Weekender: Battle Systems Terrain In The Studio Going Post-Apocalyptic
October 10, 2015 by warzan
Welcome to The Weekender where we've got another jam packed show for you discussing all sorts of interesting topics. We've also been discussing what we think of Warpath 2.0 after last week and what it's like when you change the scale of your games.
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What Did You Miss This Week?
- Tau Stormsurge - Games Workshop have released another big walker for the Tau. This Stormsurge is armed with more weapons than I've ever seen. Now, where is the kitchen sink?
- Rage of Demons - Gale Force Nine continue their Collector's Series for Dungeons & Dragons with the models for Orcus and the Demogorgon on their way to supplement Rage Of Demons.
- Essen - Essen kicked off on Thursday and will be running throughout the weekend in Germany. They are even going for a world record attempt!
- ZEN Terrain - ZEN Terrain impress us once again with a look at a prototype for an MDF car with plastic lights
- Dark Age - Dark Age, fuelled by CoolMiniOrNot have released some stunning sculpts for October
Warpath 2.0 Vs Warhammer 40,000
Warren has had some time to think and gives his thoughts on where Warpath 2.0 is right now and what you get in each of the three game types of the Warpath universe.
Battle Systems Talk Post-Apocalyptic
Battle Systems are also in the studio as Colin shows off the new terrain that is currently on Kickstarter. If you're looking to build a fantastic Post-Apocalyptic wasteland this could be for you.
Kickstarter Focus
We've also picked out a pair of Kickstarters we think are worth taking a look at...
- Secret Directive - Ever wanted to run a spy agency and pit it against others? Well, this new game is worth taking a look at. The different ways of winning and upgrades could make this very replayable.
- Clear For Take Off - Touting itself to be the most realistic airline simulation on the tabletop will you be able to get your planes into the air before the others? With a bit of a 'take that' element to the gameplay we could see this being good fun.
Do either of these sound like they might make it onto your tabletop?
Prize Winners
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Good morning :o)
I REALLY want to get a set of the fantasy Battle Systems terrain for Dungeon Saga.
It’s the weekend!
Looking forward to checking out this latest BS terrain. The LAST thing I need is more KS temptations!!!
Damn – just wet myself over Shanty Town. They’ve absolutely nailed it.
My BOAC shoulder bag is still my favorite accessory from my chldhood – a collectors piece!
Happy Weekend! I bought the SciFi and Fantasy sets from Battle Systems and I can say they are awesome! We use the SciFi for Deadzone and we’re going to use the Fantasy with Dungeon Saga. I haven’t gotten in on the Apocalypse one because I have no games to use it with but it looks even more great!
Damn you Colin! Now I have to pledge for the shanty town!!!
Really interested in the battle systems, thinking this would be great for Dungeon saga. How sturdy are they?i I was also looking at the Sci Fi stuff for some 40k narrative campaigns, although I play with a lot of old school metal miniatures, from your experience do you think they are sturdy enough to support the weight of full squads?
@sheepman Check out their videos on YouTube. These sets are really sturdy, handling several metal minis with no problem.
@sheepman – I don’t have any of the battlesystems terrain myself, but I have seen lots of photos and videos of them loading up the terrain with metal figures, etc. If you sat on it you’d crush it but I don’t think any remotely reasonable use of the stuff for gaming is going to be a problem.
Morning 🙂
I’ve backed the sci Fi kickstarter and will be backing the Post Apocalyptic one they are running now, so a fantasy set would round out my collection!
Wow! Loving the BLANK from Battle Systems. Got to go up my pledge now!
Excellent interview with Battle System’s Collin. Very happy to be a part of that Kickstarter.
I’ve already got four of the Battle System’s Dungeon set so don’t add me to the drawing. Leave it for someone that hasn’t had the pleasure yet.
=)
Zen Terrain are such a cool company. Very nice kits. Now I have to go buy bikes!
Oh…you were asking about games to use the Battle System’s Urban Apocalypse terrain with?
I’m planning to use it for Depression era slums with Pulp Alley, squad-based zombie action with Fanticide, a LOT of superhero action with Pulp Alley and SuperSystem 4E, some fun action games with A Fistful of Kung Fu…and really just too many more to remember/list.
OMG yes Xor’Viel campagin needs the dungeon terrain!
I’ll also have to run some Lovecraftian horror games and urban horror games on the Urban Apocalypse terrain.
Time to breakout the Horrorclix and Carneval Rashar!
Good morning ^^ Missed the kickstarter on the battle systems dungeon.
Fire the researchers, @warzan ;). The Essen figure is the combined attendance for all four days, whilst the GenCon figure is the number of unique attendees. So a person who attends the show for all four days counts four times for Essen, but once for GenCon. The bigger show used to be Essen, but GenCon’s recent upsurge in attendance has surpassed it.
GenCon’s combined attendance this year was 197,695.
HA HA!! I knew it, something smelled fishy about the numbers lol
As far as I understand it the two have slightly different focal points…so it is hard to compare. To answer the “which one is bigger” question might depend on what your own focal point is. Attendees vs exibitors…hardcore gamer vs familiy oriented…ect.
This is just in terms of attendance, which is what it seemed to me was being discussed on the show.
@redben To be fair…they did mention the number of exibitors in Essen. But I just wantedt to add another ankle to the topic…thats all.
I was there, definitely was in the near 200k number attendance wise.
You are absolutely fine about the number of Essen visitors!
… and, by the way, you should think of coming over yourselfes one day!
That dungeon set is seriously lovely, I have a craving for a bit of crawling.
I think I need to start backing some of these terrain kickstarters
Battle Systems is just awesome. I’ve got the Sci-Fi set and am in the Post Apoc. KS, but missed out on the Fantasy set due to other obligations. Warren’s enthusiam just makes these sets all the more exciting to see.
The look on Lloyd’s face with Warren’s theme music idea…..priceless.
Too many great Mantic games and battlesystems is awesome.
This is both the best of times and worst. Too much stuff.
There are people who haven’t seen The Grand Budapest Hotel? Sort yourselves out!
