Weekender: Prepare For The Resurrection Of Confrontation & The Best Dr Who?
April 7, 2018 by brennon
We've got a packed show for you this week and importantly the announcement of a MASSIVE prize alongside Sans-Detour for Confrontation Classic which should make you rather excited!
Weekender Podcast Download
Watch out for more on that in the show but make sure to share all your thoughts and comments below on everything we discuss here today.
Updates
We have a Live Q&A on Monday 12pm BST for all you folks interested in the Historical side of things. Our Historical Editor Oriskany will be joining us to talk about his Americans In Tunisia article series which finished up this week.
If you have any questions get them ready and we'll pose them to him during the livestream.
Also, there will be NO WEEKENDER next weekend as Sam, Justin, Lance and Ben are going to be heading off to London for Salute 2018. If you're coming along make sure to pop on over and say hi as we dash around!
Warlord Games Talk Doctor Who!
Sam sits down as our resident Whovian with the folks from Warlord Games (he clearly teleported in from his wizarding adventures) to talk about some of the models they've been making for their Doctor Who range.
Namely, this discussion focuses in on the Dominators & Quarks!
News Time
We also dive into some awesome news from the week...
- Starship Samurai - Plaid Hat Games announce their new board game.
- Gloomhaven Expansion - Forgotten Circles adds even more awesome to this mammoth game.
- Cryxian Pirates - See what else Privateer Press has been adding to the mix for your themed forces.
- Twilight - Delve into a world full of original and interesting creatures with this Fantasy skirmish game.
What caught your eye from the news this week?
Confrontation Classic & Resurrection!
We have a quick chat with Sans-Detour about their plans for not only Confrontation Classic but also Resurrection as they look to bring this amazing Fantasy world back to the tabletop this year.
Considering so many of us missed out on the models first time it's nice to see them bringing back such an expansive range of beautiful sculpts.
Kickstarters
Make sure to check out these Kickstarter projects...
- Armoured Digital - A rather awesome game of Sci-Fi combat using ace 15mm tanks with some nice mechanical tweaks too.
- Arena: The Contest - Part PvP game, part PvE experience. This looks like it could be a great Fantasy epic for the tabletop.
- Unbroken - Fancy diving into a solo game? This one looks tough and welcomes a repeat play-through!
Will you be backing any of these projects?
Competitions - WIN Doctor Who & Confrontation Classic Models!
We have some awesome competitions for you to get stuck into this week. To begin with, we're going to be giving away the awesome 11th Doctor & Companion Set from Warlord Games.
Additionally, with the Kickstarter just around the corner on April 17th Sans-Detour have also put forth an awesome prize. You could win...
Confrontation Kickstarter Core Box Pledge containing 178 Models from all 16 factions + every miniature unlocked during the campaign!
...so stay tuned to the show to find out how you win those models for yourself. The winner will be announced at Salute next week!
We also have some winners who need to Claim Their Prizes. So, if you entered to win...
- Sohei Warrior Monks, DreadBall Week Launch Bundles, AdeptiCon Prizes
...make sure to drop your claim in if you hear your name. Do a favour for a friend and let them know if they've won too!
Have a great weekend!
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happy weekend and the best dr who will always be Tom Baker anyone who says different does not a real Whovian:-)
have not watched so am answering the question on the title 🙂
*is
The one and only.
Ok so now I have watched the show, I shall expand on my reasons that the Forth Doctor aka Tom Baker is by far the best.
1. He was the first Doctor I remember
2. He brought something that no other doctor before or since has brought to the doctor and that is range of different personalities.
3 Jelly Babies
4. K9
5. Romana a female Timelord that provided an great counter point to the Doctor.
6. The Stories whilst the special effects were limited the stories were really great and you did not notice them. State of Decay was my all time favourite story.
7. Tom Baker was and still is passionate about the character as his appearances have been.
8. The Hat and Scarf are iconic
Sadly with regards to confrontation it totally passed me by so I have no idea about any of the factions so I will have to pass on that 🙂
Happy Weekend!
TGIW and happy weekend everyone
Put the date in my diary for Confrontation.
Like Rob have not watched yet but did like Tom Baker as he was the Dr when I was a kid. I thought McCoy was good as well and could have been great if he had been given a decent run at it
I did like McCoy and he seemed especially comfortable playing him for the McGann movie even though he wasn’t in it for long. Also my favourite story arc came from Sly’s run, viking vampires in world war 2 you say…. sign me up
It’s the Weekend!!
Showing my age, but John Pertwee (#3) defined the role for me…#4 was a bit too relaxed.
Jon Pertwee was a comedy actor who wanted to play the Doctor in a serious way, but compared to his predecessors he also wanted the Dr to have more personal interactions with his companions. The template for a Dr who cared about the individuals around him was born.
Fun show
The best doctor. Tom Baker. He was the doctor I grew up with and he has been in the most series of all the doctors. How can you not like Pyramids of Mars. I’ll give Tenant 2nd place. I would be surprised if anyone over 35-40 didn’t choose Tom Baker.
Thanks for the show Team – have been getting smashed at work of late so the mental de-stress provided by this weeks Weekender was greatly appreciated 🙂
I don’t usually jump in on competition posts, but because it’s Confrontation… Favourite Confrontation faction would have to be the Kelts, no question. Was at a con and just had my Empire WHFB army smashed to bits in the opening game due to failed leadership rolls… Had a bye next round so went to do some retail therapy and stumbled across a few of the Confrontation minis, which were just going out of production at the time. I saw the Fianna Champion model and fell in love with the range there and then. I used her as the centrepiece for a Slaneesh army I started putting together that weekend (Because immune to psychology – Take that evil forces of Leadership checks!).Have been picking up the range second hand whenever I could ever since. And I will definitely be all over this kickstarter like a metaphor for a gamer who is all over a kickstarter. Which I think means that I am excited for this 🙂
My favourite Confrontation force is Lions of Alahan. It;s always great to be on the good side.
Though my lead pile is slowly getting out of control, I would love to tip it over the edge with the Confrontation prize. My favourite faction has always been the dwarves of mid noir, how can anyone not love Frankenstien cthulhu dwarves, such imaginative and original sculpts.
I just did a search on those models and.. holy crap, they are amazing! So torn between the living dead and them now!
My favorite doctor is Doctor Kevorkian! 😀 (am not a Dr. Who fan)
For my Confrontation faction choice: The Living Dead of Acheron. Being an evil, undead loving git, they are definitely my pick. The models are amazing as well. Dwarf zombie? Hell yes
I have to agree with elysium64 it’s the dwarves of mid noir
I never knew of confrontation the first time round but I was immediately taken by the wolfen when I first saw cmon doing something similar. Seeing those classics now, some of the dwarves are getting me but all of those wolfen of yllia are stunning.
