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Thanks for taking the time to check out Minis with Enemies! We hope you are as excited as we are about the prospect of a digital Tabletop Miniature game that combines the enjoyment of miniature gaming with the accessibility of computer and mobile gaming. We would love to have you join on as a backer and become part of our team. Keep reading for more information and please check back often for frequent updates. Help us spread the word about Minis with Enemies to your friends and..well..uh…enemies!  

Minis with Enemies brings the creativity, adventure, camaraderie and competition of tabletop miniature gaming to life on your PC, Tablet and Mobile devices! For the first time, you’ll be able to experience authentic miniature gaming any time or anywhere with your closest friends and enemies around the world. 

Minis with Enemies is everything you want in a tabletop miniature game. Collect, trade and paint hundreds of highly detailed Minis to build your ultimate army. Command your Minis into the depths of the deepest, darkest dungeons and battle your way through Adventure Maps to earn coins, items, and uncover new Minis. 

The Minis with Enemies turn-based gameplay, allows you to play multiple games simultaneously alongside or against friends, enemies and strangers on predefined Adventure Maps. Or, take on the all-powerful role of the Game Master and create the adventure of your dreams (and their nightmares) by building a fully customized map using creatures, treasures and tiles you’ve collected on your journeys, or purchased in the bazaar. 

Minis with Enemies can be played across all platforms including your PC or MAC, as well as most tablets and smart phones. Our intended desktop delivery platform is Steam©. 

The Game: Minis with Enemies brings the Tabletop Mini experience to life on PC/Mac and most tablet and mobile devices. A fully 3D experience, the game combines the enjoyment of miniature gaming with the accessibility of computer and mobile gaming to enable you to play multiple games wherever and whenever you want. 

• Turn-based Gaming: Minis with Enemies is an asynchronous turn-based game that allows you to play at your own pace. Only the active player needs to be logged in to take their turn. When it is your turn, you will be able to watch the moves and actions from previous rounds to help formulate a unified combat strategy. 
• PVP Battles: Adventure through pre-built Adventure Maps alone, cooperatively with up to 4 friends, or against your enemies in PVP and team PVP battles! 
• Collectable Rewards: Defeat the Adventure Map objective to win Items, Minis, and Gold! Gold can be used to buy new Minis, usable items, Adventure Editor pieces and creatures as well as user generated Adventure Maps. 
• Custom Content: Fancy yourself a storyteller? Take control on the Adventure Editor and build your own Adventure Maps using room templates to quickly build the map and fill it with creatures and diabolical traps for your ultimate adventure story! 

Game Modes: Minis with Enemies will have three gameplay modes at launch with new modes being added frequently. Each game mode offers a unique experience where different tactics, strategies and play styles greatly affect the outcome. 

• Game Master Mode: Game Master Mode puts you in control of the Adventure Map pitting you against up to four other players. Your goal is to defeat the players by controlling creatures, setting traps and being evil! 
• Cooperative Play Mode: Co-op Mode allows you to play alongside up to three other players in Adventure Maps against the computer AI or a Game Master. Collect treasures, defeat the creatures and meet the objective in order complete the map and earn Gold, Items and Minis! 
• PVP Mode: PVP Mode puts you head-to-head against up to three other players as you try to be the first to complete the Adventure Map objective. In addition to earning Gold, Items and Minis…you earn bragging rights! 

The Minis: Your Mini represents your character on the map. Each Mini has its own backstory and personality, as well as unique skills, attributes and abilities. Minis also have different levels, skills and tactics, which become critical game changers in the heat of battle! 

With over 100 Minis at launch, you will have a hard time deciding which one to take into battle. Minis can be Common, Uncommon or Rare and some Adventure Maps have requirements and penalties on which types of Minis can be taken into battle, so you’ll want to collect them all! 

Each Mini comes with a character card that tells its name, backstory, stats, skills and abilities. The character card also shows the Mini’s die rolls and keeps track of its health and penalties. 

You will receive one set of random Minis when you first launch the game. You can trade and sell Minis or purchase additional Minis in the form of Blister Packs using gold earned through Adventures. Minis also have a random chance of being earned by completing Adventure Maps in each of the game modes. 

Like physical tabletop games, when you get a new Mini it will be an unpainted blank canvas that you can turn into your own masterpiece using the Mini Painter. 

Mini Painter: The Mini Painter is a 3D painting utility that gives you the ability to paint and repaint your Minis in a 3D space using a wide variety of paints, washes and decals. The initial release of the Mini Painter features a simplified version of the painting editor. Future releases will feature “brush stroke” painting for an extraordinary level of color detail and customization. 

The Bazaar: The Minis with Enemies Bazaar is a marketplace where you can browse and buy Minis, Adventure Maps, Set Decorations, Tile Sets, and other items using your in-game Gold and cold hard cash! 

Chat System: Minis with Enemies’ in-game chat feature lets you easily communicate with friends and enemies in the Adventure Map to formulate strategies or taunt the Game Master. 

You’ve probably heard or read all the hyperbole about how the videogame industry is changing and it’s becoming harder for independent studios to get the funding needed from publishers to make quality games and all that, right?

Well, it’s all true! 