Your figures are absolutely correct but GenCon counts unique attendees but Essen count how many people came through the doors over the combined 4 days. This means that 1 person coming 4 days of the show counts as 4 of the attendees of the 1600000 people. Until Essen release how many individual tickets they sell regardless of days attended then we will never know which one has more attendees. My suspicions are that Essen is a far more family orientated event, with families attending for 1 or 2 days, not the entire convention as most of the Gen Con attendees would. I think that Essen has a marginally higher attendance but I really don’t think there is much in it
GenCon has a big upsurge of attendance on the Saturday as well, and it has over 30,000 more combined attendees.
The battlesystem stuff looks incredibly handy.
I would really like to add the dungeon set to my terrain options. 🙂
My first thought on Battle Systems new Shanty Town: that’s a map from Call of Duty Modern Warfare. Very cool.
every weekend i watch this and feel my wallet just empty 🙂
Oh my god…my brain went into melt down when Justin said he didn’t know what a DB5 was…..the man is a philistine….it’s the most stylish Bond car ever…shaking head moment…@justin slap yourself….
…Bond is so gay!
I’m sure he’s heterosexual.
I think he makes his mind up on a case by case basis 🙂
I’d be happy as well, with a job like that, fun gadgets and a top notch car to lure the ladies in….that’s what you meant right?
😉
I recommend this. These guys are awesome.
I agree with Justin in not liking the new tau suit. For me, the “weapons-to-hull” ratio is too far out. I like tanks, a big hull and ONE big gun (plus smaller machine gun, smoke launchers).
I know there’s sci-fi/fantasy “reasons” for how it can have all those weapons, but its still ugly to me.
Noticed Colin didn’t get chance to have his haircut so “Sonic the Ginger Hedgehog” prevailed.
Having taken part in the previous BS kick starters hat makes this terrain stand out above others, is not the excellent textures, or the super easy clip together system, it’s not even the multi-level aspect.
It’s the scatter terrain, you will not find any other terrain system which has all of this scatter. No more imagining a barricade, or having the same looking barricade over and over again, give players the freedom to build there own.
For RPG’s of any type this then comes to life even more……you want to hide behind a sofa, well there’s a sofa go do it. In fantasy lost your weapon? Pick up a chair and throw it at that ogre (I’d recommend running very fast after you’ve done it)
How about mixing them “Hell boy 2” (OK naff film), but city above the ground weird fantasy city below.
Hell Boy 2, naff? You should’ve seen it in Norn Iron matey, the giants causeway got a cheer and a round of applause. I’m fairly certain that the film was just a set up for getting that on camera ^^
Battle Systems, oh my, what awsomeness! There will be games on your post-apoc terrain at my house… with a bit of luck, the fantasy set as well!
Warpath/Firefight/Deadzone – buy a mini and use it across all 3.
Then a thought struck me.
Dreadball/Dreadball Ultimate/Dreadball Extreme/Dreadball Warpath? Teams with tanks and flyers 🙂 Just go mad with it.
I love the sixties but those two Kickstarters, Really????? I think the most exciting one in the past couple of weeks, apart from the battle systems KS, is Panzerfauste… Bring on British Orcs :o)
I’m sure Panzerfauste will make a splash next week on the show. This week however we picked those and decided to pick up on some KS campaigns that were a little bit different 🙂
Battlesystems looks absolutely amazing.
A friend of mine ordered a fantasy set and uses it as sewer terrain for skaven.
I was born in ’93, but the Aston DB5 is still my ideal dream car! No excuses Justin! 🙂
nice show all – the fantasy dungeon set is amazing!
Is backstage worth it for the painting guides?
And can I download the ones I like for future viewing?
Also, yes please for dungeon set :p
Backstage is worth it. At the moment there are no downloads.
That’s disappointing, was hoping to download a few vids to the iPad to watch when I’m out of the house :p
that Battle Systems terrain is looking very good
Good show guys. Airline tycoon on a board? Umm,..
Anyway, the shanty town looks great. Might jump on the KS just for that. Now on to wait for tomorrows show.
Gutted I missed the fantasy set. I did do the scifi set though and it is amazing – I’ll be backing this one, especially after seeing the shanty town!
It’s possible that I might get sent one of Zen’s cars with the police station
Morning all 🙂
@ BS : good luck with the KS!! 😉
Gooooooood morning Beasts of War! Finally weekend. Tomorrow I’m going to Spiel Essen. The Battle System set wil go great with Frostgrave.
So, just as you thought it would be impossible for Battle Systems to surpass the sci-fi and fantasy ranges, they come out with this. Awesome, simply awesome.
I’d love some more fantasy terrain – already playing Heroquest on the BS fantasy that I do have, but an extra set would allow me to expand my layouts considerably.
Justin!
Okay, I was with you on the whole “airline simulation” = meh, thing…
But not having a clue about the DB5?!
How Warren and Lloyd managed to avoid swearing at that point, I have no idea – because I definitely did.
Next thing you know, you’re going to plead ignorance about the E-type…
I love the look of both sets and the progression, or more aptly, regression from city to shanty as you go through the board has me really interested. @dignity‘s suggestion of a walking dead game sounds cool. Would be a good scenario to go in to the city to rescue a chained up Merl from a roof top!
This stuff looks fantastic – there are sooooo many systems that this suits.
This Dungeon Set looks awesome!
good morning,
very nice these buildings……….
I would wish for such a dungeon set to play Mortheim in it
that will be great
@warzan, you are seriously failing in training the “younger generation” (@dignity) in the classics! I would almost be willing to fly from Australia and “clock-work orange” Justin over a weekend to improve his education of classics! Hopefully Lloyd or John Lyons can prevent the classic clock-work orange side effects from happening to Justin.(though there may be some issue of classics-British/Irish & classics Australian).
I wasn’t going to do another KS this year (busted my yearly gaming allowance by about $500aus) ……. Damn you battle front!! (wanders off to pledge, ensuring the wife isn’t looking!!)
Battle Systems terrain looks awesome. I plan to play plenty of games of Mercs on my pledge once the two respective kickstarters ship.
I think that the dungeon terrain could work very nicely with Frostgrave. You could construct fantastic interior and exterior sections for war bands to explore.
Love the Vespa. You need John to tell you about the anti tank Vespa the Italians created. A Vespa with a built in bazooka which could be parachuted in. Those crazy Italians.
