I think it's about time to get one of these started for this awesome game...
First, those who want more info. can go to the game's website. There you can find all the rules (free!) for the game and individual models, as well as check out the fantastic minis.
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As for news, this guy was spotted in Red Republic's Adepticon cabinet:
Cato the Exile on Ladon - apparently he opens a new subfaction of Exiles... Not sure on all the details but it looks like he can join any other group of gladiators and they can benefit from his ludus bonus.
Also, Atrox the tiger:
Hopefully more info. pops up during the Adepticon weekend - the last I heard previews of the Greeks would be showing up, but I've seen nothing confirmed yet.
Theophony wrote: How is the game? Have they sorted themselves out since the KS fiasco?
The game is awesome - elegant, smooth, and easy to grok. No idea what “fiasco” you mean - IMO the KS was more or less totally drama free (aside from MIKH taking forever and a day to finish his sculpts).
The tiger is pretty disappointing compared to the rest of the game. Phenomenal paint job and the prowling looks authentic but the rest of the game is so... fierce.
LunarSol wrote: The tiger is pretty disappointing compared to the rest of the game. Phenomenal paint job and the prowling looks authentic but the rest of the game is so... fierce.
Totally agree. I was out of my mind excited for a ferocious ing tiger, and we get a placid, overgrown housecat. His rules are solid - notably Drag - but man, that, model...
LunarSol wrote: The tiger is pretty disappointing compared to the rest of the game. Phenomenal paint job and the prowling looks authentic but the rest of the game is so... fierce.
Totally agree. I was out of my mind excited for a ferocious ing tiger, and we get a placid, overgrown housecat. His rules are solid - notably Drag - but man, that, model...
Feel the same way. I love the beasts in this game, and planned on snapping the tiger up as soon as it released, but now it's on the back burner. I think the model could be saved with some textured fur added. A friend at Adepticon said the model is fairly smooth, which is odd for a fuzzy cat model.
Cards for Cato are floating around. His Exile faction is a fun addition, and opens a whole lot of posssibilites bringing models together. Not too broken I don’t think.
Also, the first Greek models have been shown. I’m guessing more throughout the weekend.
And the game, and be people behind it, are great. I honestly cannot recommend it enough. The “worst” part is the incredible models that are a bit difficult to work with at times. Very small parts on some of them.
This is one of my “someday... sigh” games. The models are exquisite, the rules seem great and it’s very low model count with opportunities for some great terrain.
drazz wrote: Cards for Cato are floating around. His Exile faction is a fun addition, and opens a whole lot of posssibilites bringing models together. Not too broken I don’t think.
Also, the first Greek models have been shown. I’m guessing more throughout the weekend.
I tracked down the first unnamed Greek model:
You think you could post the other info here? I’m not finding anything else in the places I usually do...
Mymearan wrote: This is one of my “someday... sigh” games. The models are exquisite, the rules seem great and it’s very low model count with opportunities for some great terrain.
It's a really easy game to dip into. It's a very low model count game and it doesn't take long to realize there's not a need for a sprawling collection. It's also really simple rules wise and there's honestly probably more to the game in table layout then army selection. It's just kind of a fun to get in a round or two while waiting for people to show up for other games.
Mymearan wrote: This is one of my “someday... sigh” games. The models are exquisite, the rules seem great and it’s very low model count with opportunities for some great terrain.
It's a really easy game to dip into. It's a very low model count game and it doesn't take long to realize there's not a need for a sprawling collection. It's also really simple rules wise and there's honestly probably more to the game in table layout then army selection. It's just kind of a fun to get in a round or two while waiting for people to show up for other games.
Agreed - definitely not one of the "lifestyle games" that you need to dedicate all your time and energy to collecting, painting, and learning to play an army... It lends itself to casual play with low model counts and simple rules, but seems to really shine when players master the interactions between activations, reactions, and intra-ludus synergy. The guys who made the game say they wanted it to be like chess (easy to learn, challenging to master) and I think that largely bears out.
