ONUS! Rome Vs Carthago: English Version of the game

Greetings friends!

I’m Jose Manuel from Spain. I’m part of Draco Ideas, a new Spanish publisher. We publish last year our first game: ONUS Rome VS Carthago.

We introduce you this game that is very well known in Spain, has good reviews and that we will produce in English after summer, along with two expansions
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ONUS! is a wargame similar to miniature games, where both sides fight an old age battle. The game is based on the II Punic War mainly, although battles from III to I B.C centuries could be simulated. The game concept combines both orders and events cards, that makes each game different and each combat unpredictable and exciting.

YOUTUBE (texts in Spanish)
[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=nn2MBx9pQkw[/url]

The game has:
A rule book with some battles (40 pages)
A quick guide (4 pages)
1-player rules (4 pages)
90 unit cards
6 help cards
72 action and event cards
4 wooden dice
Cloth bag
Over 130 counters
Rules
Box size: 23x15x5.5cm
Number of players: 1-4
Play time: >30m
Minimum age: 12
Box weight. 0,6Kg

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ONUS! has a strategic component similar to that of a miniature game such as Warhammer Fantasy, Fields of Glory or the like, because it allows us to extend formations, change them (wall of shields, phalanx, arrow, square formation), or flank enemies using a special counter. In addition we have to decide how to play the order/event cards. They will allow us to give orders to our army and to change the combats and shootings with special features such as ambush, lancers against mounted units, wounding the officials or the general, reinforcing a unit, making a unit veteran, etc.
ORDERS allow us to activate units in order to be able to charge, move, heal, change formations, shoot, etc...
EVENTS allow us to change a combat adding bonuses or penalties to the dice rolls. For example we can play the event "Wind changes” when the enemy shoots us and she will have some penalties. Or if we charge against a most powerful unit than ours we could use the event "Harangue" that means that our official cheers up our soldiers giving us some attack bonuses.

HELP CARD with bonuses/penalties and turn phases: [url]http://onusgame.com/juego/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/help-card.pdf[/url]

We will launch a Kickstarter campaign in a few months in order to get enough financial support to produce it in English. And to produce the Persian and Greek expansion and the Scenarios one (with fortresses, woods, assault towers, rams, fire shooting, assault rules, etc..(similar to the Total War videogame! )

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Here you can download the quick guide to know more about ONUS!: [url]http://onusgame.com/juego/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/quick-guide.pdf[/url]

Greetings friends!

We will post more information here and you can also take a look in [url]www.onusgame.com[/url] and [url]www.facebook.com/OnusWorld[/url] and @ONUSenglish in Twitter.

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We want to let you know what and how it is ONUS. We will launch a Kickstarter campaign in a few months in order to get enough financial support to produce it in English. And to produce the Persian and Greek expansion and the Scenarios one (with fortresses, woods, assault towers, rams, fire shooting, assault rules, etc..(similar to the Total War videogame! )
Here you can download the quick guide to know more about ONUS!: [url]http://onusgame.com/juego/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/quick-guide.pdf[/url]

HELP CARD with bonuses/penalties and turn phases: [url]http://onusgame.com/juego/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/help-card.pdf[/url]

Battle pic

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Some pics of the game

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Have a nice day!

Grretings friends,

Here you have more photos of the released Spanish version of the game.

Map of the Mediterranean Sea with the 5 more important battles during the II Punic War, included in the game:

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Game festival in Spain

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Other pics of ONUS battles!

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Salutem Civium!

