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Greetings Dakka!

This thread will focus on Argatoria news, updates and discussion.

For good starters, a new release coming this Friday (Dec 13) is Skeletons Command Group for the Sheol-morg army led by Lord Necromancer. Here you can see a sculpted musician and a standard-bearer from this set.



And here it is finished, painted by Radek Bartnik.



Lord Necromancer is receiving a lot of new releases lately – Rotgant came first, sowing fear among the enemy Mages. His rules were released in 3 languages and are available in the product photo gallery – https://www.spellcrow.com/rotgant-p-1151.html



Previously, you would paint the Barbarians or Sozruits in rotten colours and deploy them as The Damned but, in the end, they got their own gruesome miniatures – https://www.spellcrow.com/the-damned-p-1152.html

I'll get those undead. Lovely minis!

How big are these minis? 10mm?

SU-152 wrote:I'll get those undead. Lovely minis!

Thanks!

Malika2 wrote:How big are these minis? 10mm?

Yes, all Argatoria miniatures are in a 10mm scale

What can you tell us about the rules?

 schoon wrote:
What can you tell us about the rules?

Argatoria is a rank & flank game, meaning you play with ranked units, a maximum of 4 bases per rank and up to 4 ranks (16 bases) in total. There are units which are single models, such as Giants and Elephantons. And also heroes like General, Champions, Command Groups and Mages that move on single round bases.

To keep it short about the rules:

1. You can play massive tactical games because the minis are in a 10 mm scale
2. There are only 8 pages of basic rules
3. Units in both armies are activated alternately – you roll 2d6 and the lower score indicates the number of units you must activate
4. A player can boost their units with prayers
5. The lower you roll, the better (except for initiative test, charge and move distances) – for example, when your unit has Weapon Skill 3, you need to roll 3 or less to hit
5. Heroes don't have statlines and don't fight on their own – their task is to support friendly units. Heroes are activated in a separate phase called "Heroes actions".
6. In Purple Warlock Magazine, there are different battle scenarios but the game's basic concept is to gain Blood Points – more than the opponent, or their specified number. Each base in the game, regardless whether it's an ordinary infantry base or a Forest Dragon, is worth 1 Blood Point. This concept is surprising to some people and they are wondering if it may even work. But when they play a game or two, they quickly realise it works and brings a lot of fun.
7. The game takes place in a world of barbarians – it's focused on combat and maneuvering with units, there's no shooting

Here's an official intro game if you wanna check how the game plays in its basic form: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DP2i2asW-e4

Tathea wrote:

SU-152 wrote:I'll get those undead. Lovely minis!

Thanks!

Malika2 wrote:How big are these minis? 10mm?

Yes, all Argatoria miniatures are in a 10mm scale

I checked some Argatoria minis at the LGS and they are a bit bigger/chunkier than normal 10mm...

SU-152 wrote:

Tathea wrote:

SU-152 wrote:I'll get those undead. Lovely minis!

Thanks!

Malika2 wrote:How big are these minis? 10mm?

Yes, all Argatoria miniatures are in a 10mm scale

I checked some Argatoria minis at the LGS and they are a bit bigger/chunkier than normal 10mm...

Yeah, that's right. Several Argatoria players called it a "heroic 10mm". The characteristic feature is that their hands, heads and feet are made slightly bigger, muscles and other details more protruding

Looks good! I'd probably recommend editing the first post to include missing important details/questions/answers that pop up in the thread (like for example the scale of the minis). It might also help to just post a pic of a "human" sized fig next to a metric ruler as well. Regardless, I'm looking forward to seeing more!

No missile weaponry or spells at all? Just melee and support stuff?

 porkuslime wrote:
No missile weaponry or spells at all? Just melee and support stuff?

There are magic spells and ranged abilities and they are a very important part of the game, but units are mainly combat-focused (none with shooting/missile weapons)

Tathea wrote:
Argatoria is a rank & flank game...

Thank you for the overview. Very helpful!

Hey folks! Here's the latest skelly release – Skeletons Command Group for the Lord Necromancer's Sheol morg army.



