Hobgoblin Rulebook First Look (Dev Diary 24.015) 

Thank you!!

Thanks dude!

Thank you! I’m really proud of what the four of us on the team made together. Also: ALL HAIL THE ALGORITHM!

@@planetsmashergames The algorithm also fed me this; I click on perhaps one recommended video a month, so I think that's a testament to what a good job you did with this video. The title and thumbnail ooze honesty and enthusiasm, and I'm amazed at how little the video felt like "here's why you should buy my thing" and how much it felt like "holy shit, this thing is so cool and I'm excited to have it and want to share that feeling with you". That's a really tough tone to navigate and you nailed it.

Awesome! Thank you so much!

Thanks so much! I dig the finished vibe of it so much. When you are writing a manuscript, you have images in your mind of what the layout might end up looking like, and it’s so fun to see the plain text I wrote spring to life in ways that I didn’t expect or imagine.

CROM is so rad. I love Raiders.

@@planetsmashergames Birdking too is just amazing.

Thanks dude!

Is pretty.

Thanks my dude! ❤️

Cheers! Yeah, come hangout a spell.

Haha, my rolled-Rs aren’t up to scratch! Glad you like the look of the book.

Greg and CROM brought the heat!

Thank you dude!!!

@@planetsmashergames The book is gorgeous

Cheers!

😁

Thanks! I’d love to explore it more in the future.

Age of Magic is awesome. Very different to Hobgoblin, but very slick.

@@planetsmashergames Cool. I like real differences between games.

I was not! Off to google it!!

Hey Ollie! It’s a fine and excellent question. I have ideas, but nothing fully formed yet. For a sci-fi thing, a la 40k, I wouldn’t start from Hobgoblin as a base, as the game would need to feel so different. In particular, the key challenge would be how to make lots of shooting unit interesting, as that’s not trivial!

@@planetsmashergames Oh interesting. I think one of most interesting things about Hobgoblin is that Magic and 'Strategy' use the same 'action resourse' which allows armies to be either lead be Sorcerer Lords or mighty leaders, but still compete. It's a very neat way to solve the problem of how to include magic or psychic powers without them dominating the game. That would be fun to see in a 40k related thing. Yes shooting is hard! In some ways you need to have an idea of the game size and format of armies you are aiming for (2000 points, 30-40 models of Marines?), and then work back from there! Love the content. Best wishes from a fellow Brit!

Oh, thanks. Yeah, that’s a great observation. My happy place happens to be around 1000 points, sort of 4-7 units/vehicles, so I can imagine optimising for that sort of scale. I think having a chaotic and unpredictable battlefield is also an interesting space, a bit like I did in A Billion Suns, (or a 40k game with lots of deep strike) with strategic placement being important and not just two battlelines.

Sure! The illustrations were done by CROM, Sean Sutter, with The Forge Studios doing the landscapes and Domenico Cava doing the map.

It’s an original piece that my lil’ brother wrote for me! So I guess “Official Planet Smasher Theme”? 😄

@@planetsmashergames Bestest intro on YT! Make it longer ;-)

Not quite, but as the author, Electi sent me some stock to sell at UKGE and I couldn’t help but share a flipthru!

A lot of my playtesting was solo, so I had the rules written and figured… Sure, why not include them!

Electi do, yes, they are just in the final stages of getting things sorted for UK/EU.

It’s only $10 shipping if you are in the UK? Not sure why you are seeing $75? I don’t see that.

@@planetsmashergames I thought so. I now have a reason to go to UKG in a week.

@planetsmashergames for the book $40 + $14 cards = $54 Plus $11 VAT Postage to UK via Royal mail $10. Giving the total $75. Seen as you are at UKG and a friend playing in the Conquest Tournament, I may pop up Friday. If I can get off work..

No problem, sorry it brings back unfavourable memories. Please, skip away.

I agree. Planets are one thing but wilfully destroying minis or even dice is beyond the pale.

Except D4s, but those guys fight back…

I always watch the intro! The smashing is the best part!

Just wanted to say intro kills it!!!!!! Great content