Weekender: Core Space Late Pledges + Fun With What A Tanker!
March 31, 2018 by brennon
Come and join us for The Weekender where we're going to be taking a slice through the tabletop gaming hobby to check out what awesome stuff has been going on this week.
Weekender Podcast Download
Make sure to get involved in the comments below as you could win prizes AND help feedback on everything we're doing here at Beasts Of War
Updates
There are some cool things for you to check out from this week including...
- DreadBall 2nd Edition Week - Win yourself some awesome goodies and learn about Mantic's new game
- UK Games Expo Hall Plans - See how the layout is looking for this year's awesome event
With those little announcements out of the way, we've got loads more to show you as well in this episode.
BattleSystem's Core Space Pledge Manager
We talk with Colin from BattleSystems about the Core Space Pledge Manager and what it offers you as late backers at this point.
As well as this, we discuss some of the changes in the mechanics and such for this game which makes you feel very much like Han Solo or the Firefly crew.
News
There's been plenty going on in the tabletop world and here's a bit of it...
- Han Solo & Rebel Commandos - See what you think of these upcoming releases for Star Wars: Legion
- Bolt Action Germans & Werebears - Warlord Games have some fun stuff planned for their games
- Test Of Honour - We take a peek at the Sohei Warrior Monks this week with Warlord Games!
- Art & Arcana - A new book is coming to coffee tables in October this year featuring amazing artwork for D&D
- Joan Of Arc Comics - Mythic Games are working on a range of Joan Of Arc comics to expand their world
Make sure you tell us about all of this news in the comments below.
What A Tanker!
TooFatLardies were in the studio talking about their new skirmish game What A Tanker! As well as shooting some games with the guys we also talked with Rich about the thinking behind the game too.
Kickstarter Time
We also take some time to delve into some Kickstarter projects currently running this week.
- Batman: Gotham City Chronicles - The campaign ends today and it's Kickstarter Exclusive!
- Pacific Rim: Extinction - As well as checking out an exclusive reveal we hone in on the campaign's final days
- The Awful Orphanage - Will you be able to escape the clutches of Ms Prendergast?
- MourneQuest - Awesome models, amazing Irish folklore and more awaits in this project. Check out our interview HERE.
Which of these projects would you back?
Competitions
Make sure to Claim Your Prize if you heard your name during the show as we announce winners for our Frontier Wargaming Paint Station giveaway.
You can also still get involved with the AdeptiCon Swag Bag competitions by checking out the Live Blogs HERE and HERE.
Win Yourself Some Sohei Warrior Monks!
You can also get your hands on a blister pack of the Sohei Warrior Monks. Make sure to stay tuned until the end of the show to find out how.
Check out more of the Test Of Honour range to see what else they have on offer.
Have a great weekend!
Happy Easter everyone
Same to all of you guys too! 😀
Happy Easter Peeps 🙂
Happy easter
hab bumhug
Get some chocolate eggs down you and that will fix that 😉
And so it came to pass that, even though for many it felt that the Weekend had started yesterday, the correct greeting shoud still be “It’s the Weekend”!!!
MORNING ALL!
We only got Monday off as because easter moves around the bloody calendar each year we forgot about it when booking guests in earlier in the year lol
I’m now a proponent for ditching daylight saving and moving easter to a fixed date in the calendar!
The priest of the Temple of 戦争の獣 (Senso no kemono) was running out of ideas. His small Temple had been raided by outlaws on a regular basis, but being on the remote northern coast of a large island just off the mainland it was an area where that was the norm. Then one day he heard that a promising young Sanurai and his small band of supporters and hangers on were passing nearby so set off to track him down and beg his aid.
Having been exiled from the mainland the mighty Samurai saw a chance to establish a territory of his own influence which would also allow him to rise in honour and spread his fame across the lands. He and his companions set up camp next to the small temple by the cliff, with the large stream and boggy ground around it providing a tactical position which he believed he could withstand the assault of more numerous but less skilled warriors than himself.
This he did over several days, beating off increasingly large groups. But then, just when he and the priest thought they’d won news came through that a local outlaw warlord was on his way for one big showdown…
If he won, that would be it and his fame and honour would be forever stamped in history. People would travel from far and wide with their boots to attend camps where they’d learn the varied skils of recruitment, preparation, terrain preparation as well as the finer fighting arts.
The following dawn, a mist rolled through the small vale and a horn was sounded from not to far away. Time to deploy…
Ummm- not sure if Google translate was the best choice of translation… Just translated the temple name back and it comes up with ‘beautiful girlfriend’. Not what I started with… Not even close!
Happy Easter to all the beasties 😛
I don’t really know what day it is anymore. Was off on Friday which isn’t really a bank holiday in NI as far as I’m aware with Monday and Tuesday being the real holidays here but because of who I work for I have to take the Friday and Monday which means getting to work on Tuesday is a buggar as Public transport will be at a minimum . But I think today is Saturday
Yeah easter is a bit of a mystery to me. In other parts of the world it’s probably bigger than Christmas, but over here every year it’s just a but of a muddle through. (Aside from the stores selling 100g of chocolate in the shape of an egg in a box 3 times too large for a tenner)
But for whatever reason at least in my circles easter just doesn’t seem to resonate despite its significance in the Christian background.
I wonder if the northern Irish have a little aversion to celebrating the death of Christ? (Which is strange considering the whole 3 day wake thing we do!)
I was looking at the web and surprise surprise it looks like it’s because the Orange Order held parades on a Tuesday as it was the first non religious holiday after the Easter rising in Dublin and the needed to have a little protest of their own
XD
I would like to see rebel pathfinders modeled after the Rogue One rebels for Star Wars Legion. As it is I’m going to paint my standard rebel troopers in similar colors. Also I’d like to see more special models (possibly used as mission objectives) like downed pilots, droids, officers, and other ancillary characters.
