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Yeah, that's the name I thought would get the most...discussion.

Wonder if there's rules to construct a warband lead by a Demon-hunting Knight-Wizard, an Angelic Blood-Magic apprentice and a retinue of skeletal, robotic warriors...

Hmmm I just read the rules review and I have to say that they sound very fun. Campaign system looks like a blast for a group of gamers to play through together.

Very cool plastics too.Keep up the good work guys.

The dog is definitely very cool, but does it really stand as big as a small horse? The photo on the NS page makes it look bigger than any breed of dogs in real life... Maybe these are dire dogs... But I'm hoping it's only waist high or so to the models!


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Here's the photo I'm talking about:

http://nstarmagazine.com/FROSTGRAVE_htm_files/7742.png


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 Alpharius wrote:
Yeah, that's the name I thought would get the most...discussion.

Knowing nothing about Matt Ward, can you summarize? Is he a sculptor?

pancakeonions wrote:
Maybe these are dire dogs...

That is exactly what they are.

pancakeonions wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:
Yeah, that's the name I thought would get the most...discussion.

Knowing nothing about Matt Ward, can you summarize? Is he a sculptor?

Well, if it is the "Mat Ward" that used to work for GW as a writer and games developer, well, he's a rather polarizing figure, to say the least.

Still no updated "Spend Goal"...goal.

Five of the free treasure tokens coming with the Frostgrave book. The first is a Potion bottle, the second is One Ring, the third a Spellbook, the fourth a coin pile and the fifth a scroll. The sixth not photographed yet is the Septre of Raedwald

We'll be including Renedra Ltd round 25mm bases in with the Frostgrave Soldiers box set. If you're looking to base the rest of your collection the same, these are the bases to buy.

Could someone explain to me what the "Nickstarter" is? Sorry as I'm sure that's been covered in here somewhere, but I'm confused

 RiTides wrote:
Could someone explain to me what the "Nickstarter" is? Sorry as I'm sure that's been covered in here somewhere, but I'm confused

It's a pre-order through their website where the more pre-orders they get, the more stuff they give you and open up for purchase.

So basically like Kickstarter

Ah, I figured, but that helps . Thanks!

Nickstarter Pre-order Program

The official release date for Frostgrave is the 20th of July 2015. With our Nickstarter pre-order program, we are offering you the opportunity to not only get your Frostgrave book and figures early, but to get some unique free and limited edition pieces with your order. We have five deals available in our Nickstarter, which we’ve named Wizard Levels. The Nickstarter Pre-order program ends June 29th 2015.

Our Refund Guarantee

We will charge you straight away for any Nickstarter order, with delivery time expected July 2015. If at any time you change your mind before the shipping date, we will refund you immediately, even if it’s just part of the order. Also, if you make a small order, then choose to add more later, we’ll make sure you are only charged the right amount including postage and that you get all the free Nickstarter figures.

Kinda like a Kickstarter where you aren't giving up anything in fees, beyond what you normally pay in order to process credit cards and such.

Hey Guys, the new spend goal is up, sorry about the delay.

The biggest difference between the Nickstarter and and a Kickstarter - it's not crowd funding. Northstar and Osprey have already paid for everything. Almost all of it already exists. It is really just a pre-order program with incentives. With Northstar you are getting a refund guarantee and you have all of your rights as a consumer ordering a product. The latest incentive involves a little more work by me, but I'm happy to do it, to hopefully make the Nickstarter more fun and exciting.

As concerns Tales from the Frozen City - I read all of the stories in the collection. In a few I had to ask for corrections or changes to make sure that they didn't clash or contradict the established setting. I think Matt Ward has written a fun little tale, which really embraces the setting and certainly meets with my approval.

All of that said, I have tried to keep Frostgrave as a pretty open setting to leave players free to make up their own stories.

Thanks for the update - it is appreciated!

The new Spend Goals are:

Spend Goal 7: £30000
Every Level 3,4 & 5 Wizard will receive a free digital copy of a specially written Mini-Campaign for Frostgrave. This spend goal will unlock a new Construct pack, containing a Flesh Golem and Stone Construct

Spend Goal 8: £40000
Every Level 3,4 & 5 Wizard will receive a free metal model of a new Templar figure.

Here's hoping that we hit those new targets!

I just want time to hurry up so I can fondle those models sooner. :(

Then again.. I have 6 boxes of Pegasus gothic city stuff I need to build and paint for this...

Oh...that's a VERY nice idea!

I might have to get some of these too - they'd work perfectly for a Frostgrave table!

Do we know the table size for a game of Frostgrave yet?

3' x 3' or 4' x 4', I'm thinking?

I get the idea it'll be in that ballpark. 4x4 seems to be the standard lately for games. Especially skirmish/warband ones, though 3x3 has had a few too.

I'd be surprised if it was anything else.

I see Alpharius is doing a fine job with posting the updates.

£30,000 and £40,000 are hefty goals. Hope they get hit!

The dog's head is really off. It's disturbing me. Rotties have much larger, broader heads in relation to their bodies. They also don't have that cartoonish cranium and stubby puppy muzzle. That sculpt looks like a golden retriever puppy's head on a rottie's body.


