Maelstrom's Edge: A Next-Gen Sci-Fi Miniatures Wargame
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Fight for survival among the stars in this next generation tabletop wargame from the team behind dakkadakka.com
Backers: 813
Average Pledge Per Backer: $86
Funded: $70,105 of $20,000
Dates: Apr 24th -> Jun 3rd (41 days)
Project By: Spiral Arm Studios USA
Backers: 813
Average Pledge Per Backer: $86
Funded: $70,105 of $20,000
Dates: Apr 24th -> Jun 3rd (41 days)
Project By: Spiral Arm Studios USA
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Latest News
Our final update before the end of the kickstarter... 
June 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
First of all, a huge thank you to everybody who is backing us! We are ecstatic to have made it to this point and see that others share in our dream for the Maelstrom's Edge universe, models and game. We are in a blessed position in that we have no... (Read More)
Four audiobooks unlocked for everyone!
June 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Yesterday we managed to boost past the threshold for audiobooks to be unlocked! We have enough capacity to create four new audiobooks, on top of the existing one which is currently available for free download: Transit Audiobook cover Right click and... (Read More)
37 Hours left! - and a quick prize draw!
June 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
We are in the final furlong now, and as always, any questions or comments in the main kickstarter comments area (go to the main page, and click 'comments') are really helpful for boosting our exposure. They are so helpful in fact, that we are... (Read More)
A compilation of our updates...
June 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Congratulations to everyone - yesterday was a stellar day and we rocketed past the $45K point, unlocking the terrain sprue stretch goal, giving every single boxed set a copy! Today is also the day where you can make a big difference. If you have... (Read More)
Our second Diorama - Karists in an Epirian Workshop
May 31st - via: kickstarter.com
If you have even a modicum of modeling talent, or the desire to push yourself, you'll find our models are designed to be incredibly flexible if you start cutting and gluing. Being HIPS plastic, polystyrene cement will melt the models, so you can cut... (Read More)
Maelstrom's Edge Tabletop Game Battle Report Taster...
May 30th - via: kickstarter.com
We've already shared a detailed overview of the game's concepts and the brief game overview video on the main kickstarter page, but nothing compares to watching a game being played, so here's a battle report to show a game in play. Before reading... (Read More)
Your free model has been chosen!
May 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Most of the votes are in, and the Karist Angel has a clear lead over the other models in the set. As such, we are pleased to call it and state that an extra Karist Angel model will now be included in every set! Another Karist Angel - Added to Every... (Read More)
The Magic of Plastic - Ease of Conversions!
May 27th - via: kickstarter.com
The casual observer might have noticed we have broken our models up into fairly large numbers of parts. This was largely to ensure we could maximise the amount of detail while working in plastic, but a big part of our goal was to make conversions... (Read More)
The Karist Angel Revealed!
May 27th - via: kickstarter.com
It is with great pleasure that we can at long last reveal the Karist's flagship model - The Angel. The Karist Angel The fully mature Angel adult is a truly terrifying creature to encounter in the flesh. Dwarfing even the tallest of humans, the Angel... (Read More)
A Free Sprue in Every Set! - Vote Now!
May 26th - via: kickstarter.com
We are pleased to announce another one of our secrets that we've been holding back until now - as yet another part of the big thank you to all of our kickstarter backers, we'll be adding an extra sprue to every kickstarter single boxed set. Every... (Read More)
Terrain Updates - What Our Friends Have Been Making With Our Terrain Sprues. Includes Assembly Video!
May 24th - via: kickstarter.com
A number of our talented hobbyist friends have had early copies of the Maelstrom's Edge terrain sprue and we've been compiling some of the inspired things they've been doing with them. Today, we share a whole host of clever ideas and uses, as well as... (Read More)
The Rules - Missions
May 24th - via: kickstarter.com
One of the areas of Maelstrom’s Edge we think players are really going to enjoy are its missions. Each mission is comprised of a few different objective types, which means you always have at least a couple different ways you can look towards to win... (Read More)
Designers Notes on The Epirian Foundation
May 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
The Epirian Logo - A composite of E and F We've talked a bit about the broader aspects of the Maelstrom's Edge universe in previous Kickstarter Updates, like the Maelstrom and the Cybel Network, but in today’s update we want to hone in on one of... (Read More)
More Alternate Model Colour Schemes!
May 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
This update is a followup to the one from the 14th May, and shows even more of the alternate colour schemes we've tried out. This time, we are including some of our personal colour experimentation from our own armies too, so you can see what our... (Read More)
The Maelstrom's Edge Card Game - Included in every box!
May 21st - via: kickstarter.com
It is with great pleasure we can reveal our main secret gift for our backers which we've had up our sleeves for the past year. The Maelstrom's Edge card game! As of today, every $90 and up pledge will receive a copy of the card game for free! The... (Read More)
Revealing some of Maelstrom's Edge's future authors including Alastair Reynolds!
May 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Last summer several members of the team had the opportunity to attend WorldCon and give a sneak-peek of Maelstrom's Edge to some of the world's best science-fiction authors. The aim? To showcase our universe and convince them to lend their awesome... (Read More)
More suppression tokens unlocked and a detailed overview of the Epirian Drone Sprues...
May 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Congratulations to every backer who is expecting a boxed set - you will be getting the Karist style suppression tokens as well as the standard ones, giving you 52 suppression tokens in all now! We'll be updating the main kickstarter page to reflect... (Read More)
New artwork, and a compilation of revealed artwork
May 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Maelstrom's Edge is grounded in the depth of our universe. We have hundreds of thousands of words of background fleshed out already, but equally important are the visual representations of our universe. Today's update features some previously... (Read More)
The first Maelstrom's Edge Diorama
May 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Maelstrom's Edge is built around the stories, conflict and scenes that can occur in such a broad setting. These are explored in depth in our fiction, in our audiobooks, and in our battles, but it is also entirely possible to create emotive settings... (Read More)
The Rules - Large Models and The Hunter-class Warmech
May 16th - via: kickstarter.com
The Hunter Warmech is the biggest of the Epirian Foundation units in our Kickstarter forces, and also one of our favourite miniatures that we’ve made so far. The customisability of the HIPS plastic sprue means the Hunter can be posed in a huge... (Read More)
Some Bare Plastic Models and Assembly Videos
May 15th - via: kickstarter.com
We've had quite a few requests to show some unpainted models so that the detail can be seen clearly without paint. As you can see, our HIPS plastic is sharp and assembles very cleanly: Scarecrow - Bare Plastic View Epirian Hunter with Double Dual... (Read More)
Alternate Colour Schemes - Unseen Variants!
May 14th - via: kickstarter.com
We've always been very keen to ensure that every part of our game's background permits justifiable battles between the same factions. Karists might be fighting other Karists over a different interpretation of their beliefs or ways to accomplish their... (Read More)
More on the Epirian Scarecrow - A Short Story
May 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Following on from yesterday's unveiling of the Epirian Scarecrow models, today we have a nice short story by Tomas L. Martin for you to read, describing a Scarecrow coming in to conflict with some Karist Enclave forces. This story is one of the... (Read More)
The 28mm Epirian Scarecrow Robot Revealed!
May 12th - via: kickstarter.com
We proudly present the Epirian Scarecrow robot! Scarecrows are area patrol units, designed to provide security to various types of property ranging from industrial perimeters to agricultural and terraforming facilities. The unit is anthropomorphic... (Read More)
A Downloadable Short Story about the Epirian Hunter Warmech...
May 11th - via: kickstarter.com
We are pleased to present another free story from the Maelstrom's Edge universe, this one is focused around our Epirian Hunter robots, and is titled 'The Hunter' by Tomas L. Martin. Download it today with this URL:... (Read More)
A Free Maelstrom's Edge Audiobook!
May 10th - via: kickstarter.com
We are pleased to present a free copy of a Maelstrom's Edge audiobook: Transit! This audiobook by Stephen Gaskell is quite distinctive in our range of fiction, in that it deals entirely with civilians at the Maelstrom's Edge. The story follows the... (Read More)
Game Overview Video, Stretch Goals and a General Catch-Up
May 9th - via: kickstarter.com
We've been piling on the updates and changes over the past 15 days, so figured it was about time to summarise some of the smaller points which might have been missed! The most notable new thing is the gameplay overview video. This presents the core... (Read More)
The Epiran Foundation Bot Handlers - Overview and Rules Preview
May 8th - via: kickstarter.com
The Epirian Foundation Logo, combining E and F The success of the Epirian Foundation is based around its two main industries: robotics and terraforming. The franchises of the Foundation produce robots to fill a vast array of different needs, from... (Read More)
The Epirian Hunter Warmech's Sprue Pictures
May 7th - via: kickstarter.com
As promised, our week of the hunter reveal continues with the sprue pictures for the hunter. We apologise for the relatively low quality of these photos and poor colour balance. These are pre-production prototype sprues, the final versions our... (Read More)
Some additional pictures of the models and terrain!
