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The Next Warhammer 40k? Warpath Aims High!

By Rob Baer | September 15th, 2015 | Categories: Kickstarter, Mantic, Warpath

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Mantic is about to launch a new Kickstarter for their Warpath miniature line, as they look to start competing directly with Warhammer 40k. Come see the latest!

If you play 40k you’ve probably seen Warpath on the shelf at some point but never really pulled the trigger fully on the miniatures. Well the time may be coming soon when you’re going to want these minis for YOUR tabletop.

 

Via Mantic

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The Warpath Kickstarter will start next Monday 21st September. The project will go live at 1:30pm BST and there will be a number of highly limited early bird pledges available.

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What is Warpath

Just like Kings of War, Warpath is a set of rules for playing squad-based sci-fi games, following the Mantic philosophy for games design:

– They are simple to learn

– They allow for fast games

– They are fun

– They allow you to scale your games, from small battles to fully fledged planetary invasions!

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From a gameplay point of view, Warpath is different from Deadzone, even though they are both set in the same universe and share the same miniatures range (although large Warpath miniatures like Tanks and Flyers probably won’t feature in Deadzone!).

Deadzone is a game system for playing small skirmishes where every miniature is independent, in a tight and claustrophobic battlefield. The largest Deadzone games are the smallest Warpath games, they are specialist mission going on against a backdrop of all-out war.

This is where the squad rules come in – they facilitate faster gameplay whilst simulating larger scale warfare on bigger battlefields, from just a couple of squads and a commander to apocalyptic-sized armies with legion of infantry and squadron of vehicles in support.

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With the Warpath Kickstarter, we are funding two rulebooks – Warpath and Warpath: Firefight – enabling you to play Warpath in a way that suits you. Over the course of this week, we’ll be explaining what Warpath and Warpath: Firefight are, and their differences.

We’ll also be exploring what you can expect from the Kickstarter, more on each of the races, and maybe a sneak peak or two of some of the miniatures we have lined up as stretch goals, later this week.

Well that seems straight forward enough, look to be able to play BIG games or skirmish level engagements with the new rules set.

It’s been said that Kings of War is “the next Warhammer Fantasy”, so  I imagine that Mantic has no qualms setting themselves up to have “the next 40k game” as well.  Looks like Warpath will be bringing the heat to the tabletop soon!

– What would you like to see most from Warpath?

About the Author: Rob Baer

Virginia Restless, Miniature Painter & Cat Dad. I blame LEGOs. There was something about those little-colored blocks that started it all... Twitter @catdaddymbg