DEAD MAN'S HAND - "I'm your huckleberry"

[greatescapegames]

Keep up with the site - http://www.greatescapegames.co.uk/dead-mans-hand - on Monday for the latest.

[Ray Earle]

Great stuff. Look forward to getting my hands on these rules and some of these great figures. 

[Elbows]

I'm very much looking forward to seeing the minis - I like what I see so far, and I'm hoping they scale well, and are metal. 

[greatescapegames]

Good old metal and scale perfectly with the likes of Artizan.

[Elbows]

So a little on the small side?  I like the picture of "Doc" up above...other than his hamfist. 

(also, my personal favorite outfit of his from the film)

[Ray Earle]

Elbows@ if they scale with Artizan they'll be fine with the newer Foundry figures also by Mike Owen, Crusader and the like. The only thing they'll be a little small next to are Black scorpion, but those figures are bigger anyway, something like 32mm.

They'll fit perfectly with my collection, looking forward to getting hold of some. 

[Bugsda]

New cowboys!? YeeeHa! 

[fastolfrus]

Looks interesting.

[Malamute]

Really, really like the look of thegame and the figures. 

But a request please. Please make mounted versions of your cowboys. I know I mentioned it before, I  just wanted to remind you.

[greatescapegames]

If we sell enough of 'em, there'll be another big batch, then there will be mounted ones.

[Ray Earle]

Brilliant. Can't have an old west game without horses. 

[Elbows]

To be fair...my Old West game "can" involve horses but they're not entirely necessary.  Only a handful of characters come with a horse as part of their starting gear.  I do have some spare horses that I place on the board, and everyone races for them.    I have 4-5 mounted models which represent anyone who hops on a horse.

There are plenty of mounted cowboys available, you just have to be a bit lenient with your continuity from foot to mounted models.  It's not a huge deal for me.  I'm also building some modular wagon bases to add some variety to my games.

(I still can't believe no one has put out a modular cowboy, and modular mounted cowboy set of miniatures - Perry or Wargames Factory or somebody...they'd sell plenty).

[Overlord]

If we sell enough of 'em, there'll be another big batch, then there will be mounted ones.

Although its probably not cost effective, I always wondered why no-one did a wild west range with foot, mounted & dead versions of each miniature.

[fastolfrus]

Although its probably not cost effective, I always wondered why no-one did a wild west range with foot, mounted & dead versions of each miniature.

Apart from the Peter Pig 15mm ones - but they don't count as they are too small :#]

[greatescapegames]

Issue 3 of the DMH Chronicle is up now and looks at Actions in Dead Man's Hand and has another sneaky peak of some figures and a building.

http://www.greatescapegames.co.uk/dead-mans-hand