Kickstarter?

The logistics would be huge. We would need sculptors (3D or otherwise) that knew how to design for molds (which are very, very expensive), a connection to an injection mold maker, and a plastic manufacturer and painter. Which likely only exists in China. We looked into doing mass production by Shapeways or 3D printing and it is way too expensive and the quality control is way too low. Add printing printing cards, collating and randomizing the contents, and packaging. And all of that is just the "product" part of the "4P's" of marketing. Then there is "place" (distribution and sales logistics), promotion (advertising and otherwise reaching a potential market), and finally "price." It would be the same as starting an entire miniature game company. Finally, yes, the venture would undoubtedly get a letter from Hasbro's legal department. They protect their IP very vigorously.


Good examples of small game companies that have been trying to do this with the minimum of "critical mass" resources is Catalyst Game Labs and Mongoose Publishing. They have both been struggling mightily to keep going and suffer a lot of setbacks based on their own blogs and press releases.

As understand it, there was recently a kickstarter done for a Game of a Thrones miniatures set a la warhammer, and it made over a million, crushing it’s target. Now I understand War at Sea likely doesn’t have the following that GoT does, but it is possible. I would like to see I we could make it happen. Clearly people have already thought about this but I think it’s worth looking further into.

Well, I’m sure someone has already done it, but I feel as though there are some rules to W@S that could be changed along with the total. After all, the video game “Cold Waters” is a spiritual successor to “Red Storm Rising”

I think one of the big things for me is getting a miniatures line out there, because there are a ton of W@S collectors who will buy it because they simply collect every WWII thing they can. For people to build fleets cheap, like in the heyday of War at Sea.

If I remember correctly, Mongoose came out with a couple of minis at one of our member's request and they didn't go over very well. What we are doing is the best and only practical option, unfortunately, at least until Hasbro decides to re-release the game....and I wouldn't hold my breath for that.

This is the link to the Game of Thrones kickstarter project 

The company that produced it, CMON, apparently helps indie studios and game creators publish their games. 

The old timers remember how successful the scale change was for the land game.