Mantic Games

By now you should all know that Mantic is releasing it’s own ruleset to use with it’s ever expanding range of fantasy battle miniatures (did we mention there’s a Zombie Week just around the corner?) and we’re looking for your help and feedback on making it the best fantasy game out there with our public beta!

Here’s Ronnie to tell you more:

The public beta is accessible through this weeks newsletter, so if you or your friends want to participate, make sure you sign up to the newsletter now – those of you already signed up are already eligible for the beta.

The Fantasy Battleset comes ready packed with the rules to supplement the heap of plastic models included in the set

Of course by now we all know the Cunning Plan that Ronnie and Mantic developed to ensnare Alessio but the Kings of War ruleset – exactly what’s it about? Alessio spilled the beans in a recent* interview with Beasts of War:

* note, as stipulated during the video specific rules may have changed between filming and the copy of the rules you’ll get in your hands!

So, public beta this weekend and you’ll need to be signed up to the newsletter to get it – who’s excited? Drop us a comment below!

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With our very own rules set fast approaching I am sure you are all starting to get your armies ready to play with. What better way to start a new Elf army, or to add to an existing force than to pick up our brand new Army Deal!

Included in this Elf set:

• 1 x FREE Elf King

• 1 x FREE Elf Mage Queen

• 1 x FREE Elf Prince

• 1 x FREE Elf Standard Bearer

• 1 x Stormwind Cavalry (5 Cavalry Figures with Command Group)

• 1 x Palace Guard (10 Figures with Command Group)

• 2 x Elf Spearmen Regiments (40 Figures with Command Groups)

• 2 x Elf Bowmen Regiments (40 Figures with Command Groups)

• 2 x Elf Scout Troops (20 Figures)

• 1 x Sea Guard Regiment (20 Figures with Command Group)

• 2 x Elf Bolt throwers with Crew

• Elf Sticker Sheets, Mantic Points and Poster Guide

• Square Bases (20mm)

• Cavalry bases (25mmx50mm)

• Mantic Carry Cases with Protective Foam

That is an incredible deal, with over 140 figures, all for only £99/€124.95/$179.99!

This army deal is available right now! This is a deal we are running for a limited time, so you really don’t want to miss out!

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As we are fast approaching the release of our very own rules set I am sure you are all starting to get your armies ready to play with. What better way to start a new Dwarf army, or to add to an existing force than to pick up our brand new Army Deal!

Included in this Dwarf set:

• 1 x FREE Dwarf King
• 1 x FREE Dwarf Berserker Lord
• 1 x FREE Dwarf Warsmith
• 1 x FREE Dwarf Standard Bearer
• 10 Dwarf Berserkers (with Command Group)
• 5 x Dwarf Ironclad Regiments (100 Figures with Command Groups)
• 2 x Dwarf Ironwatch Regiments (40 Figures)
• 4 x Dwarf Ironbelcher Cannons/Organ Guns with Crew
• Dwarf Poster Guides and Mantic Points
• Square Bases (20mm)
• Large and Small Mantic Carry Cases with Protective Foam

That is an incredible deal, with over 160 figures, all for only £99/€124.95/$179.99!

This army deal is currently only available to pre-order but it will be shipping out first thing on the 24th September 2010. So you should pre-order your set now, as we will be running this deal for a limited time, so you really don’t want to miss out!

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- New Army Deals!
- Free shipping!
- Free clippers and bags

It is a holiday weekend here in the UK, so we have gone more than a little crazy! This weekend, through to midnight on Monday, we have free shipping on all orders, in additon to celebrate this bank holiday weekend we are re-introducing an old favourite for you. This is a great offer:

When you spend £25/€35/$50 or more you will receive a free pair of Mantic clippers.

When you spend £50/€75/$100 or more you will receive a free Mantic bag.

When you spend £75/€100/$135 or more you will receive a free Mantic bag and a pair of clippers.

(valid Friday 27^th until midnight (GMT) Monday 30^th of August)

we have also put up 3 brilliant new army deals to allow you to get your hands on that huge army you have always wanted!

