I Can't Believe THIS Wargame Made 6 Million Dollars! | Models and Memories Weekly

[@EonsOfBattle]

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[@AzraelThanatos]

Mongoose had Starship Troopers for longer than you're thinking. It had some interesting sculpts, but their version of the universe went with comics, RPG, and the minis game...but was one of making everyone genocidal pricks...

[@mikusheep]

The Battletech Kickstarter capped out at $7.5m which is just insane to me. I've been getting into Alpha Strike so it's good to see the game doing so well as far as growing the community.

[@Gray_Falcon]

I love BattleTech. It was my first war game when I was a kid in the 90s. I had a starter box with cardboard cutouts that sat in a plastic stand. I played though college until it pretty much disappeared. After that it was mostly just the video games. I'm happy to see this coming back. If anyone is interested in trying it out, I recommend you play the BattleTech video game. Its turn based and while not exactly like the table top, its very close to that same experience. I just recently got into War Hammer. Its a very different experience to BattleTech.

[@paradogmatic]

Battletech has a HUGE following of people, old and now younger too.. it was probably one of the 1st games that got me into Wargaming in the 1980s -- I remember buying the 3025 Technical Readout when I was about 9 years old from my local comic shop just because the art on the cover was so cool. Led down a HUGE rabbit hole that has recently led to me picking up some of the newest stuff just to paint and maybe play again..

[@MCXL1140]

I can believe it Jay. The Battletech Kickstarter is all physical goods and all of their miniatures that they're developing these days are plastic models. They still make and sell the older sculpts via Iron Wind Metals but all of the stuff in the kickstarters is newer plastic models. Everything in BattleTech is pre-assembled and on base ready to play other than needing to be painted. Edit: Jay! You fool! Frank Darabont didn't direct Starship Toopers, Paul Verhoeven did. I expect repentce in the chat on Tues. -Evan

[@an0nycat]

I saw the statistics of wargame sales in the US in 2022. And two things surprised me: AoS in second place and Battletech in sixth. I thought MARVEL and Star Wars would outsell AoS, but no. And I knew that Battletech was alive, but I didn't think Battletech was that alive and ranked sixth in top 10.

[@MCXL1140]

@@an0nycat shocked Battletech isn't higher honestly. But it and ASOIAF have been growing like nuts.

[@chakrasura]

​@@an0nycat the way I see it Marvel is a bit fresh and Star Wars a bit pricey for basically a skirmish game. But I guess you pay for the IP mostly.

[@an0nycat]

@@MCXL1140 ASOIAF looks like a good game but I have a negative attitude towards the franchise after the last terrible seasons of the series. And the author himself is in no hurry to finish the book series... 😅😅

[@MCXL1140]

@@an0nycat Well it's based on the books, and the game is pretty good.

[@rishigandhi8186]

Battletech is essentially unchanged in its core gameplay from the 90’s. It’s def got a lot more book keeping, but with good company, it becomes a really fun and hilarious game. The Alpha Strike rules are suuper fun and a lot easier to get into

[@andystocking5316]

Battletech was absolutely my entry to the Wargaming hobby, super hyped about the KS doing gangbusters!

[@RvnKnight]

Regarding the BT Kickstarter minis, it's going to be physical minis, not stl files. Also, it broke 7.5 million USD for it's final amount.

[@bysigmar3819]

I love how Jay gets out his Starship Troopers box on every opportunity 🤣

[@radarreally2110]

If I had one I would do the same to be honest. Those models look awesome.

[@rudyvalle9022]

The Battletech kickstarter was a bit different. Most of the items were already being manufactured. They were testing the demand for some of the lower level items and rewarding early adopters. That also explains the super short delivery time for the products. If you want to try it, I HIGHLY recommend the Alpha Strike version of the game. It’s fast paced and works beautifully with combined arms forces.

[@GreenBlueWalkthrough]

I know you recorded this before the campaign completed but when it did it actualy made 7.5 million! Which while the company was shocked it a few fans were not but regardless it was a great campaign thanks for covering it!