On another note, in the photo below you can see a size comparison of a 10 mm Liagulian Warrior (human-sized) and an Orc hero. 📏 Argatoria miniatures differ in size – Amazons and Liagulians have exactly 10 mm to the eyes, but the Barbarians were always supposed to be more muscular and bigger, same with Reptilians and Horned Warriors, so they have roughly ~11 mm to the eyes. Standard Orcs are also bigger, measuring 12 mm from the feet to the eyes, but their heroes, as you can see in the photo, are even greater.



People often ask what scale the Argatoria models are – it's a 10 mm scale but many races in Argatoria are larger than humans and they differ in size between each other, sometimes quite significantly.

In this case, a term "10 mm heroic fantasy" suits Argatoria perfectly

Thanks for the pic, great reference.

Question, are the dark riders riding giant black boars undead? I cannot tell fom the pics.

SU-152 wrote:
Thanks for the pic, great reference.

Question, are the dark riders riding giant black boars undead? I cannot tell fom the pics.

If you're asking about the Black Knights on Horgars, yes, they are undead. There's also another undead cavalry – Truhlaks on Fallen Ogars (Truhlaks are Skeletons). Photos below for reference which is which






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Another great release just dropped! Dedicated heroes join the skelly hordes of the Lord Necromancer's Sheol-morg army Rules will be available in their product photo gallery from Monday, Dec 23.

Link to grab the Skeletons Champions here – https://www.spellcrow.com/skeletons-champions-p-1182.html

Hope you like them

Welcome our Dear Customers & Fans of our games!

The time has come for a summary of 2024. Thank you for another exciting year together! We are glad that so many of you have taken an interest in Argatoria Wargame and purchased army starters. April 2025 will mark 2 years since the release of the English rulebook. During this time, two additional armies were released – Sheol-morg and Gaeldor.


Forces of Sheol-morg, the Dark Empire from the north


Forces of Gaeldor, the barbarian tribe of the Agalloch Forest

Both armies have been introduced in Purple Warlock Issue 2 along with lore, new magic spells, magic banners and additional rules. (On a side note, Purple Warlock Issue 2 is now sold out. Thank you very much for your enthusiastic response!)



This was followed by Purple Warlock Issue 3 which gave you an access to 12 new battle scenarios and new terrain rules.



In the meantime, the Competitive Rules were developed along with special scenarios and scoring, enriching Argatoria tournaments and leagues. It led to the creation of Downloads & FAQs tab on our website, where you can find the aforementioned rules, erratas and FAQs – https://www.spellcrow.com/downloads-faqs-pm-49.html

Not to mention a premiere of the German rulebook earlier this year. The German community of Argatoria players has been growing steadily ever since, showcasing the progress on their armies, building their battlefields and hosting demos during the conventions!



A significant amount of new units and heroes were brought to life by our devoted team of sculptors throughout this time. There is still Marmydon left to release, which we should deal with in the first quarter of 2025. We concluded that the Gaeldor army has so many released units and is such a rich and diverse army that delaying the release of Marmydon will not do it much harm. Points-wise, this is the most expensive model in Argatoria and can only be fielded from 1000 army points. We assumed that Gaeldor players who are just starting their adventure with Argatoria will not need it in the initial period of their games.

It was much more important for us to introduce something fresh, tweaking each army with a little add-on. We began releasing legendary heroes, starting with Mar’hauk for the Gaeldor army.



Shortly thereafter, the Vaendral and Sorgax players could get their hands on their own wonderful heroes – the great warrior Valeria (Vaendral) and the terrifying shaman Kor’quixos (Sorgax).



Later, each army that can field Half-giants (Dirandis, Vaendral, Gaeldor) gained support from Pakun, the Half-giant hero mounting a bulky creature called Oklar.



We have started introducing units and heroes for the Sheol-morg army led by the Lord Necromancer – Mementors, Gnils and Ghosts will be released soon. By now, Lord Necromancer and his relentless hordes of Truhlaks have already gained crucial support from dedicated Command Groups, Champions and a legendary hero – Gnat. The Damned became more gruesome than ever with their own models and, moreover, the undead army can be accompanied by a deadly Rotgant. We also plan to introduce new units for each of the 6 armies in 2025. When the time comes, we will start informing you what units and when.


