Mantic Games Newsletter

All the news for Warpath in 2017 from Mantic Games...

New Year, New Game: Warpath in 2017 For those of you of a Sci-Fi gaming orientation, 2017 is going to be a great year. Mantic’s Sci-Fi wargame, Warpath will hit stores in April, alongside a slew of new releases to accompany the game. Set in the same shared universe as Deadzone, DreadBall and Star Saga, Warpath scales up the conflict between the various races to all out war, wherein the fates of whole planets hang in the balance. But in a galaxy where even planets can be bought and sold, life is cheap. A New Kind of War Warpath comes in two variations. The first, which just holds the title of ‘Warpath’ is designed for massive sci-fi battles. Units are abstracted into teams, streamlining play and allowing you to scale the games you play up to apocalyptic levels. Whole platoons of infantry march into battle alongside sophisticated war machines weathering orbital fire from enemy spacecraft. This is the mass-battle gaming at its best. Warpath: Firefight is for those who prefer a more in-depth experience in their sci-fi wargames. Units are comprised of individual models, led into battle by heroes and commanders instructing troops on the ground. These games tend to be smaller than Warpath games, but no less exciting for it, as you can focus on the finer details, rather than the wider conflict. Combined Arms Both games feature the same seven armies to choose from: Asterians, Enforcers, Forge Fathers, GCPS, Marauder Mercenaries, Plague and Veer-Myn. They also share common mechanics, from the basic combat rules to the innovative orders system, that allows you to gain a tactical edge over your opponent. This makes it easier to switch between games as required, or even use one force across both systems. As both games share models with Deadzone, you can easily convert your Strike Teams into larger forces simply by adding a few core troops (and maybe a vehicle). All you’ll need to get started is a copy of the rulebook and a set of command dice. The sourcebook is a must for any Mantic Sci-Fi fan, giving the very first comprehensive look at the Warpath universe as a whole, from the creation of the Enforcers to the failures to contain the Plague. Fire Support April will have the core releases for the game – rulebooks, sourcebook, command dice and game tokens, so everyone can get started. Throughout the year, each faction will receive reinforcements from new specialised troopers – like the Forge Father Hammerfist Drop Squad – and mighty vehicles – such as the Enforcer Interceptor Finally, Warpath will bring a new faction into play with brand new Hard-Plastic models and rules for Deadzone, too. The GCPS, the might of humanity itself, will be deploying into dropzones near you, with hi-tech laser weaponry, devastating heavy weapons and elite Rangers to annex any world the corporate masters of humanity want. So what are you waiting for? Grab your rifles, man your tanks and join the Warpath!

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Chaosium Inc. Newsletter

All the most recent news and releases from Chaosium...

#37 the straight scoop from the well of chaos... KHAN OF KHANS Free Print & Play! —Try out the Game before the Kickstarter launches on Jan 10— The Sanskrit word for war literally means "a desire for more cows". That's the aim of our new game, Reiner Knizia's KHAN OF KHANS—"raid your enemies, win cows and the game!" Although our game is set in Greg Stafford's mythic world Glorantha, the Khans in the game would very much get what the ancient Vedic Indians were on about. Khan of Khans is coming to Kickstarter on Jan 10. In the mean time we invite you to PRINT & PLAY the full version of the game, complete with final artwork and design by award-winning artist Ian O'Toole. We'd love to hear what you think of the game! In this fast-paced game, the players are khans of different fantastical tribes on the Plains of Prax, each riding a unique animal that confers special abilities. Everyone attempts to amass the biggest herd, meanwhile fighting off enemy magic, stampedes and attempts by other players to steal their cows. Download the free Khan of Khans PRINT & PLAY here: http://bit.ly/khanofkhanspp "Thanks to EVERYONE who thought this was a worthwhile pursuit, and for then waiting patiently for almost five years to see this come to fruition. Your encouragement meant everything!" - a new pic and message from R.J. Ivankovic, creator of H.P. Lovecraft's The Call of Cthulhu for Beginning Readers, available now in hardback (with free PDF) only from Chaosium

