Trench Crusade: Kickstarter ist Online

Der Kickstarter zu Trench Crusade ist gestartet und läuft noch 13 Tage.

Story

Trench Crusade is a tabletop wargame set in a blasphemously alternate WW1 era created by artist Mike Franchina (Diablo 2r/3/4, Path of Exile 2, Magic: The Gathering) with rules by acclaimed game designer Tuomas Pirinen (Mordheim, Warhammer 6th edition) and brought to life by James Sherriff (28 mag, Ian Miller’s Grim Tarock) and some of the greatest creative talents in wargaming.

Players take command of the forces of heaven and hell, leading skirmish size warbands in daring assaults and devious counter operations on the fringes of the meat grinder that is the frontline.

Fraktionen

For each of the 6 factions you’ll be able to select from a roster of mortal and immortal troops, as well as truly “blessed” beings that fall somewhere in between.

Many devout see it as their sacred duty to make the pilgrimage to No Man’s Land and throw themselves at the forces of Hell with righteous wrath. These zealots band together into vast pilgrim processions, fighting an endless Crusade against the blasphemous foe.

In the domains where men worship demons and kneel before the altars of the Golden Calf, mortal followers, flanked by the abhorrent progeny of the underworld, muster under the black banners of mighty Arch-Devils. The fires spewing from the open Gate of Hell light the black skies as they march forth to bring all of Creation under their infernal yoke.

For three hundred years the Principality of New Antioch has stood defiantly as the focal point of the Faithful at the very edge of the shadow cast by the Gate of Hell. It is the Home of All Our Hopes, the bulwark against Heretic forces and the first line of defense against the devil’s might.

Jutting from plumes of stinking, corrosive smoke is the Iron City of Dis and atop its shrieking, black keep sits the Infernal War Council. Seven of the greatest, most wicked and most cunning of Arch-Devils preside over the war against Creation, and upon their orders do the spawn of Lucifer go forth to wreak death and corruption upon the mortal world.

Beyond the Invincible Iron Wall of Al-Quraysh lies the last and the greatest Sultanate of the Faithful the world has ever seen. Here the lost knowledge flourishes and, from mosques of white marble and gold, the muezzin call the faithful to pray for the success of the Sultan’s army as it struggles to protect the lands within the wall, and defend the caravan trails that provide the Sultanate with vital supplies.

Concocted by Beelzebub themself, the Black Grail is the most calamitous plague that has ever ravaged this bleak world. Not living, not dead, its victims become vessels to spread the corruption of their new master. Those depraved enough to willingly embrace this “gift” become nobles of the Order of the Fly, forming warbands and shepherding their lesser brethren to find and infect life of any kind.

Warbands can be customized with a veritable arsenal of weapons and equipment. From the humble bolt action rifle to the bones of cursed saints, you can tailor each loadout to complement your play style and your miniatures, making each of your troops unique.

Then you’re ready to take the fight to the tabletop. Challenge your friends and compare tactical wits in one off battles or join the crusade with a full campaign ruleset that will see you fight for territory, relics, survival and, most of all, Glory!

In a game of Trench Crusade, players activate their models in alternating order to fight their way across the battlefield. Actions are resolved by rolling two D6s: 2-6 is a fail, 7-11 is a success and a 12+ is a critical success. A simple system but skewing the roll in your favour is where the game’s depth comes from.

Making strategic choices will allow you to add or remove dice from this roll. Firing from an elevated position will add dice whereas targeting a model in cover will remove them. There are more unpredictable modifiers, however, that will ebb and flow as the battle draws on and these come from the game’s main mechanic: Blood and Blessings.

If a model is wounded but not killed, it will gain Blood Markers. You can expend blood markers on an opponent’s model to force them to roll at disadvantage (adding an additional dice to their roll and subtracting the highest) OR you can add an additional dice to your roll when seeing if a model is wounded by an attack.

Blessings are the exact opposite. They’re usually gained by special effects and can be expended to allow you to roll with an advantage OR force your opponent to subtract a die from their wound roll.