[@BTTFF]

And they'll likely earn more with the extras.

[@Benjambles]

Mongoose still exist, they just went back to doing RPG games. The ones you might have heard of are RuneQuest, Paranoia and Traveller. They're an amazing company that trains all their staff to be ale to do all of the jobs (so that anyone could become CEO). They run sort of as a partnership where all staff get to decide where profits go (including if its just shared between them all).

[@Winterydee]

Correction: RuneQuest is published by Chaosium, who are most famous for also publishing Call of Cthulhu.

[@Joric78]

Neofeudal big stompy robots without alien or fantasy elements, and with a consistent ruleset still containing the original '80s (now) retrofuturistic art, is certainly very different to 40K. Even though now there's the quickplay or larger scale Alphastrike option, as well as the crunchy classic Battletech, to broaden that appeal. 7.5M pledged by 23,654 backers is a good representation of it's success, although I think the IP was only kept alive by the video games.

[@itxi]

So glad to see you finally talking about battletech! Hopefully you'll play it one day

[@davedogge2280]

Battletech is an incredible game, played the latest edition in Madrid, Spain 1 year go with 3d terrain

[@zramirez5471]

I think what most people born like 1990/+ don't realize is that Batteltech/MechWarrior ARE known IP's; both of those are different views of the same universe (mech-centric vs pilot-centric), they got big just as Voltron left and somewhat in concert with Power rangers and grew influence first as cartoons, then as video games, and those brought people into the books and the miniatures, and back then a single Reaper metal mini was $8-$15, so the same kids watching the cartoons and playing the games could run down to the hobby shop and grab a blister with allowance money. Buying into CBT was 1 book and 1 mini, a little paint and some glue. Done-skies.

[@CraigHitch]

I'm genuinely so impressed that you are still finding new ways to say "how" this many episodes in. Keep up the good work sir!

[@RedC0met3]

Ariadna is the one faction with like 21st-22nd century tech in a super sci-fi setting cuz they're lost colonists that got left to rot for like 100 years. Their lack of tech is just who they are because resource scarce survival.

[@robsilvester6213]

To further explain 'Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf' fig without getting too deep into lore, there is a native alien species on Ariadna (the Antipodes, primitive tribal lupines), which has sort of a Genestealer thing going on, in that their bites can transmit their DNA on to the victim's offspring. Hence, werewolves are real in Infinity, and kind of fill the 'big muscle' slot usually occupied by mech suits in the other more high-tech factions.

[@patton3338]

Battletech's value is how much has built up around the lore over time. It's not just the mechs, its the stories, the struggles between distinct factions, and the exploits of many important characters and pilots along the way. That's why I think it is on the verge of blowing up. Almost any mech/faction you could like has a mountain of lore behind it. You add in the resurgence of Battletech video games, the fact that Catalyst Games has been knocking it out of the park with their new miniature line, and the 40 years of fans waiting for BT to make its return... I think this will be it's moment in the sun.

[@roadgoeseveron7128]

yes you nailed it - thats the real joy about the hobby - its the conclomoaration (im not native english speaker :D) of the hours of painting and building and setting up thematic terrain for each differetn setting - and then the pay off of rolling some dice with your friends and cursing the dice gods - its a good time memory generator

[@kristoff7049]

*chants* infinity infinity! Please do an infinity video as part of OGA! Something I’m very interested in getting into.

[@thebritishgeek]

Battletech is 100% on an upward trajectory it's going to become the third most popular wargame easily. If you like x wing you will probably like battletech because it's similar but a bit more complex and A LOT more options. The starter box is amazing value too, you get 8 mechs , fully usable rules, maps ect all for £50 or however much that is in freedom bucks. I'm a massive evangelist for battletech because it's so fun, especially if you use digital sheets like flechs

[@LupusGr3y]

Didn't know flechs existed, that is so helpful. Although I don't think I'll return to total war after trying alpha strike.

