Dracula's America.

[Fenrir]

@Mac V: I'm afraid I'm just not tech-savvy enough to create a 'how to play' video- and I'm not sure whether the good folks at Osprey have anything planned in that regard, either... Apologies!
There will be a Rules Showcase article in an upcoming issue of Wargames Illustrated, and I hope that some of the info I've given on this thread regarding rules mechanics might give you some rough idea of what kind of game it is and how it plays!

[Saucy Jack]

Thank you Fenrir

[Malebolgia]

For Facebookers, the Nickstarter has started from Facebook...giving you a free Jackalope! Link is in the Facebook group. I'll probably be getting a rulebook today

[mweaver]

Sadly, as a non-Facebooker, I will have to wait.  I think the regular Nickstarter starts Monday.

-Michael

[LeadAsbestos]

Putting my order in for Congregation tonight! Plus a few assorted goodies like the Vampire Lord...

[dinohunterpoa]

Pre-order available on North Star's website on Monday!  

[Fenrir]

Straight from Mr. Nick Eyre himself- members of the Dracula's America Player's Page Facebook Group can get in on the Nickstarter today (I'm not a Facebooker myself, so I will have to wait for my Jackalope!)... 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/DraculasAmerica/

Who else is thinking of going Dark Confederacy?! 

[dinohunterpoa]

Straight from Mr. Nick Eyre himself- members of the Dracula's America Player's Page Facebook Group can get in on the Nickstarter today (I'm not a Facebooker myself, so I will have to wait for my Jackalope!)...  

 


It's great that the figures are also available separately - even the classic western Artizan figures!

[Fenrir]

Thanks very much, Dinohunterpoa- this is the first time I've seen the model!

Ever since I wrote the rules for the Jackalope, I've been waiting with baited breath for this mini... It does not disappoint- I must have an entire warren of them (I have a scenario idea...)!  

In the game these little guys are quick on their feet and have the Bull-Rush Skill- this makes them lethal if they Charge you and win the ensuing Fight!

[dinohunterpoa]

Thanks very much, Dinohunterpoa- this is the first time I've seen the model!

Ever since I wrote the rules for the Jackalope, I've been waiting with baited breath for this mini... It does not disappoint- I must have an entire warren of them (I have a scenario idea...)!  

In the game these little guys are quick on their feet and have the Bull-Rush Skill- this makes them lethal if they Charge you and win the ensuing Fight!

I think its not the first 28mm miniature of a Jackalope... but it is for sure the first 28mm Jackalope miniature with its own WARGAME RULES! AWESOME!!!

[Fenrir]

@Dinohunterpoa: The Dancer can of course be used as a Broodkin (or even the Broodsire leading your Posse if you prefer!)- I think North Star intended the model to be used as the Vampire Fledgling NPC that can turn up during the game to cause trouble for everyone- incidentally, the book has a suggestion for playing your games against the backdrop of an outbreak of Vampirism, where the whole town has been Turned and is out for blood- nothing to stop you having an entire chorus line of Vampire Dancers!..

[dinohunterpoa]

@Dinohunterpoa: The Dancer can of course be used as a Broodkin (or even the Broodsire leading your Posse if you prefer!)- I think North Star intended the model to be used as the Vampire Fledgling NPC that can turn up during the game to cause trouble for everyone- incidentally, the book has a suggestion for playing your games against the backdrop of an outbreak of Vampirism, where the whole town has been Turned and is out for blood- nothing to stop you having an entire chorus line of Vampire Dancers!..

Thanks, Fenrir!

I edited my indignation from my post when I saw in the NS's hidden page that the Dancer was also meant to be a kind of newborn and feral vampire, and because of this she was not included in the Red Hand Coven Posse!  

From NS's hidden webpage:

DRAC3001 - Vampire Fledgling
These feral creatures still clad in ragged clothing were once ordinary folks- now in the first throes of Vampiric infection, they are little more than ravenous animals, driven only by the urge to feed!

Part of the Unwelcome Guests: A Bestiary section of the game. Not part of your posse.
28mm sized metal figure, supplied unpainted.

Designed by Mark Copplestone.

...nothing to stop you having an entire chorus line of Vampire Dancers!..

Mate, EVERY saloon need a chorus of Vampire Dancers!  


Knuckeduster Miniatures Can Can Dancers

[dinohunterpoa]

And EVERY western game need a small, furry, antlered and psychotic Jackalope besides the Vampire Saloon Dancers! 

[Saucy Jack]

@fenrir, is there a weapons table? Or are the weapons on each model purely for visual effect? The primary reason I ask is because most of the Apaches I own carry rifles but most of the Draculas America minis in the nickstarter only carry pistols. And I like my minis to vosually appear to carry the weapons their model stats say they do.

[Fenrir]

@Dinohunterpoa: Too true, my friend!  

@Saucy Jack: There is indeed a weapons table, split into basic (such as pistols and carbines etc) and special (including sawn-off shotguns, heavy pistols and so on) groups.

WYSIWYG is pretty important in SOTW (I'm a huge fan of it myself!), and a starting Campaign Posse can only take basic weapons with a maximum of two of each weapon type, excluding pistols (once you have played your first Campaign game this restriction ceases to apply, however). This is why the range has so many pistol-armed models!
A basic Posse always comprises 6 models, so you could have 2 models with Carbines and 2 with Rifles, with the remaining 2 models armed with pistols or whatever.
If playing a one-off game, you are not limited to only basic weapons- so you can take repeater rifles, buffalo guns and so on- by the way, book 2 will also introduce a new (old!) basic weapon: the musket. These are long-ranged but slow to fire, and like the pistol you can take as many of them as you like! If I'm allowed, I'll post up preview stats for them here in the near-future...

Hope that helps!