The way games are being distributed is also changing, and by going directly to you, the gamer, we can accurately gauge the interest and excitement level of the project. 

Many of us here at Heatwave have been in the game industry for a long time, 15 or more years working for some of the world’s biggest game publishers (SOE, EA, Sega, Bethesda, Turbine, Take Two, Atari) on some of the world’s biggest game titles (Dungeons & Dragons Online®, Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim®, Star Wars™, LOTRO, Call of Duty®, Battlefield, Mortal Kombat™, Ultima Online™, The Sims™). We paid our dues and learned the hard way what works and (unfortunately) what doesn’t work. We also know that if you love the project, and are totally passionate about what you’re creating, it has the potential to be huge (and tons of fun to build). 

We’re sick of the long and painful development cycles with lots of fighting and bickering about the design as well as a lot of costly and unnecessary “feature creep” (the addition of new, unplanned features) that causes projects to miss their dates, go over budget and not appeal to anyone. So, we decided to take matters into our own hands. 

So, why launch the Kickstarter campaign now? Why so early in the development cycle? That’s a great question, and I think you will like the answer. 

Getting backers on board early helps us focus on the features that are important to you, the players. We want to get you, the people who love the Minis with Enemies concept, involved as early as possible in every phase of the development and creative decision making process. We want your feedback on everything from art direction, like the logo design, to major gameplay decisions, such as should we use a grid or a hex based map system. 

It is much more efficient and economical to create game elements that we know will appeal to our players rather than writing and rewriting systems over and over in response to feedback once the project is live. We feel the best way to do that is to get you involved in discussions and play tests as soon as possible. 

Everyone who backs Minis with Enemies with a pledge of $15.00 or higher will be a member of our “Community Design” team. As a Community Designer, you will have access to the Minis with Enemies developer forums, be invited to Skype chats and Google+ Hangouts, be asked to complete surveys on all stages of development and design, have exclusive access to our team meetings, be able to download and play test PDF versions of the new system, and provide feedback on different game modes and rule sets. 

As we mentioned, one of the first thing we need your feedback on is the Minis with Enemies logo. Check out the latest version of the logo here and leave a comment telling is what you think!

In order to bring Minis with Enemies to life, we are asking for your help to raise $300,000 by July 10, 2012. 

This is an amazing project! We are super excited about the design and concept and know that it will bring hours and hours of enjoyment to your life.

So, support Minis with Enemies today by pledging at least $15.00 (or more to get sweet loot) and help spread the word. The more people that back this project, the more likely we are to meet our funding goal!

First off, that would be AMAZING and truly validate our strong feeling about Minis with Enemies! 

If we exceed our funding goal, the funds go directly into the expansion of cool and more robust features such as a more detailed Mini Painter and more Minis, tile sets and editor functions. If we are fortunate enough to get in the ballpark of our funding goal, we will outline a new plan…with your input of course.

Check out the full list of rewards on the right side of the screen.

Everyone who backs Minis with Enemies will get their name in the “Special Thanks” game screen credits. All backers who pledge $15.00 or more will get a special “Community Designer” credit on the launch website and in the game! 

In addition to credits, all $15.00 or higher backers will become members of the Minis with Enemies Community Design Team and will gain access to the private development forums, have email access to the team, be invited to Skype chats and Google+ hangouts, sent regular surveys on design and marketing/branding decisions and play an integral role in providing the feedback that will shape Minis with Enemies into the ultimate Digital Tabletop Mini Game! 

†All content must be approved by the Heatwave development team to be included in the Minis with Enemies game client.

We are Heatwave Interactive! We are an Austin, TX based studio comprised of over 30 gamers with extensive game development experience and an expertise in Role Playing Games, Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMO) and large scale online multiplayer games. Passion for creating games that give the player tools to unleash their creativity and share a unique gaming experience with old and new friends is what drives us, and is the force behind Minis with Enemies! 

Members of the Heatwave Interactive team have been a part of creating some of the most amazing and groundbreaking games in the last 20 years and we come from all disciplines including Design, Engineering, Audio Design, Server Architecture, Network Operations, QA, Marketing, Community and Customer Service. Titles we have worked on and shipped include: 

• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim®, Dungeons & Dragons Online®, The Ultima™ series, Ultima Online™ and the expansions, Lord of the Rings™ Series , EverQuest®, EverQuest II®, DC Universe Online™, Wing Commander™ series, Alpha Centauri™, Privateer, Madden NFL, Star Wars™ Galaxies, Battlefield 2™, Gods & Heroes™, iSamJackson™, Platinum Life: Country, and many, many more! 

WE LOVE GAMES! We love PC games, we love console games, we love board games and we love Tabletop games. We run Descent campaigns at lunch and several of us play a D&D game that has been running for over five years. We paint minis and build set props. We want to make Minis with Enemies for ourselves just as much as we want to make it for you. 

For more information on some of the team members, check out the "Project By" section listed under the rewards.  

We would like to extend a very special thanks to the following people, without whom, this project page would not be special! 

Tiburon Transmedia for contributing the awesome video production to the Minis with Enemies campaign.

Dragon’s Lair Comics & Fantasy for serving Austin’s gaming needs and allowing us to film our video in their store during a Warhammer 40K tournament! 

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