These are great ideas!
No mention of the fallout of the Robotech RPG Tactics Kickstarter? You may have covered it in another post, but after 5 years, Palladium Books have confirmed they will not be fulfilling their Kickstarter Wave 2 products, which are the majority of the models from the Kickstarter. They are losing their license to Robotech today, March 31, and cannot produce or sell Robotech licensed products.
Something to note is that the KS Terms of Service in effect for the project required Palladium to refund for undelivered rewards, but they have so far refused any refunds, which has led to some backers begin to group together to initiate legal recourse.
I so want to pick up the Solo expansion for Legion, but the mini needs work. I took a couple of pics at Adepticon, and the miniature just does not resemble the character or actor. https://imgur.com/Qc9ZJlU
I also have a couple of pics of the April expansions for Legion.
Leian, Fleet Troopers and Battlefield Terrain
Solo and the Commandos
Veers and the Snow Troopers
Alright, you got me, backed Core Space.
Happy Easter all and hope everyone is having a great long weekend.
I never played Test of Honor, but I’m sure that a ninja raid scenario would be fun
You have to do 7 samurai. Spec up 7 overpowered criminals and mercs and have them defend some farmers from waves of huge numbers of soldiers and their evil overlord.
That working title for the Lardies WW1 dogfight game reminds me of my favourite punchline “but these Fokkers were Messerschmitts”
I can’t find their old WW1 air game Algernon pulls it off on their site anymore which is a pity. Well I couldn’t find it. Probably senility kicking in
Culturally Easter is a big thing in traditionally Catholic areas of Europe and the world, in traditionally Protestant areas (i.e. a lot of Northern Europe) not so much. Its the whole thing about the Catholic church being more into pomp and ceremony than the Protestant church is, on the whole.
Christmas got highjacked by the secular commercial world as an opportunity to go overboard convincing people to spend a lot of money buying toys and gifts, so the huge hype really superceded the religious festival for most of the world, particularly once the whole Disney movie phenomenon started influencing popular culture.
With Easter there has never been the opportunity to secularise the holiday in quite the same way, so it remains much more religious focused than Christmas has become. So for folks who aren’t particularly religious it just feels a bit flat and pointless, lacking the commercial push of Christmas and perhaps even these days Halloween. Whereas for people of Christian faith it has stayed being (in the Protestant way) “acknowledged” or (in the Catholic and Orthodox way) “celebrated”.
The word “holiday” derives of course from “holy-day”, which were days set aside in the medieval calendar where people were excused work so that they could attend church. The idea that a holiday is a big excuse for a party and festivities came later and while initially centering around the traditions of the specific day (eggs: the stone in front of Christ’s tomb, but also a symbol of hope for spring and new life which the church was happy to co-opt from pagan notions) expanded into an opportunity to enjoy yourself as you didn’t have to spend all the hours of daylight at work that day.
I forgot to add, I have just nipped over to TooFatLardies and pre-ordered What a Tanker! I love the GF9 game “Tanks”, but this sounds even better. I’ve got a crap-ton of WWII tanks of different scales and periods, and love tank-heavy games, so this sounds like it will be just down my alley! And at £20 for the book, it would be rude not to!
thanks gents. really enjoyed the Japanese and Irish mythology, got to love the Irish for still genuinely believing in the little people.
would like to hear your thoughts on Harry Potter. it has gone awfully quite after they went to pre order. do you think pre order was a mistake whether forced or other wise? beautiful models but what about the game ?
can we have a review of the crystal brush? pretty please. i could easily sit down and watch a show on each of the top three in all categories. beautiful miniatures are one of the main reasons we all play, and boy are they beautiful.
happy easter you guys thanks for the awesome show
Drat — I need a Backstage Pass to listen.
only for the show tomorrow, you should be able to see this one.
@schogun – you can sign up for a free backstage pass for a week to try it out.
I highly recommend subscribing in any case – it’s fantastic value for money.
A cool scenario I think would be with like a band of ninja’s or ronin maybe, fighting your way up to the top of the keep of a castle through the inside to kill a lord.
Nice show as always, Now I unsure of the rules for Test of Honor ( havent played, nor do I own it,no-one plays it where I live) but, for the scenario, would love to see the Battosai (from the Rurouni Kenshin manga ) vs thugs in a dojo, or, the Battosai vs the shoguns troops in the final battle during the revolution. Or ( Sam May love this idea) you could go down the Ninja Scroll anime path.
Wuxia, man. Wuxia.
that Core Space game looks super nice, very interesting mechanics and the minis look incredible
A quick Test of Honor scenario for the Warrior Monks could be a individual seeks protection from the Monks from a clan. That clan is set on eliminating the person because they know a secret that will destroy the honor of their clan. The setting would be the Monks’ temple with the rival clan invading to either capture or kill the person with the secret.
Happy weekend!
I was amazed at how ‘not like Han at all’ the Han miniature looked. If I’d seen it without context I’m fairly sure I wouldn’t have guessed who it was meant to be!
Right for a ToH scenario I would have the Sohei on a procession to complete an annual ritual to re-bless the bindings on a shrine imprisoning an Oni of Legend. (Take your pick, there are so many Oni to pick from.) But . . . a ninja clan has been hired by persons unknown to disrupt the ritual and attack midway through! So you have the monks on one side desperately trying to defend those doing the ritual and the ninja desperately trying to fight their way through the defending monks and stop the ritual. All on a round timer!
This was the first weekender my 5 year old enjoyed because everyone was rude to the Justin puppet 🙂 Cracked it.