Megacon Close In On New Stretch Goals For MERCS: Recon
March 17, 2014 by brennon
Megacon Games are closing in on a selection of new stretch goals and have been showing off art for a bunch of special miniatures on the MERCS: Recon Kickstarter...
As you can see some are more attuned to the ways of combat than others. I am a particular fan of that epic looking GCC Judge at the bottom with the arm blade and rather ace looking helmet. Most of the miniatures and add-ons have been ace so far and they have a pair of new stretch goals they are working towards.
Hitting $250k will add those neat plastic workers to proceedings alongside a Texico Mission Pack. Add another $50k to the total and you'll be introducing the Myth crossover agent as well in the GCC Agent.
I'm really interested to see more about playing this game with a few more interesting gameplay videos showing off the different ways in which the missions change between plays.
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I’ve pledged to get both boxed sets. This game looks awesome, plus all the MERCS models from Recon will be fully compatible with the tabletop game! Not only that, I’ve beenhearing rumours of the 2nd edition MERCS tabletop game releasing before Recon!
I’m in on the kickstarter. Looks like a fun game. Since I don’t currently have any Mercs stuff I went for the $200 pledge that gives you the 2nd ed book, character cards and others stuff. That way I’ll get two games with plenty of models for both.
VERY tempted… was going to leave it a while after DBX but I just love what MERCs does with its minis and KS… will have to see how the funds are looking in a few weeks (thankfully it’s a long KS)… if they’re low, I’ll just go for the MYTH cross-over minis 😀
@sirsully – we#ll get THREE games – don’t forget the dice game! They’ve just released the lists… subscribing to both boxes currently gets you 6 models for CCC, Kemvar, Kezai Waza and the new EU Inc faction. Further stretch goals unlock a 7th model for each and at $400k (highly likely) a whole House 4 mission pack with 5 models (a 6th model as SG)!!! In the UK these are available for approx (inc delivery to UK) – £90 for Recon only and – £135 adds Mercs 2.0 rules, cards and Conflict dice game Pledging early and watching these stretch… Read more »
Also, according to KS, MERCS 2.0 and Conflict may release before the projected Jan 2015 shipping date for Recon, probably at GenCon 2014.
I’m still waiting to hear from Megacon Games about the reinforcement packs for the 8th to 10th models. Haven’t heard much which makes me think they have been absorbed into this KS campaign, whicn may explain some of the new character types in Recon.
A game that has rules for breach and clear is a winner in my eyes, add onto the fact that collateral damage changes the game play its gonna give you a great gaming session as one of your mates always tends to be the “nutter” type that’ll use a demo charge to open a can of baked beans.
@Kommisar
The lists they’ve released show one or two new models for each faction (apart from EU Inc which is all new) – so there’s some of your reinforcements for standard Mercs – some still locked atm. May be more to be revealed.
The lists also indicate some new sculpts for some models – this could be to do with suitability for Metal vs Plastic molds.