With a mysterious box like that, I would have expected a retaliatory load of potato blight courtesy of James Workshop. But this is a nice surprise.
@DiscourseMinis Жыл бұрын
no one is comin near my crop
@sonicbread Жыл бұрын
Pretty brave of you to open a mysterious package in Ireland, but happy ending
@DiscourseMinis Жыл бұрын
IT WORKED OUT! Just gotta get lucky every time
@sonicbread Жыл бұрын
@@DiscourseMinis I think you’ll probably be lucky every time, we wish you no harm
@gstellar96 Жыл бұрын
@@DiscourseMinis it's like a gacha but possibly more deadly
@dambrooks7578 Жыл бұрын
The joys of the GFA 🥰
@philippk819 Жыл бұрын
Ireland? Isn't it supposed to be Australia?
@hogs0war Жыл бұрын
I'm not usually a fan of unboxing videos because I want to open stuff too but the genuine glee you showed made it worthwhile. Very cool minis and game, thanks for sharing what could have also been anthrax (never thought I'd type the string of words "thanks for sharing what could have also been anthrax").
@DiscourseMinis Жыл бұрын
that's awesome to hear - and I'm very glad that it wasn't anthrax
@hogs0war Жыл бұрын
@@DiscourseMinis Me too! Where else would I get good info to help form my opinion on war gaming from a person who wants WH/40K to be sooo good but dislikes GW openly?
@DanielSwindlehurst Жыл бұрын
Having it be both a squad game and a skirmish game is such a good idea. I'm a little taken aback by that. Just one rule set for any size game - it's so simple.
@slackeratlarge575 Жыл бұрын
With GW increasing prices almost 20% since 2019, other war games are always welcomed
@Anacusis Жыл бұрын
Kinda funny that one of your recent vids was a room of boxes full of games and minis that you’re never gonna paint or play with and these guys thought “Oh! She probably needs more!” 😂
@mikewhitaker2880 Жыл бұрын
that's the thing though, we ALWAYS need more models... i personally would LOVE to have my Space Marines army to have LITERALLY enough figs to field an ENTIRE legion.. and i don't mean the current 1000 maxed out second founding limits, i mean the legion sizes of 100,000 or more Space Marines as it was before the Horus Heresy.... that is a lot of plastic/resin/metal... specially when you also add in ALL of the vehicles they would have had... and we haven't even mentioned ALL the guard and titan support units either... imagine having literally enough figs for an ENTIRE crusade fleet....
@cythonnaiilo7956 Жыл бұрын
i love this video! so many little moments here! the ufo moment is my favorite!
@alexdoran527 Жыл бұрын
I'm going to the Games Expo in Brum again this year, if War on Terra is there I'm 100% picking up some flying saucers! 👽
@evanlindsey1100 Жыл бұрын
I never played any of the Command and Conquer games, so when the tank was revealed, I thought of the Transformers Headmaster Hardhead, who was an 'H' tread tank. Still, the joy you expressed when you were checking out the tape measure brought a smile to my face.
@sarchlalaith8836 Жыл бұрын
"greys" definitely giving me XCOM vibes though
@BlindRambler Жыл бұрын
What makes this so much better is the recent admission that Discourse has a Mini's problem
@kdog3908 Жыл бұрын
More stuff to add to the pile of shame..... You have my sympathy.
@magnusmillerwilson Жыл бұрын
The production value on that is gorgeous! I’ll definitely check it out. It’s also super cool that they sent that to you. Bold choice and kudos to them and you. I like the info cards. I prefer having all the rules for a unit on a card when playing a war game and even make my own cards when rules are simpler. Anyway, good on all of you and looking forward to this!
@MrTreoni Жыл бұрын
I agree, there's not enough squishing fleshy bits with some vehicular slaughter... in games of course! Also I want to see how much progress you made on reducing your grey pile of shame :)
@lramage Жыл бұрын
You had me at Command & Conquer
@Musuzima Жыл бұрын
Does this mean we'll be getting battle reports on this channel soon? Gorgeous minis by the way...
@ghostwolf4354 Жыл бұрын
Somehow I didn't know until this video that you also play Bolt Action. If I weren't already subscribed and getting notifications, I would be now!
@williambrown319 Жыл бұрын
Also...thanks for screwing my bank account. I may not want to play, but these minis fun to play and paint
@telboysrantsandbants4077 Жыл бұрын
I can confirm this is being made by a guy and a few others in the town where I live. The local games shop was giving put a free miniature to paint and bring back in for future promo stuff.
@euansmith3699 Жыл бұрын
Discourse, "Um, well... that's... unexpected... A box full of ears." I enjoyed seeing Discourse getting excited over the real nerdy parts of the package; though she didn't comment on the quality of the box, which is a tick in my Review of the Review minus column.
@DiscourseMinis Жыл бұрын
i would have become queen of kobolds
@euansmith3699 Жыл бұрын
@@DiscourseMinis If you are looking for more Grey Aliens in a similarly large scale, have you had a look at the Watcher's Faction from War Cradle's Wild West Exodus game? You know, just in case you want some more minis?
@Bluecho4 Жыл бұрын
The XCom vibes on this box is sublime.
@DiscourseMinis Жыл бұрын
yeah it's major!
@noodles2459 Жыл бұрын
This game looks really cool the XCOM I wanted
@CryHavocWarGaming Жыл бұрын
Love the measuring tape!
@TruculentSheep Жыл бұрын
Tables? BLAST TEMPLATES??? Oh, I like it.
@GhostManBrandonDDpre Жыл бұрын
Fun video. I would love to see the Grey-boys fight that Tiger.
@GreyhawkGrognard Жыл бұрын
The tank looks like the Thundertank from Thundercats. Just needs paws for the front tread covers.
@joeokabayashi8669 Жыл бұрын
One of your best ever vids - so much positivity! I love it!
@sarchlalaith8836 Жыл бұрын
Battlefleet gothic vibes People go on about not liking charts like that but in the end other games {looking at you 9th} make up the same rules but with a billion scattered special rules and it ends up being much more bloated. TL;DR charts are actually good.
@costagauci5719 Жыл бұрын
Great vid, always love it when you make an informative video.
@DiscourseMinis Жыл бұрын
woot, happy you liked it :D
@victorbrianmcreynolds2200 Жыл бұрын
The 'Greys' are very reminiscent of the aliens from the game 'Destroy All Humans'.
@Slurgical_3D_Terrain_Channel Жыл бұрын
Me too! I am very intrigued and interested to that game. Thank you for sharing.
@Tarmenell Жыл бұрын
It's a small detail, but it's so cool when a girl just reaches to the side in the middle of a conversation and pulls out a model with the words "by the way, this is my Tiger II." :-D
@tapioperala3010 Жыл бұрын
Hells! I've been doing my homebrew RPG with Xenonauts / UFO: Enemy Unkown, but this looks like really something awesome
@HauntedCorpseGaming Жыл бұрын
@Discourse Minis, I hope you verified there was no ticking before opening it off camera. ;)
@tazmokhan7614 Жыл бұрын
The grey looks like 32mm if the soldier was 28mm.
@scranton8582 Жыл бұрын
We wanted them to be thin and kind of sickly looking.
@Rakaziel Жыл бұрын
Monsterpocalypse has a UFO - it's one of the monster units of the Martian Menace :)
@smoke264 Жыл бұрын
The tank looks like the scorpion from the halo series
@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t Жыл бұрын
NGL, I was kind of hoping when you said "I just hope it's not anthrax", you'd edited a picture of Scott Ian over the contents when you opened it.
@MechbossBoogie Жыл бұрын
So what I'm hearing is we need to send Discourse all our unwanted stuff.
@bulletproofjedi Жыл бұрын
Battle Report? Battle Report!
@jacobfisher7625 Жыл бұрын
"Stop me if you heard this one before..." (instant unskippable add break)
@darko-man8549 Жыл бұрын
losss of scatter dice and templates is something i really dislike recent editions for
@Octarinewolf Жыл бұрын
Other than Mars Attacks, Monsterpocalypse had flying saucers, Both the Aeres Mothership Monster and smaller units for the Martians.
@kosmosfantasias7545 Жыл бұрын
This, Ravaged Star and Rivenstone. I can't decide.
