HATE: Kickstarter läuft

Der neue Kickstarter von Cool Mini or Not läuft seit gestern.

Based on the „Chronicles of HATE“ graphic novel by acclaimed artist Adrian Smith, HATE is a board game of brutal combat and conquest in a desolate world of savage warriors. Created by the same design team who brought you the Zombicide series, under the supervision of Eric Lang, HATE combines the gruesome artwork of Adrian Smith with exquisitely sculpted miniatures to immerse you in a universe of cruel survival by any means.

Take control of your tribe and lead them in battle against your opponents. Each battle pits two tribes controlled by different players, clashing against each other to achieve objectives, massacre the enemy, and reap rewards from blood and land. As the Chronicle unfolds, players engage each other in numerous clashes in an effort to defend or conquer territories, trying to be the ultimate Tyrant and rule the wastes of the world. While the HATE core box initially allows for up to 4 players to fight through a Chronicle together, more tribes will be introduced to allow the game to expand up to 6 players.

Each battle in the Chronicle has consequences, not only in terms of the control of the land, but also in the tribes that fight for it. Killing your opponent in merciless fashion and reaping all that which the land has to give increases your tribe’s Hate and Resources. These then allow your warriors to gain new skills, turning them into ever more formidable killers as the Chronicle progresses. You will also be able to bolster your village, giving your tribe extra abilities and features to use in both short and long term. However, dismemberment and death may also be your fate in the battlefield, and you will also need to carry the burden of that in your struggle for power.

Game Components:

At the start of the campaign, the HATE core box includes:

• 51 Highly Detailed Miniatures
• 1 Game Board
• 32 Terrain Tiles
• Over 100 Cardboard Tokens
• 32 Tribe Cards
• 51 Figure Cards
• 88 Transparent Upgrade/Scar Cards
• 44 Plastic Card Sleeves
• 6 Custom Dice
• 13 Counter Bases
• 5 Scenario Dashboards
• 1 Village Sheet Pad
• 1 Chronicle Sheet Pad
• 1 Rulebook

RULEBOOK – We’re currently working on the graphic layout of the Work In Progress rulebook. We should have it available for you to check out by the last week of the campaign.

Tribe of Um’Gra – Blood-frenzied maniacs, their recklessness is their greatest strength, though it can often be their weakness.

The world of HATE is brutal, and is recommended for mature audiences only. The art of the game depicts acts of extreme violence, as well as nudity. To survive and thrive in this barren wasteland, you’ll need to embrace the savagery of not only massacring your enemies, but taking innocents captive, torturing them, and even feasting off their flesh. You’ve been warned, this is not a world for the faint of heart!

Each tribe is composed of 11 characters: 2 Youngbloods, 6 Warriors, 1 Shaman, 1 Champion, and 1 towering Prince. (The last belong to the „higher“ lineage of men, who grew monstrous as the ages passed, by feeding on the lesser kind.) Each of these have different stats and starting skills, offering their own tactical choices in battle.

Tribe of Um’Rak – Hive minded, they move as one, to strike like a horde.

Each tribe also counts on their own unique deck of 8 Tribe cards that they can employ at different points of the battle, usually by spending gathered Savagery tokens. These cards reinforce each tribe’s individual nature by offering powerful bonuses and abilities to outmaneuver your enemies.

When a player challenges another to battle, they choose among 10 different scenarios to play, depending upon how close they are to conquering the heart of the land. Each scenario contains a different terrain setup, as well as different objectives the attacker and defender must accomplish in order to be victorious, and different rewards they may gain from that.

Tribe of Um’Kator – Jacks of all trades, they are relentless and always prepared for changes in the tide of battle.

Battles are fast and furious, taking around 40 minutes to play. Players maneuver and activate their characters around the board to crush their enemies and reap rewards. Ganging up on an opponent is a sure way to bring them down, or hinder their attacks. Use terrain to your advantage, holding the high ground to dominate your foes. Pillage huts you find to steal their resources or capture any innocents hiding within (being careful of possible ambushes), and harvest withering trees for the meager resources they may yield.

If you happen be knocked out in battle, though, you had better pray your allies keep your limp body safe so you may live to fight another day. If you’re carried off by the enemy, a fate worse than death awaits you (usually followed by death). At the end of a battle, captives are dragged to the villages, where the sadistic choice of whether to torture them to death (to gain Hate) or kill and cook them (to gain Resources) is made.

Tribe of Um’Cal – Fearless berserkers, they leave a trail of blood where they go, even if some of it is their own.

At the end of each battle, all Hate and Resources gained by each tribe is tallied in the Chronicle sheet. Every few of these gathered unlocks a milestone, which allows you to upgrade your tribe in several different ways. Resource milestones help you upgrade your village. Your tribe’s Village sheet shows the buildings you have, and the ones you can build, as well as upgrade. The more you upgrade your village, the more resourceful your tribe becomes. The Forge offers you several Feats of Savagery that can be activated during a battle by spending Savagery tokens to gain different bonuses. The Hall of Heroes allows you to conscript Mercenaries to your tribe, the Training Grounds allow your characters to learn extra skills, and the Shaman’s Hut gives you more control over your Tribe cards. At the end of each battle, you may use your Chiurgeon to heal your warrior’s scars, and the bigger your Oven and Torture Pit are, the more enemies you can cook or torture!

Meanwhile, Hate milestones allow you to choose Upgrade cards to add to your characters (those that have proven worthy in battle). These dozens of transparent cards contain a myriad of different skills for you to choose, including 6 of them which are exclusive to your tribe. The character cards are all protected by plastic sleeves, allowing you to simply slide the Upgrade card on top of them. Each character may have up to 4 different skills, becoming a legendary fighter. But be careful, such legends can still be killed and erased from the Chronicle.

Mercenaries come in all shapes and sizes, with varied abilities. They have their own goals, but you can force them to join your tribe!

Being wounded in battle can have drastic consequences. Any characters knocked down on the battlefield (those lucky enough not to have been dragged off and roasted) must make a roll to determine their fate. They may come out of it unscathed, or suffer a tragic death, but more often than not they’ll go on carrying a scar to remind them of their failures. These can range from a mental debilitation, to a gouged eye or torn off limb, with the penalties associated with that. Scars are added to characters similarly to Upgrades, possibly cancelling a skill the warrior possessed!

Once the Chronicle is over, how much Hate and Resources you accumulated, as well as the strength of the territories you conquered, will determine who becomes the Tyrant that rules the world, while their enemies cower under their merciless feet!

Due to its violent, adult content, we have decided to make it so the entire HATE board game is Kickstarter Exclusive. This means the core box and any of its ancillaries can only be acquired through this Kickstarter campaign, and will not be made available to stores through normal distribution channels. Limited quantities will be available to retailers who want to make a Retail Pledge to this campaign (see below), but if you’re interested in HATE, this campaign is the only guaranteed place to get it.

Ein Preview der Modelle:

The HATE miniatures are 32mm scale. However, the Princes and other members of the higher race are gigantic figures standing about 75mm tall! The pictures shown in the campaign are of resin copies, while the figures that will come in the game will be high-quality pvc plastic.

On the left is a resin figure, and on the right a first test sample of the plastic figure. As you can see, the detail already holds very well, even with improvements still being done to the mold.

Und das ist das einzige Pledge-Level:

For $120 the Tyrant Pledge gets you the Kickstarter Exclusive HATE core box, which is sure to become even more impressive with all the Stretch Goals we hope to unlock and add to it!

Stretch Goals gibt es natürlich auch:

Die Kampagne läuft noch 22 Tage, ist bereits überfinanziert und EU-friendly.

Quelle: HATE