Monday Evening Open Thread – Trench Crusade the War of Heaven and Hell on Earth

Howdy everyone!  I will be attempting to fill the void that is Monday Night, the end of the worst day of the week.

How apropo that the best song about Mondays is sung by such a degenerate as John Philips.  And I am well aware of which side he would be on in Trench Crusade.  A new miniatures game involving, Heaven, Hell, the Middle East, demons, angels, heretics, martyrs, trenches and machine guns.  A really good wholesome game for the entire family (Manson family maybe).  I am just starting to get into researching this game and I am really having to think if I really want to start something new, but there is something seductive in beginning a new world that is starting out and that you think may be long lasting.  Unfortunately, I can no longer paint figures as well as I used to (and was not that good to begin with) so I am keeping that in mind.  We can dig a little deeper into the minis later.

So the premise, is when Jerusalem fell in the First Crusade around 1099, the Knights Templar (probably the most unjustly maligned group in fiction and possibly history) commit the Act of Ultimate Heresy (all I know is that they came across an unholy artifact, it promised them riches and glory if they renounce God and open the Gates of Hell on Earth, and as you can imagine, the city did not stand for very long (waiting to see what happened to those Templars.  I think legions of demons pretty much destroy anything in their way.  There is an entire timeline here

Time line basically runs from 1099 to 1914 with the final build ups coming.  Right now the focus is more on skirmish and raid tactics for powerful relics, positions, and intel.  So basically WWI in the Middle East instead of France and demons, heretics, angels, martyrs, and conscripts (called pilgrims).  The fights involve artillery, crew served weapons, Demon Princes, plagues, assassinations (such as in 1894 when all the leaders of the world religions were killed at the same time), oh, and yes the Church’s are the main powers in this world.  The war also exists in Europe as the forces of Hell have created several beachheads.

Gonna go over some history next week to set the stage.  Now, remember, this is a KickStarter product, the first KS was launched and was successful and people are playing the game, so it may evolve a bit, but the figures look good, the setting should be pretty cool.  I do like the minis I have seen.  To find out more at Trenchcrusade.com

A few pics from the Trench Crusade url or the wiki:

Till next week!