In this message, we are going to introduce you 3 of the units of the game:
Sagittarii was the name given to archers during the Ancient Republic of Rome. They were part of the auxiliary troops giving support to the legionaries. Most of the archers were infantry and therefore pedestrians.
[url]http://onusgame.com/juego/reviews/sagittarii-archers/[/url]
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Los Punic archers of Carthage: Carthaginians should know how to use the composite bow, of Semite origin, although its use was not very common among the mercenaries.
It has been written about Cretan archers among the defending army at Siracuse, during Marcus Claudius Marcelllus siege.
[url]http://onusgame.com/juego/reviews/punic-archers/[/url]
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And the Lusitan infantry of Carthage: Lusitan infantry is a skirmisher unit, light and fast, skilled for ambushes and fast retreats. Anong their equipment they had a small shield, concave in the front and with a diameter of 2 ft, that they carried over the shoulders with the help of straps. They also had a dagger or a knife and several javelins. Most of them had a linen armor.
[url]http://onusgame.com/juego/reviews/lusitan-infantry/[/url]
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INTRODUCTION TO EXPANSIONS

Hi all,

We are back to inform you about the new ONUS projects we are working in. We don´t have new illustrations but nevetheless we give you some tips about them


EXPANSION Greeks vs Persians

It will be a small box, more or less half sized of the original ONUS box. It will have around 100 unit cards, including some generals. We will be able to play historic battles , those of the Persian wars (499 to 449 BC)) , of the Delian League against the Persians and of the Peloponnesian War (431 to 421 BC) between Athens and Sparta

. Generals: there will be 6 generals: Themistocles (Athens), Leonidas (Sparta), Miltiades (Athens), Xerxes (Persia), Mardonius (Persia), Demosthenes (Athens). These generals will have the same skills as Scipio and Hannibal (leadership and moral influence) and at least another special skill. All the information will be written in a general card that wil have an illustration as well.


. Counters with new skills and new generals.

. Units: There will be 4 new armies. Some of them will have new skills.

We will update this expansion regularly

EXPANSION tscenery and fortresses

The box will be similar to the original ONUS box

It will have:

Woods
Hills
River: They will be split in several parts including bends. They will have jigsaw connections
Village
Bridges
Towers
Rams
Walls and destroyed walls
Barricades
Fire damage counters
Siege towers
Unit counters to place them in closed places
A wooden fortress, with jigsaw connections, similar to a Roman camp that we will be able to design as per our wish. With doors, towers, walls....
Stone fortress, similar to the wooden one

There will be new weapons and special siege rules.

We hope you will enjoy them.

We can show you this sketch :)
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and this roman camp cloth we are using for the playtestingy http://onusgame.com/juego/wp-content...aginesas-5.jpg

Hi all!

We are working in the illustrations for the ONUS! expansion 'Scenery and fortresses'

Here you can see a testing version of the wooden fortress. It will be made of small pieces that you can assemble together creating the fortress you wish.

In the enclosed image there is a Roman triarii ready to begin the assault. Once it touches the wall it faces it using the marks that the wall has. These marks allow both the defender and the attacker to line up with the wall.

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Defenders inside fortresses can overlap themselves. In the image 3 sections of the Celtiberian infantry and 4 sections of the Sacred batallion defend this area of the wall. The section that is below the friendly unit due to the overlapping can't attack or be attacked. It would be similar to beingpositiones behind the friendly unit. Defenders are placed both over and behind the walls.

If the wall is attacked by onagers or ballistas then the defenders will suffer collateral damage.

In the image's example, when the Roman faces the wall she can decide whether trying to damage the wall with fire or other means or climbing it. In this case we will use a counter to show that the unit is climbing. The defender, in her turn, will be able to attack the Roman from above (she doesn´t need an action to do it) and there will be no counterattack by the Roman.

In her next turn, the Roman will have climbed one level (being on top of the wall) and she will be able to attack (without using any action cards) but after the defender´s attack. So the deffender attacks first, then the Roman makes a morale check (if wounded) and finally she will attack. At the end of the turn the unit most wounded will make a final morale check. The defender has +1/+1 to armor values due to the wall's cover.

These are the general guidelines for assaulting a fortress.

To be continued...

Hi!!!!

We have updates about the expansions!!!:

- In the expansion Greece & Persia we will include at least 6 new generals: 2 from Athens, 2 from Sparta and 2 from Persia. To be able to play battles with different generals (the new ones, the standard ones and Scipio and Hannibal) we have created a recruitment cost system. This way we will be able to play battles using generals of different eras.

