Friday 13 February 2015

'The Great War' crowdfunder; Peter Jackson's 54mm Perry WW1 project


I was very pleasantly surprised earlier this week to hear of The Great War crowdfunder, which has already reached its funding goal. This is a joint effort between Richard Borg (Commands and Colors series designer) and Will Townshend (Plastic Soldier Company). This is, in essence, a WW1 C&C game with plastic 15mm miniatures. That alone was good enough to get me on board.

(Prototype only- board will be laminated and not have a white border.)
Here's some of what I have gleaned about official plans and the future for the game:
  • Double sided laminated board, with grass on one side and mud/ shellscape on the other.
  • Future expansions to include sandy board for Palestine/ Gallipoli
  • Future 'factions': US, Turks, ANZAC, French, Russian, Italian, Austro-Hungarian
  • Early War at some point
  • Airplanes
  • Artillery
  • AFV expansions featuring tanks and armoured cars
  • 'Epic' double-board games

I'm behind this game. I'm a fan of the C&C games (see here for proof) and I have a few PSC products which have been great. 15mm is my favourite scale. The Kickstarter closes 09 Mar 2015- click here to have a look!


Whilst I'm doing a post about other people's stuff and WW1, I must mention 'Mustering the Troops'. Here's the breakdown:
  • 4000 54mm NZ and Turkish troops in an epic WW1 diorama
  • Supported by Peter Jackson
  • Sculpted by the Perry twins
  • All figures painted by Kiwi gamers
  • To be released on an unsuspecting public for Anzac Day, the 100th anniversary of the Anzac landings 25 April 2015
Painted by David Houston of Canterbury, NZ

I am completely on the wrong side of the ditch here, and wish my Kiwi colleagues the best of luck with their choice project, bro!

5 comments:

  1. There are lots of us around the country painting Turks and Kiwis this weekend!

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    1. I think it's a great project, I'd love to be part of something similar.

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  2. WW1 is such a depressing* theme, but for some reason I keep coming back to it, at least when it comes to wargames: Paths of Glory, as an example. So many hours "wasted" on that game (a p500 game if I remember correctly - from the somewhat infamous GMT-games). Anyways, this seems really interesting!

    *) Mainly because it is a bit too easy as a salary-man as myself to relate to the poor cannon-fodder...

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    1. Replying to myself, no editing available: "Wargames" - I meant boardgames...

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    2. I know what you mean; there's this tragedy and loss of innocence that, whilst not new to conflicts, is somewhat sharper and keener inWW1.

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