The Hunt Heads To The Jungle In Alien Vs Predator: Hot Landing Zone Expansion
December 21, 2018 by dracs
Prodos have a new expansion for Alien vs Predator: The Hunt Begins, bringing new models and rules for each of the factions and moving the action into dense jungle territory.
This new expansion, Alien vs Predator: Hot Landing Zone, brings with it twelve unicast figures, which can be added to existing forces or used as part of the advanced rules' custom forces.
5 Alien Spitters
5 Prisoners
A Synthetic
A Predator Tracker
Each of these brings new rules to the table, providing more in the way of tactical challenges and foes to overcome.
The expansion also brings with it a series of new rules options to bring into your games:
The Transport and Harass mechanic is introduced, in the form of a Dropship’s pilots taking part in the struggle for survival. The Human faction uses the Dropship to rapidly relocate their forces, while the Alien and Predator Factions try to make it too Hot a Landing Zone and cancel the Airlift
operations.AvP:HLZ presents additional rules, where you get to play a Free for All scenario of up to six players. Additional gaming boxes will be needed for this purpose, and use of add-on packs and Advanced Game Rules is highly recommended.
- Prodos Games Press Release
The most exciting addition though maybe the inclusion of jungle tiles, taking your games out into the sweltering heat of alien rain forest.
Jungle locations have kind of been an iconic part of Predator since its first appearance, so it's nice to see that represented on the tabletop, as well as providing you with new environmental challenges to overcome.
Prodos are also offering a number of incentives for the pre-order, including 20% off on orders of their Dropship and their Predator Hellhounds. They are also including a squad of three cloaked Predators, made of semi-transparent plastic, for free with each pre-order. These are also to be available as a separate product, but only while Hot Landing Zone is on Pre-Order.
The models for this range have always been top notch, capturing the look and feel of the franchise perfectly. It is good to see the game continuing to grow and expand, delving deeper into some of sci-fi's all-time greatest monsters.
The expansion is set for release on January 21st, 2019, so that will be the time to grab your ridiculously oversized gun and head out for a bug hunt. Remember, if it bleeds, we can kill it.
What is your favourite Predator quote? I ain't got time to bleed!
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Had no idea this was still going. Good luck to all concerned.
Here’s what I’ve pieced together. AVP- like a lot of early Kickstarters, ran late and ran out of money. Prodos had the money to produce a ‘first wave’ and decided to produce it along with some non-Kickstarted AVP stuff. Prodos announced that they didn’t have money for shipping several waves, and backers were given the option of either waiting for everything they ordered to be made (with no timeline). Some backers took them up on this and ordered one of their new expansions, but many other opted to not give Prodos any more money (those backers got nothing). AVP has… Read more »
Keep thinking of getting some of these models to use in a mash up with my Spectre stuff.
Aliens IIIb the better one, now with added predator.
Those miniatures look great.
Getting soft sitting behind a desk.
Why are BoW promoting stuff from a company that stiffed backers of their Kickstarter for this, and only this weekend people are still asking when Prodos are going to fulfill original Kickstarter pledges
Stock reply will appear here soon. I agree that BoW does the community a disservice by white washing over the history of Prodos in these ‘news’ articles.
I really wish I had backed that one for $1, because it is really difficult to figure out the whole story.
Some backers have told me that all backers could have their stuff if they had just paid for shipping, while others tell me that Prodos just burned their backers with no shame. Or they did some kind of partial delivery and cancelled the rest or something.
I can’t confirm either story to my satisfaction.
They do look nice, but no way in hell I’ll be supporting Prodoss again. Not particularly happy to see BoW still promoting this garbage company either…….it’s not like people haven’t told them about all the nonsense they have pulled over the years!
I have to agree with You Hep.
Thankfully I never took part in the Kickstarter but after seeing the shameful way that Prodos have treated many of their backers, I will never buy any of their products.
It is just the one bit of nonesense we’re talking about, right? Just the AVP Kickstarter?
