Weekender: Kaiju & Jaegers Clash In Pacific Rim: Extinction + John’s Star Wars Challenge!
March 10, 2018 by warzan
We've got a big show for you today with not just one interview, but two! We're going to be delving into Pacific Rim: Extinction with Alessio Cavatore and much more today so stay tuned.
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Make sure to get involved down there in the comments and tell us what you think of the topics covered in the show this week.
Updates
There was a lot going on this week so make sure to check back over what we've been up to...
- Infinity Uprising Week - Carlos talks us through the new splinter faction for Infinity and there are prizes up for grabs!
- Hobby Hangout - Catch Ben, John and Lance as they look through the forums and what you've been working on.
- Sam & Justin At Prague Open 2018 - The guys will be getting into some 40k next weekend!
Warren Meets Mat + John's Star Wars Challenge!
Warren checks out another of the mats from GameMat.Eu, specifically their Sands Of Time one and also their new Desert Houses. This also led him to set John a challenge...
John has to Star Wars-ify the table by the end of the show. We're going to be checking back in with him throughout the rest of The Weekender to see how he's getting on.
HOPE Board Game Unboxing
We take a look at this awesome game from Morning which is going to be going up for pre-order soon. HOPE works well with two-players but goes all the way up to four as well, and the hidden traitor mechanic is very cool indeed.
Hopefully, we'll get a Let's Play in the works for this soon!
River Horse Talk Pacific Rim: Extinction + Win The Dark Crystal!
The guys get a chance to sit down with River Horse and Alessio Cavatore to talk about their new Kickstarter campaign launching on March 12th for Pacific Rim: Extinction.
The thought of Kaiju clashing with Jaegers on the tabletop is rather cool indeed. You could also WIN this episode by telling us...
What Would Your Kaiju Or Jaeger Design Be?
...if we pick you then you could walk away with a copy of River Horse's latest board game, Dark Crystal.
News Time
There was some awesome news out this week...
- Pathfinder Playtest This Year - Get involved and shape the future of Pathfinder with Paizo.
- Confrontation Classic - A Kickstarter in April aims to bring back the amazing Rackham range.
- Forgebane BattleBox - A new set to get you battling in Warhammer 40,000.
- CMON Announce Zombicide: Invader - Are you interested in this Sci-Fi take on the Zombicide formula?
- What A Tanker! - Check out the new game coming soon from Too Fat Lardies.
Feedback on your thoughts on the news this week!
WWII: Americans In Tunisia!
We sit in with Oriskany, our Historical Editor, as he gives us a rundown of what to expect from the new article series which launches on Monday March 12th, right here on Beasts Of War.
Have you played many wargames in this period and setting?
Kickstarter Time
We focus in on two awesome projects which are running right now on Kickstarter...
- Brutality - An awesome PvP Arena experience on the tabletop with awesome looking models and mechanics.
- Sorcerer City - A mix of all manner of board game mechanics, this looks like a fun take on tile-laying tactical play with a timed element.
Which of these would you back?
Competitions
A reminder that you can still get involved in Uprising Week and comment on the various videos to win yourself some awesome Infinity prizes.
Also, we announce the winner of the Melusai Box & Daughters Of Khaine Battletome. Make sure to Claim Your Prize and, as we missed in the show, the winner's work can be checked out HERE.
Have a great weekend!
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Happy Saturday – look forward to a bit more on Pacific Rim
Happy Saturday Mate!
@warzan by the way I think I recall seeing some 80s reenactores at the Courthouse in at the last bootcamp I did go to
awww infinity week over allready? i loved every minute of it 🙂
*Uprising* week is done, but there are a couple of other things in the near future that will probably see @Bostria back in the studio…
Yup busy year ahead for sure
Happy Weekend!
I was interested in Pacific Rim to collect the minis but now I’m really interested in the game! I just hope it won’t break my bank! Prepainted minis sounds expensive!
