(Kickstarter) Traveller Vanguard Miniatures Game

[zemjw]

Traveller miniatures game announced from Mongoose - http://blog.mongoosepublishing.co.uk/?p=869

KS starts on the 14th November

KS now live - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1990654819/vanguard-boarding-actions-in-the-fifth-frontier-wa

Vanguard will be arriving in a massive box set, jam-packed with everything you need. We are still finalising the contents (we keep adding new bits and pieces, like we always do with a Kickstarter project!), but you can expect to see the following:

    16 Imperial Marines in Combat Armour
    14 Zhodani Troopers in Combat Armour with 2 Warbots
    6 Large (A3 size) gameboards depicting the interior of a ship
    64 page Rulebook, complete with never-before-seen background on the Imperial Marines and their Zhodani equivalents
    A Card Deck with miniature representations of the gameboards (to randomly generate areas of a ship) and Strategy Cards
    Many, many Counters to represent wounds, debris, barricades and a lot more
    Stand-up Iris Valves in both open and closed versions to help or hinder forces fighting in narrow corridors

The miniatures of Vanguard are produced in ‘heroic’ 28mm scale, and will fit in well with any similar modern game.

No idea about price, but I expect "not cheap"

I'll see what the campaign looks like, but unless it's really expensive or delivering just before the founding of the Imperium, then I can see myself backing this one.

Cutlasses in spaaaace

edited to add link to kickstarter

[NurgleHH]

I hope 28mm...

[Ultravanillasmurf]

I hope 28mm...

The miniatures of Vanguard are produced in ‘heroic’ 28mm scale, and will fit in well with any similar modern game

[JollyBob]

Mongoose though, aye?

So we can expect shit sculpts, worse casting and a list of broken promises.

So much for them moving away from the miniatures end of the hobby...

[Westfalia Chris]

Porniens? Seriously? And they cannot even keep their filenames typo-free. Seriously, Mongoose.

[Wachaza]

I'd guess the Porniens have some interesting reading material...

[NurgleHH]

Mongoose though, aye?

So we can expect shit sculpts, worse casting and a list of broken promises.

So much for them moving away from the miniatures end of the hobby...

You are talking about Prodos Games and the AvP-Kickstarter... I never had problems with Mongoose...

[Earther]

You are talking about Prodos Games and the AvP-Kickstarter... I never had problems with Mongoose...

I think the good gentleman is referring to the ill-fated and infamous Judge Dredd kicksarter from Mongoose.

[JollyBob]

Quite right. Their quality control for the Judge Dredd stuff was pretty appaling and most of the sculpts it looked like they were in the same universe by accident.

I'm not saying I didn't buy any, but at that point there weren't any alternatives (hoping Warlord will come through eventually), and I heard a lot about delayed Kickstarter fulfilment and product that never made it into general release before they dropped the licence,  despite repeated promises.

I'm glad you never had any issues, and I'm not going to get into an argument on the internet, but let's just say that Mongoose's track record doesn't exactly fill me with confidence.

[Wachaza]

Fair play to Mongoose, they did as far as I know eventually supply all the kickstarter stuff unlike Prodos. I never forgave Mongoose for the terrible production quality of their RuneQuest books.

[Hobby Services]

Mongoose though, aye?

So we can expect shit sculpts, worse casting and a list of broken promises.

So much for them moving away from the miniatures end of the hobby...

Don't forget sudden cancellation of the entire range with no warning whatsoever leaving whatever fans are left high and dry.

[Hobby Services]

I'd guess the Porniens have some interesting reading material...

"I'm only buying it for the articles" has NEVER been convincing for porn.  Err, I mean Pornien.

[NurgleHH]

I never forgave Mongoose for the terrible production quality of their RuneQuest books.

The new books from chaosium healed a lot of unsatisfaction, right? I forgive mongoose, because the keep the traveller flame still alive...

[Ultravanillasmurf]

Porniens? Seriously? And they cannot even keep their filenames typo-free. Seriously, Mongoose.

So it was not just me?

[Momotaro]

I'll wait for retail.