May 6th - via: kickstarter.com
After yesterday's massive update we are a bit backlogged with background work, but we want to provide our awesome backers with at least one update per day, so here's a nice selection of mostly unseen images of the models and terrain. Enjoy! Karists... (Read More)
Massive increase in boxed set contents and the Hunter Robot revealed!
May 5th - via: kickstarter.com
As you've probably noticed above, we've just added a whole bunch more models to our sweet spot pledge! When planning the kickstarter, we were deliberately conservative. We left a healthy margin for ourselves to cover some very low likelihood risks,... (Read More)
The Fiction of Maelstrom’s Edge - and a sample from the first novel
May 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Tomorrow we’re going to show you one of the models we’re most excited about – the Hunter-class attack bot for the Epirian Foundation, which is both a fantastic unit on the battlefield and also – thanks to the sliding core technology used in... (Read More)
Epirian Concept Art
May 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
To counter the Karists in yesterday's update, here are pieces of the Epirian concept art which led to the development of our models. An Epirian Handler with Firefly and Spider Drones An Epirian Contractor An Epirian Scarecrow (early concept) An... (Read More)
Concept Art!
May 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
We had very fruitful negotiations with our suppliers yesterday, so should have some very good news for you all early next week. We've also had a lot of demand to show some of the concept art which went in to the creation of the models, so here it is... (Read More)
Designers Notes on The Cybel Network and a Free Short Story!
May 1st - via: kickstarter.com
We have a nice treat in the form of a free, downloadable short story - The Shipyard. It gives a great view of the realities of living on a world near the Edge from the perspective of an Epirian Handler. The Maelstrom Approaches In Part One of these... (Read More)
Stretch Goal #1 Unlocked - The Kaddar Nova!
April 29th - via: kickstarter.com
KADDAR NOVAE Thanks to our backers, 1x Kaddar Nova is now included in every single boxed set at The Maelstrom Rises level and above. Thanks ever so much for your ongoing support, and here's to meeting the next stretch goal! The model is about 90%... (Read More)
Terrain is Available as an Add-on!
April 29th - via: kickstarter.com
We will be slowly enabling add-ons over the course of the campaign as we finalise prices and logistics for each sprue type. We should be able to make every model available, so if there is one you are waiting on in particular, pledge $1 now so that... (Read More)
Game and Rules Overview
April 28th - via: kickstarter.com
The Last Ship off World In Maelstrom's Edge, players take turns moving their armies across a battlefield (AKA your table). Every model has a profile which gives it specific abilities and weapons, and the game consists of forces made up 15-30... (Read More)
Designers Notes on the Maelstrom and New Artwork
April 27th - via: kickstarter.com
The Maelstrom is the core, central idea to our entire setting. That's ultimately what Maelstrom's Edge is all about, that monumental catastrophe causing previously stable galactic civilisations to tear each other, and themselves, apart. The... (Read More)
Sprue Photos for Every Model Revealed So Far
April 27th - via: kickstarter.com
This morning's update features photos of the physical plastic sprues for every model so far, so you can start planning out your build options and choices. The Drones and Angel Minnows are not at production quality yet, but the parts and layout are... (Read More)
Salute, Avatars and Signature Banners
April 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks to everyone who came out to see us at Salute yesterday - at times the crowd around our entire stand was three people deep which was pretty incredible and we thoroughly enjoyed hearing the outstanding response and anticipation of our game,... (Read More)
Salute 2015!
April 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks so much to everyone for the incredible support so far! We've just set up for Salute in London and are waiting for the doors to open! If you are near London today (Saturday 25th April), come to the Excel centre and visit us to see the models... (Read More)
Additional Scale Reference and Comparison Images
April 24th - via: kickstarter.com
And so we are finally live to the world! A big thank you to everyone who offered us help and advice along the way. Comments will be answered by various members of our team through this account primarily. We considered it poor taste to post a bunch of... (Read More)
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