Explore The Americas Before The Europeans In Flint & Feather
October 3, 2018 by brennon
Crucible Crush has now made available all of the Flint & Feather range for you to get stuck into. This new game sees you exploring the clashes between the factions that once controlled great swathes of land in the Americas before the coming of the Europeans.
Here's more on the premise behind the game...
"An incredible civilization once occupied the region surrounding the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River water shed, long before the arrival of Europeans to the continent. These peoples lived by farming, trade, hunting and fishing and had developed a society with rich mythological traditions and complex inter-societal relationships that often led them into conflict with one another.
Flint & Feather is a tabletop game and range of quality miniatures designed to capture the excitement and colour of warfare in this era of dark forests and silvered waterways!"
It sounds rather awesome indeed and reminds me very much of the aims of games like Tribal which are trying to tell different stories. It's also good to see someone taking us to the American West without the introduction of the 'cowboy' in the mix.
A whole range of awesome models has been created and sourced for this game which might be familiar as they have been brought to life by Bob Murch of Pulp Figures.
Beyond these warbands though that you see here which have a distinctly Historical edge to them we also have some other more Mythological elements to throw into the equation. For example, you might find your warbands clashing against these Iroquoian Spirit Creatures.
There is a lot to explore for this range and I would advise you to go and dive deeper into this one.
Any game which looks to try and tell a different story is one worth getting stuck into. I could see a lot of people drawn to this not only by the game but also because of the painting challenges offered up by collection Native Americans.
Will you be giving this a look?
"It's also good to see someone taking us to the American West without the introduction of the 'cowboy' in the mix..."
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Nice looking models. More of a trip to the American ‘east’ here, as the Hurons were predominantly north of the Great Lakes while the Iroquois straddled the current border in present day Ontario, Quebec and New York State. Most of the counties in upstate New York are named for Iroquois bands.
Hahaha! Yea! I was going to say… their intentions are good, but this is definitely nowhere near ‘cowboy territory’. Being from the Great Lakes region, whenever I think of native Americans, I think Huron, Iroquois, Anishinaabe, and the like. I have to keep in mind that people abroad are far more exposed to the “Plains Indian” motif. Honestly, I’m interested in the game, if only because it’s a change of pace and that it represents the history around here. Iroquois and their ilk show up decently often in historical war gaming, but they’re almost always as auxiliary troops and allies.… Read more »
Also very interesting timing with your Blood & Plunder coverage of No Peace Beyond the Line and the addition of Native American and Caribbean and Southern Tribes to the game… and yeah, maybe not historically accurate at the moment if you set them vs the European Nations on tropical islands… but no reason not to move the setting north and use a Canadian Militia vs local tribes. Also, those do look really well painted and sculpted, so always good to see some quality product coming out.
Looks interesting but I do wish historical games would stop throwing in magical stuff.
I helped playtest the rules. All the magical stuff is entirely optional. You can play a straight historical game without Shamans. Likewise, you can omit gunpowder and steel weapons and healing (effectively first aid) without negatively impacting the playability.
I recently ordered some of the Pulp Figures minis and got a free Flint and Feather figure as well. I am not sure if it’s one from the two sets or if it’s a unique figure. I’ll have to check. I can say its a really good sculpture and cast (as are all the pulp figures I got). I definitely recommend them.
They Could work well for Conan.
would they be ok to use in saga vs vikings as well ?
I love the models! Might pick them up (even considering converting them for Necromunda Ratskins). Cool idea to add the mythical side to it as well…
I must say that I am very interested in this game. I always like to support Bob Murch out as much as possible. I love his work!
Definitely like the look of this one. I like the fact that the magic is optional.