I absolutely love the Post-Apocalyptic scenery, I hope there will be a giveaway for that too 🙂
The Tau thing looks like a wife wearing high heels, locked and loaded, waiting for her husband to return from the bar. 😉 I really like the model.
Ok, so you got me to pledge on the Warpath Kickstarter. I was so close to get away. Now I have to figure out how I’ll get all those minis painted…
Hello everybody!
I HAVE NO IDEA what DB5 is – not interested either @justin – and there is nothing wrong in not knowing or being young ! its old geeks showing off,
I really liked spy game you brought up @warren I think it would work well in steam/punk Victorian times too when you could play Dr Nemo spy net or Hydra for instance.
I’m an old geek and have no idea either. Back in my day geeks weren’t really into cars.
A boardgame about ‘planes taking off sounds like a cure for insomnia.
great show guys its amazing what you can do on a wargames table now when i started way back a hill was 3 layers of cardboard painted green now you can do all singing all dancing city blocks
did I miss one Winner, I only saw two?
but I might have to join that battle systems KS I am already part of warpath 😉
You did 🙂
damn 😉
So @dignity is not going on holiday he is just going to be tied to a chair watching 60s movies or movies set in the 60s
I may have to bring the new version of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy up. It contains enough famous Holywood types to trick him into watching it 😉
Digging the BS stuff!!
The Shanty town looks just fabulous 😎
Justins knowledge of cars astounds me….. Big let down for MANkind
Be carfull of Monkey Spys……. Hartlepool knows all about them
Be careful if you’re a monkey in Hartlepool…
This is such an interesting add for any wargame table.
Morning! Loving the shanty town terrain. Need more monies for all the amazing items you show me. Dam you!!
Not sold on the City terrain but that shanty town looks really nice, already spent a fair amount on KS though so I’ll mull it over a while. Also really glad that Warpath finally unlocked the Corporation (the GCPS not the Enforcers), I just hope they get some unlocks to add some variety now. Though the Veer-Myn, Enforcers and Asterians look to be the ones that Mantic want to sell and seem to be the target of most of the stretch goals. Ah well, we shall see.
Man I could use that dungeon set for my game club.
Looks like I’ll be signing up for a shanty town pledge 🙂
Ooh gotta add the shanty town to my pledge.
For me the current battle systems KS will solve the terrain problem I have with multiple games. I have painted minies for Batman, Judge Dredd and I’m waiting for the Infernal kickstarter stuff — just not enough terrain for reasonable game and no space to store home built stuff.
Spiel in Essen was really great. I went on thursday, it was so big I didn’t have the time to see all. Maybe next year I’ll go two days.
Battlesystems are without a doubt one of the best terrain manufacturers around at the moment. Having a load of their sci first terrain I agree with Warren that it goes together easily, is strong and the scope for variety with the modular construct is awesome. Highly recommended and the price is also good for the amount of stuff that one can place on the table.
I’v not been keeping up with warpath, but it seems to have really good grounds for doing a narative campain using those 3 different rules sets.
The new battle systems terrain would be perfect for Shadowrun too!
the battle system stuff looks awesome, great weekender
Had a great morning large pot of tea, huge chunk of bread with some butter and BoW weekender. Even Jenny the dog jumped up on the settee to get in on the act. Going out soon to cut a load of rebar and re-enforcing mesh for the eventual laying of the base for the studio games room extension build. What could be better BoW then big tools fun, somehow that sounds so wrong. Hey oh!
Good hunting
Chris G
Yeah, Essen is fantastic this year as always. 160k is correct. I was there on Thursday to collect tons of pre-ordered games, picked up the German Imperial Assault Wave 1 and played quite a few games. Only issue: It’s sooo crowded. They have increased the floor space again (7 halls now), and it’s still too small… Next year BoW should consider to send over at least one or two to make some live covering 🙂
Shanty town looking very nice. Justin is confirmed the uncool man on the planet not knowing the db5.
I absolutely love the Post-Apocalyptic scenery, I hope there will be a giveaway for that too
This Dungeon scenery would be a great addition to our roleplaying games!
the tau model may look good but for £90 I can get an army from the warpath kickstater GW prices are for the rich
Good morning
SO excited about Warpath! I’m very happy with the coverage that you are giving the game, great job guys.
Great show. Why has the Tau suit got an open cockpit? One close air burst – no crew! Bit of a design flaw I think. So many Kickstarters, roll on my lottery win.
The terrain is awesome. I like the looks of the Shanty Town. It can be even used in Neuroshima Tactics if someone remembers that cool game with crappy minis.
@dignity Little Britain is the best… “Computer says no”
This is certainly the month of kickstarters! Already backed dark age outpost and warpath, now I’m VERY tempted by the new battle systems stuff – definitely their best set yet IMO, especially with all the add ons.
Love that post-Apoc stuff. A trailer park would make such a cool setting for fighting zombies.
I love battel system terrain. It looks so stunningly good. I cant wait to play some games with it!
another great start to the weekend, make it even better send me the dungeon set, i am gonna have to get across to the kickstarter, but i fear my bank manager screams nooooo.
ALL the Battle systems stuff is fantastic looking
Ever thought of having a list of winners on a page somewhere, that lists winners going back about three months or so? Might be nice to be able to see who won a prize and after a few months you’s be able to send them a message to see what they thought of the product – like a little user review @warzan (“my bad” if this actually exists somewhere)
This looks great would go very well with dungeon saga when it comes out
would be really nice !!!
Very nice episode, the new Battle Systems Shanty Town does look incredible!
This system looks so slick!
that dungeon set looks AWESOME!!!!
I’d love to get my hands on that…. 🙂
Battle systems really know how to tap into the psyche of tabletop gamers. That shanty town is so cool want to move there 🙂
I backed Battlesystems sci-fi Kickstarter and the stuff is brilliant. This post – apocalyptic stuff looks even better. Good work guys.
Big fan of Battle Systems – they really know how to listen to their customers.
The Battle Systems terrain is looking fantastic, I have so many games it would work with I am going to have to back it.
