UK based Mantic Games has secured the exclusive rights to produce a miniatures game for The Walking Dead and for a series of expansions. The main game will include plastic sculpts for characters like Rick and Carl while the expansions will add fan favourites like Glenn and Michonne. The deal with Skybound Entertainment creates a […]
Dungeon Saga: The Dwarf King’s Quest wins thousands of backers
Nottingham’s Mantic Games asked for $50,000 for a classic adventure board game. The campaign runs out at the end of August. What’s happened since launch? At the time of writing the game has raised over $420,000 in pledges from over 3,200 backers. [Back this Campaign] This is a game with Mantic’s usual flare for models, […]
Origins names nominees for the best tabletop games of 2013
The Origins Games Fair is a big one. It runs from June 12th to 16th this year in the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio, USA. It showcases board games, tabletop roleplaying games, CCGs, miniatures, LARPs and has an electronic games room this year. The Origins Awards is run by The Academy of Adventure […]
Mantic opens pre-orders for the Veer-Myn with picture teasers
Mantic Games are taking pre-orders for the Veer-Myn armies. The Veer-Myn (pronounced vermin) are a Warpath race. They are the descendants of rats from cargo ships, mutating over time, that eventually became the Veer-Myn and started to explore other planets or other people’s ships.
Paint battles: Hornby to challenge Games Workshop
Last week Hornby issued a market statement that contained the dread words; “below current market expectations”. This is never good. Hornby currently have a net debt of £8.5 million – but that’s down from £12.8 million a year ago. Hornby’s challenge seems pretty clear. Who’s buying Scalextric at a time of heightened job insecurity? Hornby […]
