Prodos Open Up Pre-Orders For Alien Vs Predator Add-Ons
October 27, 2015 by brennon
Prodos Games have opened up a pre-order section on their webstore for those of you looking to get your hands on Add-Ons for Alien Vs Predator, their board game where Aliens, Marines and Predators duke it out. There are quite a lot of interesting new models coming your way...
Aliens Galore
Kicking things off we have two massive Aliens with the Queen & Crusher for your poor hapless Colonial Marines to deal with. The Crusher is looking like an absolute beast and I could see some scenarios coming together where you run away from it...
While the idea for the Crusher came from a terrible video game the creature is still worth keeping in the annuls of Alien lore I reckon.
As well as the Crusher and the Queen they have also added a range of Alien Warriors to the pre-order list to bulk up your force just that little bit more.
The sculpting really is great on these models and throughout the AvP line even if some people are still waiting on their pledges from Kickstarter. It's a shame that things have got into such a state with the game as the models themselves are well worth having.
Predators A'Comin'
This hybrid Predalien has also joined the ranks of the weird and wonderful in the game. Two apex predators being merged into one is clearly not a good idea and the movies showed why...
If the Predators tire of hunting then they could always send these Hellhounds to do the work for them. They will be sniffing (do they sniff?) out potential kills for the Predators and prove a nuisance I'm sure.
You could probably also get away with using them as Chaos Hounds in other games within the Fantasy realm too. They have an altered and warped nature about them that would work well.
Do You Even Lift Bro?
Last but not least we have the Powerloader for the Marines. While this was an effective fighting machine in the movies I can't help but think that in reality this leaves you far too exposed...
Surely the Aliens would just crawl all over your lumbering frame and kill you from that nice tin can you're sitting in? Either way it's an iconic addition to the game.
As mentioned there are still some problems surrounding this game. However, let me know what you think of the models themselves in the comments below...
What do you think?
"The Crusher is looking like an absolute beast and I could see some scenarios coming together where you run away from it..."
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Those look really good.
I will just leave this here it’s a step by step guide to building the queen.
http://boardgamegeek.com/article/20744134#20744134
The bendy queen pics are a bit worrying.
Seems Prodos are sending him a replacement tho.
The handling of the AvP Kickstarter has been a fairly shoddy affair to date. Having said that, I REALLY hope they can sort it all out. Not only because I want my stuff(!), but also because I fear the difficulties Prodos have had in getting this out to KS backers may hamper the long term health of the game. And that would be a crying shame because from what I’ve seen of the models so far, they are absolutely stunning. Here’s hoping they can pick up the reins and get us to the point where there’s a full range on… Read more »
Shame the Queen and the Crusher don’t have size comparison minis next to them, but looking good, now that the boxed set appeared at my LGS.
The Queen is really small yet much more expensive than the crusher, which is really beefy, probably 5 times the resin than the queen.
they look good.
The models are truly impressive!
Everything else rather unimpressive.
Hope all will be good in the end tho as the game itself seems awesome and I will put it on my list for next year.
@Blaeyn, just Google it and you will find a lot of pics like this one.
It is a real shame that the people on kickstater are still waiting for there basic games let alone the add ons having been a gamer for a very long time and dealt with and been friends with many traders some who are now at the great wargames show in the sky I think Prodos should hang there heads in shame after the way the people who funded this project have been treated
Shame that I’ve heard certain prodos members of staff have quit due to the stress of this game, models are fantastic though
The models look lovely. Is the power loader meant to be crewed by anyone in particular? It’s not entirely clear from this photo but it doesn’t look like Ripley. And while I’d love a model of her driving one, I don’t see this as a ‘combat unit’ to be fielded in normal games. It’s a ‘scenario only’ model as far as gaming is concerned for me – so there doesn’t seem a lot of point in having one with anyone other than her in the driving seat.
Apparently Prodos don’t have the rights to Ripley or any of the Aliens characters, so they are just using generic figures…
Rulewise you can include it in a UCM army so it’s a normal combat unit and not a scenario piece, but of course one could use it as this.
The models look great but I don’t hear much chatter about the actual game…Has anybody here played it?
I found the rules are mediocre at best and I never met anyone really liking the actual “game”,
And yes the models are awesome.
They do look nice there’s no doubting that.
If Prodos had done a few other things as well as these models then they wouldnt have so many unhappy backers.
Models are great, as a backer I’ve given up hope of getting them after months of lies, delays, excuses and revelations. I’m done with prodos, I will never give them a cent, and I won’t buy from any company that I know uses prodos to manufacture their product
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