Gunship is Coming!

After shedding a bunch of cash of Kickstarter over the last few months, its great to see some production pics of one of my first pledges, Gunship: First Strike.  There have been a few production delays - mainly quality control stuff but all good now, and the first production pics have come through.  Definitely looks worth the wait!

Gunship: First Strike on final countdown

I posted last month about a cool looking new game called Gunship: First Strike (http://tasmancave.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/gunship-first-strike.html).  Since then it has smashed all requirements for production and met every stretch goal.  You still have a few days to get in on this one and get all the startup goodies: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1291246114/gunship-first-strike

I'm really impressed with the way the designer Steve Wood has been responsive to input and feedback, in the production of what is clearly a labour of love.  He has great plans for developing the game with community input and is releasing a free campaign system to go with it. see here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1291246114/gunship-first-strike/posts/195894

Only 3 days to go - you know you want to!

Gunship: First Strike

This new venture is a SciFi combination card/counter game in which each players tries to take out the other's carrier with a Gunship and space fighters.  Different weapon system combinations are available, with varying reliability and damage potential.  Customise your ships and pit them against one another.  The game is now well past its minimum pledge amount, and has met a number of stretch goals to include a bunch of extra content cards.

The Dice Tower review here is pretty descriptive:
Read more about it here: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/109215/gunship-first-strike
and at the Escape Pod games website here: http://escapepodgames.com/
And/or pledge up at the Kickstarter page here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1291246114/gunship-first-strike

I'm pretty tempted with this- looks like a fun game, my only concern would be re-playability and the potential for it to get old quickly.  The campaign rules to come may address that.    In any case, the designer's diary of how he developed this game over 20 year is a pretty great story.
Read it here