[@thebritishgeek]

@@LupusGr3y I've not tried alpha strike yet, I'm big into roleplay so I'm not sure alpha strike has that capacity?

[@LupusGr3y]

@@thebritishgeek Not to the same degree as total war, but you can give certain mechs better pilot, even give them some skills to give them a certain fighting style. But you don't get the same detailed degradation of a mech. You just know that some weapons are hit, not which ones. But it's ALOT faster and makes it more feasible to use entire companies instead of just lances in a game.

[@thebritishgeek]

@@LupusGr3y might give it a go, in not adverse to alpha strike I've just never tried it

[@Joric78]

@@thebritishgeek Destiny is the Battletech RPG.

[@PwnZonePanda]

I would be all about a Dune wargame. All the houses would be super cool

[@JMcMillen]

Multiple factions is always a good thing for a wargame. That's probably why licensed wargames based on 3rd party IP's usually have issues and it's because there are usually only two factions to chose from. Unless you're Star Wars then only have two factions is fine. Even the old Star Fleet Battles (Star Trek) had ships for so many of the races that were encountered on the old TV show, you had plenty of factions to chose from.

[@asdasd9174]

I'd love to see some Infinity painting guides (or Battletech for that matter)

[@pa_gaming_dad2810]

Angel Giraldez has a Masterclass guide for Infinity from a few years ago put out by Vallejo. It's a mixture of figures and busts but a really well illustrated guide.

[@Sharklops]

MY HUSBAND LOVED THIS VIDEO

[@stevend1325]

Just got into battletech a few months ago and I'm enjoying it alot

[@gkeaton9755]

Battletech is actually a bit older than 40K, and was bigger here in the U.S. Also, the lore is pretty much just as present as 40k, too, with at least a hundred novels. Also the general setting is pretty much Game of Thrones in space, no wacky aliens, no magical mystical rule bending, no grimdark bull crap. All human with our own foibles. Classic Battletech is very heavy with tons of math and book keeping, but there is a newer, streamlined version that is more modern, quick to learn, and quick to play called Alpha Strike. Also, to get a good feel the alpha strike box set is a curated introduction, with 2 sides, lore, novella, rules (ofc) and mission set. Highly reecomended!

[@GarC170]

Absolutely amazing, one kickstarter and everyone is humping Catalysts d*** or whatever they’re called while Iron Winds was quietly keeping Battletech out of deaths cold grips for nearly two decades now.

[@jake53105]

Agreed. Catalyst products are easier and cheaper to obtain now, but there isn’t much love for IWM these days. They also have a cast of just about every mech imaginable (even if many are in need of a resculpt).

[@sprootown]

The thing about historicals, is the lore. so much backgrounds and endless locals and battles to choose. I like it all!

[@theibault]

Jay, I think you meant Paul Verhoeven and not Frank Darabont lol. Also, Battletech is as old as 40K and I love the lore. There is so much out there in that universe. I'm turning 50 this year and have been playing BT since I was like 12 or 13.

[@acolosetti]

BattleTech is a few years older than Warhammer 40,0000. It originally came out in 1984 under the name BattleDroids which was changed less than a year later. Adeptus Titanicus was created in response to how popular BattleTech was in the late 80s.

[@legomantothemax]

All these new people potentially joining the hobby is exciting! Cant wait to have more people to play games with

[@hannahta-me5549]

Speaking of big bad wold there’s a malifaux twisted alternative box called “off to grandmas we go” and I just love it!

[@gregoryhall4062]

Ohhh man I love starting my day with a bowl of EoB

[@gregoryhall4062]

What's your go to breakfast cereal? Space marine bran flakes?

[@acolosetti]

BattleTech is an example of a tabletop gaming IP that is actually better known through other media. The various novels and computer games, primarily the MechWarrior series, have secured a rather large fan base.

[@lizards2wizards]

For known intellectual properties in wargames, GW has had their LOTR game forever, and I dont know anyone who plays it. I always felt that Star Wars succeeded despite coming from a known universe, because star wars is so wide spread and pervasive through so many levels of media and generations.

