1815, Scum of the Earth, Day 4 - Kicktraq + Media!
about 5 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. :)

KICKTRAQ LINK

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:

https://www.kicktraq.com/projects/tristanhall/1815-scum-of-the-earth-the-battle-of-waterloo-card-game/#chart-daily

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"...

https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2623637/born-bayeux-or-medieval-knievel-deck-fifty-one-sol

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."

https://geekdad.com/2021/03/tabletop-kickstarter-alert-1815-scum-of-the-earth/

Waterloo/couldn't escape if I wanted to:

https://www.solitairetimes.net/post/waterloo-couldn-t-escape-if-i-wanted-to

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 5 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

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:

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

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.

G'night and sweet dreams of glorious battle,

Tristan xx