Here we are, once more at the threshold to the weekend. I know I'm ready for it. It's been a busy week with a lot of work going on here at the office. I could use a day of just hanging out and playing
Here we are, once more at the threshold to the weekend. I know I'm ready for it. It's been a busy week with a lot of work going on here at the office. I could use a day of just hanging out and playing with my toy soldiers with some good friends. At least, that's the plan for tomorrow. In the meantime, it's time to fill up on some bite-sized gaming stories.
On the platter today we have: Gundabad Orc Upgrade Set Available To Order from Forge World, Early Achaemenid Persian Immortals Available From Xyston Miniatures, More Really Useful Box Storage Items Available From Sally 4th, and New Iron Reich Warchief Available From Kromlech.
The Orcs of Gundabad are powerful fighters, regimented and trained to a high standard that few other Orcs aspire to. They have become the hated foes of the determined Dwarves who have spent many years and lives waging war against them.
This is a set of resin components with which to upgrade Gundabad Orc Swordsmen, Spearmen and Captains. It includes 6 swords, 6 trophy poles, 8 heads, 4 shields and a banner.
This month we prepared first two packs of long-awaited Early Achaemenid Persian line. The famous Immortals, an elite heavily-armed infantry unit of 10,000 soldiers in the army of the Achaemenid Empire.
We have recently added a number of items to our growing range of games storage and general gaming accessories. These include trays and inserts to improve the usefulness of Really Useful Boxes for storing games pieces and miniatures. As well as adding 35mm, 50mm and 70mm high trays with a wide range of inserts to suit all common basing styles, we have added special trays and components to hold game cards, tokens and templates.
Waaaghtung! Today we have a final release for the Orctober.
I am proud to present you:
Iron Reich Warchief
The biggest, the smartest, the strongest and the most wrathful of all Greatcoat Orcs from Iron Reich. A true leader for the green horde that gathers to invade any enemy.
This multi part resin set contains one Iron Reich Warchief. You can assembly him with HMG or brutal axe in one hand while the other hand is equiped with massive crusher. This model is approximately 48mm height. 40mm plastic base included. Designed to fit 28mm heroic scale wargames.
Man, no day has felt entirely "right" this week. Monday was an amalgam of Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. Tuesday was like a Monday. Wednesday was kinda like a Friday. Yesterday was like a Saturday, but
Man, no day has felt entirely "right" this week. Monday was an amalgam of Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. Tuesday was like a Monday. Wednesday was kinda like a Friday. Yesterday was like a Saturday, but a lot busier. Today's... still getting started, honestly. But it doesn't entirely feel like a Friday. I guess that's what happens when you bookend 2 days at the office with days working from home. Well, one way that today is going to feel like a proper Friday is by serving up some bite-sized gaming stories. Also, pizza for dinner. But that's not until this evening.
Today on the platter we have: Quizmania Coming To Kickstarter, Donate and get a Free Book From Lamentations of the Flame Princess, Expedition RPG Launches Quest-Writing Competition, New Xyston Miniatures Releases Available, Wamp releases two new 1/12th Scale busts, Pipmen Playing Cards Up On Kickstarter, Ravage: Dungeons of Plunder Coming to Kickstarter, and New Legion Armoury Releases Available From Kromlech.
Quizmania - first tabletop party game with VR experience!
We do like tabletop games and technologies. Once we created the game that unites two of our passions. And now we are ready to show it to the world and launch the project on Kickstarter.com
Lamentations of the Flame Princess is offering a free book to anyone who donates US$50 or more to the ACLU.
Conditions: Offer is good for donations made from January 29 2017 onward. One free book per person. Offer good through February 2017, or until we give away 500 books, whichever comes first. (see our social media outlets for the running tally of how many book are left in the offer; if you make a donation and our offer has expired, there will be no refund, as the ACLU is not involved in this offer) Any book available on the LotFP Webstore may be claimed for this offer
(yes, you can pick a t-shirt instead, and if we run out of a particular title you will be asked to pick another) Email proof of your donation to lotfp@lotfp.com along with your desired book and your shipping address. You will not be added to any mailing list, your information won't be passed on, etc.
Expedition, the open-source tabletop RPG that raised $21,000 on Kickstarter, is launching a competition for writers and DM's to create the quest of their dreams. If your quest is chosen, you could win a signed battle axe!