[@Humphreysfox]

i think your commentary is very often sympatico with my thoughts. very enjoyable stream of consciousness. especially enjoyed the last 10 minutes or so re TTRPGs vs video games

[@DimaZadr]

In terms of big IP, Marvel Crisis Protocol is doing great

[@JMcMillen]

The problem with Starship Troopers as a tabletop game is that there are really only two factions. Outside of Star Wars, most successful fictional wargames gave players multiple factions to chose from, right out of the gate. With only two factions it's almost better to just release it as a boxed set with only a bunch of pre-made scenarios for the players to play.

[@StiveGuy]

The Wheel of Time world would make an amazing wargame setting I think. Basically Warhammer Fantasy/AOS but with a different theme and lore. Mass formations of infantry dying in droves and cavalry flanking with power users devastating the battlefield.

[@aunderiskerensky2304]

on the joytoy topic, im actually blown away. the fact we got a white scars one, AND ITS ON A BIKE. hell yea.

[@TexanBadBoy30]

Please paint those infinity models! It's a wonderful game!

[@commodusleitdorf2726]

As someone who back it, yeah Battletech has just as much of a history as Warhammer. Its just fallen by the wayside over the last 20 years.

[@harvestblades]

The CGL Battletech Mercenary KS reached $7.55 million & did $3mil in the first 48 hours. The owner Lauren even has unlocked the $8mil stretch goal which opened up so great mechs as add-ons (they would have been free if they reached it, but cool nonetheless). Also you really need to give it a try & you can download the rules for free from their site. So refreshing coming over from 40k & a company that are fans & players vs abusing their customers & content creators. Let's not forget Battletech is celebrating their 40th year this coming year. They have fans from the 80s & 90s & are still generating more & more new fans.

[@paradogmatic]

That Mirage 5 team in action figure form has some crazy 1990s cartoon action figure energy

[@michaeljdauben]

The Battletech KS is for physical miniatures (not STLs). The game has been rolling along with metal miniatures for decades, but a couple of years ago they ran their first KS for new plastic miniatures. That KS was big ($4M?) But this KS beat it by a big margin.

[@CocoHutzpah]

Mobile Suit Gundam. Several years ago, I found fan-made rules that used the high grade kits for a skirmish game. Bandai could easily make a ruleset and some additional models for something like Epic 40k, with their huge selection of mobile suit kits at the center. I suspect wargames aren't very popular in Japan, otherwise Bandai would have tapped this market decades ago.

[@MegaSharkX]

Legend of Zelda could become an amazing tabletop war game. I mean, you've got a bunch of cool factions: Hylians, Sheikah, Ganon's minions, Gerudo, Gorons, Rito, Zora, etc

[@Abyssal_productions]

If you divide the backed amount by the backers, each one should have aproximately backed 300 dollars, which is absolultly INSANE

[@Solaxia]

think a big selling point is if you have a friend that likes it too or is already established in your area, ive bought into so many games because of friends that i would never try otherwise, kindof like your story about xwing how you went out and tried to find it right after you got invited to a gathering. I was really into warmachine then moved then there was no group and couldnt get one started and havent touched it in years now

[@an0nycat]

In BattleTech, can any other faction's mechs be played as trophy mechs? Or do you need to build an army only from the mechs of your faction? 🤔🤔

[@Bazanti]

Basicly: anything goes really.

[@RockMongler]

It can vary from time period to time period, but for the most part, if the tech exists at the point in time you are choosing to play, you can probably come up with an in-game excuse to use it. Like, don't expect an Inner Sphere merc company to have full clan omnimechs in 3050. But, if you play in the 'current' era, 3151, it's pretty much whatever you want. Mech chassis can get around with salvage and such.

[@itxi]

It's all legit salvage!

[@michaeljdauben]

There is fluff about battlemech availability per faction if you want to follow it, but there's no rules limiting what you use.