Of course, there are other uses for these tokens. Siphoning off Blood tokens to fuel Goetic magics or consuming Blessing tokens to let the whispers of gods guide your actions…

Combining all of the above is what will allow you to bring down even the toughest foe and mean all the difference during daring actions that could bring you victory… or the ignominy of an unmarked grave.

Living Rulebook

Trench Crusade’s core rules, faction rules and main campaign will always be available for free online. You can check them out here for all the (gory) details!

Miniaturen

Fresh from the forges of some of the best sculptors in the industry, we’re proud to bring you a full range of Trench Crusade miniatures, available in both physical and digital forms!

Physical Miniatures

These will be produced in ABS-like resin using 3D printing. You can check out the manufacturing and shipping section further down the page for examples of the quality and resilience of this resin, as well as a detailed explanation of why we’re going in this direction but, to summarize, it’s the method that will allow us to get high quality models to you as fast as possible.

Digital Miniatures

We’re big believers in 3D printing and what it brings to wargaming, especially to our community members who are located in regions that are expensive to ship to. Therefore, the entire range will be available as STLs, both unsupported and professionally pre-supported, for you to print at home.

Conversions and Kitbashing

Up until now, if you wanted to play Trench Crusade you needed to convert or kitbash your models. We want to say, here and now, that custom miniatures will always be completely legitimate. Some minor stipulations (i.e. things like base size, etc) aside, we want to encourage creativity on and off the tabletop and will even be providing kits in this campaign to help you do just that!

3rd Party and Fan sculpts

One of the best things about Trench Crusade is the incredible community that has already grown around it. This includes some amazing sculptors that have already put out some very cool miniatures. Like with conversions these will always be completely legitimate. We want to support and encourage creators via a 3rd party license which we’ll be talking about more during this campaign – we even have some very exciting news on that subject, so keep an eye on the updates!

Das Regelbuch

This 200+ page hardback book will not only contain a graphically embellished version of the rules, it will also be a veritable repository of Trench Crusade lore and a gruesome gallery of art from Mike and other artists such as John Blanche, Dave Gallagher, Paul Bonner and more…

You’ll still be able to play however! Trench Crusade’s core and faction rules will always be available for free online as a Living Rulebook.

Pledge levels

As a tabletop wargame, Trench Crusade includes a LOT of different components. In this campaign we wanted to make sure that you had access to everything you wanted individually so we have purposefully gone light on the number of pledge levels and heavy on the number of add-ons.

For those that would just like to support us or want to receive specific miniatures.

The pledge for the lore fanatics, art admirers and those who prefer to build and kitbash their own minis for the game.

Everything you need to get started: A copy of the book which will plunge you into the world of Trench Crusade, as well as its rules and a warband of your choice to build and play on the tabletop.

Like the physical pledge, this is everything you need to get started and includes a copy of the book and the STL files for a warband of your choice for you to print at home.

I saw a beast coming out of the sea. It had ten horns and seven heads, with ten crowns on its horns, and on each head a blasphemous name.

For the true believers, this pledge includes a copy of the book and ALL the miniatures in this campaign, aside from the mercenaries.

The beast I saw resembled a leopard, but had feet like those of a bear and a mouth like that of a lion. The dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority. 

For the true believers possessing their own 3D printer, this pledge includes a copy of the book and STL files for ALL the miniatures in this campaign, aside from the mercenaries.

Look upon the birds of the air, and how the heavenly father doth feed them.
Now look upon yourselves. Imprisoned, oppressed, squabbling for meagre scraps to quiet the rumbling of your bellies. 

For those truly blessed with damnation, this obscene pledge includes a copy of the book and ALL the miniatures in this campaign (aside from the mercenaries), all the dice sets and two of the physical terrain sets.

Your heavenly father cares naught for you, except that you be punished for disobeying him. That is no loving God, that is a tyrant, and we demand equality with God. 

For those who are blessed with both damnation and a 3D printer, these heretical rewards include a copy of the book and STL files for ALL the miniatures in this campaign, including the terrain set (aside from the mercenaries) as well as all the dice sets.