Generals will be represented with counters and we will add a general card, with an illustration, its recruitment cost, its moral range, its bonuses, its leadership value and special skills they may have.

Would you like to know the special skill of Leonidas or Themistocles?

- In the Scenery & buildings expansion we are still working in the design. Here you can find some river tiles. There will be plenty of them so we will be able to design the river we want. There will be areas to cross them and bridges too. But watch out! wood bridges can be set on fire and stone bridges can be blown off with onagers

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And here you can see the promotional clip. We hope you enjoy it

[url]https://youtu.be/ciFG6jGgdns[/url]

Hi!

We have almost decided the start date of the new ONUS crowdfunding campaign: October, 9th at 17.00 CET.

This campaign contains the ONUS 1st English edition and the 2nd Spanish one plus the expansions Greece & Persia and Sceneries & Buildings in both languages. All this will be available separately or in several packs depending on what you would like to get.

We are currently working in the units and generals illustrations. Generals will be more important in the game and they will have its own recruitment cost.

There will be new rules, mainly within the Sceneries & Buildings expansion. An example of this is the following combat sequence by a river and a bridge:

1. Romans move towards the river. Cavalry with the extended formation on the left side and the triarii ready to cross the river

2. The Lusitan infantry pivots backwards, then moves forward and shoot their javelins (inflicting 1 wound). Afterwards they move backwards (due to being skirmishers). The archers shoot (1 more wound) and the phalanx gets closer to the bridge

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3. The Roman cavalry charges against the Lusitan infantry, flanking them and rolling 6 dice. After the attack the Lusitans flee and have 4 wounds. The triarii gets closer to the bridge and charges with 2 sections (the bridge size doesn´t allow more sections to engage in combat

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Just to finish this post, a question for you: Do you know these folks?

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To be continued.....

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Sounds pretty cool, though I never heard of it before. I'd like to try it some time.

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Thank you!

The game was released in Spanish language in 2014, and that first spanish edition sold out.

You can find some information about it in Boardgamegeek game web page... and soon we are going to start the Kickstarter campaign for the 1st English edition of the game.

I hope you like it!! We continue informing about it!

Greetings!

We already have a start date for the ONUS Kickstarter campaign: October, the 14th. From that date you will be able to reserve a copy of the game and be a project backer. The game will be available in both English or Spanish language.

Share this with your friends!

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But the Kickstarter campaign will not only let you get the game. Further to it 2 new expansions will be released. Here you have the Scenery & Fortreses cover. It shows all you can find in it: siege and assault rules, bridges and rivers, woods, and much more...

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And don't forget the Greeks & Persian expansion too!

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Now in ONUS! the figure of the GENERAL becomes even more prevalent. With the upcoming expansions and since each General has his unique set of skills, there will be a modifier depending on the General and the number of points of your army. Hannibal and Scipio are well balanced.

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But, what will happen with the new Generals included in the Greece expansion and those that may be unblocked in the upcoming Kickstarter campaign?

Leonidas, Themistocles, Xerxes, Mardonius, Lysander...

You have to carefully choose your General and your army to win the battle!

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Greetings friends,

Are you ready for ONUS?

ONUS! Rome Vs Carthage Kickstarter campaign has just started! You can see all the details about it here: [url]https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dracoideas/786963334?token=ab0cd58c[/url]

There are some pledge levels, and stretch goals waiting for you. 2 new expansion packs are available: ONUS! Scenery & Fortresses and ONUS! Greeks & Persians.

We hope you find everything interesting!

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Best regards,


Jose Manuel

Goal Hit! Time to improve ONUS!

Many thanks to all the backers! Onus! and its two expansions will be edited thanks to your support.

We inform you of a new Stretch Goal that will be unlocked if we get 300 retweets of this tweet

[url]https://twitter.com/OnusEnglish/status/656429745819787264[/url]

It is a new unit, the Gladiators, mercenaries used mainly by the Romans. These soldiers were former prisoners, slaves or criminals that were recruited when there was an urgency. They can also be played in battles against Rome. They are a fast unit, carrying light armor, professionals and with an extra skill. Backers will receive 3 cards of this unit.

