate i should think


I dont know man, but with the poor track record of Prodos in the past and now a suspicious site makes it not a company Im willing to trust my details... I mean they have an UK address on the site too but they are a Polish company?

Does any store in the UK carries their ranges? I really dont want to deal with them directly at this point.

   
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A website being flagged as suspicious by your browser has aboslutely nothing to do with their integrity as a company.

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 lord_blackfang wrote:
A website being flagged as suspicious by your browser has aboslutely nothing to do with their integrity as a company.


In isolation no but when theres a background yes... read post.

   
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Just saying your antivirus doesn't go "these guys ripped people off on kickstarter, better put up a vague alert". It's an entirely technical issue.

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which sites are you looking at NAVARRO

There's Prodos Games and Store now largely defunct - sites exist but you can't order from them

https://prodosgames.com/
https://shop.prodosgames.com/

And Archon Studio and Store - Rampart and D&L
https://archon-studio.com/games
https://archon-studio.com/shop/

Both trading out of Poland and neither being flagged that I can see (EDIT Prodos is on my iPad but not on my laptop)

Firestorm Games, Miniature Market, FantasyWelt and E-Minis stock some of the kits that have gone to retail

https://www.firestormgames.co.uk/roleplaying/dungeons--lasers
http://www.e-minis.net/scenery-dungeons-lasers-c-737_733_7724.html?language=en
https://www.miniaturemarket.com/searchresults/?q=archon
https://www.fantasywelt.de/navi.php?qs=Dungeons+%26+Lasers
https://www.miniaturicum.de/?k=1917&lang=eng


Rampart 2 is still available on Gamefound

https://gamefound.com/projects/archon-studio/rampart---stylish-and-modular-terrain?ref=search

as is D&L 3

https://gamefound.com/projects/archon-studio/united-kingdom-dungeons--lasers-third-edition?ref=creator

As a backer of AVP I know first hand the issues with Prodos but I've never had problems with Archon

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Amazing thanks for the help DaveC, thats exactly what I was looking for. I was checking these 2

https://prodosgames.com/
https://shop.prodosgames.com/

Was not aware these sites were dead but security bells were ringing.

Archon sites seem fine and going to check if I can grab some kits from third parties.

Again thanks!


   
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Rampart 3 2nd preview info

- KS preview page tomorrow
- no decals
- City themed wall toppers/plugs
- Walker SG 1 per backer at €800,000
- KS 11th January 2022
- 1 set to cover 17" square (dense) to 2 feet square (lighter)
- no doors planned - open doors only
- edge trims short and long versions
- old themes and add ons available - Rapid Delivery

Terrain set themes - Kazumi Tribal, Gothic Cathedral, Cobalt Industrial, City Ruins (new theme)

City ruins terrain set does not include floors they are in the Vertical Set or as separate Add Ons

Multiple level 1 sets is not the optimal choice this time they've changed that from the last few KS

Level 1 Starter €99
1 terrain set (4 themes available)
1 vertical set or 1 City defenders
1 SG set

Level 2 Expanded €149
2 Terrain sets
1 vertical set or 1 City defenders
2 SG sets

Level 3 Massive Battle €199
3 terrain sets
1 vertical set or 1 City defenders
3 SG sets

level 4 Complete Rampart Universe €349
4 terrain sets
1 Vertical set or 1 City defenders
4 SG Sets
1 Legacy SG 1
1 Legacy SG 2
1 Apse
1 Legacy Stairs
1 Legacy Floors
1 Plasma Silo
1 Legacy Themed Toppers
1 Wolverine Tank
1 Starcide teaser pack
1 Legacy extras set

- Wolverine Tank available €30 add on

Vertical set- 1 x ladder set, 1 x bridge set, 1 x ramp set, 1 x stair set, 2 x floor set

- City Defenders separate add on 30 minis €50 no SG
6 Stormtroopers
6 Marksmen
3 Uberman (Ogryns)
3 Riders
3 weapon teams
6 Commandos
3 Psychers

Add Ons Qtys TBC

Functional stairs €10
Bridges €15
Extra Rampart 3 SG set €35
Rampart 3 Floors €20
Ladders €10
Ramp €15
Plasma Silo €25
old Toppers €5
Rampart 2 SG €15
Rampart 1 SG €10
old stairs €3
Apse €25
Old Floors €4
6 man or 3 man mini squads €TBC





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Test sprue

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Floor Sprue underside

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Trims

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Vertical set

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I have not followed this at all, so maybe already covered, but are the support "Pegs" the same size as Lego? That is what I thought the first time I looked at it and started to think of how I could incorporate the two.

