Delayed Prodigy the Game-Hanakai Studio

[The Gibbergeist]

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/121511007/prodigy-the-game

 

Miniatures (pre-painted) combined with video games... All I can say the minis look pretty good so hopefully there will be an option to buy un-prepainted versions as well!

 

Oh, and it seems Jean Bey, the former owner of Rackham/Confrontation, is behind this.

Edited August 22, 2016 by Darsc Zacal
Tag updated

[ApesAmongUs]

So, it's like a boardgame, except you won't be able to pull it out of the closet and play in 5 years when the tech is dead and it's like a videogame, only not convenient or easy to store.  Best of both world, really.

[brushforhire]

I saw this earlier. I would love to get my hands on some of those to paint, but they are a bit to expensive for my taste. Especially for a game I will never play. Even for the add on options it would be $70 for two minis I sorta like, let alone any of the ones I love. That being said it does look like a high quality product.

[MonkeySloth]

Ahh, ex-rackham people. Explains the nice figures.

[Doramos]

Soo expensive but those are nice looking figs. Looks like it might be a pretty cool game too.

[MonkeySloth]

If you didn't notice they're 60mm base for the sale, that's part of the high cost.

[Chrome]

The other part is that there's tech embedded in the minis. There's a chip (NFC tag) on it that identifies the mini and its facing. Each one has a unique ID tied to it, so when you're playing the game the system knows exactly which mini you're using. Your models earn XP each time you use them and level up, so over time it gains new powers, etc.

 

So, it's like a boardgame, except you won't be able to pull it out of the closet and play in 5 years when the tech is dead and it's like a videogame, only not convenient or easy to store.  Best of both world, really.

 

Did you look at the game before posting that? It's on PC, so it'll definitely be playable in 5 years, and the board isn't any bigger than my laptop. No mini gamer should have problems storing that.

Edited April 3, 2014 by Chrome

[cmorse]

It just doesn't seem like there is any game reason for the minis or board. The minis, board (just a 3x4 grid), and cards are just a really fancy and expensive mouse. They aren't doing anything that adds anything.

[MonkeySloth]

its just like skylanders and Disney Infinity. Makes since someone is trying to do something similar to am adult market.

[Arkady]

Yeah, I was thinking Skylanders, too.

 

Also, note they "chose a 60mm scale in order to offer you pieces of unparalleled" utter uselessness, because seriously, 6mm more make such a big difference they had to make sure they won't even fit in with 54mm collections.

[ApesAmongUs]

The other part is that there's tech embedded in the minis. There's a chip (NFC tag) on it that identifies the mini and its facing. Each one has a unique ID tied to it, so when you're playing the game the system knows exactly which mini you're using. Your models earn XP each time you use them and level up, so over time it gains new powers, etc.

 

So, it's like a boardgame, except you won't be able to pull it out of the closet and play in 5 years when the tech is dead and it's like a videogame, only not convenient or easy to store.  Best of both world, really.

 

Did you look at the game before posting that? It's on PC, so it'll definitely be playable in 5 years, and the board isn't any bigger than my laptop. No mini gamer should have problems storing that.

It's on a PC, but with what looks like an ipad, but appears to be specialized hardware.  That'll be just just as useful in a few years as my Samba de Amigo maracas.

 

And it's not about having problems storing it, it's about the fact that it eliminates some of the benefits each format has when taken separately, but adds nothing significant to offset the loss.

[Chrome]

I think that what it does is taking the first step in the evolution of miniature gaming. I won't be surprised at all if in a few years I could (for example) go to my FLGS for X-Wing league night and play using my figs, then when I get home, take those exact same figs on a specialized mat and play a game of X-Wing with a friend in another state.

 

And yes, I can already play X-Wing online if I want to, but its ugly and clunky and doesn't feel the same as playing a game with real miniatures.

[ahayford]

Harebrained Schemes had a similar project a while back.https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1613260297/golem-arcana?ref=live