Kickstarter: Beyond the Gates of Antares

Rick Priestly and a few of the other designers of Warhammer, 40,000 are putting together another tabletop science-fiction wargame in the same vein.  He's put it up on Kickstarter.



The biggest innovation Priestly is bringing to the table: a real-time database of match results.  With a dynamic world, based on these results, and players taking the reins in deciding both history and re-balancing, Priestly may have a hit on his hands.  The main challenge, though, is market penetration.  Pitting a game against Games Workshop's empire means that Priestly will need to gain the same level of support without stores in malls.  The real-time results aren't a new innovation, and aren't enough to carry the game on its own.  The miniatures themselves are beautiful: