Gaming News from Neoscream: 23rd October 2015

Welcome to the “Gaming News from Neoscream”. This is my weekly gaming news post for miniature games, RPGs, some card games, my painting and upcoming local events.

“Blog News”

Again there is no “Painting and Converting” section this week, BUT it will be back on Monday.

“Gaming News”

First off we have the HeroClix news. We got previews of: The Atom and Eclipso from DC Superman/Wonder Woman.

Now for the Mantic news. Dungeon Saga has started to ship to backers now

Next is the Battle System news. Their Urban Post Apocalypse Terrain KickStarter ended last Sunday and they made £186,394 with 1,151 backers. Since the last post they have managed to unlock: An extra Blue Settee, an extra Green Armchair, an extra Aluminium Ladder, an extra Double Bed, an extra Office Desk, an extra Dining Table, an extra Wardrobe; an extra Television, an extra Brown Armchair; an extra Brown Settee; an extra Works Barrier were added to the City Block pledge levels; a Suburban House Single Storey add-on; a Suburban House Two Storey add-on; two Shanty building add-ons; a Diner add-on; a Really Useful Items add-on set.

Now for the Cool Mini or Not news. With shipping with Blood Rage, Europe warehouse is still waiting for the stuff, Australia, New Zealand and APAC have completed shipping and the rest of the world is currently still being shipped out.

Next is the Modiphius news. Their “Infinity Role-play Game” Kickstarter ended last Sunday and they made £346,330 with 3,494 backers. They have managed to unlock since the last post: The Tactical Armoured Gears Source Book; the Acheron Cascade Campaign Book; the Ships of the Human Sphere Source Book; the War Market Mercenaries Source Book; the 0-12 Files Supplement; a Location Deck add-on; Gamemaster Dice set add-on; the Adventures in the Human Sphere Source Book set add-on; eight more pages were added to the Player's Guide; the NPC and Plot Card Decks were added to the Bureau Noir Operatives Case; if you get the GM Screen you will now get a double-sided Poster Map, a thirty-two Page Adventure and PDF's of all unlocked Geomorphic Tiles and Card Decks; the Shadow Affairs Campaign Book was boosting to 192 pages from 112; an Online Character Generator; the Dire Foes Pledge level now includes all the unlocked printed Card Decks, Tiles and GM Screen; Combined Army Geomorphic Tile Set add-on; Token add-ons; and the Technology of the Human Sphere Source Book.

The stretch goals that were not made sadly were: The Nebula of Mirrors Campaign Book at £365k; and the Hypercorps Source Book at £380k.

Now for the Bushiroad news. With the WeißSchwarz side, today sees the release both the Trial Deck and Booster Set of Log Horizon in English. Next Friday will see the release of the Charlotte Booster Set in Japanese.

With the Cardfight Vanguard side, today see the release of the G Clan Booster 2: Commander of the Incessant Waves set in Japanese.

Next is the Ninja Division news. This week saw the start of another KickStarter from them and it is the second Super Dungeon Explore one. Super Dungeon Explore: Legends. This is to fund a second edition of the original game and Super Dungeon Explore Legends which is a campaign version of Super Dungeon Explore.