@warzan if you like the 60’s theme you will love a game by Warmacre called Spy Or Die Trying
http://spyordietrying.com
The Battle systems would make a great addition to Dungeon Saga when it turns up!
Gotta love the Battle Systems terrain, may have to pick up the Dungeon set when and if they get some up for sale.
I really, really, really like this battle systems stuff… My 10 year old son should learn dungeon grinding in 3d the “old” way…
Just what I need for my XCOM project!
https://m.facebook.com/XCOMthewargame
would love as well to have the system for dungeon sage
I like the look of secret directive, but then again I reflexively said “Phrasing.” about 6 times in this episode due to watching too much Archer so i think I know why…
Love the Battle System terrain. Can’t wait for them to do a pirate or steampunk table for my iron kingdoms campaign.
The Battle Systems terrain looks great. I had to pull out of the Fantasy KS due to money flow. Now a company needs to have a KS for a friend/mate that is enthusiastic for whatever game I find neat. Getting my RL friends to even try some of the games that float my boat is extremely difficult. I get stuck playing all manner of new games that hold little or no appeal to me.
Maybe there’s a weekender topic you guys can discuss: How to get your friends interested in a new game that you’re gaga over. And, conversely, how do you have fun when the friend drops a “new” game in front of you that he’s played a dozen time or more. He knows the rules word for word and all the little intricacies, leaving you to feel like a fool for even playing, let alone trying to win.
I wouldn’t mind winning a Dungeon.
I’d like to see the furniture packs sold as a separate kit so they can be added to other scenery.
I love the Battle Systems stuff, but the price + shipping to US always puts me off. I wish they had a US distributor!
A copy of that terrain would be great for a friend, as Terraclips is out of print.
Battle Systems continues to make excellent terrain.
I would play batman on that board in a heartbeat 🙂
I agree with Justin I’m not a big sixties fan and those two games just didn’t do it for me. Oh mate that city to shanty town transition idea sounds so good. Would be great for a bit of a role play gaming as well.
I was not going to pledge the Battle System kickstater. I saw the shanty tiwn and immediately changed my mund!
Loving the scenery. It’s great to add such detail and realism to games. Especially those in cities. The shanty town though has to be my favourite.
Love fantasy battle systems……….Mordheim or Warhammer quest is what i would use it for.
I’m amused that Justin hates 60’s car styling yet brings up as his example of a beautiful car the 2011 Shelby GT500 a vehicle that is drenched, DRENCHED in late 60’s early 70’s styling. 🙂
The DB5 is my all time favourite car so Justine has gone down a level in my eyes ;), loving the battle systems terrain and am hoping to pick some of the fantasy stuff up once it’s available to the public
Great show, that shantytown is incredible and liking the sound of mantics latest offerings.
hhhhhmmmm a dungeon set would go nicely with my dungeon saga set 🙂
damn the battlesystems stuff looks great, but im skint to the bones of my arse, thanks to Conan kickstarter haha beans for a few months
Loving the look of the Battle Systems sets I wish I could afford to pledge but Conan wiped me out 🙂
Looking at the shanty town I had visions of Deadzone being played on it, and as for the billboard…. what could we do to make that more personalised 🙂
What a great show this one was! There’s so much to comment on, that Battle Systems Shanty Town…. I just finished watching Elysium the other day. (Another Niel Blomkamp flim – ie: District 9)
I must have that, it will be completely asweomeomeo2! [this is what I typed, not gonna edit it]
The Airplane boardgame looks like ti would be a real fun game for the whole family. Europeans definitely love boardgames more than North Americans, maybe we could learn a little bit from that and spend less time with electronics!
The new Tau stuff doesn’t really bring back my Tau army from storage, but then again I have since moved onto game than interest me more and a more “concise” and put-togther than the current iteration of 40k.
Justins remarks on if the other two Kickstarters are weird enough were classic, lol!
I got the Ballte Systems Sci-Fi terrain back in the days. It was the best run KS so far for me.
Very interested in the idea of using the Battle systems apocalypse for Batman. Play area might be a bit small with only one mat. Also road layout is fixed. But maybe i’m being picky…
Great weekender.
Making industry news and kickstarters a structured part of the weekender has been a fun dynamic to the show recently and is really welcome.
I committed to my first ever kickstarter this week: Infinity RPG.
Never played RPGs before. Nearest I ever got was HeroQuest which is not near at all.
I have read the Infinity Human Sphere fluff and really love the sci-fi universe they have created. I just hope I can get my loved ones to play roles with me else I just wasted a few quid. I have a great imagination, but RPG on my own seems too sad even for me.
The Terrain on the show looked really awesome and the dungeon terrain prize looks amazing. I can see several games being played out on the fantasy set. (Even thinking of a Bolt Action Commando raid to rescue Partisans from the SS château.)
The shanty town could be great for Infinity or Deadzone?
Deadzone – Rebs vs Enforcers.
Infinity – Haqqislam vs Nomads.
I can’t wait to see BoW demo Warpath 2.0 on a grand scale.
2000pt army for £150? Can’t argue with that compared to most other games (depending on how many miniatures and units that actually translates to I guess.)
See you tomorrow on the XLBS.
Fun times. 🙂
I have to agree with Justin on the tau model, i would be ok with the amount of guns on it if it had arms to increase the body to gun ratio. I prefer the forge world supremacy suit by far though. for both the rules and model, if only i could afford it…. 🙁 maybe one day i could have a chance to win it from the awesome guys at beasts of war? lol.
My fiance is an airline pilot. I wonder if she’d enjoy playing a board game version of her job.
Would love to use the dungeon terrain to try out the new zombiecide Black Plague game.
Already have my pledge up with their awesome KS! This new apo zone is awesome!!!!!! Gonna have to up my pledge now 🙂
That airplane game actually seems pretty cool. 60s was awesome, now is boring 😛
That’s the way to announce winners @warzan ! Uou’r making me proud, man! 😉
Jam-packed show guys! See you tomorrow for XLBS!
Dungeon set!
That is some lovely Terrain! It would go great with my D20Modern games!
That scenery is way too COOL! would love to win it.