So I’ll print out the free rules from their website https://arenarex.com(may want to update the op with the link ,and you can get the card/model info from under each model in the store to proxy the figs and try it out all for free. Is there a better place/resource to get the cards instead of going under each model and printing the picture out?
Mymearan wrote: This is one of my “someday... sigh” games. The models are exquisite, the rules seem great and it’s very low model count with opportunities for some great terrain.
It's a really easy game to dip into. It's a very low model count game and it doesn't take long to realize there's not a need for a sprawling collection. It's also really simple rules wise and there's honestly probably more to the game in table layout then army selection. It's just kind of a fun to get in a round or two while waiting for people to show up for other games.
That's true, but even with the extremely low model count it's still very expensive for a game you play while waiting to play other games. Especially in Europe. The models are the biggest draw for me so I'd at least wait until I have time to do them justice!
Theophony wrote: So I’ll print out the free rules from their website https://arenarex.com(may want to update the op with the link ,and you can get the card/model info from under each model in the store to proxy the figs and try it out all for free. Is there a better place/resource to get the cards instead of going under each model and printing the picture out?
I think that's the way to do it. They used to have links to easily printable paper models of the original KS minis plus their cards all arranged in pdfs posted on their forum but it looks like those are gone now unfortunately.
okay , Just printed out the rulebook, the erratta and organized play guidelines.
After checking out the forums I saw an old post about the Playmobile Colosseum on sale. (It had been out of production when I looked into the game a long time ago) They have it in stock with free delivery for $55.99. I searched their website and found out they have a 20% off sale going on through monday march 26th. That makes it $44.79. I'm very tempted to order it before I have any models for the game . I might try the game out tonight with my son using proxy models and cards (which I need to print out).
The models are so pricey and well-made that it's been very slow for me to grow my collection, but yeah, my group has really liked the few games we've played. There's something about the flow that makes it feel a bit like a light version of x-wing.
I still have my KS unused because nobody wants to play :( I sculpted a few gladiators during the wait for MIKH and had concepts for many more, but, yeah, without anybody to play I dropped that. Would've been the first to post in their conversion forum, too.
And booooooo at that tiger. I would've finally bought something from them again despite not using my stuff if they'd released the first good tiger miniature.
If only they were not so damn expensive....expensive in US, even more expensive in Europe :(
Quality is great, I can't deny that...but it's too rich for my pocket. For like 10e a piece I would give it a try, but for starter 45quid and single models around 20quid...way way too much.
I mean, Infinity has excelent metal modela, and you get almost box of 4 midels for price of single arena rex model. And starters with 6 models are like 20% cheaper than those with 3 models from arena rex.
Pitty:(
The models are pricey, but its a far more economical game than a lot I play. Price wise, the models are definitely larger than similarly based counterparts. Still expensive, but the game also just doesn't reward a sprawling, ever expanding collection the way many games do. Once I had about 8 figures I really felt like I had all I needed to get what I want out of the game.
100quid with shipping for Mythic battlec Pantheon KS for example...yes, minis were not as good as Arena rex, but you don't even wanna start to compare what you got in there...
Unfortunately, really price wise cost prohibitive compared to games you can find today...
Their model quality was excellent for the few that I bought. I doubt I’d ever get any other people to play with me, but at last o have plenty of display cabinets.
JohnHwangDD wrote: It's $50 per person, which is pretty cheap compared to a GW game.
Well, shadespire is 32pounds for 2p starter ...so no, not really cheapear than GW game. For a price of single model of Arena rex 18-22pounds, you get 1,5 warbands(14pounds each)
JohnHwangDD wrote: It's $50 per person, which is pretty cheap compared to a GW game.
