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2015/03/07 18:29:46
Subject: Dark Age - The Ongoing News & Rumors Thread!
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Thermo-Optical Hac Tao
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I might pick up the rulebook then, im sure I'll find someone - my girlfriend will probably play, worst comes to worst!
Edit: does anyone know anywhere in the UK that sells it? Had a quick look and can't really find anywhere.
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2015/03/07 18:41:45
Subject: Dark Age - The Ongoing News & Rumors Thread!
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Fixture of Dakka
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Those new models look fantastic, they are all hitting a big thumbs up so far
ImAGeek wrote:I might pick up the rulebook then, im sure I'll find someone - my girlfriend will probably play, worst comes to worst!
Edit: does anyone know anywhere in the UK that sells it? Had a quick look and can't really find anywhere.
Wayland Games is the distributor for Dark Age in the UK.
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2015/03/07 18:41:54
Subject: Re:Dark Age - The Ongoing News & Rumors Thread!
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The rule book is downloadable on the website for free. I think Wayland games carries them.
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This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2015/03/07 18:42:15
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2015/03/07 18:42:18
Subject: Re:Dark Age - The Ongoing News & Rumors Thread!
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2015/03/07 18:43:52
Subject: Dark Age - The Ongoing News & Rumors Thread!
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Thermo-Optical Hac Tao
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Thanks! Kinda hesitant to use them, but maybe I'll risk it.
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2015/03/07 18:45:35
Subject: Dark Age - The Ongoing News & Rumors Thread!
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Fixture of Dakka
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The only thing I would say is don't buy anything that's not in stock and you should be fine.
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2015/03/07 19:25:08
Subject: Dark Age - The Ongoing News & Rumors Thread!
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Raging Rat Ogre
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ImAGeek wrote:Thanks! Kinda hesitant to use them, but maybe I'll risk it.
Don't be, I've never had any trouble with them or Darksphere and I don't use anyone else for buying mini related stuff, not even GW's own webstore!
I'm really liking the look of this Dark Age stuff, they're on the list for when I got to Salute!
edit: feth! I said that already on the last page!
It's good to know the game has an UK distributor but like some other peeps, I can't find anyone for a game around here!
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2015/03/07 20:20:45
Subject: Dark Age - The Ongoing News & Rumors Thread!
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Much like INFINITY in the USA, many of us are probably going to have to 'lead the way' when it comes to DARK AGE in our local gaming area.
So be it!
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2015/03/08 00:14:39
Subject: Dark Age - The Ongoing News & Rumors Thread!
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Why are some of these figures wearing cartridge belts?
MB
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2015/03/08 00:30:52
Subject: Dark Age - The Ongoing News & Rumors Thread!
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Brutal Black Orc
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Ammo belts?
or drug and ration belts?
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2015/03/08 01:59:51
Subject: Dark Age - The Ongoing News & Rumors Thread!
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Sniping Reverend Moira
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They're living in a desert wasteland. They have to carry stuff...
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2015/03/08 14:46:28
Subject: Re:Dark Age - The Ongoing News & Rumors Thread!
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Man, it's incredible how far this game's sculptors and studio painters have come in just five years.
The move from metric to imperial sparked my interest again, but these new figs are really something else.
I may have to pick up the rulebook at the very least, and if the rules are as good as i remember them being, might have to jump back into this one. Automatically Appended Next Post: Alpharius wrote:Much like INFINITY in the USA, many of us are probably going to have to 'lead the way' when it comes to DARK AGE in our local gaming area.
So be it!
Several years ago there was a pretty good Dark Age community, but the sporadic release schedule made interest trail off. From what i hear from my friends that have contact with the company that puts it out, they've largely put their house in order with that kind of stuff.
But all in all I agree, for the game to take off its probably going to take a grass-roots movement. There's a lot of skirmish game competition, and more coming all the time.
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This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2015/03/08 14:48:07
daedalus wrote:
I mean, it's Dakka. I thought snide arguments from emotion were what we did here.
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2015/03/08 15:22:31
Subject: Dark Age - The Ongoing News & Rumors Thread!
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Crazed Troll Slayer
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This has definitely become my favorite game I play, as the game has tight rules that are easy to understand, allow for fun and crazy gameplay, but are also technically sound for tournament play.
Plus the miniatures are crazy rad.
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2015/03/08 17:44:43
Subject: Dark Age - The Ongoing News & Rumors Thread!