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And we've just unlocked the first stretch goal at 21.000 USD!

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At KS project we have uploaded some pics of units belonging to the base game and the cards showing different bonuses and penalties that apply when rolling dice at combats.

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Greetings friends!!

We are pleased to announce that another Stretch Goal has been unlocked, so now the expansion Scenery & Fortresses will have 2 additional new bridges.

Also, there will be new dice for the base game and ONLY FOR BACKERS,
customized cloth bags with imprinted Rome and Carthage logos. But that´s not all... we have also a new King: Philip II (father of Alexander the Great).

He belongs to a later era and is the first one of a new army, the warlike Macedonians.

We are working on the illustrations of the Greeks & Persians expansion, both represented in the box cover and also in some of the units, once the playtesting process has finished. As an example, here you can see the Spartan Hoplites and the status of the sketch drawing of the box cover at present.

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Coming soon we will have a new addon, available to all backers. A 75x75 cm(29.5x29.5 inches) playmat at a very low price. Built with waterproof material, it doesn´t wrinkle, regardless how many times and for how long you fold it. Easy to store as there is no need to roll it up and handy to carry.
A great addon nobody should miss!

For stores we have added a new pack, containing 3 base game plus 2 expansions of each type.

And now, time to give some insights about the new SG. The target has been set at 30.000$ and it does offer:

· For the Greeks and Persians expansion, a new Athenian unit (4x
Peltasts). They were Tracian soldiers that fought as light infantry.

· For the Scenery & Fortresses expansion, a new Campaign Rulebook
and the Hispania Campaign, comprised by 8 scenarios (starting with The Siege of Saguntum)

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Greetings friends!!

We have news from you. A new stretch goal has been unlocked: Persian War Chariots and General Regulus has arrived to ONUS!

Further to it we have added 2 playmats. You just need to add them as an add on on your pledges and enjoy ONUS! a bit more.

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It is 75x75cm (29.5x29.5in). It doesn´t wrinkle, it is waterproof, it can be folded...

We hope to unlock soon the new SG: including in the Greeks & Persians expansion the general Mardonius and 3 cards of Cretan Archers within the mercenaries. Mardonius was a good commander in Darius I army. He fought close to Xerxes in the Persian Wars when invading Greece.

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Thank you for your support!!

Greetings friends,

As requested by several backers we are going to add a new add-on. 6 Armies Deck Boxes. The add-on price is 9$ for the set of 6 boxes. These deck boxes are 92x20x67mm (5.9x0.8x2.6"). They are big enough to contain our army units with or with no plastic cover. They will come in layers so they are not damaged during shipping. All you will have to do is fold them. If you remove the base game inlay that comes with the box you can have the 6 deck boxes inside and the rest of the components as well.

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We have 1 new unit just designed: The Peripolos. They are mercenaries. A light infantry unit, skirmishers, and with javelins. Young soldiers, with high morale and life values that were seen quite often fighting along the Greeks as special forces or securing the borders.

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We update you about the new 34000$ SG and the new social Stretch Goal to unlock Alexander the Great and 2x Macedonian Companions Cavalry!

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This SG will be unlocked when we reach 300 likes in [url]https://www.facebook.com/ONUS.World[/url] and this post is shared 200 times [url]https://www.facebook.com/ONUS.World/posts/1071561096187606[/url]

THANKS for sharing it!!!

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Here you have Persians & Greeks cover:

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The last week of the KS is coming... and there are a lot of surprises waiting for you!

Greetings friends!!

This is the last KS week!!

We have finally unlocked the facebook SG and we will have Alexander the Great and 2x Macedonian Companions Cavalry

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We have unlocked the 32000 SG as well: 2 watchtowers for the S&F expansion and just for backers Hamilcar the Carthaginian, father of Hannibal Barca, who fought against the Romans during the I Punic War. He took part in the Mercenaries War and conquered part of Iberia.

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We need some more backers to help us unlocking the Twitter SG. We need 300 shares and there are 130 left. They are needed to unlock 3x Gladiators

[url]https://twitter.com/OnusEnglish/status/656429745819787264[/url]

Thanks all once more!!