The undead all together – Gnat, Champions, Command Groups, Truhlaks, The Damned and Rotgant

On top of all that our Development Studio is working on the Orcs army and although we initially wanted it to be released by the end of 2024 in the Kickstarter campaign, we have to delay the release of the army a bit. The Orcs Army Starter will be released in the 1st quarter of 2025. During this time, other legendary heroes will also join the battles – one for Arox and one for Sheol-morg under the command of Lord of Sheol-morg. The Dirandis hero is expected to premiere later (or at the same time if the Old Gods allow).

Another great news is that Purple Warlock Issue 4 is drawing near! The next issue of the magazine was supposed to be released by the end of 2024, but due to the amount of work, we are preparing it for February or March 2025. It will contain the updated army lists of all armies, lore and rules of legendary heroes and units whose rules have been presented on the website so far, including Knuroses, Skaals and new units for the Lord Necromancer, as well as Orcs army list and lore.


Skaals – Mercenary Unit for Dirandis and Gaeldor


Knuroses – Mercenary Unit for Vaendral and Arox

The new year 2025 will bring a lot of joy to all fans of both Argatoria 10 mm scale range, as well as Umbra Turris 28/32 mm scale range (check Umbra Turris News & Updates in News & Rumors for more info). We can’t wait to share with you more news, see your painted armies, played games and, most importantly, give you more miniatures!

The whole Spellcrow Team wishes you a Happy New Year playing, partying, chilling, eating or anything you’ve planned for the New Year’s Eve!

Charming stuff!
Great paintjobs and classic artwork make a great presentation of the game.
I have little to none interrest in this scale of game, but looks fun.

 Fayric wrote:
Charming stuff!
Great paintjobs and classic artwork make a great presentation of the game.
I have little to none interrest in this scale of game, but looks fun.

Thanks a lot for your kind words

I'm generally not a fan of this scale, but these particular models (and paint jobs) are amazing.

 KidCthulhu wrote:
I'm generally not a fan of this scale, but these particular models (and paint jobs) are amazing.

Thank you for the appreciation Any favourite?

Generally speaking, the Undead models really grab me. If there were identical 28mm scale ones, I would buy models in both scale/sizes for use in my miniature-based comic, Big Fantasy Epic.

Today, I'm coming to you with ☠ NEW MINIATURES ☠ Another unit for the Sheol-morg army led by the Lord Necromancer premiered last Friday.

Who are the Mementors? They are great heroes, generals and champions who had fallen in the battles of the past and they have been summoned back by the Lord Necromancer to fight in his army.

The Champion of Catacombs (from the Skeletons Champions set) allows you to deploy them in your army as Rare Units.



This will be surely one of the best units among the Lord Necromancer's forces, possessing very unique rules. Having mentioned the rules, they will be out this week.

The miniatures were sculpted by Marek Rurarz and painted by Radek Bartnik.

Hi folks, today you can get a sneak peek at another upcoming Legendary Hero for Argatoria! ⚔



Xan'toag will join the Arox army, providing it with special rules related to supporting the units. The base with Liagulians carrying a large mace will serve this purpose. The most important task of Xan'toag is, however, supporting the Ropuchons who are granted additional rules thanks to his unmatching guidance.

Apart from this, exciting news have shown up for the Lord Necromancer's Sheol-morg army players: the rules of Mementors will premiere today! 💀

Today, you can see a completed unit of Orcs Peons!



Painting the models for the Orcs Army Starter is coming to an end. The first painted units will be showcased this week.

Those look really really really really amazing.

Not good for my wallet....

SU-152 wrote:
Those look really really really really amazing.

Not good for my wallet....

Well, such a compliment is music to our ears Thank you!

Good afternoon! I'm bringing the exciting news today But first, take a look at this amazing army of Lord Necromancer here:



The last from the announced units for the Lord Necromancer's Sheol-morg army is out now! It means that Lord Necromancer has got everything he needs to wreak havoc and bring destruction: from lots of bones through lots of rotten flesh to no flesh and bones at all.

The new unit of Ghosts can be fielded only as a full horde and it will ignore the rules of Marauders, so it is available as a Full Unit only: https://www.spellcrow.com/ghosts-full-unit-p-1186.html

Remember that you can field Ghosts only when you field the Champion of Graves in your army (from the Skeletons Champions set).