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Joined the Military for Authentic Experience
On an Express Elevator to Hell!!
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Great to hear that the game and rules are good - the miniatures are absolutely stunning, these are one of the only ranges giving Infinity a run for their money at the moment in my book.
Scrub wrote: ImAGeek wrote:Thanks! Kinda hesitant to use them, but maybe I'll risk it.
Don't be, I've never had any trouble with them or Darksphere and I don't use anyone else for buying mini related stuff, not even GW's own webstore!
I'm really liking the look of this Dark Age stuff, they're on the list for when I got to Salute!
I'm hoping that there will be some stuff at Salute also!
Thanks for the tip about Wayland, didn't realise they were the UK distributor. As GiraffeX says, if you buy anything that is showing a quantity (rather than 'available') you shouldn't have any problems at all.
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2015/03/09 17:23:28
Subject: Dark Age - The Ongoing News & Rumors Thread!
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Dark Age honestly is a pretty sweet game, and reminds me a LOT of 'old Warmanchine', before it got much larger in scope.
The new outcasts revamp, and the Nomads models are all extremely slick. I think they'd be pretty damn fun to play, but haven't had a chance at them yet.
Really glad to see that they're now on a good, structured release schedule and resculpting some of those old early-2000s models.
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2015/05/02 14:28:28
Subject: Re:Dark Age - The Ongoing News & Rumors Thread!
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2015/05/02 23:18:59
Subject: Dark Age - The Ongoing News & Rumors Thread - May releases on Pg. 2!
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Fixture of Dakka
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They look great, just wish it was easier to get them in the UK.
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2015/05/02 23:58:53
Subject: Re:Dark Age - The Ongoing News & Rumors Thread - May releases on Pg. 2!
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Hasn't Lucky been released before? Either way, its a great looking model.
Kinda like Old Ma too, but I'd want to beef up her arms a bit. They seem too skinny for the rest of her frame (unless there is something fluff-related to explain her odd dimensions).
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2015/05/18 02:32:30
Subject: Re:Dark Age - The Ongoing News & Rumors Thread - May releases on Pg. 2!
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2015/05/18 14:27:43
Subject: Re:Dark Age - The Ongoing News & Rumors Thread - May releases on Pg. 2!
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Experienced Saurus Scar-Veteran
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Can't deny those are some nice looking models coming down the pipeline.
Did those angelic looking knight guys get released yet? I know FRP still has them on preorder, bu they sometimes forget to update releases.
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2015/05/18 14:32:06
Subject: Dark Age - The Ongoing News & Rumors Thread - May releases on Pg. 2!
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Thermo-Optical Hac Tao
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The guy with the mace thing looks bad ass.
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2015/05/18 14:51:16
Subject: Re:Dark Age - The Ongoing News & Rumors Thread - May releases on Pg. 2!
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highlord tamburlaine wrote:Can't deny those are some nice looking models coming down the pipeline.
Did those angelic looking knight guys get released yet? I know FRP still has them on preorder, bu they sometimes forget to update releases.
The archangels for the Purifiers faction?
Yes!
The CMON store had them in stock a while back...
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2015/05/18 16:43:20
Subject: Dark Age - The Ongoing News & Rumors Thread - May releases on Pg. 2!
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Camouflaged Zero
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Fantastic stuff. My local store is trying to build a Dark Age community, and if future releases are going to look as good as these, I might have to join in.
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"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." -Napoleon
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2015/05/18 18:19:49
Subject: Dark Age - The Ongoing News & Rumors Thread - May releases on Pg. 2!
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Fixture of Dakka
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Those look really nice especially the young lady with the whip.
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2015/05/18 18:52:13
Subject: Dark Age - The Ongoing News & Rumors Thread - May releases on Pg. 2!
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Guildsman wrote:Fantastic stuff. My local store is trying to build a Dark Age community, and if future releases are going to look as good as these, I might have to join in.
I don't think there's any worries there - if you look at the last year's worth of sculpts, they're almost all universally awesome - all up to this 'new standard' they've set for the line!
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2015/06/20 22:43:27
Subject: Re:Dark Age - The Ongoing News & Rumors Thread - May releases on Pg. 2!
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From CMON EXPO and TGN comes some FANTASTIC news!