[@krystleproductions1287]

not even an hour ago i was watching midwinter minis video on battletech. thank you for the great youtube content!

[@aartadventure]

Please make a video assembling and painting your Starship Troopers game! You could single handedly bring it back from the grave!

[@arrond5745]

Those look cool. 134 dollars isn't too bad once start getting into action figures. 1/6th scale figures start at 200 and just keep going up

[@matthewgreeson2311]

@Jay, if you don’t want the Starship Troopers Box Set, I’ll buy it. Been looking for years. I still remember going to my LGS, The Compleat Strategist, on 33rd and Madison back in 2007 and looking that that box on the shelf. Never could afford it as a kid. Memories dude.

[@aunderiskerensky2304]

battletech WAS extremely well known and respected but the whole harmony gold suit really put them behind. i remember playing the hell out of it 20 years ago for sure. even hand made a 4 foot by 6 foot star map for a campaign. took me like a month.

[@duckdictator6531]

BattleTech being older than Warhammer 40k and having a lot of recent strong videogames is helpful. I am a recent convert to BattleTech, just getting into it in the last couple months. I backed the Kickstarter within the first 48hrs, so hopefully I still like it in a year. Lol.

[@Corell02]

Flash Gordon has some good 80's wargame potential, especially the lore where ming the merciless divided and conquered the different tribes. The soundtrack is already amazing , you get weird fantasy scifi troops and flashy heroes and villains

[@parkerwing6906]

The battletech Kickstarter ended last night and finished with a little over 7.5 million

[@GWR515]

I feel like at this point, one of the big selling points of miniature war games could be the explosion of content available surrounding games that draws in potential players in a really approachable way

[@patrickmiller4229]

YES! Oh man I always want some Battletech content and i'm so happy the kickstarter did well!

[@CoolGuy-th7bl]

Malazan: Book of the Fallen would make a great setting for a war game with all its factions: A powerful iron age empire conquering the known world faction, Desert nations faction with crazy whirlwind magic, magitech dinosaur faction with flying fortress cities, undead caveman faction with earth magic powers, crazy cannibal army backed up with elite soldiers and undead dinosaurs, barbarian giants who fuck everything up, multiple not-elf factions from magical pocket dimensions etc etc

[@heyokawolf13]

Mongoose is still around but their primary focus is developing the Traveller IP.

[@ookamiprime6646]

Been playing BattleTech since the mid 90s. Can be a lot of fun and has just as much lore behind it as Warhammer 40K does.

[@robcarroll42]

There are 4 different ways to play Battletech. Old school where 4 on 4 would take 3 to 4 hours to complete combat. New School (Alpha Strike) which is fast pace and stream lined. Infantry and Battle Armor Combat and the RPG side of it. I am pretty sure you would like it.

[@Winterydee]

Mongoose is still a publisher. They publish the following RPG games Traveller and Paranoia, Shield Maidens and Sea of Thieves. Also Battletech has been around longer than any other currently popular miniature wargaming game. It was released in 1984. An being as Warhammer Fantasy Battle while started in 1983, was discontinued in 2015. Meaning that the longest continuily made, published and played miniature wargame I know of is Battletech.

[@badbones777]

I've never played Starship Troopers, but I can imagine it's pretty solid - the rules were done by Andy Chambers iirc (who had relatively recently left GW - he was the guy mostly in charge of 40k towards the end of 2nd ed and most if not all of 3rd).

[@tobynmanthorpe]

You mentioned that you didn’t know there was a Judge Dredd miniatures game,,, so obviously you didn’t know that Mongoose did a Kickstarter for a previous Judge Dredd war game! I liked it.

[@Del_S]

Duroc's weapons in Mirage 5 are chain rifles, basically a shrapnel thrower. Originally when the setting was a homebrew RPG they were modified vacuum cleaners that if reversed shot lengths of chain out as shrapnel. Not sure if that fluff remains valid tbh.

