Miniatures Set 1 Pics and Fitting Playmats Together
almost 4 years ago – Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 09:52:58 PM

We've been asked about how the playmats fit together a few times now, so it's a good time to re-share this graphic that Ben created last year after he and Steve put a lot of time into editing the playmats. You can see the original update where we shared this image right here. To create a giant battlefield, like the ones shown below, add a few extra playmats to your rewards!

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Thank you, everyone, for jumping in and handling your surveys! Making your decisions and completing your surveys today makes it a lot easier for us to plan our manufacturing numbers so that all of you can get the expansions and accessories that you want.

If you have any questions about your survey, please email [email protected] for support. 

Miniatures Set 1 Pics

Below are photos of the five minis that are included in the Set 1 package. As with all of our previous pics of Car Wars Sixth Edition minis, these were painted by Ben Williams. The minis you will find in your rewards are unpainted; you'll have to supply your own paint, time, skill, talent, and experience to transform your gray plastic minis into painted masterpieces.

- Phil Reed

Blue/Green Starter/Core Miniatures Pics
almost 4 years ago – Tue, Jun 09, 2020 at 11:49:56 PM

When Car Wars Sixth Edition goes into distribution in 2021, the four-player core game that many of you have selected as a part of your rewards will not be the game you see on store shelves. To keep the starting price as low as possible for distribution release, we have broken the four-player set into two different two-player games. Players can buy one or both of those two-player sets, all depending on how deep they want to go into the Car Wars Sixth Edition game.

The contents of these two-player sets are identical to those of the four-player core set that many of you have selected as a part of your Kickstarter rewards. At the factory, three different subassemblies are being created by the factory:

• Blue and Green Player Pack
• Red and Yellow Player Pack
• Rules Box

The four-player Car Wars Sixth Edition core game is a large box that includes all three of those subassemblies (each one of which is packed inside its own e-flute B&W box). 

The two-player Blue/Green set includes two of the subassemblies: the Blue and Green Player Pack and the Rules Box.

By creating subassemblies at the factory, we were able to meet requests that some of you made during the funding period -- specifically, the creation of an inexpensive version of the game as well as the option to buy multiples of some of the components -- without causing too many complications during the manufacturing and assembly of the game.

Today, we have photos of the six minis that are found in the Blue and Green Player Pack portion of the Car Wars Sixth Edition game. As with all of the painted minis we have shared so far, these were painted by Ben Williams and, as you can see, the minis look amazing. 

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- Phil Reed

Car Wars Miniatures Set 2 and Set 4 Photos
almost 4 years ago – Tue, Jun 09, 2020 at 10:20:04 PM

A new wave of pics of painted minis, this time covering Car Wars Miniatures Set 2 and Car Wars Miniatures Set 4. Out of the box, all of the minis will be gray plastic and not painted like these. You'll have to apply your own skills to painting the miniatures.

Survey Note

We're still seeing some of you asking about finding your surveys. Please email [email protected] for support. Kickstarter comments and messages are not the best way to reach out to the team. Emailing [email protected] is a lot easier for everyone to manage.

- Phil Reed

Surveys Now Open and New Minis Pics!
almost 4 years ago – Tue, Jun 09, 2020 at 06:26:55 PM

Over half of you have already completed your surveys: Thank you!!! 

For those of you who have not noticed, we opened the BackerKit surveys last week and you have until the end of August to complete your survey. Failure to complete your survey by the deadline will result in refund and removal from the project. We need completed surveys so that the project can move forward.

Also, we will lock quantities next week. If there is an add-on that you very much wanted, please complete your survey this week before we set limits on everything.

Please Read Carefully

When completing your survey, please read the descriptions of each item carefully. There are bundles offered in the survey that combine various expansions and items together; those of you who selected a reward level that included the Double Ace rewards* will want to take a close look at the various items that are automatically included in your pledge.

* And don't miss the Double Ace Upgrade Bundle if you're already getting the Double Ace rewards. Darryll created this bundle that includes the items not found in the Double Ace rewards for those of you who don't want to miss out on any of the minis or other accessories!

If you have any questions, please email [email protected] for support.

More Painted Minis!

Even though we're all working from home, that hasn't stopped us from working. Ben has been painting new minis and I drove to his place to pic up the latest work. (Technically, I drove to Steve's house to grab a few manuscripts, then drove to Ben's house, and after a total of three hours of driving I made it home. That's the most I have driven in months!)

Enjoy the pics, and we'll be back later this week with even more minis pics! I happen to have the complete set of Car Wars Sixth Edition minis that Ben has painted here at home, so I'll take time this week to snap pics of a lot of them.

- Phil Reed

More Painted Miniatures, Digital Box Mockup, and T-Shirts
almost 4 years ago – Sat, May 23, 2020 at 02:26:44 AM

We're still aiming to launch the BackerKit survey on June 1 (as mentioned in this project update), and everything continues to move forward. The factory is working on what parts of the game that they can, and next week we're going to be reviewing the boxes, rules, and other components as we get closer to submitting everything to the factory for tooling and production. 

While Gabby, Sam, Randy, and Steve have been hard at work on the finishing touches, Ben took time to paint two more of the miniatures that the factory sent over. With all of us working from our homes, it's a little more challenging to stage new photos, but we do have these two shots that Ben sent over yesterday.

Also on the "look at the pictures" front, we have these digital mockups that Gabby created of the core game box. As you can tell, we have so much space to work with that we gave the box two "fronts" to make those illustrations as large as we could manage.

New T-Shirts

In other news, we're currently running a t-shirt campaign here on Kickstarter and there's even a Car Wars shirt design offered in the project. Please click here to visit the new project and get a look at all of the designs that have been unlocked so far!

Any Questions?

As always, please let us know if you have any questions. You can ask here in the comments, or feel free to email [email protected] and the team will answer as best they can.

Stay safe and healthy, everyone! We'll be back soon with the latest news on Car Wars Sixth Edition once the surveys are opened.

- Phil Reed