Cursed I tell you! More seriously though, a company called Harmony Gold sued FASA over the rights to Battletech.
#MAELSTROM GAME KICKSTARTER LICENSE#
Things were looking ok.įor you see, the Battletech license is cursed.
They had one year of releases, which included a starter set, miniatures for 5 different factions, their forcebooks, a campaign book and several tie in novellas. Vor was their first attempt at a sci fi squad level game, with a revolutionary (for the time) design-your-own-army mechanic built in. Vor began life in the late 90s with US company FASA, known for several other games at the time (most importantly Battletech, but also Crimson Skies and some other odds and sods), afaik they weren't doing terribly, but neither were they the GW killer everyone wanted to be (Void and Warzone found themselves in a similar position). I'm not the most knowledgeable on the subject, so forgive me if I garble any info. Now, before we go any further some background may be necessary. You've no need to worry about new releases or a billion choices when you've only got what's there, no more, no less.įirst port of call was Ral Partha UK, the holders of all things Vor. It's an underrated element of the hobby, often broken in two by "shiny syndrome" which (thankfully) is less of a problem in 'Dead Games'. Like all good generals on campaign a failure to plan is a plan to failure. So, with this set in mind I decided to plan out my project. As such I've decided on a new project, I'm going back to the 90s with Vor: The Maelstrom! Not only that but my love for old sculpts has grown significantly, I'm known as "The guy that likes shonky old minis" at my FLGS. I'm a bit older now and looking for something to do that's a bit different, I found his introspective discussion on the merits of these "dead games" inspiring. I've a yen for older sculpts, metals especially, They tend to be far more characterful then the soulless effect of modern plastics.įast Forward to today and Major_Gilbears thread discussing the merits of this (and other similarly retro ) games. Upon discovering it was dead as a dodo though I put it into the "nope" folder, but occasionally would look over the minis and wonder if I could use them for something.
It looked.goofy and a tad out of date, what with it's stereotypical army guys and big orange monsters, but something intrueged me about it. Glancing across the net I dismissed multiple systems for various reasons, one caught my eye though. GW was feeling very stale and I wanted to try something different. Many, many, moons ago I was in a particularly explorative mood regarding my hobby.
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