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@ the coffee machine => Other Games => Topic started by: Leon Pendraken on January 25, 2015, 02:06:43 AM
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I hope this is the right place for this, please delete if it's breaking any rules.
We are extremely happy to announce that the first set of official Pendraken rules will be available very soon, Warband, written by Steve Hardy!
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Warband provides all the rules you need to bring great battles between fantasy armies to your tabletop.
Using miniature figures and terrain, you can fight battles from the glorious sword and sorcery epics you've read about.
You can play games against your friends or competitive battles against worthy opponents.
(http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l575/PendrakenMiniatures/Warband/dd0adaeb-f680-4e56-90ba-66454143edf3_zpse360d601.jpg)
Warband is designed to be simple to learn and difficult to master, and so it uses a single consistent task resolution method throughout the rules. Whether you’re trying to get a unit of warriors to move, seeing how effective it’s shooting or fighting is, or how well it has defended itself, you’ll be using the same dice pool mechanism. You determine the number of dice to roll and each result of 4+ is a success. The more successes you roll, the better your units will do, and the more likely you are to win. Simple!
Of course fighting a good tactical battle, getting your units into advantageous situations, and making effective command decisions will mean you’ll be far more likely to win. Coming up with effective tactics for your chosen army to defeat your opponents is what will take you time to master.
So with Warband’s intuitive rules you’ll be fighting the battle not the rulebook, and hopefully having a lot of fun into the bargain!
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You'll be able to decide which of the fantastic races you'd like to command and then construct your force from the lists provided.
Warband includes complete army lists for twelve armies, with abilities, options, spell lists, and descriptions including;
Barbarian men, Dark elves, Dragon men, Eldritch vampires, Goblins, High elves, Hill dwarves, Lizardmen, Samurai apes, Taurians, Undead, and Wood elves.
Army composition and optional upgrades are highly flexible, allowing you to build the force that best fits your style of play. If you'd like to command a horde of bison riding barbarians, rampaging minotaurs, skirmishing ghouls, or serried ranks of deadly elven archers then you'll find something to suit you in the Warband rules.
The rules are currently at the printers and we're hoping to have the finished rulebooks with us very soon. As well as the printed copies (available through the Pendraken website, priced at £16), there will also be pdf versions available through Wargame Vault (price to be confirmed).
To go with these new rules, we are giving our Fantasy ranges a complete overhaul to provide as much variety as possible. The new ranges will feature larger packs of 25 assorted infantry, 12 assorted cavalry or 3 guns with crews, each priced at £4.50 per pack. All of these packs contain maximum variety, with no two figures being the same! Phil Lewis has spent a huge amount of time sculpting these, changing weapons, adding shields, cloaks or pouches, to make every figure different to the last. As far as we know this level of variety has not been seen before in this scale, so we're really looking forward to getting these released and out there to complement the new rules!
The first two revamped ranges to be released will be the Hill Dwarves and the Goblins, each coming with a handy new army pack built around the Warband rules.
Finally, we'd like to thank the author, Steve Hardy, as well for the time and effort he's put into these, and hopefully you'll all enjoy playing with them!
FAQ's (So far!)
What bases can I use?
Warband uses large bases that are 100x50mm. This is designed to show off Pendraken's excellent miniatures to their best effect and to allow you to show off your skills modelling a great looking 'warband' vignette on each base.
However, you can use any base size you like, although its probably best to have both armies based the same! This means you can leap right into the rules from the start, using whatever armies you already have. We will also be producing a range of movement trays so that people can use their existing armies.
What sized table / battlefield?
If you're using the intended basing sizes (100x50mm), a 6x4' table will give you a good game. You can probably play on a 4x4' table, but you'll lose some room for flanking moves!
If you're using other base sizes the general rule is that your playing area should be roughly 18 'base widths' across, and 12 'base widths' deep.
How many units in an army?
It depends. The army lists have been designed so that you can field large numbers of low quality troops, small numbers of elite units, or more typically a mix of both. Most armies are likely to be between 8-12 units in size.
Are the army lists fixed to a set background, or are the flexible enough to allow you to create your own fantasy forces?
The army lists are set, although not to any specific background. They are mix of 'traditional' factions, and some unique lists based around Pendraken's fantasy army ranges. There are twelve armies available, all of which are listed in the rules. Within each army, there are many units and troops to choose from, and these can be further modified with 'optional upgrades'. These have been designed so that they will allow you to tailor your army to your specific fighting style, rather than to generate an 'optimal build'.
More discussion can be found on our Forum here: http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/board,83.0.html (http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/board,83.0.html) and we'll be keep updating the FAQ section as well.
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A wargame design for 10mm battles?... I will have couple of battles for sure!
Leon any idea of the cost?
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A shame they didn't go with 4x2 bases..
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Thanks for the comments, much appreciated.
A wargame design for 10mm battles?... I will have couple of battles for sure!
Leon any idea of the cost?
The physical rulebook will be £16, and they will also be available as a pdf from Wargame Vault. The price on that hasn't been confirmed yet, but will be somewhere around £8-£10?
A shame they didn't go with 4x2 bases..
The bigger bases look excellent and allow for 1 base per unit as well, so keeps it nice and simple. We will be offering movement trays for folks who already have armies based on 40x20mm's as well.
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Any game that has "Samurai Apes" is worth a look in my book! :)
Dave
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The rules have now arrived and will be on sale this weekend at the York show!
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We'll be adding them to our website once we're back in the office after this show.
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Ooh I missed the rules in York . However I did get some lovely pre painted 10mm buildings and more importantly basing materials .
When will the revamped figures be available ?.
Stuart
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Ooh I missed the rules in York . However I did get some lovely pre painted 10mm buildings and more importantly basing materials .
When will the revamped figures be available?
Good to see you at York, the new figures should be available within the next week, along with the rules.
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Very cool . Any pic's ?.
Stuart
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Very cool . Any pic's ?.
Yep, everything is photo'd ready for the release and we should have some painted figures with us shortly after release as well.
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Very nicely done .
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Looking forward to seeing it all! :D
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Some images of the new ranges here.
http://luddite1811.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/pendraken-warband-fantasy-army-packs.html (http://luddite1811.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/pendraken-warband-fantasy-army-packs.html) :)
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Hey luddite welcome to this forum!
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Hi jchaos! ;D
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Warband goes live!
http://luddite1811.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/warband-goes-live.html (http://luddite1811.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/warband-goes-live.html)
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Rules!
We are extremely happy to announce that the first set of official Pendraken rules, Warband, are now available as a hardcopy on our website, priced at £16.00: http://www.pendraken.co.uk/Warband-Fantasy-c36/Rules-sc320/ (http://www.pendraken.co.uk/Warband-Fantasy-c36/Rules-sc320/) and for those who would prefer to buy a pdf copy, these can be bought through the Wargame Vault website here, priced at £10.00: http://www.wargamevault.com/product/144517/Warband-Fantasy-Rules (http://www.wargamevault.com/product/144517/Warband-Fantasy-Rules)
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Written by Steve Hardy, Warband provides all the rules you need to bring great battles between fantasy armies to your tabletop.
Using miniature figures and terrain, you can fight battles from the glorious sword and sorcery epics you've read about.
You can play games against your friends or competitive battles against worthy opponents. Whilst the rules have been written with the 10mm Pendraken Miniatures ranges in mind, there's no reason why you can't use other scales as well!
For more info on the rules, check our original announcement here: http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,11260.0.html (http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,11260.0.html)
There is also a FAQ thread up and running here: http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,11265.0.html (http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,11265.0.html)
Figures!
As well as the rules, we have also now released our first two revamped Fantasy ranges, with the Goblins and the Hill Dwarves now available!
These new ranges are huge improvements on the old ones, adding not only new sculpts but also more variety to every pack. So much variety in fact, that a pack of foot now contains 25 individual figures, each one different to the last. From different weapons and headgear, down to added cloaks, beards and pouches, we've gone for maximum variation within every single pack!
The new ranges include:
Goblins - http://www.pendraken.co.uk/Warband-Fantasy-c36/Goblins-sc324/ (http://www.pendraken.co.uk/Warband-Fantasy-c36/Goblins-sc324/)
FAN-GOB1 - 25 x Warriors
FAN-GOB2 - 25 x Archers
FAN-GOB3 - 12 x Wolf-Riders
FAN-GOB4 - 5-man Command Group
FAN-GOB5 - 4 x Shamans with runestone
FAN-GOB6 - 4 x Bolt-shooters with crews
FAN-GOB7 - 3 x Giant crossobows with crews
(packs are £4.50 each, command/shamans are £1.50)
Army Pack: Contains 3 packs of Warriors, and 1 pack each of Archers, Wolf-Riders, Command, Shamans and Bolt-shooters, plus 8 x MDF bases. Priced at £27.00
(http://www.pendraken.co.uk/ProductImages/FAN-GOB1.JPG)
Hill Dwarves - http://www.pendraken.co.uk/Warband-Fantasy-c36/Hill-Dwarves-sc323/ (http://www.pendraken.co.uk/Warband-Fantasy-c36/Hill-Dwarves-sc323/)
FAN-HDW1 - 25 x Warriors
FAN-HDW2 - 25 x Shooters
FAN-HDW3 - 12 x Noble Riders
FAN-HDW4 - 5-man Command Group
FAN-HDW5 - 4 x Wizards with runestone
FAN-HDW6 - 25 x Berserkers
FAN-HDW7 - 4 x Cannons/Bombards with crews
FAN-HDW8 - 3 x Gyrocopters
(packs are £4.50 each, command/shamans are £1.50)
Army Pack: Contains 3 packs of Warriors, and 1 pack each of Shooters, Noble Riders, Command, Wizards and Cannons, plus 8 x MDF bases. Priced at £27.00
We've put some bare metal pics up onto the site for now, but those will be getting replaced with painted pics very soon.
(http://www.pendraken.co.uk/ProductImages/FAN-HDW1.JPG)
Bases, Movement Trays and Gaming Aids!
As well as the rules and the figures, we've got a range of extra bits and bobs to help your games along!
The recommended basing size is 100x50mm bases, which are available in packs of 10 for £2. The ruleset allows you to use other base sizes of course, but we've also got a range of movement trays available for those wanting to use their existing armies: http://www.pendraken.co.uk/Warband-Fantasy-c36/Bases-Movement-Trays-sc321/ (http://www.pendraken.co.uk/Warband-Fantasy-c36/Bases-Movement-Trays-sc321/), priced at only 50p per movement tray. (If you need a different tray size, just drop us a line and we can cut it as a custom job for you, no problem!)
(http://www.pendraken.co.uk/ProductImages/WAR-MVT1.jpg)
As well as those, we've also created some handy tokens for tracking the hits on your units. Available in both circles and semi-circles (for placing neatly up against the back of your base), these come in packs of 25 tokens, which should be enough to cover both sides in a game of Warband. 20mm circles are £2.50 per pack, the 30mm semi-circles are £3.00 per pack: http://www.pendraken.co.uk/Warband-Fantasy-c36/Gaming-Aids-Tokens-sc322/ (http://www.pendraken.co.uk/Warband-Fantasy-c36/Gaming-Aids-Tokens-sc322/)
(http://www.pendraken.co.uk/ProductImages/WAR-TOK1.jpg)
(http://www.pendraken.co.uk/ProductImages/WAR-TOK2.jpg)
And finally, all of the units in Warband rely on their Morale to stay in play. If it loses all of it's morale, then that unit will rout and is potentially out of the game unless you can save it! One handy way of recording the morale of each unit is by using our trusty dice frames to keep track of it: http://www.pendraken.co.uk/Warband-Fantasy-c36/Gaming-Aids-Tokens-sc322/ (http://www.pendraken.co.uk/Warband-Fantasy-c36/Gaming-Aids-Tokens-sc322/) At only £1 for 10 pairs of dice/frames, these are a great help and you can also see these frames in use in the images within the rulebook.
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I think that's everything then! Many thanks for reading, there'll be lots more new and revamped Warband ranges to come over the next few months, so keep an eye out for those!
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Number 2 on Wargames Vault!
http://www.wargamevault.com/index.php?currency=GBP (http://www.wargamevault.com/index.php?currency=GBP)
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We've had a fantastic response to the revamped Fantasy ranges to go with our new Warband rules, so it's now time to launch the first batch of revamped monsters! First up, we've got the Elementals and Ogres, which have all been given the Techno treatment, adding more poses and detail to the give as much variety as possible.
Warband Fantasy Monsters - http://www.pendraken.co.uk/Warband-Fantasy-NEW-c36/Monsters-sc323/ (http://www.pendraken.co.uk/Warband-Fantasy-NEW-c36/Monsters-sc323/)
FAN-MON1 - Fire Elementals, in 3 different poses (6 figures) - £3.50
FAN-MON1 - Earth Elementals, in 3 different poses (6 figures) - £3.50
FAN-MON1 - Water Elementals, in 3 different poses (6 figures) - £3.50
FAN-MON1 - Tree Elementals, in 3 different poses (6 figures) - £3.50
FAN-MON1 - Ogres, in 3 different poses (6 figures) - £2.95
And of course, some nice pics to tempt everyone...!
(http://www.pendraken.co.uk/ProductImages/FAN-MON1.JPG)
(http://www.pendraken.co.uk/ProductImages/FAN-MON2.JPG)
(http://www.pendraken.co.uk/ProductImages/FAN-MON3.JPG)
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We hope you like them! Next up for Warband will be the arrival of the Barbarians!
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Them ogre's looking real nice for some variation in my GW-ogre units.
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Those elements are on fire!
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We're starting to gain some momentum on the Warband releases, so we're kicking off August with the release of the new Undead range!
As with the other new Warband ranges, each foot pack contains 25 different sculpts, giving as much variety as possible in your units. The riders are also all different figures, plus we've got brand new command and necromancers. Rounding out the rest of the range are revamped catapults, ballistae and catapults, plus some new wraiths and zombies for those wanting something a little different in their armies!
Undead - http://www.pendraken.co.uk/Warband-Fantasy-NEW-c36/Undead-sc331/
FAN-UND1 - 25 x Warriors
FAN-UND2 - 25 x Shooters
FAN-UND3 - 12 x Riders
FAN-UND4 - 5-man Command Group
FAN-UND5 - 4 x Necromancers with runestone
FAN-UND6 - 2 x Catapults with crews
FAN-UND7 - 4 x Ballistae with crews
FAN-UND8 - 12 x Wraiths/Spirits £2.50
FAN-UND9 - 2 x Chariots with riders
FAN-UND10 - 25 x Zombies
(packs are £4.50 each, command/shamans are £1.50)
Army Pack: Contains 3 packs of Warriors, and 1 pack each of Shooters, Riders, Command, Necromancers and Catapults, plus 8 x MDF bases. Priced at £27.00
And some pics:
(http://www.pendraken.co.uk/ProductImages/FAN-UND1.jpg)
(http://www.pendraken.co.uk/ProductImages/FAN-UND2.jpg)
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Next up for Warband will be the High Elves in the next couple of weeks, followed by the brand new Taurians before the end of the month!
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Following on quickly from the Undead release, we've got another of our new Warband ranges all sorted and ready to go, and this time it's the High Elves!
As with all of the Warband ranges, all of the packs contain maximum variety, so 25 different sculpts in the foot packs and 12 in the cavalry. Techno has also done us some excellent new command and mage figures, the latter including a rather nice runestone. On the artillery side, we've got both bolt shooters and catapults, plus some chariots bringing up the rear.
High Elves - http://www.pendraken.co.uk/Warband-Fantasy-NEW-c36/High-Elves-sc332/
FAN-HEL1 - 25 x Warriors
FAN-HEL2 - 25 x Archers
FAN-HEL3 - 12 x Knights
FAN-HEL4 - 5-man Command Group
FAN-HEL5 - 4 x Mages with runestone
FAN-HEL6 - 5 x Bolt Shooters with crews
FAN-HEL7 - 3 x Catapults with crews
FAN-HEL8 - 3 x Chariots with drivers and riders
(packs are £4.50 each, command/shamans are £1.50)
Army Pack: Contains 3 packs of Warriors, and 1 pack each of Archers, Knights, Command, Mages and Bolt Shooters, plus 8 x MDF bases. Priced at £27.00
And some pics:
(http://www.pendraken.co.uk/ProductImages/FAN-HEL1.jpg)
(http://www.pendraken.co.uk/ProductImages/FAN-HEL2.jpg)
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And it's not long to wait for the next army, as we finish up the month with the release of the Taurians!
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Finishing up our hat-trick of new Warband ranges during August, we've now got the highly anticipated Taurians ready to go!
The previous Minotaur ranges had a nice variety of poses, so Techno has made some minor tweaks to these to make them all slightly different. The Centaurs on the other hand have been completely overhauled, with more pose variation, more weapons, and also better bows! And to finish the range off, we've got some excellent new Command and Shaman packs, including a fantastic bull-head runestone!
Taurians - http://www.pendraken.co.uk/Warband-Fantasy-NEW-c36/Taurians-sc333/
FAN-TAU1 - 12 x Minotaur Warriors
FAN-TAU2 - 12 x Centaur Warriors
FAN-TAU3 - 12 x Centaur Archers
FAN-TAU4 - 12 x Centaur Knights
FAN-TAU5 - 5-man Command Group
FAN-TAU6 - 4 x Shamans with runestone
(packs are £4.50 each, command/mages are £1.50)
Army Pack: Contains 3 packs of Minotaur Warriors, and 1 pack each of Centaur Warriors, Centaur Archers, Centaur Knights, Command and Shamans, plus 8 x MDF bases. Priced at £27.00
And some pics:
(http://www.pendraken.co.uk/ProductImages/FAN-TAU1.jpg)
(http://www.pendraken.co.uk/ProductImages/FAN-TAU2.jpg)
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That's it for the Warband ranges this month, we're working on the Wood Elves next so we're hoping to have those ready for release in September. The next Pendraken goodies ready to hit the website will be some new vehicles and the rest of the Napoleonic British range!
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It's been a while since our last new Warband range, but we've now got the Wood Elves all moulded and released!
As with all Warband ranges, the packs contain maximum variety, so 25 different sculpts in the foot packs and 12 in the cavalry. These new packs contain a lot more new sculpts, plus some oft-requested longer bows as well! And we've also got new command and mage groups, including a special tree stump and 'Sciuridae, the squirrel of Power'...! (If you prefer your stumps a little less rodenty, you can knock him off with the flick of a craft knife.)
Wood Elves - http://www.pendraken.co.uk/Warband-Fantasy-NEW-c36/Wood-Elves-sc337/
FAN-WEL1 - 25 x Warriors
FAN-WEL2 - 25 x Archers
FAN-WEL3 - 12 x Wild Riders
FAN-WEL4 - 5-man Command Group
FAN-WEL5 - 4 x Mages with tree stump
(packs are £4.50 each, command/mages are £1.50)
Army Pack: Contains 3 packs of Warriors, 2 packs of Archers and 1 pack each of Wild Riders, Command, and Mages, plus 8 x MDF bases. Priced at £27.00
And some pics:
(http://www.pendraken.co.uk/ProductImages/FAN-WEL1.jpg)
(http://www.pendraken.co.uk/ProductImages/FAN-WEL2.jpg)
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(http://www.pendraken.co.uk/ProductImages/FAN-WEL4.jpg)
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The next new Warband army shouldn't be too far away either, with the Lizardmen sitting in Pendraken HQ ready for moulding.
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Slightly later than planned due to the Painting Competition, we've got the next new Warband range, with the Lizardmen all ready and released! A few lucky folks got their hands on these at last weekends Hammerhead show and we'll also have them with us at both WMMS and Triples later this month.
Our new Warband packs all contain maximum variety, so 25 different sculpts in the foot packs and 12 in the cavalry. Techno has done some excellent work on these and really made each one unique. The new command and shamans are excellent as well and will look great painted up for Warband.
Lizardmen - http://www.pendraken.co.uk/Warband-Fantasy-NEW-c36/Lizardmen-sc340/
FAN-LIZ1 - 25 x Lizardmen Warriors
FAN-LIZ2 - 25 x Lizardmen Hunters
FAN-LIZ3 - 12 x Raptor Riders
FAN-LIZ4 - 5-man Command Group
FAN-LIZ5 - 4 x Shamans with runestone
FAN-LIZ6 - 25 x Newtmen Warriors
FAN-LIZ7 - 25 x Newtmen Hunters
(packs are £4.50 each, command/mages are £1.50)
Army Pack: Contains 2 packs of Lizardmen Warriors, and 1 pack each of Lizardmen Hunters, Raptor Riders, Command, Shamans, Newtmen Warriors and Newtmen Hunters, plus 8 x MDF bases. Priced at £30.00
And some pics:
(http://www.pendraken.co.uk/ProductImages/FAN-LIZ1.jpg)
(http://www.pendraken.co.uk/ProductImages/FAN-LIZ2.jpg)
(http://www.pendraken.co.uk/ProductImages/FAN-LIZ3.jpg)
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Next up should hopefully be the Dragonmen, which will be completely new sculpts!
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Anybody got a hold of this yet?
Wondering how it compares to Warmaster.
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Anybody got a hold of this yet?
Wondering how it compares to Warmaster.
We've sold about 500 copies so far and the feedback has been very positive, including from several WM players as well. There was a review in the Miniature Wargames magazine a while back as well, hopefully this shows up large enough to read!
(http://www.pendraken.co.uk/ImageBin/WarbandMWReview.jpg)
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This all sounds very promising!
The kind of thing my friend Mark might look at - current recent competition is probably the Dragon Rampant rules from Osprey.
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Yep it is indeed. Dragon Rampart author is the same as the Warband review, Daniel Mersey.
Warband is a great game, but in my humble opinion I would not say it is the replacement of warmaster set or rules (for me, at least).
Anyway , is great to see 10mm wargames
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I've like the games of Warband I have played - I wasn't sure from a first read of the rules, but after playing it, I really like it.
I would say it is very different to Warmaster, there are a lot of mechanistic differences and differences in approach. Its probably also aimed at a smaller game (less units) than a WM game.
I'd certainly recommend getting a copy and giving it a go - with the sabot bases Pendraken sell its really easy to convert a WM unit to a Warband one.
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These are just the bare MDF sabot bases, they obviously look better when finished. But this was the first photo I found.
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It's been a while since our last new 10mm/12mmWarband range, so we've got a double-header to make up for it!
First up we've got the brand new Dragonmen covering everything from men-at-arms to knights to dragons of course. These are all brand new sculpts (hence the longer timescales to get them ready) but they're certainly worth the wait as Techno has done a cracking job on them.
Secondly we've got our new Dark Elves as well, with new warriors, raptor-riders and witches ready to take to the table.
As with all of our Warband ranges, each pack contains all different sculpts, so that's 25 different figures in the foot packs and 12 different poses in the cavalry.
Dragonmen - http://www.pendraken.co.uk/Warband-Fantasy-NEW-c36/Dragonmen-sc354/
FAN-DME1 25 x Men-at-Arms £4.95
FAN-DME2 25 x Archers £4.95
FAN-DME3 12 x Knights £4.95
FAN-DME4 5-man Baron Group £2.50
FAN-DME5 5 x Wizard Priests £1.65
FAN-DME6 25 x Archers-at-Arms £4.95
FAN-DME7 25 x Crossbowmen £4.95
FAN-DME8 25 x Handgunners £4.95
FAN-DME9 25 x Foot Knights £4.95
FAN-DME10 3 x Cannons with crew £4.95
FAN-DME11 2 x Dragons with Knights £4.95
FAN-DME12 25 x Peasants £4.95
(packs are £4.95 each, command/wizards are £1.65)
Army Pack: Contains 3 packs of Men-at-Arms and 1 pack each of Archers, Knights, Barons, Wizard Priests and Cannons, plus 8 x MDF bases. Priced at £30.00
Dark Elves - http://www.pendraken.co.uk/Warband-Fantasy-NEW-c36/Dark-Elves-sc355/
FAN-DEL1 25 x Warriors £4.95
FAN-DEL2 25 x Crossbowmen £4.95
FAN-DEL3 12 x Raptor-Riders £4.95
FAN-DEL4 5-man Command Group £1.65
FAN-DEL5 5 x Warlocks £1.65
FAN-DEL6 12 x Witches £2.50
(packs are £4.95 each, command/warlocks are £1.65)
Army Pack: Contains 3 packs of Warriors, 2 packs of Witches and 1 pack each of Archers, Raptor-Riders, Chieftains and Warlocks, plus 8 x MDF bases. Priced at £30.00
And some pics of them all!
Dragonmen:
(http://www.pendraken.co.uk/ProductImages/FAN-DME1.jpg)
(http://www.pendraken.co.uk/ProductImages/FAN-DME2.jpg)
(http://www.pendraken.co.uk/ProductImages/FAN-DME3.jpg)
(http://www.pendraken.co.uk/ProductImages/FAN-DME4.jpg)
(http://www.pendraken.co.uk/ProductImages/FAN-DME5.jpg)
(http://www.pendraken.co.uk/ProductImages/FAN-DME6.jpg)
(http://www.pendraken.co.uk/ProductImages/FAN-DME7.jpg)
(http://www.pendraken.co.uk/ProductImages/FAN-DME8.jpg)
(http://www.pendraken.co.uk/ProductImages/FAN-DME9.jpg)
(http://www.pendraken.co.uk/ProductImages/FAN-DME10.jpg)
(http://www.pendraken.co.uk/ProductImages/FAN-DME11.jpg)
(http://www.pendraken.co.uk/ProductImages/FAN-DME12.jpg)
Dark Elves:
(http://www.pendraken.co.uk/ProductImages/FAN-DEL1.jpg)
(http://www.pendraken.co.uk/ProductImages/FAN-DEL2.jpg)
(http://www.pendraken.co.uk/ProductImages/FAN-DEL3.jpg)
(http://www.pendraken.co.uk/ProductImages/FAN-DEL4.jpg)
(http://www.pendraken.co.uk/ProductImages/FAN-DEL5.jpg)
(http://www.pendraken.co.uk/ProductImages/FAN-DEL6.jpg)
We're not quite done for 2016 yet, so keep an eye out for a few more releases coming on New Year's Eve!
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Nice
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I may need to add this to mu list of games to get and review.
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Indeed