The DLC Fractions

[rman88]

Ya, after betting the game. I cant help but wonder what the other fractions will be like. As so far the known nations are.

Nordic kingdoms. ( Scandinavia)
Albian (UK)
Frankish (France)
America (USA)
shogunate (Japan)

Note, these come from the mission where you have to explore the Fenris compound and locate the meeting by spying on the guest.

Still i cant help but wonder how these fractions would play. Would The Nordic kingdoms have a larger emphasis on melee mechs?

what about the shogunate? would their mechs be a mix between Japan honor and cultural aspects? Such as having them modeled after samurai?

Likewise how would America, France and the uk play out?

[SmellyTerror]

From the boardgame:

Republic of Polania
Saxony Empire
Crimean Khanate
Nordic Kingdoms
Rusviet Union
Clan Albion
Togawa Shogunate

To get an idea of what sort of stuff they've got, you can see it on Jacob Rozalski's art page, which the game is based on:

https://www.artstation.com/jakubrozalski

The boardgame wiki also give you some of the art sorted by faction. E.g. for Crimea:

https://iron-harvest.fandom.com/wiki/Crimean_Khanate

[elendil]

I think this game is inspires by scythe and maybe the factions match their scythe counterpart. For example Japan would be trap based. You can also take a look at the Scythe mechs.
I just hope that the new factions play really different than the current ones and aren't just reskins with 2 different units.

[alex010300]

Wonder how the world got so distorted and why japan is so backward. Don’t tell me Ming China Is still around got into building mechs and battleships.

[kampfer91]

There is also Frankish and America mentioned in one mission , they also participated in the War so may be in the future we can see them too .

[rman88]

Ya, i wont lie i don't think their going to take too much inspiration from the scythe board game. Considering scythe is not even set on earth. More some world that is 1 massive super contents that is full of holes making it look like swiss cheese with a climate that makes absolutely no sense. That and scythe, like iron harvest is a take on the 1920+ universe. So other then a few concepts such as the factory and nations. Their really isn't anything that ties iron harvest to the scythe board game.

That said according to the lore of the game. The great war was between polandia, saxony and rustviet. So all of the other fractions did not play a role in the war itself. But clearly are looking into getting into the second conflict due to militaria buildup and the fact that at the end of the game. all 3 nations are looking pretty weak and ripe for the picking.

lastly i would not say that Japan would be insanely different from the other nations. as come on the idea of Japan being a nation that relies on equivalent of mines. Would not be fun to play in this type of game. Nor would it be fun to play against an ai who has filled every nook and cranny with unavoidable traps that nuke your units at every 5 feet.

[Commander Hitman2b]

Originally posted by rman88:

Ya, after betting the game. I cant help but wonder what the other fractions will be like. As so far the known nations are.

Nordic kingdoms. ( Scandinavia)
Albian (UK)
Frankish (France)
America (USA)
shogunate (Japan)

Note, these come from the mission where you have to explore the Fenris compound and locate the meeting by spying on the guest.

Still i cant help but wonder how these fractions would play. Would The Nordic kingdoms have a larger emphasis on melee mechs?

what about the shogunate? would their mechs be a mix between Japan honor and cultural aspects? Such as having them modeled after samurai?

Likewise how would America, France and the uk play out?

you forgot the italian and the american

[Marval]

Cool.

[Lestrad]

As far as fractions, they could go with 1/16, 1/8, 1/3...possibly even 3/4s...

As far as the FACTIONS go though, they are going to be pretty limited on what they can do per the world....unless Jakob decides to go back to his setting and flesh out the other countries. As stated before, the only factions they have left to work with are Albion, Togawa, Crimean Khanate, Nordic Kingdom, Fenris, and Tesla (Vesna).

It's highly unlikely that they would add factions that were not already established with characters and background lore to the game.

And yes, Scythe DOES in fact take place on Earth... to the point the game actually tells you SPECIFICALLY, where on Earth it is set:

https://stonemaiergames.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2016-07-23_1211.png

Nothing has changed setting wise between the computer game and the board game, apart from the addition of unoffical (as in never officially mentioned what their names actually are) nations like America. And the fact that the Factory no longer exists as the giant fortress complex that it was and is now, for whatever reason, just another town.

