Hi, Mantic Games has just launched a kickstarter project to celebrate the upcoming release of their "Kings of War" ruleset. For those who don't know Mantic Games I will first start to introduce the company.
Mantic Games who are they?
Mantic Games is one of the leading fantasy and science fiction plastic wargame manufacturers around. their ranges include almost every basic faction of a fantasy setting ranging from stout dwarves to elegant elves. The bad guys are represented by dark elves, undead, goblins and orcs. When the kickstarter project has finished you will also be able to add werewolves to that list! The company is founded by a crew of Games Workshop expats and their single goal is to provide a cheap and great wargame experience to both new or veteran players.
Kings of War
Kings of war or simply called KoW is the fantasy ruleset developped by Mantic Games and the leading ruleset writer Alessio Cavatore. The game is designed to be simple, innovative and especially for the veterans it's also tactical. These rules were released three years ago (I'm getting old I guess) and are now finetuned by three years of gameplay and hundreds of fanatic wargamers. I have played one game of kings of war several months ago and I really enjoyed it. The rules were very clear and easy to understand, the rules were also supplimented by ready made army lists so you can immediatly start the mayhem! I haven't posted this battlereport as all the miniatures were unpainted and the terrain was awful. Now after all these years of finetuning, the lads at Mantic Games are finally ready to release a 144 page hard cover rulebook! One to rule them all!
You mentionned kickstarter, say what?
Kickstarter is one of the largest platforms where you can support new creative initiatives! To support a project you simpy need to pledge several $ in a certain level. In this way you support the poject and you get the goodies mentionned in the chosen level. When a project reaches their total of needed funds within a certain timespan, the money is transfered to the creators so they can start the production or creation. After a while you receive the goodies delivered at your doorstep. When the fund level isn't reached, Kickstarter simply refunds your pledged money!
The lads of Mantic Games have now used this tool, to fund new miniatures such as the great plastic Undead Werewolves! These miniatures will be produced when they reach the level of 10.000$, yep the bright ones among you will notice that level is already reached! There will be three plastic Werewolves available everybody who makes a pledges and adds an additional $25. For that price they will probably be both big and badass!
So were are you waiting for, kickstart the werewolves, ready yourself for an epic battle!
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