Mantic’s Mars Attacks Kickstarter Backtracks?

Mantic Games Mars Attacks Kickstarter

I had a busy week, and haven’t been able to follow the world of miniature wargaming as closely as I usually do. When I did, I came across a rather curious sight when I checked in on the final days of Mantic Games’ most recent Kickstarter for a Mars Attacks board game: It seems to […]

Mantic Attacks… & Grows Up

Mantic Games Mars Attacks Kickstarter

It’s here: Mars Attacks! Mantic Games’ 5th Kickstarter (including Loka, which – though published by Mantic – was as much Alessio Cavatore’s pet project), and their first Kickstarter for a licensed Intellectual Property. By every possible benchmark, this is Mantic’s most professional and slickest Kickstarter yet. It’s flawlessly build and took off like a rocket on its […]

Kickstarter & Licensed Intellectual Property

Licensed IP Kickstarter

Mantic Games is getting ready to kickstart a new miniatures board game: Mars Attacks. And doing so, they may well herald a new chapter in the miniature wargaming industry, or at least the Kickstarter-driven side of it. Mantic is now combining two ends of the wargaming industry I would’ve thought were polar opposites: Crowd-funded games […]

Review – Mars Attacks Volume 1: Attack from Space

Mars Attacks Comic Book Cover

Mars Attacks Volume 1: Attack From Space is the first in a new line of comic books (or graphic novels?) that aims to revive the Mars Attacks franchise. It’s gorgeously illustrated and very well made. The “story” (as far as it goes) is a bit all over the place however and was missing, I felt, most […]