Well, shadespire is 32pounds for 2p starter ...so no, not really cheapear than GW game. For a price of single model of Arena rex 18-22pounds, you get 1,5 warbands(14pounds each)
I can also go to a fast food joint and walk out with sacks of food for what I'd pay for a single meal at a fine restaurant. Not to sound pretentious (but I'll try! ) but Arena Rex is a boutique miniature game that has large scale, highly-detailed resin models. It is apples to oranges with games like Mythic that is a board game, and uses monopose PVC minis, or a game like Shadespire, which has the infrastructure and market share of GW to make HIPS figures in large enough quantity to bring the price down. Also, aren't games like Shadespire treated as loss leaders to get people into AOS/GW gaming? Not sure about that, but if so, it makes the price comparison even less relevant since the game is artificially priced low to entice people. Not that those games are equivalent to fast food in quality, but they are priced with a similar, mass appeal / mass production business model whereas Arena Rex is not.
Arena Rex is expensive, no doubt about it. But the models are gorgeous and if you are a painter I hear they are a joy to paint.
This idea that Arena Rex is prohibitively expensive got me thinking, so I wandered over to GW.com to check out prices on the Stormcast line. Here are the listed prices for their individual models: $25, $40, $40, $40, $35, $35, $33, $33, $30, $25, $25 (and plastic, rather than resin).
AR's comparably sized models are priced between $17 and $22 ($30 if you include the next size up).
Gomez wrote: This idea that Arena Rex is prohibitively expensive got me thinking, so I wandered over to GW.com to check out prices on the Stormcast line. Here are the listed prices for their individual models: $25, $40, $40, $40, $35, $35, $33, $33, $30, $25, $25 (and plastic, rather than resin).
AR's comparably sized models are priced between $17 and $22 ($30 if you include the next size up).
AR models in Europe are between 23-35$, larger models are +50$
Why even compare skirmish game with GW game that is played on large scale? Where their single models are overpriced to begin with?
Feel free to jump to corvus belly infinity, which has one of the best models on market For price of as signle arena rex model, you can almost get a box of 4 metal models with excellent quality.
Maybe to people 30$ for a single models in not much, who would have guessed, I don't consider that cheap unfortunately compared to what I can get today on market for less money.
AR would probably be way more popular if they managed to hit a good price point with some HIPS group kits, but for some extremely nicely detailed, posed, etc., well-cast resin for small forces that don't really need expansions, I'm fine with the prices. Esp. when they release the rules for free, so you're never ambushed by mechanics you don't like.
Feel free to jump to corvus belly infinity, which has one of the best models on market For price of as signle arena rex model, you can almost get a box of 4 metal models with excellent quality.
Maybe to people 30$ for a single models in not much, who would have guessed, I don't consider that cheap unfortunately compared to what I can get today on market for less money.
I play both so... sure? For what its worth, playing both, I will say I've spent far more on Infinity than I have on Arena Rex; and that's not taking the terrain into consideration.
I'm not sure what taxes or exchange rates are getting you to where an Arena Rex model is the same as an Infinity box. At least here, a single, small based guy is $18ish which is the 2 pack range for Infinity figures, and those figures aren't going to make up nearly as much of my final army. I mean, sure, the large base stuff is $35, but that's significantly cheaper than my new Szalamandra cost me.
Nobody has said Arena Rex cheap, just that its not unfair. Maybe its just an international pricing issue, but on the whole the models aren't really any more expensive than similar games out there. I play a lot of games and while I won't say that Arena Rex figures are cheap, I will say I've probably spent less on the game than just about anything else I play.
JohnHwangDD wrote: Arena Rex is same scale and priced similarly to Kingdom Death resin. It's fair and affordable.
Im not to sure why there is a big comparison/argument with Shadespire and Rex. Its comparing apples to oranges.. I guess because its a minis skirmish/board game with cards? but there are countless games like that so....
There was a previous comment on Shadespire being cheap because its a gateway into Aos. Id disagree. I do also play AOS, but ive played that first. I know lot of guys who just buy shadespire and not since its not a heavy minis game but has a lot of the tactics and its very fast. Its nice they gave rules t othe figures but for the most part the rules are pretty bad for AoS standards so people never really use them.