I partly agree with @warzan Christopher Eccelstone was great, he had a real edge that I don’t think any previous Doctor had. I but for me Tom Baker really was my favoutire, I still recall the horror I felt in the episode from Meglos where he turned into that human cactus thing, in fact I shudder now thinking about it.
Favourite confrontation faction has to be alchemists of dirz. I mean come on! Fleshcrafting biomechanical cyberknights!
I have the Abberation Prime still in his plastic tray, there is just so much on it that I’ve never wanted to actually glue him together, first use of restic I’d ever seen. Scorpions are beautiful and some day will become my kings of war sons of korgan
Confrontation all in pledge ? That price is truly amazing !
Wow, after 21 years of active LARPing, no one explained better how to play a character in LARP then Warren did here…
Agree with Warren, Ecclestone saved Dr.Who but my favourites have to be David Tennant as he was simply brilliant, and the Girl in the Fireplace is my all time favourite episode of any made, but I also loved Jon Pertwee as he was my Dr. growing up.
As for confrontation, it’s werewolves all the way for me from the old game.
Great show guys, see you at Salute.
It’s always hard to pick a favourite doctor out of the bunch. Pushed to it though it’d have to be Tom Baker, as he was the doctor I saw the most growing up and just seems to be the quintessential Doctor. For me out of the new ones Peter Capaldi and David Tennant are the two I’d pick.
As for the Confrontation I’d have to settle on the Dwarves of Mid-Nor, I love the Cthonian larvae and the Cyclops of Mid-nor. Such great sculpts.
Super super awesome, 🙂
Best Dr Who for keeping in character was Silvester McCoy, his regeneration had gone wrong and his mind was scrambled, but in each episode he became a little more coherent as his body repaired the damage.
Favourite faction in Confrontation is The Lions of Alahan just love the use of bone, blues and reds in their colour scheme.
You are correct Warren, Tom Baker is the Doctor, he had that booming voice that had real gravitas but also the wild hair (and eyes) really added to his quirky madness. Also so many great stories with a lot of Cthulhu based stories, and proper stories with arcs over time, not the current monster of the week shite.
Confrontation, wow that’s an unfair question, it’s like asking someone to pick their favourite child. I own quite a lot of minis from across the factions because they were sooo good how could you not. The Griffins had a lovely witch hunter feel, but the Lions Falconers and wizards really gave that medieval feel though. Both Wolfen and Devourers have superb figures, the Prowler screamed super cool samurai and the Watcher could have stepped out of ancient Ireland, but the over armed Tyrant of Vile Tis looked like a werewolf birthed from a nightmare of Darth Maul and the Eclipsante poised on one paw with sword hidden behind her back could have been sketched from Kurosawa film, never has a static pose given so much dynamic menace ^^
I could go on and on and on for every faction … so I will
okay, I won’t I can feel those glares, but I will say my favourite faction is probably the Sessair clan Kelts, two reasons, firstly I’m Irish and the Kelt clans draw massively on Irish myth, and secondly they were the first minis I ever saw on Jen Halely’s original blog Paintrix and consequently the first I ever bought. Which was no simple task in the early days of interweb shops and no such thing as a FLGS in the whole country.
Check out Kelen the Thirteenth Voice, a scythe carrying druid balanced on a rock. But what a lot of people miss is the fragile leaf delicately held in his other hand, quite simply a stunning portrayal of a druid and his role in the clan balanced between life and death.
I loved the orcs of bran o Kor from the old rackham minis range for confrontation. They just looked like orcs as I saw them in my own head as a kid.
I have to go for Matt Smith as my doctor, he played the dr as I wanted to see, a bumbling genius, so on the edge of being cold and caring, he summed up the stress that the dr must absorb and how his character has to deal with so much, plus Fez’s and bow ties are cool.
Surely the best Dr was Az? Who can forget that epic death scene in that most distinguished and memorable episode, such depth of emotion and gravitas, it cemented his name in the who’s who of dr whoness of dr who’s for any dr who fan that was wondering who the best dr who whas.
Tennant is my favourite Doctor. He brought a full range of emotions to the role along with intensity when needed. I don’t think eccleston was given enough of a chance to really grab the role and I haven’t seen much of the mold stuff, althought I want to work through it (Netflix, please help). I’d love to see a miniseries following the brief life of the War Doctor. I was surprised that didn’t happen immediately.
I’ve always been a big fan of the Scorpion of Dirz. Original background and character design.
As it comes to Doctor Who, I´m born and raised in germany, the only classic Doctors we grew up to where Sylvester McCoy and later (Yes, later) Colin Baker. The dub was bad and the episodes wheren´t in order.
So my first love to Doctor Who came with Christopher Eccleston, he was awesome, the chemistry between him and Piper was magical, and then, after 1 Season… Kaputt.
But wait, there was a new Doctor, he first looked like a ferret and I told myself “Nah, this is not the Doctor” and what should I say: David Tennant grew to me to be the best Doctor ever. Meanwhile I am a big Whovian, I watched the Classics too, Tom Baker was the best in his era. If I would grew up to Baker as the Doctor, yes, he would be my favourit, but no, it is David Tennant and Christopher Eccleston in a very close second place.
I missed confrontation first time around. They have some amazing models, but I think I’d be in for the Ophidian Alliance because Snakemen. Otherwise the dwarves and orcs are super characterful.
Confrontation sculpts were fantastic, but I believe these ones will be plastic and I don’t really understand why they chose to do only a full box with minis from all the factions… who wants to buy all the factions 🙂 ?… Will have to see how the Kickstarter goes, but not too sold on this one yet.
Dwarves of Mid-Nor my favourites of course, such a unique faction and the Incubuses of the Despot probably in my top 10 of favourite minis!
David Tennant best Dr. and great actor!
they aren’t doing a single box with all the factions, the pledges will be faction specific. So if you want Kelts you just need to back the Kelt box
I beg your pardon, you are correct it is a giant box. Hopefully they’ll split it down though. Time will tell
Happy Weekend!
Wow, the Doctor Who minis are looking awesome personally My favourite Doctors (How can anyone choose just one?) were (in no particular order).
Jon Pertwee (Venusian Aikido,”Hai”).
David Tennant ( I’m the Doctor, I’m 904 years old, I’m from the planet Gallifrey in the constellation of Kasterborous. I’m the Oncoming Storm, the Bringer of Darkness and you are basically just a rabbit, aren’t you? OK, carry on… just a general warning.).
However, if I had to choose an absolute favourite, Tom Baker (3 words, Would You Like A Jellybaby?”).
