We’ve made a couple of changes to the prototype that we’d like your opinion on. First: the door. The one you’ve seen is a narrow submarine like door, ideal for claustraphobic setups. However you can’t stand in the doorway, just either side. We’ve made a slightly wider version where your figures can actually stand in the doorway. Q. which do you prefer?
You can casually stand in the new doorway making claustrophobic people nervous…
Or do you prefer the narrower doorways which you stand either side of?
Secondly, we’ve redesigned the railings. The current ones are knocked too easily and may be a nuisance during gameplay. We’ve made a tougher set that are much sturdier. We may also add a back that clips on to give your figures more cover.
New railings: all tough and rugged like Battle Systems at the gym.
The old railings are cool but fall off from even the smallest nuclear explosion.
Spindly railings replaced with kick-bottom railings. Ideal for Block Wars, Dredd fans.
Let us know what you think here, post on our Facebook page or email us. More updates coming soon 🙂
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July 17, 2013 at 11:15 am
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Richard
July 1, 2013 at 8:37 pm
the new changes look great! I’m quite eagerly awaiting price point info and kickstarter go live!
battlesystemstws
July 1, 2013 at 8:41 pm
Hi Richard,
Thanks for the feedback. We too are waiting on price point, we have the manufacturers working on the tooling costs now after a few revisions.
To narrow it down for you it will be more than 1p and less than £1 million. ;o)
Glad you like the changes, it seems to be most people’s views.
masterslowpoke
June 29, 2013 at 10:04 pm
Do you guys have doors that are 50mm in size as well, for our heavily armored exterminators?
battlesystemstws
June 29, 2013 at 10:11 pm
Yep, all the doors come with doors included.
masterslowpoke
June 29, 2013 at 10:24 pm
Sorry, I meant double wide doorways.
battlesystemstws
June 29, 2013 at 11:07 pm
Ah, got you. We have large hangar doorways, we could make some heavy shield doors to go with them, probably as a stretch goal on the Kickstarter.
masterslowpoke
June 29, 2013 at 11:30 pm
Awesome, thanks. I’m planning on using this stuff for an awesome zone mortalis board and this is good news.
battlesystemstws
June 28, 2013 at 11:35 pm
Colin here,
The doors indeed are better for gaming now and not only are they wider, but they are moved to the left (or right depending on your point of view) so they line up with a run of squares. Due to the way the bases of each wall section clip together it was not possible to make a wider door, however with some pushing from a design point of view we found a way by making the door itself become part of the clip system. zzzzzzzz, I’m boring myself now so I’ll stop. :o)
decaramas
June 28, 2013 at 8:56 pm
I think the new doors will be easier to play with especially if you are using a grid based movement system. With the old ones it was going to cause confusion as to whether you counted the squares you couldn’t stand in.
Paul
June 28, 2013 at 8:03 pm
Most claustrophobic space hallway games dont have space to stand in the doorway. I like the sturdier railings however.
battlesystemstws
June 28, 2013 at 8:14 pm
I like the submarine doors myself but we thought the larger doorways would be easier to game with.
Graham C
June 28, 2013 at 7:47 pm
New designs in both cases are far better
battlesystemstws
June 28, 2013 at 7:52 pm
Thanks Graham, appreciate the feedback 🙂
Bob N
June 28, 2013 at 8:01 pm
I agree. I like the new doorways and railings
Tomasz Pieciukiewicz
June 28, 2013 at 7:38 pm
Looks very nice. 15mm variant is out of the question, I guess 🙁 . Well, 28mm is ok for me too 😀
battlesystemstws
June 28, 2013 at 7:40 pm
Not this year, Thomasz but we do have our beady eyes set on 15mm in the future 🙂
Roger Deal
June 28, 2013 at 7:37 pm
I like the wide doors and the new railings.
battlesystemstws
June 28, 2013 at 7:39 pm
Cheers, Roger.