Lord thunderin, dats not da bad nice terrain set, knows I could have da game on that, just as good as moms Sunday dinner.
so many good games and so little time :/
Those kickstarters actually look really really neat! I might back that airline one. Love the 60’s theme even if others dont 😉
The new Tau Stormsurge is an impressive model, but it has a few silly features that put me off. Why does it have an open-topped cockpit that leaves the crew so exposed? The stabilisers look far too small to actually help support such a large model. And is described as a titan killer but is primarily armed with lots of anti-infantry weapons. In a game it would probably struggle to kill something of equal size.
Still a cool model though.
£244 in for the Kickstarter so far. Eek! Would also love a dungeon 🙂
Battle Systems terrain looks great!!!!
warpath 2.0 sounds interesting cant wait to see a demo
Wow, some more awesomeness from a KS
What a wonderful show and I especially likes the post apoc terrain. You need to check out WarBases as they are a nice range of vehicles and carts which are rather neat and they also do a good range of multi bases that can be used for warpath
Im thinking of getting in to Deadzone because well Necromunda is great but sometimes you need to try out new things
Warzan you’re a tease. Lloyd the red heads are targeting units. Love the bikes very Akira like. Love the battle system town scenery would make a brilliant apocalypse tower fighting up through zombies to get to the chopper? Or what warzan says, I like the shanty town as well. The warpath flyer still reminds me of a firefly but seeing it is smaller than the fly still love it may get some for the IG. From Scotland, Tennant’s & McEwen’s lager Black isle lager/beer is good you should try that @warzan & guys. I remember an air traffic control game in the 80s for the C64 which was good. The Concorde fist flue 68/9 same time as the space race the Russian’s had their version as well.
Battle systems stuff is good. So good I want to buy new games systems, learn them and paint up models for them so I can play something appropriate to the terrain, instead of the same old Fantasy GW guff I usually do. If only I had money and time enough!
Looks amazing!
Another great show guys and that dungeon layout set combined with Dungeon Saga when it comes out;WOW what a game that would be. Again keep up the excellent work and catch you on XLBS tomorrow.
Oh, folks! The RPG’s campaigns I would run with this set! Special scenarios to play in Descent and other dungeon crawlers!!!!
I backed the BattleSystem post-apoc kickstarter to use with Mutants and Death Ray Guns, MERCS, and a couple of horror RPGs. But now I’m really drooling over the shanty town.
I look at that dungeon terrain and think about Malifaux and Frostgrave. Or maybe some off the wall Batman scenario. Hey, the scale works, right?
So, as a Deadzone fan, and back of Deadzone: Infestation… and as a huge fan of Dreadball and backer of Dreadball Xtreme.. and as someone who’s looking into diving into Kings of War.. Warpath looks great.. I don’t know if I’ll dive in or just wet my toes with Firefight.. plus, I think one thing people are missing (which was odd in your mini-Warpath review) was that of course the Mantic Terrain.. the Battlezone Stuff, the Ruins, and the 20th Century stuff from Mars Attacks!!! is friggin awesome!!! I’ve been covering my 4×4 tables for Infinity with the Battlezones and mixing and matching 20th Century and the original Deadzone terrain and really really like the stuff.. the only issue is it’s not as quickly “assembled” as it advertises… so I end up making fixed buildings that are 1, 2, 3, 4, or so cubes glued together, and then add on to that to make each set up unique.. but will work great for Warpath, Firefight, Infinity, Terminator, Alien vs Predator, etc… and the only thing I’m waiting for (and surprised we didn’t see in Kings of War or Dungeon Saga) is some Dungeon style Battlezones… get on that Mantic! Take my $$!!!
Weird how this terrain kickstarter has been so successful, yet the Wyrd 3d Dungeonworks stuff has all gone out of print!
Urg, please don’t do rock intros for segments – was bad enough on tonight’s episode of Doctor Who -_-
That dungeon set could make for some rather interesting close quartes Mordheim games!
That is some gorgeous terrain
Another great show. That terrain looks absolutely fantastic.
I don’t have cardboard scenery but this Dungeon Set would provide a great start!
Love watching the Weekender. You guys so rock.
The shanty town terrain instantly brought Borderlands to mind, it looks fantastic.
Wow that post-apoc set-up is sweet, I can imagine it merging into the city scenery on a 4×4 with my Mars Attacks minis all over it.
I missed out on the Dungeon kickstarter, wish I hadn’t.
I like the battle system terrain, nice and easy to use. Would really like a nice 28mm post apocalyptic game in the fallout setting for the new stuff.
I didn’t expect the Shanty Town. I kept seeing Fallout RPG possibilities.
Can I have the Battle System dungeon set?
I definitely won’t put greasy chicken on it.
Yet another phenominal show, that Shanti town is a great set brilliant work once again from Battle Systems.
I love the idea of the Spy Board game and couldnt help but laugh at the suggestion of a Fosters for us Australians (who would refuse to drink the awful stuff) despite what advertisers would like you to believe Australians HATE fosters wiith a dying passion lmao
Wow thats an awesome dungeon set!!
Lol Aussies don’t drink Fosters it’s utter shite. We’ll bring some XXXX or VB to the game
I love the battle system stuff, I have to up my pledge thanks to the shantytown. After looking at the zen web site looks like more money is flying away. If you like the zen vehicles might want to check out CNC workshop at http://www.miniaturescenery.com they have a range of vehicles that are really nice …especially if you are an 40k Orc player
Dungeon crawling is fine, but Mordheim adventures under ground would be absolutely awesome. Yes gents, we still have Mordheim League Games in the Union of Bold Adventurers (UBA). Good games never die! Game on my friends!
It appears that battlesystems is going to replace world works games.
Would love the Dungeon set. pity Im too late to back the sci-fi set.
That Dungeon set is a thing of beauty so many dungeon crawlers you could play with that SO MANY!!!
I’m debating doing a small backing of Warpath I have no one to really play it with but that is everything I always wanted a war game to be back when I could easily play those. Sucks the guys missed showing the Space Hamster wheel of death 🙂
That Tau Battle Suit is amazing I have always said if I ever wanted to play 40k, which I can’t see myself doing again ever, the Tau would be what I would play just love their stuff.
The battlesystems city set and shanty town sets both look fantastic.
congrats to the winners. Deadzone is a great game. Warpath 2.0 is looking very cool. Want to check that out.