As for Kingdom Death prices to compared to this game, that's pretty insane. A single KD figure is 25+, to a 17$ figure for Arena Rex. Plus KD you have to buy insane amounts more to play. To collect and play it costs thousands. Where Rex a whole army is maybe around 100 now or less? and you don't even use it all. Same miniature quality yes. But price not a chance
I'm not saying KD is cheap, but it's completely disingenuous to describe KD based on their ridiculously overpriced promo models.
The core is $400, and is completely playable on its own (unless you call probably 2-300 hours unplayable). Actual expansion (not promos) are usually 60 for an ogre-sized guy and maybe some 35mm guys, and a pile of rules; or $100-150 for oversized models that are often 4-6 sprues, plus 4-6 humans, plus hundreds of cards and a rule book. It's not cheap, but it's also not thousands to get the experience and not a balanced comparison (unless you're somehow getting more than a couple AR starters for around $100).
Also, though, honestly, the quality on game pieces is leagues apart: Arena Rex has fantastic musculature; KD does its one or two-note thing well enough.
JohnHwangDD wrote: Arena Rex is same scale and priced similarly to Kingdom Death resin. It's fair and affordable.
As for Kingdom Death prices to compared to this game, that's pretty insane. A single KD figure is 25+, to a 17$ figure for Arena Rex. Plus KD you have to buy insane amounts more to play. To collect and play it costs thousands. Where Rex a whole army is maybe around 100 now or less? and you don't even use it all. Same miniature quality yes. But price not a chance
If you're comparing apples to apples (35mm resin humans), they are priced similarly around $25 each.
The Kingdom Death : Monster core game is easily one of the best miniatures gaming values on the market today, bar none. Kingdom Death is a 4 player game, so if you would have spent $100 per player on Arex, that covers the group buy for the $400 KDM core game, except that the KDM core contains a LOT more miniatures (44 total, so $9 each) and other gaming content than what Arex would have.
To collect and play Kingdom Death, it costs $400 (much less, had you backed either of the KS, or gotten a sale order), not thousands. It's unquestionably cheaper than Warhammer, just like Arex. If you're talking about getting the expansions, none of the are strictly necessary. The KDM core has a LOT of content and replay value.
the playmobile roman arena is back in stock so can be had ($60) a lot cheaper than it has been recently on ebay. Thanks to Arena Rex for posting about it on facebook
the playmobile roman arena is back in stock so can be had ($60) a lot cheaper than it has been recently on ebay. Thanks to Arena Rex for posting about it on facebook
the playmobile roman arena is back in stock so can be had ($60) a lot cheaper than it has been recently on ebay. Thanks to Arena Rex for posting about it on facebook
I saw that! Looks incredible, hopefully they'll put up a painting tutorial for how they did theirs
At the edge of the known world, further from Rome than any citizen had dared to go, a nomadic mercenary group was tasked with driving off a clutch of dragons that had begun preying on local inhabitants. The beasts were swift and massive, but ultimately cornered and unaccustomed to armored men who would stand and fight. Ladon, young enough to be a mere snack to the adult lizards, watched the butchering of his predators from the branches of a nearby tree. Seeing that the men had no interest in eating him, the curious juvenile began stalking them back through the jungle. Periodically the snap of a branch or rustle of undergrowth would reveal their pursuer. Night after night the young dragon slept closer and closer to camp, eventually curling up next to the fire and begging for scraps. Amused and heartened, Cato began to feed and care for the beast. As the dragon grew into his own, Cato incorporated Ladon into his fighting style and tactics, and took on the name ‘Draconis’ by long association.
