Warhammer 40K & Wargaming Blog
Happy Sunday everyone. Reaper Bones closed, and once again north of 3 Million. Now, Bones II did stop short – by some 300.000,- – of the US$ 3.429.236,-, record set by Bones I. Still, having cracked the secret to raising 3 Million US$ for miniatures – twice in two years…. man! Congratulations Reaper Bones! #1 – Reaper […]
Last year’s Reaper Bones Kickstarter was easily the highest-grossing crowd-funding campaign for miniatures. Hell, it even brought Kickstarter.com’s servers to its knees. “Bones” doesn’t appear in the Tabletop Games category, as it offers no games… just loads of miniatures. Still, nearly 3.5 Million US$ put it comfortably ahead of all the other Kickstarter top-dogs of […]
Among the great things Kickstarter brought to the miniatures wargaming niche, besides lots of interesting new miniatures, are the wealth of interesting game ideas the crowd-funding platform has helped bring to market. Some of the highest-grossing tabletop Kickstarters have been co-operative miniatures games, a genre that – a few years ago – would’ve been considered […]
With TempleCon in full swing, many miniatures wargaming companies are unveiling new stuff. The biggest reveal was easily the new Warmachine Faction from Privateer Press, the Convergence of Cyriss. Hawk Wargames has been busy as well, however. They used TempleCon to show off a number of new miniatures for all their 4 factions, including the […]
One of the joys of following along new projects in Kickstarter and similar sites is to see, to “be there”, when entrepreneurs and companies break new ground. This is as true for miniature wargaming as it is for any other niche or market tapping into crowd-funding these days. Now, DreamForge’s Leviathan Kickstarter, which I have supported for a […]
The people over at Spartan Games in Somerset, UK, have certainly been very, very busy of late. For Gen-Con, they just revealed their entry into the field of 28mm miniature skirmish wargaming: the upcoming Dystopian Legions. The models on show at Gen-Con were nothing but awe-inspiring. But as exciting (and ambitious) Dystopian Legions already is, it […]