Hi! It was long time till last newsletter, and we have a lot news for you, Marian Romans, new packaging and some WIP of up-coming Early Achaemenid Persians.
So let’s crack on!
Marian Romans The long-awaited Romans, for this month we prepared two packs of them:
New packaging The quality of our products is always important to us. Because of this, we decide to up-grade our trade packing. From now onwards, most of Xyston Miniatures available thru shops will be pack in nice small blister. Our mail orders will be still send in plastic bags, to keep shipping cost for customers as low as possible.
On our workbench (aka “Design Studio”) For those who follow us on our Facebook page, you probably know we just started some work on new Early Achaemenid Persians range. The head sculptor for this line will be John Robertson. We are aiming to release first packs later this year. For the next month we are preparing another two packs of premium quality 15mm figures, and a nice surprise for all our newsletter subscribers.
That’s all for this month, more nice stuff coming soon!
Pipmen: World features fun little stick figures interacting with the suit symbols on the front of each card to create unique scenes. But when all the cards are laid together in sequence, all the individual images join together to make a larger picture of the Pipmen's World! No other deck has ever done this - making a functional deck of playing cards than can also be used as a giant puzzle.
Talented artist Ian Schofield has been designing an anti-hero dungeon crawl where you play orcs fighting for teef! His Kickstarter launches next week so sign up to be the first to hear
So, I have made it to Indianapolis for Gen Con.And I'm sitting in my hotel room, sorting e-mails, replying to e-mails, and typing up these posts. I hope you all appreciate it. ;) :PAnyway, seeing as i
So, I have made it to Indianapolis for Gen Con. And I'm sitting in my hotel room, sorting e-mails, replying to e-mails, and typing up these posts. I hope you all appreciate it. ;) :P Anyway, seeing as it is Wednesday (though it certainly doesn't feel like it, at least to me), it's time for some midweek snippets. I know I need to stock up on some bite-sized gaming stories before the hurricane of activity that'll happen over the next several days.
On the platter today is: Sasquatch Game Studio announces Alternity science-fiction roleplaying game, Dized Board Game Companion App to be at Gen Con, Deadman Diaries a new gamebook from Cubus Games, Victory Point Games Previews Upcoming Kickstarter - Planet Rush by Reiner Knizia, Sharknado Board Game Coming To Kickstarter August 13th, Heavy Metal by Acheson Creations is Funded and with a new pledge level, Entries now being accepted for the 2016 Windhammer Prize, Tabletop Miniatures Solutions Running Undying Armies Indiegogo Campaign, War Co. Coming To Kickstarter August 15th, D13 and D15 debut from Impact! at Gen Con, Hitech Miniatures Releases NoeProspector Virgilius, TinMan 35% Off "Back In Business" Sale Happening Now, and New Marian Romans From Xyston Miniatures.
To the stars! Sasquatch Game Studio announced today that it plans to release ALTERNITY (tm), a science-fiction roleplaying game that covers everything from galaxy-spanning empires to near-future orbital intrigue. The game system's flagship product, a 256-page hardbound book, will be available in 2017.
The game, which shares a name and heritage with a popular RPG from the 1990s, covers such action-packed scenes as starfighter dogfights, zero-G combat, and powered-armor troopers blasting aliens into their constituent atoms. The Alternity rules set is modular, so gamemasters can support the story arcs they create with the specific rules they need. A story of far-future space exploration, for example, will use a capital starship rules module, while a dystopian cyberpunk setting will use a virtual reality/hacking module instead.
"By mixing and matching the available modules, you can essentially invent your own future," said David Noonan, one of the designers. “We want Alternity to be a 'flexible foundation' for the stories that come alive at your gaming table."
Developed with guidance from Alternity's original designers. Richard Baker and Bill Slavicsek, Alternity will feature a publicly available playtest packet in early 2017. Based on feedback from those external playtesters, Sasquatch plans to release the game in the second half of the year.
We're introducing Dized - an interactive tutorial app for iOS and Android smart devices that allows you to start playing immediately—without even opening the rulebook. Learn by playing and have fun right away!
We invite you to try out Dized at Gen Con 2016 (booth #2906) and Spiel '16 (booth 2-D129). We would gladly tell you more about Dized and answer any questions you might have.
Cubus Games launches "Deadman Diaries". An innovative gamebook thriller in the form of a personal diary.
