Undead Elves & a quick question about tiers (Patreon)

Hi everyone,

We hope you are all having a great week. There are a couple of things we would love to talk through with you today, covering upcoming miniatures and a quick question about how we organise our tiers.

To start with, as many of you will remember, we already have a unit of undead elven spearmen available in our collection, and they can easily be used generically in just about any undead army. We have been thinking seriously about developing a complete Undead Elves range, and you will be getting the very first release next month.

The range is being planned around the army lists for Undying Dynasties in The 9th Age and Mummified Undead in One Page Rules: Age of Fantasy.

The High Elves are already a very complete range and can use a little breathing room instead of receiving additions just for the sake of it.

That brings us to our second topic: a question about our tier setup.

Currently, Adventurer, Bannerman and Crusader are our three main paths, while Sovereign includes all three. Thank you to everyone who has already commented with your favourite ranges! That said, we realized our initial wording made this sound like a poll on which single line you prefer. We already know tastes differ: some people will naturally prefer sci-fi over fantasy, while others value historical fidelity and how easily historical and fantasy miniatures work together. In fact, a combined historical and fantasy option has worked very well for us so far.

The real question is how we handle combinations for those who want two of the three main paths. If the only combined tier is Sovereign, which bundles all three, is the additional cost of taking a third path you don’t particularly want a deterrent, or is it not a significant concern?

Because of how Patreon structures tiers, offering every separate combination would mean managing eight tiers in total. That is a practical platform limitation, but it can quickly make the membership page cluttered and confusing.

So we want to ask you directly: would you prefer dedicated two-line tier combinations despite the extra complexity, or is the simpler current structure acceptable?

Please let us know your thoughts in the comments below!