Build Fun Sci-Fi Battlefields With Mantic’s TerrainCrate3 Kickstarter
November 22, 2022 by brennon
Mantic Games have now launched their Kickstarter offering up some brand new terrain for your Sci-Fi tabletop wargames. See what you make of TerrainCrate3 which offers up a host of funky 28mm trees, ruins and more.
TerrainCrate3 Kickstarter // Mantic Games
The big focus of the new campaign is the addition of alien flora for you to use when decorating different worlds. The Forest Crate comes with a whole host of modular "tree" elements that can be assembled to make large pieces or split up to be used as scatter.
Forest Crate // Mantic Games
Each of the different segments slots into each other, as well as being free-standing in most cases, meaning that you can make some fascinatingly weird worlds. If you were playing games like Star Wars: Legion then these would be brilliant for the myriad of colourful worlds in that universe. Plus, you could also use them for the Warpath world with Firefight and Deadzone. I could see the sneaky Asterians watching over some alien jungle planet, trying to get rid of pesky Enforcers.
More Sci-Fi battlefields are catered for with the addition of the Battlefield Scatter Crate which seems like it's going to be an automatic buy for a lot of wargamers.
Battlefield Scatter Crate // Mantic Games
I could see these being introduced as the new "Gothic Ruins" standard for a lot of Sci-Fi battlefields, be they grimdark or not. It's neat to see a lot of the elements of the Deadzone modular terrain mixed into the designs whilst also offering up something new. These pieces should provide you with plenty of cover and a proper fun battlefield to blast your way through.
As well as the terrain sets, there are also some additional bonus items for you to snap up. You can get some gaming mats that showcase the kind of battlefields you'll be battling on...
Battle Mats // Mantic Games
...and nice"templates" that would be great for creating area terrain using the kits they are working on for TerrainCrate3. Additionally, you can look forward to more terrain packs including the rather impressive Xenos World. I think that this manages to cover quite a few different games with its look and feel!
Xenos Worlds & More // Mantic Games
There is plenty more for you to sink your teeth into when it comes to the new TerrainCrate3 Kickstarter. Make sure to keep an eye on the campaign as there are no doubt going to be more bundles and packs for you to choose from. If this all does well then we might end up seeing them do more unique terrain elements for a variety of battlefields!
What do you make of the TerrainCrate3 range so far?
"I could see these being introduced as the new "Gothic Ruins" standard for a lot of Sci-Fi battlefields, be they grimdark or not..."
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I like the funky plants.
I like battle crate for all the little do-hickies. I have the modern one for the cash registers, cloth racks and trash cans. The fantasy stuff ia also awesome.
These pieces are mostly to big for what I like about it.
Great looking terrain set’s for games.
Would colour shifting paint look good on the plants or turn them into tacky Christmas decorations? Thinking the Green Stuff World chameleon set 2 or Vallejo galaxy dust set
I do like the plants. Work well for underdark as well as SF.
But a year is a long wait and I may not need them then.
Those look pretty nice. Not going to partake in the Kickstarter but I’ll probably look at getting some at some point in the future.
backed
I like the look of some of these pieces, but have had nothing but headaches with Mantic stuff in the past. I bought their terrain crate (sci-fi interiores) and it was awful – almost every piece was warped and unusable. Are they still using that horrible rubbery resin/plastic? I really wanted to get into Dreadball when it came out, but their minis were nasty (I went in heavy on Dreadball and spent a small fortune). A few years later, I gave them another chance but their minis were still awful. Even later and was let down again with the terrain… Read more »
Yeah, Mantic’s on the low-end of the hobby. I wouldn’t take the chance. I like the terrain crates (soft plastic) for bulk tabletop gaming, but haven’t kept up, either. I’ll wait until I hear some comments about their price and plastics. Regarding retail sales, I’ve passed up Mantic and other terrain sets. Archon’s done a better job for my terrain fix, and you can still late pledge the “Dungeons and Lasers 4 : Encounter” terrain project. You get a lot of stuff of good quality in the KS, although I dunno if they’re worth retail. “Heroes and Villains” will be… Read more »
It’s PVC, the same as previous terrain crates. I think that offers a good combination of affordability and robustness, and saves on assembling multiple pieces, where you don’t need the crispest of details on terrain pieces. I wouldn’t want all these trees in resin! Although I notice the recent PVC models in the Firefight boxes are original deadzone sculpts but look significantly better casts, so you can see the progression of the material comapred to 1st ed Deadzone / dreadball minis. You see out of shape pieces in any game that uses PVC pieces, just warm them up to get… Read more »
I have been busier than a one legged man in an ar$e kicking contest, and totally forgot this was on. Thanks team for the timely reminder to sling more money at Mantic. You are the best
Backed it.
These trees look great for Firefight tables, like the inclusion of little neoprene mats to mark out the the forest areas. And the scatter terrain will be great for Deadzone and Firefight boards.
Woo Goo.
First Mantic Terrain Crate KS = 3725 backers and $629k
Second Mantic Terrain Crate KS = 2666 backers and $285k
This Terrain Crate KS (with 10 days left) = 629 backers and $73k
The graph is trending in the wrong direction, Mantic.
Time to unleash that Dungeon Saga 2nd Edition you were hinting at recently.