Games and Gears Battle Boards

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Games and Gears are currently running a Kickstarter campaign for their line of Battle Boards and terrain pieces - Official Kickstarter page (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/554355176/games-and-gears-battle-boards?ref=live)

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Working with companies like Ninja Division, Hawk Wargames, Cipher Studio and Mantic games they have developed amazing quality Battle Boards that can be clipped together to create fantastically cinematic battlefields for Dropzone Commander, Deadzone, Anima Tactics, Helldorado or literally any tabletop miniatures game.

If you had a chance to pledge on their last Kickstarter, for their paintbrushes, you'll know the kind of quality work these guys are capable of achieving.

So what are you waiting for?! Get on to Kickstarter, pledge and let's make sure we unlock all their stretch goals together!

Official Games and Gears website (http://www.gamesandgears.co.uk/)
Games and Gears Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/GamesNGears)

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From the Games and Gears Kickstarter page:

Black Friday Sales Rewards, 29th of November 2013

This is it! Your chance and everyone else's to obtain one of these rewards.

Black Friday Double Core Set Price: £145.00GBP - x2 6 by 4 Games & Gears Battle Boards. Same shipping rules apply as all other KS rewards here. Also enough G&G clips, and a little bit extra, for your gaming needs. Choose any theme per 6 by 4 or have the same theme two times, it's up to you! Limited to 75 Rewards.

This set is £12.00GBP cheaper compared to a £62.00GBP Set with an additional 6 by 4 @ £95.00GBP. You also save aprrox £80.00GBP from the MSRP after this Kickstarter. Aprrox price for MSRP: £125.00GBP-£135.00GBP. So your investment is an investment to bring these to market and you also make a great saving.

Black Friday Triple Core Set Price £217.00GBP : x3 6 by 4 Games & Gears Battle Boards. Same shipping rules apply as all other KS rewards here. Also enough G&G clips, and a little bit extra, for your gaming needs. Choose any theme per 6 by 4 or have the same theme three times. Limited to 50 Rewards

This set is £25.00GBP cheaper compared to a £62.00GBP Set with an additional 6 by 4 @ £95.00GBP and another @ 85.00GBP. You also save aprrox £173.00GBP from the MSRP after this Kickstarter. Aprrox price for MSRP: £125.00GBP-£135.00GBP per 6 by 4 battle board. So your investment is an investment to bring these to market and you also make a great saving.

Black Friday Mega Core Set Price £290.00GBP : x4 6 by 4 Games & Gears Battle Boards. Same shipping rules apply as all other KS rewards here. Also enough G&G clips, and a little bit extra, for your gaming needs. Choose any theme per 6 by 4 or have the same theme four times. Limited to 50 Rewards

A lot of savings!! :P

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From the Games and Gears Kickstarter page:

Dear all,

We hope you are well. We here at Games & Gears are elated with what we have achieved together. Let's rally together once more and spread the word. We have collectively done amazingly well. Beasts Of War have covered our battle boards. The Mantic guys geeked out on the Anime Wars & Dropzone Commander Cityscape Battle boards at their Open Day, gamers loved them. We are truly humbled by the industry and gamers a like. Your infectious enthusiasm makes us want to innovate more. Thank you for your commitment to this project. For those of you who have just joined us, hello & thank you. For those battle hardened veterans of this campaign who have been with us from the start, we salute you!

New Pledge

Pledge £110 or more Limited (75 left of 75)

Pick & Mix Battle Board (6by4) Select a theme then pick and choose which designs and how many you want of each up to a maximum of 6 designs. Tailor your battle board to your specification.This reward is for one Games & Gears 6 by 4 Battle Board, select one of the five battle board themes. FREE SHIPPING TO: USA, UK, EU, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, JAPAN & SINGAPORE. EVERYWHERE ELSE PLEASE ADD 26.00GBP TO YOUR PLEDGE FOR SHIPPING. Estimated delivery: Jul 2014

This pledge allows you to customize your battle board with specific user design choice. If you want 2 or more 6by4 Battle Boards as this choice, please add on the the amount for multiple additions as in the Battle Field load out. The discount for extra boards is the same as the Battle Field option, as the cost of logistics, production run, man power and extra time is all factored in the initial "Pick & Mix Pledge".