I am also digging the apocalyptic terrain. Would love to get my hand on some of that. But I would also like to dungeon crawler set too…
just go back into this beast war thing…glad to be back
thanks for the show guys. The Dark Age minis look awesome and i’m gonna have to check them out maybe for conversions.
See you on XLBS!
those battle system terrains are pretty cool,loads of use for them
I like that Battle Systems terrain! Makes me want to toss out my current collection and replace it with their stuff. How about doing a prison set, Walking dead anyone? As far as the Tau Stormsurge, It looks great but I never felt the Tau fit in to the 40K universe. How about using it in Warpath? Great show as always guy!
Man…all these Kickstarters I want to throw money at….oh well I may just buy some of Battle Systems stuff when they release it to retail. Always looking for more terrain!
Great episode this week.
@warzan great take on the look of the sixties. The airline game has a bit of the look of Thunderbirds.
I hope the news coming out about Team Yankee and the boot camp, now that it is sold out, will be for some awesome presales for BoW fans. Maybe a chance to get a start on our army during the boot camp so we can paint along at home!
I am lucky enough to have stuff from the Battle Systems Sci-Fi and fantasy ranges, to anyone who is sitting on the fence thinking about jumping in on the current kickstarter I’d just say that these guys do make an excellent quality product – don’t think you will be disappointed if you choose to back.
Great show guys!
I missed out on the dungeon terrain KS so winning a copy now would be epic. I’m all over this Post Apocalyptic KS though, I won’t miss out again.
well, the battle terrain system does look excellent. wouldn’t mind winning that set.
I’m really looking forward for this Warpath 2.0, Can’t wait until the KS delivers.
Battelesystem looks great
Woo Hoo! I am a winner! 😛
Love the look of the Battle Systems stuff. Really great.
That shanty town. So close to backing. Need to see if my wife likes it as much as I do.
couldnt resist the shanty town pledge appeal !
now i would love to get my hands on both scifi and dungeon stuff !
That dungeon would be amazing for frostgrave
A WW2 battle system would be nice.
This Post-Apoc terrain looks so great it makes me wait for an Apocalypse to happen 🙂
That terrain is amazeballs!
Loved the District 9 type terrain!
Please include in Justin’s education that Stella Artois is Belgian, not French!
Not 100% on the post-apoc terrain, but the fantasy one looks amazing.
Good show as always
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Took part in the Battle System dungeon Kickstarter but would love to add too it to make an even bigger set. I’d love to take part in their current Kickstarter too but I’m going to have to pass unfortunately.
Wow awesome set
That terrain is awesome! Would love it for Batman and some 40K. Will be checking out the Kickstarter after XLBS.
That scenery!! The dungeon.makes me want to go all warhammer quest and the post apoc makes me want to start mercs or something like that. Only just getting back into the hobby….the wife is going to kill me I start spending money on all this cool stuff.
The Battle Systems terrain is great! Though I’m still waiting to see a Mall add-on, kind of like the Dungeon had the “Fortress” add-on 😉
Love that shanty town and dungeon terrain…. flight simulator game, not so much. 🙂
Battle System stuff looks so cool I been a bit intimidated with trying to set something like this up. But if I get my hands on some I know I will at least try my best.
Fun show guys. I really ought to try to get to Essen one year. I’m sure Gencon would be awesome too, but probably a lot more expensive to get to.
I like some elements of the new Tau Stormsurge, but my main problem with it is that they _haven’t_ stayed with the aesthetics of the line. Battlesuits are supposed to be enclosed, not open topped. I know the rule of cool gives them the opportunity to show off all the workings, but it spoils it a bit for me.
I’ve heard two good suggestions and both combined would possibly make it more appealing to me. The first was to think of this as an artillery support vehicle not an ‘in your face’ war strider. If you – as Lloyd suggested – treated it as a tank on legs rather than as a battlesuit, i think being open topped works much better. If you then removed both of the red ‘head’ sensor suites, it would help make the vehicle look more like this concept and less like an inexplicably open-topped battle suit.
I do like the look of the apoc. set.
that battle systems stuff looks awesome
The stormsurge is an exemple of why I stopped playing 40K. When one player has that king of big model, you either ignore it and it destroys you or you have to concentrate on it otherwise you won’t kill it.
Yeah, 40k is an arms race to buy the get the biggest, scariest stuff.
No fun if you’re like me, and prefer rank and file troops with maybe a couple of vehicles to big stompy robots, and super-elites.
how can justin not like austin powers it’s incredibly funny.
This Warpath looks awesome. The scenery also looks great! I’d love to win this 🙂
The battlesystem terrain looks awesome. More so the shantytown than the ruined city stuff. Very versatile that.
Love it.
I watched the Battle Systems dungeon kickstarter but just did not have the cash to get in so please put my name in the hat for it. Thanks
Ihave kikstart all the BattleSystem kikstarter and the du geon one i reeeaaallyy nice with those mats and. Can say we never have enough of their stuff 🙂
Loved the show as always! The Dungeon set is just beautiful, Battlefront does such an amazing job. We just picked up the new D&D Rage of Demons, so seeing the new Mini’s has really fueled the fire to get going! This time I get to play and not DM, I am so looking forward to that.
I do like that MDF car. It’s just that it’s not the usual run-of-the-mill car, but has its own style. I also like that paper terrain, I never would have thought some cardboard sheet could look this awesome.
That post apoc set may finally get me to dip a toe into Battlesystems’ pond.
1:21:22 was that a fart warren 😉
1:22:31 maybes 😉
damn that terrain ! wtb a starwars orientated version of it to use with the starwars rpg :O
I loved the dungeon set, really miffed I missed out. This would be great for my d&d and frostgrave.
Would Orks use Vespas to mod into warbikes? I doubt it.
I’m with Justin on Austin Powers. I loved it when it came out but watched it a couple of months back and it really hasn’t stood the test of time.
Jesus, I just looked it up, it’s been eighteen years!
As a Dungeon Master preparing my first 5E D&D game, this would be the best! Those kickstarters both looked interesting, though the 60s aren’t my favorite time period.