Warbands

There is a warband box for each of the six factions in the game. Each include 8 models that form a 700 Ducat or „starter“ warband. These boxes are sufficient to carry you all the way through a short campaign or into the middle of a longer one.

Whenever you receive a „Warband of your choice“ as a reward, you will be able to select exactly which one you would like to receive after the campaign ends, during the pledge manager.

Add-ons

How to use add-ons

As their name entails, these are rewards that you can add to your pledge level once you have selected it.

However, as we said, TC has a lot of components that are available both physically and digitally. That’s a lot of references and we hit the max number of add-ons you can have in a campaign. Therefore, when you select your pledge, the only add-ons you’ll see are the book, warbands and bundles. You can select these to add them to your pledge.

For individual models however you are invited to add their cost to your total pledge amount manually. These extra „credits“ will carry over to the Pledge manager where you’ll be able to tell us exactly what you want.

For example, if you wanted the physical warband bundle plus a Shrine Anchorite ($36) and a castigator ($10) just change your pledge amount from $85 (the cost of the pledge) to $131 and you’re good to go.

We know that this is very annoying and apologise but it’s the only way around KS limit on add-ons! Thanks for your understanding.

Books and Warband boxes

Individual Miniatures and Bundles

All the miniatures in the game are available separately, both physically and digitally.

There are also bundles for each faction which contain all the miniatures not found in that faction’s warband box. If you purchase both the warband box and bundle for a faction, you will have all of the miniatures for it.

Mercenaries

Mercenaries can join different factions but are split off here as they are originally from Trench Crusade’s first campaign a while back. They are available for purchase and their rules are included in the rulebook but they are not part of any of the pledges.

Trench Terrain

What would Trench Crusade be without some trenches?

We’re pleased to offer a fully modular trench-works system so you can make your perfect battleground.

Dice Sets

We’re very pleased to be working with Baron of Dice, the finest purveyor of small cubic randomness generators in the wargaming scene!

These are very high quality 16mm dice with rounded edges and engraved details.

Stretch Goals

Once the campaign has funded we still have some ideas on how to make things even better. Whether it’s expanded rules, new artwork for the rulebook or tales from the frontline to plunge you into the world of Trench Crusade, you can expect plenty of new content…

Produktion

Normally, products like this are mass produced, shipped to different distribution hubs and then repacked before being sent out to you. Whilst this method can be quite interesting when it comes to economy of scale it does come at a cost: time.

For us, well, we’re a small team and the amount of work it takes to coordinate fulfillment operations such as these can’t be understated. We feel our time would be better spent working on, well, more Trench Crusade.

For you, it’s the time it takes to actually get your game. Between manufacturing, shipping and everything in between, even the speediest campaigns normally take between 6 months and a year to arrive.

We know you want to play Trench Crusade now and, frankly, we want to see you all playing it as soon as possible. That’s why we’re eschewing this traditional scheme in favour of what we’re calling a more “direct to tabletop” approach.

Direct to Tabletop

Our goal is to get everything to you as soon as possible after this Kickstarter ends by having packages sent directly from a local manufacturer. Whilst there are some minor caveats to this, which we’ll point out as we explain our strategy, it means you’ll only be waiting between a few weeks to a few months to get your miniatures.

This is how it works:

Kickstarter Kampagne

The campaign will last 2 weeks, during which you can pledge for as much as you like, bearing in mind that you’ll be able to add things to your pledge during the Pledge Manager.

Pledge Manager – Gamefound

Within a week or two of this campaign ending you’ll receive an invitation to our pledge manager platform; Gamefound. Here you’ll be able to confirm what you wish to receive and make any last minute additions to your pledge. You’ll also pay any due sales taxes and provide us with details such as your shipping address and other information.

The Pledge Manager will be open for 2 weeks and then your information will be handed over to our suppliers and the fun begins!

Physical Miniatures via Only-Games

You’ll receive an email from the Only-Games platform to confirm your order, provide your shipping address and pay for shipping. Once that’s confirmed they’ll start printing and shipping your order.

Orders normally take 2-3 weeks to ship out. Depending on how successful the campaign is, it may take longer for your rewards to arrive. We will keep you all updated as to delivery times but a conservative estimation for 10k orders is 5 months. Obviously orders will be going out as they are ready and some will be waiting longer than others. We will prioritise orders by backer number whenever possible.

Miniatures will be printed in OG’s special ABS-like resin that produces an excellent level of detail.

Terrain

Terrain will be printed in PLA as it is cheaper and much better suited to these larger pieces.

Like with the miniatures, there are some minor remains from the printing process that are easily cleaned up.

Qualitätskontrolle

Every piece is checked by the OG team before being sent out.

It goes without saying that should there be ANY issues with your models, OG will reprint and replace them.

Digital files via MyMiniFactory

Once the PM is closed, it shouldn’t take long to import your information into MMF. You’ll receive an email from my MyMiniFactory to log into your account (if you already have one) with the email address you provided. If not, you’ll be invited to make one. Once logged in, you’ll find that your files will be added to your library and you can get to printing them!

Minis will be provided both unsupported and professionally pre-supported by Atlas3DSS. They have been test printed and, should you have any issues, you can visit their Discord server for assistance.

Should there be any issues with the files, rest assured that we will fix and re-upload them ASAP.

By backing this campaign for any rewards that include digital files, you acknowledge that these files are for your personal use only and agree to our terms and conditions.

Bücher

As previously mentioned, we won’t be printing the books immediately. We’ll be focusing on getting the miniatures to you first. This will give us plenty of time to polish the final version and let all the artists finish their work in peace. Additionally, we’re also going to use this time to collect feedback on the game and make any final modifications before going to print.

The estimated delivery time for the book is June 2025. We’ll have all your information and you’ll receive tracking information once your book ships.

Produkte von Drittanbietern (z.B. Baron of Dice)

These orders will be handled by our suppliers. We will pass your order information on to them and they will contact you to confirm details and pay for shipping. Please note that these products are being made to order and will not be shipping out immediately like the miniatures.

You can expect regular updates from us concerning manufacturing and shipping as we move forward.

Versand

The first caveat of this system is that there will be multiple packages coming from multiple sources and these need to be paid for individually. However, we have managed to get the shipping prices trimmed down as much as possible.

Miniatures Shipping costs

Shipping from the USA

• USA: $12

• Canada: $12

Shipping from the UK

• UK: $7
• EU: $11
• Rest of Europe: $12
• RoW: $15

Please note that these are FLAT RATES – the cost is the same if you order one box of minis or 10.

Book shipping costs 

Shipping from the USA

• USA: $7
• CANADA: $15

Shipping from Europe

• UK: $13
• EU: $12
• Rest of Europe: $15
• RoW: $25

BoD Dice Shipping costs

Shipping from the USA

• USA $5.95
• Australia, Asia and New Zealand is $20.95
• RoW (Europe, SA, and CA) is $19.95

Please note that these are FLAT RATES – the cost is the same if you order one set of dice or 10.

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Please note that these costs are cumulative. So for example if you live in the USA and order miniatures, a book and a set of dice, your total will be 12+7+6 = $25 (before tax).

Customs

As we won’t be forwarding the games to regional hubs, this means that you may be liable for import duties depending on what you order and where you live.

Products will be shipped from the following locations:

• Miniatures: USA and United Kingdom
• Books: USA and Europe
• Dice: USA

You’ll have to refer to your local regulations for precise information but, a lot of the time, packages do slip under the radar when they’re below a certain size and/or price.

Thank you for your understanding concerning shipping and customs. Whilst it’s never a fun subject, we hope that by doing it this way you’ll be able to start playing TC sooner rather than later!

Preise

All the pricing shown on this page is in US Dollars ($USD) and does not include any sales tax.

Also, for full transparency, the pricing structure for this KS is as follows:

Individual rewards – 10% off the future retail price

Warbands – Around 40% off the price of the individual models

Faction Bundles – Around 20% off the price of the individual models.

