Megacon Games Close In On Final Hours Of MERCS: Recon!
April 18, 2014 by brennon
Megacon Games are closing in on the final few hours of their MERCS: Recon Kickstarter and they are rounding things off with a bit of law enforcement. Bring on The Tribunal...
This chap is part of the GCC Mission Pack that could be unlocked if there is a massive push as the Kickstarter comes to a close. The folks behind the game have already said that they are some of the coolest miniatures they've ever designed so if that isn't a push I don't know what is!
They have however unlocked the rather neat looking EZ-LDR which will be a Kickstarter exclusive! Interestingly the model also works across the void and into Myth as well. We have some rather neat Myth stuff coming soon so keep an eye out for it.
The game seems to have gone down a storm at events like PAX and there is a more up to date demo run through of the game above so you can learn how to play before you pledge.
Here's what you get in the basic sets...
...and that's before you've even added on any of the extra bits and piece for this rather expansive game.
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I pledged. I alway wanted to play the tt mercs, after seeing the mercs week.
At the sweetspot $120 you get both boardgames with 4 merc factions,
At the $200 spot you get both boardgames. A dice game called mercs:conflict. And all the tt cards of the unlocked factions and the v2 rulebook. Not to mention a novel.
To good for mee to pas up.
And for the completionist among us. for $100 add on you get all the mission boxed that are unlocked. Now worth $155,.
Come and check out this Project lots of stretch goals have been unlocked with lots of Kickstarter exclusives.
I pledged at the $120 level and added an extra $140 in add ons I’m planning to purchase. I always liked the Mercs miniatures and art style and even like a lot of the background to the setting. However I found the card measuring/movement mechanic really off putting, having played a few demo games. It just made moving and measuring weapon templates in modelled terrain or even over multiple models very awkward. I was hoping that it would be removed in the games next edition but it is looking like it stayed. So Mercs Recon is allowing me to get… Read more »
This has had an amazing series of unlocks. You are getting an incredible amount of plastic for your dollar here. If you’ve already pledged and think you might want to buy some of the add ons, now is the time to adjust up your pledge to see if we can ding a few more of the unlocks.
I have been looking at MERCS over and over… a new edition, plus a co-op board game to use as a gateway with the wife’s friends (yes, seriously!) it’s kind of hard not to pull the trigger on this for me with it looking like a pretty good deal.
This would be so much cooler if it was on real terrain…
You could always make a wall system to use on top of the tiles.. It would take more setup but it could be done.
Personally I think the flat surface of the tiles will just make things easier to see. With 3D walls tokens may get missed.
Can’t… Resist…. So Many…. Minis…..
And remember, you can always get twice as many for just double the price….
I picked up the Opfor level, partially based on MERCS week from last year. I can’t wait to run a MERCS team against my Daleks.
I’m one of the MERCS level backers (I backed $1710 and plan to add a bit more once they put out a Pledge Manager). Very exited about this and their Tabletop game.