Weekender: The World Of Godslayer On Kickstarter & Fun With Captain Sonar!
May 12, 2018 by dignity
Come and get stuck into The Weekender with us today as we're looking at some awesome new models from Megalith Games for their Godslayer Kickstarter and much more.
Weekender Podcast Download
We've got some great news to dive into this week as well and we'd love your feedback on everything we talk about on the show.
CMON Expo
This weekend sees Dawn & Gianna at the CMON Expo. They are going to be talking to the crew behind loads of their awesome board, card and miniature games and getting the scoops on what's new.
Make sure to get your comments in and ask them what you'd like to see covered.
Game Of The Week: Captain Sonar
We take a look at Captain Sonar which we seriously need to get on camera for a Let's Play soon. The game has two teams playing against each other to sink the opponent's submarine.
It is a game which can be played in a Turn Based mode but we reckon this shines when you've got this going completely live with all of the madness and confusion of people shouting orders to each other.
News
We dive into some news from this week...
- Leia Organa Expansion - A new expansion for Star Wars: Legion detailed
- Galactic Warzone Terrain - Some new Ready For Battle terrain is coming out soon from Gale Force Nine
- Blood Red Skies - Check out their newest wave of releases...and try and say all those numbers twice in a row!
- Blighted Ogruns - A whole range of new Legion characters and beasts have been added into the mix for May
- Escape The Dark Castle - Three Adventure Packs will be added to the game with a Kickstarter in June
What caught your eye from the news this week?
The World Of Godslayer
We talk with David from Megalith Games to discuss the world of Godslayer which is currently on Kickstarter as they look for funding to get their new Starter Box AND loads of new sculpts onto the tabletop.
There are also some prizes up for grabs but we'll tell you more about those in the show...
Kickstarter
We have an update for you firstly from the world of Kickstarter...
- Hellboy: The Board Game - Head to Mexico with Hellboy as he fights alongside his Luchador buddies!
...and if that didn't get you excited how about...
- Darwin's Choice - Design your own weird creatures and help them survive against the odds
- Skull Tales: Full Sail - Experience a sprawling board game with voyaging, dungeon crawling and more...as pirates!
Which of these campaigns caught your eye?
Competitions - Win Godslayer Goodies!
We have two winners to announce. If you heard your name in conjunction with the Ursus Bodyguard or Spirit Island competition then make sure to Claim Your Prize.
This week we're also giving away three prizes...
- 1x Two-Player Kickstarter Starter Set
- 1x Starter Box (Of Your Choice) + Rulebook
- 1x Starter Box (Of Your Choice + Rulebook
...so if the world of Godslayer has got you excited then you'll want to listen out for how to win.
Have a great weekend!
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Happy Weekend everyone!
It’s Saturday. Saturday. Gotta get up for Saturday.
@warzan working hard…or should that be hardly working?
How about working hard at hardly working?
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Happy Weekend, everyone. 😀 Happy to say there’ll be some serious wargaming going on this weekend at Casa del Oriskany! 😀
Very envious mate! Have a good one and may your USMC dice bring you many great victories. As it’s my youngest lads 16th birthday weekend, the weekender will be about all I’ll be able to do.
Have a great weekend of hobbying, one and all!!
Wish him a Happy Birthday from sunny Florida, USA! Enjoy the festivities! 🙂
I’m sitting here Friday night listening about Hellboy in Mexico drinking some scotch. Not bad!
You are an inspiration to us all. Have one for me I’m heading out to work shortly.
I’m thinking Daimyō for the next faction.
It’s the Weekend!
oh yes yes – highlight of the week – the awesomeness of the weekender show 🙂 and super cool watch while on route to Warhammer Fest
Great show. As for a new faction of Godslayer I think a Babylon style faction would be cool. They could worship dragons as they were the first people in the world who depicted them first on the gate of their city. And sense they were they seem to be take races and mix them with non human creatures like the Troglodytes, they could have dragon or lizard like people for the faction.
