Confrontation To Be Resurrected For The Tabletop Soon?
February 7, 2017 by brennon
Take the news cautiously but it seems like Confrontation might be coming back to the tabletop under the name Confrontation: Ressurection thanks to a company called Sans-Detour.
While a lot of the details have emerged via social media in French a few good folks have been translating the news into English for us unlearned folk.
The game appears to be taking place after the final battle when the factions are broken and battered. New alliances, and a new chapter in the story of Confrontation await. They will also be breaking the game down into a...
- Tabletop Skirmish Game
- Board Game
- Collectors Miniatures Range
...so there should be something for everyone. In addition, they want to build this on three pillars which include listening to the hardcore community of followers the game still has, producing some of the best miniatures on the market, and respecting the art style and design of the original miniatures and creators.
Hopefully, we'll know more about this soon!
"New alliances, and a new chapter in the story of Confrontation await..."
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Original Confrontation had some of the finest fantasy miniatures ever made 😀
I am glad to see that they aren’t just retconing Age of Ragnarok. I was happy with Cthulhu wars, so hopefully these guys can deliver with this as well.
Lots of love and nostalgia for Confrontation… I haven’t played any of the other newer versions or pre-painted stuff… I’m not too optimistic because I feel like any time there are molds and sculpts and ownership battles (with CMON?) that never works out well… also, CMON’s Wrath of Kings seems to be very much in the art styles of the Confrontation models so I’d find it unusual if they’d give up on their licensing or artwork ownership to allow for competition… but you never know… Confrontation does have a very dedicated group of followers and their models were / are… Read more »
CMON had Confrontation under license from Cyanide, who bought the IP to make video games with when Rackham went under. I can’t imagine both CMON and Sans-Detour both have a license to make a Confrontation minis game at the same time. CMON announced theirs in 2012 which is more than enough time for it to have elapsed, especially as they did nothing with it. The art style similarity with WoK is down to Edouard Guiton, who was key artist in defining the look of Confrontation, and who provided much of the artwork that was later used to make WoK. If… Read more »
@brennon hopefully more news on this soon, yes. Though let’s hope much more that this is coming to life and that it will be really good and well done. Also, that they stay true to the Confro spirit. There have been things done in its name that deviate too far from the source for me.
If someone wishes to step in someone elses tracks but make their own thing out of it, that’s totally fine with me – as long as they communicate it openly and don’t twist and exploit the source.
I hope the skirmish game and collectors range are two separate things. I can’t afford any of the current collectors confrontation minis much less a warband of them. I don’t mind folks being able to add the fancy stuff to their armies but if the whole game is at the current price point… Unless I’m misunderstanding and this new venture has nothing to do with the current line of boutique minis out now?
The “Legacy Miniatures” that CMoN sells are a huge mark up compared to the originals and others who produce Confrontation minis like Cadwallon. So no, you should expect much more regular prices with the minis.
if this becomes a reality I have 10-15 GW armies that will hit eBay immediately to make up an excess of funds, but I’ve heard this three or four times since Rackham went the way of the Dodo so I’ll not start listing them yet.
Rackham are still the pinnacle of fantasy miniatures as far as I’m concerned and a new license would be fantastic to see. I’m sure there are people who have joined the community and haven’t got a notion as to who they are and they’re all the poorer for it.
Excellent news!
Confrontation had some of the best minis. I would say the GW Warhammer minis over the last few years seem to be heavily influenced by Confrontation style sculpting, especially the “off the ground” look where the figure is supported by a beard or a ribbon.
Looking forward to seeing how this develops!
Woohoo! Confrontation models are some of the best, even now
My Dwarves of Tir Na Bor will march once more. Simply some of the best fantasy sculpts for any race there is.
Looking forward to what they come up with
I won’t hold my breath on this becoming a reality as it’s been announced more than once that Confrontation will hit the tabletop again to only never come to be. I’ll believe it when I can buy it from my local supplier of all things game related.
I should say I do want this to be a reality and in English as well.
This looks promising. I know that Cadwallon are producing some of the older minis and there is an updated 5th edition out there as a fan made update, but a new edition fully supported with Metal minis based on the 3rd edition rule set would be fantastic.
I await further news with eager trepidation. 😀
The brotherhood of bronze will march again!
Also, and updated Hybrid boardgame would be most welcome…
“Also, and updated Hybrid boardgame would be most welcome… ” Agreed.
Definitely an update of Hybrid. Hell just reprint Hybrid as it is and just edit the English a bit more.
Confrontation’s rights are now the property of stellar consulting wich is hold by the leaders of “sans detour”, so there is no rights problems anymore.
I’m expecting a lot from this, but we should all be realist there could be lots of change and since their job will be to sell miniatures the old troops could become obsolet.
Also many already expect a kickstarter, wich imo really sucks, but wait & see…
This is big news for me, I love those miniatures.
I always say it, but in the 28mm/32mm scale, the Master of Carnage model is in my favourite sculpt every put on sale. Its a stunning but simple thing, full of character and menace..
I hope this happens, I was rooting around my collection and found my old wolfen and Dirz, not to mention a sizeable undead army. I just got into the game as all that prepainted nonesense took hold. Some mind boggling minis for this game.
I really love its universe and I am happy about these news!
I can dig it. I always wanted to like Confrontation, and even bought some miniatures (plastic and pewter). The visual style was great!