So a couple weeks ago I received an email from Warlord Games and I decided to see what was new and exciting. I'm quite happy with my US Army force for Konflikt 47 for now so it was more out of curiosity than anything. One of the first things that pops up is the Terminator Genisys miniature game. Now, I was aware that this was a thing but I've never really given it any serious thought. I enjoyed the first two movies but I haven't followed anything since then and I wasn't really interested in investing in another miniature game... and then I saw the price. Only $16 for the normally $75 basic starter.
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| Here's the cover for the basic set |
This piqued my interest but rather than blindly order some I decided to look at some reviews first. After all it doesn't matter how cheap something is if its a pile of crap is, it's still a pile of crap. I haven't heard anything about the game so I was surprised that the reviews that I found were quite positive and the mechanics sounded interesting too. That combined with the ridiculously low price... well, I decided that I had to buy a couple to try it out.
Of course now I have to wait for it to arrive from Warlord so it might be a little bit (I've only ordered once before from them so I don't have a lot of experience with how long their shipping time is). In the mean time I went ahead and started perusing the local Wally World for things to put into the post apocalyptic wasteland and stumbled on something that I think will work quite well.
In Terminator: Salvation they introduced moto-terminators. I haven't seen the movie but I did find some images online. This is something that has not been created for the miniature game but I found some Bat Pods from Hot Wheels and I'm going to use these as a stand in for them. There are no official rules for them in the game but the system seems very straight forward so it should be easy to whip up some stats for them.
Along the same vein I grabbed a few Hot Wheels Bats (apparently another of Bat-Man's many crazy vehicles) and I'm thinking of using these as proxies for Buzzer flying drones. I've never seen the actual miniature but I'm thinking that these might be a bit on the large side. Then again they only cost me a buck a piece so I'm okay with them not being quite to scale with the official miniature. (Since I ordered I've also heard that the game has been discontinued so I'm very happy to have my proxies to field).
Once I have the game I'm going to see if I can get my daughter to try it out with me. She has been enjoying Frostgrave and she recently did an art project on a post-apocalyptic future where robots have "evolved" to the point that they have become a part of nature. An interesting spin on the concept and who knows? Maybe she'll enjoy playing this game as well. Whether she's willing to be a guinea pig or not, I'll definitely share my thoughts on the game once I have given it a try.
Of course now I have to wait for it to arrive from Warlord so it might be a little bit (I've only ordered once before from them so I don't have a lot of experience with how long their shipping time is). In the mean time I went ahead and started perusing the local Wally World for things to put into the post apocalyptic wasteland and stumbled on something that I think will work quite well.
In Terminator: Salvation they introduced moto-terminators. I haven't seen the movie but I did find some images online. This is something that has not been created for the miniature game but I found some Bat Pods from Hot Wheels and I'm going to use these as a stand in for them. There are no official rules for them in the game but the system seems very straight forward so it should be easy to whip up some stats for them.
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| My moto-terminator proxies |
Once I have the game I'm going to see if I can get my daughter to try it out with me. She has been enjoying Frostgrave and she recently did an art project on a post-apocalyptic future where robots have "evolved" to the point that they have become a part of nature. An interesting spin on the concept and who knows? Maybe she'll enjoy playing this game as well. Whether she's willing to be a guinea pig or not, I'll definitely share my thoughts on the game once I have given it a try.
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