Sumerians would be really cool, maybe Sumerian dwarves like the chaos dwarves of WHFB, but with lamassus and scorpion men (dwarves).
I like Godslayer, the unit/model activation system works so well. You have to pay attention of activating the correct units/models to get your synergies just right. And having unit/model cards makes it easy to know what everything does.
Is the big secret CMON game called Narcos?…It’s been all over the internet this morning
No that is not it. The big secret is….( Internet dies)
Noooooooo!!! Now we shall never know the secret of KFCs herbs and spices!
@dracs : https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.reddit.com/r/futurama/comments/2vcx3x/the_colonels_secret_recipe/?source=images
I really cant wait to get Leia on the table, Ive definitely been massively dragged into this game now!!
Justin was spot on with the Mosquito, my favorite aircraft of all time. It was one of few operational front-line aircraft of the era whose frame was constructed almost entirely of wood and was nicknamed The Wooden Wonder. Unfortunately because of the wooden frame no originals are still flying. A couple have been built recently so i think theres 2 or 3 flying again but I believe they’re in the states. Originally conceived as a bomber but it forfilled so many other roles throufhout the war, including most iconically photo recce (of course the most important trade in the RAF).
I like the approach to fantasy that Godslayer has taken. The lower fantasy almost seems more realistic. The sculpts look very cool, I do love the amazons but the nordguard would definitely be the faction for me. The fact that theres a few races all with a viking feel is a massive pull for myself. As for a future faction I’d love to see something focussed around the egyptians, theres so much mythology there that could be delved into. It would be so cool to get some ‘gods of egypt’ style battles going on. Theres so many possibilities, plus imagine a norse/egyptian battle!
I got lucky with Godslayer – the Halodynes already channel my favourite mythology. If you want a new faction, Japanese mythology would be a fascinating direction to take.
Friends pay attention! Greeks, ancient Greeks and Macedonians….are the same nation, Hellas nation. So, about Godslayer game (I dont know how they manage the factions but just to be clear to al the people here) when they speak about classical Greeks, ancient Greeks or Macedonians, we are talking about same nation. My comment is not so “gaming themed” but at the same time I know there are many history gamers out there and I believe is good to clarify some things here and there when we have the opportunity 😉 thanks.
Most of the actual factions appeal to me allready, and there are many great suggestions from our fellow-gamiacs, so it is getting more and more difficult to come up with something else. However, I still have a good one up my sleeve, and this is Indian, Hindi and the like sub-continent stuff. They have millions of gods, Shiva, Ganesha, the Vedes etc., all kinds of animal gods, tigers, elephants, crocodiles and so on, you name it, and finally they got some really freaky-styley steeds like floating cobras, giant blue parrots and what not.
So this is my idea: Indian mythology.
Namaste.
Btw, great show with just the right amount of comedy. Yeah!
Did he say 3 hours a game??? I play Warmachine and 2 hours a game is often a little too long to fit in.
As for other cultures:
I like Bens egyptians, but that could be followed up later by the aliens that helped them build their pyramids.
You could also have Atlantean infiltrators or Atlantean survivors/refugees with their high tech.
I also like the idea of a faction inspired by a cross of indian and chinese mythology. Lots of man/animal gods and interesting demons and spirits. People with multiple arms and mystic powers.
Real time is the only way to play Captain Sonar. I advise getting a ninth person to act as referee on you first game or two.
Are you offering?
Round up seven other people and fly me over and I’ll happily ref
Godslayer looks really good, alas Woe and Calamity! I’m tapped out for this month, many family birthdays and saving for UKGX.
A new Faction for Godslayer, definitely go with a Japanese theme.
The Heavenly Empire.
Ruled by a seemingly Immortal self-proclaimed God Emperor believed by many to be a Godquester who succeeded in his quest he now wheels that power to forge his nation into an unstoppable force and ultimately seeks to claim even more power and ultimately ascend to true godhood.