Any chance that the Torchwood crew will be joining the lineup? Methinks, much Time-Travel Tense Trouble will/is?has be(en/ing)?) had 😉
Good grief! SO many tempting Kickstarters, help…
Not sure I remember, probably because I spent so much time in the big familiar wargaming bunker that is 40K, but what I’m seeing is very tempting.
Awesome show guys 😀
Favorite Confrontation army is the Tir-Na-Bor Dwarves. I have my dwarven bag piper who has been my bard for several campaigns!
Wolfen of Yillia, brilliant minis
My favourite Confrontation faction is Griffin. I still remember them from the old Ravage Magazine I read as an adolescent. Their militaristic knightly order look appeals to me. Definitely badasses in a badass setting. Gotta love it. And the character of the range is unique in the hobby. Each faction is distinct and full of heart. Love it!
The alchemists of Dirz were my favourites and some of the basic clones were my favourite of all. Very happy for this kickstarter but again, every faction? I’m not sure I’d back that. If single faction pledges were an option I’d have probably picked two already (alchemists of Dirz and griffons).
Favourite Dr for me was Tom Baker. It’s usually the Dr that you grew up with and Tom was there in my childhood, and the fact that he was as mad as a box of frogs!
I sadly hadn’t have the change to play Confrontation as rackham was already gone and our local hobby store hadn’t much of the game anymore. But I liked the wolfen a lot because of their feral tribal clan feel. Only problem was that my brother like these as well.
Have to say the WULFEN for confontation are my favorite faction,what is not to like with warewolves.THe second faction would have to be the Devourers…..All the confrontation stuff is awsome!
My better half,Helena was watching over my shoulder and has said…Do we have to eat..we must get that kickstarter..After Salute mind.Got a fallen angel! Back away she is mine guys
Happy Weekend guys
Sam Poots is the best doctor after poor Az fell foul of a Warren fart in the gaming room and died.
Really liking the look of Starship Samurai, I am a total sucker for Mecha. Think Justin and I could use this for a rematch after he beat the crap out of me at Giant Killer Robots.
I never came across Confrontation when it was originally released, sadly I was trapped in the Games Workshop bubble. Glad to see it make a resurgence as it has lovely models and such a broad range as well. Love the Ophidian Alliance as they have an almost Dark Crystal feel and I love the snake like reptilian skin.
Have a good day and interested to see what tomorrow’s show brings.
Confrontation pledge ? That price is truly amazing !
Wolfen for me~
@trewets Thanks for the complement.
@avernos I totally agree with your posts especially about the Druids.
I think I would say Sessair Clan Kelts would be my favourite as I love the complete contraction in the Druids. The are fire and brimstone, holders of death etc but they are also celebrators of life and how fragile and beautiful it can be .
Second favourite group would be the Wolfen as who doesn’t love a wearwolf……. is that right my little wear wolf @trewets.
David Tennant is fantastic but the passion of Christopher Eccleston, the ninth doctor had a fire in his belly like no other incarnation on there has been on Doctor Who.
Devourer of Vile Tis
1. Hyenna wolfes!
2. Blood elves!
3. I got the hole range built to AoR strength.
Favourite Confrontation faction is the Alchemists of Dirz – those Aberration Primes! I have the Confrontation board game (and expansion) called Hybrid, and many enjoyable moments exploring the Laboratories under the sand whilst Aberrations jumped out to take down the Griffins of Akkylannia. I could finally fill out all the playable models in Hybrid and its expansion!
For Doctor Who, Tom Baker is My Doctor. Doctor Who first aired in Atlanta on PBS in 1982. I was 8 and watched anything sci-fi that I could get my eyes on. I was hooked with the first episode, Robot. The early episodes were written with Jon Pertwee in mind, based on earth with UNIT. However, Baker quickly made the character his own, a mix of wit, humor, self reflection, action and tin dog.
I didn’t admire super heroes or sports stars. Instead, my hero was the intellect, the detective, the bearer of ludicrous fashion accessories, the negotiator, the pulp adventurer, the man without a gun. The Doctor is my hero, and he wears a scarf.
My favorite faction for Confrontation will always be the one I never collected: Dwarves of Mid-Nor. They are so cute and so creepy at the same time. And I love the whole voodoo doll theme.
I don’t know much about the original confrontation but the wolfen look amazing
Happy weekender everyone.
I always liked Christopher Ecclestone as the doctor, not a popular choice I know but the series then was fun and light hearted, you didn’t need a degree in physics to follow the plot.
Happy Weekend!
I see Justin has his GB mug back from it’s brief kidnapping last week!
Favourite Doctor? Well it has to be the one I grew up with. Tom Baker. He IS The Doctor for me, even had the scarf as a kid. 🙂
I often end up agreeing with Justin on these things, so I’m a bit surprised I’m with Warren on this one.
Chris Eccleston introduced me to Doctor who and without him I would never have watched. My next favorites are in the order I saw them: David Tennant and then Matt Smith.
I didn’t have access to Tom Baker or the others growing up so I don’t have that nostalgia pull, but I have gone back and watched some legacy episodes, and to be honest, between some of those episodes and David Tennant’s ‘School Reunion’, Sarah Jane has become my favorite companion.
I do encourage anyone who’s watched through the newer episodes already to go back and try to watch River Song’s episodes according to her timeline instead of the Doctor’s. Her story has actually misted my eyes a bit at times.
My favourite confrontation faction was and is always alchemists of Dirz, the biomancy element really gripped me and I loved playing a horde of basic clones with vargas metatron and scorpion oriflame 😀
My favourite Confrontation faction were Lions of Alahan. I loved those armours and clothes, like high elves crosed with orient.
Never played or collected Confrontation, but have admired the minis on line many times.
My favourite faction would probably be the Ophidian Alliance. Giant snake people FTW.
My favourite Dr Who was Tom Baker, hat, jelly babies and all, closely followed by David Tennant who shared a lot of the same feel
but Sylvester McCoy was probably the best despite being saddled with the worst writing Dr Who ever had, and a BBC desperate to cancel the show he put on a really inspired performance
I was never really into confrontation although a lot of the minis were cool (Drunes especially) the game never did it for me
Favorite faction in Confrontation?
Hard boiled, brutish charging, steam powered dwarfs of Tir-Na-Bor!
Dwarfs mounted on steam enhanced boars or dwarf with steam powered jet packs. Hir Karn! What is there not like?
The best Doctor is of course Tom Baker! He was *my* doctor growing up and his style and humour werejust great. Not only that but my sadly late girlfriend hand-knitted me a replica of his scarf – it’s probably the most precious object that I own.
My favorite Confrontation faction is the Ophidian Alliance.