My Jaeger definitely would be a solid shaped one that has twin Gatling guns shooting depleted uranium rounds. Its name will be Chaos Extreme
My Jaeger would be a transforming mechanism from an aerospace fighter to a agile robot fighter similar in design to the veritechs from 3rd season of Robotech.
‘Warren Colonizes Justin’
That belongs on a whole different website…
It’s the Weekend!
Bring it on!
I’m no better informed as to just what a Kaiju or Jaeger(*) is in this context… Wikipedia where are you?
* I presume it’s some form of hunter!
Community playtesting seems the ideal way to go if you wanted a company to design a horse and end up with a camel
At least that would be a cohesive outcome – I’d be more worried about something with a horse’s head, six legs (with webbed feet) and a camel’s hump!
Thanks very much for the great interview @dignity and @johnlyons ! 😀 We never did get to those maps, but no worries! They’re in the articles. 😀 And yes, @warzan – that post-apocalypse tank RPG was a seriously kick-ass event. I’ve floated the idea for a reprise to the community, we have some support for this. Was thinking of something more historical, but who knows? Depends on what the people want. And a live Q&A session on the Tunisia series? Dude, just let me know when you want to do it and I will find a way to get the… Read more »
Live QnA will happen mate 🙂
Epic. 😀 Can’t wait!
nice one @oriskany should be a interesting week of articles.
Thanks very much, @zorg ! 😀
My perfect Kaiju essentially be a giant carnifex. I just love those things.
^^^^^^ ohh God yes this ^^^^^^
And as far as Kaiju go … call me an old-school traditionalist … and all respect to Pacific Rim movies, but I own every one of the Godzilla movies (all three periods) – except the very latest 2016 one. Gojira, Anguirus, Rodan, Mothra, King Ghidorah, Ebirah (Sea Monster), Manda, Baragon, Gorosaurus, Kamacuras, Hedorah (Smog Monster), Megalon, Gigan, MechaGodzilla, Titanosaurus … I’ll stop there before I get into the second 1984-1995 period. It would be fun if the Pacific Rim game could somehow include an expansion or option to pit the newer monsters like Knifehead or Trespasser against these classics. But… Read more »
Don’t forget the brand new Japanese Godzilla movie
Yeah, this is the 2016 movie I mention in the post. Unless there’s a new one coming out I’m not aware of yet.
I only heard about it late last year so no doubt its the same one as the 2016 one you mention
The minute you said design your own Kaiju I knew what I would do. When I was a kid I built a model kit by GMT I think which was a a giant Praying Mantis attacking cars and buildings and that is what my Kaiju would be based on, a giant praying mantis.
My Kaiju would be a fat dragon, with multiple heads
Perfect Jaeger – I’d channel the Ork Gargant, not as ramshackle, but with that big belly on; basically a mecha fat lad. There’s a lot to be said for a low centre of gravity!
My Jaeger of choice would be called Minamoto and come with with a Red Sun colorscheme. It’s design would be remiscent of early era Horse Archer Samurai armor. It’s weapon of choice for long distance would be a bow-like weapon firing plasma bolts. The melee weapons it deploys from it’s writs are energized katanablades.
My Kaiju would have to be a mantis shrimp, let’s face it, no one is walking away from a punch like that.
I think the ‘sands of time’ mat will also work for FOW North Africa.
Nothing says they are not just real big pillars and paving stones from an ancient Egyptian or other nation city that has long been forgotten.
Great show guys as usual!!!!
Good point, @silverfox8 – While the desert war never really got far enough east to get amidst significant Egyptian or Ptolemaic dynasty ruins (Alexandria and the like) …
BUT …
There are photos of DAK / WDF / XIII Corps / Eighth Army forces parking next to old Roman ruins at oases near the Libyan border or actually in Libya.
Yes, I know there are some semi-famous photos of Allied planes flying past the Pyramids and the Sphinx and the like. Obviously these are staged newsreel photos for the folks back home, these sites are hundreds of miles from any ground combat.
Lambda shuttle a shade large but belief can be suspended sufficiently for that. I love modular terrain especially if it can be purposed for multiple genres.
