Mantic Talk All Things Kings Of War Over On Their Blog
June 4, 2015 by brennon
Mantic Games have been running their own themed week over on their Blog focused in on Kings of War and its 2nd Edition rules. As well as a very cool Mantic Insider (which you can view above) they delved into the background of the rulebook and gave some hints for the future...
2nd Edition Rules
The new rulebook is going to be coming towards the end of the Summer around July/August and will be a lovely hard back tome filled with all the background and rules you could want for the world of Mantica.
Of course in true Mantic style there will also be a free version of the rules for people to download and give the game a go AND a Gamers Edition of the book which condenses all the goodness down into a more rules focused book doing away with the fluff. This will be the book present in the new Dwarfs Vs Undead Starter Set.
Global Campaigns
As well as the rules Mantic also promised that they'd be running a global campaign and that is most definitely in the works. You can see the work-in-progress cover art for this book below...
"The campaign will feature the Abyssals and the Undead (led by Mortibris from Dungeon Saga) vs. an alliance of Elves, Basileans and Dwarfs. We will set up a web site and app to support this, launching with the release of the Abyssals around October."
What's even more impressive is that this will all help to shape the world of Mantica and the map itself will be changed due to the outcome of these battles.
Ogres On The Horizon
Models are also a huge part of the Kings of War experience and their new army for the Abyssals is looking superb. However there are plans for other forces in the range with Abyssal Dwarfs and Elves first followed by Dwarfs and Undead later down the line. Ogres and Orcs aren't to be left out as you'll see below...
...while the forces of the Abyss, the Basileans and finally the Goblins will see more of an updated after all of the other forces. The focus is going to be on giving the game the long term appeal it deserves.
Will you be picking up a Kings of War army?
"...this will all help to shape the world of Mantica and the map itself will be changed due to the outcome of these battles."
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Definite “yes” on the ogres. Not fond of that other company’s pudgy, special needs take on those critters.
To be honest I absolutely hate the current Mantic Ogres. Much more than the GW ones…..which I dislike as well. The lower bodies ie hips and legs of the old Mantic ones are so out of proprtion small they look kite shaped. These new sculpts however look brilliant!
I agree. In an effort to make something unique, it’s easy to fall flat on your face, as they did with those old ogre figures. I’m guessing we’re not the only ones who felt that way. They haven’t been out long, and they’re already being replaced. Good on ’em 🙂 . At least they learn from their mistakes.
I may be one of the few that likes the GW versions.
I do agree that the new versions are better and its nice to see them eager to remake what is clearly not liked. This new more proportionate take will more likely sell.
“Special needs”? Laughing at people with learning difficulties now are we?
Only the one who made the comment above.
@cpauls1 to be fair the original comment wasn’t in the best of taste.
But rather than a debate that doesn’t relate specifically to the topic of the post, perhaps we can put it behind us and move on.
Thanks everyone
These updated Mantic Ogres certainly feel like they are more immediately identifiable as being products of Mantic’s own style rather than the current range that looks suspiciously like a collection of Warcraft Orcs.
Great informative vid, but the acoustics at Mantic HQ are aweful! Sounds like they’re in a football club’s changing rooms.
If you’ve never seen their new offices, that’s pretty much what it felt like when I was there last year! 🙂
Even in the seminars the acoustics were not great. I’m sure it will be tackled at some point, but given all the pressure they put upon themselves with the Kickstarters, it’s probably not a priority. Shame really, as it can reflect badly on what is a very good, young, growing company.
The new stuff looks great. I have become a big Mantic fan over the last couple of years. Beginning with the plastic Zombies, which I picked up for dungeon crawling just because they looked great.
They need lapel mics, perhaps they should talk to the BOW boys 😉