Greetings friends,

We have unlocked a new SG: 2x Hippeis Cavalry for the G&P expansion, 4 lake tiles for the S&F one and 3 rulers for the new armies

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The new unlockable SG has many tiles to be able to build our own stone fortress, the Spartan general Lysander and 2x Macedonian Hypaspists and we are so close to unlock it too!!

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We have a sketch of the watchtower (that can be used to place a unit) and a tile of the stone fortress

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And two new units ready to fight: Athenian Cavalry and Melophores Guard

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Thanks for your support!!

Greetings friends!!

In last days ONUS is moving fast!! The 36k and 38k SG has been unlocked.

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There are good news regarding to deck boxes. This addon will have 7 boxes instead of 6. We add the Macedonian one free. The final measurements of the deck boxes are 3.7x0.7x2.4" (95x18x61mm) and 300gr. In terms of unit cards. Within the boxes fit 45 cards with no sleeves (recommended) and 30-35 with sleeves.

Here you have 2 new SGs. Will they be unlocked?

42K SG: For the G&P expansion the general Epaminondas of Thebes. He defeated the Spartans several times; For the S&F expansion we have trenches, allowing us to have shelter against cavalry and that can´t be cross by siege machines.

We include the 'Athens vs Sparta campaign' with 6 scenarios of the main ground battles among them. And 3x Macedonians Prodromoi, light cavalry with lances, that were mainly explorers but could also charge.

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44k SG: For the G&P expansion the Spartan king Agesilaus II, that fought against Epaminondas of Thebes several times; For the S&F expansion 'Rise of Macedonia' campaign with 5 scenarios ending with a battle in India. Battles of Philip II and Alexander. And mountains tokens. They can´t be climbed and we can't do ranged attacks through them. And the king Darius III that fought against Alexander.

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And finally we show you the Athenian Hoplites, with the official asking for help to the Gods.

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Greetings friends!!

A new SG is unlocked. The 40k one that includes villages to occupy with our armies and barricades to make difficult the movement through the battle field. The Athenian General Demosthenes for the G&P expansion and just for backers 5x Macedonian Psilois.

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Thank you for your support!!

Finally the Gladiators are with us. Will they fight with or against the Romans?

The 42k and 44k SG are unlocked.

We have Epaminondas in the G&P expansion, commanding Thebes troops. A 6 scenarios Athens & Sparta campaign during the Peloponnesus War in the S&F expansion. And 3x Prodromoi within the Macedonians.

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On the other side we have unlocked too the Spartan General Agesilaus II, mountains for our battle field and The Rise of Macedonia campaign including 5 scenarios with Philip II, Alexander or Darius III

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We add a 46k SG. In this way we have 3 centuries within ONUS base game and expansions. We include the Macedonian King Philip V. He battled against several polis and against Rome after becoming Hannibal´s ally. We can put Carthaginians and Macedonians together and play the awesome Macedonian Wars campaign (214-168 BC) that will be inside the S&F expansion.

And just for backers 2x Macedonian Agrianians. An amazing elite light infantry unit. They are quite skilled in surpassing terrain obstacles. They have a powerful attack, with javelins and axes, although their defensive values are not so good.

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We shouldn´t miss them!!!

Greetings friends!!

This project will be live just for some more hours. We made an effort to give you a new SG as many people is asking for it.

We want to give freedom to Spartacus, so he can command a slaves and gladiators army, to fight against the Romans and be able to get to the north of Italy and achieve his freedom!

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We will help him with a new mercenary unit, the Cimbri Warriors, Germanic soldiers that fought against the Romans. Many of them were captured and enslaved. Spartacus will be able to lead Gauls, Germanics, civilians and Iberians. He will have a special skill to be able to surprise Romans. The campaign will have at least 4 scenarios.

We depict the Sparabaras archers (4x). They are Persian troops with the accuracy skill. They were usually helped by spearmen so they could shoot easily to the enemy.

