PAX Unplugged Leviathans Chat
15On Friday, December 6th Rem Alternis, CGL Community and Marketing Director; Randall Bills, CGL Creative Director; Bryn Bills, Leviathans Line Developer
-The original plan for the Kickstarter was to release March-April 2022
-Manufacturers are on-schedule to finish production at the end of January
-Books and other paper products are printed
-Pins and patches are produced
-CGL are always more optimistic around what they can produce
-Mercs Kickstarter drained company resources
-Bryn is a new line developer learning how to do it
-At this point everything is in motion
-Bryn is very confident that the manufacturer will hit these deadlines
-It’s harder to commit to an exact timeframe for final fulfillment but hopefully it’ll be before the end of Q1
-Distributors will be different in some parts of the world
-Distrbution will be hubs - one for North America, one for UK and Europe, one for Australia
-Bryn maintained his statement that if he was hit by a bus tomorrow the Kickstarter would still fulfill. Everything is set up to go.
Products shown off:
-Core rulebook, this is in a warehouse, the print edition matches the most recent corrected PDF.
-A selection of ships, these were a mix of mass produced and printed prototypes. All pre-painted. The latest delays were making sure the painting was correct
-Starter box
-Quickstart rulebook
-Operation Hannibal campaign box
-Fjord/city map from the Operation Ragnar Campaign box
-Operation Ragnar campaign map
-Several items are slotted in for the next 12-18 months, non-Kickstarter items
-Fleet boxes for US, Austria-Hungary and Japan
-A new campaign box, centred on South America
-A thing they’d love to do but they’re not sure they can fulfil it so Bryn doesn’t want to commit to it.
-After that depends on how it does at retail
-Randall expressed his deep appreciation for the fan community to get Leviathans back into production
-Randall also said he’s really looking forward to seeing people delve into the campaign boxes
Q&A
Can we get photos of the high-res models? Yes
Why is Leviathans? Because Purple Bird Stupid (this was asked by Big Red and Bryn decided to tease him)
Why are the fixed-wing aircraft swept-wing? Because it looks different and cool and to give Leviathans a distinct design style
Are there plans for a Dice Core RPG for Leviathans? Yes, but no thought has been put into it until the game is out and they see how it sells.
What are your favourite ship designs? Bryn: game design wise it’s SML Wolve, the destroyer with armour and only one gun, designed to protect bigger German ships from torpedoes. Aesthetics-wise, the Italian ships, he adores the sleek racecar look, if he had to pick one he’d go for the Vulcano-class Battleship. For Randall it’s the Italians for both, he designed them to be radically different from the French and UK and loves how manoeuvrable they are.
Are we going to see aircraft carriers? Bryn would like to but he won’t commit to anything
Is there fiction included in the rulebooks? There’s sourcebook material but no prose
Will the missing/incorrect ship cards in the TTS mod be fixed? Bryn was unaware, he’ll talk to James Kirtley to resolve it.
Will the Demo Team be supporting Leviathans? Yes.
What class is the US Cruiser from the Kickstarter? Frontier
Bryn spoke about what Leviathans means to him, he’s been involved with the game for so long, it means everything to him, he loves the game and universe from even before the was the developer. A lot of the delays are because they want it to be the best it can be and they’re sorry it’s taken so long.