CULTS OF PRAX and CULTS OF TERROR Now available in PDF CULTS OF PRAX and CULTS OF TERROR—these two game-changing (we mean this literally!) RPG supplements for RuneQuest Classic can be purchased by download now at Chaosium.com. And if you buy the PDFs now, you'll get a discount on the printed books when they become available for sale at our webstore later this year. And get the amazing Cults of Prax and Cults of Terror cover art as posters, t-shirts, mugs and more in the Classic Covers section of our Redbubble store! (Cults of Terror cover art by Jennell Jaquays) And finally—somewhat belatedly, but sincerely nevertheless... What is Ab Chaos? (...from Ab Chaos #7, May 31 1992) Ab - Latin "from" Chaos - (1) Any condition or place of total disorder (modern vernacular); (2) the disordered state of unformed matter which preceded creation (since Milton, Paradise Lost); (3) the dark, empty space which preceded creation (Greek Mythology); (4) the [formerly] Californian roleplaying game company. Ab Chaos is an informal newsletter for Chaosium fans. Through our history we have tried to serve the players and gamemasters through craft and art as well as (and sometimes at the expense of) marketing and moneymaking. We appreciate your loyalty, and offer this communication to those who are curious about us, beyond the mere "product". It is planned to be informal and irregular. We are, after all, not the Orderium.

Privateer Press Newsletter

The latest from Privateer Press...

Insider 12-21-2016: Errata, Community Integrated Development and More

Dear Players of WARMACHINE & HORDES, Today we are publishing the highly anticipated WARMACHINE & HORDES errata document, along with several announcements concerning some progressive and exciting innovations to the way in which we develop and publish these games. While we are not pleased with ourselves over the necessity to readdress rules so soon after their original publication, the effort to correct our mistakes has illuminated the need for a different approach to the way in which we collect and analyze data as well as how we communicate changes in the rules to the players of WARMACHINE & HORDES. Some of these modifications to our process have been looming on the horizon, though we had expected to take more time to implement them. But over the past three months, we have come to the conclusion that there is no time like the present to adapt and evolve.

Errata Drops! FAQ and Developer's Notes

Coupled with Chief Creative Officer Matt Wilson's Insider are an FAQ to help explain a variety of over-arching questions as well as a new section of Developer's Notes which will come with any future errata. The FAQ can be found here and the Developer's Notes can be found here.

New Addition: Buy Any 2 Plushies, Get Any 1 Plushy Free!

Adding to Privateer’s range of terrifyingly adorable plushies just in time for the holidays comes the vile Deathripper with its flesh-eating grin. For a limited time only, whenever you buy any 2 Plushies, you’ll get 1 Plushie of your choice for free! What a perfect time to get all 3 Plushies Privateer Press has to offer!

The Privateers I: Watery Graves

Unaware of the forces marshaled against him, Captain Phinneus Shae and the crew of the Talion are headed into uncharted waters. With a doggedly determined killer from his past on his trail and cold-blooded pirates all around him, Shae’s contract to recover the treasure from a sunken ship seems destined to fail. But other, more nefarious individuals are after that same treasure, and whatever it is, it is destined to change the future of the Iron Kingdoms. Whether for good or ill all depends on who finds it first and who is buried at the bottom of the sea in the end… PIP 612 MSRP $15.99 (Paperback) $7.99 (Digital)

Las Vegas Open 2017: February 3rd to 5th

The Las Vegas Open is a premiere Tabletop Gaming Convention set in fabulous Las Vegas. It takes place at Bally's Casino from February 3rd through the 5th, 2017. They've got tabletop gaming tournaments, narrative events, campaigns, hobby classes, vendors, new product releases, social events and so much more! Book your room early as the room block will fill up!

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Sin Synn Guest Article - "They Keep Pulling me Back In..."

Those of you with long memories may recall that I used to write articles for a blog network called the House of Paincakes. One of my fellow writers on that network was a strange creature known as SinSynn who has decided to return to the world of blogging that quite frankly has been lessened by his absence...well...there were less tentacles at least...and Megan Fox was marginally safer...

Having no desire to manage a blog of his own will be utilising mine so here's his third article this time with some warnings about the dangers of addiction....

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Hey, folks. SinSynn here.

Sorry for the lack of posting, but I've actually gotten mixed up with a bad crowd, and I'm up to no good.

Oh, sure, '40k Escalation League' sounds all innocent an' whatnot, but lemme tell ya - I've already found myself breaking night, on work nights, no less. I've spent money I don't have. I've been lying, sneaking, and generally acting like a shady character in an effort to get my slimy tentacles on my next 40k fix.

*Look, man...Lemme just hold a sprue*

Yes, folks. You read that correctly. I'm jumping back into the hobby like I'm brand-noob.

I joined a 40k Escalation League.

:D

The good news is that I won't be forced to play Battlefront's somewhat awful Team Yankee (yeah, I said it), but I think I might've pulled off a really cool Matrix-like dodge maneuver: I avoided the bullet, only to step right in front of a cannonball.

D'oh.

