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I love the baggy, realistic spacesuit vibes of a lot of the Expanse minis. I will probably wait for retail though.

The ships are basic, but potentially fairly widely useful. Curious about the other four designs.

The crew figures would benefit from some physical samples... They seem to have some odd proportions, and it's difficult to tell how much of that is just the renders looking weird, as renders often do.

Been a while since they put up a Damned update hope its due to them making some previews of new head sprues.

large sprue images for more of the Damned KS

I'm very excited for my eventual big box o' sprues

Lots o' news today on the site including the new Vox winner(s) and some other sets going into production. And this:
https://wargamesatlantic.com/blogs/news/azincourt-in-grand-battle-scale

New SP looks very ooh-rah. Think it is a manned HMG-style weapon rather than an autonomous platform, but could be some kind of 'sentry gun' I guess.
Not totally blown away by the design, but don't hate it either. Will probably end up getting some eventually.

wonder if that is part of the Cannon Fodder heavy weapons and Command set?

I agree, I think it is for the Cannon Fodder set.

here is hoping it's a sentry gun and not just another crew served. my own suggestions in the WGA idea thread for the set was to lean into the light infantry feel. with the heavy weapons being stuff like ManPad rocket launchers, portable MG's, Grenade launchers, etc. and the command squad parts being stuff like SMG/PDW versions of the 'lasgun' weapons the basic set uses, as well as various customization bits for non-combat gear.

Offical Last War news

The Last War is a game by Will Rahman-Daultrey the creator of the popular Forbidden Psalm game system.
https://wargamesatlantic.com/collections/the-last-war
As we did with the This Quar's War game we will be bringing you a game that includes a full rulebook, tokens, dice, and plastic goodness including:
128 page rulebook
Full color game token sheets
All the dice you need to play
WW1 British Frame (5 28mm Models)
WW1 German Frame (6 28mm Models)
WW1 Russian Frame (7 28mm Models)
WW1 French Frame (7 28mm Models)
Two Weird War One Conversions Frames with ROUSes, Huge Maggots, and lots of conversion heads and arms (including tentacles) to Last War-up your troops!
36 25mm Dual Use hard plastic bases
Models require assembly and painting. Product contents may vary from photos.

Grey For Now Games are finally showing off the Guards of Traitor's Toll figures. Only the 3 guards in the attached pic are officially announced as 3 of the 6 plastic bodies per frame, but the On Tabletop article last month kind of outed the rest of the figures in the preview shots as plastic, and you can see some repeated parts between them.

No idea how well the game will play, but it's an interesting concept. No hard details other than it's a semi-coop warband game where each player plays a guard captain and 5 guards and you are competing against each other to go around town and solve crimes, help NPC citizens and apprehend NPC criminals. I was not particularly impressed when I played the 1st ed Test of Honour, but 0200 Hours is pretty fantastic. Even if the game is awful, those figures look great

So psyched for these!

I'd like to see the civilian side. IIRC, they did say there would be civilians and criminals.

"'Ere now, guv'nor, I'm cutting me own throat 'ere."

And C.M.O.T. Dibbler counts as both!

mithril2098 wrote:
here is hoping it's a sentry gun and not just another crew served. my own suggestions in the WGA idea thread for the set was to lean into the light infantry feel. with the heavy weapons being stuff like ManPad rocket launchers, portable MG's, Grenade launchers, etc. and the command squad parts being stuff like SMG/PDW versions of the 'lasgun' weapons the basic set uses, as well as various customization bits for non-combat gear.

To be honest all you need is a sensor pod that can be swapped out for rear gunner trigger assembly, or even just some infantry arms with a remote control, and you have a nice little remote OR manned turret depending on whether you put infantry controlling it or not.

 Ancestral Hamster wrote:
I'd like to see the civilian side. IIRC, they did say there would be civilians and criminals.

"'Ere now, guv'nor, I'm cutting me own throat 'ere."

And C.M.O.T. Dibbler counts as both!

Civilians? That's going to seriously hurt my wallet then. I love and need more civilians. The guards not so much, but that's mostly because I'm not the biggest fan of plate and prefer them to only have mail. But that's just me.