Or has there been other nonesense going on that I’m not aware of that they’ve been party to “over the
years?”
will never purchase from prodos ever again I was one of the people that got stuffed on the kickstarter but to add insult to it all when I got my game after 2 years they released 2nd edition I asked them for a copy of the new rules am still waiting have never played this and feel very ripped off and for BOW advertise there products and as people have said white wash over the kickstarter I feel is wrong
BoW is getting paid for banner ads so I doubt they have an incentive to cover the issue of Prodos past dealings with KS customers.
From what I can tell, there’s no news there either.
I mean, when BP or Exxon have an announcement, does that seem like the time for to cover an oil spill from years back?
Please correct me if there’s actually any movement on the AVP Kickstarter front, but my understanding is that the story has been dead for years- even if we hear about it in the comments every time Prodos and/or Archon do anything at all.
I’m quite surprised these guys haven’t tried selling the new stuff under Archon rather than Prodos – less stink attached.
Oddly enough I won’t be giving Prodos any more money until I get something (ANYTHING) for the £155 I gave to their AvP Kickstarter campaign 5 years ago.
If Prodos hadn’t burned their initial backers mebbe they’d have a viable customer base by now, eh?
Well they have money for banner ads on this site, so maybe they will use some spare cash to make good all those backers?
They’ve raked in millions with other Kikckstarters since then (under the Archon brand of course) and have been doing quite a bit of R&D and production work for other projects. So they’re doing just fine, they’re just refusing to help out original KS backers. Most people’s complaints go either completely unheard or they get the ultimatum of ‘buy more stuff so we can cover the extra shipping costs or get banned’. Heck they managed to get the KS page locked off for a copyright infringement, cut off a large portion of the backers communication lines right there. Not everybody is… Read more »
Unfortunately it does make me think less of BoW when they associate with such companies.
Actually, I think the horrible story is how Prodos were able to pull themselves out of the terrible position that they were in. Obviously, AVP ran out of money a long time ago and production of backers stuff is being funded by other sales (sometimes the other AVP releases). Once they had screwed up, they had a lot of options, but they took the shadiest approach that I think I’ve ever seen. I mean, they literally hid their identity in order to run the LOAD Kickstarter (probably the most Red Flag heavy Kickstarter to ever successfully deliver). But the action… Read more »
Oh- am I to understand that you are one of the backers who bought “something extra” to cover shipping? It is seriously difficult to get the whole story of what happened with AVP (the most talkative sources I’ve found were on the Prodos forums, and were definitely pro-Prodos. I’d like to know if you can tell me any more details about how it went down. – Seriously- SIX shipments? The most I’ve had from a Kickstarter that screwed up my order was four (from CMON- they fixed it, so we’re cool now). How the crap did they screw it up… Read more »
I forget the specific moment / year, sadly enough the old AvP thread on the old forums seems to have gone the way of the dodo. That discussion went into great detail and the exact timeline. But to summarize Prodos eventually claimed that the reason so many people had outstanding Kickstarter orders was due to the increased shipping costs they couldn’t cover themselves. On the one hand I could kind of understand that. Literal years had passed since the Kickstarter and shipping costs never, ever becomes cheaper over time. At the same time though, this was after years of virtual… Read more »
I had thought that AVP was from the era in which Kickstarter projects just didn’t charge shipping in the first place. Shipping in the US has gone up a lot either way (I really respect the way that Kingdom Death now charges shipping right before they ship). I wonder about fiscal trickery. I mean, it is definitely a strange move (one we’ve never seen repeated by anyone) and it is strange that they wouldn’t accept people just trying to help them out. But at the same time, I don’t really see how it benefits them more than people just giving… Read more »
Ok, so you’re one of the people who got nothing at all. Please understand that I’m not making fun of you, but I seriously want to hear your whole side of the story. I’ve gotten some pieces of information from a lot of places, but the source that has told me the most details was a pretty pro-Prodos backer (he got most of his stuff, and was very happy with Prodos). I’ve been told that if you basically paid for shipping (or bought anything else from their store) they’d send out your KS order along with it. Was that offered… Read more »
