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I am too, it's probably going to be easier to get your terrain through customs via mantic than straight from you

1,5 hour playthru video

I shall watch it with great interest.

titel is misleading, this is more of a playthrough/battle report rather than a how to play

I read the beta rules back in the day.

Watched the gameplay video. Just way way better than LI (Mantic has actually gathered the BEST of past Epic editions - except the elegant blast marker mechanics, shame), but the timing has been awful , just after LI.

Yes I do wish they did more with morale and suppression than Pinned = can't charge/overwatch and -1 to attack rolls

Very slick otherwise, now let's just hope for some exciting units and abilities, it looked a bit dry so far. Get some superheavies, some aircraft, deep strike, etc.

 kodos wrote:
titel is misleading, this is more of a playthrough/battle report rather than a how to play

What's cool about this video, is that it's really both. Mantic videos often feel a bit unplanned and rushed, but this one is really nice. There's a tiny bit of "how to play" at the beginning, but they both walk you through what they're doing and why on each activation, with lots of "inner voice stuff being spoken out loud" that makes this playthrough really good.

It's a shame more playthroughs aren't like this. I don't watch playthroughs for the "drama" of the game (maybe a little, but not much), I watch them so I can understand how to play and get a good sense of the game. This video was made for exactly that purpose.

Well done, Mantic!

Watched the full video, and as suspected based on it and the beta-rules, this game is almost exactly what I wished Legion Imperialis would have been.

I am sooooo in, and will probably throw a stupid amount of money at the KS, for large armies of each faction.

Also helps that Mantic confirmed my greatest wish which was less fiddly model assembly than LI. 10mm scale just doesn't demand WYSIWYG to the degree LI did, that results in models obnoxious to assemble. I want my Epic scale gaming amount numerous models conveying a sense of war... not individual models that hold up to 28mm scale scrutiny, but take five times longer to assemble than is sensible.

It looks like good stuff here, I do like the classic 'city on green grass' look they've gone for in their promos.

Its just a shame that they didn't actually go for actual epic/6mm scale.

I can sort of understand that this odd 10-12mm scale they are pushing is more marketable than proper 6mm scale, but I've no interest in starting over with another random scale even if small scale Sci-fantasy rat armies are my jam.

How about ogre sized Sci Fi rats for your 6mm terrain?

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Yes I do wish they did more with morale and suppression than Pinned = can't charge/overwatch and -1 to attack rolls

Very slick otherwise, now let's just hope for some exciting units and abilities, it looked a bit dry so far. Get some superheavies, some aircraft, deep strike, etc.

To be fair, if the morale/fallback/withdraw rules are that easily decipherable without a doctorate in language comprehension, then it's already a step ahead of Legions.

 RexHavoc wrote:
It looks like good stuff here, I do like the classic 'city on green grass' look they've gone for in their promos.

Its just a shame that they didn't actually go for actual epic/6mm scale.

I can sort of understand that this odd 10-12mm scale they are pushing is more marketable than proper 6mm scale, but I've no interest in starting over with another random scale even if small scale Sci-fantasy rat armies are my jam.

Annoying that it doesn't match my 6mm terrain... I suppose, but I have stuff for Dropzone Commander which I think is 10mm. Not such an 'odd' or 'random' scale really.

A quick 6'×4' table of card tiles and buildings for £30.
https://ttcombat.com/collections/dropzone-commander/products/cityscape-1

 Pacific wrote:

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Yes I do wish they did more with morale and suppression than Pinned = can't charge/overwatch and -1 to attack rolls

Very slick otherwise, now let's just hope for some exciting units and abilities, it looked a bit dry so far. Get some superheavies, some aircraft, deep strike, etc.

To be fair, if the morale/fallback/withdraw rules are that easily decipherable without a doctorate in language comprehension, then it's already a step ahead of Legions.

Totally. I tried to sit down to read the LI rules and needed to go get a pen an paper to work some things out.

As an aside, love the Mean Machines avatar, mate.

Gameplay video up on the Mantic YouTube channel..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLKyD-87jaQ

I'm liking the look of the newer terrain in the previews, the gothic features of most of the troublemaker sprues aren't suited for the Warpath setting, only the industrial set and airfield work well, so it's good to see some new designs in there.

It's going to be difficult to not go big on this one, smaller number of launch factions makes it tempting to just go ahead and get them all.

scarletsquig wrote:
I'm liking the look of the newer terrain in the previews, the gothic features of most of the troublemaker sprues aren't suited for the Warpath setting, only the industrial set and airfield work well, so it's good to see some new designs in there.

It's going to be difficult to not go big on this one, smaller number of launch factions makes it tempting to just go ahead and get them all.

I don't want to dissuade you, because God knows I am going huge on this KS, but they've already said further factions are stretch goals. I believe Veermyn and Guard?

I'd love to do everything in large numbers, but I'd rather get 3-4 huge armies versus dabbling in 6+... unless I add more in pledge manager... hmmm. :-p

 mattl wrote:
Gameplay video up on the Mantic YouTube channel..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLKyD-87jaQ

Posted few posts above yours

Ronnie said there are to be 8 armies on the KS, 4 factions by default (Plague, FF, Asterians & Enforcer), 4 being stretch goals with 2 being confirmed to be Veer-Myn & GCPS and the other 2 are not mentioned yet, though would be Marauders and the last one could be something new
order of stretch goal factions will be popular vote

I'm hoping this is one of the ultra value-rich Mantic Kickstarters, because I love going deep and wide on armies. I know I will likely double-up on each faction as having lots of list-building options is half of the fun for my family and I, but I also know I will want several factions (if not all of them eventually).

Matt recently said the game playtested very well at 2500pts on a 6x4 table, so I suspect I will pledge for 4000pts per faction (roughly), and will ideally be able to get 3-4 factions initially.

I'd normally never second guess a Mantic value proposition, but the print-on-demand Walking Dead stuff was pretty pricey for what one gets.

Hopefully $500-600 goes a long way for this KS!

Nameless or the Space Wasps would be nice

Ready to sell my LI box in order to raise funds to back this project.

So did anyone here manage to get in on the vid?

I love how Mantic engages with the gaming community with this sort of thing. Really helps I think to make stuff as transparent and easily accessible as possible. I haven't gone silly on a KS for a while so might do with this one..

Thanks for posting those Kodus.

That is looking very slick isn't it. Minimal profiles, and you can see bits of other games in it (the loss of units following a combat will be familiar to any undead player in WHFB of the past!)

I quite liked reading the blog and about how Matt had spent some months writing the rules, and then they parachuted in Alessio Cavatore with a big pair of scissors to cut out any unnecessary crunch. That was quite plainly the editorial step that was missed with Legions, so it will be very interesting to see how this game actually compares overall.

The editing process can be really great for a game, a similar thing happened with deadzone, with the complexity, counters and clutter reduced massively from 1st to 2nd edition.

It's nice to see a game system going through that process pre-release.

Agreed. I've been waiting a very long time to really play Warpath... I had some of the first copies of the original Warpath back when it was very much KoW-in-space...

I have a copy of Firefight I need to put together still, alongside some Kings of War armies and a copy of Deadzone.

Hoping some local players show up for Epic Warpath.

 mattl wrote:
I had some of the first copies of the original Warpath back when it was very much KoW-in-space...
Warpath.

*cue Sarah McLachlan music*

Found it on my computer.

https://we.tl/t-L3bMAgH0HK if anyone wants to download an old PDF.

It's looking up to be the best of the three contemporary Epic systems.