We’re almost there – the sci-fi sets have been manufactured, have passed quality control tests and are now being shipped to the UK on a slow boat from China. They’ll reach our UK distributors in London by the end of July where the sorting and sending will commence. Those who happen to live in the UK should, if there are no hitches, be the proud owners of our sci-fi sets shortly after and worldwide backers will get theirs early to mid-August 🙂
There are so many stages to get the final product out that we’ve chewed our fingers down to nubbins a dozen times over. Just a few more sleepless nights to go (‘will the ship sink?’, ‘will the card get damaged in transit?’, ‘will there be a problem at customs?’, ‘will there be a problem with distribution?’ etc. basically a Mandelbrott spiral of problems to worry ourselves over. All you guys have to do is wait poised by your letterbox gleefully rubbing your hands 🙂
Fantasy terrain
Anyway, a few weeks ago we proudly showed off our Fantasy Dungeon prototype at the UK Games Expo and were asked if it would be multi-level. We ummed and ahhed but mostly said no because a dungeon crawler wouldn’t be multi-level, an answer everyone agreed with.
However, we went back home and made an extra level just out of curiousity and it looks amazing 🙂 Here’s a couple of exclusive shots just to get you excited.
We’re both agreed that the fantasy set won’t be a huge multi-leveller like the sci-fi set, rather it’ll have a large base level with an extra level if you want it. We’re also considering replacing the ((CENSORED)) with ((CENSORED)).
We’ve been beavering away trying to anticipate what you’d want from a fantasy set and we’re open to suggestions at this stage so any crazy ideas let’s hear ’em now before the deluge during the Kickstarter! Swamp us here, on our Kickstarter page, our Facebook page or email us direct at info@battlesystems.co.uk
Pre-orders
After much deliberation we’ve decided to sell our surplus Kickstarter stock direct from our website. We will do this about a week or so after our backers receive their goods worldwide. Originally we wanted to sell the stock while it was still being shipped so we could use the special shipping rates that our distributors were offering but it was a logistical assault course! The offer will be open to everyone, not just backers so that’s good news for those caught napping during our Kickstarter 🙂
Snore
And speaking of napping are you one of the elusive 31? 31 of our backers are blissfully unaware that they won’t be receiving their goods on time because they’ve either forgotten to give their address or have failed to pay for the full shipping costs. We’ve inunduated these snooze hounds with several emails and carrier pigeons but they fail to heed the call! If you find people bragging on forums about their terrain and you’re not one of them chances are you’re one of the 31! Just email us direct at info@battlesystems.co.uk and we will sort it out 🙂
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The Battle Systems Dungeon Terrain Kickstarter Coming Soon
July 17, 2014 at 8:10 pm
[…] Systems have a rather fancy looking Fantasy Dungeon Terrain Kickstarter on the horizon and while we wait for it I thought I’d remind you of the fact […]
shaun Higton
July 1, 2014 at 9:43 am
Yes, but remember, the dungeon sets ain’t just for fantasy! I can see these being really good for games of 40K set in Chaos temples, Ork warrens, etc, or even on more primitive planets. just use you imginations and I’m sure you can come up with a use for these.
C
June 27, 2014 at 11:41 pm
I would HIGHLY recommend you have a copy of Descent and other dungeon crawl boardgames in available so you can use your 3D sets to replace the 2D tiles. Bam — instant backing by boardgamers who don’t want to paint things. Ideally, you’d have a copy of the D&D Next Starter Kit and Mantic’s Dwaven Kings Hold IV games as well — maybe drop them a line and see if they’re receptive to your coordinating you 3D sets to their game maps and tiles.
The additional level looks fantastic. I use Dwarven Forge tiles as a “display storage” for my painted miniatures, and a multi-level display would save table space *and* look interesting. fwiw, I prefer the plastic and resin dungeon accessory miniatures from miniature companies over the ones in your set.
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James Curtis
June 25, 2014 at 9:32 pm
I echo the above, If you could do something like the streets and buildings of Malifaux from Terraclips I would be all over it as it would have a lot more uses then a dungeon. Thats the reason why all the streets/buildings of Malifaux have all sold out whilst the sewers of Malifaux have not. I can see me having a rare game in a dungeon, but plenty over a town/city center with walkways, bridges, multiple lvl bbuildings, fighting in the market square, trying to hold out a zombie attack from your local tavern and assassinating the corrupt mayor who thinks he’s safe in the town hall would be amazing!
Vincent
June 25, 2014 at 4:20 pm
If you want to see some examples of what I like about 3D fantasy terrain, take a look at Terraclips. They have different sets for city and dungeons with multiple levels possible in each. Unfortunately, it seems they are being discontinued 🙁
gerinako
June 25, 2014 at 12:53 pm
Amazing – consider my wallet lubed up