The Beast Pledge – Around 30% off the price of the individual models

Heresiarch Pledge – Around 35% off the price of the individual models

Mitwirkende

The Trench Crusade Team

Mike Franchina
Concept Artist for Blizzard, Amazon, Fatshark, Grinding Gear Games. Creator of trench Crusade
Artstation – Twitter

Tuomas Pirinen
Game designer with 30 years of experience. Creator of Mordheim and Warhammer 6th edition. EA, Ubisoft, Remedy, Playstation and Games Workshop veteran.
Facebook

James Sherriff
Sculptor at Brass Monkey Games and co-creator of 28 magazine. Previous collaborations include Ian Miller (his Grim Tarock) and John Blanche (sculpting minis for his new Morderin range).
Facebook – Instagrams

Jamie Parsons
Producer in the tabletop gaming industry for over 10 years. I’ve run far too many Kickstarters and play far too many wargames so TC is a dream come true for me.
Facebook

Sculptors

Edoardo Fusi – Black Knight Miniatures
character artist and 3d sculptor, STL miniatures creator as Black Knight Miniatures
Patreon – MMF – Instagram – Facebook

Doug Hamilton
3D Sculptor and designer for over a decade with credits in a variety of games that include: Warmachine/Hordes, Sedition Wars, Crisis Protocol, Planet of the Apes, Conan, Mythic Battles, Bushido, and finally Trench Crusade! Freelance availability for kick ass projects.
Deviantart – Instagram

Rodolfo Silva
sculptor 3d miniatures for tabletop games, in the Dark/scifi & Fantasy category
Artstation – Instgram

Akshay Kumar
3D Sculptor & 3D Concept Artist
Artstation – Instagram

Ana Roman – TinyFactoryStudio
3D sculptor and co-founder of TinyFactoryStudio. We have colaborated with many companies as Modiphius,Privateer, Malifaux, Grim Hollow, Lucky Duck, Monster Fight Club…
Artstation – Instagram

Joaquin Revilla Martín
Freelance miniature sculptor for a few years now and co-owner of Dogs Of War Studio. I have designed several miniatures for major brands in the industry, including Big Child Creatives. I’m still accepting commissions if anyone wants custom miniatures!
MMF – Instagram

Marco Chitarrini – Korhyl Miniatures
freelance 3D artist, sculptor of scenic elements, environments, and props for fantasy, horror, sci-fi, and historical wargames
MMF – Instagram

Wilfrid Armstrong
3D modeller/sculptor, reclusive maker of tabletop things at Diverging Realm; massive Horus Heresy nerd and lover of all things Far Future Fantasy
Linktree – Instagram

Saint Decent
3D sculptor
Instagram

Chris Cleve
Character Artist working in the games industry. Diving into miniatures on the side because it’s always been a passion.
twitter

Painters

Martin Grandbarbe
Miniatures painter since 2002. Started at Rackham then with many compagnies with the Kickstarter boom.
Facebook

Seb Lavigne
Miniature painter. Occasionally tatoo artist for 3 years old kids.
Instagram

Loïc Muzy
Passionate about miniatures for over 20 years Contrary to drawing it did not become my job until now ! There is a beginning for everything
Instagram

Stéphane Nguyen Van Gioi
Former sculptor for Rackham, Smog, PP, Arena Rex, Monolith, Studio McVey, … I became a freelancer experimenting on all sorts of mad projects.
Facebook – Instagram

Jonathan Llinares
Digital sculptor, co-founder of Vae Victis Miniatures.
MMF – Instagram

Mathilde Calon
Digital sculptor, co-founder of Vae Victis Miniatures.
MMF – Instagram

Graphic Designers

Viktor Pushkarev
Multidisciplinary artist, typeface designer and illustrator.
Website – Instagram

Spiridon Giannakis
Designer and publisher of art books, founder of Cursive, Firestarter and convoloot
Website – Instagram

Flo Tasser
3D artist and designer with 8+ years in product visualization. Also part-time sculptor and illustrator.
Website – instagram

Quelle: Trench Crusade auf Kickstarter