Weekender: Wolsung SSG, The Rules Of The Walking Dead & FanHunter
February 13, 2016 by warzan
Welcome to The Weekender which once again is jampacked with all manner of interviews and looks at the world of wargaming from this week...
Beasts Of War Round-Up
Kicking things off we have a round-up of some of the things you SHOULD be checking out this week...
- Wayne England - Sadly Wayne England passed away this week and we celebrated some of his artwork.
- VLOGs - Catch up on our VLOGs as we build castles and smash them down.
- Warhammer 40,000 Battle Report - Get stuck into a scrap between the Dark Angels and the Chaos Space Maries.
- Airbrush Compressor Article - Get the 101 on getting to know your Compressor.
- Comic Book Download - Snap up a download for an exclusive FanHunter comic!
- Community Painting Picks - See if your projects ended up on the front page from our forums.
- RelicBlade Kickstarter - See what you make of this neat looking skirmish game on Kickstarter.
Talking The Walking Dead
We have Mark Latham of White Dwarf and Games Workshop fame in the studio to talk about The Walking Dead and some of the design decisions he's made when coming up with the rules for the game.
Win A Walking Dead Prize
In addition to the awesome gameplay Mantic Games are going to be giving away a Retail Version of The Walking Dead: All Out War and a £50 Voucher for picking up some Mantic goodies...
Comment here on Beasts of War to be in with a chance of winning!
There is also the full gameplay video you can check out HERE where we give you an idea of how the game plays.
The Future Of Wolsung
Justin gets to sit down and chat about the future of Wolsung SSG from Micro Art Studio and we get a sneak peek at what's coming from the new factions AND the 2nd Edition Rulebook.
Vesper-On Chat FanHunter
We also have a chat with David Esbri from Vesper-On Games about his upcoming FanHunter game which takes you into a rather strange and wonderful comic book world.
4Ground Terrain To Show-Off
We also have some new sets to show off under the camera from 4Ground including their new Blacksmiths and the full Town Landing Zone for your Sci-Fi gaming.
Don't forget to grab a Free Backstage Trial & join us for The Weekender XLBS Tomorrow
Have a great weekend!
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Yes, you did it again.
Its 1 am here (Canada) that means they load it at 6am ?
What Deadication
Happy Weekend!
RIP Wayne England
The best way to start off the weekend is with the WeekEnder!
Holy crap. I’m too old to be up late enough to see the Weekender before I sleep.
Game looks great. I’m am SO looking forward to playing this. This cannot come out soon enough. Winning this would be epic, but either way, I’m getting a copy.
Walking dead does indeed look awesome. Good its so influenced by the comics
I have the completionist gene and buying zombie games is one of the things i have to do 😮
I keep thinking Warren is secretly designing a Walking Dead scenario called Maul of America where the guys are all mall shop workers that defend against the oncoming hoard. John, who works at a sporting goods store brought the guns and baseball bats to the fight. Lloyd, the bookstore worker, has brought books on anatomy, trap making and engineering and is busy outfitting a show car display into an undead rekilling machine. Justin, the food court king is gathering provisions for the onslaught. Warren, well, he runs a kiosk selling mobile phone cases. He dies first. Horribly.
You write it son, we’ll play it!
Great show. Lots of content to enjoy this morning!
Really close to backing walking dead on kickstarter. looks real interesting.
Thanks again guys. 🙂 And looking at how the WD game is shaping up to be a more of a competitive team building skirmish game with as opposed to a more Zombicide co-op experience is a real attraction.
Also, only 20-some odd Zombies. I would only have to paint 20 some odd zombies. Not 70. So happy. 😀
Being a big zombie fan, I jumped on the Mantic Kicstarter the first day. I probably backed at least 4 of their Kickstarters and I reallly dig their terrain.
Really like the look of Fanhunter. Looks weird, in a good way 🙂
I enjoy the walking dead show but would need to try the game before I jump in.
Haha, I was wondering your thought on the Walking Dead game. It seems simple enough that even if the comic/show is not your favorite show, the zombie mechanic seems quite good.
The Walking Dead looks good and fun with the chance to make personalized play zones after your favorite scenes from the series.
As for Wolsung, I will have to look into the videos for more info. First though it was just a steam-punk flavored game for general table scuffles. The way it was described made me realize that there is much more scenario involvement, and I do prefer scenario.
Happy Weekend!
happy weekend
The walking dead looks good, just cant help feel a bit meh about zombies, now if they did an evildead/army of darkness game i would be all over that…
TWD:AOW is going to be awesome.
Great episode. 4Ground are just driving a revolution in terrain. Walking dead looks like so much fun. Sadly I want write a mission called Get Glenn.
Happy Saturday Beasts of War! The Walking Dead demo game was awesome. Nice to see Mr Latham again on the Weekender. I like the idea of building on Faction synergies. Could be a brilliant game with the advanced terrain rules and a campaign/survival mode. Every time I see the Wolsung table I give a sigh of longing. Lukasz is such a cool guy, love his friendly casual demeanor, so enthusiastic, polite and funny. The upcoming release of Wolsung 2nd edition is probably my queue to take the plunge and grab a couple of starter sets this year. Love the quirkiness… Read more »
Another great show guys. Highlights Mantic Walking Dead and 4Ground yet again an awesome product. Look forward to XLBS.
More good stuff. Thanks gents!