Finally, a quiet-ish week after the business of the last few. However, quiet does not mean dead and I have a pile of stuff to show off this week.
Gunslinger Reveals Blockade Team Burya-156
World exclusive (unless you’ve been on the Flytrap Digital Patreon) but I can reveal the Character Team coming with this month’s release for Gunslinger. This team is the first from a new faction “Blockade” and its members are designed to go up against the Black Sector Global Interdiction figures released over the last few months as well as a very interesting team being released in the other half of this month’s release. Stand by for more information on that soon.
If you want more details, there will be profiles and visuals for the individual figures over the next few days on Gunslinger’s new Facebook and Instagram feeds that were set up earlier this week. These will provide you with a much greater insight into the world of Gunslinger, as well as some material not seen elsewhere.
Asymmetric Warfare Has Its First Public Outing
After months of waiting, Asymmetric Warfare finally appeared in public at Rhein-Main Multiversum. Put on by the CONflictRhineland team, this scenario game had special forces and criminals clashing in a very nice compact urban board. My man on the ground got to have a chat with the team in between games (as well as getting the photos you see here) and has some good news for anyone who was a fan of Spectre Operations Version 2 – Asymmetric is the game you all know and love, with modifications to clarify and fix any issues found since Version 2’s release.
From chatting to some of the team behind it online, and from what the roving unnamed reporter from Desk-Ops was able to pick up, Asymmetric is getting very close to it’s release. With the main rules in place, the final tweaks and presentation are all that’s left before it’s final release via Wargames Vault release soon. From what I’ve been told the cost is less than you might expect for a ruleset and will also support Wargames Vault’s offerings to assist with printing hard copies.
Spectre Shows Off More Gameplay
No figure previews from Spectre Miniatures this week but we did get three more videos for the upcoming relaunch of Spectre Operations V3. These videos cover a turn of the game, close-quarters battle and Area of Effect weapons, all three giving an extra look into just what is going to be in the next version of the rules when it comes out next month.
Miska Miniatures New Kickstarter Coming Soon
We haven’t had an official announcement yet from the team behind Miska Miniatures but they have been busy getting some new sculpts painted up by No Man’s Land Studio, a rather good commission painter in the UK. From what we can see on this post on Miska’s Facebook group, these are some modern SF with fast helmets and an AR15 and have been confirmed to be part of a new Kickstarter coming soon. Interestingly they are listed as an add-on meaning the main KS might have a different theme.
Urban Scatter Releases City Scatter
Finally, Urban Scatter Gaming, mere moments after my news post last week, released a whole brand new asset pack. Ideal for a city street, this collection of planets, rubbish bings, benches and more is great for adding those last few touches for an urban battle space. And of course, with it being modern day, they are ideal for more than just ultramodern gaming, with zombies and superheroes being the first ideas off the top of my head. The pack is also only £10 and pairs up nicely with the Alley Scatter pack as well.
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