Subfactions:
Shogunate, Well armed and equipped baseline human troops led by elite Samurai some of if not the finest swordsmen, spearmen and archers, and so driven by their code of honour and faith in The Devine Emperor that they will fight on even if wounded unto death,
The Mist Clans, Spirit magic Ninjas, need I say more, ’tis rare to see or rather not see more than half a dozen of them on the battlefield, when you do see them they’re leaping out of your own shadow and stabbing you through the heart with a weapon that seems to ignore all protections, light all the lamps let no shadows be cast, They are Always watching.
Shin Masters, Mystic Warrior Monks who have willingly become hoists to Potent Sprits (Or perhaps fragments of The The Devine Emperor) their bare fists can shatter even the finest metal or crack the hardest stone, their breath is as flame or call forth a great storm of wind, They need no weapons, They Are The Weapons,
All in all a relatively small but very elite that can both take a beating, return the favour many times over, and just to rub it in potentially drop a Ninja in your backlines on turn one.
Great show guys 😀
I would love to see an Aztec inspired. I think that would look ‘unique’ on the tabletop warrior wise but ‘techwise’ still compatible.
OK, I’m definitely sold on GODSLAYER. I had bought a Wave 1 starter box a few years back in some store’s fire sale, but never really got around to doing anything with it. However this sounds fun, and i like the aesthetic of the models – somewhat more restrained than many fantasy models, particularly in the size of their weapons. They are still heroic rather than true scale, but not very much. Lovely.
When we are talking about missing factions, that’s a tricky one as they have so many bases covered already – so for instance I would like Picts, but they really would probably just fit in with Wyldfolk. However one ancient people that seem to get missed out of fantasy tropes that could be fun to explore would be Carthaginians, from Carthage in North Africa. In fantasy terms I would see them like Conan’s Stygians – bringing the power of the African continent to bear so giant animals like elephants and gorillas, pythons, lions and such – either as totems for magic, or just as a rampaging wild army!
Bit surprised that there is no coverage this week for the “Legends of Signum” Kickstarter. Any reason for this ??
Only so much time for the show. There are countless kickstarters that don’t get screen time unfortunately. There are some I’ve raved about for weeks or even months and they pass under the radar. Still it has another couple of weeks so it may feature yet
I completely understand. Seems like we are spoilt for choice in relation to miniatures, games, etc. Show is great !!
I have some of the models already they really are lovely work.
im all about those Wyldfolk for Godslayer, WARP SPASM!
Glad I’m not the only one thinking irish myth has been criminally missed out. Riastrad ftw!
Godslayer looks cool.
They could add a Polynesian/Pacific Islander inspired faction. Island people with a warrior culture and a Pantheon of gods inspired by Rangi, Papa, Maui and etc.
Is it me, or is Warren looking more bedraggled than last week? I’m half expecting that next week we’ll see him sporting a big Gandalf-style beard and looking like some sort of wild hermit wiseman of the mountain. 😆
On Captain Sonar:
• I’m disapointed in you Sam and your lack of folding abilities; I thought you spent time in Japan, didn’t you pick up any origami skills from the locals? ;p
• Also don’t worry Sam, you’re not the only one who hasn’t got a clue what film Justin was on about (plus it sounds more like s mountaineering film than a sub/naval film to me :s )
• And I think technically it is possible to have multiple Captains on a naval vessel; remember in addition to being a rank, ‘Captain’ is the correct form of address for the officer in charge of a vessel.
• The interfaces/mechanics look interesting; when you first showed the maps I was half expecting something similar to Battleships, so all the added features look nice.
• Agreed with Lance, @dignity if you want a keg beside you during the Livestream you must be the engineer (although for added authenticity it should really be a decanter of scotch. 😛
• I believe @dracs that he wouldn’t peek – as a Hobbit he’s not tall enough to see over the screen/table. ;P
Star Wars:
• Right everyone, grab the torches and pitchforks – teach Sam the difference between Original and Prequel! (:<
• with pod racing remember you don’t actually have to have kid Anakin involved; remember it was supposed to be a widespread sport in the Outer Rim and you could take s cue from the N64 Pod Racer game when it comes to different tracks.
