Masters of the Universe Battleground Unboxing & Initial Review | Rules, Components & Miniatures
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- Опубліковано 23 чер 2022
- Always Board Never Boring was incredibly excited to receive Masters of the Universe Battleground from his family as a birthday gift. As someone who grew up loving the cartoon, comics, and toys, a tabletop skirmish game featuring all of his favourite characters is a bit of a dream come true. Needless to say, he's going to spend a long time talking about it. If you want to see every component discussed in excruciating detail over a period in excess of 30 minutes, then this is the video for you.
That's right, folks, we are looking at every card, every miniatures frame, every terrain element, discussing some of the rules, chucking a couple of miniatures together, and more. It just goes on...
Please note that after making this video, ABNB discovered a timeline of releases for subsequent Masters of the Universe Battleground expansions. This is the timeframe:
June - four more characters.
August - New map, terrain, and missions.
October - four more characters.
December - The Evil Horde arrives! Heck yeah.
Where are my Snake Men, though?
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Please note, after creating this video I found the release schedule for products for the rest of the year. The details are in the video description. Archon have clarified that Teela and Beastman are in the first batch of releases.
He-Man is very close to my heart, I grew up with him and my Master's Of Universe toys were my prize possession!
I know exactly what you mean. I have wanted a decent He-Man miniatures game for years, so I'm so excited to finally have this in my collection.
I got the Wolfenstein board game by Archon and recently finished building it. I was pleasantly surprised with the miniature and box content quality, as well as the amount of plastic in the box (especially for the price). My only critique was that the pieces really benefit from being "dry fit" together before using glue to see how one should squeeze the minis together when gluing (have put together well over 750 minis). I have heard mixed things about Archon but with my first exposure I am quite impressed.
I've been very impressed with everything I've seen from Archon Studio, and Battleground is something I'm really excited about. I haven't had a chance to play Wolfenstein, and it isn't an IP that really interests me, but it looked really good.
Happy belated birthday sir love your reviews and playthroughs
Thank you. That's very kind.
I'd jump in if they made She-Ra. It looks pretty cool though, blast from the past!
They made a limited She-Ra model last year (not for this game) and the Evil Horde come out in December. I would guess She-Ra is on the cards.
This is one franchise I never got into. Didn’t know about it as a kid and not able to watch the cartoon. I think you are right about narrative play.
Thanks ABNB. Great video. Seems like a good solid game. It would be interesting to see a review after you’ve played a few games.
Oh I'm pretty sure there will be a fair bit of content for this game. There will definitely be a review after I have a few games under my belt, a playthrough, and some painting too, of course.
I said it once, and I'll say it again... YOU HAVE THE POWER!! 😁
They had said from the start that the design of the game was to "compete" with the likes of Underworlds, Godtear, Warcry as a tournament system. The more Story driven game that is very much like this is the CMON version that I think is still up on KS as a late pledge.
I’m in the UK making it more difficult to get the CMoN game, not that I would anyway, but it’s easy enough for me to make narrative scenarios.
Great vid.
Thanks.
Oh man, this is awesome. I'm a pretty big MOTU fan myself, and still have 32 of the figures, Castle Greyskull, and a couple vehicles. The biggest draw for me would definitely be the minis. Hopefully they make more character/villain packs like Heroes of the Grid does. And man, I know you can't wait to get to painting on those characters. I hope to see the end result.
It’s really exciting. If you check out the video description you will see the schedule for new releases. We have a lot of characters on the way!
@@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring Thats wicked! And the gaps between releases is really small too. The Evil Horde release is pretty exciting. Leech and Grizzlor were among my favorite as far as the action figures went.
As soon as I saw this game I knew I had to have it. Also a huge MOTU fan!!
I would pick this up in a heartbeat. Too bad it’s not available in the US.
It's a shame about the limited distribution. However, apparently there are a few stores across the pond that are managing to stock it. Badger Games has stock at the moment.
Glad this is now showing up in the US. Picked up a copy a couple of weeks ago! Psyched to play.
I was really happy when I heard they were able to extend the license. It's a really good game, and the miniatures are lovely.
@@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring agreed. Assembly wasn’t great but they look good. Just started reading the rules. Looks lots of fun!!!
Wave 1 of the additional characters are going up for Pre-order next week. Beastman, Scareglow, Teela and The Sorceress.
The only miniatures I had a problem with were Evil Lyn (her staff and wrist connection is VERY flimsy, I suggest gluing the end of the staff against her back) and Stratos (as he is standing on one spindly leg and very badly weighted imo)
Thanks for the character list. I found the schedule for releases after making the video and put it in the video description, but it didn't include specifics on which characters were included in each wave. I'm not surprised at all to see Beastman and Teela in the first set.
I just found their AMA about Battleground on UA-cam, which shows the first expansion contents. This game is going to cost me a lot of money.
A small coin under the base, like a penny can help weirdly balanced minis
Not available in the US hurts. Would love this just for the models. Grew up watching the show and love its techno-barbarian vibe of sci-fi and magic.