Thanks for the great tip regarding Unbroken, I had missed that and it was a perfect gift for a friend of mine! Good work Ben! 🙂
Glad I could be of assistance 🙂
The Tenth Doctor because of his personality and wit plus he cares about everyone that surrounds him and he never quits
and i never had the minis of the confrontacion but i really would like all of these ones
My Doctor is also Tom Baker 🙂 He was the one I’ve seen first, and then, the most.
From the old Confrontation range, it was the Mid-nor that caught my attention, and while I don’t have any of them, those winged midgets of the range would fit my collection 🙂
The Confrontation faction that I think looked cool would be the Lions of Alahan, quite cool ones!
The best Dr Who
The first one William Hartnell/
I was a very scared 9 year old!
Favourite faction
The steampunk Dwarfs
Confrontation has awesome models across the board, but anyone who says their favorite range is not the Wulfen is wrong.
There were several factions in the old Confrontation that appealed to me, but I think the one I liked best was the Kelt Sessairs.
Having taken a look at all of the Confrontation factions my favorites have got be the Dwarves of Mid-Nor. I just love the idea of caterpillar bodied dwarfs as it is an idea for a monster I have never seen yet.
I was always Wolfen guy in Confrontation back in 2006 and I have orks in every system possible, but the golden Horde looking orks are very appealing.
Peter Davison was the doctor when I watched it in my youth and I had a fondness for Nyssa as companion. But David Tennant was the best of recent years.
As for Confrontation…. I’d say Cadwallon for the diversity… probably biased because I own City of Thieves boardgame.
For confrontation, it would have to be the Wolfen of Yllya.
If it helps Justin get in character. A 5 year old’s logic about Achilles from Mythic Battles. It is A-Kill-E as it cant be Achilles as there is only one of them.
It has to be wulfen for me because the models just have so much character. But any dark faction can field succubi so they would be close second
For Dr. Who Matt Smith is the best!
Alchemists of Dirz, in my opinion, have the greatest models and abilities! Can’t wait to pledge on the Kickstarter for Confrontation
My most favorite doctor was Jon Pertwee. Watching his turn on a whim was what got me into the show in the first place, so always a soft spot for him.
As to the Confrontation faction? Keltois Sessairs. Period. Hands down the best sculpts for the game and I’d ague some of the best ever in miniatures gaming. Also, so diverse. Minotaurs, centaurs, giants, warriors of several varieties, including the amazing amazon sculpts. Still have loads of them from the original series and hoard them even today.
Nearly all of the Confrontation sculpts were amazing, but they are the best faction.
5th doctor…. peter davison…introduced me to the cyberman in earthshock. David banks as the cyber leader was, as always will be “EXCELLENT ” ( who played the doctor in the stage play )
Those Confrontation goblins are still the most character I have seen in a miniature.
My doctor is Tom Baker.
As with warren, he was the doctor I grew up with, but its not just that. He had real gravitas, and while some doctors played it straight, the truth is that back then it was a completely over the top, with men in suits as monsters and so on, and he played up to that really well,
He didn’t take himself seriously, and for the show as it was, that was perfect.
Devourers of Vile-Tis were just the best band Rackham’s ever made!
For Confrontation, Devourers of Vile-Tis were my favourites.
Not just my favourite faction, but as I have said here before, Master of Carnage from that faction is my favourite miniature of all time. There is something extraordinary about the stance and look of that character, never really been able to put my finger on it, but to me its just the very best 28mm sculpt of them all.
Being from the USA and growing up without TV, my first introduction to Dr. Who was when I had moved in with my GF (now wife) and she had cable that included BBC America. My first intro to Dr. Who was David Tennant and I loved his assistant played by Billie Piper. Those are the characters that got me hooked and will forever be my favorites. Then I started to search out all things Dr. Who and was able to borrow from someone all of the Christopher Eccleston seasons and it was down hill from there. Thanks to Amazon Prime and Netflix I have been able to follow and keep up ever since.
For Confrontation faction? I never owned the game itself and played only at a local club when I was living in Virginia. However, when I played I liked to play Griffin. I loved the Griffin Duellist sculpt maybe because I loved Kill Bill and the sculpt was such a good bad ass women character. The other characters I was found of were Darkness Hunter because he reminded me of Solomon Kane and Fusilier Veteran because it is such a classic pose. Unfortunately I no longer live in VA and all I have is scans of the character cards and pictures to remember. I also played the Lions Faction and still have pictures of the Valkyrie of Alahan character.
I have the KS on my watch list. Waiting to see what they will have. However, Claustrophobia is also coming later this year so I will have to choose wisely as they say.
Time to wrap up this whole Dr. Who thing. My favorite Doctor was the one had a lot to do with me joining Beasts of War –
Dr. Dave @lafayette – Flames of War FTW! 😀
Boom. You’re welcome. 😀 😀
If you are definitely going to be pledging for the Confrontation Classic KS, be sure to download and read this newsletter and follow the instruction to get something extra with your pledge. http://www.sans-detour.com/public/Aarklash%20Post/Aarklash%20Post%20%234%20US.pdf
I never had the opportunity to play Confrontation but I would say my favorite faction, based on looks, would be the Ophidian Alliance
Favourite doctor has to be pertwee one of the few men who can get away wearing a cravat
Confrontation had a load of great factions, their undead were wonderful (especially the armoured zombies) and of course the wolfen. My favourite though would have to be the devourers, I mean heavy armored werewolf archers…just good stuff 🙂
Interestingly, it was Matt Smith I’ve first started to watch, but it was Tennant who got me hooked to the series 🙂
I never played the old Confrontation, but I liked the steampunk elements, like the Thermo Warriors
‘The Resident’ – is that Sam’s Time Lord name? ;p
On the best Doctor – I’m going to half disagree with Sam; Matt Smith is my favourite, Patrick Toughton is my second favourite. I agree on the similarity between the two which is probably why I rank them together. 🙂 I like the quirkiness they both have and aspect of a cunning, darker mind hiding behind the more childlike façade.
“That’s wizardry folks!” – nah @warzan, that’s Time Travel. ;p
Twighlight – is it bad that for a second I was worried someone had made a game based around sparkly vampires when you first said ‘twighlight’? D: Was relieved when my brain kicked into gear after a second and realised it was something else, *phew*
Deadly and murderous sheep – obviously you haven’t been in rural Wales after the pubs close on a weekend night Justin and Ben. ;p
Unbroken sounds interesting.
Can’t comment on the Confrontation comp unfortunately as I have zero knowledge of the system/setting and don’t really know much about the mini ranges. :(. I think they had ogre sized anthrowolves though, and anthros are cool.
Big haul of prizes won today – congrats to all the winners.
It is an almost impossible task to choose a favorite Confrontation faction as each of them have so much character and appeal. Is it possible to pick every faction as your favorite? I seriously like all of them for different reasons. If I had to narrow it down to just one faction I don’t know that is possible, but I’ll try. My favorite Confrontation faction is The Devourers of Vile-Tis. Truth be told though, I honestly don’t have a favorite faction as I like all of them, though some factions might appeal to me slightly more than some others.
