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No Pun Intended posted:Anyone know of a cheap set of fairly generic (plastic) skeleton warriors? I know there's mantic and wargames factory; are there any other ones on the market? The Bones ones are fine once you get them painted, but you'll probably have to do the thing where you stick them in warm water to straighten out their weapons. Cheap as hell, though, you can get them in 3-packs for 5 bucks.
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The "official" undead bundle is just an assortment of Mantic undead. For the price, I don't think you could do much better (bones excluded.)
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Jul 12, 2015 03:28
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moths posted:The "official" undead bundle is just an assortment of Mantic undead. For the price, I don't think you could do much better (bones excluded.) This is totally true, if you just want some melee skellies I'd grab this: http://www.thewarstore.com/product52996.html
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Jul 12, 2015 03:30
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Anyone know if there is a company that makes Undead that look kinda like the ones behind the Lich dude here? That ancient Bablyonian(?) look is pretty cool on undead.
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Jul 12, 2015 03:37
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Galaga Galaxian posted:Anyone know if there is a company that makes Undead that look kinda like the ones behind the Lich dude here? I don't know about undead but they're making a second plastic box for Frostgrave and if I had to guess I would say its probably got something to do with that book. The only clue on what it was going to be was a picture of a Klan looking dude.
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Jul 12, 2015 03:54
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Finally, an excuse to use a bunch of the Reaper wizard minis that I've liked the look of but haven't had anything to use them for. Assuming they're the right size; what's the scale anyway? Edit: Book is cheap enough that I may as well preorder, if I can find anyone to play with I'll probably pick up the official minions box Edit 2: Reaper is 25mm, official Frostgrave minis are 28mm. Is there a very noticeable difference there? BattleMaster fucked around with this message at 15:28 on Jul 12, 2015 |
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Jul 12, 2015 13:02
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Found my answer: I AM SO loving PUMPED
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Jul 12, 2015 16:12
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BattleMaster posted:Finally, an excuse to use a bunch of the Reaper wizard minis that I've liked the look of but haven't had anything to use them for. Assuming they're the right size; what's the scale anyway? http://therenaissancetroll.blogspot.com/2015/06/frostgrave-soldiers-size-comparison-shot.html#comment-form
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Jul 12, 2015 16:15
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signalnoise posted:Found my answer: Coolness! I'd bought a figure to use as a Necromancer for use with Mordheim a while back, but never got around to painting/basing him, but now I have an excuse to do so. Just need to find him a suitable apprentice now. 
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Jul 12, 2015 18:22
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I wasn't too pumped about the official minis, but the idea of just picking a couple of RPG minis from whatever range is out there really appeals to me (not to mention all of the old RPG figures I accumulated over the years). I'll be interested in scale/base size rules.
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Jul 12, 2015 18:47
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Corbeau posted:I wasn't too pumped about the official minis, but the idea of just picking a couple of RPG minis from whatever range is out there really appeals to me (not to mention all of the old RPG figures I accumulated over the years). I'll be interested in scale/base size rules. What base size rules are you expecting? The only ones I can imagine are measurements for shooting and magic and I expect they're measured to the base like every miniature game ever made that isn't AoS. I'm not being sarcastic here, I just can't see base size being a huge problem in this game. On another subject, I'm looking for cheap terrain. Infinity makes a scenery set that I can grab for less than £10 but its futuristic so obviously thats a last resort. Is there anything like that for fantasy settings?
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Jul 12, 2015 19:10
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I'd just like to know what size/type of bases are expected to be in scale with ranges and such. It wouldn't be a big deal, but I'd rather have things in sync. I assume that 25mm round will be the standard, from the prior posts? The section in that screen shot that states that there's no standard convention makes me wonder if base measuring is really a thing or not (though I'd hope so - magic cylinders are the wargaming standard for ease of use).
