Today we’ve got just a small update for you, but it doesn’t mean that it isn’t packed with great stuff. We finally have made the v2.50 army books available in PDF format, and there’s tons of videos for you.
Let’s get to it!
Game Jam #4– Vote Now!
Last weekend we ran the fourth OPR game jam, and it was a blast. Now it’s time for everyone to check out the games that came out of it, and vote for your favorites!
We’d like to thank everyone that participated, and hope you’ll join us for the next game jam in May, as well as for the next writing jam in February. :D
OPR WebApp – v2.50 PDFs
Things have been moving at a really fast pace here, we released the v2.50 beta via Army Forge just 3 weeks ago, and today we’re finally ready to reveal the OPR WebApp, where you can get the PDFs for the army books as well!
What is the OPR WebApp?
The WebApp is the new application that we use to create all of the armies in such a way that all of the stats are saved on a database, which we can then take and display however we want. For example, all of the stats that are found in ArmyForge are directly imported from the WebApp.
With today’s update, you can now use the WebApp as a starting point from which to either get the PDFs or to open ArmyForge, or you can just keep using ArmyForge directly if you don’t need the PDFs.
Right now the WebApp only acts as a portal for you to get access to PDFs and ArmyForge, but in the future its functionality will be extended, giving Patrons the same tools that we use to build armies, as well as acting a central repository for everyone to access fan built armies.
Note: We’d like to remind everyone that the WebApp, ArmyForge and v2.50 armies are all still in beta, so it’s normal that you encounter some bugs, or that stats are changing. Currently only the Grimdark Future armies are available, and we’ll be adding armies for the other games once they are ready.
New Video Content
That’s it for today, have a nice weekend everyone. :)
Today I have a densely packed updated with you, and a bunch of awesome things have been happening this week. We’ve been working hard on the army forge, we have a new minis store, there’s a community painting challenge, a new starter set… lots of stuff.
Let’s get to it!
OPR Game Jam #4 – Join Now!
In just a few hours it’s time for the next game jam already, so make sure to sign up!
The OPR Game Jam is a 48hr game making marathon, focused on creating one-page miniatures games. The game jam runs from November 12th, at 8PM UK time / 3PM ET time, to November 14th, at 8PM UK time / 3PM ET time.
Anyone can submit a game, and you may work alone or in teams. The games will then be judged by the public, and then we will highlight the top 3 voted games on the OPR website. There is no winner or prize, it’s all just for fun!
Work on the Army Forge (beta) continues, and it’s crazy to see how much it has improved already within the last 2 weeks that it’s been live. All armies are now live, except for the Watch Brothers (will be fixed soon).
Right now we’re working on a new page, where you will be able to access to PDFs as well, so that you can access everything conveniently in one place online. The PDFs will be auto-generated by the webapp, so there might be some minor bugs there as well, but that’s to be expected from a beta.
Outside of that, we’d like to remind everyone that the v2.50 army lists are very much still in beta, so you can expect them to change wildly as we keep working on them. Things are starting to feel more solid now, but there will still be updates, so be prepared.
Last week we explained why our Etsy store has been shut down for the last few weeks, and today we’re really happy to announce that you’re finally able to buy all of our models again through our new store on only-games.co!
All of the models that were available on Etsy are now available through this site, and since it’s created by the manufacturer and has a direct link to the factory, all orders should now run buttery smooth. The site is still in its early stages, so you might find minor interface bugs here and there, but nothing has changed in the miniatures production, so you can expect the usual high quality prints as always.
This month user colonelhawkrin starter an army painting challenge on the forum, which we think deserves to get more attention!
The challenge is quite simple: post a picture of your unpainted army with a time stamp, and get it painted by the 25th of December. Armies will receive points based on the amount of models that are fully painted, with reduced points for half-painted models.
This contest is just for fun, and there are no prizes (except for bragging rights).
The new Duchies of Vinci and Alien Hives sets are available on Patreon.
These are the first sets we’re releasing with our new setup, where we make the 2D minis look as close as possible to our 3D minis, whilst still maintaining our classic style. On top of that we’re also adding a TON more variation to our sets, giving you 2-3 times as many minis!
New AoF: Regiments Starter Set
Speaking of 2D minis, after countless requests, we have finally released a starter set for AoF: Regiments, featuring Saurians vs Orcs.
The starter set gives you everything you need to start playing exciting battles right away, without having to worry about painting miniatures or putting together your own army lists.