I really loved seeing Matt Smith as The Doctor too for his overall quirkiness and light-heartedness. He was even funnier than Tennant imo and had great story arcs. I can’t speak for the old Doctors though as I haven’t come around to watching their episodes.
I’ve got to agree with Warren, for the same reason. I grew up watching Tom Baker, and he will always be THE Doctor for me. His smile always said, whether you were being an idiot, good intentioned but were just wrong, or had the right answer, he loved being with you anyway.
How can it be anything but the Wolfen? Easily the best models in the range overall. Plus, you know, wolf men.
I’ve never played Confrontation, and am not familiar with the faction’s gameplay, so just completely based on looks, the Cynwall Elves really look amazing to me. Would love to get to know all of the factions though, and re-evaluate.
I never thought Tom Baker would be surpassed but David Tennant did. Supported by some great writing I agree Peter Capaldi was let down by some terrible writing. I hope it picks back up again.
Both my friends love the wolven faction in Confrontation. I kinda like their Elvin faction but I never got into it before they went out of production. I think I was waiting for the plastics to come out for them but that never happened.
Love the confrontation minis especially the Dwarves.
Congrats to the winners. Lucky buggers winning the Dreadball stuff 😛
In regards to Confrontation, I loved the Wolfen. Big hard-hitting wolves who could really do hit and run style tactics if played correctly…. But then I really liked the Griffins, heavily armoured religious zealots who had riflemen… Why do i need to choose??? Ok ok…. Wolfen for their tactics. 😛
My favorite Confrontation faction was the Devourers of Vile-Tis. I’ve always loved werewolves, but seeing them not as some warriors of nature faction, but instead plate armor wearing masochists just made me fall in love with them. A close second was the Alchemists of Dirz, just with the whole Aliens vibe to them in the Hybrid board games.
My favorite confrontation faction would be the Griffin of Akkylannie ! Come on, what better than a bunch of fanatics templars and some miracles swinging around…
Dr. Who is my favorite Doctor. After all, they are all the same Doctor.
But seriously, it has been so long since I’ve seen the original series’ I don’t remember those Doctors well enough to pick one, so, I must choose Matt Smith. Besides the intriguing idea of custard and fish sticks, he did grow up to be Prince Philip.
The models look really cool.
Is that armoured digital 15mm? Those tanks look quite small for 15mm, more like 6mm or 10mm
Confrontation I always loved the look off.
My favorite faction must have been the DWARVES OF MID-NOR.
Or dwarves noir I think they were called back then.
They were so creepy with those little puppet things they had with them.
Always wanted them but never had the money to buy them when I was young.
Great that they are coming back.
Oooo. I also always wanted that cool troll in full metal armor. That was so cool looking.
Nostalgic. 🙂
Good show guys.
Not obvious Doctor Who choice – Paul McGann…
(waiting for shouts of derision to subside)
…specifically the web pre-Day of the Doctor short where he regenerates into John Hurt. Yes, the film sucked, but that wee short gave an amazing snippet of what might possibly have been if he had been left to do a proper run. Lump in me throat.
Confrontation had to be Goblins of No-Dan-Kar – because a) Goblins, dude! b) Funny Goblins, dude! c) Obviously…dude!
Hey all – thank you for another great show.
My favourite Confrontation Faction was by far the Goblins of No-Dan-Kar , all the minis for the original game were decades ahead of their time but those Goblins were awesome. How a figure so small can pack so much character into 28mm is beyond me.
My factions when I played Confrontation was Akkylannie Griffons with their big armor. And while I liked the models from most factions, I think the Wolfen were my favorite. I didn’t play them because too many people already played them in my local group. And the Orcs also always tempted me.
Regarding Confrontation, while I adore the female Wulfen models, my favorite from the old line has got to be the Kelt Drunes. They’ve got a sweet evil barbarian vibe going on without stumbling over into Warhammer-style chaos silliness.
Great show as always.
As for my favorite Doctor…it has to be Tom Baker. He was my first and solidified the character like no one before or since. He had wit, charm, style, humor, a floppy hat, a 14’ scarf, Sarah Jane and Lela and a ridiculous array of scenery-chewing adversaries. What more could anyone want?
In regards to Confrontation, I was blown away by the sculpts when they first came out and think that most of the stuff released today is still lacking by comparison. My favorite faction has to be the Goblins; pirates, ninja, trolls, mutants…all of the bases are covered!
The best confrontation faction is obviously the devourers of vile-tis. there is no competetion.
Mine is still my “first doctor”, being the 5th, Peter Davison. Because well, nostalgia is a tempting mistress… and he was the first one I ever watched.
And the Les Alchemistes du Dirz (in belgium, we could only get the french edition in the middle of the 90s) have always been my favorite models… and played great with all their in battle mutating
Okay – best Doctor – has to be Tom Baker, that scarf!
Confrontation – For me it has to be the Dwarfs of tir na bor – the armoured chariot is an awesome piece and who couldn’t say no to the armoured dwarfs. At the moment mine are used as my Frostgrave warband, the figures are excellently sculpted and the details mean they virtually paint themselves.
For Confrontation, I have to go with the Devourers. Badass giant wolf men about covers it.
I never watched all of the Dr. But I liked Christoper Eccleston’s delivery.
Great show guys!
What got me in Confrontation at the time was the Wolfen! Nice big models 🙂 Maybe now i could paint them up better 😉
Fave doctor? I discovered Dr Who with Tom Baker when i was a kid but David Tennant is my favorite one (and the writing was awesome to). I also agree with you @warzan about Christopher Ecclestone, i would’ve of like for him to have stayed a few more seasons!
See you on XLBS
Confrontation !!! – My one big hobby regret – talked myself out if it back in the day …. NOT THIS TIME !!!! 🙂
Because of I don’t have any in my Confrontation collection I’ll pick the goblins.
Best Doctor?
The Man,
The Doctor
The Scarf
Tom Baker
The Ophidian Alliance due to their amazing aesthetics and fun abilities on their units!
My favourite Confrontation force is the Goblins of No-Dan-Kar.
I’d go for Griffin! Missed the game the first time around!
For the confrontation competition – I would have to say the wolfen, because I have been a fan of warewolves since I first saw American Warewolf in London and I fell in love with the models at a time when every penny I had was going into another game, I always said I would “get to confrontation” when I finished what I was working on at the time .. and when the time came … Rakham was no more …
a fab show guys the Armoured Digital stuffs looking great.
