~Defence Mech Compendium~ May 2021
Added 2021-05-01 08:00:05 +0000 UTCThe monthly compendium is a way for new patrons to find easy links to the most popular and significant content in the Patreon. This compendium contains all of the content available to Defence Mech patrons. Because this is the first month, really, that I've started doing tier-specific rewards in a meaningful way, you'll not find anything here that isn't available to everyone, but as of next month, this will start to change.
Free Rules!
Most people are here for tabletop wargames content, so these links are for you:
Due for publication at the end of this month, the beta edition can be found here. Horizon Wars: Infinite Dark is a spaceship combat game built upon mechanics familiar from Horizon Wars (currently OOP) and Horizon Wars: Zero Dark.
This fantasy skirmish game was my first attempt to get a commercial miniatures wargame off the ground. Whilst a spectacular failure, commercially, I stand by the quality of the rules. At some point, I'll rewrite this game concept to bring it more in line with Precinct Omega's winning formula. ;)
Most of us have some grimdark sci-fi minis sitting around, somewhere. These rules are a bit of a fun project for me that I work on when I need a break from more commercially-demanding things. Currently, the rules cover inquisitorial-style kill teams and posthuman starmarines. In due course there will also be rules for more divergent phenotypes within the human clade, such as the Robusti and the Graceful, as well as Bits, Hogres and Warfs.
This is very much a working title for a slow project I work on in honour of Star Wars Day (so this will be getting an update very soon). Check out rules for Dzedai Knights.
If you love the original Horizon Wars battle game or are a new player of the Strato Minis release, Hardwar, based on the same rules, you might like this one-player-one-mech supplement to pit your skills against up to three friends in a brutal, last-mech-standing fight to the death! I've recently released these Patreon-exclusive rules to the general public, so I'll be looking to update and finetune these rules soon for patrons.
Merch
I'm not a big one for merch, but I do have some Notebooks still available to purchase.
For new patrons who would like one, they are £8.00 + VAT + P&P. If you're outside the UK, I won't charge VAT, but you'll be liable to pay it on delivery (although there's a good chance they won't bother because it's such a small-value item). UK VAT is 20%, so the total for UK patrons is £9.60; UK P&P is £2.45, so it will be £12.05 all-in. Outside the UK, P&P will be charged at cost.
I will also - unless you specifically ask me not to - graffiti a Zero Dark character design or an Infinite Dark ship+pilot design in your notebook along with a scribbled illustration.
First come, first served.
There will be more patron-exclusive merch in the future.
Zero Dark Miniatures Development
This is an on-going project that some are interested in following. It started with concept art by me, then moved on to 3d sculpting by my project partner, Adam, at Desert Island Designs. The initial two concepts got finished up recently. And we all got to see the (rather hard to make out) 3d prints a couple of weeks ago. I have started test-painting the prints before deciding whether we need to make any changes (spoiler: we do).
FYI, the STLs will not be for sale. Resin master castings, when ready, will be exclusively available to patrons. There will be some sort of crowdfunding campaign to launch the white metal castings, but I've not decided whether to go with KS or some other model of crowdfunding.
Anything Else?
If the veteran patrons can think of anything else in the history I should pull out for monthly refreshment, let me know in the comments. I'll update next month's compendium on the basis of your feedback and anything new that's fallen out for patron consumption.
