Dungeon World Project {For Using With The Pendraken 10mm Fantasy Miniatures}

Started by sixsideddice, 05 May 2010, 12:39:27 PM

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Leon

Very cool, good to see it arrived safely!  Can't wait to see it all painted up on the table now!
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sixsideddice

Thank you Leon, its coming together at a pace now, cheers.

Six  :)

sixsideddice

Oo  sorry Blaker, I just realised I didnt reply to one thing you asked.

yes the individually based minis:   Well... basically my games revolve around making the most of each individual piece. I notice all 10mm rules tend to have the miniatures tray based in large groups all massed together, with results affecting the trays and not the individuals themselves. I`ve seen 10mm skirmish games using one on one rules (like Dungeon World, and I`ve seen GW`s Necromunda affectively adapted) but not mass combat rules.

I thought back to Warhammer in all its various guises, and despite my reservations about many aspects of that system, there is no denying its popularity with so very many people. I think the reason for this is the hands on approach it provides... one man represents one man, and it never tries to address actual realistic platoon/company unit sizes - why should it, its fantasy after all; and it’s easy enough to change the ratio to 1 to 10 or 1 to 20 etc if you so desire.

Soooo, I got to thinking about the cool detail on the Pendrakn Miniatures, and concluded early on in my endeavours that there was no reason why this same maxim couldn`t be employed to play 10mm games in exactly the same way - basing the pieces individually and writing rules which allowed for individual casualty attrition. This way the same set of rules can be used to fight skirmish and semi skirmish level games AND full on wargames - but on a far small table as well...  REALLY allowing the gamer to appreciate the beautiful sculpts in his (or her) collection.

The results worked for DW, and work even better with the new supplement rules I am finishing now, and which will be made public later this year. They might not be welcomed by collectors who already have their armies based for other rules engines such as Hordes of the Things, etc, but hopefully will encourage a growth in new gamers to diversify away from accepted norm and try something unique to the 10mm hobby.

Just because I like my games to be small (fits neatly on a small table)  doesn’t mean large 4`by 6`` table games can`t be played using my new rules. In fact, aesthetically, these big games look amazing, so also caters for the gamer who likes to field large numbers on the table.

Hope this helps Blaker,

Cheers,

Six

Blaker

Thanks Six it does explain it. Looking forward to your new supplement  :)

sixsideddice

Thank you Blaker,

I`m a little nervous at introducing early Renaissance alongside traditional fantasy; but I think I`ve managed to create something a little different and with a nice semi historical depth often lacking in modern fantastical themes. Hopefully it will excite other gamers as much as I have enjoyed putting it all together. Just imagine, Orcs, and Goblins, and Trolls, and Elves, and Dwarves, and Little People, and.......  all placed alongside Harquebus wielding Men at Arms, buff leather clad cavalry and shiny knights in armour; there’s even a few Cannon and Mortars included - though I`m not sure whether they do more to scare the enemy or frighten their own troops - and with good reason.

Six  ;)

Steve J

I don't think you should be nervous Six, Afterall, the Warhammer Empire background seems to be very much set in the Renaissance period IMHO..

nikharwood

Absolutely right Steve - look at some of the names of Special Characters etc as well as the geography [Tilea anyone?]

Maenoferren

Go for it six remember it is fantasy  :D
I might draw the line at T34 but all it means with the rennaisance figures is that they are a bit more advanced in technological endeavours than some of their neighbours.
Look at Da Vinci and see what he came up with, years ahead of his time.
Sometimes I wonder - why is that frisbee geting bigger - and then it hits me!

sixsideddice

LOL I suppose if they can do it in HeroScape.....   :)


hehe cheers guys

Six  :D

Maenoferren

UPon saying this, I will be using an Alienesque figure from SF12 alongside cavemen, who treat it as a god, then rebel :D
Sometimes I wonder - why is that frisbee geting bigger - and then it hits me!

sixsideddice

Oooo   I love to see imagination in action... good stuff Maenoferren  8)

Maenoferren

Sometimes I wonder - why is that frisbee geting bigger - and then it hits me!

