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Some of you might already have heard about the world of Neuroshima, mainly because of Neuroshima Hex - one of the top games on iPhones and a widely known board game as well. In Poland Neuroshima is very popular because of the RPG game, few card and board games and a skirmish game - Neuroshima Tactics. If you like games like Necromunda, you should definetly check it out

Right now we're up for an international premiere of NST (it'll take place on Essen Fairs in October) and we'll letting wargamers all over the world know about our skirmish. You can read more about it here:

http://www.portalpublishing.eu/products/neuroshima-tactics/

If you have any questions about NSTactics, shoot!

Love Neuroshima Hex. The first time I played it I thought bought how well it would suit the tabletop.

Very cool. This would be great fun for anyone into wargaming and post-apocalytic stuff.

I'm having a good read through the rule book at the moment. It reads so far a lot like someone adapted the core rules of Infinity to a post-apoc setting, which isn't necessarily a bad thing (I like Infinity a lot), but the key factor in Infinity is the army building rules. I've not yet read the NST force org rules, yet, so we'll see how well they gel.

The miniatures range is a bit of a mixed bag. As the rule book is essentially free, obviously miniatures sales is a key aspect of making the game profitable. But either the miniatures aren't very well sculpted or they've been painted very poorly so it's hard to feel drawn to any particular faction and, thus, to feel motivated to invest in the game, however much I might fancy the rules.

Alternatively, I may play the game with miniatures from other ranges, such as Hasslefree or Taban, who do great post-apoc types. Again, this fails to serve the interests of the producers of the game.

R.

Actually I thought the miniatures are sculpted quite well for a game that relies on a free rule set. You can tell the sculptors are pretty experienced and put a good amount of detail into their work. I was very tempted to pick some of them up, but the missus wouldn't let me

Saw a review of the minis on girl painting youtube channel.

Thought the minis range from good to meh.

Definitely interested in the game an minis. Though I will wait until more of my kickstarter stuff rolls in. Hopefully when more money keeps rolling for them they can create a more consistent and quality miniatures line.

 FoxPhoenix135 wrote:
Actually I thought the miniatures are sculpted quite well for a game that relies on a free rule set.

Compared to what? There are free rules for a lot of games with better miniatures, from Infinity to Heavy Gear. Of course, that's not saying that they're bad minis. Like I said, it may just be the low-quality paint jobs that aren't selling the minis to me. But if they want to compete with other miniatures lines they need to either shoe them off better or drop their prices.

R.

It's true, our first minis were very "mixed" as far as quality is concerned, we weren't satisfied with the company that did the casting and we've changed the whole production line. Our current minis are much better, and we intend to improve further in that field. Some examples:

Cyborgs II (our newest minis):




Steel Police:



Scoper:

I've had a fair read through. I'm not sure that the macho/matey tone is one that I like. I prefer my rules straight. But I do appreciate seeing design notes and designers' intent simultaneously with rules, at least for the initial read-through.

There are some curious translation issues that make me think that you should have found a native speaker to do your translating. It took me a while to work out that the word "prosee/proseed" should read "provide/provided". That looks like someone who isn't a native English speaker using Trados (or some other translation software).

That wasn't the only translation error, although the rules are mostly pretty solid. The newer sculpts are an improvement, it's true, but this far, and despite my enjoyment of near-future skirmish games, they aren't tempting my spending away from Infinity. This is not because Infinity is a better game. In fact, I am rapidly becoming fed up with the runaway rules explosion that is Infinity. Rather, it comes down to the fact that, pound for pound, your miniatures don't look as good.

If they were half their current price, you'd have a definite sale in me. If they were two-thirds that price, I'd pick them up at a con or in a shop where I had no postage to pay and got instant gratification. At their current price, plus postage, they just don't have the kerb appeal to get my wallet open.

I don't say that because I expect you to pander took my needs. I know first hand how hard it is to deliver a quality miniatures wargaming product. If your minis are selling at the price they are, and I'm just not your target market, then all strength to you.

But if they aren't selling as well as you'd hope, then consider your kerb appeal. Get a top-level painter to sort out your product photos. If Natalya Melanie or Angel Giraldez can't Maher them look good then you have a sculpting issue.

R.