I really enjoyed playing the Devourers faction in the original Confrontation. Wulfen were cool as giant werewolves, but the Devourers were evil giant werewolves with heavy armour, what more could you want!
Happy Weekend 😉 Confrontation is amazing!!! Missed out on it before….fingers crossed I can get my hands on the KS!! Mid Nor is for me, everything about them I love. They make me want to paint!
All the best to everyone,
Well I am sadly to young to have played confrontation. But I have seen great painters paint these legendary miniatures, great source of inspiration. I allso came in contact whit a Swedish rpg named dod trudvang the art for these covers where made by Paul Bonner how also did a lot of art for confrontation. Out of Bonners artworks my favorite is the wulfen standing on a mountain crop looking out across the tundra. There is nothing in gaming that can copare to the wulfen they are uniqe in looks and character expression. It would be great to paint these noble beasts of the wild.
I sould clarify that I am talking about the wolfen of yllia. Spelling is sometimes hard for a non native speaker.
I gotta go with Christopher Eccleston (9th Doctor). He was the first one that introduced me to the show and made me want to to look into the previous episodes.
side note: Sam looked like he would make a pretty good Doctor if he switched his wand for a Sonic Screw Driver 🙂
Mid-nor for me, undead demon Dwarfs with that puppeteer/Tim burton feel to them… Fantastic!!
The Wolfen of Yillia were always my favorite. I feel I will not be in the minority here.
Another fun show guys. Confrontation loved this game when it was out originally.
Remember Rackham’s in house magazine that came out every two to three months with extra/alternative stat cards for existing minis and game boards with some of the most beautiful art work for playing on. Now my favorite faction had to be the Wolfen of Yillia. The models were amazing and what’s not to like about giant werewolf themed creatures; that’s why Wrath of Kings have some of my favorite minis; they remind me so much of the Wolfen. Now I think I will have to watch Dog Soldiers; now if they aren’t on the movie screen Idon’t know what is. Keep up the excellent work and what you are mentioning about sheep are you referring to the film Black Sheep a New Zealand film about killer sheep with effects by Weta?
Tom baker, “jelly baby”?!
Christopher Eccelston. I wasn’t really a fan of doctor who previously, and I loved his portrayal. He was so intense but on the flip was fun and a little silly. Overall though, I loved his intensity.
As far as confrontation goes… the wolfen are the coolest minis ever produced.
My favorite Confrontation army were the Alchemists of Dirz. What first drew me to them were some of the best minis in the whole range, in my opinion, but after learning of their lore I was completely lost to them. How can you not love the clone creating, flesh manipulating and abomination birthing “monsters” that they are.
I still own a couple of models I still think are amazing even after all the years because I just couldn’t bring myself to sell them or trade them.
Super excited to get my hands on some Confrontation models, especially Creatures of Dirz. I was unlucky enough to be on my wargame hiatus when Racham was around so I missed out on everything but some clearance pre-paints.
That post Salute I want to get more mini’s feeling, sorry guys I only know the post Salute I’ve bought too many mini’s again feeling.
Confrontation, that brings back a few memories. I still have the books as the art work was just superb. I was looking for a witch hunter model one day and looked through the Griffen models at our LFGS (when we still had one) I found the perfect figure and bought it. I then went and looked at the rules, which I also loved, so ended up buying more Griffen gear to make an army up.
I will break my promise to myself and back the Kickstarter regardless, but wouldn’t say no to the prize…
Dr Who, I have vague memories of watching William Hartnell from under the kitchen table, it was scary for a 5 year old… back in those days we were about 5 years behind UK broadcasts dates, as it took that long to get viewing rights and ship the film out to us.
I think for Classic Who I’m torn between Davidson and McCoy, For new Who, it’s Tenant all the way (I do however feel Capaldi was short changed with his run – great actor/screen presence, let down by the stories)
I remember all the Dr Who’s and find it pretty hard to judge between them as hey have all been Doctors of their time (no pun intended). The one’s I have most enjoyed recently was Matt Smith and the classic has got to be Patrick Troughton. Also Matt Smith looks a bit like my son who is also a Dr Who fan
Favorite Confrontation faction: Living Dead of Acheron
Griffins of Akkylannian were always my favourites in Confrontation, I had the Hybrid board game too, the miniatures and artwork on the board were of such a high quality, and all their miniatures were always so covetable!
For Doctor Who, I’m going for Tom Baker too, he was ‘my’ Doctor Who when growing up, and even watching them again you can quite believe he is a 1000 year old, wisdom filled, alien!
my favorite confrontation clan got to be The Kelt of the Drunes, the models are amazing, very chaotic, monstrous .. they just look great
Though Jon Pertwee was my first Doctor, it has to be Tom Baker. And despite fond childhood memories of “The Curse of Peladon”, Roger Delgado in “The Sea Devils”, Jo Grant in “Planet of the Daleks” and “The Green Death”, the reassuring presence of UNIT, and other favourite adventures such as “Death to the Daleks”… it is still Tom Baker.
Tom Baker is absolutely the Doctor. Not because of the jelly babies, knitted scarf and so on, but because of “fugitive Traveller in Time and Space gravtitas”. Also, the Gothic Horror theme of his First three seasons, the Philp Hinchecliffe / Robert Holmes seasons, had my favourite Adventures: “The Arc in Space”, “Genesis of the Daleks”, “Pyramids of Mars”, “The Deadly Assassin” and “The Talons of Weng Chiang”.
Admitedly, Tom Baker did begin to outstay how welcome during the middle third of bis run – too much silliness, jelly babies and K9 for my liking. Things improved gradually with the arrivial of the wonderful Lalla Ward as Romana, with “Warrior’s Gate” being another of my favourite Adventures.
Totally lost interest in Doctor WHO during the second Peter Davidson season and have only watched the odd random episode since then. So, not really able to give an opinion on the new Doctors. Peter Capaldi’s more confused, “Alien” Doctor does remind me of the lonely, tormented soul that Tom Baker’s occassional melancoly seem to suggest.
And the Weeping Angels from David Tennant could be teleported into the Hinchecliffe/Holmes era no problem whatsoever – genuinely terrifying. Like those implacable, lumbering Egyptian mummies from the “Pyamids of Mars”… (nightmares)
How about a favourite Doctor WHO adventure, companion, adversary competition?
Lions of Alahan. With the great cavalry and even The Chimera thus faction had the best flowing lines in sculpt.
Great show as usual guys. I cant eait for Salute next week, I’ll be there with my boys so will keep an eye out for you all.
Now Dr Who… such a difficult question, I’ve loved all the doctors since the brought the show back and could watch any of there shows over and over again.
I’ve got to agree with Justin and Ben’s reasoning for David Tennant, during his time as the Dr on screen he revitalised the show and got us all watching again. Such a great actor and some awesome writing thoughout his seasons.