Since starting they have funded: Funded Super Dungeon Explore second edition, Super Dungeon Explore Legends the Frostbyte Ravagers Warband, the Crown Guard Warband and The Midnight Tower box set; a male version of the Rifting Rogue hero was added to the Explorer, Dark Consul and Legendary pledge levels; the Shadow Tower Spawning Point was added to the Explorer, Dark Consul and Legendary pledge levels; the pet Inspector Honeyscout was added to the Explorer, Dark Consul and Legendary pledge levels; a male version of the Glimmerdusk Ranger hero was added to the Explorer, Dark Consul and Legendary pledge levels; the hero Sanctioned Witch was added to the Explorer, Dark Consul and Legendary pledge levels; the pet General Kai was added to the Explorer, Dark Consul and Legendary pledge levels; a poster map of Crystlia was added to the Explorer, Dark Consul and Legendary pledge levels; a female version of the Royal Paladin hero was added to the Explorer, Dark Consul and Legendary pledge levels; Arachne Mini-Boss was added to the Explorer, Dark Consul and Legendary pledge levels; The Wilding Curse Digital Campaign was added to the Explorer, Dark Consul and Legendary pledge levels; the hero Captain of the Guard was added to the Explorer, Dark Consul and Legendary pledge levels; the Pet Mr. Thaddius Stout was added to the Explorer, Dark Consul and Legendary pledge levels; a male version of the Ember Mage hero was added to the Explorer, Dark Consul and Legendary pledge levels; six Spites Creeps was added to the Explorer, Dark Consul and Legendary pledge levels; the pet Hey-Lissin Faerie was added to the Explorer, Dark Consul and Legendary pledge levels; the An Exceedingly Windy Week Digital Campaign was added to the Explorer, Dark Consul and Legendary pledge levels; and the Spider Nest Spawning Point was added to the Explorer, Dark Consul and Legendary pledge levels.

Stretch Goals that still going as I post this were: The pet Magus Crawley will be added to the Explorer, Dark Consul and Legendary pledge levels at $475k; and a female version of the Hearthsworn Fighter hero will be added to the Explorer, Dark Consul and Legendary pledge levels at $500k.

Now for the Crooked Dice Games news. They have started pre-orders sell for the second edition box set of 7TV for £40 (will be £50) as well as six new starter teams most with several new figures for £15 (for now). The box game contains a Director’s Guide book, a Producer’s Guide book, 147 profile cards, 47 tokens, 45 Countdown cards, 20 Gadget cards, a Blast and Flamethrower template, a Pewter Maguffin miniature and six D6. The pre-order reduced price will end on the 29^th of November 2015 and the stuff should hopefully ship during the first week of January 2016 if not sooner.

Lastly there is the Guild Ball news. They have posted their second Errata and Clarifications document for their Season One stuff. Pre-orders for the Mason’s Guild player Chisel and the Alchemist’s/Enginer’s Guild player Compound are up on their webstore. I do plan on picking up Chisel for two reasons. First is best I have a Mason’s team and the second is because she looks awesome. The artwork reminds me of Alite from Battle Angel Alite.

“KickStarter Dates”

·                     Wave two of “Journey Wrath of Daemons” (July 2014), “Mekton Zero” (digital December 2013, physical March 2014) and “Paranoia” (June 2015) have all been delay due to problems and currently have no dates on when these will start shipping.

·                     “Dungeon Saga: The Dwarf King’s Quest” (August 2015), “Last Saga” (November 2014), “Blood Rage”, wave one of “Kingdom Death Monster” (December 2013) and wave one of “Thunderbirds Co-operative Board Game” (August 2015) has been shipped or is shipping soon.

·                     Wave one of “Mechabrick” (April 2014), “Dragon Tide” (September 2015), “Ghostbusters the Board Game” and “Home Raiders” should ship this month.

·                     Both wave two of “Kings of War Second Edition” (July 2015) and wave two of “Mechabrick” (April 2014) should ship in November 2015.

·                     The “Arcadia Quest Inferno” KickStarter should be starting sometime in November 2015.

·                     Wave three of “Kingdom Death Monster” (December 2013), “Demigods Rising” (July 2015)/”Demigods Evolution” and wave two of “Yashima: Legend of the Kami Master” (July 2015) should ship between November and December 2015.

·                     Wave two of “Robotech RPG Tactics” (December 2013) should ship between November and March 2016.

·                     Wave two of “Thunderbirds Co-operative Board Game”, “Ninja All-Stars”, “Zero Agents”, wave 1.5 of “Shadows of Brimstone” (August 2014), “Zombicide Black Plague” and “Slaughterball” (June 2015) should ship in December 2015.

