Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you:
No adverts like this in the forums anymore.
Times and dates in your local timezone.
Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance.
Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely.
Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net.
If you are already a member then feel free to login now.
2020/09/30 17:24:22
Subject: Osprey Wargaming Series, Other Wargames Books, and RPG Books too
I figured it made sense to start a general thread about various Osprey Wargaming Series and other Rulebooks coming out.
Here is some basic ones that I am aware of as of this writing, but there maybe others:
1. Gamma Wolves- A game of mecha combat by Ash from Guerilla Miniature Games. I am pretty sure he had Betas up on his Patreon and even did a video of it for his site during play testing. It is up for pre-order on the site and publishes Nov 26th.
He also wrote Last Days and Last Days Seasons, as well as Last Days: Timelines and some Frostgrave scenarios.
2. A Billion Suns has been pushed back to publish in January last I heard. It is a space combat game by Mike Hutchinson; the guy who made Gaslands. Looks like you can play across a few different boards at once, and their are no defined fleet lists. Seems like it has a lot of innovations for the genre. It looks like it will be OWG26....
4. Absolute Emperor is by Boyd Bruce. It is a game of Napoleonic Wargaming. I think that sums it up BUT it is going to be part of the Osprey Wargaming Series and probably OWG27? This is slated to come out in May of 2021 and has some potential cover art on the book.
3. Wars of the Republic is an Ancients game based on the earlier Men of Bronze rules from OWG24. The focus is on the rise of Rome to the end of the Republic. That would include a pretty large time scale including the Punic Wars. This is slated for a late 2021 release according to the Bloomsbury Publishing website.
4. Castles in the Sky. Again the Bloomsbury Publishing site seems to state a 2022 release as part of the Osprey Wargaming Series. The subtitle is a game of flying battleships.
I know there have also been several announcements for new upcoming RPG books from Osprey and their RPG arm, but I am not as familiar with the details there. I guess that will leave it open for other posters to add on then!
Support Blood and Spectacles Publishing:
https://www.patreon.com/Bloodandspectaclespublishing
2020/09/30 18:12:42
Subject: Osprey Wargaming Series, Other Wargames Books, and RPG Books too
From the Amazon blurb, it looks like customizable Captains:
In Stargrave, players take on the role of one of these independent operators. Perhaps they are a cybernetic veteran of the Last War, a psion fleeing slavers, or a mystic warrior attempting to preserve ancient wisdom. Maybe they are a bounty hunter collecting blood money, a robotics expert pushing the bounds of current technology, or a biomorph bred in the genetanks of some forgotten laboratory. Having chosen their own background, players must hire a crew for their ship, choosing a lieutenant with their own unique skill-set, and a handful of soldiers, mechanics, hackers, and other specialists. Some captains may even recruit strange alien lifeforms with abilities no humanoid could ever possess.
So a Captain and a Lieutenant.
This message was edited 2 times. Last update was at 2020/10/01 15:10:55
Whatever it is all my crew will be wearing red shirts
LOL, Theo your mind is an amazing place, never change.-camkierhi 9/19/13
I cant believe theo is right.. damn. -comradepanda 9/26/13
None of the strange ideas we had about you involved your sexual orientation..........-Monkeytroll 12/10/13
I'd put you on ignore for that comment, if I could...Alpharius 2/11/14
2020/10/01 17:36:32
Subject: Re:Osprey Wargaming Series, Other Wargames Books, and RPG Books too
Oh, for Gamma Wolves, theres some GMG videos to consider...
...different to what I expected, but its even better. Definitely a game for building scratch-built models from plasticard components and running with it.
As with Stargrave, hoping there's a solo-coop feature, but not every game is designed with that in mind and best left as a multi player experience.
Casual gaming, mostly solo-coop these days.
2020/10/06 22:06:22
Subject: Osprey Wargaming Series, Other Wargames Books, and RPG Books too
Also, they did do some space conversions for Gnolls and Cultists for Frostgrave a while back, but that does not mean we will get Space Gnolls in Stargrave!
Picture is from Northstar apparently..... but not for Stargrave.......
Support Blood and Spectacles Publishing:
https://www.patreon.com/Bloodandspectaclespublishing
2020/10/20 13:32:44
Subject: Osprey Wargaming Series, Other Wargames Books, and RPG Books too
As someone who was able to get an advanced Beta copy of the Billion Suns rules, it's quite an interesting game. Much different from standard "Age of Sail- but in Space!" game mechanics with two lines of ships slugging it out. Especially because most games are played on two or more boards that ships can warp between to fight or complete contracts (do this with a ship, capture that, destroy a space station, etc)
This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2020/11/04 23:31:43
"By this point I'm convinced 100% that every single race in the 40k universe have somehow tapped into the ork ability to just have their tech work because they think it should."
2020/11/05 11:49:47
Subject: Osprey Wargaming Series, Other Wargames Books, and RPG Books too
stargrave and gamma wolves are for sure on my watch list. I have been wanting to try Frostgrave for a while but my friends are more sci-fi than fantasy people.
2020/11/12 20:52:10
Subject: Osprey Wargaming Series, Other Wargames Books, and RPG Books too
Judge Dredd Cursed Earth for $7. Shipping is $3.50 to USA, free with purchase of two other books. Osprey currently has a sale on their older books, although the price is the same as Amazon. Picked up Dragon Rampart because I heard good things about it, and the card-based Kobolds and Cobblestones looked interesting. Gaslands is also worth looking into.