Lands of Ruin: Kickstarter läuft

6th Extinction Games haben den Lands of Ruin Kickstarter gestartet.

Lands of Ruin is a post-apocalypse tabletop wargame. However, it is not just another run-of-the-mill clone of every other game on the market. This next generation tabletop game utilises the recent advances in mobile technology to bring a more realistic, faster paced, and deeper gaming experience to the already mature tabletop wargaming genre. A companion tablet app (Android and iOS), called the “Command Console,” allows for more rapid gameplay, while simultaneously introducing a level of depth and realism that cannot be achieved in other game systems.

Gamehilights:

COMPLEX GAME MECHANISMS HANDLED BY THE APP

The Lands of Ruin game rules are fairly complex, as they try to closely simulate realism. However, the Command Console app hides most of the complexity, and new players don’t have to know everything to start playing the game.

A.I. CONTROLLED NPCS

The battlefield is not empty. Players‘ tribes confront remnants of the final war in the form of automated drones, decaying battle mechs still executing their wartime orders, and hordes of infected dead, all controlled by the companion app’s AI.

HIDDEN CHARACTERS & SECRET ACTIVITY

Previously in wargaming, hidden characters and secret actions were not so hidden or secret. Minis had to be placed on the tabletop, and secret actions declared in order to keep things fair. LoR allows players to have hidden characters in play without their opponents knowing they are there, as well as perform actions that the opponent doesn’t know about. Imagine a hidden sniper waiting to ambush the opponent. This is all tracked and kept fair through the Command Console tablet app.

MMO & RPG-LIKE FEATURES

Characters gain experience and skills as well as obtain new equipment during battles.

The players choose characters from their tribes to fight battles. Players choose which of their characters to take into battle each time they play.

Build your own heroes and watch them grow to greatness.

QUICK DELIVERY OF NEW FEATURES & CONTENT

Another benefit of the Command Console tablet app is that it will allow us to rapidly release new content and features to our players. If a new tribe is released, or if we create new mission scenarios, these will be immediately available to you. We can continually release new material to keep Lands of Ruin a truly living game and keep the world exciting.

TRIBES

In Lands of Ruin, the wastelands are populated by tribes. These unique and diverse cultures represent the different factions or alignments players join when they play the game. Each tribe has its own beliefs and goals, as well as fighting style and technologies. We are initially releasing two tribes with this campaign: The Baleans and the Reclaimers. More tribes are already under development – two of which are marked as stretch goals in this campaign.

WORLD HISTORY

The history of the Lands of Ruin world is unique, rich, and full of stories. The final war that destroyed civilization still rages on as a ghost war being waged by hordes of reanimated soldiers, drones, and battlemechs still executing their final orders long after their masters have perished. In the wastelands, not even the dead have seen the end of the war.

The rest of the history is still to be written. Every game played shapes the world. How will your actions change the fate of the Lands of Ruin game world? What will your role be? How will your tribe be remembered?

 

Pledge Levels:

The Digital Pack is for players who intend to use their existing miniatures to play Lands of Ruin, while Miniature Packs are intended for players wanting to also purchase the unique Lands of Ruin miniatures.

Digital packs unlock the digital profiles of characters for you to use from your Lands of Ruin account. This pledge level is for anyone that wishes to play Lands of Ruin using their own existing miniatures, or get miniatures from other manufacturers. The Command Console app will allow you to take and upload pictures of miniatures you choose to use for each character. Then you’re ready to go!

Digital Pack – £19 (save £11) approximately: $27, €25

(As the currency rates might change, the pledge amount in your currency might end up being different. These USD & EUR amounts are only estimates. Savings amount is based on the current estimation of the retail price. This is also subject to change.)

Heroes & Cohorts:

Depending on your pledge level you can choose 2, 4 or 6 hero characters as your reward. Each hero always comes with 3 matching cohorts characters.

