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 Day 16 - Review, Interview, Videoo + A Stretch Goal??
about 3 years ago
– Wed, Apr 07, 2021 at 12:50:14 PM
Howdy all,
Let's see how we're faring so far...
£63,050 pledged 394% funded 1,111 backers 13 days to go!
"Forwards!"
£75,366 Stretch Goal!
Okay, here's my proposal: I said we wouldn't offer stretch goals but there's an opportunity here to do something really cool. We did a similar thing for our latest game Veilwraith and it worked out beautifully...
If we beat £75,366 - which is the total funding of the original HEBS Kickstarter campaign for 1066, Tears to Many Mothers - we'll make all of the sumptuous1815, Scum of the Earth playmats double-sided. So the beautiful 1815 art on one side will still have the logo and outlined placeholders for all of the cards, but the reverse side will be an extra full art landscape print with no card placeholders. This way you'll be able to use it in any of your favourite card games, HEBS or otherwise. Maybe something like this gorgeous piece from the original 1066:
What do you say, people - can we beat that lofty goal together??
Interview!
This week I was interviewed by the delightful Fredrik Schulz from Table For One about all things gaming and Hall or Nothing:
"Feels really nervy and engaging as players push back and forth in the wedge fighting with big blows raining down" 1066, Tears to Many Mothers – Check out these First Impressions from Quackalope:
Here's a Spanish play-through of 1565, St. Elmo's Pay from Otro canal de Juegos de Mesa: 1565 El asedio de Malta - Como se juega y partida con Sergi...
And below is another Remini animation of one of our brilliant art pieces - these things are so cool. Have any of you used this app on old photos of your family members? It's fascinating stuff...
And that's all for today, I hope you get plenty of quality family and/or gaming time in over the next few days - ciao for now,
Tristan xx
1815, Scum of the Earth Day 11 - Art + Vids + Reviews
about 3 years ago
– Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 04:09:42 AM
Well met, friends,
1,000 backers and counting!
That is incredible - what an epic milestone. Thank you all again for your support - it means so much for us to be able to create these beautiful games, and we cannot do it without you. :)
Moar Art!
I just wanted to share a couple more jaw-dropping pieces of art with you today (just look at the movement in these images). Receiving these commissions from our artists makes me very happy so why not share some of that happiness with you guys, right?
Moar HEBS Reviews!
To whet your appetite for the game, here are a couple more brilliantly penned reviews of the previous game in the HEBS system 1565, St. Elmo's Pay:
"The way designer Tristan Hall has managed to capture the essence of complex war games and condense it into a highly tactical, asymmetric card game is an impressive feat - highly recommended" - Fredrik Schulz
"1565, St. Elmo's Pay provides a fresh experience as a wargame-inspired game that feels different from most wargames" - dtwiley
Reaction Guys!
Remember Reaction Guy from The Simpsons where he watches stuff and then reacts to it? Well below are some people reacting to the Kickstarter campaign for 1815, Scum of the Earth! :D
Seriously though, content like this is brilliant for us. Like any other social media posts, tweets, and shares it gets the message out there for us about the game. So if you have anything similar to share with us just let us know in the comments and we'll load your content into our social media cannons and cannonade the interwebs with it...
This first video is a detailed breakdown of the #1815ScumOfTheEarth campaign from @MDofGames:
And here's Bower's Game Corner doing a similar thing:
We obviously can't make every change that every person asks for but we have already implemented a couple of changes based on these videos so thanks for sharing guys!
This next video is cool, Seek Out and Play uses the first HEBS game 1066, Tears to Many Mothers to tell a brief history of the Battle of Hastings:
And that's all for now - if you have any HEBS videos, session reports or reviews you'd like to share, hit us up in the comments or by PM and we'll spread the word too.
Okay, let's march on through the rain and mud and continue to smash the roof off this campaign - and if you do nothing else today, please just click this link before you go to help boost us up the hotness:
1815, Scum of the Earth Day 7 - The Past, Kicktraq, podcast, remina!
about 3 years ago
– Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 01:31:15 AM
Hello one and all - I hope this missive finds you safe and well!
Putting the FUN in Funding
You guys have done so well - we have already surpassed a milestone of £47,049, which was the total funding for the 1565, St. Elmo's Pay Kickstarter! So here's a Remina animation of Blücher as a reward and special thank you to you all:
Thanks to James Clarke who shared this excellent post on BGG - here is a photo of the last British survivors from the Battle of Waterloo:
The photograph was taken in 1880, at the Chelsea Hospital, London. The eldest (at 95) is Private John McKay, who was aged 30 at the time of the battle.
The oldest known surviving combatant from Waterloo, was Frenchman Louis-Victor Baillot, (1793-1898)....
Let's get it back up there! Click on "visit project" from the link below. Also comments in the 1815 forums here help loads too! We are actually getting significant interest and action directly from Kicktraq so this is seriously helping if you can find it in your hearts to set this is your bookmark for the campaign and click it each time:
Onwards friends, we may have some surprises in store for you before the campaign ends so stay tuned...
Cherio!
