Mercs – Operation: Paradigm Shift
April 9, 2013 by stuart
Saturday 13TH APRIL!
This weekend we are delighted to be working with the guys behind this fantastic game to bring you the first global campaign day - Operation Paradigm Shift.
The action takes place globally on Saturday 13th April. Where will you be?
Many clubs across the world have signed aboard (in secret of course!) to get involved but its not too late - why not grab a bunch of buddies and get playing Mercs. Send us your photos and share your experiences by either commenting below or going to the thread on the Tabletop Nation forum. We'd love to see how you played it out!
We'll be running this narrative event ourselves on the day and then linking up live to various gaming groups around the globe to share in the story. You can grab your free ticket to our event here at Tabletop Nation by clicking the link HERE!
The Mercs storyline will forever be changed by the actions you and your gaming friends take on Saturday April 13th so make a difference to your hobby world!
Whether Paradigm Shift is your first experience of this fantastic game or just the latest and greatest clash between the mega corporations at your local gaming place it doesn't matter. The scenarios and material here are provided for all of you to enjoy so download it and get stuck in!
So whether you are taking part on the day or finding this as part of the Mercs week some time later, have a good read of this excellent and free resource brought to you by those lovely chaps at MercsMinis.com!
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I would love to take part but my order from wayland is STILL processing after being paid for on Sunday….
I’m really excited to see how it pans out… I love it when the players can shape the future of a game
Irishdave, I’m also waiting eagerly for Wayland to do something about my order. Nice with the deals they did – less nice that they aren’t able to process them as quickly as I had expected. So I guess the answer to where I’ll be on the 23rd is “ask Wayland”…
Yea the store site said all my order was in stock but by yesterday evening I hadn’t heard anything although the payment had cleared so I emailed and asked about it and got a swift response saying that it wouldn’t be sent out until next week, even though I paid quite a bit for courier service. Grumpy man syndrome kicked in at that point lol. I’m now even more eager to take delivery of my megacons
Next week? That’s not cricket. Oh well, at least it gives me time to consider which Megacon to do first. Leaning towards the Japanese nuke-lobbers, even though they are reportedly not a beginner force, but the South Africans are also right spiffy lookin’.
Next week means they lied about having things in stock. Simple as that.
Don’t worry chaps, we are working on making sure that everyone has a good chance of having Mercs models for the campaign. Watch this space!
We will be joining the event at Gigabites Cafe in Marietta, GA (USA) on the 23rd.
Do we have to participate at TTN fir the results to count?
You won’t have to participate at TTN (although it is likely to be the largest UK event for the day). We would love clubs across the UK and beyond to stage something of their own.
We are looking to move Operation Paradigm Shift to April 13th to allow enough time for the huge number of new players to actually get some Mercs minis built and painted! Stay tuned for official confirmation.
Cannot believe that after ten days, my order is still processing… Talk about a dissatisfied cuatomer. But its ok, we will delay this campaign… So what?! I would liie the goods that ive paid for and could have got over a week ago from my closest supplier, granted not with the same discount but the delay has not been worth the small saving imho
New date is April 13th 2013! Let preparations for Operation: Paradigm Shift begin!
Is that a cryptic clue to suggest my order wont be shipped for another 10 days…?
Not at all. Wayland have been promised by the manufacturers that all the stock needed should arrive in the UK by the end of next week but the guys are trying to get out the vast majority of the outstanding orders out before then. Obviously the game has been phenomenally popular in recent weeks!
Im happy to announce a resolution to my issues and hope to have my stuff soon. Thank you for your assistance Stuart.
Sounds interesting, Dave. I have heard nothing from Wayland yet. Care to share what’s up?
Well then…now I HAVE heard from Wayland! Thanks a bunch, Stuart. Much appreciated.
Anyone know how the results are to be entered yet?
You can post your results to the thread on Tabletop Nation or get involved with the live link up on the day.
would me and my mate be able to get involved, even though its the two of us?
(trying to find more people for this amazing game though)
texico methinks for this
I will be running the event in Colorado at a game store. I do not know how many attendees I will have. Will you be allowing “late entries” for results? Since we’re in a much later time zone? Also, I went to “buy” the free tickets, and I do not see any tickets available. How will we input the results of our location’s event?
Mondayshero – Where in Colorado are you playing? I don’t own anything for MERCS, yet, but plan to in the future. I’ve been curious if anyone will be playing it in the Denver area.
I’m not at all keen on this idea. Mercs minis aren’t cheap and (in my experience) take a long time to arrive. I’ll really not be happy if something I’ve blown £36 + p&p on suddenly becomes not-a-proper-faction.
I suppose that I missed it but, how do you report your game results so that they will be included?
I am truly not fond of such campaigns, I am all for global campaigns and maybe some minor fluff adjustments from the outcome, but dismantling a faction? no that should be in the hands of the creators if ever, not in the hands of a campaign.
The creators have put their collective might behind this. They have strictly stated that the MERCS who lose will not become obsolete. They will simply become privateers, and they will write it into the fluff as an awesome story. GW would never do something like this, but think of it in terms of “What if an imperial invasion Exterminatus’d all Tau planets. The Tau would continue to fight on, but without a home. Essentially, whichever MERCS MegaCon is dissolved will no longer be backing their MERCS, but the MERCS (Already for hire inside of their own MegaCon) will simply have… Read more »
So which Corp lost?