Entropy City: Making a Wargame

When someone says the words “motorcycle gang” theres a very specific group type that most people will think of and with shows like Son’s of Anarchy & Mayans M.C let alone seeing them in movies such as The Terminator has solidified the vision in pop culture and somewhat in immortality even if their influence on the world isnt as large today as it may have been in the 80’s & 90’s.

Well from a pop culture sterotype perspective thats what Hades is based on, the group itself evolved from that sterotype to a full on unique faction of their own. Hades are a group that started as friends feeling rejected by society following time in the service, overtime it grew to gather outcasts of all kinds, a real sense of family and belonging and pride comes from its “true” members, and atleast in their early days new recruits were chosen and put through a very thorough and rigoris trial to earn their place among the ‘family’.

Hades certainly hasnt been an innocent group but theres been plenty of moments in history theyve been blamed for that they claim to have taken no part in. In the case of the moment that caused the downfall of the city there was evidence of them not being involved but at that point those in charge reacted rashly and the warfare that folowed led to the city being in the state it is today..

The logo itself has evolved since the game was started a few years ago, especially as someone working full time and never having done this before Ive tried to keep updating things as often as I could but as proud as I was of the original placeholder idea which was the single fist it always felt like it was missing something and so I spent time trying to create something that felt like it could belong in the back of a riders leather kacket and thats where the 3rd image comes from.

Its worth noting that I myself am not an artist, its never been something Ive been comfortable doing and long term the plans would be for everything you’re seeing to be replaced hence why I call it ‘placeholder’. This particular image is something I started by tracing, the second fist is the first flipped around and edited and the fire comes from a tonne of difference sources simple because its intended to inspire.. Hopefully.

In the coming days I hope to give you an update on each of the current fleshed out factions, and yes I should give an update on the rules at somepoint as well.