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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 - September 2021: Final Play-testing + Art Previews
over 2 years ago – Thu, Sep 09, 2021 at 05:04:08 AM

Hello there!

I pray that your September is off to a jolly good start already, and that you have a spare two minutes to read our latest missive...

Play-Testers Wanted!

Would you like to help us out? We are undergoing the final rounds of play-testing for 1815, Scum of the Earth before we send the files off to the printers, so even if you cast your eyes over the card abilities and flavour text for typos and such, it all helps. If you'd like to be involved please email me directly with the subject "1815 Play Testing": [email protected]

Card Examples!

Our amazingly talented artists are beavering away on the artwork for 1815, Scum of the Earth (about 90% complete) and for the 1815, Give Me Night expansion (about 70% complete), so here are some more Unit card teasers for you...

The Artillery in 1815, Scum of the Earth is more advanced than it was in 1565, St. Elmo's Pay - so their abilities have been updated to reflect this.
The British/Anglo-Allied army was composed of a huge variety of units, so we've tried to include a fair sampling of the various nationalities.
If you opted for the "1815, Give Me Night" expansion you will of course be receiving a whole extra Prussian army to field!

And that's all for now - cheers, and have a brilliant week!

Tristan xx

1815, Scum of the Earth - August 2021: Interview + Photos!
over 2 years ago – Tue, Aug 03, 2021 at 02:52:07 PM

Hello there,

Think of Hall or Nothing as a swan – on the ethereal surface of Lake Gaming we're drifting serenely towards our delivery dates, meanwhile under the surface we're peddling like crazy to get everything turned around behind the scenes and smash our deadlines! And since you guys are currently drifting serenely in the twiddly-thumb waiting-game stage of development for 1815, Scum of the Earth I thought I'd pop some little nuggets of info to you from the desperately paddling HoN HQ into your inbox to tide you over until the games lands. :D

First off here's a...

...Podcast!

I was kindly invited to have a great chinwag about Solo Gaming with the brilliant @TabletopMag on the Tabletop Gaming Magazine Podcast:

And now we have some photos of the locally printed prototype of 1815 so that you have a visual of how far along the base game is in terms of art. The Prussian 1815, Give Me Night expansion deck is not pictured here, though we're making steady progress on that too. Basically, my emails to our artists currently go something like: "Got, got, got, NEED, got, got, NEED, got, got, got..."

Weather deck expansion looming in the north
If you squint you might be able to read some of these...

And here I'm playing with my boy – and Hall or Nothing #1 play-tester – ninjapup:

Borrowing some lovely components from 1066, Tears to Many Mothers
Copious play-test notes taken, and numerous gaming tweaks, but surprisingly few typoohs...
Devastation for my French forces – with one Frontier claimed each, the British smash Papelotte into dust for the win

I'd like to say the boy only beat me this time because I'm trying out weird and different strategies when I play to test out all of the cards, but man, those games are getting closer and closer each time we play...

And that's all for now, cheers all, have a fantastic week. Until next time...

Tristan xx

1815, Scum of the Earth - July 2021, Pledge Manager Reminder
over 2 years ago – Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 07:15:53 AM

Hello there, 

Thanks to everyone who has completed their pledge manager info, it is most appreciated. We are extremely privileged to have the support of all of you, so thank you so much. :) 

But whilst we intended to close the pledge manager in June, over 150 of you have still not completed your pledge manager information. This holds us up in a number of ways, but more importantly means that if you don't complete your pledge manager details you may end up not receiving your game/s.

We have just completed fulfilment of our previous game Veilwraith, and whilst we sent out hundreds of pledge manager reminders and emails, the game sold out in record time, and now we are still receiving emails (even today) from folks asking if they can complete their pledge manager details over a year late to get hold of the game.

So if you don't want to miss out, please complete your pledge manager info asap. If your order is locked, don't worry, that means you've already done everything you need to do. And if you have any issues at all we are right here for you, just email either of us: [email protected] or [email protected]

Cheers!