The legenday uncompromising will of his forbears is graven deeply in the soul of Marcus Porcius Cato. As a young Legate, Cato was captured in Cappadocia after the loss of nearly three full legions, but his ransom was refused. While political opponents at home pinned him with the title 'Serpent of the east' and had him exiled under suspicion of betraying Rome, his iron resolve to serve the Republic even in chains impressed his captors. Knowing the Roman was now homeless and had no resources to turn back upon him, the Shah released Cato to his fate. Decades later, outfitted with exotic goods and known for strange customs, the exile stalks the arenas bordering the Republic. He speaks loudly of a great rival in the east, urging all Roman citizens to prepare for the challenge of a mortal foe. Many mock him as a coward bowed under the shame of his youthful defeat, but he has proven himself a fierce and implacable warrior, and now claims the name 'Draconis' to mock those who once exiled him
oh and it looks like they're running a sale (15% This sale will end on June 16th. ) on everything except the two new minis shown above
Nothing official yet on the painting, but there's plenty of bits and pieces on their forum including some shots of the playmat with the playmobile arena
Hey guys, I adore this game. Super easy to learn, very fun. Someone else said it's has some similar feels to X-Wing which I agree with.
Movement and positioning is king here. Since there was no squadbuilder I took it upon myself to make one in excel, its in my signiture. I don't know how to code, so this is the best I could do.
Hopefully this encourages more people to build cohorts, plan the 5-6 minis they want to buy, and get into the game.
For me 5v5 felt like the sweet spot for my friends and I. If you're looking to get into it I recommend:
-Starter of your choice -$45
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-Noxious OR another Gladiator from your Starter Ludus- $20
-Any other gladiator you like: $20
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A mounted Gladiator of your choice (I recommend Cato on Ladon) $40
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So for around $85 you have enough to play for the rest of forever.
I recommend Noxious and another Gladiator for these reasons.
-Noxious is super fun and he'll let your 5 person Cohort eligable for Ludus Benefits from your starter. If you don't like Noxious make sure you grab another Gladiator from your starter to get that benefit. I recommened
-Hermes (Ludus Magnus)
-Tiet-Khebi (Morituri)
-Ywain (Legio XIII)
-Hroka (Zephyri)
-This then lets your 5th Gladiator be whatever you want.
Alternatively just buy Cato and 4 other gladiator models you like. Less cost effective, but Cato has a super cool unique "Exiles" cohort ability. Finally, beasts are awesome too, but I usually just proxy those with other models.
Looking forward to trying out your cohort builder. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks a ton! I was worried about reviving a 3 month old thread, but I didn’t know if it was cool to start my own considering this one already had such great info. I’m happy to answer anyone’s questions about the game! I’ve been playing it quite a bit.
Rytackle wrote: I was worried about reviving a 3 month old thread, but I didn’t know if it was cool to start my own considering this one already had such great info. I’m happy to answer anyone’s questions about the game! I’ve been playing it quite a bit.
This is the best place to post news about the game, but there are some discussion threads in the Misc. Other Miniature Games sub-forum.
That area would be best for starting your own discussion thread since this thread is meant only for news and updates about the game.
Definitely start a thread over there, as discussion of the game is something plenty of people would be interested in. I haven't had the pleasure of playing AR yet, but have been collecting the models since they first hit retail (missed the KS) and love reading about people's scenarios/battles/strategies.
NewTruthNeomaxim wrote: The wife and I always wanted to get into this game, but its forever been lower priority since the local community is literally one guy. :-p
I'd eagerly read more, however, if you guys did make an ongoing thread on Misc Games though!
Already exists, though it hasn't seen traffic in a while:
100BostonFan wrote: Hey, we got this great game going. How do we get new players? Well, we already have tits so young kids can't play.....lets add dicks!
Why would you want young kids playing a gladiator death arena game in the first place?
Also, there is nothing inappropriate about the nudity in this game. It's not sex, like the Kingdom Death pinups (which I agree are inappropriate for kids), it's simply uncovered body parts on what is clearly a warrior, doing warrior things. Can't see why anyone would find that inappropriate unless they also hide their own naked bodies at any cost in front of their own young children. If anyone told me to hide that guy with the dong from my 4-year old I would laugh in their face.
edit: Oh yes, those models are absolutely gorgeous. I've been salivating over this game for years but simply can't justify buying into it when I've got so many games already. One day Arena Rex, one day...
