Warlord Games Acquires Konflikt '47

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**beast_gts**

Warlord Games Acquires Konflikt '47

Announcing the acquisition of the IP from Clockwork Goblin.

For eight years, Warlord Games and Clockwork Goblin have worked together to design, manufacture and distribute the alternative history WWII game, Konflikt ’47. During that time the range has grown well, as has the passionate player base.

To unlock the potential of the game and range, Warlord Games have purchased the game, existing range and intellectual property from Clockwork Goblin.

Warlord Games’ Head of Product Design & Marketing, Paul Sawyer says “We’ve thoroughly enjoyed helping bring the Konflikt 47 game to gamers around the world and the opportunity to take the game to the next level is one we are very excited about. Our thanks go to Aitch, Chris and Ben at Clockwork Goblin for creating this great game despite having day jobs. They now pass the baton on to us at Warlord Games. Making high-quality games and figures is our business and we plan to commit much more resource to Konflikt ’47 as a result.”

Chris Hale of Clockwork Goblin says “Whilst it was a tough decision to step back from the game we have poured a lot of our time into, K47’s enormous potential demands a level of resource that Warlord Games are very well placed to provide. After 8 years of collaboration, we remain extremely proud of our achievements and know that the game will grow to new heights with increased energy and support. A huge thank you to all the fans of the game, you’ve made a spark of an idea into a living breathing game with a bright future.”

Plans are being currently being developed for new releases for Konflikt ’47 – keep an eye on the Warlord Games email newsletter and social media pages to find out more as it is announced.

What is Konflikt ’47?
Konflikt ’47 is a standalone game based upon the award-winning Bolt Action rules system. It is based within an alternate history, where rift-signals resulting from the first nuclear explosions have catapulted technology into a new era of weird warfare. Deadly rift-tech-infused weapons reap new crescendoes of destruction, the earth trembles under the footfalls of gigantic walkers whilst DNA-enhanced soldiers ply their deadly and exceptional trade in theatres worldwide. Each nation harnesses its newfound discoveries in different ways, leading as much to the development of remarkably engineered automatons as it does to abominable terrors that curdle the blood of their battlefield prey.

Because of this, each playable nation in Konflikt ’47 has unique flavouring and aesthetics. Bolt Action players can easily use their existing collections, but Konflikt opens up a whole new world with myriad army compositions available! For instance, let a Soviet Ursus go berserk amongst some infantrymen, or have a Tesla cannon shred through a field full of Totenkorps (undead soldiers!) or even make some of your infantry almost impervious to small arms fire, becoming super soldiers.

**lord_blackfang**

Hm. Probably means the 15mm version is gonna be gone?

**Dawnbringer**

I assume initially it will be focused on the 28mm side of things, and try and integrate it more closely with the late war bolt action line. That said Warlord do have the ~15mm Epic Battles series, so possibly in the future. Problem I see with that is Battlefront have quite the 15mm WWII market share.

**Easy E**

I honestly did not think K47 was popular enough for them to take the full risk on it.

I wonder if they plan to phase it out, or not now that they own it?

**Billicus**

Doesn't strike me as a particularly risky proposition, since there's so much overlap with the bolt action range anyway and that's not going anywhere.

**Asmoridin**

It always looked really cool, but it was one of those game lines I always was hesitant to try because it felt like it'd be dropped any day. If Warlord owns it, that feels like it'll be a bit more stable. Maybe something to try to pick up now

**Thargrim**

I like the setting and the aesthetic of it, but i'd hope they could shift more of the range to plastic. A lot of the basic infantry is carried over from bolt action, but the weird stuff is all resin/metal.

**Geifer**

You'd think there was a market for plastic Nazi zombies.

**Arbitrator**

Easy E wrote:
I honestly did not think K47 was popular enough for them to take the full risk on it.

I wonder if they plan to phase it out, or not now that they own it?

It seems to have had a slight resurgence in the last year or two. I've certainly noticed it being painted and played a bit more. Might be something to do with burnt 40k players liking the more fantastical side.