However….
My favorite has to be Matt Smith, a much younger doctor but a very old soul indeed. He had some awesome companions too that really helped him. I definitely enjoyed his more geeky approach, a fez and bow tie will forever be cool because of him 🙂
Confrontation is coming back!
That is hands down the best gaming news I have heard in a very long time.
Favourite Confrontation faction. Oh my gosh that’s so hard to answer.
I guess I should really say The Orcs of Bran-O-Kor as they were the models that initially drew me into the wonderful world of Confrontation. It was a strange choice for me as I have never been a fan of Orcs or Goblinoids in any other system. I think the big draw for these was their back story. These Orcs are not your typical evil dungeon dwellers, no these are noble warriors with a more neutral alignment. Escaping from the twisted and depraved Alchemist of Dirz scientists and struggling to make their own mark on the lands of Aaklash.
So for me I think it has to be my first love, The Orcs of Bran-O-Kor.
Plus they have Brontos riders.
Runners up for me in order are
The Dwarves of Mid-Nor. I mean what is there not to like about twisted stitched up Dwarves in the style of chess pieces. Plus they are absolute power houses on the tabletop.
The Griffins of Akkylannie. Who else can take a cannon to a skirmish?
The Alchemists of Dirz. The ability to use mutagenic abilities to alter your fighters each turn can really keep your opponent on your toes.
The Ophidian Alliance. Simply the best looking snakemen ever.
So for me it’s definately the Orcs. Love the models, really love the background story, they hold a special place in my heart for making me take the big step from Historical gaming to Fantasy gaming. In addition they will always remind me of some really great times with some amazing people I met whilst active in the UK Confrontation scene. Damn I wish I could have those days again.
Best Dr who has to be Christopher Eccleston, for me he had all of the best character traits of the other DRs, as you would have because they were all you. Just the right balance of wise, unhinged craziness!
The best Doctor?
It has to be Tom Baker, He had K-9, Romana & Leela (to name but a few) and then of course there is my all time favourite episode “genesis of the daleks” especially this moment:-
https://youtu.be/9PXdwqlJ19U
Amazing acting and it really makes you think.
Let’s be honest, the usual favourite doctor is the one from when they first watch the show (Sam excepted, unless he’s a lot older than he looks). So to show my age: Tom Baker!
As for the best Confrontation faction: Goblins of No-Dan-Kar because they are so adorable! And have trolls. Adorable and trolls. What’s not to like?
For me my favourite doctor has to be Christopher Eccleston. Was the first time I really watched Doctor Who and just always came back for more after that. For me it was just such as shame he left when he did, thought he could go on so much more.
In terms of confrontation, can’t say it’s a game I’ve really had much interest in unfortunately. I sometimes come across the minis on ebay and think about how I could use them in different games etc.
As far as favourite Confrontation faction – not easy. Though I always had a soft spot for the Dwarves of Mid-Nor (in think that was the description). The stitched together, barbaric style was unique, and I just liked them.
As for Favourite Doctors – again difficult. I’m with Warren in that the Doctor you grew up with is always going to be there (Tom Baker for me too), though I do have a Soft Spot for several others. I really like Sylvester McCoy, the ‘funny’ little Doctor with and evil streak when required. Hartnell and Capaldi also score highly.
And the TV programme Justin couldn’t remember was the BBC’s ‘Adventures in Time and Space’, which was based around the development of the series and William Hartnell’s role.
The say actor (can’t place his name) reprised the role in the last Christmas special (Long live the Brigadier).
Devourers of Vile-Tis faction in the original Confrontation. Devourers as evil giant werewolves in metal armor. Pure greatness.
Happy Weekend everyone!
Great show as ever!
On the Doctors, it’s an interesting one, I have to say Tom Baker from growing up, he just embodied the character for me. Also he wasn’t averse to appearing in public as the Dr, which for a kid into the show could be such a magical thing.
However, my second favourite, is probably the most controversial, and that would be Paul McGann from the failed reboot, I really liked the failed reboot because it was modern, serious, gritty sci-fi. It had some issues with the story and how the mater was played, but it’s theme and ambience was the kind of thing I wanted, a serious take no Dr.Who.
I watched the first episode of what went on to be the successful reboot (wit Ecclestone) and saw the wheelie dustbin monsters, and more or less didn’t watch another episode of the reboot. I was like “great we had one shot at doing something serious, that failed and instead we are back to basically Bertie basset monsters”.
Now I understand actually things got a lot better after that, and so I’m inclined to revisit it at some point because everyone tells me that basically those first few episodes were a little wobbly, but things get a lot better.
As for confrontation I would have to say the Wolfen, I only really saw the painted model kits first time around, and never got into it then, but as my Skorza for mini’s for WoK attest to, I do enjoy a bit of werewolf action on the tabletop. Especially with beautiful sculpts in both those ranges.
Armoured Digital looks very cool, much as I loved the classic Westwood RTS games (something that made me feel doubly-bless when I was lucky enough to be taught by an ex-Westwood programmer when I did my games programming degree). However, the look (and the fact you have a construction tank in this) reminds me most of Total Anhiliation, which was another amazing RTS back in the day.
the scorpions of dirz had to be the most coherent and beautiful army that i had seen up to that point; the boiling mutation mixed with the advanced armor, and the inhuman aspect of the clones was more unsettling than any chaos force. The units varied from the near human, and utterly disposable, clones, to the massive dasyatis murder engine; they were the perfect combination of utility and ingenuity. I cannot wait to see them come back to the tabletop. I still have a biopsist that i use as part of my warmachine cryx force.
my favorite doctor had to be Troughton,#2. Although he played the part of the bumbler, he laid the groundwork for the personality trait we see in the rest of the Doctors; he would play the fool until his enemy had given themselves enough rope, and then he would let them hang with it. I always loved watching to see how many steps ahead he had planned to let his enemy sew the seeds of their own destruction. He didn’t have to be stronger than you, just smarter than you; you were plenty strong enough to wreck you all by yourself.
My favorites are the Goblins of No-Dan-Kar, I must summarize that they are extremely crazy and fun … (GIDDZIT, BARON OZOHN, BECBUZEN, NINJAS, MUTANTS, GAS BLOWERS, SHARP SHOOTERS, ARCHERS there are all kinds of jajajaj) .. However, each army has its own. I will tell you that some years ago in the BOOM of RACKHAM CONFRONTATION I bought Goblins and some other figures in the WEB RACKHAM of FRANCE (sure they have my name in their registers). Several of them painted at a good level. I have many friends who are regular players of WARHAMMER FANTASY, and at that time I invited them to play C3-3.5, they really loved it as much as me and just when I had convinced them to make a massive order of different armies came the closing of RACKHAM in FRANCE … However with the new changes that WARHAMMER FANTASY and AGE OF SIGMAR have had, many have stopped playing, it is a good opportunity. believe me I will make them know and buy CONFRONTATION everywhere … much success and greetings from Mexico !. It’s time for the RESURRECTION !!! … Pedro Alvarez Meléndrez
My favorite faction for confrontation is Orcs of Bran-O-Kor
I agree with the guys, favorite confrontation has to be the Wulfen. I still use the old models for D&D, and to Mic in with my Wrath of Kings. The ninja wulfen still my favorite model.