Luddite

I'd have thought the setting writes itself, simply by taking all the Pendraken fantasy ranges and meshing together a narrative for them to cooexist.

Given that this is 'DungeonWorld' and therefore very much paying homage to the origins of the roleplaying game, i think it wouls also be preferable to return to the traditions of those early beginnings also.  that is the bizarre, pseudo-medeival setting inspired by Tolkien, Moorcock, and i guss the imagery of Frazetta and his peers.

For inspiration on the narrative i'd look to Fire and Ice by Ralph Bakshi, or perhaps Michael Moorcock's fantasy worlds.  The Dying Earth novels in particular perhaps?

I'll have a think and propose something if i get some time this weekend.
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sixsideddice

... Fritz Leiber (Fafhrd and Gray Mouser), Mervyn Laurence Peake (Titus Groan and Gormenghast), Stephen Donaldson (Thomas Covenant), Edgar Rice Burroughs (John Carter of Mars), H.G. Wells (too many titles to name), Arthur Conan Doyle (The Lost World comes to mind)...... the list is truly endless - read `em all  ;)

Oh the joys of make belief  :) <--- happy smile

Oh, and I still think Ralph Bakshi did the best version of Lord of the Rings I`ve seen to date, although I know I`m in a minority here.

Six   :D

capthugeca

Quote from: sixsideddice on 18 March 2011, 11:42:55 AM
Oh, and I still think Ralph Bakshi did the best version of Lord of the Rings I`ve seen to date, although I know I`m in a minority here.

Personally I've always prefered J.R.R. Tolkien's version as augmented by my imagination.  :D
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sixsideddice

QuotePersonally I've always prefered J.R.R. Tolkien's version as augmented by my imagination. 

Well, idubitably..... yet its good to see images renders to the screen for those less inclined to read, at least to be able to share in the experience.


nikharwood

Quote from: sixsideddice on 18 March 2011, 11:42:55 AM
... Fritz Leiber (Fafhrd and Gray Mouser)

Some of all-time favourites...I always wanted to be the Mouser - which is why I would always naturally gravitate towards being a Thief when roleplaying - he's too cool  8)

Thanks for the reminder six - going to have to go rummage for my Leiber collection now  :)

sixsideddice

QuoteSome of all-time favourites...I always wanted to be the Mouser - which is why I would always naturally gravitate towards being a Thief when roleplaying - he's too cool  

Thanks for the reminder six - going to have to go rummage for my Leiber collection now  

hehe Nik,

same thing happened to me before Christmas, I was rummaging through old boxes and re-discovered my Leiber collection... I`d forgotten I still had them, so it was like an early crimble pressie for me. Yeah Mouser was my first introduction to thieves too, and had a big influence on how I played them in our early rp games. I LOVED the whole concept, the crowded city streets, seedy guilds,  - the smell of the spices and wines selling on the bazaars, the fog bound alleyways....  aaaah it was magic.

Did you ever see the D&D 1st ed Lankhmar city module, it was really good. I still have my copy of that somewhere. One of TSR`s better supplements.

Six  :)

Luddite

Quote from: nikharwood on 18 March 2011, 07:24:46 PM
Some of all-time favourites...I always wanted to be the Mouser - which is why I would always naturally gravitate towards being a Thief when roleplaying - he's too cool  8)

Thanks for the reminder six - going to have to go rummage for my Leiber collection now  :)

Aaah the classic poll; what character class are you!

I always favoured Magic-user, or at a push Paladin.

Damn you all, i promised i wasn't going to get sucked into Dungeon World...i give in...order coming your way Leon...

EDIT:  Gah!!  You buggers just cost me £90...impulse buys make me feel so dirty...the taint of Capitalism reacts badly with my Communist flesh...
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Leon

Quote from: Luddite on 19 March 2011, 08:40:46 PM
Aaah the classic poll; what character class are you!

I always favoured Magic-user, or at a push Paladin.

Damn you all, i promised i wasn't going to get sucked into Dungeon World...i give in...order coming your way Leon...

EDIT:  Gah!!  You buggers just cost me £90...impulse buys make me feel so dirty...the taint of Capitalism reacts badly with my Communist flesh...

=O :D
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