Mymearan wrote: Also, there is nothing inappropriate about the nudity in this game. It's not sex, like the Kingdom Death pinups (which I agree are inappropriate for kids), it's simply uncovered body parts.
Eh. I'm not even sightly sussed by the cutesy KD pinups.
RRG has said that they are starting to do helmetless options going forward. The fact that the art they originally posted for Theophania shows her bare-headed makes me think you'll get your wish (Dimitrios also had some helmetless art FWIW).
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JohnHwangDD wrote: The fact that it's all skinny, brittle resin means it's not appropriate for young kids!
Seriously, if this would just go plastic like Kingdom Death / Malifaux, I'd jump in. I'm not gaming with resin figures
1. RRG has switched to using metal for hands holding spears and other long, thin bits (Zahra's whip, for instance).
2. In all honesty, I've never had an AR mini suffer breakage during gameplay. I've broken parts by dropping them ( ) but not once just due to routine handling. Plus, the minis are never tipped over or laid down during play, which IMO helps them stay in one piece. I'd say if that's your only barrier, you should give it a shot.
Gomez wrote: 2. In all honesty, I've never had an AR mini suffer breakage during gameplay. I've broken parts by dropping them ( ) but not once just due to routine handling. Plus, the minis are never tipped over or laid down during play, which IMO helps them stay in one piece. I'd say if that's your only barrier, you should give it a shot.
Hermes's feathers redefined the idea of "fragile" for me... "routine handling" my ass... those bit worry me if someone looks too hard at the model.
(But yes, most of their minis are perfectly nice and sturdy.)
Gomez wrote: 2. In all honesty, I've never had an AR mini suffer breakage during gameplay. I've broken parts by dropping them ( ) but not once just due to routine handling. Plus, the minis are never tipped over or laid down during play, which IMO helps them stay in one piece. I'd say if that's your only barrier, you should give it a shot.
Hermes's feathers redefined the idea of "fragile" for me... "routine handling" my ass... those bit worry me if someone looks too hard at the model.
(But yes, most of their minis are perfectly nice and sturdy.)
Ha ha. Yeah, I agree about Hermes' feathers being extras fragile... One broke off twice while I was painting him but since then they've miraculously remained intact (though I do give everyone who handles him a bit of a warning to pick him up below the shoulders which probably has helped). That said, these new models all seem to avoid the sort of ridiculously tiny bits many of the original models had.
RRG has said that they are starting to do helmetless options going forward. The fact that the art they originally posted for Theophania shows her bare-headed makes me think you'll get your wish (Dimitrios also had some helmetless art FWIW).
Someone just posted pictures of the model sprues on Facebook, and Theophania has two head options!
New announcement today, Zephyri are getting a new gladiator at Adepticon. Looks to be another viking type gladiator as opposed to the American look a lot of them have, which I do appreciate them getting more of, and it puts them at equal numbers with Morituri and Legio XIII at 8 gladiators+mount. Looking forward to seeing sculpt/rules though
The models look pretty great and I can understand the price, but the conversion from dollars to pounds and euro is baffling to me. Also, the starter sets are all sold out so it makes entry very hard.
Third and final gladiator for the new Helleniki starter set...
(Coolest of the lot, IMO - can't wait to see her card and sculpt once Gen Con gets fired up).
Sculpts:
Daphne and Phaedra front and center (with the rest of the Helleniki ludus).
Krios and Crassus, the new bear Titan/Beast.
The new Greeks look great IMO but I have to say, this is twice I've been wildly excited for a new Beast only to be TOTALLY let down. First it was Atrox the tiger, now this guy - the art for both has been absolutely amazing and the sculpts have been 100% mediocre (or worse). It's like whoever they're hiring isn't even using any reference material or something... I mean, this thing's upper body is more human than bear, and its face looks like the sculptor has never actually even seen a bear before (same as with Atrox, unfortunately).
As bad as the MIKH experience was from a delay standpoint, at least that MFer produced awesome sculpts: Leo, Septimus and Nero, Hroka and Caho-Ta, Otho, and Lupa are easily the best of the Arena Rex line.
