There are a few recurring questions which regularly crop-up around the Antares community from new players… “I’ve bought the Xilos Horizon starter set – how should I assemble the models?” “What should I arm my models with?” “What do I buy next?” Seasoned Antares veteran, and regular contributor to the Warlord Newsletter, Tim Bancroft is on…
The end of the month is fast approaching – and with it comes the deadline for the inaugural Beyond the Gates of Antares Painting Competition Be sure to have your entries posted as soon as is possible to ensure that you’re in the running! For full details, guidelines etc – have a look at this…
by Tim Bancroft and the Boscombe Down & Amesbury Wargames Club On the 16th and 17th July a wargames convention was held in Devizes. Attack! is a popular, annual event that has run for many years and now attracts a good number of well-known wargames vendors in the UK, including Warlord Games. Its main focus,…
Come and join us for Episode Five of the Battle For Xilos Campaign where the forces of Warlord Games’ Beyond The Gates Of Antares clash in this epic struggle. The Slave Pits are open… View Episode Five “Fartok is pursuing his arch-enemy Karg and has tracked him down to the unexplored world of Xilos. Fartok’s Outcast…
Justin Shearer of the Freeborn Shard Podcast continues talking us through his thought processes when starting a new army for Beyond the Gates of Antares – if you missed last week’s instalment, take a look here. Last time we convened, we were finalising the initial Algoryn Scouting Force list – not to be the strongest 500…
Shots echoed down the tunnels and a gabble of voices erupted from Ceahray’s commlink. She listened briefly, then jogged back through the tunnels to the small group of injured. Batu Delhren was not looking good: already a crust of dust-like growth had spread over his torso from the wound on his leg. The only relief…
The first scenario of the Battle for Xilos is a raid by Algoryn Infantry in drop capsules to seize a vital defensive asset: a Ghar Quantum Gravity generator (QG generator). The Ghar QGs are causing havoc with the Concord’s nanosphere, making a forced landing by the troops of the Concord Combined Command almost impossible. In…
Tim Bancroft strikes again! Tim is becoming a more-and-more regular contributor to the Warlord Games Newsletter – having shared a wealth of his own Antares Fiction, and some of his other musings on the game, the universe and so much more! Not only that, but Tim also co-hosts the Freeborn Shard Podcast alongside Justin Shearer…
Batu came round. His thinking was fuzzy, suggesting extraordinarily powerful analgesics. The world around him was dark, vague patches of light on walls and a low ceiling. ‘He’s got to be told.’ A voice, Baray’s. ‘If you so request.’ Ceahray’s voice. A face loomed over him, a blue eyepiece and a dark eye in a…
Justin of the Freeborn Shard Podcast has been in a quandry of late – which Beyond the Gates of Antares army should he collect next, and how? We previously featured his decision-making process, to show how he landed upon his decision to collect Algoryn – and today we follow-up with his initial thoughts on where to…
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