One point of order for Jim & John – Rommel did write a famous book – whether Patton read it I don’t know but the book is real – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infantry_Attacks
Check out this photo of Vader’s shuttle 🙂
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That’s pretty close
I don’t know about Star Wars quite as much, but in general … aircraft are a helluva lot bigger than most people think they are in relation to ground vehicles, buildings, people, etc. For this reason most mini companies “step down” one notch in scale when making aircraft gaming pieces (Battlefront / FoW and Zvezda are two good examples, their 1:100 / 15mm ground vehicles are played against 1:144 / 10mm aircraft). When Battlefront switched to “true” 1:100 / 15mm scale for the Hinds in Team Yankee, for example, everyone was agog at how huge they were. Aircraft are BIG.… Read more »
I always felt that way on the flight line. Until I did a visit to the local AFNG unit and got to get up close with an A-10, I was seriously impressed but it seemed like it had little stubby wings and was smaller than expected, I think this was more me thinking of how badass it really is and not that it is a single seater. : )
Also, I will be loading up “An Army at Dawn” onto my Audible machine to get ready for your series.
Thanks very much, @ghent99 – Yeah, I have a 1:100 AH-64 Apache scale model kit I got on the cheap, I put it together just to display with my Team Yankee minis. Damn thing is huge, and that’s not even an especially “big” helicopter like the Hind. Glad to hear you’re looking forward to the Tunisian Baptism: Americans in Tunisia 1943 series. 😀 I hope to see you in the comments! In very brief summary, we’ll be looking at: The general situation in North Africa in February ’43 and how it got there, the disaster at Sidi Bou Zid, the… Read more »
On the topic of the RPG idea you guys are throwing about. How about a forum thread for each system where we create the “beasts of war universe” for that game system.
So as people play games, they submit things that happen within the world that we can each pull in to our own games and eventually grow a community lead wiki of sorts that details the BOW D&D universe, or the BOW pathfinder, Call of Cthulhu, Paranoia, Through the loop etc.
For example, the BoW D&D universe has people that turn in to Sharkeroceri (spelling?)
This is a really interesting idea!
OMG! When your mind ‘bubbles’ you look like Lloyd!!!
Hope looks great except for one, very annoying, thing. Purple and blue of the same colour density?!?! Really? Why does no one ever consider colour blind people when they make these games? Seriously, all they had to do was take a Grey tone image and see if they could still tell the difference. If the answer is no then the colours need to be reviewed. A lighter shade of blue would’ve been fine but I see once red area and two identical areas 🙁
Having watched the Alessio interview I’m surprised Pacific Rim isn’t an expandable co op game where you protect cities from the kaiju. As a miniature game I’m not convinced yet. Prepainted is a great selling point though.
Perfect kaiju: An immense centipede-like creature the size of a large skyscraper. A deep pine green in colour with bio luminescent green spots along the length of its flank. It’s rear has two earwig like prongs that can crush its enemies and buildings alike. The maw is a 5-way split ending in two hooked teeth apiece. The splits travel 3 segments along the carapace allowing a snake-like ability for it to swallow far larger prey. It is only at this point, as it digests a foe, that the armour is far enough separated that the soft flesh can be pierced.… Read more »
I’d quite like to see a 4 legged design for a jaeger. Something like a centaur would be ideal – 4 legged body from the waist down, but a more traditional upper torso from the waist up.
@dignity You should look into CthulhuTech (rpg where you fight cthulhu monsters with mechs and jaegers – what more could anyone want!) And if we get the rpg forum thing up, I’d be happy to dm or be a player in that setting. I am getting my daughter a big ice cream today, as a thank you for my AoS water cooler moment. I am beyond thrilled having won. Those minies are beautiful, and I can’t wait to start painting them. Thank you BoW, for this and for all the chances we get to win cool stuff. I had sworn… Read more »
I would disagree on this suggestion. Cthulhu Tech has one of the worst rpg systems ever, that makes knowing how to plan character XP usage and challenges for your game really hard.
It would be great to have you DM something for us @aurorainbag