[Ser Pounce]

Iron Harvest is the same universe as Scythe. It's all set up in the 1920+ universe.

[The Warden]

Why are we talking about DLC after a game has just been released, and cost me about 30 cheap burgers to buy?

[rman88]

Ya, i beg to differ about the idea of scythe taking place on earth. This is due to the fact that the game board itself is clearly no location on earth, let alone the Balkans. As In the game, the factory is clearly in the middle of a mountain range. In the board game it is clearly in the middle of a Group of what could only be described as the strangest Wetlands in existence. A region where half of the country is chopped up by rivers and lakes. Meanwhile the terrain goes from bright and sunny farmland to frozen tundra in less then a square.

Now, if you think that is strange. Take a look at the starting location for each fraction. Saxony is on the bottom left, Rusviet is on top right. Polania is on the top left with 2 fractions in the top middle. which i think is Albion and Nordic kingdoms. Which not going to lie makes no real sense. As you think if they were going to try to take the factory? Why would they invade threw Saxony, Polania or Rusviet when they could just sail into the Mediterranean and invade threw the Balkans?"

Needless to say Scythe is a war game that is set in the 1920+ universe. Other then that it has story or really lore. Hell it has little to nothing to even do with the setting of iron harvest. As for example Fenris dose not exist within this board game. Their is no puppet master trying to manipulate the players into waging war. It is just a board game that uses his setting.

Likewise iron harvest other then using his artwork and characters. Really has nothing to do with the guy who made it. So if anything i would consider this a spin off from inspired by his artwork and endorsed by the creator. Same with the board game itself. Not that their is anything wrong with it. I just don't see MR werewolf taking a trip over to their studio and demanding creative rights over the story and world. As all the guy did was paint those amazing pictures..

Also one last thing. I don't think Italy would ever play a role in this game. Not that i would mind it. But lets be honest their still kind of a joke.

I also said America.

[Lestrad]

"It is a time of unrest in 1920s Europa. The ashes from the first great war still darken the snow. The capitalistic city-state known simply as “The Factory”, which fueled the war with heavily armored mechs, has closed its doors, drawing the attention of several nearby countries.

Scythe is an engine-building game set in an alternate-history 1920s period. It is a time of farming and war, broken hearts and rusted gears, innovation and valor. In Scythe, each player represents a character from one of five factions of Eastern Europe"

Scythe: The Board Game (Description from BGG)



Well, its pretty clear you haven't read any of the lore regarding the game and are not likely a fan of the game, given that you would stoop to call Scythe a war game (its territory control and worker placement, but it is far from Axis and Allies or Risk) and are unaware that Fenris is, in fact, a faction in the Scythe boardgame and NOT a creation specially made for this game:

https://stonemaiergames.com/games/scythe/scythe-the-rise-of-fenris/

I mean, Christ, there is a whole freaking 8 episode story campaign about them that in actuality, is remarkably similar to this with the exception of missing a few key characters and the addition of others. The plot is basically the same.

You claim there is "no story" to the board game. Well, sorry to have to tell you this, but Ignoring the entire plot and 1920+ setting that is the entire theme and setup of this "war game" (its not), Rise of Fenris has four and a half pages of backstory setting up the universe and the very canon storyline.

Oh, and hate to break it to you, but the board game is set in Romania (as shown on the official map):

"In the midst of this technological race, Nicola Tesla brazenly squandered is life's work and the money of investors to build a town sized "Factory" in the heart of Transylvania"
- Backstory: Rise of Fenris rulebook.

As far as the actual artwork of the map itself. The designers are free to do what they please. If the creator says its alternate 1920s Europe - its 1920s Europe.

[Soho]

This is one of the nerdy things I argue about all the time too

And why decimals are better than factions

[Lestrad]

Originally posted by Soho:

This is one of the nerdy things I argue about all the time too

And why decimals are better than factions

Trust me, I have my suspicions that its becoming a red flag for trolling (as if being totally misinformed on the game wasn't). I mean, how does a reasonable person mistake faction for fraction. Then again, considering most kids these days can't even properly pluralize words, is it really all that shocking? Personally, I blame education :P


But I digress....and will agree that decimals ARE better than fractions.