·                     “Dwarven Forge's City Builder Terrain System”, “Deadzone Infestation” and “Halfling Adventurers Miniatures” should ship in January 2016.

·                     Both wave one of the “Conan” board game and wave two of “Shadows of Brimstone” (August 2014) should ship between January and March 2016.

·                     Wave one of the “Infinity RPG” should ship in February 2016.

·                     “The Others: 7 Sins” should ship in March 2016.

·                     “Myth Journeyman” should ship in June 2016.

·                     Both wave two of the “Infinity RPG” and “Battle System’s Urban Post Apocalypse Terrain” should ship in July 2016.

·                     Wave two of the “Conan” board game should ship between July and September 2016.

·                     “Warpath” should ship in September 2016.

·                     Wave three of the “Infinity RPG” should ship in October 2016.

"Up and coming Events"

These are local gaming events in Milton Keynes I know of, Guardians of Tyr events at Wargames Workshop Northampton and other events I plan on going to or want to advertise.

·                     On Mondays (not including Bank Holidays) at Wargames Workshop MK is Wargaming night.

·                     On Tuesdays at Wargames Workshop MK it is Card games night (or is it just Magic the Gathering).

·                     On Thursdays York House Youth Centre in Stony Stratford is open from Wargamers and Boardgamers.

·                     On Fridays at Wargames Workshop MK it is Friday Night Magic.

·                     On Sundays, Wargames Workshop MK is now open. It will be for role-play and board games day on every Sunday apart from the last Sunday of the month which will be a card games day (Yu-Gi-Oh, Magic and Cardfight Vanguard).

·                     On Sunday the 25^th of October 2015, there will be a Cardfight Vanguard Tournament at Wargames Workshop MK. Rules of the event will be on the “CFVanguard and WeißSchwarz M.K.” Facebook group.

·                     On Saturday the 7^th of November 2015, Guardians of Tyr will be running a Star Wars X-Wing tournament at Wargames Workshop MK.

·                     On Sunday the 8^th of November 2015, Guardians of Tyr will be running a Steam Roller Warmachine/Hordes tournament at Wargames Workshop Northampton.

·                     On Sunday the 14^th of November 2015, there will be a Cardfight Vanguard Tournament at Wargames Workshop MK. Rules of the event will be on the “CFVanguard and WeißSchwarz M.K.” Facebook group.

·                     On Saturday the 21^st of November 2015 will be a Mantic Open Day.

·                     On Saturday the 21^st of November 2015, Guardians of Tyr will be running a Warhammer 40,000 Conquest tournament at Wargames Workshop MK.

·                     On Saturday the 28^th of November 2015, Guardians of Tyr will be running Android Netrunner UK Team Championship 2015 at Wargames Workshop Northampton.

·                     On Saturday the 5^th of December 2015, Guardians of Tyr will be running a Steam Roller Warmachine/Hordes tournament at Wargames Workshop MK.

·                     On Saturday the 19^th of December 2015, Guardians of Tyr will be running a Warhammer 40,000 tournament at Wargames Workshop MK.

Wargames Workshop MK has a £2 gaming fee or £4 with a booster pack (Magic/Yu-Gi-Oh/Vanguard) unless it is a paid tournament run by Guardians of Tyr. Weekday events normally start at 6/7PM.

For rules for Guardians of Tyr tournaments and leagues as well as information on pre booking your place in tournament. Pre booking is highly recommended so they know how many people are coming. So please go to their website which there is a link to it under my links section which are located on the right hand side of this blog.

York House has a £3 on the day gaming fee (unless you are a child or unemployed where it is £1) and a £5 fee for a year’s membership. However the first day is free and they only take yearly membership fee at the start of the year. The hall officially opens at 7PM, but normally people start arrived 15 to 20 minutes early.

Until next time, hope for a better tomorrow.