I have the base units for my upcoming fantasy wargame almost ready. Some of you already know it - its called gods & minions and will be a collectible dice game that uses dice to display the troops (yes, a crazy idea - even more crazy trying to build this thing actually!).
So, here we have a list of the three starting races. There are currently 8 units per race, but i want 4 additional units for each race and you could help me brainstorming! as the base units are already done, i need something shiny that really stands out and is fun to collect, but it may not be too "uber".
that would be 36 dice in the coreset, wich is enough to provide the players with something to collect and play in a while. i would like to do more, but this is also a cost issue.
DWARVES
1. Halfbeard, light infantry
2. Crossbowman
3. Ram Rider Cavalry
4. axeman
5. pikeman
6. hammerman
7. gunner with musket
8. longbeard, heavy elite infantry
9-12. ???
WOOD ELVES
1. scout
2. wood elf savage
3. archer
4. spearman
5. swordman
6. cavalry
7. wolfkin / elf-wolf crossover
8. bearkin / elf-bear crossover
9-12. ???
NIGHT GOBLINS (working title)
1. scout
2. wolf rider
3. raider, light infantry
4. warrior, heavy infantry
5. archer
6. spearman
7. fanatic, ball & chain
8. kamikaze, with bomb on back
9-12. ???
Okay and now the real challenge, the new units may NOT be of certain types - as these types are reserved for future expansions of the game. the forbidden types are:
A. Big War-Machines or Artillery
B. Spellcasters
C. Personalities or unique Characters
D. Elementals or big monsters
E. standard bearers or musicians
I am looking forward to your creative ideas (this could become a cool brainstorming thread actuallly).
hey, thanks for the reply - already very useful!
ah - no spiders for the goblins (because there will be swamp goblins too later on, they will get all the spidery stuff)
yeah, the units have much cooler names in the game but i thought you wont be able to understand/imagine if i post the original name (right now they all sounds quite sterotypical, but it doesnt help when i call them "defender of the kings hall" here)
the bat rider is cool and there will be a eagle rider for the wood elves.
i also take your idea of the "rock hurler" and combine it with the bat rider instead. so we now have rock hurling giant-bat rider that is part of the night goblin army. thats a cool dice - in game and also to collect!
we could have some steam stuff or the dwarves - like "steam knights" or something like that, but i dont want to add too many cavalry to them.