For those of you who follow the gaming news and happenings
you will likely be aware of Dakka Dakka, one of my favorite forums to hang out
at. I would like to take a moment to introduce you to Maelstrom's Edge.
Why is DreamForge promoting another companies line? Wargaming
is a niche market and sci-fi a sub market within the niche. I am happy to help
my friends out and perhaps reach potential customers that my not travel in the
same circles but share common interest. In my humble view, anything that helps
grow the hobby is a good thing for all of us, customers and companies alike.
Maelstrom's Edge is a science fiction game with an absolutely
lovely mix of hard sci-fi and space opera. The game is designed to be an
intimate game, played with up to 30 models per side with a decidedly tactical
gameplay that still remains fast and furious. Having chatted with the creator many times and knowing the
thought and attention to detail that went into every aspect, I can tell you the amount of work put into this game is awe inspiring. Seriously! Books, audio books, game assets such as cards art and models. It makes my head swim just thinking about it.
They are in the final hours of their Kickstarter and are
offering some great values at low cost of entry. Hard plastic miniatures, many
produced by Wargames Factory. The same manufacturer I use to produce my kits.
Many Kickstarters only provide concept art, this project is nearly complete
with the vast majority of the time consuming mold work already done.
What’s in the Kickstarter? I will let them tell you a bit
about the project.
------------------------------------------------
The owners of Dakka Dakka, the online wargaming community,
have spent the past three and a half years developing a tabletop wargame using
real plastic models in 28-32mm scale. The kickstarter for Dakka's spinoff game
project - Maelstrom's Edge - ends in just a couple of days, and now is your
last chance to get in at exceptional value...
- 39
multi-part, multi-pose sprue based plastic models, including stuff only
available as part of the kickstarter. Less than £1.54/$2.30 per model!
- A 10%
discount on any other Maelstrom's Edge stuff you buy for 2 years
- The
first, freshest copies of the sprues from production, with the highest
quality control and smallest mould lines, and getting them before anybody
else.
- Your
only chance this year to get your hands on the plastic terrain sprue
- The
chance to participate in the Maelstrom's Edge rules beta, helping to shape
the rules and game and to be in on day one of a universe which will only
grow across many types of media.
If you are on the fence about backing Maelstrom's Edge, but
do want to see it succeed, then backing on kickstarter now will help much more
compared to just buying it later, and we'll be sure to look after you as a
thank you too!
We've revealed a lot of stuff over the past month and a half, including but not limited to:
We've revealed a lot of stuff over the past month and a half, including but not limited to:
A free audiobook (free until the kickstarter ends, so
download it now before it is too late!)
"Gaskell gives a great glimpse into the Maelstrom's
Edge universe, and Ansdell's narration is spot on." - infinite_array
Three free short
stories available, and news that Alastair Reynolds and other top sci-fi authors
are participating in the Maelstrom's Edge universe.
The Shipyard, The Hunter, The Scarecrow
The unveiling of our biggest beastie - The Karist Angel, 2
of which are in every set (kickstarter only!)
An overview of the game's rules
Some of the crazy conversions that are possible with
everything being made in real plastic
A complete card game included in every set to play while you
wait for a table at your FLGS:
We hope you'll take the time to check out the kickstarter
today, and get in on it before it is too late! Thanks from all of us at Dakka
for your interest and your support!
No comments:
Post a Comment