Note that you don’t have to select all characters from the same Lands of Ruin tribe. Heroes from different tribal backgrounds can be mixed together to create your unique tribe.You will select which heroes you want as your reward in the pledge manager after the campaign is over.

This beast of a man – if truly such a monstrosity can still be considered a man – towers over his victims. His scarred face is always hidden behind an executioner’s mask sewn out of flesh. He wears little armor, since he is already impeded by his own considerable weight. 

• Heavy close combat weapons.
• Effective range: short, close combat

Also an exception among his tribe, Mulcibur is one of the rare tradesman amongst the Baleans when he is not raiding and locked in combat. He is a Balean slaver – the only merchant class within the tribe. His main purpose for becoming a warrior was so that he could select his stock firsthand from the battlefield, instead of relying on other warriors to bring back live spoils from raids.

• Slaver
• Effective range: short

Named for the ancient Spartan homeland, „Laconia,“ he embodies the same ruthless cunning of his historic namesakes. Laconides is an adept Reclaimer leader. He drills his men daily to ensure they are always at the apex of combat readiness. Preferring small squads and limited engagements, Laconides keeps his unit small, light, and adaptable.

• Team leader
• Suppressing fire
• Demolitions
• Effective range: mid-long

 

Swift-footed Achilles, as he was referred to in the Homeric Epics, proved to be an apt name for the Reclaimer’s best reconnaissance scout and sniper. He is fast and silent in his maneuvers, and deadly accurate with his rifle.

• Sniper
• Effective range: mid – long

Dorian is a heavy weapons expert. He prefers carrying weapons that can do massive damage in a single shot to rapid-fire weapons that rely more heavily on accuracy. That being said, he is an excellent marksman and can demolish even the most stubborn rampart with a well-placed rocket.

• Heavy weapons support trole
• Effective range: long

Note: the above pictures of miniatures are 3D renderings and some details of the miniatures might change when they’re moved to resin cast production.

A Step ahead:

Even before the beginning of our Kickstarter campaign, we had already established a working relationship with a European miniatures manufacturer. We have completed a test production run, and are prepared to move to the production phase very quickly after this Kickstarter campaign succeeds.

Learn more about the game and it mechanics from our introduction video series:

Lands of Ruin started as a dream. Making dreams come true is difficult and time consuming. The team behind the game has been working long days and dedicating every free hour to building the best possible gaming experience. 3+ years and multiple iterations later we finally have a core game we want to introduce to the world.

All game development this far has been done and funded by the team itself. We have spent approximately £20.000 from our own pockets and put in more than 5.000 hours to build this, our passion project.

We are gamers, building for gamers.

Our core team:

Juhani – Game designer – Tech lead

I am an Android developer and a gamer. I’ve been playing roleplaying games, miniature games, board games and computer games since late 80s. I own a considerable collection of miniatures from multitude of game systems. I also enjoy painting miniatures (although I’m not much of a painter) and terrain modelling.

Rick – Game designer – Creative lead

My varied background includes studying history and anthropology, a professional tech background, and a lifelong love of gaming – especially those games that have immersive stories with esoteric messages, or some unique revelation of human nature. Art and storytelling have also always been some of my strongest interests. I see the potential of games to be both vehicles of greater artistic and social expression, as well as immersive experiences that can portray the real world in innovative ways that cannot be expressed in other mediums. Combining technology with tabletop gaming allows for before unseen levels of detail and realism. Creating the stories and cultures of Lands of Ruin gives me an opportunity to combine all of my interests into a single endeavour, and I cannot wait for the community of gamers to join us in creating the future history of the game.

Jasper – CEO

I have been building teams and companies for over 10 years. I am a techie at heart, I’m experienced at creating digital products, most lately with a mobile focus.

Shipping information

We will collect shipping via a pledge manager after the campaign ends.

We’re going to do all we can to keep the shipping costs down without compromising the reliability.

All rewards will be shipped from within the EU.