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~Defence Mech Compendium~ June 2021
🕑 Added 2021-06-01 08:00:05 +0000 UTCThis compendium contains all of the content available to Defence Mech patrons.
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Horizon Wars: Infinite Dark (beta)
Horizon Wars: Infinite Dark is a spaceship combat game built upon mechanics familiar from Horizon Wars (currently OOP) and Horizon Wars: Zero Dark. The book was published at the end of last month and is available from Wargame Vault with a patrons' discount code. The ELITE discount code for an extra 10% off is: <TBC>
This fantasy skirmish game was my first attempt to get a commercial miniatures wargame off the ground. Whilst a spectacular failure, commercially, I stand by the quality of the rules. At some point, I'll rewrite this game concept to bring it more in line with Precinct Omega's winning formula. ;)
Most of us have some grimdark sci-fi minis sitting around, somewhere. These rules are a bit of a fun project for me that I work on when I need a break from more commercially-demanding things. Currently, the rules cover inquisitorial-style kill teams and posthuman starmarines. In due course there will also be rules for more divergent phenotypes within the human clade, such as the Robusti and the Graceful, as well as Bits, Hogres and Warfs.
This is very much a working title for a slow project I work on in honour of Star Wars Day (so this will be getting an update very soon). The link is to the latest update, which has links to previous ones.
If you love the original Horizon Wars battle game or are a new player of the Strato Minis release, Hardwar, based on the same rules, you might like this one-player-one-mech supplement to pit your skills against up to three friends in a brutal, last-mech-standing fight to the death! I've recently released these Patreon-exclusive rules to the general public, so I'll be looking to update and finetune these rules soon for patrons.
Rule of the Month
In response to requests, I've made the Rule of the Month posts visible to Defence Mechs, even though the content is also available in the Mission of the Month posts.
May - Capture (Zero Dark)
June's Rule of the Month will drop shortly.
Mission of the Month
May - Publicity Stunt (Zero Dark)
June's Mission of the Month will drop shortly.
Merch
I'm not a big one for merch, but I do have a handful of Precinct Omega notebooks left. I'm 99% sure that everyone who asked for one has now either had one or it's on the way. If you've asked and not received an invoice, let me know.
For new patrons who would like one, they are £8.00 + VAT + P&P. If you're outside the UK, I won't charge VAT, but you'll be liable to pay it on delivery (although there's a good chance they won't bother because it's such a small-value item). UK VAT is 20%, so the total for UK patrons is £9.60; UK P&P is £2.45, so it will be £12.05 all-in. Outside the UK, P&P will be charged at cost.
I will also - unless you specifically ask me not to - graffiti a Zero Dark character design or an Infinite Dark ship+pilot design in your notebook along with a scribbled illustration.
First come, first served.
There will be more patron-exclusive merch in the future.
Zero Dark Miniatures Development
This is an on-going project that some are interested in following. It started with concept art by me, then moved on to 3d sculpting by my project partner, Adam, at Desert Island Designs. The initial two concepts got finished up recently. And we all got to see the (rather hard to make out) 3d prints a couple of weeks ago. I have started test-painting the prints before deciding whether we need to make any changes (spoiler: we do).
FYI, the STLs will not be for sale. Resin master castings, when ready, will be exclusively available to patrons. There will be some sort of crowdfunding campaign to launch the white metal castings, but I've not decided whether to go with KS or some other model of crowdfunding.
Mission Report of the Month
Want to win something cool? Why not write up a mission report on any Horizon Wars game and send it in, or just record a game? The deadline is 16th of each month. For the details, see this post.
Horizon Wars: Zero Dark 2021 Compendium - UNKNOWN
This isn't a patron-exclusive thing, but if you fancy getting your writing, miniatures or art into print with all due credit, take a look at the details of this year's Zero Dark Compendium.
Anything Else?
If the veteran patrons can think of anything else in the history I should pull out for monthly refreshment, let me know in the comments. I'll update next month's compendium on the basis of your feedback and anything new that's fallen out for patron consumption.
