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Hello everyone. We are Faceless Publishing, a small Canadian tabletop game and fiction publisher. Today is a very exciting day for us, as we announce the first project under our Wargames Resurrectionist label. The goal of Wargames Resurrectionist is to preserve out-of-print tabletop wargames and miniature lines, and make them available once again. After purchasing or licensing the rights to a game, 3d and conventional scanning are used to create a digital archive from the existing material. The digital copies of these games and miniatures will then be made available for purchase through online distribution. Rules and supporting materials will be sold as PDF documents, and miniatures will be available as STLs. 3d printed miniatures will also be available, for those without access to a 3d printer. In addition to game components, we also aim to speak with the sculptors, writers, and creators involved with each game wherever possible, in order to preserve as much of the background behind them as we can.



We are very excited to announce we have signed a license with Onyx Path Publishing to resurrect Trinity: Battleground!



For those unfamiliar with it, Trinity: Battleground was released in 1998 by White Wolf Publishing. It was the only wargame ever based on the Storytelling RPG rules system. The game is set in the Trinity universe (created by White Wolf and now owned by Onyx Path Publishing), and features psionically empowered heroes known as Psions battling twisted, superhuman mutants called Aberrants.



A skirmish level game, Trinity: Battleground contained rules for players to create their own customized Psions and Aberrants, choosing from a variety of psionic powers, mutations, and equipment. Players of the Trinity RPG would even be able to convert their characters into the game, allowing them to participate in larger-scale battles.



Sadly, even with such interesting and flexible rules, and miniatures sculpted by the legendary Bob Naismith, the game was not the success its creators hoped. It only lasted a year, and plans for future releases never materialized.



As a kind gesture, White Wolf released a free PDF containing the material that was currently being worked on for the game, which is still freely available from Onyx Path. Since then, Trinity: Battleground has stayed relatively unknown except to dedicated fans for nearly 25 years.



This will not be a Kickstarter. We are currently in the process of scanning the miniatures and creating print-ready .STL files. The game will be released once those are ready. We are excited to make this lost game available again after so long, and we are very thankful to Onyx Path for the opportunity. Keep an eye on this space and our website for more news as we get closer to bringing this game back to life!

Interesting concept. I hope you pick up Warmachine someday.

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Interesting concept. I hope you pick up Warmachine someday.

Glad to hear you think our project is interesting. I doubt that Warmachine will go completely out of production anytime soon, but in the future? Who knows?

This is a really interesting project! Really hope it does well for you!

 Overread wrote:
This is a really interesting project! Really hope it does well for you!

Thank you! We are very excited to be working with Onyx Path on this project, and have plans to expand the range with more out-of-print lines as our business grows.

Awesome idea. Wish you the best.

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Awesome idea. Wish you the best.

Thank you very much!

What a cool idea! Will you announce here as you make progress through things? I'd like to keep up with what's going on.

Asmoridin wrote:
What a cool idea! Will you announce here as you make progress through things? I'd like to keep up with what's going on.

Thank you! There are so many interesting miniature lines and out-of-print games, and we decided something should be done about it! We will be posting updates here, on our website, and on social media as the project progresses.

Deleted, didn't read OP fully.

I got a message from these guys a couple of months ago asking me to send them a few Trinity:Battleground miniatures I had (which were either never released or released in very limited quantities depending on who you ask). I thought it was suss and ignored it at the time.....

Ancient Otter wrote:
I got a message from these guys a couple of months ago asking me to send them a few Trinity:Battleground miniatures I had (which were either never released or released in very limited quantities depending on who you ask). I thought it was suss and ignored it at the time.....

I'm very sorry if something about our message struck you as suspicious, but I'm happy to find out you're a fellow Dakkanaut.

 Faceless_Publishing wrote:

Ancient Otter wrote:
I got a message from these guys a couple of months ago asking me to send them a few Trinity:Battleground miniatures I had (which were either never released or released in very limited quantities depending on who you ask). I thought it was suss and ignored it at the time.....

I'm very sorry if something about our message struck you as suspicious, but I'm happy to find out you're a fellow Dakkanaut.

I tried contacting Onyx Path following your message and they never replied to me.

Don't forget to mention it on sites like rpg.net, the new edition of the Trinity RPG got a good few roleplayers nostalgic for Trinity: Battleground again.

Ancient Otter wrote:

 Faceless_Publishing wrote:

Ancient Otter wrote:
I got a message from these guys a couple of months ago asking me to send them a few Trinity:Battleground miniatures I had (which were either never released or released in very limited quantities depending on who you ask). I thought it was suss and ignored it at the time.....

I'm very sorry if something about our message struck you as suspicious, but I'm happy to find out you're a fellow Dakkanaut.

I tried contacting Onyx Path following your message and they never replied to me.

Don't forget to mention it on sites like rpg.net, the new edition of the Trinity RPG got a good few roleplayers nostalgic for Trinity: Battleground again.

That's surprising, I figured they would have responded. Thank you for the advice, we will certainly reach out to the rpg.net crowd.

Great to hear that the game will be coming back.
I have two starter sets and a few of the blister packs that were released.
Will you be selling the miniatures for those who dont have 3D printers?

 manic _miner wrote:
Great to hear that the game will be coming back.
I have two starter sets and a few of the blister packs that were released.
Will you be selling the miniatures for those who dont have 3D printers?

We're happy to see so many people excited for the game's resurrection! The plan is to sell 3d printed miniatures so that people without printers of their own can still complete their collections. However, as a small company with limited space, it will take some time to set that up.

It has been a year since we announced our acquisition of the license to resurrect Trinity: Battleground from Onyx Path Publishing, and an update has been long overdue.

Unfortunately, we have encountered some problems with getting the miniatures for the project scanned, which is the first step in bringing the line back to life. There were issues with the service we were working with to perform the scanning, and we made the decision to move the process in-house. We are currently finalizing the acquisition of the hardware and software, and developing the expertise, to perform this task independently. This capability will not only allow us to complete the resurrection of Trinity: Battleground, but will streamline future projects as well. Stay tuned for more regular updates moving forward, as we start sharing work-in-progress shots and other news.

We appreciate the patience of the Trinity: Battlegrounds fans, and wholeheartedly apologize for these delays. We are determined to take the lessons we've learned from this, and apply them to our future projects as we move forward.

Great to hear that the project is still moving forward.