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Jul 12, 2015 19:11
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Corbeau posted:I'd just like to know what size/type of bases are expected to be in scale with ranges and such. It wouldn't be a big deal, but I'd rather have things in sync. I assume that 25mm round will be the standard, from the prior posts? I'd expect 25mm for standard humans, with your choice of square or round, and 40mm for any of the bigger monsters (so far, only the greater demon comes to mind for that). The licensed Frostgrave Soldiers come with round bases, but I don't think the wizards do. All of them are on tabs like most historical miniatures i've seen. If you want things to sync up then check with the people you're going to play with.
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Jul 12, 2015 19:16
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I bought it, even though I am sure there will be no one players here in ATL. Mostly I bought it because I wanted an excuse to buy the new Reaper mouslings. I will shoehorn them in somehow.
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Jul 13, 2015 05:37
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I always liked the chunky old school GW style that the Celtos undead had: http://www.brigademodels.co.uk/Celtos/Fir%20Bolg.html
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Jul 13, 2015 07:09
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Ok I'm in... £13 is a low enough cost to take a punt on it... now begins the task of convincing my gaming buddies to give it a whirl
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Jul 13, 2015 10:32
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enri posted:Ok I'm in... £13 is a low enough cost to take a punt on it... now begins the task of convincing my gaming buddies to give it a whirl I've been teasing my gaming buddies with Frostgrave, none of us are WHFB players but I have so many fantasy miniatures from teenage D&D playing and more recently the Bones Kickstarter deals that it should be easy to devote a couple of game nights to this and see if we like it. e: don't know how many old-school players of Mordheim there are here but the designer of that game has an interesting post/essay about how it came about and how he sees it nowadays: https://www.facebook.com/DesignbyTuomasPirinen/posts/1621557418092683?fref=nf krushgroove fucked around with this message at 11:26 on Jul 13, 2015 |
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Jul 13, 2015 11:05
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krushgroove posted:I've been teasing my gaming buddies with Frostgrave, none of us are WHFB players but I have so many fantasy miniatures from teenage D&D playing and more recently the Bones Kickstarter deals that it should be easy to devote a couple of game nights to this and see if we like it. Yea it shouldn't be too hard to convince my friends to give it a whirl if I'm brutally honest, the hard part will be finding the time to play and convincing them to leave guild ball alone for just one week 
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Jul 13, 2015 11:25
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It's cheap enough on amazon mainland europe to also get IHMN and the expansions. Now to start getting my warband together - are there any lists public yet or do we have to wait till the book launches? Only thing I know is that your mage starts with 500gc.
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Jul 13, 2015 11:32
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 from http://thegaragegamers.blogspot.com/2015/05/frostgrave-fantasy-wargames-in-frozen_25.html
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Jul 13, 2015 11:37
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Nebalebadingdong posted:
Thank you very much. Now to figure out how to get my monkey tribe under these rules. I really want my wizard to have these guys as troops:  These are Lucid Eye's Simians.
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Jul 13, 2015 11:42
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Definitely going to buy the rulebook soon. I'm 99% I can play the game entirely with my Bones II minis, not to mention the rest of the stuff I have. That said, I am REALLY tempted by that soldier box. They look fantastic, and it's a great deal for that many minis and options.
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Jul 13, 2015 11:51
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Commissar Kip posted:Thank you very much. Nothing is stopping you using them in your warband, unless you are really gunning for a different stat line, I don't see why you couldn't use them as thugs. The Garage Gamers posted:
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Jul 13, 2015 11:57
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So excited.
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Jul 13, 2015 12:59
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I hope I can keep the excitement up in my group for this. I dabbled a bit in Mordheim when I was a teen but never really got to do anything about it, in spite of loving the concept to bits. We all have tons of fantasy models so it should be easy to start this poo poo up, except for terrain. Stoked!
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Jul 13, 2015 13:03
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I like that the game is upfront about strategy and so on. It tells you outright that more expensive is better but not exponentially better. That's really useful to know and makes lower-tier hirelings more attractive as an option. I wonder if those weapons have different stats. I'm inclined to build for speed and flexibility with rangers, trappers and thieves, but obviously if a staff or dagger has a huge drawback compared to a sword I might have to add a bodyguard to stick close to the wizard. And that's me now being able to make a strategy without me really knowing the rules beyond "uses a d20, opposed sometimes." That's cool!
