We sat down with legendary game designer Rick Priestley, to give us the lowdown on his inspirations and thought processes for his Bolt Action Soviets… Why Soviets? I really liked the look of the plastic Russian infantry – nice designs and poses and the kit is jam-packed with weapon options. You can pretty much build…
These new miniatures from Lucid Eye Publications are ideal for Warlords of Erehwon. From undead skeletons and Amazons to Frog Kings! The Maxzans 1 Three 28mm white metal miniatures supplied with 30mm display bases. Supplied unpainted. Sculpted by Steve Saleh. View in Store The Maxzans 2 Three 28mm white metal miniatures supplied with 30mm…
Rick Priestly gives us his insights on Antares latest expansion – Chryseis Shard. The Chryseis Shard book is the second in our series of Antares supplements following The Battle for Xilos. The idea is to explore the Antares universe, expand its fighting forces, and develop the game whilst continuing the story arc that started with…
We’ve managed to lure world-renowned games designer Rick into the Warlord offices with the promise of a ‘nice cup of tea’ – he’s such a cheap date! Let’s hear what Rick has to say on basing your troops… It will surely surprise no one to hear that Hail Caesar has been designed with 28mm models…
With a brand new German translation of the Hail Caesar rulebook just out, and the hugely detailed supplement Age of Caesar hitting the stores this weekend, we decided to revisit these designer’s notes from the author of said tome, Rick Priestley… Rick: This time round I thought I’d talk a little bit more about the…
“The Black Powder game is a ‘toy soldiers first’ type of game – we have tailored our rules of play to suit our collections of models. The object of the game rules is to allow us to utilise our armies. Let us not imagine for a moment that the armies are mere tokens in a…
Author of many leading game systems, including our own Hail Caesar and Black Powder, Rick Priestley is clearly someone to listen to – especially if that conversation involves chickens, tea or, at a push, wargames. So, when he brought in his new Hail Caesar casualty marker conversions we knew you’d want to see them.. Over…
To celebrate the anniversary of games designer and tea connoisseur, Rick Priestley, joining the Warlord Games team, we would like to offer a limited number of hand-signed Black Powder and Hail Caesar books. The books will contain Rick’s signature (and, if we’re lucky, some of the other people involved in the producing of the books…
In Conversation with Rick Priestley – The Brains Behind Black Powder Courtesy of Wargames Illustrated Magazine Introducing Rick: Rick Priestley is Games Workshop’s creative director and games designer. Not much of a gaming nature passes through the Workshop gates without Rick’s eyes passing over it. He was one of the original designers behind Warhammer, and…
Phew! What a great day! Saturday 28th November saw a gathering of like-minded souls who had come from near and far to the doors of Maelstrom Games’ superb new gaming facility in Mansfield. They were there to celebrate the launch of Warlord Games’ highly acclaimed new Black Powder rules. Garry, from Maelstrom played host to…
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