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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hystericalgames/spitfyre-aerial-combat-in-the-skies-of-panzerfaust

Hysterical Games

As you may have seen, our much teased 'secret project' is Spitfyre!

What is Spitfyre?

Spitfyre is an air wargame set in the world of Panzerfäuste. It features Dwarf piloted war-eagles and dive bomber vultures against the Orc piloted fighter wyverns. Typical games will see a player control one or two flights of air beasts, a flight normally consisting of three or four models.



What scale is it?

Unlike Panzerfäuste which is 28mm scale, we will be producing the Spitfyre miniatures in 10mm scale (1/200th). The wingspan of a fighter air beast is typically between 5 and 6cm across in this scale.

Why 10mm?

Two reasons, first off whilst 28mm scale models whilst looking visually impressive would cost a small fortune and you would need a very large playing area so that was not a practical solution.

Second, at some time in the future we would like to do an “epic” size Panzerfäuste game and felt that 10mm, given some races are smaller than a human (the 10mm measure) that it was a better around choice than 6mm (1/300th) - can you imagine a 6mm scale Gnome? Making the Spitfyre models the same scale as the future “epic” game was a logical decision so the models could be used in both.

Why are you running a Kickstarter for Spitfyre?

We didn’t plan to initially. The original idea was that we would release Spitfyre as our second annual “beer & pretzels” game in the Panzerfäuste universe, with a flight of three Orc Spitfyre dragons and a flight of four Dwarf War-Eagles and a small set of rules for them. However we got really excited about the idea and wanted to include some more of the ideas and designs that are in the Panzerfäuste background in this set, like the Dwarf Vulture dive bomber, so we thought a small Kickstarter would help see if our enthusiasm for the idea was shared by other gamers.

Additionally, for good or bad, Kickstarter is now the best way to launch a product, no matter how small. We didn’t use Kickstarter as a launch platform for Futbowel last year and despite it being a great game, popular with those who play it, it wasn’t as successful as we had hoped.

When does the Spitfyre Kickstarter start?

Spitfyre takes to the skies on Kickstarter on the evening of Monday 6th November for two weeks.

Well that's metal as F*ck.

Looks really cool and I'm always happy for more 10mm fantasy/weirdness.

You have my attention! That art is awesome

Looks like they were giving sneak peeks at crisis

Huh. If it was fun I could actually get behind it, as long as it's got a similar feel to Xwing (the intense mechanics of zooming around crazily, not the card portion). Xwing ends up in tons of laughs and fun for our group, but we love fantasy games more.

As long as its more of a fast paced dogfight than a plotted out tactical game, I think I'm in.

Colour me interested.

The main fighter of the Dwarf air force - the KriegAdler 109 "Messer" war eagle...

Hmm, I'm not as impressed with the eagle - maybe the wyverns will be more catching...

Starts tonight at 19:40 hours! Keep your eyes peeled for updates!

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The target goal is to produce the core game which will include the rulebook, a flight of three 10mm scale resin Orc Spitfyre wyverns, a flight of four 10mm scale polyurethane resin Dwarf War-Eagles and seven flying bases.

STRETCH GOAL I - £1500

If we reach Stretch Goal I, all Pilot backers will have one polyurethane resin 10mm scale Dwarf KampfGrier 87 vulture dive bomber and flying base added to their pledge for free and the rules will be extended to include dive bombing.

What kind of meds do you have to be on to come up with something like this? It's one of the most bizarre mashups I've ever seen. It also has a low model count, is reasonably priced, and it's 10mm.

I'm in!

I'm confused as to why they've not got more model photos on their KS page - if they've got castings why not show them?

The idea is cool, but I can't help but think that their sculpting is too static. If you're going to have dragons and birds and such you've got to have some dynamic to the pose otherwise they just look like aircraft.

2nd stretch goal hit

All Pilot backers in the Spitfyre KS will now get a FREE Orc HurriKane Wyvern fighter !




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The next Stretch Goal for Spitfyre is the massive KampfKondor 111 bomber. This model, if funded, will be over 11cm wide... And ALL Pilot pledgers will get one free

The art got my attention.... now let's see what happens.

A stripped down version of the core rules is available here

http://www.wargamevault.com/product/226026/Spitfyre-Dogfight

the condor is funded and a new stretch goal appears

STRETCH GOAL IV - £5000

If we reach Stretch Goal IV, all Pilot backers will have one polyurethane resin 10mm scale Gnome Faucon fighter and flying base added to their pledge for free and the rules will be extended to include the Gnomes.



Gnome Aéronautique de Oiseuax Militaire Faucon fighter

The rules in the Quick Preview looked a lot like Aeronautica Imperialis. I like AI a lot.

This is too cool not to share.

Update #6


Towards New Skies…


When we came up with the idea for this year’s beer ’n’ pretzels Panzerfäuste game - an air combat game with dragons and war-eagles, we thought it was pretty cool. Initially the idea was to do something like Futbowel, a small set of rules with some miniatures - a flight of dragons and a flight of eagles.

We then thought, hey if we use Kickstarter we might be able to expand the range sightly with a few more cool models like the vulture dive bomber. So we drew up a list with four stretch goals that we thought, if we were lucky, we might just get through in a two week period - but as long as we got the vulture hey?

In just two and a half days you guys have blown us away with your enthusiasm and pledges and have funded all the planned stretch goals, thank you all so much.

So what are we going to do for the next eleven and a half days?

Well, we’re going to head off for new skies and unveil the first planned Spitfyre supplement six months early!

