MC Tic Tac
10-09-2010, 10:42 AM
Well today was the day....
Well everyone who went were given a goody bag with 2 sprue's in it. One with 2 Dwarfs (A Champion and a Standard bearer) and a pair of boots with bone legs, and the second with 10 Elven Archers (including a champion and standard), a dead Elf and a small cat. The Army Painter plastic glue, a Kings of War hobby guide/poster and a Mantic reward card for future orders. Overall bloody generous!
They had 2 demo games running of their new Kings of War game (Dwarfs vs Elves and Dwarfs vs Undead). Alessio Cavatore the game's designer was running the Undead game so I watched that and listened in for quite a while.
The game seems to play fairly quickly and like a "best of" Warhammer and War of the Ring - seemingly simple but deceptively tactical. I personally don't know the full rules but it seem quite easy to pick up (speaking as a gamer) and I love the Dwarf Berserker lord, in all 3 games I saw he normally took out a unit or 2 solo like a pint sized Chuck Norris.
There was also some painting demonstrations/lessons by the Mantic team as well as a sculpting demo. One special offer was buy a £40/£50 army set and get your own unique sculpted model that you could request on the day!
They also had a collection of models on display as well as their 3-ups that where painted too!
There was also a small display from hassle free miniatures, as well as shop with some really cheap sprue's, some of Mantic's own paint as well as some army painter items too as well as the usual array of miniatures and boxed sets. There was also a cake and sandwich store which the proceeds from go to charity
You can see all the pictures I have taken in this photobucket album (http://s14.photobucket.com/albums/a331/adept_astartes/Mantic%20open%20day/) but here's a few for you to see now:
or look at my blog (http://blood-claw.blogspot.com/)
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a331/adept_astartes/Mantic%20open%20day/DSCF1220.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a331/adept_astartes/Mantic%20open%20day/DSCF1167.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a331/adept_astartes/Mantic%20open%20day/DSCF1151.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a331/adept_astartes/Mantic%20open%20day/DSCF1187.jpg
Well everyone who went were given a goody bag with 2 sprue's in it. One with 2 Dwarfs (A Champion and a Standard bearer) and a pair of boots with bone legs, and the second with 10 Elven Archers (including a champion and standard), a dead Elf and a small cat. The Army Painter plastic glue, a Kings of War hobby guide/poster and a Mantic reward card for future orders. Overall bloody generous!
They had 2 demo games running of their new Kings of War game (Dwarfs vs Elves and Dwarfs vs Undead). Alessio Cavatore the game's designer was running the Undead game so I watched that and listened in for quite a while.
The game seems to play fairly quickly and like a "best of" Warhammer and War of the Ring - seemingly simple but deceptively tactical. I personally don't know the full rules but it seem quite easy to pick up (speaking as a gamer) and I love the Dwarf Berserker lord, in all 3 games I saw he normally took out a unit or 2 solo like a pint sized Chuck Norris.
There was also some painting demonstrations/lessons by the Mantic team as well as a sculpting demo. One special offer was buy a £40/£50 army set and get your own unique sculpted model that you could request on the day!
They also had a collection of models on display as well as their 3-ups that where painted too!
There was also a small display from hassle free miniatures, as well as shop with some really cheap sprue's, some of Mantic's own paint as well as some army painter items too as well as the usual array of miniatures and boxed sets. There was also a cake and sandwich store which the proceeds from go to charity
You can see all the pictures I have taken in this photobucket album (http://s14.photobucket.com/albums/a331/adept_astartes/Mantic%20open%20day/) but here's a few for you to see now:
or look at my blog (http://blood-claw.blogspot.com/)
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a331/adept_astartes/Mantic%20open%20day/DSCF1220.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a331/adept_astartes/Mantic%20open%20day/DSCF1167.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a331/adept_astartes/Mantic%20open%20day/DSCF1151.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a331/adept_astartes/Mantic%20open%20day/DSCF1187.jpg