“Deadman Diaries” is an introduction to Gamebook genre (an evolution of popularly known “Choose-your-own-adventure”), so the game has been designed to be quick and easy to read.
Great care has therefore been taken over the presentation and the graphic appearance with pulp style illustrations which stage the different endings, its own soundtrack with airs of free jazz composed by Quim Garreta and Alex Almirall, an
Using the form of a personal diary, something new in the gamebooks world, readers are immersed in the life of John Riggs, a bank worker who has to pay off a gambling debt that will lead him to different illegal, and often lethal, situations. “Deadman Diaries” is available in English and Spanish for iOS and Android mobile devices. The special launch price is $0.99 / €0.99 / £0.99 both on AppStore and GooglePlay.
Victory Point Games will be launching a new Kickstarter this coming September for Planet Rush, a fun, fast eurogame for three to five players from designer Reiner Knizia.
Set in an exciting sci-fi universe where the new space race is terraforming planets, players take control of one of five companies to try to build the majority of the new colony on the planet Aizink. The one who contributes the most wins with majority ownership of the planet!
Players will build monolithic marvels of technology, ranging from enormous biodomes that will jumpstart the planet's ecology to mythical alien structures containing limitless energy. Each player uses their hand of resource cards to bid what they will contribute to each construct.
Planet Rush will be the latest in VPG's Premier Line games, which also includes Dawn of the Zeds, Nemo's War, and their most recent Kickstarter, Darkest Night. The Premier Line represents VPG's out-of-house print model with higher quality components to match the great, unique gameplay that comes with their games.
In Sharknado™: The Board Game!, players work together against the game’s AI mechanic to win a chosen scenario, which can range from killing a certain number of sharks to destroying a Sharknado to simply staying alive as long as you can. The designers’ goal with the scenariobased approach is maximum replayability, and an underlying storytelling element in which players create their own Sharknado experience with each new game.
We are excited to announce that within 9 hours of its launch, our Heavy Metal Kickstarter featuring detailed pewter miniatures and accessories funded and we're now drawing near to unlocking our first Stretch Goal.
In an effort to meet the needs of potential supporters, we added a $30 pledge level as requested. We have also updated some images in the photo gallery and project description.
Heavy Metal runs until 6pm EST on August 16. We hope you consider backing this project.
Entries are now being accepted for the 2016 Windhammer Prize
Arborell.com is pleased to announce the commencement of the 2016 Windhammer Prize for Short Gamebook Fiction. Entries are now being accepted, with the initial submission phase running from the 1st of August to the 7th of September. All prospective entrants should note that there have been some minor changes to the prize pool guidelines and these should be viewed prior to entry.
Now in its ninth year this contest is proudly sponsored by Arborell.com and continues as a means to promote the gamebook genre, and to provide exposure within a competitive environment for aspiring gamebook authors. In particular this prize values creative and original works of gamebook fiction. The challenge given to those who wish to participate the development of a full gamebook experience whilst meeting stringent requirements regarding length and original content. This competition is open to all gamebook writers and requires no entry fee or other costs.
All information regarding this year's comp including full entry guidelines, competition schedule and prize details can be found at the Windhammer Prize webpage
featuring the complete Undying Dynasties army. As promised we have already sculpted a few models to showcase our skills. As the feedback was better than we had anticipated we have unlocked the Shabti model as well. This means that the Pharaoh, and Death Cult Hierarch and the Shabti are available for purchase, starting now. The limited edition model of the Pharaoh will only be available until the end of this campaign.
First-time designer, Brandon Rollins and freelance artist, James Masino, are coming to Kickstarter in hopes to fund the printing of War Co. – Expandable Card Game. Long-time lovers of Magic: the Gathering and Android: Netrunner and neophyte gamers alike will enjoy the bleak-but-bright, scarcity-driven apocalypse of War Co.
War Co. is a completed game, launching with all artwork and a fully tested design. It was tested by the designer hundreds of times before being publicly available as a print-and-play game and Tabletop Simulator app for six months. Dozens of the game’s followers on Twitter and Instagram have helped refine the game during the weekly demos, and many more have blind play tested the game.
Copies of the game will be available starting at $25, with free shipping to backers in the USA. The campaign is EU-friendly, Canada-friendly, and Australia-friendly, meaning rewards will be shipped from within those respective regions and no extra customs fees will be incurred. The campaign will conclude after 30 days. Backers are expected to receive their rewards in January 2017.
