We’re seeing a new rumor today that claims a fantasy Antares is currently in the works. Come find out the latest on “Fantares”.
Faeit revealed a new rumor today, claiming that their sources let them know that Rick Priestley is currently in the beta and early development stages on a new fantasy Antares game. That part is true, but the comments and additional information from their “sources” cannot be confirmed.
This is just a rumor and we highly recommend you add plenty of salt. Let’s take a look at what they had to say about Fantares.
via sources on Faeit 212
Factions in the Beta Rules and Model Types
Barbarian, dwarven, elven, beastmen, gnoll war party, goblin, orc and goblin, “knightly warband”, “Olympian warband”, orc warband and undead host.Types
Heroes, mage, infantry, cavalry, chariots along with some war machines and the occasional creature here and there.
More Sources on Faeit 212
That Bolt Action Rumour about fantasy is actually “Fantares” It’s a version
of Beyond the Gates of Antares that Rick Priestley is working on, early
beta testing so far. The intent is that you can use existing fantasy
collections to play a game similar to Antares.It’s not bolt action and warlord aren’t all that interested in releasing
fantasy miniatures so they might not publish it.Comments on Faeit 212
Kelvin Green
It’s a fantasy version of Beyond the Gates of Antares rather than Bolt Action (unless they are doing both); it was being playtested at an event over the weekend, I believe. The working title is “Fantares”.Lord Askanidog
Was first mentioned around December last year, and it uses Beyond the Gates of Antares as a base not BA. So d10s are the main dice used. Mothers is a video floating around YouTube of a game with Rick Priestley. “Fantares” is what it has been dubbed at this stage
Rick Priestley designed Warhammer 40,000 back in 1987, and now it looks like he’s hard at work on a new game. He can be seen playtesting the new game he is calling Fantares in the video below. This was filmed at the Warlord 10th anniversary event that took place October 14 and 15th.
The overall concept is a fantasy version on Antares, a popular game from Warlord Games, but apparently WG has not signed on to it yet. We don’t know much outside of these latest rumors and the playtest video, so make sure you’re checking back in with us for the latest updates on Fantares.
What do you think about a fantasy version of Antares? Is it something you would play?
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