On 19th November 2014, I had the privilege of sneaking-into one of the playtesting sessions for Beyond the Gates of Antares. I joined gamescribe Rick Priestley, and his loyal playtesting companion – Nick Simmerson. Aim of the Playtesting Session Today, we had a brand new scenario to try-out – featuring a Transmat Station (essentially a…
Here’s more eye candy from our up-coming science-fiction game – Beyond the Gates of Antares. This week we take a look at the ferocious Lavamites – creatures enslaved by the Boromites to aid their mining processes. Fitted with implants, the Boromites are able to direct them in a drone-like manner. During mining operations, the Boromites…
Boromite Overseer team As humanity spread rampant across all of Antarean space, colonies arose upon a vast variety of worlds – each uniquely dissimilar to Earth. Over generations, these isolated populations evolved to suit their situation – breathing alien atmospheres, enduring unimaginable pressures and gravities. In many cases, these evolutionary advancements were artificially accelerated by…
We’ve got even more eye candy from our up-coming science-fiction game – Beyond the Gates of Antares. This week – how about some fire support for the Boromite forces in the form of the Mag Light Support? Magnetic weapons (or ‘Mag Weapons’ for short) propel a metallic, metal-coated or metal-cored projectile by means of a…
On the evening of Wednesday 10th September 2014, some of the Mail Order Team descended upon John Stallard’s Gaming Den to sample the latest incarnation of the Gates of Antares. Different staff-members have been involved in the playtesting process at different stages, so there was a mixture of new players, players who had perhaps played…
The Boromite guilds create huge fractal cannons to defend themselves and sometimes try to take what they believe is rightfully theirs too. They weaponise their industrial machinery, trusting in solid engineering. The Heavy Frag Borer has a fairly short range, being primarily a mining tool, however when it hits it locks on to it’s target…
We’ve just about completed sculpting the first batch of Boromite models for the Antares game, so this week I thought we’d take a look at the completed paint jobs of the Boromite gangers with mag guns and the Lavamites together with their handler. The final selection of Boromite troops are equipped with short-ranged mass-compactors –…
The Boromites were bred as a specialised workforce – adapted to handle incredibly difficult and dangerous tasks in hostile environments. Though they are naturally a itinerant and insular species, they will take up arms if attacked or wronged – using adapted forms of their work tools to defend their own. This great deal aimed to…
Rich Dando
Andy Hobday
Graham Davey
