Sally 4th: Rising Tides 28mm Spy-Fi On, Under and Around The Water Kickstarter

Sally 4th: 44 years ago in 1977 I can remember going to the cinema to see the new Bond film, ‘The Spy Who Loved Me’. It was a thrilling experience, Roger Moore’s third appearance as Bond and Barbara Bach co-starring as Agent XXX in the spirit of Perestroika and Glasnost working towards a common goal. The Spy Who Loved has remained one of my favourite Bond movies with the exhilarating down hill ski chase at the start, the Lotus Esprit that turns into a Submarine and that breath-taking climatic battle in the submarine pen constructed inside the worlds biggest container ship. I’ve always felt that battle epitomised Bond and that it would make a fantastic tabletop miniatures game, apart from… no one made the miniatures for 1970’s British, American & Soviet Submariners or Strombergs Crew in there distinctive boiler suits and berets… and the terrain was pretty challenging… until now.

Rising Tides in our fifth Classic Movies inspired Kickstarter and is all about 28mm Spy-Fi action on and under the water. We have taken ‘The Spy Who Loved Me’ as a starting point and inspired by it have produced miniatures for our favourite Commander RN, together with RN & Soviet Submariners armed with SMGS, Stongbergs Crew in Boiler Suits and Berets, the famous WetBike, a slick sportscar with a submarine version and a set of terrain that is modular and can be used to build that famous submarine pen with its gantry, stairs, control room, jetties and submarine. We have designed the terrain with modularity in mind and the pieces are all compatible with our existing Terra-Former Modular terrain, held together by rare earth magnets. The pieces can be taken apart and used to make a marina, starship hold, giant warehouse, runway and many other layouts. Check out our Terrain Video to see what we mean.

A speedboat chase is another staple of the Bond movie. Rising Tides presents three classic speedboats that have featured in one or more Bond Movie, The Sunseeker-XS2000 with a top speed of 65 knots seen in Casino Royale, The Glastron Carlson CV23HT seen in Moonraker and the Glastron-GT150 which we see taking to the air in Live and Let Die. We have a number of stretch goals sculpted up and ready to go. Inspired by Thunderball we have some male and female scuba divers armed with fighting knives and harpoon guns together with a supporting Zodia RIB dive support boat. Royal Marine Commandos are always a handy support option for Commander Bond, so we sculpted a set of Commandos sculpted to go inside a Zodiac and another set on foot, sculpted in beach assault rig with SLR, ’58 pattern webbing and assault vests. Kickstarter (click here) is running until October 21st.

Wargames Terrain Workshop: New S.D.Z.A. Dinosaur Containment Pen Released

Wargames Terrain Workshop: Today we are pleased to announce our first SDZA splash release in support of Nexus miniatures game, a Dinosaur containment pen.Supplied as a pair with an option of laser effect bars cast in translucent red resin.

SuperSystem: SuperSystem 4th Edition: Super Miniature Battles Kickstarter

SuperSystem has an ongoing kickstarter to launch their 4th edition rules: SuperSystem 4th ed. updates the world's most versatile super miniature battle game! We wrote SuperSystem in 2001 so we could play out super slugfests on the tabletop with any miniatures we had handy. With the help of Old Glory, the SuperFigs line of 28mm miniatures quickly grew up around the game. 

While we continued to release lots of great miniatures, we never stopped improving, modifying, and building upon the core rules that made SuperSystem great. In the last 13 years we've released many other miniature games based on the Goalsystem engine that powers SuperSystem. Now we've come full circle by taking our boldest design step forward and returning to SuperSystem to do a 4th edition of the world's most versatile super miniature battle game!

This edition will include expanded attributes, new and revised powers, and improved mechanics that speed play and allow for increased ease of character design. While we remain incredibly excited about all of these improvements and innovations toSuperSystem, we're even more ecstatic about the prospect of a proper print run. That's where you come in! We know we have some of the greatest, most loyal fans in all of the tabletop miniature hobby, and that's why we have decided to take SuperSystem 4th ed. to Kickstarter! With your support we can produce the sort of SuperSystem 4th ed. book we can all be proud to take to any tabletop gaming gathering. A slick new book will act as the perfect ambassador for our game and allow us to more easily introduce new players to the greatness of Goalsystem! 

This 256 page hardcover book will feature gorgeous color covers and a sharp black & white interior. It will retail for $39.95 USD, but we're offering it here to you for $30 (plus shipping & handling) as a thank you for your pivotal role in completing this project. The PDF version will retail for $11.95, but we're offering it for $6 to backers because we respect the movement of some gamers to e-content, and we want those folks on board for this new edition. This book will see production in some form whether we succeed or not, but we will be unable to get it into wider distribution without a proper print run, and that's what a successful campaign will deliver! We also strongly believe that a great community response could deliver the resources needed to take this book to full color, and that would be super indeed! 

We intend to run this Kickstarter with openness and efficiency. Our goals remain realistic, and as we build momentum, the amount of trim we can add to the rule book will increase. While most stretch goals will be tied to the production of the book itself, we also planned a few surprises along the way! You can find the Kickstarter here.