November is looking to be a great month, and we’ve got a ton of new stuff for you. There’s army forge updates, age of fantasy updates, new missions, new models, the upcoming game jam… there’s lots of new stuff. :D
Let’s get to it!
OPR Game Jam #4 – Join Now!
It’s almost time for the next game jam already, so make sure to save the date!
The OPR Game Jam is a 48hr game making marathon, focused on creating one-page miniatures games. The game jam runs from November 12th, at 8PM UK time / 3PM ET time, to November 14th, at 8PM UK time / 3PM ET time.
Anyone can submit a game, and you may work alone or in teams. The games will then be judged by the public, and then we will highlight the top 3 voted games on the OPR website. There is no winner or prize, it’s all just for fun!
Last week we finally released the OPR Army Forge, which is a new amazing list building tool that makes getting ready to play easier than ever!
Over the last week we’ve added almost all of the armies in the game, and are currently only missing the Battle Brother Detachments, Havoc Brother Disciples and the Wormhole Daemons. We’re hoping to have all of those added by the end of next week, but no promises, development is a fickle thing.
Right now Army Forge is the only way to get your hands on the v2.50 beta lists, and we’ve removed the previous PDF lists which had no points, in order to make sure everyone is on the same page. Since this is a beta for both the app and the rules, you can expect lots of rules changes over the next period, as we playtest and adjust the armies.
The current plan is to finish importing all of the Grimdark Future armies, and then move on to importing all of the GF: Firefight armies. Once that is done, we will move on to working on v2.50 for Age of Fantasy, which is really exciting!
With the release of our newest models on Patreon, we’ve gone and updated the Mummified Undead army with rules for all of the missing units. In December we’re going to start releasing our very own Beastmen miniatures, and in preparation for that we’ve gone and updated the Beastmen army book as well, so that everything should be aligned.
Mummified Undead
New units: Hunting Beasts, Beast Riders, God-Titan
Mummy King can now be mounted on a Royal Snake and Royal Beast
Beastmen
Re-named a few units across the board
New unit: Centaur Titan
Crazed Boars now have the Crazed rule
Monsters can now be upgraded with a Beast Tamer
New Mission Packs
The October mission pack has been released on Patreon, with 4 brand new missions:
Grimdark Future – Excavation Site
GF: Firefight – Escort
Age of Fantasy – Dark Realm
AoF: Skirmish – Sacrifice
These missions are focused on fun new ways to play, with interesting objectives and special rules to spice things up. We release new missions every month, so make sure to stick around so that you don’t miss any.
Note that whilst the missions are designed for each specific game, you can totally play them with the rules for any other game (with slight adjustments). This means that you have even more missions to play each month!
Etsy Store Update
Recently we’ve put our Etsy Store on pause, and have gotten loads of questions about it, so we thought it would be good to give you an overview of what is happening with our physical prints, and what you can expect in the future.
Since the beginning of the year, we’ve been in partnership with a 3D print miniatures manufacturer from the UK, through which we have been running our Etsy Store. The system is quite simple, there is an integration between Etsy and the manufacturer, so that whenever an order is made on Etsy, it will be automatically sent to the printers, shipped, and a tracking number be sent to the customer.
This has all been working fine until a few months ago, when continuous changes to the Etsy system started breaking the integration, which caused a lot of issues. We have been working closely with the manufacturer to ensure that everyone gets their models ASAP, and by now only a handful of orders with issues remain.
Over the last couple of months, we have been trying to get the integration to work correctly, but it appears that the integration is now completely broken, and due to the continuous changes on Etsy’s side, it’s going to be a huge effort to get it up and running again. All of these issues on Etsy have already caused significant losses on our side, and so we’re now looking at another solution.
We’re currently working closely with the manufacturer on the creation of their own store website, so that we don’t have to deal with any other platforms and messy integrations. By building the website from scratch, the manufacturer can ensure that the models are printed correctly, on time, and shipped to the right address, without any issues.
The system is still under development, so at this current moment, there is no way for you to buy our models physically, sorry. We’re working on getting the new store up and running ASAP, and will keep you updated.
Thank you for your patience, and I want to personally say sorry to everyone who’s order was affected by these issues, I sincerely hope that this new system will work better!
November Patreon Release
Check out our November release and support OPR!
This project was made by gamers for gamers, and can only exist thanks to the support of our awesome community. Please consider subscribing on Patreon, where you’ll get tons of extra games, models and more. Thanks!
These last times have been kind of quiet, because we’ve been busy working on something incredibly exciting, that is going to be the future of our games. Step aside BattleScribe, it’s time for the OPR Army Forge. :D
Let’s get to it!
