There’s lots of energy in the tabletop terrain space right now, lots of competing systems hoping to be the one you invest in to secure your custom for years to come.
Boar Games are a contender, offering magnetic units that snap together to become castles and keeps and providing painted or unpainted versions. What struck me, though, was the Kickstarter pitch video was all about attacking the castle, not defending it. Perhaps I’m just a wuss! You can see what I mean from the pitch page or jump in and get involved.
This system suits 28 to 32mm models, which tends to be the one RPG games use, and many skirmish games.
The Italian company has found a price point that people seem happy with and managed to get some good campaign exposure. Once backers start to come and the project looks like a runner, others join in, which seems to have happened here.
The sheer number of add-ons and attractive, too, with lots of packs that let you jigsaw together precisely the sort of terrain you fancy for your wargame or encounter.
Engage in siege warfare, clash on the ramparts, explore the mysterious dungeons! In return for your backing you can choose a reward among our pre-configured sets – unpainted or hand painted. Remember, you can rearrange the ramparts, stack the modules multiple levels high, or replace the walls to create infinite possible setups!
The first pledge that unlocks a reward is €59, which is about £50 at the current exchange rate, and that’s an unpainted tower with over a dozen individual components.
Next up, and limited in number as all the painted options are, is €89 (£75) for a painted cliffside tower.
And so the rewards climb, with the painted options being the most popular. €129 for an unpainted lair of the necromancer, €149 for a painted mansion and all the way to €1,199 for the painted King’s Castle.
The €589 Baron’s Castle, also painted, has sold out.
Whether you go for painted or not, the expected delivery is for the end of this year.
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