Akkon:
WOW! I'm moved by your post. Thanks. As noted, we are not rich but we have OCD and erratic sleep patterns! HA! You captured the essence of the project very well. I'm the story-based-motivated player, and Death Squads gives me the opportunity to create my own stories (any doubts, read my Battle Reports!) Back in the day, shortly after I learned to play Mordheim, I played Kill Team. I was excited that I could play a 40k-Mordheim-game. While I had fun, the short campaign was the origin of the
Pocket Genestealers... but the game mechanics was all wrong. I was sadden that Kill-Team vanished in 5th Edition.
When this thing started (which was a horrible mistake... HA!!), to me this was about merging and updating Necromunda and Mordheim to 40k... to create what Kill-Team was supposed to be (in my
mind.) The Battle Missions Kill-Team is even worse that what it was in 4th Edition. I think GW is not tapping the resource as they should. Now, Death Squads is far more than updated-Necromunda and Mordheim-in-Space. Over the almost 2 years of work, we have learned about scale changes, questioning everything, and working hard to preserve the fluff that makes 40k such a great game.
The games allows you to play a single game or a campaign. A single game could be something like sending a Squad to capture a missile silo... and the player who gets it may fire it on their 40k game. A campaign game could develop the story for your army commander... back in the day, when the General was a Sergeant... It brings your army to life, making it YOURS. Laney's Varangians. He started with a cool and detailed background... after ONE game, things happened that he could not forsee that changed who the Varangians are. Now they are rich and vibrant. When he uses the Captain's model on 40k, everyone will say 'cool model' and Laney would smile and answer "Thanks... you know, every little thing on the model has a reason and a story... if you are interested..." GW makes this great stories for their heroes, but does not offer an oppostunity for players to do so. Death Squads gives you this chance. If you see around TLRB, you will see that all Squads and units contain some fluff to make the section alive. I'm particularly proud of the Gretchins (you really get a feel of how wacky and abused they are), the original Jenkala Urban Fighters (regional platoon), the Special Characters (Mathias' story is awesome!) We have taken extreme care to do lots of research on everything, to the point that I have been contributing to the Lexicanum with referenced material!
On the game mechanics side, we are VERY proud on making intelligent designs. It is not easy... some people get whacked with the newspaper (me) and other fight and argue too much and insignificant point (me). We honestly believe that EVERYONE can contribute; from finding typos and a better way to explain something (we have a ZERO FAQ policy, which means that the rules should be clear!), to more intimate Squad Testing & Design, to an advanced game mechanics and design. Anyone whiling to put the time, effort and energy can climb the ranks and contribute. Everything is valuable! Many people appreciate the attention to detail on TLRB... but is because of the MANY voices that pay attention to different little things.
Our interest is not in power gaming, but allowing players to have fun and make their own stories... promote the game, modeling, conversions and painting. We do NOT accept donations of ANY kind. If you want to give us anything, buy YOURSELF some models at your LOCAL store, play Death Squads and have a great time! Take pictures and share... I love to see other people's work!
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Speaking of other people's work... AWESOME blog! Loved the propaganda posters!!!
We have some that we made (last summer's psychological warfare!) on
this thread... feel free to adopt any for your site. The Killa-Kanz look VERY good. If you ever make a crappy looking one, that you regret building... SAVE IT! Use it as a Trash-Kan in Death Squads! After all, that is what the units are... kindda like the first attempts of Mech-Boyz that are too crappy for any 'respectable ' Ork Boss!
Well man... don't be a stranger! Anything you want to share, we will receive! If you have questions, comments and suggestions to make Death Squads a better game (there is A LOT of room for that!), we want to hear about it.
Again, thanks for all your kind comments. Sorry for the long post... and don't be a stranger!
ZOMBIES RULE!!!
Subject: Short-Time Lurker, First-Time Poster 
Tue Mar 16, 2010 7:50 pm
when people get so into power playing over enjoyment - which makes them losers in all respects! I'm only two games in myself but already 'Captain Gimpy' and the crew are 3D creations, not a 2D army list.
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Mordheimer 