Impact! has new dice for this year! The D13 and D15 in Black and Purple will be making their debut at Gen Con for $2 each (they will be $2.75 in the store after Gen Con).
Impact! will be at booth 1837 at Gen Con.
If you buy one of our 18 dice sets (D3, D4, D5, D6, D7, D8, D9, D10, D%10, D11, D12, D14, D16, D18, D20, D22, D24 and D30 in 8 possible colors) for the Gen Con show price of $25 ... we'll throw in one of each of the two new dice for free.
28mm scale miniature NeoProspector "Virgilius" This is high quality resin miniature, which comes unpainted and for smooth assemble model ;basic modelling skills required 37mm feet to the eyeline dimension. Multipart (12 parts) 1) Body 2) left arm with gun 3) right arm 4) halberd 5) mechanical arm 6) mechanical arm7) 8) mechanical arm 9) gripper 10) tongs 11) burner 12) 40mm scenic base. 40mm Scenic base included
It was a long time since our last newsletter, but we finally get back on track. Please take our apologises for this delay. Now, let’s just crack on with the new releases.
I trust that everyone had themselves a safe and fun Halloween. Anyone see any good gaming-themed costumes out there? Also, did you enjoy the extra hour of sleep afterward? That's the part I enjoyed th
I trust that everyone had themselves a safe and fun Halloween. Anyone see any good gaming-themed costumes out there? Also, did you enjoy the extra hour of sleep afterward? That's the part I enjoyed the most, I'd say. But then, I'm a bear of simple pleasures. Like how this morning, the month already started off with some Guns 'n' Roses weather.
So as we sort through our Halloween candy let's take a look at some bite-sized stories, shall we?
Today we have: New Anti-Elephant Wagon From Xyston Miniatures, Brigade Models Releases New Neo-Soviet Dreadnought, New Limited Edition Markers from Warsenal, Deraj Studios Announces November 6th Kickstarter Launch, and The Liche Lord free in all orders during November 2015 at Alternative Armies.
Anti-elephant wagon This month we present you a ANC20310 – Anti-elephant wagon. This pack includes: 4 crew, 1 wagon and 2 bullocks. We also add ANC20311 – Bullocks to our catalogue, this pack consist 8 bullocks from 4 different designs.
What’s next? For next month we are preparing the first packs of Marian Romans, so stay tuned.
The latest addition to our Neo-Soviet spaceship fleet is the Gagarin-class Dreadnought. Named for hero Pilot-Cosmonauts of the Space Race-era, the Gagarins carry almost twice the firepower of the Voroshilov class battleships.
The Gagarin is a resin-hulled model with metal engines, turrets and other components. We’ll have a few of these (not many) at the new Hereward Wargames Show in Peterborough which we’re attending on Sunday.
Each month we'll be releasing unit markers for the various units that are released for Infinity: the Game. Once we've released a marker for a unit that marker won't be repeated so get them while you can!
Repeated units get a one time Blast template release.
This month, we have Markers for the Guijia TAG and the Seraph TAG, and Blast Templates for the Azra'il, Dactyls, and Van Zant.
November is the month of the living dead (and not just the lads here!) and to keep the fun in wargaming Alternative Armies is automatically placing one free white metal 28mm Liche Lord miniature in every order placed with us during this month. You need do nothing but place an order, or more than one and we will do the rest. VNT31-05 Liche Lord will be in your package when you open it. A truly beautiful classic high fantasy miniature brought back to 'life' once more from the early 1990's. Great to lead an Undead Army or formation. We also have many more fantasy miniatures and we will be releasing a great many more during this month before we end it with a Black Friday Weekend event. Thanks
Xyston Miniatures has their latest set of releases available over on their website. First is Antigonas On Pallanquin (a pretty stylish, if a little slow, way to get around). The other is a set of Tare
Xyston Miniatures has their latest set of releases available over on their website. First is Antigonas On Pallanquin (a pretty stylish, if a little slow, way to get around). The other is a set of Tarentines Cavalry. Seems to be a theme of "riding into battle" with this set of releases.
They're also showing off greens of some new Romans they're working on.
This month we’ve prepared two packs of miniatures. Lets start with my “chosen one” from this month: ANC20308 – Antigonas on Pallanquin, this nice personality pack adds a lot of flavour to your army. A second pack is ANC20309 – Tarentines Cavalry. In this pack you will find a mix of 4 Riders and 4 mounts from 4 different designs.
