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Alien Dungeon announces its next game, All Quiet on the Martian Front.
We are almost five months old now, and after the launch of Fanticide, we thought a quick sneak peak and announcement about our second forthcoming game was a good idea…
Humanity!
It is our time! Our time to push back the Martian menace! It is time to defend our women and the slumbering babes in their arms, time to protect our children in the school yards. It is humanity's last chance to preserve this planet for our children, and our children's children. Do we want to leave a smoldering, broken planet, filled with blood-sucking fiends behind as our legacy? This is humanity's last stand, to preserve our thriving homelands for mankind. We must not surrender to these invaders! These strange beings among us would steal our home from us, the very soil beneath our feet. They contaminated our lands with their foul cylinders. They launched their weapons from the mystery of space, far beyond our reach. The Martians used the most isolated, deep pockets of our planet so that no one would notice their alien cylinders fall to earth; and no one noticed their emergence from the ground - not until our cities were being toppled by metal monsters... We've watched nations fall; Asia, Africa, Siberia. Now mankind stands on the brink of extinction. Will we sit back and watch as our cities fall to these alien beings, watch as they take what is rightfully ours? No, mankind, we will not! Now is the time to bear arms! This fight knows no boundaries of nations, sees no lines of religion, race, or gender - all of humanity must stand together, united, or face extermination. Join your fellow man at the front of battle and end this war. We will send the Martians back to Mars, defeated and weary, so that they never again darken the skies of our blue planet. We will show them what it means to threaten mankind, and our cheers of victory will send them back into the ether. Today, this hour, this minute - mankind needs you.
Excerpt from Teddy Roosevelt's Speech after the Victory in St. Louis, 1912
All Quiet will be our first game with our very own first miniatures line, and we are very excited about it.
Here are some "fast facts":
- What
- All Quiet on the Martian Front is a battle game in miniature set during the second Martian War, circa 1910. After their first defeat a few years earlier at the hands of stiff British resistance and unexpected environmental factors, the Martians have returned. This time, they have started their invasion from the New World, and they have well established themselves before surging forward in an unstoppable tide of destruction. The game begins on the Mississippi Defense Line, with America desperately trying to hold back the Martian advance. Super weapons by Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison are being rushed to the front. President Roosevelt leads the nation against the blood-sucking Martians and their incredible machines. Baldwin Locomotive Works and Henry Ford work feverishly to produce as many of the new steam-powered tanks for the front as possible. J.P. Morgan, Carnegie and Rockefeller work together to make the fearsome new Land Ironclads a reality. The United Kingdom, experienced with anti-Martian war, sends the British Expeditionary Force to help. France and Germany, untouched by any Martian machines yet, gather forces and build armies, but for what purpose? Black Dust, Heat Rays, miles and miles of trenches and traps, all form the backdrop for tripods versus tanks with lightening guns, Rough Riders on early Harleys, and lots more.
- Scale
- 15mm (18mm really). We have chosen that size for the maximum potential for all forms of war machines, desperate platoons of infantry, and giant vehicles and fortifications. This is a battle game for the very survival of mankind and no mere skirmish! Here are some images of work in progress. Please note some of these designs are not final, but the infantry close to completion.
- Components
- Resin, metal, and plastic miniatures. The first plastic Tripod kit is already well on its way!
- Who
- We have gathered some fantastic and experienced talent.
- Authors - Rick Priestley, Alessio Cavatore, and Ernest Baker
- Art, Sculpting, and Design: Will Torres, Anthony Ackland, Alan Marsh, Ernest Baker, Alyn Spiller, Andy Walsh, and more as we go.
- When
- Prices, delivery, dates, etc., to come, but the intent is to get it out within this year.
- You can get involved now
- We have finished the Alpha testing on the game play, and it's now in Beta testing, but we are encouraging an open discussion of the game, the miniatures, etc., so you get a chance to shape it. The playtesters are on the forum, too, and it will be interesting to see the ebb and flow as we finalize the game! You can do this on our forums. We will be listening…
You can find more work-in-progress shots here, and we plan to update every week.
More coming very soon.