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Crazy day today. ONUS is everywhere thanks to all of you!!!! 46k and 50k SGs unlocked, Spartacus with us....

Last SG includes:

- Greek mercenaries: 2x Thessalian Cavalry. Heavy cavalry. The riders carried lances and fought similarly to phalanxes but using a rhomboid formation. Very interesting for fighting along with the Macedonians.
- Persia: 2x Kardakes. Professional heavy infantry. The Kardakes took part in the battles of Issus and Gaugamela.
- Mercenaries: 2x Parthian Cataphracts. Heavy cavalry. Both horses and riders wore a heavy full plate. They were very slow but once engaged in combat quite difficult to defeat. They are like small elephants.

Within the Scenery & Fortresses expansion we include caltrops. They are very dangerous for horses and infantry units stepping over them. Special rules will come with them.

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And finnaly we have a last minute fancy add-on: coasters (1 per faction) full color, laminated 6x6 cm for only 9$

Thank you all for your support!!!

Greetings friends!

A ONUS! pledge manager is actived now.

[url]http://startyourbusinessconsulting.com/onus-paypal-kickstarter-campaign/[/url]

You can use this pledge manager for:
- If you didn't buy ONUS but you are still interested in it, you can buy it now using this pledge manager.
- You can add any rewards or add-ons to your Kickstarter pledge
- If you have any issues when paying with your card, please contact us to solve them as you can also pay through the Pledge Manager
- If you choose more than one option you have to ‘click’ all of them to be able to pay them via Paypal.

So this Pledge Manager is meant to be for adding new addons to your pledge, to give a solution for Kickstarter payment issues and for late arrival people that couldn´t pledge during the campaign.

A future PM will be done, in which we will ask you for the delivery address, inform you about the shipping costs and ask you what you exactly pledged for during KS.

About shipping, we will do another Pledge Manager in the future informing you about the costs. It will be somee time before we ship the rewards.

Thank you again for your support and your help!!

Best regards,




Jose Manuel

Greetings friends!!

There are 90% of the backers that has sent us the KS survey duly filled in around 10 days. We sent today the stores survey. Please, if you didn´t do it yet take some minutes and send us your survey.

Furthermore we depict some of the generals' illustrations. Do you know who is who? We wait for your comments :)

http://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-c...s-generals.jpg

We are almost done with the 2nd edition rulebook (60 pages). In a few days we will send it to the printer so we can focus on finishing with the expansions.

Regarding the playmats, we have been doing some playtesting on them and it is awesome. All of you that pledged for 2 of same type can ask us to send them uncut so you can play a big battle on a 150x75cm one or cut it in two if you want.

Here you have a video of our illustrator working on the Theban general Epaminondas.

[url]https://youtu.be/ml1qHmTQPpY[/url]

Merry Christmas and happy new year!!

Hi friends!

We are working hard in Onus! and here there is an update about all the news we have:

- We are currently producing the 2nd edition of the base game in both languages. Printers do not stop!

- The illustrations of the 22 Generals and 36 units belonging to the new armies (Athens, Sparta, Macedonia, Persia and Greek mercenaries) are done

- The G&P expansion is tested and finished, but for the rulebook´s formatting

- Both the add-ons and the artbook are in the printing queue

- We are focused on the T&F expansion at the moment. There will be a 100 pages campaign book with 6 campaigns and more than 40 settings (including Spartacus'). We are testing the new siege rules and finishing the illustrations and counters.

http://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-c...-generales.jpg

http://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-c...mo-esparta.jpg

http://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-c...emo-atenas.jpg

http://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-c...-macedonia.jpg

http://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-c...ercenarios.jpg

http://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-c...emo-persia.jpg

http://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-c...mo-artbook.jpg

Greetings friends!!

ONUS and its expansions are almost here!!! Not later than May-June. In a few weeks you will receive an email with the final Pledge Manager so you can pay the shipping costs, add any last minute wish and balance any differences between what you paid and you ordered according to the KS survey. In some cases you paid more, in some less. But don´t worry, you will receive a personalized email.

http://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-c...portadas-1.jpg

The illustrations are done, the base game has been produced and the Greeks & Persians expansion and ADD-ONs are being produced at this moment.

