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Too Many Stars to Count Interstellar travel in Beyond the Gates of Antares, part III By Tim Bancroft In the previous parts of this series of articles, we looked at the first interstellar flight of a young citizen of the PanHuman Concord, Dorun Metarl, and his subsequent career in the PanHuman Concord’s survey shard….
Interstellar travel in Beyond the Gates of Antares, part II By Tim Bancroft In the previous part of this series of articles, we looked at the first interstellar flight of a young citizen of the PanHuman Concord, Dorun Metarl. We followed his first interstellar flight through the Gates of Antares aboard the massive liner, The…
Interstellar travel in Beyond the Gates of Antares, part I By Tim Bancroft This is an Beyond the Gates of Antares story intro. Interstellar travel using the gates of Antares is both fascinating and dangerous. The sentience that is the Antares transdimensional engine tickles the imagination of any vaguely curious citizen of the PanHuman Concord. The simple…
We’ve got a fantastic treat for all you Antares fans – a collection of short stories from the pen of Tim Bancroft! Follow the exploits of Prince Batu & his bodyguard Baray across the Determinate! This is a collection of stories based in the game universe of Beyond the Gates of Antares, created by Rick…
Before the Antares activity for 2018 gets underway…let’s take a look back at 2017 and what a year it has been! Happy New Year! 2017 saw a continued expansion to the Antares range. We finished the core units for each faction, released the Chryseis Shard supplement, Hazard suits, several new M4/T7 based vehicles, more Ghar…
The Hükk Hunts What do Hükk do? Part 2, Antares fiction by Tim Bancroft. Ban Stass wiped his hands down the front of his coveralls. The hold stank – whether it was from the cargo of rotting flepods he’d just unloaded to the Ghar or from the filthy Outcasts themselves he didn’t know. The stars…
The Hükk Hunts What do Hükk do? Part 1, Antares fiction by Tim Bancroft. ‘I don’t like it.’ Fen Mahr tapped the table with a fingernail. ‘He may be insulted.’ ‘He?’ Across the table, Commander Es Thal had a faint smile on his face. ‘It, then. And it’s not something to scoff at, either. The…
By Rick Priestley and Tim Bancroft (This replaces an earlier article written to support the Alpha version of the playtest rules). This is one of a number of articles explaining some interesting aspects of the rules for Beyond the Gates of Antares and how they have been developed from the original Bolt Action rules. This…
Journey through the Gates of Antares (terrain time) – part 5! By Jon Harrington Read Part 1 here. Read Part 2 here. Read Part 3 here. Read Part 4 here. Terrain. The Kar’A Nine boxed set comes with a set of cardboard templates you can use for terrain. These are fine for starting out but I prefer 3D…
An Antares hobby article by Wayne Clayton It has often struck me as odd how rare it is to see a spaceship on the gamers table, and the ones that do appear often lay scattered across the battlefield in smoking ruins. So I decided to attempt to build one from scratch! The primary goal…
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