ThunderChild Brave Kickstarter’s Wastelands With Wasteman!
March 9, 2015 by dracs
We have been seeing the various weird and wonderful creations of ThunderChild Miniatures for a few months, but now those strange denizens of a post-apocalyptic world are heading to Kickstarter with the launch of their game Wasteman.
Wasteman is a game using between 5-20 hand sculpted models which stand at 35mm scale. Set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, Wasteman is reminiscent of all the classic pulp games and comics, from Judge Dredd to the Fallout series, to create a game setting that looks frantic, crazy and a lot of fun.
In Wasteman, players build their own syndicates from the the waste's occupants, ranging from revolting Cybjorgs to mutated Mangle Men and the mysterious Lunar Coalition.
The game features some interesting mechanics. Players activate their models individually, in a manner similar to many skirmish games we are familiar with. However, Wasteman features the interesting addition that once a syndicate falls below five figures then they become desperate, removing this activation restriction and opening the game up to moments of desperate heroism.
For me though, the most intriguing part of the game has to be the MAD cards.
Each player has five of these beautiful cards and can play them at any time to add a level of insanity to the game. Examples include having the enemy leader be abducted by aliens or hitching a lift on a tornado.
In terms of the miniatures, while I would not say ThunderChild's are the greatest sculpts I have seen, I am loving the sheer crazy imagination on display here. The game features some fantastic figures that will be appearing with the help of this Kickstarter.
This isn't even taking into account the massive Behemoths which will be stomping over the wasteland and your syndicate with equal ease.
Wasteman is a game which, I think, has a lot of potential going for it. It blends a classic, retro pulp style with some imaginative new creations and a well presented set up. Hopefully, this Kickstarter will give it the funds it needs to get off the ground and bring us more weird creatures.
Do you like the look of ThunderChild's new game? Will you pledge your support on Kickstarter?
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Initially I was on the fence, due to the quality of the models (they’re far from bad, just not on par with many ranges out there), but they’re retro charm has really grown on me. I’m eagerly waiting for Fallout 4 and so this is a tempting distraction from that.
Well said and I agree with your sentiment on this one …
Very Fallout, caps and all…
War…
War never changes
I will say that the basic troops sort of have that made in 80’s low quality look, but the big guys are great though simple looking. They remind me of the old Godzilla movies and thats a good thing 🙂
This game looks as it says on the cards Mad, unlike a lot of other games there seems to be no restrictions on the models you can field in a posse as long as you have the points. Plus if you have a favourite model of your own you can stick him in how cool is that
Puppet Wars was the first game I played that had little to no restriction on the models you could take, and I loved it. Arena Rex does that too, and it’s awesome. I love that kind of freedom in a game. Doesn’t work for every narrative, but for those games it does it adds so much more variety as well as the ability to swap models with your opponent. And I’m really liking what he’s done here too, where you choose a boss type (from mutant mayor to communist toaster) who will give your posse a bonus and add a… Read more »
Good shout legopanda ,I know the creator very well and this game is ready to go,all the masters are finished and the rule book is ready to go .It will be like no game you have ever played before.The miniatures look great ,the pictures don’t do them justice ,they will also be larger than people think ,plus the MAD cards make it a little crazy