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 Pacific wrote:
Why would it not be in hard copy, Osprey have released probably a dozen rulebooks in this format over the last couple of years. They are a publishing company!

So why is I-Bob all a-worried then?!?

I was talking about the Frostgrave anthology. Anthologies are the red-headed stepchild of the publishing industry. I wouldn't be surprised to see it limited to ebook format.


I have plenty of Osprey publications, but they don't tend to be prose fiction.

Ah, gotcha!

And yeah, we're probably out of luck there in terms of a Dead Tree version...

Tales of the Frozen City will be available as a paperback - in the traditional Osprey series book format, or an ebook for those that prefer.

Art work from Plastic Boxed Set



What is the Frostgrave Soldiers box set all about?
This is a set of 20 plastic 28mm sized figures. Their role in the game is to accompany the Wizards into the frozen city, fight opponents and grab treasure. The player designs his own band of followers, and arms them as they wish. So our box set is designed to allow you to do that. In the box there are 4 'frames' of plastic. Each frame has:
5 bodies
10 heads
25 different arms/ weapons
2 shields
+ selection of bags & equipment.
This means you can make 100's of unique figures, no two wizards band should ever be the same.




There are also a selection of 'specialist' soldiers a wizard can recruit in Frostgrave, each with their own abilities, but cost a bit more to 'employ'. We have eight metal models of these ready for the launch of the game, the two below are the Thief and the Barabarian that Mark Copplestone has made for the range.

Well have to say think those look brilliant!

Very cool style (almost cartoony, or something from World Warcraft), I don't mean that in a bad way but it's certainly distinctive. Will also help differ it from the number of high quality historical ranges.

Cracking paint job on the studio miniatures as well.

I think they are 3 ups in that picture of the plastics, but they are going to be a useful little set anyway.

That'll be a nice little set to pick up, just to make some random characters and kit bash if they line up well with other 28-32mm ranges.
Looking forward to all this coming out!

Any word on a date for the Nickstarter?

joe5mc wrote:
Tales of the Frozen City will be available as a paperback - in the traditional Osprey series book format, or an ebook for those that prefer.

Yay, paper! I hope the stories really give a good account of the feel of the setting and the focus of the game. That would really make the plastics a must-buy.

Not the metals, though.

Y'know I' suddenly interested, I'll have to see the sprues of course.

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
Will they be showing some actual confidence and publish that book in paper, or is it just another ebook to download and ignore?

Haven't most of the osprey books been avalable in both ebook and paperback format?

I see this question has been answered earlier. Ooops.

This ruleset looks worth picking up and using with models I already have.

Just nee to find a Japanese looking wizard or two.

Nickstarter is live

http://nstarmagazine.com/FROSTGRAVE.htm

OK, wow, this game has me really intrigued.

TL;DR: Are there any issues going on with this? Delays and such?

Wow, this looks awesome. Not a fan of the Chronomancers and the Soothsayers, and the Conan esque barbarian doesn't do it for me though I can appreciate the charms. The plastics look amazing. Anyone got any ideas of other ranges they mesh with well both on an aesthetic and scale level?

Zond wrote:
Wow, this looks awesome. Not a fan of the Chronomancers and the Soothsayers, and the Conan esque barbarian doesn't do it for me though I can appreciate the charms. The plastics look amazing. Anyone got any ideas of other ranges they mesh with well both on an aesthetic and scale level?

I can see what you mean about the chronomancers...I would just use a mini of Raistlin Majere.

Will definitely be ordering soon!

Think I'll go for the lvl3 option.

The Nickstarter doesn't seem to offer an option to buy just the anthology paperback and a box of plastics. Even if it did, nine pounds shipping seems a bit excessive for items that will certainly end up discounted at Amazon Prime and Miniature Market. I wish them luck, but it looks like I must wait until July.

...or later...

 Alpharius wrote:
...or later...

Are you saying they won't be attending that hat convention in July?

Or do you mean that people who step back from a crowd-funding venture for whatever reason are unlikely to re-engage with the product again when it hits retail release? That if I don't buy in for the preorder, I am unlikely to buy the product ever at all?

Because it seems like a psychological quirk that should really come up more in Kickstarter threads...

Yeah, 75 USD is more than I am willing to pay for a box of plastics and rules of unknown quality. I value the metals at roughly two bucks a pop, and the rulebook at twenty. That leaves the plastics to qualify for fifty bucks worth of value. I can buy GW stuff I know the quality of right now at that price.

For those that might be interested, I have written a blog on the basics of building a Frostgrave warband: http://therenaissancetroll.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/building-frostgrave-warband.html

It's not really a kickstarter in spite of the name. I'd say it's closer to one of the Steam preorders which bonuses to encourage preordering.

I placed my order. The preorder release date should be the 6th of July and the general release 20th of July.

joe5mc wrote:
For those that might be interested, I have written a blog on the basics of building a Frostgrave warband: http://therenaissancetroll.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/building-frostgrave-warband.html

I'd be interested in knowing briefly what each school of magic is like. Some I can guess but I'm not really sure what quite a few do or how you'd represent those spells in the game.

If you go on the Nickstarter page - http://nstarmagazine.com/FROSTGRAVE.htm
and click on each of the wizards, it gives a little blurb about them.

joe5mc wrote:
If you go on the Nickstarter page - http://nstarmagazine.com/FROSTGRAVE.htm
and click on each of the wizards, it gives a little blurb about them.

Ah, I did that before but I just got the full sized pictures. Enabled the script and I can see it now.

It's a shame the NS is a bit pricey, I'm in for the 40GBP level ($75 US once shipping's factored in) for a pair of metal wizards, a rulebook, and 20 plastic dudes. Here's to hoping the NS "stretch goals" add some value.

We've already got a treasure chest model, and closing in on the metal knight figure (he looks kinda cool). The next one, an armor rack, is also kinda meh...

Is there a video around that shows the game being demo'ed?

I'm not up for starting another fantasty skirmish game but the plastic multipart figures are beautful.

If they are available at a reasonable price, I'll be happy to pick them up.

Is it just me, or does the guy in the bottom right hand corner llok like he has Andre the Giant's face ?

The Nickstater has made it passed it's second stretch goal - so a free Knight figure for all level 3s and above! Next up is the free Armour rack...

Also, is it just me or does that Ice Toad look like he used to have a job sitting outside of Jabba's palace?

http://nstarmagazine.com/FROSTGRAVE.htm