60 k$ stretch goal reached....so all of you who really wanted Kissenberth's camel can rejoice :-)
Somehow that really does not surprise me David.....hmmm...mother ship...start with one of those old dished metal sleds we used to get back in the 70's.........
Over the 60K mark, Ladies and Gentlemen - looks like the Camel is coming our way...
I look forward to whatever is added next - perhaps it's time to start thinking about scratch-building a Martian cylinder...
All the best,
Matt
60K! passed! I will drink to that and pull out my ccard again tonight! UUUUULLAAAA!
"We do not stop playing when we get old, but we get old when we stop playing."
I'm curious,
If you count the pledge and add-on's how many of each Martian model will you end up getting? Please see the poll over at Board Game Geeks.
They just announced "Tripod vs Tripod" rules will be offered as a $70k stretch goal. That could be interesting, I suppose.
The new anti-tripod skill cards sound cool too
I also really enjoyed this bit of "fluff" writing, regarding using a boat anchor to bring down a tripod, a la the Snowspeeders vs AT-ATs in Star Wars
Having heard of the bullet-proof shields of the tripods, Kazakov equipped his plane with a boat anchor tied to a steel cable. At the opposite end of the cable an iron ball was secured.
On a chilly morning he let it dangling from his plane, approached a tripod, threw the anchor so to grab a leg of the enemy machine and then flew around it to trip its legs, finally throwing the iron ball around another leg to bind both of them with the cable. The huge tripod fell to the ground and struggled hard to get free, while the rest of the patrol hit it twice with their rockets: when the tripod was able to stand again it was in flames, and fell again destroyed after a few paces. From then, the anchor was widely used by many other pilots as an anti-tripods device.
New to me, but everyone has his/her favorite sci-fi comics and books from the wonder years.
I grew up reading Well's novels. Time Machine, 20.000 miles...
"We do not stop playing when we get old, but we get old when we stop playing."
I read a lot of Sci-Fi in my idle youth; the earliest would have been almost all of Andrea Norton's works. I progressed from there
I actually liked Well's "War in the Air" better than "War of the Worlds", for some reason.
Karl
It is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he thinks he knows. -- Epictetus
Still have a half dozen or so Tom Swift books on my shelf...next to a bunch of Hardy boys.
Ah, then there's "The Battleship Boys" books, a few of them on the shelves here . . .
Tom Swift was my first foray into sci-fi as a kid, and the mid-60s saw Saturday mornings and "Jonny Quest" - one of my all-time favorites...
Those books look interesting though, Dave - I think I shall have to check 'em out!
Just finished reading The Massacre of Mankind - the official sequel to The War of the Worlds - set right about the time of T&T - an interesting take on the Second Martian War, as the book calls it...
All the best,
Matt
I sure wish that he had a cousin over here across the pond. I'd like to have the planes, but just can't bring myself to support this as I have zero interest in the Sci-Fi aspects. Shoot, I enjoy Star Wars, but couldn't even do it if it was Tie Fighters & Triplanes. It's sort of like mixing good scotch with Coke; I like them both, but not mixed together!Having declared no interest in this Kickstarter on account of not really wanting tripods, I came to an accord tonight with a friend and Sci Fi fanatic, whereby he wants the tripods but not the planes. Therefore I have signed up for the KS, I will get the planes and he will get the silly stuff.
The Mr Bass books were kids books written by a mom for her 4 yr old son when all eyes were on space, always thought they would make a great kids movie series . . . For action adventure I was also into the Tommy Tomorrow comics . . . As well as Johnny SkyCloud, man he could really fly a Mustang!
I do love our sweet sci-fi memoirs sparked by this WoG expansion! This one could start a new WoG belle epoque!
"We do not stop playing when we get old, but we get old when we stop playing."
Could be worse: Suppose the Martians used the Roman Model? Land someplace where the locals are getting their a**es kicked by the Europeans; offer "help" against the Europeans; turn the locals into janissaries -- sorry, "auxiliaries"; then use them as cannon-fodder to soften up the more-dangerous foes....
