SWR015 T.H.I. Utility Carapace

A while back I posted about Studio Mcvey's cool looking model called the SWR015 T.H.I. Utility Carapac.  This was before the big hub bub about all this Sedition War KickStarter stuff. :-)

Well the good news is they are going to be sell these (assuming you have made a pledge for Sedition Wars) for $15.  You will also get some extra arms with it including a Flamer and Pulse Cannon! So you will have 4 arms to choose from. 

Lowering the price point will certainly be an incentive for some.  I also think the figure might actually be quite fun to use in the game.  This was one of the figures I had wished to be in the game, so I am pretty happy that they lowered the price a bit.

Sediton Wars, Drones

Sediton Wars battle for Alabaster Kickstarter is still chugging along raising over 410K.  The next stretch goal is 420K.  With this new stretch you will get a bunch of fun looking drones.

I thought these are rather cool and could probably work for 15mm.  They haven't said if these will be released later separately.

Sedition Wars, KickStarter

Just in case you haven't been paying attention, Sedition Wars is set to crack the 300k mark by this weekend.

For those sitting on the sidelines, it might be a great time to jump in.  If you buy in at the Biohazard! level ($100), you're going to get at least 79 figures.  For $30 more you can get glow in the dark Strain or the Vanguard infiltrators in optical camo (See thru).  They also have a nice set of terrain for $30.

From what I have seen of the rules thus far, game play looks really fun.  The Strain (Bad Guys), have a cool mechanism for infecting the Good Guys.   So go check it out.

I asked Rob Baxter to go into a little more detail about the Reflex portion of the Sedition Wars rules.  Rob is the game designer for Sedition War ruleset.  I was wondering how they were going to work and if there there would be something like Overwatch in the game.

"There are units that can effectively go into an Overwatch like mode based on two factors.

• How you position the model
• How the models reflex trigger is set off

While in reflex mode, a model with a reflex trigger can activate abilities under certain conditions, like when an enemy model moves into line of sight or ends it's movement near or adjacent to a model. Basically a conditional trigger. When this happens, certain abilities kick in.

So yes. You can have models that can guard a hallway, cover a retreat, or effectively enter overwatch over a specific lane of fire."

If you want to know more about the Sedition War rules or have a question for Rob, go check out BoardGame Geek for more answers.

Sedition Wars, Battle for Alabaster, KickStarter

Sedition Wars, Battle for Alabaster is 2nd cool KickStarter project that I am going to make a pledge for.  The first one was Steve Jackson's Ogre.  

The game is a fast paced tactical miniatures game for two players, developed by Studio McVey and published by CoolMiniOrNot.

The base game comes with

• 50 highly detailed 28mm miniatures
• 50 Scenic miniature bases
• 5 double sided full colour expandable game boards
• 60 page rules and scenario book
• Vanguard and Strain stat cards
• 100+ full colour game counters

I said base game, because if you buy into the Biohazard pledge ($100), you are going to get a special edition resin figure, + 12 more Vanguard figures.  At least that is the current stretch goal status.  That said, I really think this KickStarter project will have legs, so I am sure we will see potentially more figures thrown into the mix.

If you liked the look of SpaceHulk 2nd edition, you will probably like the Sedition Wars tiles, since Rich Wright is the main artist.  Since Sedition Wars is a high-tech universe, the designers tried to steer well clear of any dark and gothic elements.

Currently there are ten different tiles, and one transit network car (that's a train!), so that gives you a wide variety of different  board set ups.  The size of the tiles are 12x12 25mm squares, so they are 350mm square (including borders) - pretty big!

Bottom line, if you want a lot of sci-fi figures and bio craziness, this game is definitely for you. 

Studio McVey, Sedition Wars

Mike and Ali McVey from Studio McVey are coming out with a new Sci-Fi range called Sedition Wars.

The inspiration for this range comes from the Lt Kara Black miniature Studio McVey released in the Limited Edition resin series. When Studio McVey started to think about her again, they decided to take a different approach and develop the background and universe around her into a 30mm gaming range. The end result is going to be Sedition Wars.

 Concept by Sam Wood, sculpted by Kev White