NOTE: Some mild story spoilers if you're not completely up to date here on the DARK AGE storyline!
http://www.tabletopgamingnews.com/dark-age-forsaken-revealed-at-cmon-expo-2015/
Today at the CMON Expo, the development team behind the skirmish miniatures game Dark Age held a panel discussing the present and future of the game. Earlier this year, Dark Age: Outcasts hit shelves, bringing a new twice-yearly book release schedule and introducing a new subfaction. CMON also revamped several models to give the faction a more modern aesthetic. During the panel, Michael Shinall (Dark Age Senior Designer) and Eric Kelley (Writer and Editor) looked at how Outcasts affected the state of the game and gave us a peek at the upcoming book Dark Age: Forsaken.
To set the stage for Forsaken, Eric Kelley broke down just what’s going on in the word of Samaria. The new book sees the rise of Saints Joan and Issac as they are called to action to defend New Ashkelon, the largest human populated city in Simaria. Besieged on all sides by a possessed Archangel Gabriel and the CORE. To do so, Saint Joan, who has begun calling herself the Divine Inquisitor, leads an army of fanatics stopping at nothing to root out the evil. Meanwhile, Saint Isaac has put together an army of manmade and operated machines for the battlefield, in hopes of mitigating the loss of human life.
The machines Saint Issac controls are all thanks to his discovery of a 2,000 year old cache of NorTec technology. Yes, that NorTec from CMON’s Xenoshyft card game. In fact, at the panel it was revealed NorTec’s excessive mining of resources actually led to Samaria’s current state. Luckily, their tech is good for something, letting Issac equip himself and his troops with modified Ajax armor and more that will be familiar to those who played the card game.
As the name suggests, the new book will have everything Forsaken related. Most Forsaken models are ten years old, making them one of the oldest factions in the line, so about 90% of the models are getting an update to fall in line with the current releases from Outcasts, utilizing the new artists and sculptors that have been brought on to the Dark Age line in the past couple of years. The goal for the new sculpts is to make them more dynamic and more badass feeling. The resculpts will have smaller heads and hands, making them more anatomically correct.
Each Forsaken subfactions’ play style is also getting a big overhaul, making them different from one another. Players fielding Saint Mark will have a very different experience than those playing Saint Mary and so on. Hopefully, this will lead to people finding their favorite character and building unique armies and play styles around them. A few other gameplay changes (among many) are the re-balancing of range weapons to make them more risk/reward, leader models don’t have increased points or power but will buff other models in their unit, and several split characters, like Judah, have been fleshed out to be their own unique characters.
All of these changes, be them rules or visual, all speak to a more streamline experience. With that in mind, point costs have been modified across the Forsaken line to make army building very easy and intuitive. Gone are odd numbered costs in favor of break downs like 150 points, 50 points, 25 points, etc. Again, it is CMON’s hope that this will allow people a little more control of their builds, letting them play what they want more readily, rather than ending up with a unit that just happened to fit the odd point cost that was left over.
If you’re looking to get your hands on the new Dark Age: Forsaken book, you won’t have to wait long. CMON plans on having the book available at GenCon 2015 along with the new sculpts for the faction.
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2015/06/20 22:51:02
Subject: Re:Dark Age - The Ongoing News & Rumors Thread - May releases on Pg. 2!
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Experienced Saurus Scar-Veteran
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CMON keep up these types of releases I'm not going to be able to stop myself from picking up Dark Age at some point.
New model designs are pretty nice. I'm going to assume the Saints themselves are going to get new sculpts as well.
Wonder if we'll see new Drayri models as well. Preferrably with helmets as I've never been a fan of their faces.
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2015/06/20 23:59:26
Subject: Dark Age - The Ongoing News & Rumors Thread - May releases on Pg. 2!
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Thermo-Optical Tuareg
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The Xenoshyft stuff looks cool. I might have to grab some eventually. The new Strikes also look way cooler than the old ones.
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2015/06/21 05:46:29
Subject: Dark Age - The Ongoing News & Rumors Thread - May releases on Pg. 2!
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Fixture of Dakka
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More anatomically correct? That sounds good to me!
Seriously, always been a fan of the Dark Age line, for near on 10 years now. Never played the game, but the models make their way into a lot of my armies, not to mention my storage boxes. Glad to see they are improving the line over time!
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2015/06/21 11:13:03
Subject: Re:Dark Age - The Ongoing News & Rumors Thread - May releases on Pg. 2!
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The new models look great! This line is getting better and better each update. Quite a strong contender for the line with the best scifi sculpts. Very original too!
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