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Jul 13, 2015 13:30
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I've put in my order. I'm pretty keen!
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Jul 13, 2015 13:34
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I'd love to see a bit more flexibility with the weapons though. Or maybe I'm reading this wrong. Flexibility, because I have some cool mini's of dual wielding swordsmen. I want to give my dudes two swords of whirling death. Before they get killed by a mass of 20 gc thugs.
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Jul 13, 2015 13:41
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Treasure Hunter is your deal. Sword and dagger ahoy and speedy as hell.
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Jul 13, 2015 13:45
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I don't think anybody would be angry if you said that the second weapon on your model was used for parrying, ie a shield. We also still need to see what the weapon stats actually are But only having the one dual-wielder is a little odd, yeah.
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I just realized that I could probably use my Confrontation dudes for this game, and now I am pretty excited. Although I don't know if I have great miniatures for both a Wizard and an Apprentice, most of the dudes are pretty fighty. Can you have a buff muscle-wizard to lead your bros?
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Jul 13, 2015 14:25
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If the different weapons don't have different rules I'm finding it hard to figure out why an infantryman is worth 2 and a half thugs. Maybe if you're upgrading dudes in a campaign and you've hit the 8-model cap for your crew? edit: I guess you can one-shot a thug if you roll a 20, you can't do that to an infantryman. long-ass nips Diane fucked around with this message at 14:28 on Jul 13, 2015 |
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Jul 13, 2015 14:26
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signalnoise posted:Anyone know if they plan to sell a deck of spell cards? I'd totally get real printed cards over doing it myself with punch out business cards printed at home. I'd be willing to pay for that. I'd have it done myself but I don't wanna infringe on anything... I was already in the process of adapting another person's power card design for 13th Age to fit on 2.5" x 3.5" cards to print for myself. With very few changes, I churned out some spell cards for this game using the PDF from Osprey's site. Assuming nothing changes, the card front the should look like this:  The (not-at-all print-ready) card fronts are all in a PDF file here if you want to take a look. I haven't got the book yet so I have no idea what, if any, changes might be useful to these. Once I've been able to go over the rules and get an idea if it's necessary, I can work on the card backs and output a complete PDF ready for anyone to upload and print at DriveThruCards (assuming it's okay with the person whose original design I used). With 80 cards printed on their premium stock, it should only come to US$6.80 + shipping.
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Jul 13, 2015 14:31
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I was planning on making some cards at makeplayingcards.com but I need permission
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Jul 13, 2015 15:36
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I could kiss you
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Ashcans posted:I just realized that I could probably use my Confrontation dudes for this game, and now I am pretty excited. Although I don't know if I have great miniatures for both a Wizard and an Apprentice, most of the dudes are pretty fighty. Can you have a buff muscle-wizard to lead your bros? Well, from what I've seen, Wizards start out with +2 fighting (Apprentice +0), which puts them at the same level of melee skill as the weaker minions you can hire. However you could use an Enchanter as your Wizard, Enchanter comes with some buffs that could be used to boost themselves up for melee a little bit.
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Jul 13, 2015 17:47
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I am getting really hyped for this game! Pre-ordered a few days ago, about to take a look at my old chaos sorcerer and get him a round base in preparation for his minions to arrive. That card looks beautiful by the way!
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Jul 13, 2015 18:04
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A round base isn't really required I'd say.signalnoise posted:Found my answer:
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Jul 13, 2015 18:18
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Frostgrave rules wishlist: Dual wielding so I can use an extremely angsty assassin dude to full effect:  So much darkness... Brutal Hand-To-Hand combat because then I have a reason to get the Martial Arts Fanatic in the Fistful of Kung Fu Martial Arts Heroes set.  Also so I can list an extremely orientalist "Lo Pan" warband.
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Commissar Kip posted:Frostgrave rules wishlist: http://www.miniaturemarket.com/rpr59028.html
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