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 Theophony wrote:
I have not followed this at all, so maybe already covered, but are the support "Pegs" the same size as Lego? That is what I thought the first time I looked at it and started to think of how I could incorporate the two.


Pegs are 5mm in diameter if I recall correctly
   
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 DaveC wrote:
 Theophony wrote:
I have not followed this at all, so maybe already covered, but are the support "Pegs" the same size as Lego? That is what I thought the first time I looked at it and started to think of how I could incorporate the two.


Pegs are 5mm in diameter if I recall correctly


Thanks DaveC

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Ack, looks like I'll have to give up City Defenders, as the vertical set is more important. Disappointing, would love to have had both in the 149 pledge, even if that would have made it 159 or even 169. Can't personally justify a 50 euro add-on upcharge for it.

Actually, if Archon would let us swap a second core terrain set or second SG set for City Defenders in the 149 or 199, that would work for me. Fingers crossed.

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sh4mike they normally take feedback on the KS preview page no harm in asking.

The City Ruins is going to be very short of floors at higher pledge levels if you only ever get 1 vertical set included.

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No Mammoth Walker add on???
   
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Ernster wrote:
No Mammoth Walker add on???


There will be but it has to be unlocked first.
   
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Thanks Dave.
   
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Thanks for summarizing the video for us. I'm not convinced about the new stuff but I was going to order Kazumi plus extras in any case.

M.

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Thanks for all the info from the video.

I am very surprised, pleasantly surprised, that the miniatures will not be stretchgoal freebies.
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The stretch goals get more expensive with every campaign, I hope the contents go up to match! But interesting that they're finally offering double/triple SG built right into the higher pledges. I imagine that's going to be received well.

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KS preview page

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Ugh are the floors only sold with the ramps/bridges/ladders? I need way more floors than the rest of the junk, and I cant imagine I'm alone.
   
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 Bossk_Hogg wrote:
Ugh are the floors only sold with the ramps/bridges/ladders? I need way more floors than the rest of the junk, and I cant imagine I'm alone.


They are available on their own as a €20 add on - contents TBC

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it wouldn't surprise me to find the floors end up on sprues with other stuff on too,

and then get clipped off to be sold separatelty (it's a pain to get those big surfaces on sprues without wasted space, so temting to bung other stuff on there to fill it up)

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 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
it wouldn't surprise me to find the floors end up on sprues with other stuff on too,

and then get clipped off to be sold separatelty


Floor sprue is already done 1 large (2x2) 2 small 1 rectangle (2x1) and connectors. 2 floor sets in the vertical set - but not sure what a floor set contains - if it's 1 sprue or more than 1.

Speaking of floors it looks like they dropped the street tiles idea.

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Actually that's not bad, a decent use of space, shame on the pricing then if they're not padding it to account for wastage, but i guess everything is going up now

 
   
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 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
Actually that's not bad, a decent use of space, shame on the pricing then if they're not padding it to account for wastage, but i guess everything is going up now


Looking at the pricing, everything is indeed going up. I am glad I convinced Mrs. GG to late back Rampart 2 rather than wait for Rampart 3.

It is nice to see the figures be an option rather than mandatory. I still expect to see figures end up as stretchgoals due to customer demand but Archon may surprise me.

Will the stretchgoals all be scatter terrain for the new city theme?

As it currently stands the preview of Rampart 3 has not made me as enthusiastic as I had hoped I would be.

My gaming includes an element of almost diorama building in its aesthetic goal. The Rampart pieces, all of the themes, seem incomplete. They work well enough for ruins but somehow lack the ability to create lived in looking structures. It is as if the pieces symbolize buildings rather than are buildings, if that makes any sense. Like they are icons rather than scale model replicas. That is fine I suppose for basic gameplay and I suppose the pieces work well enough as bits to bash together for your own conversion work but I was hoping for more.

As it stands now the new city pieces do not really work for me as stand alone bunkers or bombed out blockhousing ala Stalingrad. Can they maybe be made to work as exterior pieces for D&L Vault 7 pieces, maybe?

No doors? Why are doors such an issue? Surely Archon has learned customers are interested in doors. I mean ok, working doors are problematic? Fine. Go back to door pieces with and without a door.

Ugh. Maybe I am just in a particularly grouchy mood this morning but this ks seems like so many missed opportunities yet again. Archon keeps making things I almost love. We have a big collection of Archon stuff that we really like… I just wish it was just a touch more refined and complete so I could love.

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