(KICKSTARTER) Mantic: Warpath

[Chinkster]

Mass Sci fi games aren't really.my thing (and I'm more interested in Antares really) but I'm in for the rules only pledge. I've got more than enough stuff through the Deadzone KS (Am I the only person who actually enjoys that game?)

Haha. No, you're not. I enjoy Deadzone for what it is, not what it isn't

And I'm backing Warpath for the Firefight rules... which I can probably play with my existing Deadzone minis plus a few extras from this KS. Not so keen on the full Warpath as mass battles aren't my thing nowadays.

[YPU]

I have no need for picking up this much miniatures at once, but I am hoping they pull all of this off since a lot of the models look like I might want a box or two somewhere in the future. Those aliens, anstarans? Look like they would make nice eldar titans for epic btw. 

[Inso]

The new design of Forgefather Steel Legion is excellent. Finally a wholly sci-fi set of basic troops

[Major_Gilbear]

I am a bit concerned that despite good efforts by Mantic on the miniatures front, there's still no whiff of anything like close-to-final rules or lists...

So those of us with lots of DZ models (ahem...  ) are left wondering what (if?) we need to get in model-terms to have playable forces.

I'm also wondering if single-squad sets will be made available for those who want to top-up rather double-up?

[Major_Gilbear]

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1744629938/warpath-the-sci-fi-battle-game

Single sprues of plastic troopers now available trough the KS.

So if you back for $1, you can add on whatever you like - even if it's just five Peacekeepers or a box of Zombies. Plus, you get a free digital copy of the rules!

[obsidian3d]

I'm thinking about picking up a few of the vehicles...

[Major_Gilbear]

I'm thinking about picking up a few of the vehicles...

I've asked Mantic if they can offer a mix-n-match set of them.

[YPU]

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1744629938/warpath-the-sci-fi-battle-game

Single sprues of plastic troopers now available trough the KS.

So if you back for $1, you can add on whatever you like - even if it's just five Peacekeepers or a box of Zombies. Plus, you get a free digital copy of the rules!

Very tempting, is there any list of available sprues and actual contents of them?

[Major_Gilbear]

They show them on the KS page as model sets, but a 5-model set *is* one model sprue. They have a few of  the Enforcer, Zombie and Forge Father troop plastics listed on their webstore I think, and photos of the sprues can be found on Google.  The Veermyn stuff and some of the Enforcers and Plague are new though - either to this KS or the DZ2 one. Cheap enough for a punt on a sprue though! ;-)

[Major_Gilbear]

no orks. 

They are coming, along with Rebs, but not in this KS apparently. They also won't have a formal list in the upcoming rulebooks (although the human corporations list will be allowed to hire some mercenary orks).

I think many people want to see the orks redesigned a bit into something less stupid than GW 40k orks, even if they still have the same obvious fantasy origins. This means Mantic will have to do more design and background work, especially if what they produce isn't just going to be a straight port of 40k ork army list choices.

Likewise, the Rebs are a not really a "mass battle" army, so are going to need quite a bit of thought and playtesting in order to make them (1) fun and (2) balanced. Even in DZ it's quite clear that they weren't tested enough.

Anyway. As happy as I am to see the new plastic kits (which look nice, I admit), I am a bit concerned that there is still no sign of the beta rules. So... Makes it hard to judge what you might "need" to buy or have in order to play a cohesive force with.

[mdauben]

I'm still see-sawing on this project.  I pledged $1 just so I could follow the updates but I'm just not totally sold yet.  The Enforcers are what first attracted me, I like the figures and the jetbikes and Interceptor vehicles are very cool looking.  The problem is, I don't know anyone else who is pledging this locally, which means I need to buy two forces to demo it and hopefully build some local interest.  Unfortunatly, aside from the Enforcers, none of the factions are really grabbing my interest.  The Forgefathers are... okay.  I like some of the figures but the tank leaves me cold.  The Vermin and Plague do nothing for me.  The Asterians sound good but I'm not super exited by what I've seen so far.  Maybe they'll grow on me.   

Actually, right now the thing I find the most exciting it that modular terrain.  The examples of different configurations look really good, and I can see lots of uses for that in games I already have, in addition to a possible Warpath.   

[tnjrp]

I decided to up my pledge for two sets of the new Asterian droid thingies. One needs to hope they won't change the design too much from how they look now.

In regards to the terrain sets, you might want to consider that although there are a fair number of rather good quality plastic components (some have small design flaws as understand from a gaming buddy) per "battlezone" (IIRC that's how Mantic prefers to call them), there are only rather few different tiles in each. So eventually all of the stuff you build from larger sets will start to look a little repetitive. Not a problem obviously if you want that prefab outpost/suburb look for you table.

[rwwin]

In for $1 myself.  I might increase the amount with the pledge manager, but that's only if the Deadzone Infestation campaign delivers before the Warpath pledge manager closes.  I'm trying to dial back the amount of money I've got tied up in kickstarters at any one time.

[mdauben]

In regards to the terrain sets, you might want to consider that although there are a fair number of rather good quality plastic components (some have small design flaws as understand from a gaming buddy) per "battlezone" (IIRC that's how Mantic prefers to call them), there are only rather few different tiles in each. So eventually all of the stuff you build from larger sets will start to look a little repetitive. Not a problem obviously if you want that prefab outpost/suburb look for you table.

Yeah, that's true.  I like the look of the demo table they used for the main KS photo.  You can tell if you really look close that a lot of it is made with the same few pieces, but they used a couple different paint jobs and then mixed in a couple of other terrain pieces, and I think it looks pretty good.  I'd love to find out how many of those plastic pannels it took to build that board. 

[rwwin]

I got quite a bit of the terrain from the first deadzone kickstarter and the only real "flaw" in the actual pieces was that the connectors don't really work for temporary  builds. Out of the box they're so tight you can break them trying to get pieces apart but if you shave them down then they become too loose.  I've glued all of mine permanently so it's not a big deal but if you have dreams of taking a table full of terrain and breaking it down into a flat box, it doesn't really work out that way.

For me the biggest problem is the distribution of parts in the basic building kit.  Far too many of the doors and windows, far too few solid walls and the cross girder structural walls.  Plus, with all the kits I found you want at least one more sprue of connectors than comes in the kit at $5.00 a pop.

Overall they're worth the KS price to me, but not nearly as good as advertised.