This will have to be an add-on (the current Pilot pledge gets over £60 of product for just £25), but the idea is that we will do the same approach again, a £25 set with three free model stretch goal add-ons (including the biggest model yet).

We’ll announce the details later and a new £50 pledge level for both the basic game set and the new supplement (and all stretch goals from both), hopefully giving Will a chance to do some sketches for it!

Once again, many, many thanks, you lot are brilliant…

Rob & Steve, Hysterical Games

Looks good, more factions always help a game (especially if they're Troglodytes frying giant bats!)

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Looks good, more factions always help a game (especially if they're Troglodytes frying giant bats!)

Kind of defeats the purpose of an Ariel game if they fry up their own “planes”.

This looks... kind of interesting! I might end up backing a kickstarter with the goal of actually ending up with something I want to play!

New pledge level unlocked (and yes, I upgraded ) -

£50 or more
About $65

Ace
Get the Spitfyre: Eagles Over Branz-hûm core game plus the four free add-ons unlocked in the Kickstarter for it! (RRP £30 plus £30 freebies) AND get the Spitfyre: Bats Over Tôrg Baraz,campaign rules supplement plus all free add-ons unlocked for it in the Kickstarter! (RRP £30)

And the update to go with it -

Update #7

Nov 10 2017

Aces High!


As promised here is details of the first Spitfyre supplement - Bats Over Tôrg Baraz!

The core of the supplement will be a set of campaign rules along with a scenario generator, but we will also look at the air campaign over, and under(!) the mountains of the Troglodyte homeland of Tôrg Baraz.



Like the basic game this will come with seven models - a flight of three KriegAdler 110 Doppelmesser heavy fighters (that have a two man crew allowing forward and rear firing) and a flight of four P11 War-Bat fighters manned by the Troglodytes. (please note the artwork is placement art and will be changed once our concept artists catch up with your enthusiasm!)

After that we have three planned stretch goals for more free models that will ONLY included in the ACE pledge level.

The models from this supplement AND in the Pilot pledge can be used in both the Tôrg Baraz and Branzhûm air campaigns.

As we hadn't planned the first Spitfyre supplement until later next year, we will be unable to ship this until later in the year and are looking at a June fulfilment date.

A Sting in the Tail!

Well that didn't take you long! It seems you are batty for Bats Over Tôrg Baraz! Thank you for your support. The supplement and its seven miniatures will be included alongside Spitfyre and the eleven miniatures that come with that for all Ace level pledgers!




Ok, so what's next? Well following the Dwarf invasion of Tôrg Baraz a "volunteer" force of Orc Air Force pilots flew to the Troglodyte realm to help fight the invading Dwarves. Alongside the Spitfyres and HurriKanes that headed north were a number of Defier wyverns, a rather unique air-beast with, literally, a sting its tail!



Rough concept sketch of Orc Defier wyvern

Noting this particular wyverns unique hunting habit of flying ahead of its prey and attacking with its venomous tail, the Orcs came up with the idea of incorporating the breed in the Orc Air Force, supplementing the wyverns natural weapon with a rear gunner firing four machine-guns.

Defier tactics are to fly ahead of enemy bombers and then attack them in their typically unarmed front arc with their own rear facing weaponry. How successful was the Defier in combat? Well you'll have to wait and see...

Every Ace level pledger will receive one Defier wyvern and flying base for free if we reach £7000 in pledges...

Cheers


and since that funded

So what next, well it's back to the Gnomes Aéronautique de Oiseuax Militaire and their frontline, but rather slow and obselete, Pigeon de Guerre bomber, whose brave crew flew missions in both the Tôrg Baraz and Branzhûm air campaigns as well as in defence of their homeland.


Gnome Pigeon de Guerre bomber

If we can reach £8,000 in pledges we will include one Pigeon de Guerre bomber for FREE in each ACE pledge. Sacre bleu!

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paint by Lee Upton

As we are in that "phoney war" middle period of a Kickstarter when it goes a little bit quiet as we make slow but steady progress towards the next stretch goal, we thought you might like to know that the electronic music that plays with the Kickstarter video was recorded by Steve's son and is available to stream or download for free here https://northwoodsproject.bandcamp.com/releases

Shiney prototype models for spitfyre!!! from The Anarchy of Anton on facebook

The models really do justice to the concept artwork. Can't wait to see more!

I am really tempted. I didn't like Xwing as much but this looks fun

I like that wyvern much more than the eagles (which I felt the feathers were too static on). Still would be cool to see a more dynamic pose on alternate wyverns, but this one looks convincingly like it's gliding, imo

Spitfyre countdown...



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Just a heads up that the Spitfyre Kickstarter has 48 hours left to run...

It has been much more successful than we anticipated, thank you to everyone who has joined in. If you haven't yet, there is still time to climb on board and grab a bargain. The £25 Pilot pledge gets you about £60 of goodies and the £50 Ace pledge over £100 if we hit the last stretch goal.


The Spitfyre Pilot pledge...

ACE STRETCH GOAL IV: TROGLODYTE MARA 23 BOMBER (TARGET £11000)

If we reach this Stretch Goal all ACE pledgers will receive one polyurethane resin 10mm scale Troglodyte Air Force Mara 23 Bat Light Bomber and flying base added to their pledge for FREE and the rules will be extended to include the design.

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Troglodyte Bat Light Bomber Mara 23

So I'm curious how do games like this play since there is no terrain due to it taking place in the sky?