This pledge is also limited to 75. If it sells out we will add more up to a total of 150. We are trying to be careful and do this pledge right; as we want to leave no room for error and make sure you get the right custom sets you have chosen.

What is the difference between the Normal £110.00GBP Battle Board and The Pick & Mix?

A: Smaller limited quantities. This is not something we can do en mass, or there is a good potential of further delays for the "Pick & Mix Backers", so we have limited it to get them to you in relatively good time. It also reduces costs variances on our side as we need to insure a good run on all the moulds for the battle boards.


Here is the new Fantasy/Steampunk Battlement:

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The Fantasy/Steampunk elevated terrain piece will be up this coming week,

Our Warmsith Terrain Line are available in three themes:

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Recommended Gamer Battle Board builds

Here are some recommended Battle Board Builds recommended by fellow backers:

War Gamer Build:

Games & Gears Battle Board(s) + Games & Gears Gaming Tray and Felt Dice Tray Kit(s)

Pro War Gamer Build:

Games & Gears Battle Board(s) + Games & Gears Gaming Tray and Felt Dice Tray Kit(s) + Terrain Kit(s)

Ultimate War Gamer Build:

Games & Gears Battle Board(s) + Games & Gears Gaming Tray and Felt Dice Tray Kit(s) + Terrain Kit(s) + Grid Sheet(s)

Whether it is one of each, multiples of or a mix is up to your specification. Add to your pledge accordingly.

We are working around the clock and getting quite a bit prepared as discussed in Update 10! The middle period of the KS is slowly coming to an end. Let ramp this up and charge into the fray. We cannot wait to get these battle boards to you. Thank you for your support, making this a reality and more of it day by day. Lets do it.

Sincerely,

The Crew.

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From the Games and Gears Kickstarter (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/554355176/games-and-gears-battle-boards) page:

ANIME WARS BATTLE BOARD 6TH DESIGN

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The center section in blue will be base painted black. The Blue color is just to show you how you can add to your Anime Wars battle Board by a simple quick and easy color change

Here is the rest of the Anime Wars Battle Board line:

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The large painted red circle section will be base painted black as on the main KS page. The red painted color is just to show you how you can add to your Anime Wars battle Board by a simple quick and easy color change, which does not take long to do.

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The large painted blue circle sections will be base painted black as on the main KS page. The blue painted color is just to show you how you can add to your Anime Wars battle Board by a simple quick and easy color change, which does not take long to do

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HAWK WARGAMES URBAN BATTLE FIELD 6TH DESIGN 28mm Scale Version:

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Please check the rest of the designs on the Main Battle Board KS page (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/554355176/games-and-gears-battle-boards).

And if you missed it here is the Dropzone Commander Cityscape 6th Design 10mm Scale version:

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You requested for a top down view of the Dropzone Commander Cityscape Battle Boards. Here they are:

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GRIDS FOR YOUR GRID BASED GAMES:

You have a choice of a self adhesive grid sheet or a non self adhesive grid sheet. Also relevant logos to be printed or a sticker version on the sheets. Option will be available to you.

24" BY 24" HEX GRID SHEET. 1.25 INCHES HEXES. AWESOME FOR BATTLE TECH AND OTHER GAMES.

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This is an add-on product please check the Battle Field Load Outs for add this product to your pledge.

24" BY 24" 1 INCH GRID SHEET.

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What does a game of Deadzone look like on a Games & Gears Anime Wars Battle Board with the Deadzone 3" Grid Sheets on?

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The Mantic crew, gamers and us just geeked out. :)


For those of you that have pledged already, great job getting us all to the stretch goals so far, still a few more to go. If you haven't pledged yet, what are you waiting for?! There are still rewards available and stretch goals to be achieved!

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From the Games and Gears Kickstarter page (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/554355176/games-and-gears-battle-boards) (especially liking the pro-painted boards):

Pro Painted version of the Anime Wars Battle Board

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You can get a Pro Painted Ichiban Battle Board via our rewards selection. The battle board in the picture is an Anime Wars 2by2 Battle Board. We have world class miniature artists geeking out on these boards. We cannot wait to get these all to you!