So the hasslefree minis are based on SG1 and I think this gives the best way of linking all 3 battlesystems sets together. But the combo of city and shanty sets now makes the need for a fallout game all the more necessary!
This was another great show – I’m loving the variety of the shows and the great guests. Through the weekender and XLBS beats of war makes itself unique and the best value “pay to view” website I back.
Thanks guys I won’t be joining you for the boot camp this time, but one day I’ll make the trip out there and gush on you all in person! …. Just reread that sentence, it sounded so much better in my head.
Trouble with dipping out of wargaming for a few years you come back and there’s so much stuff available you always wished was here a few years back, the Battle Systems range like the Dungeon Set etc, being definitely one.
the terrain looks good, and The Grand Budapest Hotel is definitely worth watching at least once!
Battle Systems Fantasy Dungeon Set looks pretty impressive!!
Wow, again you guys knocked it out of the park! Can’t wait until the Warpath Kickstarter is done, got me a Total Warfare set to look forward to (next year 🙁 )! Very nice piece on the Battle Systems Urban Apocalypse city & shantytown sets, what fantastic gaming scenery!! As always, enjoyed the show, enjoyed the dialogue and camaraderie, keep up the great work!
These look pretty rad
Love seeing the terrain! I want more Dungeon Saga detail! Would love to play it in 3 dimensions!
Great weekender !
Love Battlesystems terrain. One of my friends got the scifi version. We build, and had a couple of cool space hulk games whit it.
The dungeon terrain, would be awesome for Lord Of the rings battles. Would fit whit my Moria and Goblin Town armies. The new terrain looks amazing too, would really fit a lot of different games.
I love Austin Powers movies. but i don’t really see them as 60-70s movies. Because the movies are mostly in the 90s Nothing beats dr Evil, love that charcter. But different tastes are allowed, so its fair you don’t like them Justin 😉
I don’t wanna talk about warpath….. they all ready have, way to much of my money 😉
Always nice to see some of the smaller kickstarters. The spy game looked very interesting, I would need to have a look at it.
I could really use that terrain 🙂
loved the shanty town would be good for Mars attacks, deadzone, mad-max, zombie games (ZTV) the list goes on.
So get a couple of people playing different factions in the Batman miniatures game and some of this sweet ruined city terrain and do a multiplayer “No Man’s Land” map-based campaign for the ruins of Gotham. Win!
Love the new tau suit !
I like the Battle Systems stuff a lot,pity that therese
there’s no retailer in germany (at least none I’m aware of…)
The Mantic Kickstarter finished with a great support of thr community. I think Ronnie is doing very well to engage us to his company.
That dungeon looks sweet
Battlesysytems Dungeon is perfect for Frostgrave games
All hail King Warren, Lord of the Arockalypse! 😀
I think making intro tunes for each show item could be quite fun.
So very tempted to back the shanty town Kickstarter. The dungeon ones are gorgeous too!
I am thoroughly enamoured with the battlesystems terrain. My fear is always the clips that hold it together but i barely notice them! At the end of the day it’s the overall look of the thing, getting that cluttered look without it being messy. I say they have achieved that
You guys were not convinced by MDF vehicles, but have you checked CNC Workshop Miniature Scenery? https://www.miniaturescenery.com/index.asp
I really love all their work, but the shipping is so much. I think you guys would love the Zephyr Penguin Data: https://www.miniaturescenery.com/ProductPage.asp?CODE=VH1ZEPENG. Or what about the Forklifts big and small: https://www.miniaturescenery.com/ProductPage.asp?CODE=VH1FRKSET
And if you like Mad Max and Space Orks, check the Arf Track: https://www.miniaturescenery.com/ProductPage.asp?CODE=VH1ARFTRK
I would have a stop at the Conquerer Tank: https://www.miniaturescenery.com/ProductPage.asp?CODE=VH1CNQTNK
Check it out. Thanks for the nice show. Never forget the humor. I am still enjoying your show about the Battle Foam Bags. I was at a convention yesterday and a lot of people could use the deo add-on.
Awesome!
We’re playing a lot of Pathfinder and D&D at the clubs … that terrain set would be awesome!
Dungeon could be fun to use.
The Battle System terrain looks awesome especially the shanty town set. Also, damn Justin, not knowing what a DB5 is.
I’ll bet this terrain would work really well with dungeon saga. I’ve got some of the Dwarven Forge stuff which is great, but I love the detail on the Battle Systems stuff!
Another great weekender guys.
Love the battlesystems, thee look very nice and not That hard to build
I backed both previous battle systems kickstarters and they were great. The only thing stopping me this time is the bad $AU making them cost 30% more ; / Otherwise I’d be all in again.
I’d love it if Battle Systems created a Castle for KOW.
Really interested in the battle systems, thinking this would be great for Dungeon saga.
The PostApoc Scenery looks fab, the Dungeon Scenery too!
The most realistic airline game of the earth? Sounds really, really cheesy, but it seems to mean a lot to the developer, so why not. I’ve heared some people play with little metal men doing the wars of their grandfathers… 😀
This terrain stuff is awesome. I’m totally sold! I need this for Dungeon Saga!
I resisted so far for the apocalypse terrains. But now, I think I won’t be able to resist any more…
Thanks anyway for your week-end videos beasts of war team !
I love these terrain sets, so cool
I really like the look of the Battle Systems Post-Apocalyptic and the Shantt town sets.,
Yes the shantt town set look perfect for a game of infinity.
The dungeon set would be incredible for games of Dungeon Saga. That is some seriously gorgeous terrain!
Damn you Battle Systems, damn you………$$$$$$$$!
That shanty town reminds me of borderlands =D
missed th KS for the dungeon terrain would love to get a set
This weekender is getting to be a very nice tradition. Coffee and weekender. You bring up some great stuff.
Battle Systems make great looking terrain. Would love that dungeon for Dungeon Saga (and Heroquest 25th if it ever comes).
Oi! That terrain looks utterly delightful, with the multi levels. If I win, I think my pants would explode off. Lol.
The Battle Systems scenery sure looks awesome! The Dark Age stuff also caught my eye 🙂
The Battle System Shanty town looks amazing. Combined with the Dark Age Outcasts I want to get I may have my next project sorted.