Last I've seen of the rules they were a "concept scribbled on a napkin at lunch" level nothingburger, which feels at odds with going all in on commissioning two plastic sprues and pre-printed mdf terrain. Hopefully they do actually get as polished as everything else, or else this is all just a very aggressive marketing campaign for some plastic minis.

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Last I've seen of the rules they were a "concept scribbled on a napkin at lunch" level nothingburger, which feels at odds with going all in on commissioning two plastic sprues and pre-printed mdf terrain. Hopefully they do actually get as polished as everything else, or else this is all just a very aggressive marketing campaign for some plastic minis.

You probably haven't been paying attention to his development of the rules over the last couple years. Remember that Graham is a consummate perfectionist and that the foundation of this game is built from the same concepts as the 02 Hundred Hours one.

Like we did with 02 Hundred Hours we've made plastic sets for the game but these will also be part of our Classic Fantasy range. The City Folk set will be pretty amazing for populating your D&D towns and for kitbashing. The guard will make good adventurers, mercenaries, etc.

The plastics for both will be ready next month.

Valkir plastic T1 due on October 8th. Barons' War Levy and Serjeants plastic T1s at end of October. Bunch of Damned frames in between those too.

 Wargames Atlantic wrote:
You probably haven't been paying attention to his development of the rules over the last couple years. Remember that Graham is a consummate perfectionist and that the foundation of this game is built from the same concepts as the 02 Hundred Hours one.

I admit so far I've not seen anything tangible enough to be classed as something more than a marketing pitch, until the new WIP posted an hour ago. Which does seem like there's an actual game there, and if this is an established author, of course it's easy for them to have a game in their head, but it was surprising to me how little actual typesetting had been done for something that feels like it should release any moment now. And I'd still say there's a few dozen games in 1-box-challenge that look more polished at this moment

Looking forward to Damned-tober!

Nice concept for a game. I am interested in the execution of the game play.

 lord_blackfang wrote:

 Wargames Atlantic wrote:
You probably haven't been paying attention to his development of the rules over the last couple years. Remember that Graham is a consummate perfectionist and that the foundation of this game is built from the same concepts as the 02 Hundred Hours one.

I admit so far I've not seen anything tangible enough to be classed as something more than a marketing pitch, until the new WIP posted an hour ago. Which does seem like there's an actual game there, and if this is an established author, of course it's easy for them to have a game in their head, but it was surprising to me how little actual typesetting had been done for something that feels like it should release any moment now. And I'd still say there's a few dozen games in 1-box-challenge that look more polished at this moment

Looking forward to Damned-tober!

There's a 6-page article about the game in the latest issue of WI.

I don't care if there's a game or not; I need me them models!

 Dolnikan wrote:

Civilians? That's going to seriously hurt my wallet then. I love and need more civilians. The guards not so much, but that's mostly because I'm not the biggest fan of plate and prefer them to only have mail. But that's just me.

I've enough guard types both from wargames and RPGs that I do not need them. I don't have civilians, so that's my main interest. EDIT: Though I'll get a single sprue each of WGA Baron's War Foot Knights, Men at Arms, and Levy once the latter two are released and so available from 3rd party resellers.

As for plate, that does not fit my image of city watch. Plate was expensive and it is highly unlikely that someone working as the watch could afford it, or that the city would provide it. Mail, leather, or a cloth gambeson are all more typical. There's also a practical consideration. If you're walking a beat for the day, do you really want to bear that much weight when the most violence you're likely to encounter will be from pickpockets and footpads? The lighter armors should be enough for the average violent criminal encounter.

 Wargames Atlantic wrote:
You probably haven't been paying attention to his development of the rules over the last couple years. Remember that Graham is a consummate perfectionist and that the foundation of this game is built from the same concepts as the 02 Hundred Hours one.

Like we did with 02 Hundred Hours we've made plastic sets for the game but these will also be part of our Classic Fantasy range. The City Folk set will be pretty amazing for populating your D&D towns and for kitbashing. The guard will make good adventurers, mercenaries, etc.

