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Miniatures Adventure => Gothic Horror => Topic started by: uti long smile on 31 October 2021, 12:09:00 PM
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Crooked Dice are delighted to be working with Edge Hill University, horror writer Dacre Stoker, the descendant of Dracula author Bram Stoker, and Dr Chris McAuley of Stoker-McAuley Productions to produce 7TV: Dracula - part of the anniversary celebrations next year.
Last week I held the design brief with the interns and we have a brilliant team. They came armed with sheaves of notes that would have made Madam Mina proud, a love for the gothic and boundless enthusiasm.
It’s going to be a busy year, but can’t wait to get started! Meet you the same time next year at the Borgo Pass…
Happy Halloween!
You can read the full press release below:
https://www.edgehill.ac.uk/news/2021/10/edge-hill-celebrates-halloween-by-announcing-plans-to-celebrate-125-years-of-dracula/?fbclid=IwAR19_ukKsoZXEiShbk9cq9YCGw5YGF_YN4NXEVSqwdAw6bEQG-nIrn9hrZY
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Sounds good. :)
Of course, I'm only interested in the miniatures. ::) How many? Who is the sculptor? :)
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Happy Halloween indeed!
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Sounds good. :)
Of course, I'm only interested in the miniatures. ::) How many? Who is the sculptor? :)
At least eight. Ernst Veingart!
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Very interesting!!! I like a lot your game system!
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Very interesting!!! I like a lot your game system!
Thank you!
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At least eight.
Very good. :)
Ernst Veingart!
Excellent. Like his work. :)
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This sounds good :)
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I really want this... :-*
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Hopefully this remains true to the Gothic themes and storyline as a game and does not slide into the revisionist new "Ravenloft" style.
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Hopefully this remains true to the Gothic themes and storyline as a game and does not slide into the revisionist new "Ravenloft" style.
Absolutely - we’re adapting the novel, so it would be hard not to reflect those themes!!!
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I am interested to see how the big a game this is designed to handle.
7TV in general would seem to be for forces quite a bit larger than I would expect from my limited knowledge of the source material.
A good choice of sculptor.
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I am interested to see how the big a game this is designed to handle.
7TV in general would seem to be for forces quite a bit larger than I would expect from my limited knowledge of the source material.
A good choice of sculptor.
This will be a feature pack for 7TV Fantasy, with a number of bespoke mechanics to help us best reflect gothic horror. The challenge is to adapt the novel to suit the form of a skirmish game. We can’t have a game where players just send letters to one another after all :)
So we are looking for those places (and spaces) in the novel where players can enjoy a potential conflict with appropriate forces. Some are quite obvious - others not so much - but its great fun working it out!
The interns on the development team are brilliant. They know the source material very, very well so we have made far greater progress than anticipated by this point. The five scenarios have been mapped out and first drafts of over 30 profiles have been submitted. We are taking a break from those to look at some of the new mechanics to see how they will impact on further drafting of the profiles. Shaping up very nicely!
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Sounds really interesting. Obviously something else I need! ;)
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I am very curious to see how this game might bring an atmosphere of Horror to the table. I have been unable to imagine my own rules that would do that.
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Coming soon...
https://youtu.be/7bbilczXHbE
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Fab-U-Lous! :-*
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I anticipate that my lead mountain will grow because of this.
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Will be interesting to see how it differs from Rippers or Chaos in Carpathia as an approach to gaming a gothic horror setting. Hopefully there will be gameplay examples during the campaign.
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Coming soon from Crooked Dice, Edge Hill University and the Stokerverse... 7TV Dracula - celebrating 125 years of Dracula!
Players will battle through the gothic masterpiece of Bram Stoker’s classic work, as a cast of heroic vampire hunters or the forces of darkness controlled by the diabolic Count Dracula!
Here's a preview of the 7TV Dracula Feature Pack - five skirmish scenarios that challenge players to explore the characters, locations and gothic themes of the novel.
Packaged in a retro VHS case, this Feature Pack for 7TV Fantasy is our biggest yet! It is packed with an 80 page episode guide, 36 new profile cards, new status tokens and over 60 original accessory cards - all beautifully illustrated by Dave Needham and Ste Brotherstone!
It is packed with accessories including how to use the new diurnal deck and epistolary cards and rules for new Dracula-specific statuses - Bitten and Horrified! The episode guide also details the five chapters, and goes behind the scenes to explore the making of a 1970s television adaptation of Dracula that never was!
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I see Van Helsing is ready to Hammer the point home. ;)
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Looks superb. I love the homage to the first edition book cover :-*
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What madness is this? An accurate portrayal of Dracula based on the book, tache and all?
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Possible stretch goal? ;)
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Cheers all - it's an adaptation of the novel. We've have tried to keep things as true as we could, but have had to take a couple of liberties here and there just to suit the form... otherwise it's an exchange a letters which is not the most exciting on the tabletop!
Here's a preview of a small sample of the miniatures from the upcoming campaign. We have over 30 new sculpts designed to use with the feature pack - but also suitable for any victorian or horror gaming.
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Superb representations of the characters. :-*
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Thank you Sir!
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And the KS is off to a roaring start!
Looking forward to having the goodies in hand.
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Many thanks! I’ll post some pics here tomorrow.
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From what I have seen of the sculpts so far they are superb. Some real gems and some lovely surprises as well ;D
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From what I have seen of the sculpts so far they are superb. Some real gems and some lovely surprises as well ;D
Thank you Sir!
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We launched on Halloween and have been charging ahead - smashing seven stretch goals already! You can check out the campaign here:
http://kck.st/3SM7KEc
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Lots of lovely sculpt pack unlocked - including these so far!
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Plus we have these coming up in the latest tranche of stretch goals.
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Figures look great 8)
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Figures look great 8)
Thank you Sir!