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Armada, Fantasy, Mantic Games, Peter Holland

What is Armada?

February 27, 2022 Peter Holland Leave a comment

Rating	7.7 (12 Reviews)
Players	2-6
Playing Time	60-90mins
Age	14+
Complexity	3.00/5.00

The Armada Two Player Starter Set is the perfect place to start your journey onto the seas of Pannithor in the Kings Of War universe.

Everything you need for two-players to start their own fleet of courageous Basileans or marauding orcs, along with a rulebook, tokens, ship cards and a paper gaming mat.

Players control 6 to 9 ships in 10 different scenarios.
Rules cover speed, fire, boarding action, weather, wind, terrain…

The Mantic Games YouTube channel has a great set of introduction videos on how to play Armada.

Part 1 – Introduction

Part 2 – Wind & Initiative

Part 3 – Movement

Part 4 – Shooting

Part 5 – Boarding Action

Part 6 – Evading & Ramming

Miniatures

For official Miniatures, Mantic Games have the a fantastic range of products. This range is also constantly being added to with new models.

They have a number of fleet sets all listed at £37.50. Or alternatively you could purchase the two player Armada Starter Set for £87.50. This contains two fleets, rules, tokens and gaming mat.

Thanks for reading! – Peter

Declan Walters, Fantasy, Games Workshop, Warmaster

Getting Started in Warmaster

January 20, 2022 Declan and Eeyore 1 Comment

BOARD GAME GEEK SUMMARY

Warmaster is a set of fantasy miniatures wargame rules developed by the same company as produced Warhammer, Warhammer 40,000 and Lord of the Rings miniatures rules.

It has been given a rating of 7.2 on BoardGameGeek from 450+ ratings.

I was going to write an article about Warmaster and how to get started, but Iain has done such a great job on YouTube I’ve decided to ~~steal~~ link to all his shows!

For those who don’t know, Warmaster is a 10mm fantasy game (with an ancients version) which is commonly played on a 6′ x 4′ board to points values of 2,000 points. It was written by Rick Priestley and is going through something of a renaissance thanks to a number of 10mm designers releasing models for resin printing – either home printing or through a retailers like Excellent Miniatures.

The original… now changed slightly in Warmaster Revolution

Iain Standing has produced 10 videos explaining Warmaster Revolution (a version of Warmaster maintained by a committee).

1. Getting Started

2. Moving Forwards

3. Hitting Your Targets

4. Getting Stuck In

5. Up Close & Personal

6. Winners and Losers

7. Confusion

8. Characters & Flyers

9. Magic

10. End Game

Iain also has loads of great videos on most of the armies you can play.

If you’re interested in getting into Warmaster (or returning to it!) I can’t suggest you start anywhere else but these excellent collection of videos.

Cheers Iain!!

— Declan & Eeyore

Age of Sigmar, Fantasy, Games Workshop, Peter Holland

What is Age of Sigmar?

January 20, 2022 Peter Holland Leave a comment

After Declan’s great article on getting started with Warmaster, we decided to perhaps turn this into a little series. So today I bring you getting started in Age of Sigmar!

Warhammer: Age of Sigmar is a skirmish tabletop game for two or more players where you command several armies from a huge range that goes from Humans, Dwarves, High Elves, Undead Vampires, Orcs, Beastman and lots of races. This book provides you with all the rules you need to play, and guides you through collecting and painting your own army of Citadel miniatures.

It has been given a rating of 6.7 on BoardGameGeek from 600+ ratings.

Games Workshop has produced a number of videos explaining how to play Age of Sigmar.

1. Introduction