Conquest! The Last Argument of Kings! 5th Anniversary One Player Starters. p.92.

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**BobtheInquisitor**

I like the Mutant Chronicles-looking magma dwarfs. Not really feeling anything else in that release.

The RPG seems like a weird move to me since the game has focused on crunch and tournament type gamers to the exclusion of fluff gamers since the beginning. How are they going to reach RPG gamers?

**chaos0xomega**

Yeah, not a leak.

Stone forged is not what I expected, magmaforged are ok - don't love them, already have 2 units if flame berserks, don't know that I particularly like these sculpts, mahut/favored is cool but not sure I'm sold on the design of the elephant itself - its supposed to be an animated stone statue - I see that statue but not the animated bit, archers are neat.

**Sasorijap**

Heard the RPG is going to be in 5e and it will be the best way to get extra lore for the game.

**Lord Kragan**

BobtheInquisitor wrote:
I the game has focused on crunch and tournament type gamers to the exclusion of fluff gamers since the beginning.

What?

Conquest had a map campaign system in 1.0, with a campaign supplement and online rules. And they have introduced the basis in 2.0, though I think they are still working on army specific rules for campaigns.

**Sasorijap**

There are also narrative campaigns coming with named characters. The old campaign system is available for free on their website.

**vultute**

Isn't Erich Schur's body balance strange?
Raegh Ragodosh and other miniature's shape in this game are all very realistically balanced.
Only he seems unnaturally exaggerated.

**Sasorijap**

New two player starter contents and painted versions of the Campaign Characters.

**StDante**

A new City States monster was revealed today. The Artisan Series Talos. PB team confirmed that this one will be a new regiment! He looks awesome!

**JimmyWolf87**

Thanos is upgrading to a full-body infinity gauntlet it seems. Infinity Onesie?

**Sasorijap**

Apparently it is going to have 3 head options.

**CthuluIsSpy**

StDante wrote:
A new City States monster was revealed today. The Artisan Series Talos. PB team confirmed that this one will be a new regiment! He looks awesome!

That does look neat. I like how it reflects more of the tech side of the city states. I wish they had actual guns though.

**Gir Spirit Bane**

Just me who thinks the elephant from the pictures looks very uninspiring and unsettlingly smooth?

**Rihgu**

Gir Spirit Bane wrote:
Just me who thinks the elephant from the pictures looks very uninspiring and unsettlingly smooth?

It's a statue, so the smoothness is intentional.

**Sasorijap**

The City States chariots are up for pre-order

**CthuluIsSpy**

I like the lions, and is that a ray gun I spy? That's the sort of weird tech I was hoping for.

**Sasorijap**

Looking at the rules it is a flamethrower.

Better Talos photo.

**CthuluIsSpy**

Greek fire dispenser is cool too.

**skrulnik**

Is the Talos a construct or cyborg?

**Sasorijap**

skrulnik wrote:
Is the Talos a construct or cyborg?

Yes

**CthuluIsSpy**

Why is he purple? Is it meant to be necrotic skin? I don't think necrosis does that though?

**Rihgu**

CthuluIsSpy wrote:
Why is he purple? Is it meant to be necrotic skin? I don't think necrosis does that though?

Probably for the same reason the orcs are green and grey and the other giants are blue. Fantasy creatures can have fantasy skin colors.

**CthuluIsSpy**

Oh its a titan. I thought it was a modified human.
Heh, it's a titan that they made purple. Someone's a marvel fan.

**Sasorijap**

New Spire releases, Leonite Avatara and Lineage Prideborne.

**Rihgu**

Leandros (rules dev), on the discord wrote:Here's a snippet of the Talos:

"Descendant of the Brazen Race: This Model does not suffer the effects of Aura of Death (X) and Decay (X) Special Rules. In addition, this Regiment counts as 6 Stands for the purposes of Seizing Objective Zones and does not suffer Hits from the Lethal Demise Special Rule."

Mythological facts about Talos: Unlike commonly held belief Talos was not a "robot" - that is not the greek meaning of the word automaton. Automaton is "of its own". In popular understanding of Greek mythology Talos is often conflated with the Bronze Colossus of Rhodes.

There are two mythological interpretations of the Talos.
1) The least common: Talos was a man with Bronze Skin, 30 meters tall and had a single vein running through his body that ended in his heel (might sound familiar). He was the son of Kres the creator and king of the island of Crete (Kriti). That vain was plugged with a nail that the sorcereress Media tricked him into removing thus exposing his week spot and perishing. This is the base for the story of Achilles. He protected and upheld the law in the island and patrolled it by walking the entire island 3 times a day (about 260kms * 3).

2) The most common: Talos was a bronze bull gifted by Zeus to protect Europa while she resided in the island of Crete. Also had one vain and a weakspot. According to the myth the bull is relevant because Zeus transformed into a bull to seduce Europa. Don't ask, Greek mythology is weird.

A mechanics hint and some trivia and lore on the Talos.