As we announced in April, we started work on our Marian Romans miniatures range. For those who missed our post on Facebook or topic on our forum, here is a little preview of some up-coming miniatures:
You can find more on our forum and Facebook page, where we will post more up-coming miniatures!
Xyston Miniatures has some new Numidians for November over in their Nebshop... I mean, webshop.SourceFrom the release:This month we extend our Numidian range with another two packs. The first pack ANC
Xyston Miniatures has some new Numidians for November over in their Nebshop... I mean, webshop.
This month we extend our Numidian range with another two packs. The first pack ANC20306 – Mounted Numidian Officers, which consists of 4 riders and 4 mounts from 4 different designs. The second pack is ANC20307 – Numidian Slingers, which consists of 8 miniatures from 4 different designs.
What’s next?
For the next month we are preparing another two packs, on our forum you can find pictures of some up-coming miniatures.
Join to our forum and help us bring out the best miniatures!
Xyston Miniatures has a couple new sets of Numidians over in their webshop.Numidian ArchersNumidian Officers SourceFrom them to you:September ends, so its time to announce who is the lucky winner of o
Xyston Miniatures has a couple new sets of Numidians over in their webshop.
September ends, so its time to announce who is the lucky winner of our lottery… and, of course, show of new releases.
And the winner is….Bart?omiej, congratulations! Bart?omiej will receive The King Porus on elephant painted by Jon Shields. We will contact with you by email. For those who did not win this time we have good news – there will be another lottery, so stay tuned.
This month we have two new packs. The first pack ANC20304 – Numidian Archers, which consists of 8 miniatures from 4 different designs. The second pack is ANC20305 – Numidian Officers, which consists of 8 miniatures from 4 different designs.
Don’t forget that on our forum, in the “User’s wishlist” topic you can share with us with your suggestions about new miniatures you would like to see in future, so why don’t you join and help us bring out the best miniatures!
Xyston Miniatures posted their King Prous Personality Pack up on their website. There's both "on elephant" and "on foot" available.ANC20303 - King Porus Personality PackKing Porus painted by Jon Shiel
Xyston Miniatures posted their King Prous Personality Pack up on their website. There's both "on elephant" and "on foot" available.
In our previous newsletter we previewed King Porus on elephant, which is now available in our web shop. ANC20303 – King Porus Personality Pack includes: King Porus on Elephant and King Porus on foot. Yes, Porus is huge, not it’s not a mistake or scale creep, he was documented as being a very tall person (around 2m height).
Lottery! Remember about our lottery! At 30th September we will draw one of our newsletter subscribers who will win a FREE King Porus on elephant, painted by Jon Shields. Please share this information with your friends so they can also take part. Read more information about our lottery on forum.
Xyston Miniatures has some new ancient historical miniatures available over in their webshop.Plus, you could win a free King Porus mini, too.ANC20301 – ChalkaspidesANC20302 – Sphendonatai with Shepher
Xyston Miniatures has some new ancient historical miniatures available over in their webshop. Plus, you could win a free King Porus mini, too.
Like always we present two new packs of miniatures this month. First pack is ANC20301 – Chalkaspides which consists of 8 miniatures from 4 different designs. Second pack is ANC20302 – Sphendonatai with Shepherd’s slings which consists of 8 miniatures from 4 different designs.
As we promised last month, we make a lottery! We will draw one of our subscribers who will win a FREE King Porus on elephant, painted by Jon Shields. This beautiful miniatures can be yours – all you need to do is subscribe to our newsletter (if you haven’t done this already) and wait until 30 September
Xyston Miniatures expands their 15mm ancient miniatures line with their new releases for June.ANC20296 – ToxotaiANC20297 - Sphendonatai with kestrosphendone SourceFrom the release:June is here, and th
Xyston Miniatures expands their 15mm ancient miniatures line with their new releases for June.
June is here, and there’s nice weather outside. So it will be a short Newsletter as you probablywant to spend more time outside, or enjoying your hobby, rather than sitting next to computer. This month, we have two packs for our Antignonid range: ANC20297 - Sphendonatai with kestrosphendone - its really hard to pronounce it – and ANC20296 – Toxotai. Both packs contain eight miniatures of four designs. All of them are now available in our web shop.
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