Ichiban Studios has had to chance to play about with the Games & Gears Battle Board. The battle boards are very flexible in modifications and add-ons, giving you an awesome base that you can add on to. Whether that be corridors for Anime Wars, town houses for Anima, ruined Sci-Fi buildings for Hawk Wargames Urban battlefield Battle Board or modifying it like Ichiban Studios have done; it's your battle board. Our base painted system and intricate detailed textured design gives you a ready prepared battlefield and one ready to be modified to your hobby hearts desire.

If you have not yet seen it, here is the video of Hugo's excitement when he got the battle boards. Please note this is a review by a multiple award winning miniature painting artist and a very raw video and insight into the battle boards, he basically did the video on the same day.


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Here are some recommended Battle Board Builds

Recommended by fellow backers:

War Gamer Build: Games & Gears Battle Board(s) + Games & Gears Gaming Tray and Felt Dice Tray Kit(s)

Pro War Gamer Build: Games & Gears Battle Board(s) + Games & Gears Gaming Tray and Felt Dice Tray Kit(s) + Terrain Kit(s)

Ultimate War Gamer Build: Games & Gears Battle Board(s) + Games & Gears Gaming Tray and Felt Dice Tray Kit(s) + Terrain Kit(s) + Grid Sheet(s)

Whether it is one of each, multiples of or a mix is up to your specification. Add to your pledge accordingly.

Anima Battle Board 6th Design Revealed:

Here is it. The Town Square!

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Like the rest of the Anima series, all Roads will be recessed 2mm; so the town square center circle is raised like the pavements. Also the right size for the 3rd and final Fantasy/Steampunk Warsmith Terrain piece.

Official Games and Gears website (http://www.gamesandgears.co.uk)
Official Games and Gears Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/GamesNGears)

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Level 7 Unlocked! 7 days to go! Anima Update!

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Thank you!

"Hell has been liberated. Three more battlefields to unlock! Lets get there and go beyond for total liberation!" C.G.

We are proud give you Hellscape 6th Design. Cracked Plains of Hell!

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This is the 6th Hellscape Design, the surface has fine sand texture like the rest of the Hellscape battle board. With Hell now complete lets move to unlock the rest!!

If you would like a more generic board using Cracked Plains of Hell and other specific Hellscape designs. Choose our pick and mix reward option to custom fit your battle board.

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ANIMA BATTLE BOARD LAYOUT

Below are a few samples of what a 6 by 4 Anima Battle Board looks like. The black lines are to show each individual tile. For the complete version of each battle board please check our main Kickstarter page.

Please note the old crossroads from the original 4 designs has been changed to a straight road, with the NEW Straight road board this will allow you a lot more combinations to the interlocking designs. So you now have a ton more different setups you can do. Here are just a few below:

The black lines are to show each individual tile, for the complete version of each battle board please check our main kickstarter page.

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Deadzone on Anima Wars Battle Board & Custom Reward:

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You have 5 unique designs. Lets unlock the 6th Anime Wars Battle Board to kit you out; so when you have gaming campaigns you can keep your games fresh and different :).

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Here is a special custom reward to go live soon:

x1 Games & Gears 2 by 2 battle board

x2 Games & Gears Felt Dice Trays

x2 Games & Gears Gaming Trays

Reward Price £70.00GBP

Initially Limited to 50 rewards. If this reward sells out we will add more.

For the Deadzone Grids or other grid sheets. Please ADD-ON these products like normal and increase your pledge

We would recommend 3 Battle Boards for Deadzone: Anime Wars, Hawk Wargames Urban Battle Field and Hellscape.

You get more value if you to do this as an ADD-ON Product, if you have already pledged for a 6by4 battle board:

Reward + Gaming Tray Starter Kit + x1 Grid Sheet.

Benefits of a 6 by 4 is the amount of designs and different landscapes you will have playing Deadzone and other games.