Dogs don't need cartoony faces to be cute.



Automatically Appended Next Post:The dog's body looks good, though. Better than most dog minis turn out. I really want to be able to field a nice assortment of doggies.

 Alpharius wrote:
Oh...that's a VERY nice idea!

I might have to get some of these too - they'd work perfectly for a Frostgrave table!

Do we know the table size for a game of Frostgrave yet?

3' x 3' or 4' x 4', I'm thinking?

I believe that 3'x3' is going to be the recommended size, but the designer has said that there's no default size. Smaller tables make a shorter, bloodier game, larger tables can take longer but tend to make the wizards more powerful. One of the battle reports was played on a 2x2.

 Dullspork wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:
Oh...that's a VERY nice idea!

I might have to get some of these too - they'd work perfectly for a Frostgrave table!

Do we know the table size for a game of Frostgrave yet?

3' x 3' or 4' x 4', I'm thinking?

I believe that 3'x3' is going to be the recommended size, but the designer has said that there's no default size. Smaller tables make a shorter, bloodier game, larger tables can take longer but tend to make the wizards more powerful. One of the battle reports was played on a 2x2.

I can't wait to get this book and get to work on a 4x4 table.

Would it be blasphemy to start with some never used WHFB models?

My group collected some in the hopes of writing our own skirmish rules, but browsing through the review of Frostgrave has convinced me to just by that instead. Though our rules have been put in limbo, the generic world we created has yet to be abandoned so I figure we will just adapt it.

I like some of the models and will mess around with the plastic soldier sprue. But i also have tons of oddball minis that are dying to have their time on the table and this game looks perfect to try them all out.

How Flexible is the unit creation mechanic?
I've got alot of figs that would fit the style of the figs that have been shown. However, I've also got some cool anthropomorphic animal figs on the way that might want to explore the frozen city.

 Strombones wrote:

Would it be blasphemy to start with some never used WHFB models?

My group collected some in the hopes of writing our own skirmish rules, but browsing through the review of Frostgrave has convinced me to just by that instead. Though our rules have been put in limbo, the generic world we created has yet to be abandoned so I figure we will just adapt it.

If we end up playing, that's likely similar to how our club will do it. We've been playing fantasy skirmish (Song of Blades, etc) for about 5 years now and have painted alot of warbands so there's probably not a member of the club that doesn't already have all or nearly all the minis necessary to form a Frostgrave warband.

To be sure, the figs do look cool, in a classic Foundry/GW/Grenadier/Copplestone way (I mean that as a good thing) and the plastic kit is tempting but I've got a mountain of fantasy lead to paint my way through before I buy any figs that replicate subject matter that's already in my collection.

No problem using Warhammer figures (except there is no gunpowder in Frostgrave). In fact, the rules were written before I knew that there would be dedicated figures, so the game was written to be played with figures that were already available.

Ice Toad. These large, slow amphibious creatures have devastatingly powerful jaws, but are otherwise weak. Generally it is just best to avoid them, but can be an Animal Companion. Animal companions may not collect treasure or carry items. They are subject to other wizards casting control animal A wizard may have up to two animal companions in his warband at any one time.

Looks better than the original picture lead me to believe!

More painted stuff that looks a lot better painted than in the bare metal previews!

Medium Construct. Constructs are artificially created objects that have been imbued with a magical semblance of life. Most commonly they are made in the shape of humans and in such cases are generally called golems. Medium Construct are constructs that are around human size and generally are human shape.

This project looks great!

Is there a solo mode? And a multi-players mode? Or is it only two-players?

Is there more details about the rules somewhere (not the full rulebook of course), and how the game works?

Flesh Golem Medium Construct. These are constructs that are around human size and generally are human shape. Constructs are artificially created objects that have been imbued with a magical semblance of life. Most commonly they are made in the shape of humans and in such cases are generally called golems.

The game can handle multiple players. More than four might start to get a little messy, but no more so than most wargames. There are no specific solo rules. However, I don't think it would be too hard to work some up. All of the monsters are controlled by simple sets of instructions, so you could go on a 'solo monster hunt'.

If you want to see the game in action there is a battle report on my blog: http://therenaissancetroll.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/frostgrave-battle-report-bloody-thursday.html

All of our terrain is made for WW2 spring/summer with the exception of a few GW fantasy pieces and some generic 28mm fences and farms. I don't know if our adventures will make it to the frozen city but we will have a hell of a set up for an equally mysterious forest region near by.

Have you created a world map or is it primarily focused on the city of Frostgrave at the moment?

As for GW models I have some orcs based for skirmishing and I see no problem in just porting them to the existing henchmen list according to their weapons and armour. Boy with sword and shield equals man at arms and so forth.

I'm really excited about a lot of the features of this book. Think I'll head over and preorder now.

Edit: I take that back. I have a 3x4 table piece set for generic urban. With a little work it could become a snowy fantasy setting too.

Getting more and more excited for this one - way more than I am for the "Age of Sigmar", whatever that is!

The first painted Frostgrave plastics in the world. North Star's Mark Wheatley's Necromancer Warband.

Demons for Frostgrave.

Frostgrave inspired mat from Cigar Box Battle. Coming soon