Nexus updates (official thread)

[Tim Bancroft]

When a major update or addition is made to the Nexus, I’ll post a note here.

As such, it’s not intended for discussion as players can subscribe to the thread and be confident they’ll be notified when something useful goes up to the Nexus.

Right now: Dronescourge PDF Downloads

I’ve just added the Dronescourge PDF download containing corridors and rooms (and the lift for scenario 1) to the Nexus Supplement support page. I think the studio did a great job on these, making them definitely Antares without going overboard. When printed on heavyweight card, they look great!

https://www.gatesofantares.com/supplement-support-pdf-downloads/

[Tim Bancroft]

Minor updates are continually being applied to the Nexus, notably over new additions to the range or to respond to FAQs, as well as articles on the game or showcases. The more notable changes recently are:

• PDF Army Lists up to V3 to support Dronescourge
• Living FAQ now includes all the answers in the PDF, as well.
• Details on the pick-up tournament ladder for the Warlord Open Day 2018, including the scenarios and 600-PLUS format
• A new selectors for a 600-point Exploration force used in smaller tournaments

Examples of player-written articles include:

• Anti-Tank Tactics by Geordie Irvin
• A series on choosing, building and painting an Isorian force by Zac Beldano

Ideas for articles are always welcome – just send an email to antares@warlordgames.com

[Tim Bancroft]

We’re hoping for an auto-notification facility, but until then, the more notable recent additions to the Nexus have been:

• Raiders of Bronvar Campaign Supplement
• Tabletop Warlords video batreps (featured in the newsletter)
• Zac Belado’s army building – this time with Ghar Rebels
• Andrew Martin’s colourful Drifting Lotus Isorians
• A few army lists from the Antares Day 2019
• The fantastic Askar Protector-Warrior Mercenaries

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[Richard Coates]

If you want notifications for the Antares Nexus at present, you can get these via an RSS Feed Reader. Although this is somewhat ‘old tech’ now (used mainly by Ghar now), it still does the job. Chrome has an RSS Feed Reader extention that does the job, although there are plenty others. If you add the Antares Nexus feed into the reader – http://www.gatesofantares.com/feed/ – it can notify you automatically when a new article comes out.

[Tim Bancroft]

With the release of the new panhuman species heads for the Concord, we’ve an article, a piece of flash fiction by Adam Murton, and a serialised Short Story, also by Adam.

• PanHumans in the Concord – an overview of the Gyohn and Hantale, as well as links to Krasz and Vyess.
• The Unseen Threat by Adam Murton – flash fiction on the geneered Hantale.
• Part I of ‘Fall from Grace’ – a serialised short story by Adam Murton that epitomises what the Vyess and Gyohn bring to the Concord
• Mentioned elsewhere, but notified here, is an invitation to suggest mercenary units to Antares!

[Tim Bancroft]

The Splintering Shard

At the dawn of the 7th Age, the Isorians and their IMTel led the PanHuman Concord. But they were involved in a bitter, real-space war, one that would have devastating consequences for the nascent Concord and fracture it forever. The birth of the Senatex was bloody, the borders with it’s progeny a source of uncontrollable conflict…

…and shape Antares for a thousand years.

The Splintering Shard: how the Isorians fared in the Tsan Kiri war and how they split from the IMTel they created.

• The Splintering Shard PDF supplement on the webstore
• And the details on the Nexus
• The Timeline of the Splintering and the 7th Age

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[Tim Bancroft]

Continuing….
And this week, we’re gradually updating the gazeteer of systems (there’s only around another 5,000,0000 to go!) with details from the Splintering Shard, there’s an article on trade and commerce with Ghar, another episode of the excellent Fall from Grace by Adam Murton and a few Personal Shard ideas about a Mercenary units.

• Gazeteer of named Star Systems in Antares – gradually being updated
• Fall from Grace, part III, in which Togor and Mija infiltrate further into the enemy HQ
• A gross, Misgenic, Asha LaGrange, with a brain expanded to many times human size – a Personal Shard by Nicholas Wagner
• The K’Hwii, a species of flying aliens who live permanently in zero-g – and only serve as mercenaries in their flyers by John Davenport.

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[Tim Bancroft]

Adam Murton’s story reaches it’s finale in episodes four and five, and the Tabletop Warlords start their journey through the scenarios in Bronvar.

• Fall from Grace, episode IV
• The finale of Fall from Grace, Episode V
• Tabletop Warlords video Batreps with ‘Road Block’ from The Raiders of Bronvar

[Tim Bancroft]

During the COVID hiatus, I’m continuing to publish background material and solo- or play-at-home scenarios, rules and material.

First off, we’ve invited players to write action fiction for Antares in an short (500-1000 words) fiction competition: https://www.gatesofantares.com/fiction-invitation/

And to support that, some useful background on the greatest of all treasures, Gatebuilder Artefacts: https://www.gatesofantares.com/gatebuilder-ruins-artefacts/

We’ve also published a pair of solo scenarios – a Gulper Safari (https://www.gatesofantares.com/scenario-gulper-safari/) and an assault on an nanofactory defended by turretr drones or weapon emplacements (https://www.gatesofantares.com/scenario-gauntlet/)

Mathias Hanisch (Vacui), from Bavaria, Germany loves the universe of Antares and is playing it a lot in his local store. He’s also a musician and decided to make an EP of electronic music inspired by the lore of Antares: https://soundcloud.com/<wbr />tearsinvoid/sets/inside-the-<wbr />machine

Lastly, the Freeborn Shard have another episode interviewing the TableTop Warlords: https://anchor.fm/the-freeborn-shard/episodes/2-1-The-TableTop-Warlords-ecdgis

 

[MrPieChee]

The recent articles in the warlord newsletters should probably go front and center on the Nexus – they are great reads and a great way to get new players interested!

[Tim Bancroft]

Thanks, and pleased you enjoyed them.  Once a few hiccups have been sorted we’ll get round to putting the relevant info on the Nexus in a downloadable form. 🙂

[MrPieChee]

Great to hear. As many have said, I’m loving this renewed push in Antares. Even without new model releases, the articles are great to have!

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