[@ZombieMonkey7]

While I could come up with a thousand suggestions for series/IPs/ect to be made into miniature games, I'd love to see you make the cute and adorable woodland residents of ROOT into miniatures and paint em.

[@ethanwhitmore1081]

I think part of the reason why Warhammer is so dominant is that for a lot of people, they don't want to play a tabletop game, they want to play a game in the Warhammer universe. Games Workshop is lucky to have built such an amazing, awesome, and alluring universe. I think BattleTech is close to having a universe similar if it's world was marketed more.

[@taylorschmid]

I learned Battletech at adepticon and had a blast playing. It was so much easier to learn than 40K and the rules stay the same across whatever mechs and faction you play. Pokémon needs a wargame.

[@Bobyoudontneeemyname]

A dune wargame is what the world needs

[@IlanMuskat]

The Starship troopers minis game was made by Andy Chambers, based on all his extra ideas for 3rd Edition, from Epic etc, and Mongoose is still around today, running the Traveller and Paranoia IP.

[@IlanMuskat]

And man, the movie was Paul "RoboCop" Verhoeven!

[@akumaking1]

Can Jay explore painting/weathering Gunpla?

[@majmarkbrown7816]

im with you on painting with purpose. That's for me! As for Star Ship Troopers, I bought it but never played it because the minis were a PITA to assemble. I gave up and gave it away.

[@sebastianblizniak5288]

1:25 it's still Other Games April

Quidditch: the board game. That could be a great alternative to Blood Bowl. I see tons of possibilities for that concept.

[@danroberts007]

I have Quidditch the board game in my garage. It’s a dexterity game that suuuuucks. 0 out of 5 stars.

[@Riley-uy5pe]

we don't need more harry potter crap

[@Klotbeck]

Harry Potter does indeed have a tabletop game made by the same company that makes the Batman Tabletop Game. Starship troopers was the movie that made me select Tyranids as my starting faction, I kinda wish they would re-release the Starship Troopers tabletop game but maybe make it more grand scale my using Flames of War/Epic style.

[@SockimusPrime]

I think one thing that makes stuff like Batman or Harry Potter less of a draw is just how well-known the characters there are. Wargaming's always had an element of "Your dudes" to it. Hence why Star Wars is a great wargaming IP - a known property, but with plenty of faceless troopers you can make your own. I guess Marvel Crisis Protocol is the exception to that rule here, though. Edit: Also, Mongoose Publishing is still around. One of their flagships is the classic RPG Paranoia, which is still going strong.

[@Darkfist007]

My buddies and I joke, that when a zombie apocalypse starts, it doesn't stop our D&D and wargame session schedule. Table top wargaming will never die.

[@justinmacrae7430]

I would be so happy, so so happy if you did a Starship Troopers themed episode. Complete with “would you like to know mores”

[@iraclements3671]

I would recommend looking for different rules for Starship Troopers. I have never been a fan of Andy Chambers rules. I didnt care for the rules but I loved the minis. They mashed up the movie, animation and book into one amazing concept. Mongoose had a bad reputation for wrecking their own games.

[@usualplumbot5288]

Terminator might be a decent wargame! Future war not current time. It probably already exists but it might be fun!

[@mikusheep]

Y'know what would make a great wargame? Probably more of a small scale duel-skirmish game thing but something based on Super Robot Wars in the vein of Marvel Crisis Protocol. I want plastic models of Getter Robo and Mazinger rolling dice against a Gundam and GaoGaiGar or something. SRW has so much unit variety and even original units that would be so sick to see on the tabletop.

[@kl1thedominion]

I would kill for a Super Robot Wars wargame.

[@mikusheep]

@@kl1thedominion I so desperately need a getter robo miniature. I don't care what scale, what getter, or whatever, I just need to paint one so so bad I love that manga to death.

[@kl1thedominion]

@@mikusheep Same. Maybe one day it'll happen. I never expected mainline SRW to make it to the west, but here we are. Believe in Getter.