I guess I was a strange youth, I read WW2 and Napoleonic history. Finally read LOTR in my early 20s.
If I remember the H.G.Wells story correctly, the Martians did not have a Mothership - they were fired directly from Mars by giant cannons?
Quick AAR ... played this today with my husband, using the "Print and Play" demo kit provided on the Kickstarter site by Ares ...
Mk. I Tripod on one end of a five-foot table, with a Sopwith Camel and a SPAD XIII in the air on the other end. Right behind them (off the table) is their airfield, which the tripod wants to reach (and destroy). There are NO objectives on the table, so no easy recharges for the Martians. The battle was quite hairy for both sides.
The Tripod won by getting off the Earth end of the table, but had taken 12 (of 18) points of damage, it had only two points of energy left, the batteries were damaged, and the Martian pilot was injured. Both human aircraft survived. Fun game!
Your not that strange Teaticket...studied WWII up through High School. Read every thing in could, owned a million books on WWII and cleaned out every library I could. Toy soldiers, old Airfix plastic figs, Avalon Hill Wargames, all of it. Was not until after HS when I hit the D and D phase in the 70's that I got really into Medieval and Nappys. Still have a copy of Avalon Hills Napoleons Battles 1st ed and both expansion magazines....on top of a few thousand painted 15mm and god knows how many unpainted in boxes someplace.
A photo report of a fierce battle on the Italian front here:
https://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/sh...ve-how-it-went
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my 1st foray into sci fi was robert anson heinlein. i then proceeded to read the sci fi section of the local library over the next couple decades. heinlein is still my favorite though.
"We do not stop playing when we get old, but we get old when we stop playing."
I stayed away from D&D in the beginning and only played on the fringe never buying in. I did get into Steve Jackson's Melee and Wizard. Loved all those mini book adventures, Death Test, DT II, Holy Grail, Silver Dragon...
Napoleon's Battles ... I have 8000+ painted 15mm Nappys. Just about every other period too. Too many unpainted to paint in my remaining lifetime, not that that will discourage me from getting and painting more! Life at the moment doesn't give me much time but I do get to paint a few planes here and there. Now tripods...
My Deluxe Tunnels and Trolls is in my bedroom bookcase (my WoW/WoG stuff is in an upstairs cupboard and the study).
Regards
Edward
Have just finished the game. A very solid solitaire gaming fun. The Martians finally won, reaching the goal: Crush Army! (9 stations and units destroyed) at the cost of two tripods and a Monster. Some shots:
Infantry eliminates a tripod!
A cavalry unit charges the Monster, but fails...
The Infernal Machine arrives to the rescue over St. PAUL's and bombs the tripod forcing it to retreat!
Final scene. Earthlings defeated...
"We do not stop playing when we get old, but we get old when we stop playing."
Thanks, Andy - I was just about to ask the same question.
I think this may be a good companion to generate scenarios.
Now to see if I can find it ...
P.S. Interesting to see the mention of Ares Magazine
P.P.S. While searching I came across this:
Another WotW Board Game
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Yes chaps, ARES seems a great coincidence!
But if you seek a solitaire boardgame on Mars I strrroongly recommend Terraforming Mars, a new title with fantastic solitaire built in variant. I played it once and must say it is a light to medium climatic euro brain burner.
"We do not stop playing when we get old, but we get old when we stop playing."
Cheers Andy
I'm learning to fly, but I ain't got wings
Coming down is the hardest thing
Ken, you can see the cover with the game title in my post above.
"We do not stop playing when we get old, but we get old when we stop playing."
KS 66K goal reached!
Earth pilots' anti-tripod skills shall be unlocked!
Oh, yeah!
"We do not stop playing when we get old, but we get old when we stop playing."
Ah, but will there be a model of Kazakov's Nieuport?
We just passed 67K.
Only eight days left.
70K will bring us Tripod vs. Tripod rules.
73K will bring us skill cards for the Martians (tripods).
I think, with a little luck on our side, we'll pass both those goals!!!
Second MK. III Squid pledged.
My ccard belongs to the Martians...
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