“Make it So.” – still channeling Picard eh Sam? 😉
On Justin and handwriting: I’m sure you couldn’t have been worse than my old maths teacher whose handwriting was literally squiggly lines.
Quiet Wesley! And Picard was the greatest, I loved him in Star Wars.
You’ve got your franchisees mixed up! He was in Stargate, not Star Wars!
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Live long and fight Voldemort.
In the grim darkness of the galaxy far far away there is only technobabble.
“I’ll get the princess out on the Tardis!” -Cptn. Kirk
@khyote : Your Vulcan is in another spaceship.
I’m stunned… can’t believe the ‘Wooden Wonder’ is news to you… kids today…
For godslayer I’d either go with Oni from Japan or something a little less common in game like Aztec (maybe Quinametzin) or north american indian folklore(something with wendigo).
Faction for Godslayer
The Incas
I would really love to see a Native American faction. You could pick out a large number of myths from various tribes. Perhaps a Wendigo, Baykok (skeleton with translucent skin that beats people to death with a club), Canotila (essentially elves), or Kee-wakw (giant half man half animal cannibals). I havent really seen this faction before anywhere and I just think it sounds amazing.
I’d like to see the aes sídhe added to Godslayer. While born and raised in ‘Murica I really like the mythology of my ancestry.
Have had Banebrood for Godslayer since it’s release, though it wasn’t very popular – until we got people playing it – due to the limited range and WarmaHorde pricing.
Glad they’re getting t push it now, it’s one of the best ‘large skirmish’ games out there.
Sadly, people have already mentioned the 2 cultures that immediately sprang to mind, Indian and Chinese (can you say ‘Monkey’). The South American cultures would be interesting, though the Atlantian’s, if following Plato’s description would be slightly Egyptian in style.
So, another suggestion is the Aboriginal peoples, though these might fit in with the Wildfolk. The Dreamtime and all the intelligent animals would work well (African cultures would fit with this too).
For Godslayer I would like to seen Greek Centaurs and Minotaurs. Even if it sounds like they are going to have a evil ‘monster’ force coming soon. I can see Centaurs not fitting in since they were teachers and thinkers. Yes they had a problem with holding their alcohol but that doesn’t make them ‘evil’. And there is no question that Minotaurs will be in the ‘evil’ faction. Even though the one in Legend was stuck in a dark maze all his life and people was through in there that attacked him all the time.
I love the idea of Persian mythology mixed into this. I would very much be interested in American Indian mythology as well.
As an engineer, I have to back up @dignity on the subject of heavy hoodies. We had a whole week of heavy equations in Thermodynamics where we had to deal with the mathematical proof that the hoodie effectively kept the heat out by reversing the polarity. 😛 😛 😛 😛 😛
Isn’t that part of the reason why indigenous people in arid countries tend to wear large robes?
Although I thought you needed a screwdriver to reverse the polarity. 😛
well sort of. It’s all a bit …umm… wibbly wobbly, really…..
Indigenous Australian Dreamtime is a mythology that doesn’t get a lot of attention, could make for an interesting faction, has a long oral history, and a wide range of deities and mythological creatures to explore
That Bristolian accent needs a little more work @brennon me baber! How about a festive faction like Rare Exports. Massive Santa/Krampus like creature backed up by crusty old man looking elves. Some mean reindeer chariot riders and spiteful fairies. And of course some scary looking snowman.
those accents had me howling. have you ever played a game called Accentuate @brennon? a good lil drinking game. Also not sure if its been said but south american, like maya or aztec? some awesome obsidian looking clubs and jaguar warriors would fit right in!
African cultures have a lot of cool stories and are criminally underrepresented in pop culture. I would do a faction based on Yoruba mythology.
Great to see Lance making an appearance in the Weekender but my personal highlight this week was Ben’s accents, that should be a new weekly feature, made me laugh out loud, fantastic!
Antlantean faction. Or an Ur faction one of the legendary civilizations who are perhaps there to enslave all others.