This is a mixed set of miniatures from different armies that are painted as Ghosts – you will find the exact contents of the set and the Ghosts' colour scheme in the product description.

The rules of Ghosts will premiere next week!

Hi!

This week, a full set of Orcs Heroes has been previewed. Their size is slightly bigger than 10 mm to the eyes – after all, they are heroes in a heroic scale What are your thoughts on them?



The pre-launch page of the KS campaign with the upcoming Orcs army will be up VERY SOON!

To be notified, follow Spellcrow's Kickstarter profile here: https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/spellcrow

Hi folks! There's a nice giveaway right now allowing you to get your hands on some of the Argatoria miniatures from this photo



The giveaway takes place on both Facebook and Instagram and I'm giving you the direct links to the Spellcrow's giveaway post below.

Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/share/p/BAKzn4cQ0S

Facebook post: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18mVyTuAXs/

The giveaway ends on February 19th!

Hi everyone!

Today, I'm sharing with you the Sasquatches Tactics, as well as The Sanctified Tactics shared as part of Tactical Tuesday Sasquatches are a part of the Dirandis army (barbarians), while The Sanctified are elite warriors of the Arox army (reptilians).
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What is Tactical Tuesday?

Every Tuesday, we deliver the recommended tactics for one of the units in Argatoria. They are made available in the product description of the given unit at spellcrow.com.
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Sasquatches rely heavily on their Ambush rule which allows them to make a free move before the battle and cancel all charge and independent bonuses when attacked by the enemy. It means that their proper deployment before the battle is crucial. A recommended unit size for the Sasquatches is 4-8 bases, and consider having at least two such units. Use them as a bait for numerous enemy units, especially Hordes, and as a unit blocking the enemy's move or charge path to your more numerous units. The specific tactics of the Sasquatches mean that the best you can do is having them less numerous, as it means less Blood Points for the opponent. Keep in mind that if the enemy unit is powerful enough and supported by a hero, it is still able to defeat one rank of Sasquatches even without charge bonuses. Two ranks will have a better chance to lock the enemy in combat for a little longer, giving you the time to charge that enemy with your other, more powerful unit that you should keep close to the Sasquatches.

With Weapon Skill 2 and Strength 5, Sasquatches are likely to wound the enemy in combat, but they will struggle getting a satisfying number of hits. When you add to it their Leadership 5 and no special rules boosting them in combat, there is not much field for improvement. Thus try not to waste your valuable pool of prayers on them. Always focus on their most important strategic role on the battlefield – blocking the enemy and making them fall into an ambush.

Sasquatches Tactics are also available in their product description: https://www.spellcrow.com/sasquatches-p-813.html
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Consider fielding The Sanctified as a full horde to maximise both their great offensive and defensive potential. The Fierce rule allows them to roll additional two dice for wounding for each obtained 1 in the Wound Test, so the more dice they roll for attack and the more re-roll options they get, the more deadly they become. Try boosting the Fierce rule as much as possible. Attach one of the Champions to get +4 attacks to the pool – if it’s the Champion of Gods, he will also give them the chance to re-roll all failed scores during the Weapon Skill Test or the Wound Test. Always pray with them, because they have a better chance for success thanks to the Faithful rule. Focus on the prayers for Fortune or Strength to increase the chance of adding more dice to the Wound Test (with possible 1s). Avoid praying for Agility unless necessary – keep a Command Group, the Mystic of the Reborn or the Champion of Nature close to them instead to make sure they charge successfully.

The perfect target for the full horde of The Sanctified is not an enemy full horde (although it can be) but rather a unit of 8-12 bases. If it’s a small horde of 12 bases, try removing at least 1 base from it through magic spells, items or other abilities to make them lose a Horde rule before attempting to engage in combat with them – if The Sanctified are somehow charged first by such a unit, that unit will not get the charge bonuses, because it is not a Horde anymore. And even if the enemy gets The Sanctified first, you may still count on their Gold Armour!

The Sanctified Tactics are also available in their product description: https://www.spellcrow.com/the-sanctified-p-930.html
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