[@mikusheep]

@@kl1thedominion 🤝

[@radiospace7071]

AOT would be a cool wargame honestly with one side controlling the survey corp, garrison or military police with them using high movement and melee or ranged rockets, while the 2nd player plays various titans with a character titan like armored, collossal or female titan.

[@ryc03]

I am hesitant on Joytoy items because of the price. If I want action figure of that scale I would prefer to go for the Kotobukiya Hexa Gear and get a model kit action figure and vehicles at around 1/24th scale

[@dpad_dave]

I bought a load of these, few different t boxes, pre-ordered. They showed up and the paint is teeeerrible. Especially on the faces. They are made of a quite soft, rubbery material, the joints aren't great... If they cost 15 or 20 bucks each they would be fine, but at the PRICE the quality is not high enough.

[@ryc03]

@@dpad_dave wow, that sounds pretty bad for the price range. probably skipping them then.

[@epickingedward7378]

I think the starship troopers game would definitely succeed today just considering the success of starship troopers terran command, not only is terran command a rts which would correlate well to a war game but theres even another star ship troopers game in the works and that will likely boost the popularity even more

[@BigfootJr]

I get the Kickstarter feeling. I helped on a project and production took so long I had moved 3 times before it was sent to one of my old addresses. 😢

[@boopenheimer]

I used to have alot of the starship trooper minis, even if you never play, it may be worth to just paint and set up like a display like some gaming stores do. Iirc the starter set is a low enough model count that it could fit on a shelf, and be ready for that 1 opportunity, and then can go back to looking nice on a wall

[@omnissiahGaspar]

Attack on Titan would probably be much more suited to a video game, the factions would probably have to be Eldia and Marley, but like Eldians have grappling hooks, swords, some specific character titans and some guns and Marley has numbers, lots of titans, and a bunch of firepower, this would make it really hard to balance but honestly the models would be sick so this would be worth it

[@Gray_Falcon]

Alien vs Predator would be fun. Throw in marines and you have factions to build on.

[@KORONOR]

That simple “how?” Was brilliant

[@brandonphillips5329]

The star ship troopers animated series is also amazing !

[@danroberts007]

Yes! I’ve got that as a DVD set. I’ve never heard of any anime SST videos, though, so… to the internet!

[@tdecker514]

A Mistborn skirmish game would be epic!

[@henryrodriguez6260]

Battletech was my first miniature wargame (late '80s). It has a long pedigree of quality and breadth of gaming (CCG, CMG, RPG, computer game - Mechwarrior; no boardgame oddly). You should at least try the Alpha Strike ruleset, which is modern and streamlined. As for the next IP for a minis game... I say Dune. I don't believe there has ever been a minis game on it (plenty of boardgames, CCG and RPG too). For me, nothing provides as much enjoyment as a good boardgame with a bunch of friends. If you like Root, then you should try Pax Pamir or Oath (both by the same designer), Chaos in the Old World, Twilight Imperium, Almoravid or Here I Stand (these last two are historical wargames, which is a niche of boardgaming you really need to dive into).

[@WeOnlyEatSoup]

The Lore and universe of the IP personally draw me in

[@03dashk64]

Mongoose publishing is still around…they make RPG’s mainly now. Also the Battletech Kickstarter is over 7 million and it’s all physical products. Man so many questions a single google search could answer 🤣

[@oldschoolfrp2326]

Games don’t die, and miniatures definitely don’t die; get into indie miniatures-agnostic games and you can play Starship Troopers vs Star Wars with different rules every day

[@Sierra026]

Quick correction: the Kickstarter has reached a total of $7,548,796! ... and 69 cents Seriously Jay, I would recommend trying out Battletech at least once, if only to experience 30+ year old rules that hasn't changed all that much and is still fairly solid. Oh, and giant robots.

[@Gumlass1]

Ironically, a Kickstarter would be infinitely better than GWs current preview and preorder process. When it's previewed, you get to see the price and rough schedule, and they make enough for whomever wants to order.