People were practically giving Team Yankee stuff away. I had already scored brand-new, in-box sets of U.S. Abrams Tank platoons and a U.S. Mechanized platoons for like 20 bucks a box. Nevertheless, in truth, I didn't really wanna play Team Yankee. I didn't.

I was gonna do it, cuz the Ultimate Rival was all into it, and welp, waddayagonnado? That's my boy, and I don't really have any other excuses to offer other than that.

Team Yankee's future looked bleak 'round my way; gamers were unloading their brand-new boxsets - that's always a bad sign once the initial 'new game excitement' wears off. With new systems like the Star Wars X Wing game you couldn't find new kits anywhere when they released.

A few months after Team Yankee releases and folks are happy to lose more than half of their investment cuz hey – sumpthin' is better than nuthin.'

Such is life huh?

*shrug*

The Ultimate Rival and I were happy to play it in the Gaming Garage, and we had a couple other suckers to make up the numbers for club vs. club tournaments.

We played a few games, and the future seemed set, but then, outta the blue, Games Workshop started...doin' stuffs.

Neither the Ultimate Rival or myself saw it coming. Neither of us could've predicted it. It didn't sneak up on us, either. One day we just started talkin' 'bout 40k. GW was makin' moves, releasing new stuffs, giving fans things they wanted...

The Ultimate Rival and I went back 'n' forth for a bit, and there was definitely something in the air, but neither of us was willing to commit. We've both been burned by GW before.

Sadly, both of us are huge suckers when it comes to 40k. We have the collective willpower of an alcoholic trapped in a bar following the inevitable zombie apocalypse when 40k gets a buncha new shinies.

We wants them. Yesh, we do.

 *Is that a new shiny?*

I will say this- the Ultimate Rival broke down first. It wasn't me.

So nyah.

One day I just got a text, showing a picture of a buncha Beakie boxsets, with a total bullsh*t excuse that simply read, 'I'm gonna start building a Salamanders army for my youngest son.'

Every single stalk-mounted occular appendage on my knobbly Xeno head rolled in a nearly teenage-girl sooper-dramatic drama level.

'Sure thing, dude,' I replied, 'Your son needs a Salamander army. That looks like enough boxsets to build more than a single army, though. Unless that's gonna be a full-blown Drop Pod army...with a buncha Landraiders, and Rhinos, and is that a Storm Talon?'

There was a somewhat lengthy pause. We both knew what was happening here, but we've both fallen off this particular wagon a handful of times...it's just that admitting it is a lil' embarrassing.

A smidgen. A tad. A wee bit...

So making the other guy suffer is mandatory.

'Well,' he says ever-so-innocently, 'I've been thinking that maybe my Black Templars can use a flyer.'

Pffft. This guy...So full of it.

'I thought you already had a Storm Raven,' I countered, 'That's a flyer, no? Your Templars already have a flyer, wiseguy.'

I could hear him throwing his hands up.

'Ok, more flyers, then. I was totally in the store, buying stuff for the kid, and I saw the Storm Talon, and I was like “Hey, why not?” You know how these things happen. So yes, I bought a Storm Talon for my Black Templars. We have access to all the Vanilla stuff now, y'know.'

I narrowed most of my stalk-mounted occular appendages. 'And that's all you bought?'

Another pause.

...

'I ASKED IF THAT'S ALL YOU BOUGHT,' I repeated, in an entirely overly loud voice.

'I HEARD YOU, YOU IDIOT,' he shouted back at me, 'jeez, I was just thinking.'

There was something in the tone of his voice that was triggering every 'It's a trap!' sensor in my head. Him 'thinking' is never a good sign.

'Oh gawd,' I exclaimed quietly, 'What did you do, you maniac?'

Again with the pause...well, I was suffering a frighten. Maybe he didn't hear me...

...

'I SAID WHAT DID...'

'I FRIGGIN' HEARD YOU FOR CRYIN' OUT LOUD!!!'

'Well maybe chill with the awkward pauses. I feel like you're trying to work up the nerve to tell me you're pregnant with my child...Oh gawd, please tell me you're not pregnant with my child...'

The Ultimate Rival put on his exasperated voice. 'Y'know, it's just impossible to have a normal conversation with you. It's like you can't go five minutes without saying something weird, or something only you think is funny. I swear, after all these years...'

'I can't help but notice you've failed to answer my question,' I interrupt his lil' tirade, 'Just fess up, dude. What did you do? What army are you building now? Whatever it is, you're on your own. We discussed this. We both agreed we wouldn't do anything about 40k until we saw new rules that we both liked.'

Clearly, I was putting my foot down. I wasn't gonna give in to 40k and its wily ways.

'Well ha, wiseguy,' came the Ultimate Rival's ever-so-smug retort, 'I'm not building a “new” army. This is all Templars stuff.'

...there was something about the way he said that that made me say my next thought aloud...

'You're building a brand-new Black Templars army, aren't you?'

...and his reply was completely unsurprising...

'Basically yes.'

-_-

*Hi, I'm a Black Templar. Far into the future, when mankind has mastered faster-than-light travel, and everyone has crazy laserguns an' whatnot, we're gonna fight with swords and use lanterns. Makes total sense*

Well that's a cute story, SinSynn, I hear you say. That hardly explains how you're suddenly in a 40k Escalation League, now does it? Mister 'I won't fall for 40k and its wily ways' over here.

Well, first of all...Don't you judge me.

I've already admitted to being so weak I can't bench press a Kleenex, fer cryin' out loud.

Furthermore...Chill, money.

I haz excuses. Good ones, I swearz,

*Just don't ask any questions and this will all work out fine*

Ok, well...It all started with The Hamster That Lives In My Head, y'see...

(Yes, we're totally going with this excuse. You shadddup. This is gud excuse)

There I was one night, fighting with him over which tab was gonna be open on the laptop, the tentacle porn tab, or the...what the hell was that?

'Oh that?' the Hamster casually replies to my frenzied queries flippantly. He knows what he's doing, the fuzzy little jerk. My weakness for tentacle porn can only possibly be topped by my weakness for...

'That, my empty-headed Xeno friend, is one of the new Tau Mechs.'

*What is it? Oh, it's just a giant Stealthsuit, that's all O-o WHAT THE FLYIN' F*CK? Gimme naow*

Normally at this point, The Hamster That Lives In My Head is frantically spinning my thoughts on his lil' Hamster exercise wheel, but since he was currently surfing the 'net on my laptop, I just kinda stared blankly in open mouthed amazement.

'Did you just say “one of” the new Tau Mechs?' I asked in a monotone fashion, my eyes glued to the monitor, the tentacle porn forgotten, despite the flopping tentacles and sticky fluids everywhere, 'As in, there's more than one new Tau Mech?'

The Hamster smiled a smile that probably looked very much like the smile the Serpent gave Eve as he convinced her that apples are delicious, and so good for you too.

'Oh yeah, man...there's a bunch. Just lookit thi-'

He didn't have time to finish that sentence, as I swept him and the tentacle lubricant and generous pile of towels off the desk, and started going through the Tau section over at the Games Workshop website.

...After a couple of minutes, I retrieved the lubricant and towels...

A day or so later, this happened...

*I swear, I was reverse-mugged on East 8th street in the Village! That's totally what happened!* 

Aaaaand...the next thing you know, I'm in an Escalation League, cuz apparently there's a whole buncha fools that caught this sudden outbreak of 40k-itis, or whatever you wanna call it.

Look, I'm not proud.

But OHMYGAWD I luvs da new Tau Codex.

It's so shmexy.

*Hey...That's a mighty big burst cannon you've got there*

And we're gonna talk all about it, next time. I swearz.

Right now, I've got two more Crisis Suits to build, and I've still got several tentacles that aren't glued together yet.

:D

So yeah...I'm back, suckas.

*And there has been much rejoicing :)*

You thought I complained a lot about Games Workshop before?

Hah!

Have you seen the price of a Broadside lately?

0_o

Until next time, folks – Have a very Xenos day!

(Returning to the original)

- SinSynn

Wyrd Games Monday Preview

A Wyrd Games Monday Preview...

This week's Monday Preview is a look at an upcoming Penny Dreadful, Fire in the Sky. This adventure is the first Through the Breach adventure that takes place on Earth, and has ties to both Malifaux and The Other Side.

When a strange light appears in the sky above San Francisco, the Fated are called in to investigate and discover far more happening than they were prepared for...

Thoughts and comments are (as usual) most welcome.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year.

Thanks for all your support over the last year especially those of you who stuck with me and the blog during the few breaks I've had this year. 

I was hoping to pass the 350 Follower mark but only managed 311 and with Facebook blocking my original page my quest to reach 500 Facebook followers has had to start from scratch...I've scraped my way back to a mere 81. My Twitter ones have reached the dizzying heights of 460 so something over there must be going right I suppose. If you'd all like to follow me on Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr then there are links at various places on the sidebar on the right...it doesn't take long and does wonders for my ego...

Here's hoping for your continued support through 2017...

Thoughts and comments are (as usual) most welcome.