Well... its not as boring as the tiger at least. I can kind of see what they're going for, but I can't say I would have ever identified that as a bear. I quite like the rules on it, even if as a playable piece its kind of boring.
Family friends had a 9’ grizzly stuffed in their family room/entrance foyer. It was scary and intimidating to me even when I was 12. This bear isn’t less so, so much less so. It looks like they watched an old Hanna Barbarra cartoon and designed it off of that. Or the bears from Chuckee Cheese.
Okay, does anyone know what sort of bear that's supposed to be, because it doesn't look especially painted or sculpted like any bear I've seen, but I'm also from North America, so don't know if this is some kind or European bear or something?
spiralingcadaver wrote: Okay, does anyone know what sort of bear that's supposed to be, because it doesn't look especially painted or sculpted like any bear I've seen, but I'm also from North America, so don't know if this is some kind or European bear or something?
It looks like some kind of gorrila/bearish/wolverine cross breed, but nothing European I am aware of.
It's pretty terrifying that they thought releasing that was a good idea, I say that as someone who owns pretty much all there stuff other than the Greeks.
There are several species that the Romans killed off via over hunting for games. This looks like it's supposed to be an Atlas Bear which I think we only have images of via roman mosaics/art so the figure might be stylized to look how the Roman's depicted it.
My guess was that it was based on some kind of historical artwork or something. I know they like to inject some of the sense of the fantastical wonder these exotic beasts used to represent at the time. I don't love it, but I do appreciate thinking about what some of these things must have felt like to people with absolutely no concept of them. Hannibal's elephants stands out as one of the most real examples of humanity encountering monsters. I'm sure the descriptions the survivors brought back sounded like pure magic in those days.
Yep, they're context on what things looks like can be quite different due to not a lot of people seeing them up close. This is what the French though a Rhinoceros looked like in the 1500s.
Monkeysloth wrote: Yep, they're context on what things looks like can be quite different due to not a lot of people seeing them up close. This is what the French though a Rhinoceros looked like in the 1500s.
That actually is quite close to what some of the Asian rhino species look like though. If you look at the artwork for Crassus, you can see a pretty traditional brown bear - I think it just looks like the sculptor didn't use any real references, but rather worked off their own idea of a bear.
Monkeysloth wrote: There are several species that the Romans killed off via over hunting for games. This looks like it's supposed to be an Atlas Bear which I think we only have images of via roman mosaics/art so the figure might be stylized to look how the Roman's depicted it.
The atlas bear is pretty interesting, but comparing the Crassus model to the game illustration Gomez posted shows... some incongruities. Which is a bit disappointing, since I've been looking for a nice bear model. Crassus looks more like a bear-like monster than a bear.
The atlas bear is pretty interesting, but comparing the Crassus model to the game illustration Gomez posted shows... some incongruities. Which is a bit disappointing, since I've been looking for a nice bear model. Crassus looks more like a bear-like monster than a bear.
Here's one: La Meridiana Grizzly.
You can find it for about 20 euros shipped to the states. I'm just not sure on the scale - it's 54mm, and I saw somewhere it was listed as 80 mm tall, so I'm a little hesitant to pull the trigger as a game piece for Arena Rex, since it will be so much bigger than the other Beasts.
There's also Seenah from Guild Ball. She'll be a little tough to come by as she's no longer available as a solo model in metal, but there's quite a few out in the wild and the secondary market for the game is pretty strong.
Spoiler:
She's available as a resin version too, but only as a box with other models, and they're sold out nearly everywhere due to Steamforged having stock issues, but those seem to be resolving themselves now.
ing tiger, and we get a placid, overgrown housecat. His rules are solid - notably Drag - but man, that, model... 
,and you can get the card/model info from under each model in the store to proxy the figs and try it out all for free. Is there a better place/resource to get the cards instead of going under each model and printing the picture out?
, Just printed out the rulebook, the erratta and organized play guidelines.
