I love Kickstarter

Unless you've been living underneath a rock, in a parallel universe where they dont have fun things or have been imprisioned in Arkham Asylum for the last year and a bit, you must have heard of Kickstarter.

Kickstarter is a site where people can help creators and publishers of things in the funding department by giving them some cash to help get the project off the ground and in return getting the product and some cool extras. Its through this wonderful site (and Indiegogo) that some of the coolest projects of this Wargaming year have been made possible.

Heres some of the projects that have been made possible thanks to this wonderous site.

Sedition Wars - Battle for Alabaster by Studio Mcvey and Cool Mini or Not

A boardgame in which the players either take control of the forces of Commander Kara Black and theVanguard or the Evil cybervirus zombie creatures of the Strain. The game is set aboard the deep space research station of Alabaster and will have a Aliens/Dead Space/Event Horizon feel to it. The miniatures are astounding to look at but what else do we expect from Mike and Ali Mcvey but the best? I'll be posting a great deal about this game as the month progresses because my copy is currently on its way!

Dark Heaven Legends - Bones by Reaper Miniatures

Now everyone likes their characters in RPGs to look awesome, even if your not a fan of miniatures on your gaming table. Well Reaper have always been one of the biggest companies in RPG miniatures and with their Kickstarter have managed to make getting all the Minis you need for your encounters cheaply. Bones is a new range by Reaper and replaces their old Pre-painted range with plastic polymer miniatures that dont break easily. If you managed to get in on the Kickstarter then lucky you, as their $100 level saw you getting nearly 300 miniatures! I missed the chance to get in on this Kickstarter but thanks to Reaper's website, I've pitched in my money and will be getting everything from the $100 level for my own.

Dreadball - the Futuristic Sports Game by Mantic Games

Tron meets Speedball in this fast paced bloodbowl-esque game from Mantic. Ever wanted to have american football style matches of Orcs Vs Robots, Space Dwarves Vs Cthullhu creatures or Ratmen Vs intelligent Chimpanzees? Well if you had before this then you would definetly be commited to a padded room. Dreadball looks a bit like Bloodbowl by Games Workshop on the surface but its play mechanics, universe, teams and other aspects are completely different. I didn't manage to get in on this Kickstarter but I am definetly interested in getting a team for it once its been released.

So those are the best examples in my opinion for why Kickstarter is awesome. There are a few more really cool ones that I just couldnt afford such as:

Kings of War by Mantic Games
The Judge Dredd Miniatures Game: Block War by Mongoose Publishing
Zombicide by Guilotine Games and Cool Mini or Not
Relic Knights by Soda Pop Miniatures and Cool Mini or Not
Red Box Games' Fantasy Miniatures by Red Box Games

So there we go. If your looking for funding in the age of the computer, just try Kickstarter!

First update since the 39th Millennia! (or at least it feels like it)

What can I say, its been a whirlwind of a year but now Im back and am actually going to post something! Oh Great Cthullhu, he might actually do it I hear you cry? well, you'd be right. The reason I stopped doing this blog was because the RPG accounts were very time consuming and no matter how much I try to cut down on the amount of stuff I was writing, there was always more detail (I will be posting the end of Dark Heresy on here soon, but there probably wont be any more RPG logs for a while). So for the minute as Im not regularly playing (which brings a tear to my cheek as dust gathers on my D20s), I'll actually be posting on things that are relevant to the name of the blog... yes, WARGAMES! Woohoo! Expect pictures and new thing as they arrive/get painted/blow up on the tabletop.

And to get the ball rolling, here's a list of things that are on my Wargames Agenda for the next couple of weeks.

Firstly, Sunday will be my friendly neighborhood Wargames Club all day event, in which I will be playing some 40K and also marauding on the High Seas with some newly painted pirate miniatures (pictures on the way) in the club-member created game of YAAAAARGH!! Yes, that name is awesome, bet you wish you'd thought of it first.

One of the Scurvy Dogs with just base coats done. More on him and the rest later.

Next up this month will be an overview of some of the projects that I have on the go at the moment, including Mordheim warbands/Warhammer Quest heroes and monsters, My log on my progress in building the wonderful boardgame of Super Dungeon Explore! which I only have a few miniatures left to build and is ready for a play through and...

Super Dungeon Explore!

Finally this month I will (hopefully) recieve my copy of Sedition Wars - Battle for Alabaster! which i've been waiting tobe released and shipped to me since the Kickstarter ended. I'll be doing a Progression log through my unboxing and building of all those wonderful Strain creatures and Vanguard troopers.

For now, Heres a picture to keep you interested..

The long awaited pictures of my (repainted) Adeptus Arbites Gang from Necromunda.