The plastics for both will be ready next month.

Valkir plastic T1 due on October 8th. Barons' War Levy and Serjeants plastic T1s at end of October. Bunch of Damned frames in between those too.

Looking forward to both those sets. Happy to see the Barons War Levy and Sergeants are not far off too. Any chance we’ll see a preview of the mounted Sergeants soon?

Steve

 Ancestral Hamster wrote:

 Dolnikan wrote:

Civilians? That's going to seriously hurt my wallet then. I love and need more civilians. The guards not so much, but that's mostly because I'm not the biggest fan of plate and prefer them to only have mail. But that's just me.

I've enough guard types both from wargames and RPGs that I do not need them. I don't have civilians, so that's my main interest. EDIT: Though I'll get a single sprue each of WGA Baron's War Foot Knights, Men at Arms, and Levy once the latter two are released and so available from 3rd party resellers.

As for plate, that does not fit my image of city watch. Plate was expensive and it is highly unlikely that someone working as the watch could afford it, or that the city would provide it. Mail, leather, or a cloth gambeson are all more typical. There's also a practical consideration. If you're walking a beat for the day, do you really want to bear that much weight when the most violence you're likely to encounter will be from pickpockets and footpads? The lighter armors should be enough for the average violent criminal encounter.

Thing is, overall there was no "City watch" in reality, there were citizens who brought their own armament and, depending on century of course, they were equipped with what they could afford. Plate was cheaper than mail usually, both affordable for an average citizen if he saved for about a year. Or inherited them from their fathers.
The "City watch" is something made up in fantasy universes where you have modern times polices projected into the past. Totally fine if you do a fantasy setting, but putting them in plate armour wouldn't be the fantastical part about them .

 Ancestral Hamster wrote:

 Dolnikan wrote:

Civilians? That's going to seriously hurt my wallet then. I love and need more civilians. The guards not so much, but that's mostly because I'm not the biggest fan of plate and prefer them to only have mail. But that's just me.

I've enough guard types both from wargames and RPGs that I do not need them. I don't have civilians, so that's my main interest. EDIT: Though I'll get a single sprue each of WGA Baron's War Foot Knights, Men at Arms, and Levy once the latter two are released and so available from 3rd party resellers.

As for plate, that does not fit my image of city watch. Plate was expensive and it is highly unlikely that someone working as the watch could afford it, or that the city would provide it. Mail, leather, or a cloth gambeson are all more typical. There's also a practical consideration. If you're walking a beat for the day, do you really want to bear that much weight when the most violence you're likely to encounter will be from pickpockets and footpads? The lighter armors should be enough for the average violent criminal encounter.

That makes a lot of sense. The city watch, in my opinion, would probably be akin to militia duty for citizens and I wouldn't expect them to be so heavily armed indeed. It's the same reason why you don't see the police patrolling in full military kit. It's heavy and unpleasant.

as there was no city watch in reality, how that one looks like and which encounters there might be depends on the fantasy setting anyway

like a Warhammer City Watch were Undeads and Skavens appear during the night, being heavy armoured is much more useful than in a setting were the only encounter would be drunken down people

I mean, it's pretty standard D&D armor for town guards, just basic platemail/half-plate. Medieval economics are interesting, but they don't account for magic or alchemy or dragons. History is fun and should inform fantasy, I just never understood the need to constrain fantasy worlds too closely to the real world.

Plus it looks cool.

https://gamefound.com/en/projects/mwg--wargames-atlantic/the-damned/updates/61





the artillery are done



brute layout

 Ancestral Hamster wrote:
There's also a practical consideration. If you're walking a beat for the day, do you really want to bear that much weight when the most violence you're likely to encounter will be from pickpockets and footpads? The lighter armors should be enough for the average violent criminal encounter.

Plate is pretty much the lightest form of armour. The stronger your materials, the less mass you need to be effective. Cloth and leather armour was astonishingly heavyweight stuff; twenty layers or more of dense fabric, often covered with leather, and treated with wax and oils. Nothing like LARP 'quilted' (two layers with some wadding between them) and leather armour.