Games and Gears Kickstarter page (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/554355176/games-and-gears-battle-boards)

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Ok so the latest update from Games and Gears (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/554355176/games-and-gears-battle-boards) might be a very interesting one for some of you:

Dear All,

Quick update as we gear up for the final days. Just want to re-state some excellent comments my colleague made in the comments section:

"The crew is pumped, to all of you, thank you. With your help lets seriously try and double our numbers, it can be done but it needs everyone. You have all been awesome, true die hards for the past 40 days. Let's do it & get these delivered to you on time, grow the experience and the range of our products together. Without you this would not have happened. Because of you it is happening. Again let's do it and thank you."

Please kindly note that ALL Early birds of Textured themed 6 by 4 Battle Boards are early bird prices & best prices available. Nothing will beat these prices.

Field Of War Boards!!

We have been getting a lot of requests for blank boards, so gamers can use extra blank boards and add to their current themes and put there own hobby love into the gaming board. Some just want blank boards and do their own battle board.

Texture:

There will be a very light sand grain texture feel to it. Like our design here from last year:

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Colour for this ADD-ON Board is Grey. Colours in this picture are for reference only and suggestions on how you can paint it

Dimensions:

Height width and length same as all themed Battle Boards, except with no recess.

Colour:

Grey (not base painted, just plain grey)

The main objective is to fund the five current themes and unlock all the designs for the current themes. Also we work closely and in hand with Ninja Division and Hawk Wargames to manufacture these ace battle boards. We cannot detract from our essential themes for this KS. So it is important not to detract from these objectives or take anything away from them. However we are able to make this is an ADDITIONAL ADD ON Product.

Although this is an ADD ON Product. There are 3 prices which reflect costs in volume for us; also we need to factor in volume.

PLEASE NOTE FREE SHIPPING IS INCLUDED AS WELL TO COUNTRIES where your reward is stated as FREE SHIPPING.

- Field Of War Games & Gears Battle Boards (4by4): Please increase your pledge add £70.00GBP. MSRP PRICE £100.00GBP. You save £30.00GBP

So two sets of this add-on will give you an 8 by 4 Field Of War Battle Boards @ 140.00GBP + Reward

So if you have a 62.00GBP Pledge for an additional £70.00GBP which totals to 132.00GBP you get a 6by4 themed textured board and a 4by4 Field of war boards!! This is the best price you can get and crazy good.

- Field Of War Games & Gears Battle Boards (2by4): Please increase your pledge add £40.00GBP. MSRP Price £50.00GBP. You Save £10.00GBP

- Field of War Games & Gears Battle Boards (2by2): Please increase your pledge Add £23.00GBP. MSRP PRICE £30.00GBP. You Save 7.00GBP

Please note you must have a reward to select this ADD-ON.

The price reflects tooling costs, shipping logistics for each level of volume, new packing material, shipping cartons and inner boxes. These are still amazing prices for already amazing savings you make on your 6 by 4 themed Battle Board. The more you purchase in bulk the more saving you make. Compared to what else is out there, this is the best deal.

The Aim of this is to hopefully attract gamers to get a themed set plus this add on and also service existing backers. Whilst maintaining the theme battle boards as best value for money per buck spent.

Monies raised from this add on, will be aimed to tool it and also help unlock all the current themed Battle Boards & are structured in a way not to compete with the themed textured battle boards but to compliment and increase the backers choice and support for this project.

Again please kindly note that ALL Early bird of Textured themed 6 by 4 Battle Boards are early bird prices & best prices available. Nothing will beat these prices. That said this add on product for the 4by4 price for Field Of War is the best Price in the market in comparison to relative competitors saving you a lot of money in comparison.

Thank you for your endearing support and making this project a real reality so far.

More updates to come!

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30 hours to go! One stretch goal to unlock! C'mon guys, help us to get that final board design unlocked!

Here's the latest update from Games and Gears (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/554355176/games-and-gears-battle-boards) in podcast format:

http://gamesngears.libsyn.com/games-gears-battle-boards-episode-3

And from a previous update here's where the Kickstarter is with regard to designs so far...

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And finally, their Christmas card...

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This is it guys, we're down to the final hours. All but one of the stretch goals unlocked, but with more pledges unlocking it is not far off. Every pledge counts now, from £1 - £1000, whatever you can do will help. Remember, Christmas is a time of giving and receiving. So give what you can, so we can all receive these great boards!