The Whimsical World Of Moonstone Has Arrived On Kickstarter
October 18, 2016 by deltagamegirl22
I've talked it up in the recent weeks, and it's finally here!
The 32mm whimsical fantasy world of Moonstone by Goblin King Games has launched on Kickstarter and is well on its way to their funding goal.
Moonstone is a whimsical fantasy Skirmish game for two or more players, which sees you leading a troupe of fairy-tale-inspired characters across farmsteads, town centres, and the darkest of forests in search of precious Moonstones. When your troupes encounter a town or field belonging to another player, it is a mad scramble to grab as many stones as quickly as possible while also denying the opponents whatever stones they may be foolish enough to lay claim to.
Being a skirmish game, players need only three to six models to field their side, which makes getting started easier and less daunting. Turns are played out with alternating model activations between you and the other players, so it is never a long wait before you are back in the action making tactical, insightful, and often hilarious decisions.
Moonstone makes use of a number of shared custom card decks which uses a combination of bluffing and zero-sum techniques that you would usually find in games of poker and rock-paper-scissors, where usually it is your ability to read the opponent rather than luck of the draw which will win you the game.
After seeing their first model on Kickstarter some months back, the Goblin Firespitter, I was HOOKED! And once I got the resin model and saw the lovely detail in it, I knew this was one to watch.
The unique and quirky characters and lovely art is a huge selling point as well. Our friend and uber talented artist, Shane Cook, breathed life into one fantastic character after another as we have been introduced to the different troupes for Moonstone: Humans, Goblins, Faeries, and Gnomes!
Though I'm particularly drawn to the mischievous Faeries, when I look at the art for each, I just can't decide - which is why I've gone all in!
Will you be joining the whimsical Kickstarter for Moonstone and who's your favorite troupe?
"Though I'm particularly drawn to the mischievous Faeries, when I look at the art for each, I just can't decide - which is why I've gone all in!"
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They look great. I’m in for a £1 and hoping I can add during the pledge manager.
Well with 22 days to go it is 2/3rds of the way there…………Time enough for me to “wait and see” ……. (this is because i already have one quaint British whimsical game on the go and I need to decide if I am going to spring for another) …..The minis look the business though. (repeats mantra “be strong ” ad nauseam)….. I certainly wish this kickstarter well, and mantra or no mantra I probably be back before the end …………..I’m a weak b@st@rd with no self control ….sigh
The miniatures do look like a lot of fun to paint, most likely go for a couple of the box sets.
The couple of miniatures from the last Kickstarter look great, and the character concepts for the others are very impressive. I especially like the humans they’ve created, and the fact that they’re not all military-style sculpts. Looking forward to Moonstone being at Daffcon next year too!
they have some great figures.
count me in for this one. so much style and the miniatures to back it up. it has some really promising mechanics to boot.
the magic of fairy tales, contented sigh.
go moonstone.
Seems interesting, may back to a low level. However, really feeling the too many games at present.
Looking at the rules there are a few bits that seem interesting and others that seem odd. Concept of drafting doesn’t appeal, seems to force owning a whole faction. The whole arcane attack thing seems slightly under powered would need to test, seems weighted on not calling a bluff unless you know for sure it is a bluff. Also think the reaction step is a little odd. Special strikes a critical strikes seem a little fuzzy.
Having watch the how to play video I get a few bits that don’t jump out from the read through. Overall think this will need to be backed, probably just a box and maybe expand onnpledge manager.
Just when I said I’m not backing any more KStarters… Oh lord give me strength these look sweeet an I like sweeets so much I have to have this… Oh no I’m in!
This just funded. Roll on stretch goals!
I need to stop backing things on Kickstarter.
… but not yet. This will be mine. Oh yes, this will be mine.
It has a real quirky feel to it like Arceworlde, I imagine I will be throwing money at it before the campaign ends.
Backed it! The minis sold me on it almost instantly.
Thanks for sharing this. Backed for the goblin knight on a pug.
getting close to unlocking the faeries now. this is looking fantastic now the stretch goals are starting to appear.