October 4, 2018 – New York, New York – _Echelon Software today announces three new additions to the Black Powder Red Earth® series.
First, is Echelon’s first step into miniature wargaming. Partnering with Spectre Miniatures, the _Echelon team has specced a chalk of Cold Harbor Assaulters for play in the Spectre Operations tabletop modern war game. These 28mm miniatures are based on Ember QRF teams depicted in Black Powder Red Earth Yemen and have been modeled to the exact specs of these assaulters. The anticipated release date of the set is Black Friday, 2018.
Steve May, of Spectre said, “We are very excited to be part of bringing BPRE into the world of tabletop gaming.” _Echelon could ask for no better partner than Spectre, who’s miniatures we’ve used in play since the brand launched in 2014.
Continuing with this thread, the _Echelon team is now designing a co-operative PVE board game focused on the application of small unit tactics in asymmetric urban warfare. With a campaign and rule system built from the ground up as an analog for small units working in non-permissive urban settings, the game is laser focused on creating opportunities for meaningful decisions employing cutting-edge weapons, set in real-world locations with real-world challenges as seen in the Black Powder Red Earth graphic novels and mini-series. Spectre will be developing the miniature component of the game as well as advising on creating a frictionless and natural game flow.
Finally, _Echelon has begun development of a Black Powder Red Earth animated mini-series. Conceived of as a 3 episode animated piece, series creator Jon Chang has been researching + developing the scenario since August 2017 with SME’s from US Army Special Operations. As with all BPRE projects, series creators work to insure the missions, tactics and equipment are all kept authentic and that the opponents tactics are accurately reflected.
Screen writing began with purpose in August 2018, with storyboarding set to begin in October in anticipation of a trip to Tokyo in January 2019 where the team will be selected to create this next endeavor. “As life long anime fans, dating back to series like Space Cruiser Yamato(StarBlazers), Macross, Akira, Gunbuster and Area 88 – it has been a dream to take the BPRE story from the page to the moving picture.”
Learn more and directly support these endeavors by supporting Black Powder Red Earth on patreon at www.patreon.com/blackpowderredearth
For more on Spectre Miniatures visit www.spectreminiatures.com or email info@spectreminiatures.com
For further information on these projects contact blackpowderredearth@echelon-software.com
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Is this a table board game in the likes of Advanced Squad Leader? Obviously the game pieces are different but is the game play similar?
I played Squad Leader with a few friends for hours and hours, great game on rainy days.
The board game we are developing is more inline with something like Necromunda or Warhammer 40k Kill Team, focused more on fast paced small unit tactics than the granular detail of Squad Leader(another team fav).
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Thank you Jon, I am going to look into this, I have heard of Warhammer and know it to be popular also great to see that on SS developers and such read and reply to questions about their products and craft.
Absolutely happy that Spectre Minis are featured here. thank you!
Big fan!