Tristan xx

PS. Development continues at a pace, here are some of the teaser sketches our artists are turning into beauteous works for the final gorgeous game:

1815, Scum of the Earth - June 2021, Pledge Manager Closes End of June
almost 3 years ago – Mon, Jun 07, 2021 at 04:14:49 PM

Hello there,

I hope this missive finds you safe and well. This is just a quick note to thank everyone who's already filled in the BackerKit pledge manager; and if you haven't already please try to do this before the end of June so we can start setting up the hub and printer info. If you are unable to complete the pledge manager by the end of June for any reason please email me directly and I'll endeavour to accommodate you: [email protected]

The HEBS reviews are still rolling in as new and veteran players continue to explore our epic historic battles: 'Beautiful game, great quality components, great historical dynamics' – #1565StElmosPay review from @WojennikTV...

And here's another art teaser to tide you over until the next update...

Ciao for now!

Tristan xx

1815, Scum of the Earth – May 2021: BackerKit Pledge Manager is live now!
almost 3 years ago – Sat, May 08, 2021 at 05:38:51 AM

Hello there, I hope you're gearing up for a lovely weekend because...

The BackerKit Pledge Manager is live now!

The pledge manager is live, yay! Your surveys are being sent to you today, so please double check your junk mail, and if you still haven't received your invite by tomorrow (or if you can't wait) you can simply click the direct link to the BackerKit pledge manager here:

https://1815-scum.backerkit.com/

And if you're still having issues you can just email us ([email protected]) and we'll resend the invite to you.

This is your chance to upgrade your pledge level, or pick up any expansions, promos, or playmats that you might have missed during the campaign. Don't forget that the 1815, Give Me Night Prussian expansion pack is not included automatically with any pledge level. So if you didn't add it as an add-on during the Kickstarter campaign, you can order 1815, Give Me Night at its totally redonculous Kickstarter discount right now in the pledge manager. :D

Please complete your survey as soon as your are able to!

I understand that we are a long way away from fulfilment at this stage, but there is a lot of admin for us to sort out behind the scenes and knowing how many copies of each item that we need to order in advance is crucial. The last thing we want is for any of you to be frustrated because you missed out on a playmat or expansion by the time the games are being delivered.

Furthermore, due to our agreements with retailers and distributors we cannot offer the Kickstarter discounts indefinitely, so our prices will revert to RRP after the pledge manager has been open for two months. Hopefully two months is plenty of time for you to fill in your shipping info, but if you have any issues at all, as always please just email us and we'll be happy to accomodate you.

1565, St. Elmo's Pay is now on Tabletopia!

So you can play it straight away here:

https://tabletopia.com/games/1565-st-elmo-s-pay

1066, Tears to Many Mothers is also on Tabletopia!

In case you missed it, the original HEBS game is also available to play immediately here too:

https://tabletopia.com/games/1066-tears-to-many-mothers

And yes, we would love to upload 1815, Scum of the Earth in the future too.

From Napoleon to the EU!

The emperor is still making headlines – there's an interesting argument about Napoléon's legacy here:

https://www.thearticle.com/from-napoleon-to-the-eu

A discussion of Napoléon Bonaparte’s Anglophobia here:

‘Perfidious Albion’: Napoléon and his British nemesis

And more about his legacy here:

Napoléon’s rich global legacy, from the Civil Code to creative arts:

Apropos of nothing I watched Zulu again with the little lad this week (his first viewing). Rorke's Drift would make a great HEBS game, right??

And that's all for now, as with all of our Kickstarter campaigns we will continue to keep you updated about developments with monthly progress updates until the games are in your hands. In the meantime, continue being excellent to each other, and thank you so much for your support!

Tristan xx

PS. Our latest game Veilwraith has just landed at our worldwide hubs and is about to start shipping. If you missed out on the Veilwraith Kickstarter and you're interested in the next award-winning Hall or Nothing title we still have a few copies available to order which we can ship out in the next few weeks:

https://hallornothingproductions.co.uk/shop