The next faction should definitely be Egyptians!
Godslayer looks great and those minis are beautiful.
I’d love to see Samurai factions with the main characters from the Monkey legend mixed in with them.
Monkey on his cloud with his staff would be awesome.
Godslayer looks great, I would love to see the spaniards make an appearance with gunpowder cannons and fireguns, spears, inquisitos and all the old conquerors feeling 🙂
A great weekender the new figures that are coming out look fantastic.
Native American, already ties in with the shape shifting mythology.
Choices for different faction for godslayers I think is Mayan/Astec mythology and japans yokai or china mythology beasts
I’d love to see some Goths in Godslayer – maybe lycanthropic (might be too close to some of the other factions). Very close to picking up a few starters of this one as it is!
I know you meant the original ‘barbarian’ tribe from the late Western Roman Empire, but for a split second my brain interpreted it as the modern subculture and I had a vision of minis in black long coats, pale skin and long hair; the lycanthrope comment just reinforced that lol.
my faction for Godslayer would be like a Aztec or Mayans look bright feathers all ways like there look very color full
Lance sulking as his chair rolls along in the force grab had me in stitches right at the start. Great show, guys. See you tomorrow.
I’m with Ben, Egyptian is the mythology I’d look for next from Godslayer especially as my own peeps, the Greeks, are already represented.
Any one else feel a lot of games stick to European mythology be it Greek, Roman, Norse, or Celtic. There is a lot of Japansss themed games out there already. Why not go left field and try something different. African tribal mythology would be both unique and have a large reference base to play with. Hindu type stuff would be cool but as an active belief system might cause offence!
There are so many underused mythologies that would make great additions to Godslayer, Russian, Hindu, Wgyptian, various African tribes, Pacific Islanders, etc. But I would like to see an Aztec faction. It would have a very distinctive style for it’s basic warriors, with the opportunities for creatures in the form of jaguars and the like, as well as Gods like Quetzalcoatl (cos who doesn’t love the idea of a giant feathered lizard?_
You gotta love those Wgyptians…
oh godslayer, egyptians, aztec or even something more knightly Arthurian maybe
I would enjoy a Godslayer faction based on medieval Germany with a good dose of Grimm fairytales to fantasy things up.
Also looking forward to the Escape the Dark Castle expansions. Haven’t managed to beat the game yet.
Darwin’s Choice looks interesting for its very different presentation alone. I’ll give that one a look.
For Godslayer an Egyptian style faction would be nice. As somebody said it before there is a lot of mythology to explore there. Perhaps the gods mingle with them freely and there are a lot of god/human demigods/hybrids as a part of the society that can lead the warriors or form shock troops.
I am with Ben on the next faction for Godslayer. Go with the Egyptians, especially since my once loved Tomb Kings got axed from Age of Sigmar!!!
Godslayer needs a Mesoamerican faction without a doubt.
Before the Columbian incursion from Europe, we had pyramids, giant flying serpent gods, ball games with the loser as diner, virginal human sacrifice, and chocolate drinks that made men Strong-As-Bull, so to speak. What’s not to love in a New World faction?
I have to agree here, another very interesting, unique and largely unexplored area of history (unexplored from a Fantasy perspective)
For God Slayer I think, in keeping with the Ancient/Classical era feel I would have to go with Egyptians. The Romans (Mortans) and Greeks (Halodynes) shared quite a lot, culturally, but the Egyptians are a very different culture with a very different aesthetic. Lots of animal based gods and priests, the lovely curved Khopesh swords. I’m actually quite surprised that there’s so few Egyptian themed fantasy factions in general and those that exist seem to focus a lot on the undead
A Nubian sub-faction for Egypt would also be amazing
Happy Weekend everyone! Another great show. I have to say I love the idea of a dusk till dawn remake that is a mash-up with Hellboy, would be amazing 🙂
I love the idea of Godslayer, and I would love to see a Faction based in the Hawaiian Mythology
Godslayer could completely innovate by having the first Antarctica faction!
Take all of the gribbly nasties that have ever been written as being from Antarctica like John Carpenter’s The Thing; the Lovecraft monster’s in Mountains of madness; mad nazi scientists all twisted and reimagined with a Godslayer flair!
It would be a great conversation starter and pop culture reference goldmine. The faction of modern mythology.
I mentioned it on Youtube but I feel Mexican (aka Aztec) would be a fun addition to Godslayer
Other ideas, some already mentioned or in works
Persian/Babylonian < — in works
Egyptian <—- a must have surely
Incan
African
Aborigine
Indian
Chinese/Japanese
Atlantis, maybe with a a cthulhu like faction – Greek, Kraken, Dagon, Deep ones
Another awesome weekeneder _ I finally got my laptop working again so have finally made the transition from Youtube to the beasts of war site.
I think godslayer already hs done a lot of the factions I’d like to see, vikings, amazons, celts and Romans. But I’d also like to see commoners/villagers – the everyday townsfolk who are having to take up arms reluctantly to protect their homes from the invaders.
I’d like to see a faction built upon the idea of Messengers, so the early aspects of what we would now recognise as Angels.
So a mix the sons of zeus as right up to the modern day Gabriel and Michael style angels.
So you could have a mix of “angel” races, with and without wings, plays like a very fast moving strike and dodge force, with a bit of reincarnation thrown in.
I would like to see Mesoamerican cultures in Goodslayer
I’d like to see some more attention on the lesser known mythologies of North American tribes.
Took me 3 days to finish, but i’m finally done for this week’s weekender!
Thanks for the show guys.
For Godslayer: i’d go with an egyptian theme and i must say, really love the minis for this game.
Time to catch up on XLBS now 😉
Ancient Celts would be my favourite in Godslayer, but I think the ancient Japanese would be fun to see in the future.
For ancient nations to feature in the game I was going to suggest Persians until hearing that they’re already in the pipeline.
So how about Tunisians / Moroccans / Berbers… a faction based on travellers and traders from across the Sahara and from the coastal settlements of North Africa?
@dracs If you haven’t seen this fascinating BBC documentary “The Genius of Design”, Part 3 “Blueprints for War”, from 2010, here is the link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_0z1kvM6ns
@dignity is, of course, right when he’s right: there are plenty of “fact is stranger than fiction” stories from the Second World War, including the design and production of:
• 14:10 mins – the Sten submachine gun (Lines Bros. Ltd / Tri-ang, bedspring and toy manufacturers)
• 21:08 mins – the Mosquito fighter/bomber (De Havilland, and numerous furniture manufacturers)
Personally, I’d love to see some of the Hindu mythology pop into it.
The main reason is to have something akin to the eastern invasion Alexander the Great was stalled out on before really starting there. Mystical martial arts would be a great thing there for it mixed with elephants, rhaksasha, snakes, and some rather cool table design options that would let you mix in some of the deeper jungle and temple ruins.
For Godslayers I would like to see the Aztecs added as a faction. Could have people not just dressing as jaguars or eagles and panthes but actually are combined with those animal types for some different but very cool looking minis.
I want to see faction based on slavic tribes of center/east europe. They was quite primitive and belived mostly in very bad nad vengeful gods, a lot of nature spirits and creatures. Faction should appear in large numbers of light armored primitive warriors, accompanied witch mind controling, decieving creatures, and nature spirits
I love the wacky edition of the videos xD
Godslayer looks interesting – I’d go First Emperor China, lots of mystical eastern quirks – the First emperor’s search for immortality and the constructed terracotta warriors would be cool. Could also go Aztec with Jaguar warriors meaning something a bit more literal…
The d*ck of doom 😉
I’d like to see a South American faction in Godslayer like the Incan Empire. I think that would be really cool and give a really different vibe.
For Godslayer, I would also like to see Polynesian. Mythology that is very ocean focused would be interesting.
I have to agree with Ben because I think the next logical step would be to go with an Egyptian faction. Egyptian themed forces would be very interesting to me.
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