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STM 12-23-2010 11:47 AM

Oddworld Miniatures: Rule book and codex
 
Hey all, so I decided to take on a mini project to take up my spare time before Christmas, I've been trying to keep myself busy and out of my family's way. Success. Anywho, I've written a first edition rulebook for an Oddworld Miniature game I referred to as Proddigy: All Out War (or PAW).

The rulebook will be available for download after Christmas but first I wanted to ask you all a question...before I release it I'm going to write up a codex for the major factions, so far I have:
+ The Magog Cartel
+ The Vykers Conglomerates
+ The Mudokon Insurgency
+ The Outlaws

I need to make one other faction but I don't know what to do or who to use, I was thinking grubbs or clakkerz but neither have a veritable army or a decent amount of information, at best I could create a merger of the two but that would be too conflicting so...any ideas?

Slig_Dude_64 12-23-2010 12:54 PM

How about Scrabs or Paramites. Sure they aren't smart but there are tons of them in their temples. Plus: everyone loves Srabs/Paramites.

It could be called: (just a thought, you could change it.) The Scrabania/Paramonia temples.

STM 12-23-2010 01:13 PM

Problem with that is they are just two animals with limited ability and I would have to add too much fanon...scrab king, scrab guard, scrab with longer teeth...see what I mean.

AvengingGibbons 12-23-2010 01:24 PM

Slurgs and fleeches :P...

What's the magog anyway?

MeechMunchie 12-23-2010 01:36 PM

You could just have a 'Wrath of Nature' faction. They're as likely to attack Industrialists as Natives.

Scraby 12-23-2010 02:31 PM

nice names for factions

STM 12-23-2010 03:22 PM

Thankyou,

@AG - Magog Cartel is the name of the corporate glukkon front
@MM - I was going to add native animals in their own sections as something to add depth to say...a hunt the scrab scenario, they will be included in a 'separate codex'

kjjcarpenter 12-23-2010 09:20 PM

What exactly would it be? Much like Warhammer I'm assuming?
I'm quite interested in this, I don't know too much about Oddworld, the first three games are my forte, but anything else I'm quite clueless on, so I'd like to offer my help, but it wouldn't be very useful.

Slig_Dude_64 12-24-2010 12:53 AM

What could you use Shrykul for. He is a mudokon god, but is he a Scrab/Paramite god?

STM 12-24-2010 03:54 AM

No but, wait, SPOILER ALERT!!!!!

Ok, the shrykull would be a special sort of...ability if you will that allows you to turn one of your hero mudokon units into the shrykull at some cost, maybe life or something. I'm not starting the codexes until after Christmas, the rules are finished and so is a battle scenario that is included to teach you how to play.

Maybe you have to buy them by repping me? XD No I joke, everything will be available for PDF download after Christmas.

MeechMunchie 12-24-2010 03:57 AM

I've got to say, this isn't an idea that had occured to me before. I can't guarantee how successful it will be, but I certainly wish you the best of luck. The results should be mighty interesting.

STM 12-24-2010 03:58 AM

Thank you, it's nice to see some interest, even when there aren't any miniatures of yet. =)

STM 12-27-2010 07:26 AM

RULEBOOK RELEASE
 
RULE BOOK RELEASE

Below you can download the rulebook, future codex releases will also be posted below, the first codex will hopefully be released before new year.

V V V

STM 12-30-2010 08:34 AM

Ooh, I forgot to put...feedback is appreciated!

ledsnipe 01-10-2011 05:46 PM

!! the most amazing idea i have ever heard i tried doing this years ago but i couldn't make the miniatures keep up the good work !!

P.S you could try using steef with the grubs maybe :)

STM 01-11-2011 10:56 AM

Thank you for the feedback, I'm not going dexes at least yet. This is because I think that there's no point in doing something like this when only a few people seem interested. Perhaps if I get another comment, enough to show a decent amount of interest then sure, I'll go for it.

JayDee 01-11-2011 11:46 AM

This ounds like an awesome idea STM and the rules are fairly straightforward too
i love the faction names :D

STM 01-11-2011 11:51 AM

Thankyou very much, you guys, really pushing me to pick up writing again!!!