Army Forge (beta)
For the longest time, players have been asking us if we could create an app that helps you with list building, something similar to BattleScribe, but without all the issues.
Army Forge is an online tool that helps you quickly and efficiently put together army lists, without having to manually calculate any point costs. The system is very much still in beta, and so it only features a limited amount of armies, as well as a whole lot of bugs.
Right now Army Forge is going to be the primary way for you to get your hands on the v2.50 beta with point costs, so if you want to give v2.50 a try, then you need to use Army Forge.
What’s important to note is that we are using this opportunity to test out some point calculator changes as well, so expect point costs to be wildly different from what you’re used to. The biggest change is how offensive vs defensive stats are balanced, which overall makes weapons more expensive, which helps re-balance glass cannon type units.
The plan is to keep adding more and more armies to the system, until all of the v2.50 armies for Grimdark Future are live, at which point we will focus on adding all of the GF: Firefight armies as well. Then once that is done, we will shift our focus to Age of Fantasy, which is also going to get the v2.50 treatment.
On top of that, we’re also planning on adding more features, such as the ability to combine units, full support for competitive rules validation, and improved list printouts.
This week I’ve been travelling, so things have been a bit chaotic, but I’ve got some good news for you regarding the v2.50 update, as well as a heap of new videos. :)
Let’s get to it!
v2.50 Progress Update + List Builder
As some of you know, all of the army lists are currently manually created by me using MS Word, which means that I have to write all of them, plus calculate the point costs for each of the thousands of units and upgrades manually.
This is an absolute pain, and is one of the things that has slowed down development of the games over time. Every time I want to change a special rule, I have to go through the 100+ army books and manually find and edit each individual unit and upgrade that is affected.
Moving into the future, this is not sustainable, and so with the help of a few members of the community (you know who you are boys!), we have been working on a new system that will completely re-vamp how armies are created in the future.
This system will allow me, and anyone that is subscribed on Patreon, to easily create armies online, which have an automated calculator that immediately gives you the point values for everything. The armies are then saved and shared online, for everyone to enjoy.
On top of that, there will be a list builder, which allows you to prepare your lists to play the game, without having to write down and manually add unit costs up. This system will be similar to BattleScribe, so if you’re already familiar with that, you’ll feel right at home.
We believe that these two systems will completely revolutionize how army creation and list building work, making for a much smoother and seamless experience for everyone. Soon enough we’ll be able to share these tools with everyone, and then you can finally play the v2.50 beta in all of its glory!
In the meantime, check out the beta army lists by clicking here.
With a new month, we have lots of new Patreon content for you, as well as working on v2.50. We’ve also got a bunch of new videos for you to check out. :)
Let’s get to it!
Basic / Full Rulebooks Small Update
This week we’ve made a small update to all of our Basic Rulebooks and Full Rulebooks, fixing some typos and clearing up a few sections. Nothing to write home about, but thought we’d led you know in case you wonder what changed.
v2.50 Progress Update
Work on v2.50 continues, with the Gangs of Hive City now having been added. We’re currently working on getting all of these lists with points, but it will take some time. The lists don’t have any points yet, but you can work those out with the Point Calculator that’s available on Patreon if you want. :)
The October mission pack has been released on Patreon, with 4 brand new missions:
Grimdark Future – Industrial City
GF: Firefight – Cargo Bay
Age of Fantasy – The Danse Macabre
AoF: Skirmish – Gladiators
These missions are focused on fun new ways to play, with interesting objectives and special rules to spice things up. We release new missions every month, so make sure to stick around so that you don’t miss any.
Note that whilst the missions are designed for each specific game, you can totally play them with the rules for any other game (with slight adjustments). This means that you have even more missions to play each month!
New Miniatures on Etsy
Don’t care for 2D printing or 3D printing? Well then we’ve got you covered, because now all of the minis we released in September have been uploaded to our Etsy Store.
October Patreon Release
Check out our October release and support OPR!
This project was made by gamers for gamers, and can only exist thanks to the support of our awesome community. Please consider subscribing on Patreon, where you’ll get tons of extra games, models and more. Thanks!
This week has been extremely busy with wrapping up the September release and preparing the October release. We’re also currently setting everything up so that we can finally start adding point costs to the v2.50 armies, and are excited to see how those will turn out.
In the meantime, here’s a bunch of videos for you to check out!
That’s it for today, hope you enjoyed all of these videos. :)
Today we’ve got a new update for v2.50, bringing us almost at the end of this journey. We’ve also go tons of new videos for you to check out, with batreps, painting tutorials, and even a new podcast episode. :)
Let’s get to it!
Tiny Mummified Undead Update
Today we made a tiny update to the Mummified Undead list, making Flying on the Sphinx Champion optional, for those that want to use the model without wings. :)
v2.50 Progress Update
Work on v2.50 for GF is almost at the end, with two new armies having been updated: Soul-Snatcher Cults and Wormhole Daemons. The lists don’t have any points yet, but you can work those out with the Point Calculator that’s available on Patreon if you want. :)
With these two armies we’ve almost completed v2.50 for GF, with only the Gangs of Hive City remaining to be done. After that, we are going to give them all one last balance pass, before moving on to point costs. Then after that we’re going to be working on AoF v2.50.
In case you’re wondering why certain decisions are being made with v.250, we’ve created a PDF with a compilation of all the major changes and the reasoning behind them, which should hopefully give you a better idea of where we’re coming from.
This last week has been really busy in the background, although we don’t have a lot to show for it in this update. Anyways, there are some updates for v2.50 and some new videos.
Let’s get to it!
Early Access Highlight: Sellswords
Over the last 6 months we’ve been working on our newest game, Sellswords, which has been available in Early Access on Patreon. The game has come a long way since we revealed it back in February, so we thought it would be a good opportunity to highlight it again for those that joined us since then.
What is Sellswords you ask?
Sellswords is a solo/coop skirmish adventure game set in our fantasy universe, and it combines wargame elements with RPG elements to give you a truly unique experience that can be played with any fantasy miniatures you have!
Up to 4 players join together to form a band of sellswords, bold mercenaries hired to do all sorts of dangerous jobs, as well as a colorful variety of different companions, who set off on adventures fighting monsters, uncovering mysteries, and finding precious loot.
Each hero can be customized with a variety of stats, equipment and skills, giving you everything you need to create the perfect character for your miniatures. Throughout the game heroes will earn XP and level up their abilities, as well as potentially earn lasting injuries or even die if something goes terribly wrong (the world is a dangerous place).
To play the game you’ll need a small 2’x2′ space, as well as a handful of monster miniatures, which are controlled by the game’s AI. The game is designed with full miniature-agnosticism in mind, so you will be able to adapt the rules to fit whatever you have.
Right now the game is still in development, and as we progress we will be showing off different ways to play, from narrative campaigns to a full-fledged custom campaign creator. We know that many of you have been itching for a dungeon crawling RPG-like game for a while now, and we hope you’ll like it. :)
Support us on Patreon to access the early access draft, and get a ton more stuff as well.
v2.50 Progress Update
Work on v2.50 keeps chugging along, with two new armies having been updated: Machine Cult and Ratmen Clans. The lists don’t have any points yet, but you can work those out with the Point Calculator that’s available on Patreon if you want. :)
Today’s update is quite simple, focus on army updates across all games, as well as new v2.50 updates. There’s also a ton of new battle report videos for you to check out. :)
Let’s get to it!
Gangs of Hive City Updates
We don’t get a lot of chances to update the Gangs of Hive City, but after a long hiatus we are back at giving them a fresh coat of paint. Some unit names have been updated across the Cult and Hidden factions, plus we added 3 new units for each as well. We also noticed that the Artisans were missing rules for their Cyber-Spider mascot, so we added those.
The Cult
Updated unit names
Added new units: Firebrand, Deacon Fanatic, Great Vulture
The Hidden
Updated units names
Added new units: Night Ghoul, Psy-Squid, Cyber-Tentacle
The Artisans
Added new unit: Cyber-Spider
Army Updates
Aside from the Gangs of Hive City, a couple other armies have been updated to better reflect our new miniatures. The Duchies of Vinci got some new hero mounts, the Mummified Undead a new unit, and the Robot Legions a new upgrade option for the Tripod Robot.
Duchies of Vinci
Guard Captains can now be mounted on Automa Boars and Automa Birds
Added new Lance option for Guard Captains
Heavy Automa Cavalry are now armed with Lances
Mummified Undead
Added new unit: Giant Snakes
Robot Legions
Tripod Robots can now be upgraded to Tripod Queens
v2.50 Progress Update
Work on v2.50 keeps chugging along, with lots of new armies having been updated: Feudal Guard, Havoc Brothers, Havoc Brother Disciples, Human Inquisition, Infected Colonies and Rebel Guerrillas. The lists don’t have any points yet, but you can work those out with the Point Calculator that’s available on Patreon if you want. :)
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