There are a few places that are stocking it outside of Europe, it seems. Badger Games is a company that I keep seeing crop up. Also, CMoN have their MotU game on the way as well.
This is the next project I will paint. Will you show us how you paint them, like you did with Cursed City? AP Speedpaint on them would look great.
With Cursed City done (just a few videos left to put up), I was planning on painting Dark Souls (it was supposed to be Space Crusade but I have put that on hold for just a little while), but I'm going to find it too hard to resist He-Man miniatures so I'm pretty sure this just went to the top of the queue. I won't be using Speedpaints for these, though, although I think they would work well with them.
Thanks to you, now I'm interested in this game, now it's in my "to buy" list.
If I understood the dice mechanics correctly; what I don't like about the game are the dice. It would be a lot better if the dice where dedicated for the game. 1, 2 and 3 should be blank 4 and 5 a star and 6 a star with a burst or explosion in the back but that would make the game a bit more expensive. Now I want the game with custom dice....and in different colors. Purple and yellow for the bad guys and gray and red for the good guys. Looking forward for the next video, your He-Man looked awesome painted 👍
Thanks for the kind words. Glad you liked the paint job. I see where you are coming from with the custom dice idea, but symbols would actually make things more confusing. By default, successes are 4 and 5, and critical successes are 6, but you can increase or decrease the scope of tests cumulatively. So, for example, if you use a ranged attack on an engaged enemy (-1 modifier) in cover (-1 modifier), you only succeed on the roll of a 6. A 1 is always a fail and a 6 is always a success, so they could have put something special on those faces, and they could have had fancy coloured sets for each force, but I think they did the right thing by sticking with the numbers.
@@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring Thanks for the info. Yeah I think I have to play it to understand it more. I'm more of a HeroClix guy but lately I wan't to expand my games to Hero Quest and this Masters Battleground and that includes getting into the hobby of painting miniatures.
I am planning on doing a full breakdown of gameplay for MotU Battleground very soon. It's been on the cards for ages but I haven't had the opportunity. You're picking some great games to get involved with!
OMG, I need that!
I am really excited about this one.
@@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring Too bad it’s only in the UK. I’m in Canada. I may have to import it! Great vid as always.
Available through Badger Games in Wisconsin.
Badger Games don't have stock of this game. Archon Studio aren't allowed to distribute this game in certain territories because of rights issues conflicting with CMoN so while you may find a few copies, they are likely to be few and far between. I would also be concerned about being able to get the expacs - they have a lot of them planned.
Ya I got it when they did a pre-order, so I guess that was the window.
This is available through Badger Games in the U.S.A.
Unfortunately, Badger Games have it listed as out of stock and I imagine they will find it hard to get any. You may find a few places that have a couple of copies but as Archon Studio aren't allowed to distribute in the USA you won't find it widely available and may really struggle to get any expansions.
In stock as of Friday on Badger. I got mine delivered this weekend and the two expansion!
Nice, this is one of games I'm not sure if I want or not
This was a no brainer for me, but I will be doing some additional coverage on the channel, including a full review after I have played enough games to get a feel for it all.
Hoping Fields of Eternia finally makes an appearance soon then.
They have faced some shipping delays for Fields of Eternia, apparently. They don't know yet when it's going to arrive in their warehouse.
it is really strange to see the retro he man toys at the store. they look just like the ones we had and our parents likely gave away at some point.
Yeah, some of the retro line look incredibly close. It's fun to see those guys hanging on pegs in the toy store after so many years..
Grabbed this during latest Gamefound campaign for US shipment. Looking forward to putting together. Any preferred glue for these?
I recommend a plastic cement. I tend to use Citadel because that’s what my local store stocks.
Is difficult terrain all the non plain orange like with printed rocks for example ?
There is no difficult terrain in the core set. Difficult terrain is added by Mer-Man's ability, and then by swamps in the Preternia expansion. Art on the board is irrelevant.
@@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring well..then the pic on top of p15 of the rules is indeed irelevant and very confusing....
That's just a diagram to show you how the rule for difficult terrain works.
@@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring yeah. Just found the errata on Archon site. Thanks anyway...
Yeah. The game looks nice. I backed Archon’s “Fields of Eternia” game last year. That game was supposed to have been delivered in March 2022 - instead Archon released “Battlegrounds” on pre-order in April 2022. The miniatures - except for one (Orko, I believe) - are the exact same sculpts that the backers paid for in “Fields”, and the art and text is also ripped from “Fields”. Now, as of today, Fields has still not been delivered, no pictures of finished game components have been shown and the game is indefinitely postponed (at least four months qv. Archons CEO). Their communication since closing the crowdfunding has been laughable at best, with the standard reply being “unhappy - here is the link for the refund” to those voicing concerns with the lack of progress, information etc.
Archon Studios are not getting another Euro cent or any kind of money again.
