Hall or Nothing – Historic Epic Battle System Games
Created by Tristan Hall
Deploy armies and overcome historical events to smash your foe into the mud at the legendary Battle of Waterloo! 1815, Scum of the Earth is the third title in the award-winning Historic Epic Battle System series of games from Hall or Nothing Productions.
Latest Updates from Our Project:
1815, Scum of the Earth – April 2022, Ricky Royal Vid + China Lockdown + UK Games Expo approaches!
about 4 years ago
– Tue, Apr 05, 2022 at 10:53:45 PM
Hello there,
China Lockdown
Addresses have been locked in the pledge manager, and we're in the process of printing the games now – the next step is shipping everything out to the fulfilment hubs (still aiming for June), so we need to know which games are going where – however, China is currently going through another Covid Lockdown and so printing progress has been halted temporarily. We're not sure what impact this will have on freight shipping at this time, so we're monitoring the situation and will update you accordingly as and when we have any new information. If you need to change your address we'll do everything we can to accommodate you, just email francesca at hallornothingproductions.co.uk
Ricky Royal Play-through Video
The brilliant Ricky Royal has our one and only pre-production copy of the game! Here, he tucks into this very first copy of 1815, Scum Of The Earth – listen to his dulcet tones guide you through the gameplay and art:
UK Games Expo
UK Games Expo looms before us in June and Hall or Nothing will be in attendance at Stand 1-1016 on Kilforth Street. We would love to see you there so please pop by to say 'wotcha' should you have the opportunity.
#BoardChitless Podcast Episode 78 – The Lord of the Bonds 007
The 'final' episode of our BoardChitless podcast is available for your listening pleasure now, where we discuss playing Hasbro's The Lord of the Rings game as well as the James Bond 007 Legendary game:
Best of the Month
Check out 1565, St. Elmo's Pay in the "Best of the Month" board game stuff from AmassGames:
1815, Scum of the Earth - March 2022, Printing Underway!
about 4 years ago
– Mon, Mar 14, 2022 at 04:20:50 PM
Hello there,
This is just a very quick missive to let you know that printing is now officially underway, and so we continue to hold the line and maintain attention and patience! And in the meantime be sure to check out this 1565, St. Elmo's Pay solo playthrough review from AmassGames:
1815, Scum of the Earth – February 2022, Unboxing Video + Updated Timeline: ETA June
about 4 years ago
– Tue, Feb 08, 2022 at 11:50:12 PM
Howdy there – we've got a lovely treat for you today!
1815 Unboxing Video
We're dead excited to share this unboxing video of the very first copy of 1815, Scum of the Earth! The 1815, Give Me Night and HEBS Weather Deck expansions are shown too (for those who ordered them, they aren't usually packaged with the base game like this)...
Updated Timeline
So where does this leave us in terms of progress in getting the games to you? Well, all the files have been approved and the printers are poised to go as soon as they're back from Chinese New Year in a week or so. It takes about 6 weeks to print and check all the games. Then we need to load them onto the boats from the factories and ship them around the world to our various local hubs, which takes about another 6 weeks or so, bringing us to around May. And finally, they'll be sorted, checked, packaged, and posted out to you from your local hubs. So realistically, you should receive your games in or around June this year. Some might land a bit earlier than that (we're hoping to have stock to show off at UK Games Expo at the start of June), and some might be later, but that's what we're aiming for right now.
And that's all for now, have a brilliant week everyone!
Tristan xx
1815, Scum of the Earth – January 2022, PPCs Arrive + Playmat/Tokens/Rules Updates
about 4 years ago
– Tue, Feb 01, 2022 at 03:37:15 AM
Hi guys, the...
...Pre-Production Copies Arrived!
The Pre-Production Copies have landed, and they look bloomin' beautiful! :D
1815, Scum of the Earth front and back
1815 deck stacks + both expansions
HEBS Weather Deck expansion fanned out to the centre left
The 1815, Give Me Night Prussia expansion
The lovely new solo dial
We updated a couple of cards from 1565, St. Elmo's Pay for anyone with the previous print run
Here are the 3 Scum of Kilforth promo cards for any Kilforth fans amongst you
The new double-sided solo play flow chart, main rulebook, and solo rulebook
And with the Veilwraith reprint added in for good measure!
I fanned out all of the army card decks too but – whilst unbelievably gorgeous – it just looked like one mahoossive spoiler! We also filmed an 1815 unboxing video so that should be ready in time for the next update.
Francesca and I have been through every single card, line by line, number by number, and made a handful of little final updates for clarity, consistency, and, um, morphology. So our final files are with the printers now, and they have been authorised to hit go on mass production for all HEBS games as soon as they returnfrom Chinese New Year (in a couple of weeks).
Rules Changes for 1815, Scum of the Earth!
And whilst you wait, feel free to familiarise yourselves with the final rulebooks – solo players can take a peek at the brand spanking new 1815, Scum of the Earth Solo Foe Flowchart (and the brand new Solo Flowcharts for 1066, Tears to Many Mothers and 1565, St. Elmo's Pay) here too:
For those of you familiar with the previous HEBS games, below is a summary of some pertinent rules changes – they are also identified and listed separately in the new main rulebook linked above:
French and British Tactic cards begin the game in play (Prussian Tactic cards do not).
SOLO: Sacrificing cards is no longer a free action for the player.
SOLO: Artillery/Ranged Units take their Action and Tire immediately when played.
SOLO: Have a read of the ‘Player’s Choice’ and ‘Quick-Play Setup’ (end of Solo rules).
Playmat update: amazing new art + playmats are now double-sided!
Here was a great opportunity to make something awesome even extra awesomer – the back of the playmat is now fully printed with a layout where all the cards are rotated 90 degrees for ease of use when playing solo. You can also see the brand new art commissioned from the inimitable Mikhail Greuli:
For multiplayer games
For solo play
Tokens Update!
Another user experience update here: a raft of the tokens have had a "3" painted on them (to represent 3 damage instead of 1) so that the tokens are easier to stack and read on the cards. We also rounded out the edges of the cardboard tokens (for all three games) to make them feel nicer and look cooler too:
new Cannon tokens (with 'Mired' status on the reverse) on the right-hand side
And that's all for now, catch you again next time, and hope you have a brilliant week ahead!
Cheers,
Tristan xx
1815, Scum of the Earth – December 2021: Digital Proofs Approved!
over 4 years ago
– Fri, Dec 03, 2021 at 05:12:16 PM
Ey up!
The digital proofs have already come back. Our graphic design guru Darren and I have been through all of the files with beady eyes. Everything looks absolutely brilliant so I've approved everything for all three HEBS games and expansions. :)
Next up, we twiddle our thumbs and wait a bit for the Pre-Production Copies to be assembled and sent to us. When they arrive, we then confirm everything after seeing all of the components in real life (and playing the game even more). And then once that's done, we start up the printers and make those blooming games!
I don't believe I've thanked you guys enough yet for gifting me with the opportunity to make the most beautiful game about Waterloo that the world has seen, so... THANK YOU!!! You are more awesome than any amount of words that I scribble can ever do justice.
Cheers!
Tristan xx
P.S. Our next gorgeous game Call of Kilforth: A Fantasy Quest Game is Kickstarting very soon – if you haven't already, please subscribe via our website if you would like to be notified of the launch:
