Dracula's America.

[Elk101]

I do like the sound of this and I'm also in favour of the decision to keep it purely Gothic Horror based rather than try and shoehorn in a bit of Steampunk here and there.

[goon3423]

Very much agree. I am a big fan of Deadlands but have always omitted the steampunk, as it seemed ludicrous

I always liked it at about that Wild Wild West level, the TV show not the awful awful movie. Fun but not too much. This will probably be my first Nickstarter but I must admit I'm looking forward to new minis more so than the rules.

[mweaver]

Same here, goon.  I will enjoy looking at the rulebook, but odds are not great that we will play (although, you never know).  But the figures can pretty much immediately be used in our Shadows of Brimstone games.

But it does sound like the rulebook will be fun to read through.

-Michael

[mellis1644]

You crazy kids! 

@Mellis1644: There is indeed a 'somewhat balanced' system for creating a Posse- everything in the game has a dollar value, from weapons to gear to Skills. You and your opponent agree on a 'Dollar Limit' and build your force to that.

Sounds good.

With these style of things if people want silly steampunk weapons etc then it's easy enough for them to add it. But I must admit I prefer the magic/horror aspects than weird science.

[dinohunterpoa]

Fenrir/Jonathan, a quick question: who sculpts the miniatures? They are traditionally sculpted or done by digital means? They were designed from RU-MOR's great artwork of she used the painted minis as inspiration for her illustrations?

Thanks in advance!  

[Fenrir]

@Dinohunterpoa: The miniatures were sculpted by Mike Owen and Mark Copplestone- as far as I know, using traditional sculpting methods and based on RU-MOR's art! 

[Smith]

Yup - Mike and Mark are both traditional sculptors, and worked directly from RU-MOR's art for some of them, and built out of it for others.

[dinohunterpoa]

Fenrir and Smith, thank you very much for your fast answers!

Glad to know the sculpts were put in (literally) very good hands, PERFECT!!!  

Looking forward to get my own hands on them!    

BTW - Once again: RU-MOR's artwork is simply AWESOME!    

[Mac V]

So you're saying the game can handle 8 players on a 4x4 board? What about larger boards?

[Fenrir]

@Dinohunterpoa: Agreed- her artwork really brings the book to another level for me!

@Mac V: I'm sure you could play SOTW on a larger size board if you wanted; though to be honest I've not tried it myself- I'd definitely suggest increasing deployment zones to 12"x12" (or possibly larger) if you wanted to give it a go!.. 

[Kommando_J]

Was just thinking, an expansion could feature the ''Bone Wars'' that is the rivalry between famous archaeologists Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh to dig up new dinosaur/ancient fossils (pic related).

Instead of purely academic goals it'd be a race to find, dig up and resurrect the deadliest creatures.

[Marine0846]

After reading this thread, love the idea.
Have a ton of Western stuff, so half way there.
Look forward to seeing more.
Thank you Fenrir for answering all the questions posted.

[LeadAsbestos]

I'm in! Is there room for creating your own themed groups?

[Saucy Jack]

North Star has posted a lot of new pictures of the new minis for the game on their Facebook page.

[Elk101]

North Star has posted a lot of new pictures of the new minis for the game on their Facebook page.

Not on Facebook myself but you can see the images if you click the links on Twitter on the main website page (not on Twitter either and they can still be viewed). Some pretty good stuff there.

There's a Southern gentleman demon,  raggedy looking Confederates,  zombie looking Confederates, a Southern gent, a range of Voodoo characters,  a cult leader, a native skinwalker, an angelic winged cowboy,  and a Pale Rider. They look very decent figures in the main.