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Hey guys, the author here. I'll try to answer any questions I can about the game.

It is perhaps worth noting that the demonstration game being run at Salute is a slightly simplified version of the game. In the full game, starting wizards will have 8 spells, and their warbands will generally contain an apprentice and 8 or so mercenaries.

Is he pinwheeling his arms?

joe5mc wrote:
Hey guys, the author here. I'll try to answer any questions I can about the game.

It is perhaps worth noting that the demonstration game being run at Salute is a slightly simplified version of the game. In the full game, starting wizards will have 8 spells, and their warbands will generally contain an apprentice and 8 or so mercenaries.

Do Wizards have any equipment that need to show on their model?

Any non-human replacements for henchman? For example Necromancers and various undead like zombies or skeletons.

joe5mc wrote:
Hey guys, the author here. I'll try to answer any questions I can about the game.

It is perhaps worth noting that the demonstration game being run at Salute is a slightly simplified version of the game. In the full game, starting wizards will have 8 spells, and their warbands will generally contain an apprentice and 8 or so mercenaries.

I've got questions on how the game will be distributed, and how stores can carry it. Historically, i haven't been thrilled with Ospreys track record with getting games to stores a couple of months after they sell them at shows, direct, etc. Will they be sending this through normal game distributers such as Alliance or E-Figures? And if so, when in comparison to their release date?

Wizards and their apprentices do not need to be WYSIWYG so long as your opponent is told what they are carrying. The soldiers do, since that is the mainly way of telling them apart. It is possible to replace some of the soldiers with non-human henchman including undead, demons, constructs and animals. That said, you won't see an 'all undead' or 'all demon' warband.

From what I know - the only show that Osprey will be selling the book at 'early' is historicon, which is only a week before the actual release date. Otherwise the book will just be made 'generally available' to everyone at the same time (though sometimes the UK book gets out a bit before the USA just because of how long the books takes to reach those places from the printer). This is often a week or two before the actual release date. As far as I know Alliance will be carrying the book - although that's Alliance's decision, not Osprey's.

If you are a store and want to carry the book, I would just call Osprey directly.

Thaumaturge
Designed by Nick Collier, painted by Kev Dallimore.
Metal figure designed for use in the game Frostgrave.

Definitely looking forward to giving this a try at Salute !

What is the required board size? 4'x4'? 3'x3'? How much will the book and miniatures cost?

Nice looking sculpts! The last wizard looks like he is trying to master the art of skateboarding though

I really like most of the wizards shown, but I have a hard time getting over their hands, which are all pretty poor. Can metal miniatures have nice open hands? Or are they limited to hotdog hands by the medium? I'm asking sincerely, I don't have many metal miniatures, and the ones I do are holding stuff.

 Gallahad wrote:
I really like most of the wizards shown, but I have a hard time getting over their hands, which are all pretty poor. Can metal miniseries have nice open hands? Or are they limited to hotdog hands by the medium? I'm asking sincerely, I don't have many metal miniatures, and the ones I do are holding stuff.

You would think that, but the Infinity range has plenty of open hands that are very very small and detailed

Good point, I had forgotten about the infinity range. Maybe they have to have bad hands by virtue of being produced by a historical gaming company. Grognard grip or something. Either way, I'm still excited about the game, and I've only ever heard good things about Osprey rules. Also, PLASTIC! When do we get to see the plastic?

Maybe this takes place in some sort of post apocalyptic Simpsonian universe, and every wizard just keeps slamming his fingers in car doors or catching them in mouse traps?

Roll against dexterity before your fingers swell level reaches critical! Maybe some sort of balm is what they are all searching Frostgrave for? The apprentices are just there to open doors and other tasks you can't accomplish with hotdogs.

joe5mc - Is Frostgrave going to be one of the small format paperback "Osprey Wargames" series for about a tenner (like IHMN or Lion Rampant), or the larger format hardbacks usually produces in collaboration with other companies like Force on Force or Bolt Action?

Somewhere in between! Format wise it is going to be hardback and the same size as Bolt Action. However, it is near that long. I believe it clocks in at 144 page. The really good news - it's retailing for £15/$20, which seems like a great deal to me.

There is still the open question about board size; I'd like to know that too.

Also, how terrain heavy and detailed will it be? Should we expect a fairly terrain dense table with lots of rules, or will terrain be largely ignored as impassable, woods, etc?

I would suggest 3' x 3' board. Although I've seen games on both 2' x 2' and 4' x 4'.

Terrain should be pretty dense on the table. Open lines of sight tend to make the wizards even more powerful. That said, the rules concerning terrain are pretty simple. Unless stated specifically by a scenario. All terrain can be climbed.

Cool, thanks!

Apprentices

Chronomancer’s Apprentice.
Designed by Mike Owen, painted by Kev Dallimore.
Metal figure designed for use in the game Frostgrave.

 endtransmission wrote:

 Gallahad wrote:
I really like most of the wizards shown, but I have a hard time getting over their hands, which are all pretty poor. Can metal miniseries have nice open hands? Or are they limited to hotdog hands by the medium? I'm asking sincerely, I don't have many metal miniatures, and the ones I do are holding stuff.

You would think that, but the Infinity range has plenty of open hands that are very very small and detailed

...And have a tendency to break if mishandled. I'll take the detail any day but it has downsides.

I've never broken any.

A friend of mine *cough* cut some off by accident though once, thinking they were flash.

Loving the design aesthetic of these so far, and looking forward to seeing what the plastics turn out like.

I really like all of those apprentices, especially the guy with the hammer. The veiled lady looks like she just watched her master get ripped to pieces and then eaten by a monster and she isn't quite sure what to do next.

Soothsayer’s Apprentice
Designed by Nick Collier, painted by Kev Dallimore.
Metal figure designed for use in the game Frostgrave.

I think this is my favourite so far




Necromancer’s Apprentice
Designed by Mike Owen, painted by Kev Dallimore.
Metal figure designed for use in the game Frostgrave.

I dated her. Wouldn't do it again, but oh the memories.

Sigilist’s Apprentice
Designed by Mark Copplestone, painted by Kev Dallimore.
Metal figure designed for use in the game Frostgrave.

Anyone find any Salute coverage?

 bbb wrote:
Anyone find any Salute coverage?

Found some pictures of Frostgrave towards the end of this blog coverage of Salute. Link

The plastics look nice.