Monsterpocalypse: The Name Says It All

In exactly the sort of news that makes you happy to wake up in the morning, Privateer Press has announced a new game: Monsterpocalypse. A collectable miniatures game from the makers of some of the hottest minis games in the last five years (if you haven't played Warmachine, you're doing yourself a disservice), the name Monsterpocalypse pretty much sums up what the game's about: giant kaiju fighting on the battlefields of puny human cities.

Yes Gojira fans, this one's for you.

The initial set is planned to launch sometime in 2008 with more than 80 pre-painted plastic minis, including buildings to destroy, vehicles, and a number of familiar-looking but different enough not to get sued giant monsters. It looks like they're headed the start and randomly organized booster pack route, but for kaiju rumbling, that's fine by me! Head on over to Privateer's website for the full announcement, including a preview of some of the unpainted sculpts.

Matt Wilson, the big boss over at Privateer, also wrote a really optimistic letter about the state of the company, assuring all their fans that they're doing well and that this new thing doesn't herald an end to all their old things. But you know what that letter isn't? A giant radioactive tyrannosaurus, so I'm going to go back to drooling over that!