We are working in the Scenery & Fortresses rulebook and the campaigns book.

http://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-c...interior-1.jpg

There are some good NEWS. Or excellent news ;) The main components of the Scenery & Fortresses expansion will be done in FLAT plastic and not in cardboard. It is a bit more expensive for us but you won´t pay more. It is a thick, transparent and strong plastic that will allow us to see what we have below (playmat, table,....). During the testings we could check that the aerial view is much better for bridges, walls, rivers,...

Best regards!!

Hi friends,

We are negotiating the shipping costs with several agencies.

In a few days we will send an email to backers with payment, pledge, shipping costs details and the option to add any last minute extras to their pledge.

This final PM will be live for around 1 month and we expect start shipping in June!!

I'll keep you informed in order to those gamers interested in Onus that don't take part on the Kickstarter campaign can pledge now, in this last PM before shipping.

Thank you!

Greetings friends!

Our final pledge manager is open!!

At this link you pledge for the base game, and/or expansion packs and some addons:
[url]http://onusgame.com/juego/es/onus_kickstarter/[/url]

So, this is te last chance to get the game for all interested gamers that don't pledge during the KS campaign.

Please take into account that out of Spain you have to add shipping costs to the prices shown.

This pledge manager shall be open during a month.

Thank you!!

Hi Warriors,

If the printer is not delayed we will ship the pledges during late May or early June. We are having everything double checked by American native speakers.

We depict some designs of the Terrain&Fortresses expansion. We hope you like them! :)

http://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-c...ortaleza03.jpg

http://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-c...ortaleza02.jpg

http://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-c...ortaleza01.jpg

http://dracoideas.com/editorial/wp-c...ortaleza05.jpg

Hi friends,

Less than 10% of backers have not yet updated their PM2 data. We are glad about it and hope the figure goes down to zero soon.

You will receive, in a few days, an email with all the info related to your pledges and delivery issues.

Regarding the game, everything is being edited at the moment, but T&F and base game rulebooks and the Campaigns Book, which are being reviewed in their English version.

We will split the delivery by languages. The Spanish material will be delivered, approximately, by the end of May and the English one a couple of weeks later.

In an upcoming update we will depict some of the new components already printed.

Greetings friends!

Here you can find rulesbook in both language (English & Spanish).

[url]http://onusgame.com/juego/en/downloadable-onus-2nd-edition-base-game-rulebook/[/url]

Greetings friends!

All the pledges in Spanish have been already delivered. Last week we finished with the translation double checking and sent the rulebooks to the printer. All the rest is in our warehouse.

We have positive feedbacks from the backers that received their pledges. They are delighted with the playmats, the Flat Plastic components of the Terrain&Fortresses expansion and the 112 pages Campaigns Book. Some of them recorded an 'Unboxing' and we are starting 'how to play' demos in spanish stores.

We hope we will start delivering the English pledges by the end of June.

Here you can see some pics of a 3 vs 3 battle (6 players). Persians and Mercenaries in one side. Athenians, Spartans and other Greeks in the other. Leonidas, Themistocles and Epaminondas were able to cross the river but the Partian Cataphracts did it as well by their left flank, overrunning the light infantry...A great battle!

https://ksr-ugc.imgix.net/assets/012...o=format&q=92&

https://ksr-ugc.imgix.net/assets/012...o=format&q=92&

Thanks for your patience!

The shipments of ONUS! are arriving and supporters are getting their first hands-on experiences. Here you have some examples from a gamer: [url]https://goo.gl/photos/vfSuqvhuAQ7mFCRJ9[/url]

If you are interested in buying a copy of ONUS you can contact us here or visit our web [url]http://onusgame.com/juego/en/[/url]

On the other side, we would also point out that Draco is now kickstarting another cool game with cards (a WW2 game called "2GM"): [url]https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dracoideas/2gm-tactics-wargame-and-expansions?ref=forum_ONUS[/url]