Warband: Goalsystem Fantasy Skirmish [Official Game Title Changed - 7/7/14]

[eMills]

Love what I'm seeing so far. Looking forward to starting up some of my massive pile of Bones minis and trying this out!

~Eric

[fourcolorfigs]

Love what I'm seeing so far. Looking forward to starting up some of my massive pile of Bones minis and trying this out!

~Eric

Thanks!  I just got Carrie Posing's cover art, and it is a fiendish mix of "old school" and modern design.  Once I can cajole Joe D. to take a break from SuperSystem 4th ed. layout, I will ask him to slap a logo on it and I can show it off.  

P.S. I changed the working title to Warband: Goalsystem Fantasy Skirmish and I think this will end up being our keeper title. 

[Veralius]

Hoping to give these rules a whirl sometime during the next couple of weeks, just wanted to say that from initial reading these rules seem awesome!

[Too Bo Coo]

Hoping to give these rules a whirl sometime during the next couple of weeks, just wanted to say that from initial reading these rules seem awesome!

Ditto on both counts!

[deathjester25]

Are you still planning on releasing this game? This thread has been quite for awhile.

[fourcolorfigs]

Are you still planning on releasing this game? This thread has been quite for awhile.

Yes!  I am working on a private superhero rules project now that I will likely never be able to publicly release, and I am editing SuperSystem 4th ed.

Just as an aside, many, many folks have downloaded the rules docs, but I have gotten zero feedback here or elsewhere. Not sure if that is an indication of lack of interest, lack of quality, or what.

Anyway, they're still on my radar!

Thanks!

[fourcolorfigs]

Hoping to give these rules a whirl sometime during the next couple of weeks, just wanted to say that from initial reading these rules seem awesome!

Thanks!

[abbot_amaury]

Anyway, they're still on my radar!

Oh yes, please! I'm just reading the rules and I really love what I see.

Some quick notes:

• technically 'Henchmen' and 'Retainer' are considered as 'Class Traits'? So as there is only one Class Trait allowed per Model/Group there can't be a Rogue-Retainer or a Magician-Henchmen-group, right?
• there is three creature/character sizes available in the test rules (small/medium/large). Will there be any further size options in the final version?
• an extensive monster manual would be cool for the final version 

Cheers,
Hagen

[fourcolorfigs]

Oh yes, please! I'm just reading the rules and I really love what I see.

Thanks!

Some quick notes:

• technically 'Henchmen' and 'Retainer' are considered as 'Class Traits'? So as there is only one Class Trait allowed per Model/Group there can't be a Rogue-Retainer or a Magician-Henchmen-group, right?

Yes, correct.

• there is three creature/character sizes available in the test rules (small/medium/large). Will there be any further size options in the final version?

Not sure. I could go the OGL route and bring the list from Huge through Gargantuan, but that might exceed the "scope" of this game.

• an extensive monster manual would be cool for the final version

Cheers,
Hagen

Yes, I will be adding more monsters. Between a short attention span and working on other projects, I left this doc alone for a little while. So when I get back full into it, once SS4 is released, I will be adding more.

Thanks, again!

[fourcolorfigs]

Just checking in to let folks know this project is on my radar for a 2015 release!

Here's the raw cover image from Carrie P.:



The right half will be the front cover, and the left half will wrap around to the back.

Here's a sample of some of the interior artwork from Jan A.:



I am thinking we'll go with old school, single column layout. Very simple. Now frills. Plenty of classic-style artwork.

Thanks for looking!

[zemjw]

Planning to download the beta and give them a try over Christmas hols (two weeks off, starting in a couple of hours  )

Looking forward to the full set. Will you be offering them on Lulu (or some other UK based publishing site)?

[fourcolorfigs]

Planning to download the beta and give them a try over Christmas hols (two weeks off, starting in a couple of hours  )

Looking forward to the full set. Will you be offering them on Lulu (or some other UK based publishing site)?

Thanks!  Definitely will be offering them on Lulu as well as the PDF.

[abbot_amaury]

Just checking in to let folks know this project is on my radar for a 2015 release!

Great news!!! I had been afraid that this project might never see the light of day... now we'll get this in 2015 via Lulu - and this is one of the few rule sets I really want to have printed and not only as pdf.

BTW: the cover art is cool. Quite old school. Reminds me of Erol Otus stuff

[fourcolorfigs]

Great news!!! I had been afraid that this project might never see the light of day... now we'll get this in 2015 via Lulu - and this is one of the few rule sets I really want to have printed and not only as pdf.

BTW: the cover art is cool. Quite old school. Reminds me of Erol Otus stuff

Thanks!  We were trying to channel that Old School vibe, so I am glad it worked for you!  Now we need a proper logo!

And I need to get going and fill out the book's bestiary a bit more.

[fourcolorfigs]

I am going to do an update of the downloadable play-test rules in the next day or so. Just an FYI in case anyone is planning to print them out.

Still no new monsters yet, but I am shortening the ranges on ranged attacks to bring them into balance with newer, more lethal close combat system, and also doing a general clean-up.

Thanks!