Sorry to hear you aren't happy. As I understand it from the recent updates on the Fields of Eternia campaign there have been unavoidable shipping delays, which always sucks and I hope they can resolve that soon. Their crowdfunding campaign for their Dungeons and Lasers stuff has been shipping right on schedule so it sounds like bad luck there, but that doesn't make it any easier when you are facing long delays to get your stuff.
I believe the He-Man and Orko miniatures are different in Battleground, and all of the miniatures also have different bases to account for facing.
@@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring Cheers. Well - even if Archon behave like proper gits, your videos are always a pleasure to watch - so keep that up!
Thank you. I hope when the game finally arrives it was worth the wait for you! I wasn't that excited about the gameplay for Fields of Eternia, and I really wanted a skirmish game, but I am interested to see some reviews when people have the game in hand.
How did u assemble them? Our parts (example he-man) they are not hooking and attaching with each other
I'm not sure what you mean by hooking. The parts are keyed so they fit together only one way. Do a dry fit to make sure you understand how the two pieces are supposed to sit together, then apply your glue and hold the parts for a few seconds. I recommend plastic glue rather than superglue.
@@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring so we need Glue, this what we thought, they wont (click) or get plugged in to be fixed
@@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring many thanks ❤️🌹, we will assemble the game in the summer then ✌🏻, plastic glue it is
Yeah, they aren't "push-fit" models so you will need to glue them. If it's your first time gluing miniatures just make sure you follow the included build instructions carefully and you shouldn't go wrong.
Minis look pretty great. Stratos is probably a pain just at a glance.
Shame about all the cards though. At least they didn't compound the issue with custom dice.
I didn’t know what kind of dice system the game was using when I first opened the box and I was quite pleased to see regular d6. Several people have complained Stratos is a tricky one. Orko could be my new favourite miniature ever!
@@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring At least Orko is better than Snarf.
@@johnmiddleton4291 Few things are worse.
Nice to have a mini size comparison. But isn't He-man a "big man", like 2.1 m ?
No. His original action toy was the same size as everyone else (many of them used the same body mould), and if you look at him in the original cartoons he isn't any bigger than anyone else. His miniature in Battleground is no bigger than any other miniature.
@@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring ok then.
But I new serie on Netflix he look taller. I found the size 2.1m on internet.
Oh and by the way. The photo you take is beautiful
Thanks. This game is based on the old toy line and Filmation cartoon. If you look up a screenshot from the original cartoon of He-Man standing next to characters like Man-at-Arms you will see they are pretty much the same size and body type.
@@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring
Did you try the Netflix one?
I think it's a good sequel.
And Mark Hammil did a great job on skeletor
@@daviddupont517 I’m glad you liked it.
Hi. Can you please confirm ? Using skeletor summon skill costs 1 AP and 2 mana NOT 2 AP (1 to use it +1 its cost) ans 2 mana ? Thanks
Skills cost the AP and mana listed on the skill. There are no additional AP costs. So, a skill that only has a mana cost won't cost you an AP to use it.
@@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring thanks. Much clearer now but someone had explained it differently....but the rules are clear.
@@erics745 That's the ruling from the game designer. You only pay the listed cost on the skill.
Yeah... the CMON MotU boardgame looks like abject S***.
This. THIS looks AMAZING!!!
I haven't seen much of the CMoN gameplay. I would like to try it, but being in the UK it's not likely that will happen.
MotU Battlegrounds is a proper tabletop miniatures war game. Clash for Eternia is more of a boardgame than a proper miniatures war game.
I've not played Battlegrounds but rules for Clash for Eternia has simple rules. I found the game fun and the miniatures are amazing.
Invent the scenarios yourself. Much better anyway. BTW...what is the board size?
No Teela or Beastman? Glad I can't get it in the U.S.
They are releasing a lot of characters over the next few months (full schedule in the video description). I am sure Teela and Beastman will be some of the first to come out.
@@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring looks like first wave has them both.
@@BenBoersma That doesn’t surprise me at all.
Hi, I am having a hard time figuring out how to play the game. Can you make a video on how to play the game step by step? please
I was intending to do something going through the rules in more detail, along with playthroughs and a review, but I’m not sure when at the moment. Is there anything in particular you are struggling with?
thanks !for fast response wow, well i am going over the rules and how to start game and just having a hard time understanding on how to just start the game. Me and my son been on it for over an hour and just get confused. is there any think you can just help with on how to get more of the concept of the game and start? Thank you for your time
The first thing I would recommend is to use the starter game suggestions from the book. That means using smaller teams, following the recommended weapon loadouts, and using the marked cards from the fate deck. When I have a bit more time I will try to run through some ideas for getting up to speed in a longer response and I will be working on a video eventually too.
Thank you very much !very helpful. I will be looking forward to your video.
He Man is really supposed to be larger than a normal person though, right? So it is 25mm right? He should tower over mere mortals...
No, most He-Man toys had the same body type and the other characters aren’t smaller than him in this game. The official scale is 32mm according to the website.
He-Man meets HeroQuest.
Those the only three words you know? Just asking as that's the same (and only) comment you make on every video
Astonishing this hasn't been canceled because of the blond white male hero. 🤣