THRACKThe Alpha
needs fighters
Thrackdown is being forged in the open, and every battle you fight shapes what it becomes. Playtesters aren't an audience, they're the co-authors. If you're looking for a tabletop wargame to playtest, this is an open invitation. Here's how to leave your mark on Nova Eden before the crowdfunding drop ships.
Pick your role in the ruins
Playtest the game
Grab the free rules, muster any miniatures you own, and fight. Loot and Scoot takes one evening and four models a side. Then tell us what happened, especially the parts that went wrong.
Play your first game → 02 · TalkJoin the Discord
Battle reports, rules arguments settled in minutes, community polls, development previews, painted minis, and a direct line to the designer. If the website is Nova Eden's noticeboard, the Discord is its campfire: the place the next version gets argued into shape.
Pull up a chair → 03 · BuildShow your hobby
Painted warbands, kitbashed Juggernauts, terrain builds, and Custom Factions of your own invention. Thrackdown is miniature agnostic, so the community showcase is gloriously unpredictable.
Share your work → 04 · SpreadBring your group
The best thing you can do for a small wargame costs nothing: put four models in front of a friend and say "one game." Follow and share the dev blog, and drag your gaming group into the wastes.
Read the latest news →Tell us the four things
Every version of Thrackdown is rebuilt on playtest reports. You don't need spreadsheets or essays (though we won't stop you). After a game, we mostly want to know four things:
Rules that contradicted each other, combos that felt unstoppable, maths that didn't add up.
Anywhere you had to re-read three times, argue at the table, or invent a ruling on the spot.
The moments the game slowed down, the turns that felt samey, the rules nobody ever used.
The moment everyone leaned in. We build more of whatever caused that.
Report in the Discord's feedback channel with your warbands, the scenario, and what happened. Every rule in v1.4 has a playtester's fingerprints on it somewhere.
Forged by the warbands
A rolling gallery of the community's finest: painted warbands, scratch-built ruins, and Custom Factions we never saw coming. Post yours in the Discord to be featured.
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