Interview for Anatoli's Game Room - Brink of Battle: 1 year on

For those of you who know me or follow our Brink of Battle activity online, you know that my very first reviewer of the game when it released last year was Alex Kawczynski, of Anatoli's Game Room blog site.  Alex has, in my opinion, the best review site, if not best overall, on the web.

So its been a year and a half since the game went to market, and Alex sent me over a list of some great questions about my design philosophy, view of the industry, and lessons learned through the writing and publishing process.

You can read the full interview here http://anatolisgameroom.blogspot.com/2013/09/interview-with-robert-faust-brink-of.html

Thanks to Alex for his continued support, friendship, and great interviewing skills!

Noch Weiter!

Bob

EPIC HEROES Writing Contest Winners Announced!!!

From those of us here at Strategic Elite we want to say “Congratulations!” to our four finalists in the Epic Heroes: Skirmish Gaming in the Realms of Fantasy writing contest.

They are: Zachary O’Shea, Tom Brand, Juan Luis Perez Borrego, and Janus Kimeran!

 You will be able to read their stories in the final release of Epic Heroes later this year.

Noch Weiter!

Bob Faust

Brink of Battle Demo Day at GAME KASTLE!!!

This past Saturday Drew and I had the pleasure of demonstrating our Brink of Battle and Epic Heroes rules at Game Kastle in Santa Clara California.  Jason and his crew were great to work with and are a credit to the store owner Ray.  We will definitely be back!

We set up our 'Faustburg' town circa 1632 AD in the midst of the Thirty Years' War that ravaged what is modern Germany today.  Those Damn Dirty Swedes ( :) ) are attacking Faustburg, while Hauptmann Rosenkreutz and his men are defending the town from the raiders.  And Scrote the Butcher is seeking revenge on the Swedish Cavalrymen for the virtue of his daughter.

Our first games were using the Brink of Battle rules for the Period 2 - Early Modern.  Drew had several willing participants join him in the fray.  Here are some pics:

Old Scrote put up a pretty good fight for one game.  He was collecting musket balls without worry, then died horribly in close combat!

And here's the Face of our Franchise, Drew Davies!

 

 

 

After the Historical games, we changed things up by breaking out the new Epic Heroes Fantasy rules!  Now the humans picked up an Ogre by the name of Hagsmar the Ripe so they would stand a chance against the K'thoneans and their Cephalon Masters!

 

 

The Cephalons are the secret rulers of the K'Thoneans.  Cephalons come from the Great Beyond and have fell powers such as the ability to Dominate an enemy model and make it fight its friends.  Such a thing happened during one of the games and Feldwebel Stoltz was forced to slay a nearby Pikeman with a few jabs from his halberd.

All told we had a great day and thank the Game Kastle crew for their hospitality!

Noch Weiter!

Bob

ORIGINS TRIPLE PLAY big sale on 3 Origins Award Nominated Games!!!

Brent Spivey and I have teamed up to bring you the biggest discount we have had on our 3 Origins Award Nominated wargames over at Wargame Vault!

Sale ends on June 15th when the Origins convention begins, so grab them while you can!

Here's the direct link to Wargame Vault's bundle http://www.wargamevault.com/product/114594/Origins-Award-Triple-Play--%5BBUNDLE%5D

Noch Weiter!

Brink of Battle nominated for an Origins Award!!!

So I stumbled across this press release tonight and to my surprise and delight, Brink of Battle has been nominated for an Origins Award in the Best Historical Miniatures Rules category!

I submitted my copies last November and hadn't heard a word until I accidentally noticed that the press release came out on Heroclix Realms. :)

Needless to say, I'm really moved by this.  Six years of writing, play testing, tweaking, and assembling seemed like an eternity. 

I am honored just to be nominated.  The other games in the category are really well produced.  My thanks come to Alan, Gilbert, Drew, Scotty, and everyone who helped play test, edit, or improve the game in its development.

Here's the link to the nominees http://gama.org/OriginsAwards/tabid/2720/Default.aspx

Noch Weiter!

1st Anniversary SALE on Brink of Battle!

This month marks the 1st Annivesary of the release of Brink of Battle! To celebrate, we're having a 25% Off SALE on all Brink of Battle products on Lulu and Wargame Vault! Tell a friend and get them ready for the Fantasy supplement coming in June!  Sale ends March 20th.

Lulu prices are fixed already, and be sure to use the Wargame Vault link here

http://www.wargamevault.com/index.php?discount=50392

Fantasy Writing Contest Announced!

I am pleased to officially announce the Strategic Elite Epic Heroes Writing Contest!

As work continues on Epic Heroes: Skirmish Gaming in the Realms of Fantasy for our Brink of Battle skirmish game, we thought we'd give people the opportunity to get their writing published in a rule set!

Starting today and going through the end of May, you can submit a piece of fiction in the categories listed and have a chance at getting published in the final Epic Heroes game supplement due out in June 2013.

Whether you have been published before or not, now is a great opportunity to be part of the most robust fantasy skirmish game system in years. 

Just go to our website at http://www.brinkofbattle.com and click on the Writing Contest tab at the top left of the page.  It will tell you all you need to know about the rules and parameters of the contest!

Epic Heros will allow players to create their own worlds and settings, or use one of two 'plug & play' game settings.  It will also give you the ability to add Magic & Monsters to various Historical periods to create Weird West, Weird War 2, and Gothic Horror games.  This full color publication will be the first supplement released for the Brink of Battle system.

We look forward to reading your entries, so get started today!

Noch Weiter!

Bob