To claim free shipping use the code - HOLIDAY005

Click through and enjoy…

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As we are fast approaching the release of our fantastic new Zombie miniatures what better way to celebrate than by not only releasing the Zombie Regiment and Zombie Horde boxed-set, but creating a brand new Army Deal!

Malak’s Endless Hordes is a great way to start your own undead army, or to expand your current force, all for only £99/€124.95/$179.99.

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Included in this set:

• 1 x FREE Revenant King

• 1 x FREE Male Necromancer

• 1 x FREE Female Necromancer

• 1 x FREE Undead Standard Bearer

• 2 x Undead Skeleton Regiment (40 Figures with Command Group)

• 2 x Undead Revenant Regiment (40 Figures with Command Group)

• 4 x Undead Ghoul Troops (40 Figures)

• 2 x Balefire Catapult with Crew

• 1 x Zombie Horde (60 Figures)

• Undead Poster Guide and Sticker Sheets

• 18 Mantic Points

• Square Bases (20mm)

• Mantic Carry Cases with Protective Foam

That is an incredible 190 figures!

This army deal is currently only available to pre-order but it will be shipping out first thing on the 24th September 2010. So you should pre-order your set now, as we will be running this deal for a limited time, so you really don’t want to miss out!

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So Kings of War fever continues in force culminating last night in the greatest battle the world has ever seen – the Battle of the Interns!

Ok, so not that great, but after Chris’ thumping at Maelstrom’s fantasy tournament a few months back we thought we’d give him a chance to redeem himself against our new intern, knowing he wouldn’t let us down…

… how wrong we were!

Chris lost his first game of KoW to Josh, Rankings HQ number 1 40K player and generally all-round beardy power gamer.

Wonder how this turned out...

Of course, this doesn’t compare to Ronnie’s epic record of 2 epic losses, but still, it’s character building ain’t it?

After their first taste of the game both guys are now adding new units to their armies – Josh is adding more Revenants to his horde and both players are eagerly looking forward to the new army deals that are being put up on the website at the end of the week. With even greater value and lots of cool stuff in them (including the Zombies!!!), keep your eye of the blog and the newsletter for all the latest goss! Until then, why not check out what units you could add to your existing armies and let’s get preparing for the public beta.

Until then, I’m off to try and knock the interns down a peg or two – until tomorrow!

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So we’ve all seen the beautiful paintjob Andrew Wedmore did on the Berserker Lord by now and, well, he’s got a few new mates to “play” with!

With the last of the core Dwarf plastic sets released last week (culminating in the mighty Dwarf Warhost), we’re looking ahead to September which, alongside the breathtaking new plastic Zombies, see’s the Dwarf King’s Counsel and Dwarf Berserker sets unleashed. Mantic is all about big armies of course so we’ve added two new Troop sets to our website to expand on the Berserker (available to pre-order) and Ironguard (now available to order) sets which lets you add an extra rank of these beautiful sculpts without having to worry about the command bits!

With our trusty journal team in last week and some really cool photography taking place, we couldn’t but help ourselves so got our photographer to take some snaps of these elite metal units. Check out the thumbnails and click to see more!

Berserkers and Ironguard aren’t the only units we’ve had painted and photographed however – wait until you see the Dwarf army for Journal 2!

As always, drop us your comments below.

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We here at Mantic are in the process of updating our Galleries on the website.

We have had some brilliant submissions sent to us, such as these:

To see the rest of the fantastic images we have been sent just take a look at our gallery:

http://www.manticgames.com/Hobby/Galleries.html

If anyone has any more pictures of our miniatures that you have painted up we would love to see them, and we will find a great home for them in the Gallery.

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The Grafe’s Steel Legion has proven to be so popular that we have already sold out of all our pre-order sets!

However as the army deal is set to run until 12am (GMT) tonight we will still be honouring our offer. So anyone who orders before midnight tonight will still receive a Grafe’s Steel Legion set once we re-stock with the miniatures required.

So for all of you who still want to get your hands on this fantastic army deal don’t forget you need to order tonight!

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