@c.g.262 Жыл бұрын
Agreed, more vehicles running over infantry! Hello OPRs!
@arielsanchez465 Жыл бұрын
Nothing like the new box endorphin rush.
@reactionaryprinciplegaming Жыл бұрын
Oh, that's where you are coming from! I saw your other youtube channel, Discourse and Dungeons, and I was shocked by how big you were for a channel that has only existed for two months. I figured you must have done something before.
@jtjames79 Жыл бұрын
That's a fabric tape measure.
@Kidozy Жыл бұрын
Nah, that tank looks more like the Halo Scorpion tank
@TheParrotTeacher Жыл бұрын
That's nice and lucky! Some nice bits! All we've had recently are threats of violence at ours despite all the good work we try to do!
@sovietbear1917 Жыл бұрын
2 Camera Discourse!!
@DiscourseMinis Жыл бұрын
oh you know what that means :D
@armstronghawkins9183 Жыл бұрын
I think...once you're actually holding it in your hand...it becomes a "flying saucer".
@NCordaro321 Жыл бұрын
It would be cool if you did a video with everything built and the content of the box laid out so people can see what they're pledging for.
@christopherplummer1299 Жыл бұрын
A measuring tape!? That is so awesome!!!!
@markgnepper5636 Жыл бұрын
Great stuff friend 👏 👍
@zramirez5471 Жыл бұрын
Your congestion DEFINITELY made (sonomancer?) sound like "sodo-mancer" 😂
@DiscourseMinis Жыл бұрын
🤭
@docthefaust4519 Жыл бұрын
When u attach concern to a strength/toughness chart rather than say, smoke, or smell of toast
@nlp3000 Жыл бұрын
You definitely need a cowboy hat for those sections :D
@akumaking1 Жыл бұрын
Have fun with the game!
@DiscourseMinis Жыл бұрын
looking forward to trying it! :D
@akumaking1 Жыл бұрын
@@DiscourseMinis have you considered making a video exploring people creating STLs of old/OOP miniatures and the benefits/drawbacks of such actions?
@JC-gv6sq Жыл бұрын
The miniatures do look pretty good, I actually backed Mantic's Mars Attack. It's a fun game but I usually use the grey aliens from Horrorclixs as the evil aliens/space abductors when playing games.
@ChrisKCook Жыл бұрын
Have you tried gell super glue? You don't have hold the arms ect as long.
@xenoblad Жыл бұрын
A scifi setting not limited to the solar system where humans don't have FTL is interesting. People really over estimate how stupidly impossible it is to go faster then light. I'm not saying we can't get FTL, but I'm like 99% sure we'll never get it.
@TylerProvick Жыл бұрын
Monsterpocalypse had saucer aliens
@shawnlewis1867 Жыл бұрын
What a fun surprise 🎉
@jm8361 Жыл бұрын
Grey's vs humans sounds like x-com as a table top war game. Hmm now to see if I can get X-com to work again.
@warcraftdude13 Жыл бұрын
*"oooh a mysterious letter"* _Powder springs out_
@Paul_Inman Жыл бұрын
That tank would work perfectly in Rebs army for Deadzone (and hopefully Firefight) because it reminds me of a Brotherhood of Nod Stealth Tank
@dscythegx0254 Жыл бұрын
I still have all my 5th 40k templates, scatter die, and vehicle damage die. This game gives me the same old school vibes. If you looking for more UFO's monsterpocalypse (Godzilla,Ultraman vibe).
@scranton8582 Жыл бұрын
Making the game we found that we had to come up with a brand new type of scatter die. War on Terra doesn't use a dice with a bullseye. All sides are arrows due to when and why you use it but it was strange that that dice had yet to be made.
@dscythegx0254 Жыл бұрын
@@scranton8582 other method I have used, was part of the blast template with. The template used 6 arrows evenly spaced with the 1 arrow a little longer that you align with the direction the shit came from.
@scranton8582 Жыл бұрын
@@dscythegx0254 that's a cool way of doing it!
@davefogle7747 Жыл бұрын
love the LotR map on your desk
@evilstans Жыл бұрын
I'm always disappointed when someone gets a mystery box and there isn't a head in it. And i don't know, i'd be wary of starnge boxes showing up after that IRA joke a few weeks back...
