Kickstarting in the Kings of War World of Mantica?
May 26, 2012 by brennon
Getting into the Kickstarter spirit are the folks at Mantic Games. Needless to say I bet you can guess what game is being pushed but for those of you who don't know its the world of Kings of War.
Their Kickstarter campaign is promoting and helping promote their Hardback Rulebook for the system and boasts an impressive amount of Pledge levels which include a fair few army give aways.
At the top of the spectrum is even the prospect of getting a miniature cast of yourself and then playing a game with the mighty Ronnie Renton! - Wow both of the top end pledges have gone now. Don't worry there are still plenty of other levels! -
On top of mighty humans and the rest of their powerful armies there are also plans to get stuck into the Werewolves, Ogres and Trolls of the Mantica world.
I am a particular fan of that Ogre art, although I really do want to see Trolls from Mantic. My Dwarf Berserker hungers for a good fight!
So will you get into the Kickstarter spirit for Kings of War which has already smashed its $5,000 dollar target?
Let's see what you guys think below...
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@brennon – It might be worth changing the line ‘At the top of the spectrum is even the prospect of getting a miniature cast of yourself…’ given that both those perks have been taken already. 😉 The ‘growth rate’ for this has been pretty mad so far, I’m guessing it’s the possibility of funding some really cool new plastic sprues given how good that artwork looks. The ogre has no paunch and no gutplate, just brawn and spikes and a tough static stance that suggests he’s at least smart enough to be a cunning foe. The werewolf is absolute aggression… Read more »
At the time there was still one slot going for that and didn’t think another person would pledge so much so quickly! But your right – the final slot for that has been taken which has boosted the funds quickly once again.
I am interested in exactly how this is going to work out but I can see a bright future if all this cash is put to good use bringing me more Dwarfs…I mean erm…making masterful armies.
BoW Ben
Dwarfs eh? Well if they could use some of that money to make a non-hybrid Warpath sprue for, oh I don’t know…Forgefathers perhaps…or to take the currently empty-looking Shieldbreaker sprue, refine Mr Flathead, then add some more heads so there’s more than two loose ones to make it also an upgrade sprue for the whole dwarf army…
Retooling whole lines (like the much-maligned elves) might not be possible yet, but I think smaller scale things like this are and I’d like to see them as stretch goals. I can dream anyway… 😉
They just updated the page – new stretch goals and more important to me personally – they are adding the Abyssal Dwarfs, Twilight Kin and Goblin armies for those who are pledging.
Hmmm – MORE GREENSKINS!!!
Mantic – you make me happy 🙂
Werewolves already have the go and now Ogres!!! Here’s hoping they can keep the ball rolling and add Trolls and some more plastic sprues to the fun!
have to say the werewolves art work is spot on hope the figs are as good
I wish I had three thousand dollars spare to see what mantic do when I ask them to name a colonel Strachan, only spelled right this damn time unlike GW who only stopped screwing my feckin name up when their webstore software started printing the labels for them..
The art work it well made. I wonder if the werewolf will be in plastic?