Entropy City: Making a Wargame

I have a whole series of Knights of Dice terrain I purchased specifically for Entropy City and Ive been very very happy with not just how it looks but the compliments I get about how good it looks, so for a long time Ive been ignoring how problematic it is to transport these things on my Motorbike, it ruined a battlefoam bag due to its weight and my “solution” was to put it in a a heavy duty storage tub and call it a day but after playtesting the game with someone whod never tried it before I realised something.

Im a moron, okay okay maybe thats not it, maybe it is you be the judge. Look MDF terrain isnt designed to be transported, its beautiful but its heavy, I should be saving it for big events when the game reaches marketing time. So I need an alternative terrain set thats lighter and easier to transport.

So how simple do I go? I mean I could in theory go as far as foldable card terrain that would certainly be a lot easier to transport but would be a massive downgrade. The alternate idea would be some 3d printed solutions, because if done properly they will be lighter, the size of terrain is something I want to be more careful about as well.

This is a couple of “paper terrain” options I could buy from Fat Dragon games, I would have it printed in card personally but thats just me, but I would have to have then printed by an office supply place so not entirely sure if Id even have the options that come in the sets themselves. Realistically the solution is LIKELY a combination of both, so I have another excuse to want an FDM printer right haha

I use modern terrain for all of my Entropy City and thats going to be the solution going forward, this wont be an over night solution but I cant delay on it, travelling with that tub is just not safe any more.

I’m not sure I can truly how explains how it feels to have an idea you had in your head come back to you in a real piece of artwork by at artist with some talent, and I want to be clear this isnt me insulting myself its just that drawing isnt a skill I have.

The original versions of this logo I will show in a moment were actually created by me tracing around a photo I found on the internet, I mean i was proud it looked as good as it did but it wasnt really drawing and it certainly wasnt something I could ever use in a final product.  So lets have a reminder of where this all started

By the time we reached commission time it certainly felt a lot more like a logo than it had early on and I wont lie, Im very very glad I chose the triangle and Im not even really sure why, it just felt right to me. Unlike the Hades logo where I knew exactly what I wanted this one was far more fliud, I knew the idea I had but I knew I needed to leave it more to WeirdBlueYonder’s artistic creativity.

There was a moment of doubt where they werent sure if they had the right vibe with the “ghoulish” look it had on its face but given the nature of the organisation I felt it was perfect, theyre not exactly trying to pretend to be innocent like some others might do. We had some back and forth over the saliva and Im really really happy with the final results and now we only have two more faction logos to finalise.

As always the rules for Entropy City continues to evolve and change over time as testing happens and continues, I dont always share every single update because some of them are tiny, and some of them a tedious and I always second guess how many people actually read them.

This one however I felt was a pretty important share, for starters the Redemption Falls Police Department have begun testing but more importantly I have added the playtesting lists and cards to the end of the rules document on the off chance anyone is interested in testing things for themselves at home.

I’ll try and give a more significant update sometime soon but I wanted to get this out, one last note, at some point within the next month the Entropy City channel on the Getting Tabled youtube channel will be moved to a public channel.

– Jason “The Bruce”

I will do another update soon with the updated cards for all 4 factions.

I recently had the opportunity to be a guest writer for the Inner-Strength Check Podcast when the creator asked if I would be interested in talking about the development of Entropy City. Their podcast isnt purely gaming related often talks about music but its main focus had always been mental health as well.

But I figured now was a good time to share the article.

Presenting the world’s first ever Entropy City battle report, this video captures the first 2 turns of combat between Hades M.C. And The Komodo. I’ve not filmed many battle Reports in the past and have found the learning curve is rather steep but hope you find the video enjoyable, I definitely have plans to make future videos even better.

So I hope this wets your appetite for Entropy City and builds the curiosity for more.

Very briefly this is what I have plans to improve next time.

• More camera angles and less reaching into frame
• On screen images to display changes and conditions.
• Film more to allow for the edit to capture everything and be edited to look more like what I see elsewhere.
• Entropy City will need it’s own YouTube channel to become active at some point.

Some of these improvements are already in progress.

What is it that Gerry loves the most? Battle Reports? So what am I attempting to do? Make a battle report.

Actually truth be told Ive already finished editing the battle report itself, it captures 2 turns of a game, it will go live later in the month but wanted to leave it with getting Tabled patreons for a little while first. However here is a little tease of things to come.

This preview was created BEFORE the new artwork was completed.

I can already tell you theres things I will want to do better next time. For starters, the originaln plan was to use the footage to create several game mechanic videos and it somewhat BECAME a battle report later, this means theres some “boring” turns that arent captured, also without graphics on screen to show off the stats, and I am in the process of creating these things for next time.

Ive also never really done battle reports so its a learning curve, but hopefully the final version peaks enough peoples interest for more

I’ve spoken endless times about how I cant really draw, and thats okay its just not a skill I have, Ive been proud of what ive been able to achieve my “faking it” as I call it but getting real artwork thats drawn by a real artist and is mine to use without being concerned about stolen assets has been a huge goal for a long time.

For a long time the Hades Motorcycle Club has a simple idea and I want to quickly share its history before I reveal the official final logo.

As you can see the idea started simply, I had what I felt was a pretty solid idea in my head but the question was how it looked, I settled quickly on how I wanted it to look like it could be made as a patch and I’ve stuck with that with the final version I had Into The Weird Blue Yonder complete for me.

A logo is a small step but an important one and makes the game feel more real. Hope I can share more soon.