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UPDATE: The Band of Gnomes Kickstarter is LIVE!
https://www.kickstarter.com/project...of-gnomes-28mm-miniature-skirmish-game-and-te
Band of Gnomes is a "non-lethal" skirmish 28mm miniatures game featuring, well, gnomes. Illusionist gnomes, druid gnomes, dragonflier gnomes, alchemist gnomes, wall summoner gnomes, bard gnomes, even sabretooth squirrel-riding gnomes.
And walls. Lots and lots of walls, with many taken straight from the standard spell list of your Player's Handbook: Fire, Ice, Thorns, Bones, Water, Wind, Stone, Steel, Gears, Worms, et cetera. The difference is the variety of sculpts (about 30) for both 2" and 3" wall variants. So the 3" Wall of Ice sculpt (with embedded dwarf skull and sword) and the 2" Wall of Bones sculpt (basically a big fossil dinosaur skull) are completely different sculpts than their 2" (stacked ice blocks) and 3" (big jumble of various bones and skulls) wall versions. (There is also a "Just Walls" pledge level for those who like their magical wall terrain gnome-free.)
The ruleset by Andrea Sfiligoi is available for reviewers, and is based on his Origins-nominated Song of Blades and Heroes.
One problem: this Kickstarter is very short- it ends August 11th. There is so much more that potential backers will want to see (like the remaining gnome and wall sculpts- many items are still shown in sketch art only.); hopefully the project creator gets those updates on the Kickstarter page soon. But given the ridiculously good stretch goals on their previous Ice Age Mammals Kickstarter, you may want to make sure you don't miss out on a chance to get some great miniatures, terrain, and probably a really good skirmish game, too!
https://www.kickstarter.com/project...of-gnomes-28mm-miniature-skirmish-game-and-te
Band of Gnomes is a "non-lethal" skirmish 28mm miniatures game featuring, well, gnomes. Illusionist gnomes, druid gnomes, dragonflier gnomes, alchemist gnomes, wall summoner gnomes, bard gnomes, even sabretooth squirrel-riding gnomes.
And walls. Lots and lots of walls, with many taken straight from the standard spell list of your Player's Handbook: Fire, Ice, Thorns, Bones, Water, Wind, Stone, Steel, Gears, Worms, et cetera. The difference is the variety of sculpts (about 30) for both 2" and 3" wall variants. So the 3" Wall of Ice sculpt (with embedded dwarf skull and sword) and the 2" Wall of Bones sculpt (basically a big fossil dinosaur skull) are completely different sculpts than their 2" (stacked ice blocks) and 3" (big jumble of various bones and skulls) wall versions. (There is also a "Just Walls" pledge level for those who like their magical wall terrain gnome-free.)
The ruleset by Andrea Sfiligoi is available for reviewers, and is based on his Origins-nominated Song of Blades and Heroes.
One problem: this Kickstarter is very short- it ends August 11th. There is so much more that potential backers will want to see (like the remaining gnome and wall sculpts- many items are still shown in sketch art only.); hopefully the project creator gets those updates on the Kickstarter page soon. But given the ridiculously good stretch goals on their previous Ice Age Mammals Kickstarter, you may want to make sure you don't miss out on a chance to get some great miniatures, terrain, and probably a really good skirmish game, too!