Im surprised by your comments on the wooden vehicles. It strikes me that you must not have seen the amazing job CNC Workshop are doing with their range.
Check them out https://www.miniaturescenery.com/CategoryPage.asp?CODE=CAT_VH
Their scenery range is also outstanding.
thant set would be perfect for Frostgrave!
fantasy Battle Systems terrain perfect for Dungeon Saga and the shanty town for Zombicide
Nice stuff, I am in on the Battle Systems Apocalypse and Shanty Town. missed the other kick starters for Battle Systems.
Terrain looks good, but even better with those mats.
This is my first comment! I worked out my chances of winning that badass dungeon set are 1/300.
All of the Battle systems terrain looks amazing. Just trying to find the pennies to get some.
I just love that game and terrain developers continue to show support for BoW and show up to the studio and do these interviews. Great for everyone involved, especially us viewers!
The Battle Systems Dungeon Set looks wicked the intricate furniture makes it look fun just to set up haha It would be cool to get a set to go with my Warhammer Quest project where I’ve revitalised the classic minis and added some Otherworld extras You may wanna see my blog of it here: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/654831.page
I know I am late to the party, But the storm surge I think looks a bit ridiculous, though I get all of your arguments, and it does have its place, but I think it is a bit too overloaded. Though the Ghostkeel that was just released, I think is really really cool, I really like the stealth suits though.
Additionally, that clear for takeoff game I could probably get my girlfriend, someone who very much likes those simulation games and plays them for ages on her tablet, to play.
the mats bring the terrain together. going to have to get both >shakes head at empty wallet<
There is a kickstarter for 3d files for printing terrain. It would be nice to see a weekender talk about 3d printing terrain. I think we are at the point where that is starting to look like a reality.
This terrain would be FANTASTIC for Batman. I think this is going to have to happen.
I wonder how well the battle system terrain holds up to frequent gaming i am thinking of geting in on the kickstarter they are running now
Battle Systems terrain looks very cool.
I got the kickstarter for Warpath 2.0 for the 2 player starter set, for me and the wife. This will be our first army type of tabletop/war game. I got this because I’ve been following Beasts of War a little over a year now and been interested in starting a army but couldn’t decide what to start with. My wife likes to paint and when she realized that she could paint and customize the miniatures that is what got her interested and started looking more into war games; I also saw that she is more into the undead type of armies but she didn’t like the look of the plague types in Warpath, but she is alright with the enforcers. The second reason I got this was because the cost of other games we saw were a little to much for us and this seemed like a good price. The final reason was when I saw Warren excited for this and saw the basic mechanics video that I had to get this.
Would love the fantasy battle terrain.
I need it, lovely urban terrain!
The battle system is totally cool! I’d love to win this 🙂
The Warpath KS was awesome!
I love this dungeon set!
Warpath rocks! Battle System also 🙂
Battle systems scenery looks awesome got get on their kickstarter
I never liked 40K too much but Warpath looks cool!
Beautiful set. looks very usable and sturdy!
That terrain is incredible!
The D&D demons looks super cool! The paper scenery too 🙂
I would love to get a hold of that dungeon!
These kickstarts seem like a pretty good deal.
Take my money already! 😉
Love the look of the terrain.
Awesome
Fantastic terrain, love to own some!
I could use this for so many specialist games I play, fingers crossed
The Battle Systems dungeon seems like it includes a ridiculously large set of components. I wonder how fragile they actually are.
Battle Systems look great, disappointed that I missed the kickstarter for the Sci-Fi set.
After GMing for the first time fairly recently, I’ve learned how helpful a physical battle map can be. This terrain might be exactly what I’m looking for.
I love all the stuff that Battle Systems comes out with. They are doing really good with the designs.
BS dungeon system is perfect for Super Dungeon Explore 3D and Freebooters Fate. I love it. So count me in.
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wow, my terrain collection can really use the boost.
This would be most useful for some of my games – it’s a useful overview
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I’d love to have the scenery and the demons too! 🙂
I don’t have any of this yet, so it would be awesome to check it out and have it on hand. Dungeon Saga anyone? 😀
It’s be pretty cool for both Infinity and Necromunda with a little work.
A very cool concept, I would love to get a set of this for games!
Love the Harryhausen style skeleton warriors!
Looks like no special passphrase so I’m just regular commenting then. Hope I win, I had to skip this one because of funding lack lol.
Would love to see the battlesystems stuff first hand. Are they planning to be at any shows?
All these battle systems terrains are truly amazing.
awesome stuff guys as always 🙂
Finally got time to watch, better late than never, great show as ever 😀
Battle system stuff looks better every time I see it, love to have a game with some one day!
The Battle systems terrain has to be the best I have seen – looks a lot less fiddly than Deadzone!
Oh and Grand Budapest Hotel is awesome movie – my fave of 2014 🙂
I’ve been longing for some Battlesystems terrain for over a year now, just trying to find the funds and the right game to utilize them. Thanks for the contest!
Cool terrain! I just started playing heroquest again after many years with some friend and Battle Systems terrain would be perfect for that 😀
The MB boardgame or the RuneQuest one?
The Tau walker looks overkill, but still a nice model. Battle System also looks great!
YES! THE WEEKEND IS FINALLY HERE!
Well another demostration on What ceo an sp, svp on gw lacs for, just a joke! But seems they just cant stop making huge miniatures maybe next Will be a dreadnought dog size??
Btw 40k rocks, isnt the best game ever but not bad.
About dark age donot why but i dont like at all the pics! Maybe paintjobs, maybe sculpts or pics filtres donot know but dont make him a good favor is like infinity some pics sucks. When really the mini is stunning on hand and un painted.
As someone who backed for part of the Dungeons kick, I can only complain that I didn’t go bigger. There is a lot of stuff in even the basic set. Missed the sci-fi edition too.
that is some awesome terrain.
When do the winners get announced? I tuned in today like a kid at Christmas!
Great show and that is lovely terrain
Interesting stuff. I have little time for terrain building though I would love to do so. This would definitely be a way to meet in the middle.
The dungeon set looks amazing. Looks like I’ll have to save up some money to get it. It would fit into our weekly campaign nicely.
Shiny!