Tristan xx
1815, Scum of the Earth, Day 4 - Kicktraq + Media!
about 3 years ago
– Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 12:15:05 AM
Hello and Happy Monday,
What an amazing start to a new week - in one weekend we reached nearly the entire funding goal of the 1565, St. Elmo's Pay campaign. I'm having trouble describing how exciting this is! Not least of all because your epic support means that we can now give much more serious thought to the next title/s in the system and what great things this all means for the longevity of the HEBS game system. I've been loving your suggestions of theatres of conflict in the comments too by the way. :)
One of the areas where we really do need your help- as if you haven't done enough, when you're already such brilliant supporters - is with spreading the word about 1815, Scum of the Earth. We put as much as we can into the design, presentation, development, art, and graphics of the game, and we'd love, love, love for you to help out with the signal boost. Whether this means blasting out a tweet about the campaign on social media or boardgamegeek or even just telling your mates about the game; we are tiny enough as a company that every single conversation you have about the game makes a huge and positive difference for us all.
Even if you could change your bookmark of this campaign to the following Kicktraq link, it will require one extra click to get here each time, but it will also serve to kick 1815, Scum of the Earth right up the hotness charts, where we've been threatening the top spots on alternating days:
A lot of you are already doing this, and that is absolutely awesome: thank you!
HEBS Reviews still coming in!
Another massive thank you to all of you talking about and sharing info on the previous HEBS games too. Fire over your content links by PM and/or in the comments section if you're talking about the game and we'll be sure to share them too. Your wonderful reviews and play-throughs and comments are still peppering the forums and BGG and social media with relentless musket-fire and we are eternally grateful, especially for such massive compliments as these:
"The story that's told is so rich, so immersive... really good mechanics. It's just a fantastic game" - take a look at this 1565 St. Elmo's Pay Solo Playthrough from Me Myself & Dice:
Here's one of the most detailed, comprehensive, and downright funny reviews of 1066, Tears to Many Mothers (or any game for that matter) that I've read. This bit also made me blush: "whether we’re exploring the designer’s off-beat fantasies, or sitting in his classroom and learning about the past, we’re in the hands of a consummate professional – an artist who daubs the landscape with striking images, blood, and craftsmanship"...
A fantastic personal discussion of #1815ScumOfTheEarth from geekdad – art, theme and history: "The theme, gameplay, and artwork all bind together to make a deeply satisfying gaming experience whilst making you feel like your learning something along the way."
Have a wonderful rest of the week everyone, and thanks again so much for being here!
Finally, hit me up in the comments below with your answer to this question, guys: What have you all been playing this weekend?
We had a lovely session of family games: Flourish, Ghost Stories, Roam, and Race for the Galaxy were particular highlights...
Cheers!
Tristan xx
1815, Scum of the Earth, Day 1 - Funded in under 4 hours!!
about 3 years ago
– Sat, Mar 20, 2021 at 03:43:34 AM
Hello and welcome to Waterloo as you've never seen it before!
What an absolutely brilliant first day. Did anyone see the funding goal? I think one of you stomped it into the mud somewhere back there...
£31,143 pledged 194% funded 555 backers 28 days to go
Three and a half hours to fund - you guys never cease to amaze and bring joy!
With a cacophonous opening salvo that would make Napoleon proud you've made a stunning statement of intent and a huge vote of confidence in the Historic Epic Battle System. For this I am truly, deeply thankful and humbled. Not a single day of my life passes where I take the privilege of designing and delivering cool games to you guys for granted.
In a market dominated by miniatures and big name IPs – and don't get me wrong, I do love me some miniatures and big name IPs – you've broken out of the matrix and discovered "tabletop gaming's best kept secret". That's Hall or Nothing games apparently, but we'll let you be the judge of that... So if you haven't already, please feel free to fire up Tabletopia, get stuck into HEBS with a game of 1066, Tears to Many Mothers, and road-test the game system for yourself:
Whether or not you're already familiar with our HEBS games, you're in for a real treat. 1815, Scum of the Earth is the 8th Kickstarter for Hall or Nothing. For those of you who are new here, this info should simply be a steadying reassurance that you're in safe hands: you'll be receiving a flipping brilliant game like you've never seen before at the end of this.
And for those of you who've been here supporting us since we launched Gloom of Kilforth:A Fantasy Quest Game back in 2015, well, if you're anything like me you're probably re-reading the words "8th Kickstarter" and "2015" with deep suspicion whilst waiting for that new, little-known TV show Stranger Things to air. Was it really that long ago??
Over the years since Hall or Nothing went from being the all-consuming hobby/passion in my spare time to becoming my full time job as the co-director of this two person team along with Francesca (the music composer and brains behind our operation), our processes have sped up, our experience has broadened, our admin has tightened up, the relationships with our printers, artists and fulfilment teams have strengthened, the quality control of our games has finessed; but the one thing that hasn't changed is our absolute 100% commitment to delivering beautiful, thematic, fun games that stand proudly on your shelves next to the best in the business.
So as we stomp together through the mud and the mire on our relentless march amid the acrid smoke, thundering cannonades, and pelting rains of Waterloo; let us join hands (figuratively, at a safe, two metre distance), fix bayonets (or cups of tea), steel our gazes (/keep an eye on the forums), and deliver the best damned card game since Richard Garfield fell asleep in Napoleonics 101...
Thanks once again so much for joining us. If you have any questions I'll do my best to answer every comment in the forums – in fact, I'm only letting myself go to bed now (it's after midnight here in the UK) knowing that I've already answered everything so far, so just try not to post in the next fifteen seconds! :D
Stay safe everyone, and be as excellent to each other as I know you are.