**privateer4hire**

I thought they owned it already

**McDougall Designs**

Dawnbringer wrote:
I assume initially it will be focused on the 28mm side of things, and try and integrate it more closely with the late war bolt action line. That said Warlord do have the ~15mm Epic Battles series, so possibly in the future. Problem I see with that is Battlefront have quite the 15mm WWII market share.

Epic battles is 13mm

**privateer4hire**

From Warlord
“…Introducing the all-new Starter Set for the wargaming in the Black Powder – American Civil War era, featuring over 2,400 troops in 15mm scale (each man stands 13.5mm foot to – mid eye level), in completely new, easy to assemble plastics…”

**lord_blackfang**

privateer4hire wrote:
From Warlord
“…Introducing the all-new Starter Set for the wargaming in the Black Powder – American Civil War era, featuring over 2,400 troops in 15mm scale (each man stands 13.5mm foot to – mid eye level), in completely new, easy to assemble plastics…”

Warlord not knowing how scale conventions work isn't helping, that's for sure

**Grot 6**

That Civil War set size is around the same size as that new size for the Waterloo set. "Epic" proportions is around 15mm, but it is damn hard to judge the real size. They stand about roughly a head and a half shorter then the 25mm ones. It says 15mm, but I really don't know what size they really are.

They lost me on that scale, though. I have other ranges, so something like that was a deal breaker.

I wasn't the only one, either. It shut down the Warlord Black Powder section at the shop.

**Kid_Kyoto**

Geifer wrote:
You'd think there was a market for plastic Nazi zombies.

Shooting a Nazi who is also a zombie (or a zombie who is also a Nazi) is like ridding the world of two plagues at once.

**Dawnbringer**

Grot 6 wrote:

They lost me on that scale, though. I have other ranges, so something like that was a deal breaker.

I wasn't the only one, either. It shut down the Warlord Black Powder section at the shop.

Ummm. The Black Powder section is still there, along with all the 28mm models.

**Geifer**

Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Geifer wrote:
You'd think there was a market for plastic Nazi zombies.

Shooting a Nazi who is also a zombie (or a zombie who is also a Nazi) is like ridding the world of two plagues at once.

Now that is not a nice thing to say. At least zombies have redeeming qualities, like valuing brains.

Dawnbringer wrote:
Grot 6 wrote:

They lost me on that scale, though. I have other ranges, so something like that was a deal breaker.

I wasn't the only one, either. It shut down the Warlord Black Powder section at the shop.

Ummm. The Black Powder section is still there, along with all the 28mm models.

Pretty sure he's talking about the Black Powder crowd at his local store.

**beast_gts**

Ben MacIntyre wrote:Hi everyone

Following yesterday's announcement that Warlord Games have acquired Konflikt47, we wanted to come and reassure you how positive this move is for the game we all love, and its very solid future.

Firstly please be reassured this is not the end of Konflikt47, far from it! Warlord Games have no intention of letting this fall by the wayside, and there are developments planned for the game that ensure its extremely bright future.

Thankyou all for your support and love for the game, you have been instrumental in helping shape this fantastic setting and your enthusiasm has only served to boost our own. We are extremely proud of what we have created and cannot wait to see how it develops into the future.

All the best and happy gaming
Chris, Aitch and Ben at Clockwork Goblin

**blood reaper**

There's been a bunch of K47 content planned for release for awhile but the Clockwork Goblin people kept saying on FB it was down to Warlord to release it, so with luck we'll actually see that coming soon.

**Geifer**

For that statement I'd still repeat the earlier sentiment. It's only going to be an extremely bright future if that future involves more plastic, as far as I'm concerned. It remains to be seen if that actually happens.

**McDougall Designs**

Grot 6 wrote:
That Civil War set size is around the same size as that new size for the Waterloo set. "Epic" proportions is around 15mm, but it is damn hard to judge the real size. They stand about roughly a head and a half shorter then the 25mm ones. It says 15mm, but I really don't know what size they really are.

They lost me on that scale, though. I have other ranges, so something like that was a deal breaker.

I wasn't the only one, either. It shut down the Warlord Black Powder section at the shop.

Having measured the Waterloo plastics, I reiterate that they stand at somewhere like 13mm scale