R. Talsorian Join Up With Monster Fight Club On Cyberpunk Miniatures
March 4, 2020 by brennon
R. Talsorian Games has joined up with Monster Fight Club to work on a range of Cyberpunk Miniatures for the upcoming release of their updated Sci-Fi roleplaying game. A bunch of character archetypes are in the works allowing you to represent your characters on the tabletop.
The range of miniatures shows off a lot of the different character types that you can play as in your games. For example, above you've got a Fixer. They look to be designed based on a particular art style which is a bit more heroic in nature but I think that works quite nicely here. Importantly though, each of the characters look really different and packed with character to give you as much inspiration as possible when painting them up!
There are quite a few miniatures in the range which hark back to classic representations of Cyberpunk. For example, the fellow above could very easily be Deckard from Blade Runner, a grizzled replicant hunter who looks like they've seen it all. I think it would be very awesome indeed to paint up this fellow!
As well as all manner of different archetypes being covered in the collection we're also seeing a range of both male and female sculpts in the mix too. For example, the Netrunner has a male version (above) and a female one (below). I would hope that this is going to be something which continues throughout the entire of the collection as they look to expand it with alternative options.
I really liked this next miniature, the Rocker Boy/Girl. I have always been rather taken by Bards in roleplaying games and the thought of (in essence) running as one in a Cyberpunk game sounds like it would be a lot of fun. Fight the system with music I say!
As well as some of the more iconic and original elements to the Cyberpunk universe that we've seen above you've also got a range of characters that would be at home in various Sci-Fi worlds. This Solo here looks like she means business...
...and you could easily see this Tech being either a character that you play as or an NPC that you interact with. Maybe this fellow could be the character that your group talks to when they need to get something fixed or built for their upcoming missions?
As you can see, the range is quite extensive and there is quite a lot more for you to keep an eye out for. Monster Fight Club have said that information will be coming soon on when these miniatures will see release and until then I'd bookmark that gallery to see if more images pop up!
What do you think of these miniatures?
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Clearly no use in an rpg, but they look really nice. I’ve been a fan of cyberpunk for years and now we’re in 2020 it’s good to see it getting a facelift.
NOW Where’s my snap card
Would that be because you don’t believe in miniatures for RPGs?
Going to disagree with you there, as my players like to be able to see where their enemies are, so they can visualise the combat.
To each their own. I have to disagree with your disagreement.
I find people restrict their thinking when viewing a 2D environment, and in something like cyberpunk 2020 fights are rarely a couple of people punching each other in a room. Same goes for rpgs in general
I agree. As a tabletop wargamer, I do not like adding minis to rpgs. It becomes something that people imagine and visualize less and more a board game or skirmish game with light rules. I remember years ago seeing one player, once they had a miniature, pick it up, say ‘I go over there and do this’ and then swung the mini above the enemy mini. No effort.
Of course everyone’s mileage may vary. Its probably different if one exclusively plays tt rpgs.
RPGs are best played in the style that suits the scene IMO, if you want the party to talk to the king/mayor/CEO etc you do theatre of the mind. Navigating a dungeon/sewer/mega-building, a 2d map and tokens(which can be minis but don’t have to be) is best. Full 3d is best saved for crescendo events, fighting the dragon, battleing a gang in the docks/construction site etc. That way you can use it as a visual que to the players to get them into the right mindset. Then 5 or 6 sessions in you give them a full 3d narrative encounter… Read more »
I’ve tried describing the situation to my players before, but some of them can’t process it without a visual aid…
And I have hundreds of miniatures from various board and skirmish games, so I might as well use them… gives me incentive to paint the ones I need before the game (although that doesn’t always work out… but I do my best).
Also… if the players are too lazy to move the miniature behind the cover and terrain that I provide… well… that just makes them easier to shoot 🙂
Nice.
Looks like the female netrunner has been fishing and telling everyone about the ‘one that got away’…
’twas ye long!
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Sounds great indeed 🙂
I think they could be useful as the crew of a ship in a expense type game?
I just want the ‘not deckard’ mini. Think it would come in useful for something!! No idea what, but who cares lol
If the minis scale with the rest of my collection the. I’m deffo picking up the cop and the rock girl. (When I earn enough points)
I think that there might be hope in these minis for the Altered Carbon rpg. The two deckers (running off Shadowrun terms) could well be overkill for netrunning but who knows. I believe there was a bespectacled hairy hooligan sporting a tshirt advertising an establishment run by a melancholic AI that interfaced better with meatspace than the other way around.
Those are pretty cool looking sculpts.