Front-Toward-Enemy.us: News and Updates

By Miah999, in Tannhauser

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The last few blog posts in case you missed them. They're nothing major, but that will change soon as I should have Hinansho by Monday next.

http://miah000.blogspot.com/2012/02/new-releases.html

http://miah000.blogspot.com/2012/02/battle-blokx-kickstarter-project.html

http://miah000.blogspot.com/2012/02/new-article-up-on-ffgs-front-page.html

http://miah000.blogspot.com/2012/01/panorama-of-destruction.html

http://miah000.blogspot.com/2012/02/fan-submission-video-instructions-for.html

http://miah000.blogspot.com/2012/02/ffg-release-schedule.html

Well I'm looking forward to making some new videos after Hinansho arrives, and I should get some free time after the BATTLE BLOKX Kickstarter launches. I have a few planed, but if there are any request please let me know, and I'll see what I can do.

Thanks to everyone for reading here, on the blog, and on FFG's home page.

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Miah i just saw your mercenaries and they are awesome.

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First Thanks Marcemtp.

Second, a couple of updates about the upcoming novel:

http://miah000.blogspot.com/2012/03/tannhauser-novel-release-date-revised.html

http://miah000.blogspot.com/2012/03/enjoy-first-20-pages-of-rising-sun.html

And a fun bonus, bonus token for John MacNeal:

http://miah000.blogspot.com/2012/03/special-token-for-john-macneal.html

Finally the insperation for the token:

http://miah000.blogspot.com/2012/03/john-macneal-needs-one-of-these.html

In other news, I've not been feeling well, so I've not done much but maitain the Kickstarter project.

When I get to feeling better, I'm going to start on some Captain America stuff, and begin updating the Mythopoeia.

Thanks for reading everyone.

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Awesome! I admit, i was entirely unaware of the background/universe similarities between Captain America & Tannhauser until i saw the film recently...during the movie, all i could think of when seeing the bad guy played by the guy who played Elrond & Agent Smith was "Heizinger!"

WIll it be a direct Captain America port, or a similar guy? Would be cool to use the Zip Kelly Incursion mini (a Union Airborne Division/AAA version of Captain America):

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those curiously look like Mausers though....Miah?

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Right now I'm looking at the new hero clix Cap Ap and Howling Commandos, plus villans, so a direct port at the moment, but it will be a while before I get much done, so I might change the names and make a new character, but Steve Rogers' story is hard to top.

And that's a nice fig, but I don't paint, so I tend to stick with pre-paints. Those do look like broomhandel mausers, weird huh.

Yeah I always thought Hugo Weaving would make a great Heizinger, for that Tannhauser movie they'll never make.

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Hey Miah, the cards for Cap look great. Your ideas are similar to mine for the character. Some possible changes:


Stat Card


To be consistent with the Union characters, and Cap's personality, I'd give him a higher Mental value in the last row. Similar to other superheroes, Cap has incredible resolve, which is only strengthened by adversity.


Tokens


Vibranium Shield: My idea for the shield would allow any character to pick it up since there's no real reason why the shield could not be equipped by a normal human. However, other characters would not be able to use the shield as well as Cap, so maybe it would just be a normal 4 dice weapon for them, with a weaker defense bonus, and no option to throw it. The weaker defense bonus would also limit the shield's effectiveness if Asteros ever managed to pick it up... okay, its not that likely to happen, but it is still kind of fun to think about Asteros with his Stamina Pack and Cap's Vibranium Shield in the place of Labrys! =P


His Gun: Maybe give him a Thompson SMG for his Combat Pack and/or Stamina Pack. I do not think he used one in the film, but he's been shown with a Thompson in some of his other incarnations, such as the Ultimates version.


Special Rules / Bonus


I'm sure you already have it in mind but Cap should have the "always armed" special rule that Asteros and Natalya have: Cap is always treated as if he had a hand-to-hand weapon.


I also like the idea of Cap as an inspiration for his fellow troopers, so another possibility is an ability which raises the Mental value of Union figures on his path, either as a permanent passive or temporary one-shot ability. Perhaps it could be a bonus token since his packs are already full, or it could be another special ability for Cap. Both Asteros and Natalya have non-token special abilities in their rules, so I think it'd be appropriate for Cap to have one as well.

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OOPS, got distracted and hit "publish" before I added that Cap's shield should be indestructible!

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All good points, I thought of several of those ideas and they're in the works.

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argh....post didnt go through...

some thoughts & suggestions:

- i like the packs/items, esp shield & enhanced problem solving for objectives :)

- REALLY high stat values at top health level - higher than Asteros...increase com/stam by 1 w/ CP and you're looking at everything except 1s count...yikes. Maybe something inherent in Cap'n that reduces this

- Doesnt make sense to me either that epic heroes' weapons can't be picked up by anyone...but 'can't be used by anyone except epic heroes' makes sense to me.

- Union's mental values that show them getting more focused as they get wounded: I like, esp for epic, hard to kill character

so i'm wondering if the following would work :

Health (top - bottom)

7/7/5/8

6/6/5/7

6/6/6/7

5/5/6/6

5/5/7/6

Vibranium Shield - Epic, Weapon, Hand-to-Hand, Armor. [same rules, plus:]. When equipped, Captain America receives a +1 bonus to his Combat and Stamina characteristic values.

EPIC trait - anyone may pick up, but only Epic heroes may use these items and their abilities. (can turn token over to indicate when non-epic hero picks up). Items with this trait may not be destroyed.

the Red Skull guy - going to be working on him, or is he too similar to Heizinger?

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Great feedback AM, I like your stat grid.

As for the Skull, he wouldn't be too much like Heizinger, because he's a "Super Soldier" too, and high combat/stamina values would be a big difference between the two. Also Heizinger's reasearch is foucsed on Egypt and the anchient world, where Smicht's is more Norse/Tutonic. So I think there's room for both, but the Skull will stay on the back burner till after the Captain and the Howlers are done.

"And Heizinger searches for trinkets in the desert." -The Red Skull

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good idea on the character sheet back! might actually consider making the stuff for this guy for the first time - that means i dont have to worry about color matching the backs when setting up sides ;) .

I know there's timeline issues and don't know about Captain's fluff in ref to his sidearm(s), but that new Colt token you made recently for MacNeal would be much cooler than the SI version (might have to tone it down a bit for him - seemed like it was firing explosive rounds to me :P - compared to other weapons in TH - i personally think there's no way a pistol can ever be as powerful(ie deadly, relatively high chance for 4+ successes on a roll) as the almighty Flash Machine Gun A6A

edit, just re-read it, i think for Captain, natural 10s = 2 succ. sounds reasonably-powered on the mean roll...

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you know it wouldn't be too hard to use the miniature photos and convert to the TH line-art style w/ photoshop, then drop them onto some background

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That's what I'm going to try next, but it will be a little while.