@SciFiPorkChop28 Жыл бұрын
I remember you talking about this game after the convention... really cool.. and looks like they have been busy both updating the website and moving the game forward.. really nice stuff... #Sucker4AnIndieKS #WhatsInTheBox #TrustIssuesNoMore
@Ayoosi Жыл бұрын
I just want an XCOM skirmish TT game, with solo play rules. It's not too much to ask
@c.g.262 Жыл бұрын
Whoa, rules for free? What a concept.
@Tulkash01 Жыл бұрын
As long as GW doesn’t know what your address you are safe discourse… GW and the DUP perhaps
@OmegablueWolf Жыл бұрын
GDI Predator or the mammoth tank! this looks pretty neat
@cammo1397 Жыл бұрын
Looks great. Hope the postage to Oz won't make it unviable.
@jasonjacoby8420 Жыл бұрын
The real question is where did you get the LOTR desk mat???
@Feralzen Жыл бұрын
At 17.07, is that the Capitol Corporation logo on the painted tank? From Warzone miniature wargame for the Mutant Chronicles universe?
@666styxxx666 Жыл бұрын
You really liked that UFO ( I've got a few in my collection) and 👽 the aliens👽👽👽 now you HAVE To actually paint them in the colours you mentioned and the UFO either metal or metallic green after all they were kind enough to track you down just to give you a cool non-anthraxy package, they made the effort now it's YOUR turn and stop playing around with the tape measure until you tackle your piles of shame,,, plus I like your taste in tanks I just prefer actually building and painting ( when I gots time that is 🤫 hides my warehouse of shame 😇)
@cavemanbum Жыл бұрын
MORE SHAME FOR THE PILE OF SHAME ! ! 😆 🤣 😆 🤣
@DiscourseMinis Жыл бұрын
oh I'm dealing with that LOL
@Gudbjarten Жыл бұрын
Love the new music 😃
@rubricmarine6857 Жыл бұрын
The tank looks like a GDI Mammoth tank. That or a Scorpion tank from Halo.
@samdunn5846 Жыл бұрын
I don't have a 3D printer but thanks for showing off those harliquin'ts 👀
@tommymclaughlin-artist Жыл бұрын
The similarities between this and the game I'm developing are literally making me ill 🤒 but it looks cool...
@darrenguyton9652 Жыл бұрын
WAY back in the 90's, GW had a tiny little measuring tape in one of their box sets IIRC.
@georgeaitken2719 Жыл бұрын
I remember in the early 90s grey aliens were in a lot of things including a command and conquer style game destroy all humans the x files ufo unknown as well as various tv shows oh and the big tank in command and conquer is called a mammoth
@prismpyre7653 Жыл бұрын
that is horrifying
@c.g.262 Жыл бұрын
So jealous, I wish I had stalkers.
@rayscott1667 Жыл бұрын
Yea super random box shows up, yet you immediately know what every data card,blast template and chart is after lookin at them for one second. Definitely had no idea that box was coming!
@jc7997aj Жыл бұрын
Discourse and MajorKill need to find ove with each other. They'd have beyootiful lil mini war gamers.
@cjanquart Жыл бұрын
Heh, nothing like a tailor's measuring tape (albeit one branded for the game) to make a girl happy.
@TheBunnan Жыл бұрын
Konflict 47! Yessss! It's the best Bolt Action.
@michaelhammond1389 Жыл бұрын
the tank reminds me of the scorpion tank from Halo
@Nosferatuklown Жыл бұрын
No cocaine?...I don't know if I'd call this mysterious shipper as a "fan"
@DanteMac26 Жыл бұрын
Playing X-Com right now, and yeah, these look like they were made for it.
@ausgreen3761 Жыл бұрын
Congrats! More stuff for the pile of shame!
@chunkaiwang9726 Жыл бұрын
Mammoth Tank from GDI? Also Rackham AT-43 had a ruler like that too
@_oe_o_e_ Жыл бұрын
A Daddy Template, A Mommy Template, and A Baby Template!
@minacapella8319 Жыл бұрын
To be fair Age of sigmar has some rules for running over people.