Suprised by the negative comments about Bow in this post. You always get that with Prodos posts, due to the debacle that was the AvP kickstarter. However, I remember Bow repeatedly discussed the issues with the AvP kickstarter on the site. Warren discussed it several times and also contacted Jarek in a thread to try and clarify how things were being sorted out, so I think claims that Bow just whitewash stuff or sweep things under the carpet for money are disingenuous to be fair. I remember they explained that they continue to work with Prodos due to their ongoing… Read more »
Yeah- at some point, you figure it isn’t news anymore, right? I totally get why BoW doesn’t feel the need to bring it up every time Prodos (or Archon) do anything. Did Prodos put the 2nd ed rulebook up on their website? To me, that seems like the standard for updating old customers, but I know some people feel burned if they don’t get a physical copy for free. So, I’m guessing you were in on the KS and decided to buy “something extra” and get your stuff shipped to you? And, from what you said, it sounds like some… Read more »
Yep I was a KS backer and received most of my pledge in summer 16. I did not buy anything extra, it just went out in the main wave when a lot of backers finally got something through. However it was missing some as yet unmade items. I think like the scenery, those items have been cancelled and won’t be produced now. So now I will try to get the credit back so I can buy the new expansion cos it looks great. And if any customer pre-orders, they get the clear preds, that’s not a KS backer exclusive thing… Read more »
I didnt Kickstarter the AvP game but I bought it at Spiel at release…
Found it rather strange people picked up their copy and I was also able to buy it.
Now with the second edition to me the first edition is kinda useless.
It is harsh that I have a retail copy at launch collection dust.
But… I really like the game so got about everything unicast.
When searching in the game database I couldnt find the second edition but when reading these comments I can guess why. 😉
These guys really do have brass ball’s. They seem to think that we forget the way they treated the very people who got this game off the ground and gave them the fiances to complete the KS before AVP, against KS terms of service, and then blamed Fox for all the problems. Jared even said in posts now long deleted that he couldn’t wait to be rid of this licence. They can afford to give away free models with this game but can’t deliver stuff that their original backers paid for 5 years ago.
Don’t encourage these guys any more please.
Were you a backer as well? If so, did you decide to take them up on their “buy something and we’ll send your stuff” deal?
I was a backer and I did receive (after 4 years) the 2 first edition game boxes ordered with stretch goals missing. They asked for me to buy something to get the stretch goals but I refused and after 20 or so emails they sent some stuff and I care so little at this point I never checked if it was all there. I have never played the game and only ever opened one of them. I have no interest in this game which is a shame because I had such passion in the beginning and that’s what they relied… Read more »
Ok, so your story is that you did eventually receive (possibly all) your stuff, but the delays and terribly customer service left such a bad taste in your mouth that it ruined the whole experience for you. It is a real shame that the experience prevents you from enjoying the game. I’ve had a bit of the opposite going on with Super Dungeon: Explore- I still love the game and minis despite how very poorly that Kickstarter has gone. I generally think that delivery prompts forgiveness for lateness and poor communication (like with Kingdom Death: Monster and most of CMON’s… Read more »
Its amazing what 3 years of constant lies will do to the reputation of a company. Treating the very people who gave you the money to create the product like second class customers by releasing the product to retail months if not years before sending it to backers. By demanding more money from said backers before sending their order (or part of) out even though they had paid the shipping over 3 years before. Closing down AvP forums that gave the backers a chance to ask questions of company. I wonder if the pdf for the AvP war game that… Read more »
I thought that AVP was one of those early Kickstarters that offered free shipping. To be perfectly honest, I kind of think that the “buy one thing and we’ll ship your order” is a way to weed out the customer service “lost causes.” And I can see why that would really piss off anyone who was a CS lost cause, and maybe a few of the undecided folks. In dealing with a customer service issue, always act like there’s a way they can win you back as a customer (even if they can’t). The really strange thing is that Archon… Read more »