Confrontation, I loved the sculpts for the Wulfen but for me the Kelts were beautiful,wonderfully proportioned – the factio I always wish I had owned….
PS Tom Baker “Would you like a Jelly Baby?”
Back in the late 90’s when I was a young man trawling around the gaming stores in Sydney, one store started stocking a range I had never seen before… the packaging had French on it and the miniatures were amazing, unlike anything I had ever seen, not to mention the paint jobs in the pictures. But despite my interest, I purchased none of those miniatures. Quite simply: they were not Games Workshop. I see now the foolishness of my youth…
Looking at them now, I would say the werewolves of Yllya or Vile-Tis would be my must-haves: unique Wolfen no doubt, and the stylistic progenitors to Wrath Of Kings werewolves (whom I also adore ;-)) Though the goblins are close… full of wicked character…
On the topic of Dr Who… Tom Baker and Chris Eccleston Are both excellent Dr’s, each excellent in their own way. The 4th Doctor was “my era” too and the first of the new series changed things well, and Eccelston’s Doctor had excellent facets to his character. But for I think it is Matt Smith…
The writing wasn’t always great, sometimes with holes big enough to fly a starship through… but I always felt that he cared, that despite all the terrible, scary things he still wanted to help. He wasn’t showy or overly dramatic, he was fairly calm except when his mind would leap ahead and he’d take off on a train of thought, then he’d be speaking to all of us when he’d utter “Come along Pond, keep up!”
The best Doctor has got to be Tom Baker, remember watching has a kid. He had awesome stories and K9 (& jelly babies)………
Favourite confrontation army would be the Living Dead of Acheron.
The top of the confrontation list for me are the Griffins followed closely by their enemies the Dirz. Many figures from both factions could also be used in the Hybrid and Nemesis games which I still enjoy.
Another one feeling the love for the Wolfen rrrrrraaaaarrrrr!
I too thought Christopher Eccleston was great and I was sad he only did the one season as I’ve not liked it since.
will have my fav Wolfen of Yillia back on the tabel
I think Rowan Atkinson was the best doctor, The comic relief sendup of the old series was spot on.
Apart from that, Tom Baker was the one I grew up with = the original and best,
For Confrontaion, the Acheron faction is my favorite. Look at the Bogeyman and the Gorgon.
This is very true, I almost forgot about the Rowan Atkinson Doctor, but he was a very good character. Maybe even the Hugh Grant Doctor would have been interesting, had he got a bit more time 🙂
The *entire* Confrontation KS package? Oh my that’s a lot of lovely figures. If you’re forcing me to pick a favourite I’d probably go with the Lions of Alahan, although Elves, Wulfen etc it’s all so good. Confrontation introduced me to not just a (then) unique style of sculpting but also of painting – something to aspire to (20 years later and I’m still trying).
Whoever wins this competition will be incredibly lucky!
From all the Doctors, it was the 9th Doctor, that got me watching the series. At that time I’ve watched the episodes, and while I know it’s still running, I’m not that interested in the new episodes.
And from all the Confrontation stuff, I think it’s the dwarves that caught my attention.
confrontation have to say they have always been some of the best looking figures . my favorite has always been the Wolfen of Yllya with the Griffin close second(very close)
hopefully i going have the spare cash to back this one
so happy to see this hopefully they may consider doing an RPG to go along with this, as i am more a roleplayer 🙂
I have been trying to keep up with every little bit of information about the return of Confrontation for over a year. I just can’t express how excited I am about the come back of my beloved game, even more so that 17th April is my name day and 18th April is my birthday so the kickstarter campaign will be a wonderful birthday present.
It is true that I haven’t played the game for over ten years but I kept Confrontation deep in my heart and my outstanding Lions of Alahan deep in my chest of drawers. From the very first moment I saw Alahan cavalry I knew there was no other faction for me to play. Crimson Tide I called them and they were both beautiful and fearsome sight. Nigh is time they will come out of the drawer once again to cry havoc.
Beasts of War I wish you All the Best.
You are Great.
My Favourite faction in Confrontation is The Wolfen of Yllia.
All the factions look amazing; but it has got to be the Goblins.
As winning is not enough; you got to win with style, and there is nothing more stylish than a Goblin riding a broomstick pointing a rocket gun at your face.
Scorpions of Dirz, wonderfully wicked looking models, the tigers were some of the first minis I ever bought. I look forward to seeing how they are redone.
Tom Baker was the best Doctor, he had Romana & jelly babies.
Fav Doctor- Christopher Eccelstone, as he’s the only one I’ve seen. Haven’t gotten around to indulging in Dr, Who but the game would be no better time!
Confrontation- The Wulfen. Man, just beautiful werewolf minis.
Blaster was here…
Tom Baker and Wolfen no more words needed, HAPPY SUNDAY!!!!!!!
my fav confrontation faction were the dirz. i loved their models and their lore.
my fav doctor was tennant. He is awesome!
While I grew up watching the fourth doctor and have a special place reserved for Tom Baker, I think I like Matt Smith the best. I can not put my finger on the one reason that I like him best. I think he really came off as whimsical but at the same time you knew he was truly calculating everything that was going and was rather serious. It may be that I think some of the better story writing was going on at the time he was the doctor. It might even be that the dynamics between him and his companions might have been better. All that I know is that I found the shows that he was in to be the most enjoyable.
Wow !! Thanks Bow for the Swag bag. i am a little late watching the show this week. thanks again guys keep up the great work.
I missed out the first time these went around but heard great things about them. Later I saw the sculpts from when they were around and truly fell for the Wolfen. I am glad they are coming back and as such I went and did more homework. I definitely must say that even with all the wonderful factions that my mind has not changed. Wolfen of Yllia has my vote.
Wolfen Wolfen Wolfen Wolfen are the best! No contest 🙂
I’m new to beast of war in the sense that I personally haven’t been a member but I watch a lot of the videos with my husband. When he told me about the competition for confrontation I just had to join. Confrontation was one of the first minis that got me into collecting and painting minis in the first place. It’s hard to choose just one faction as all the miniatures have incredible detail but I must say the Wolfen would be my favourite. I still have the metal minis that have yet to be painted. I suppose it’s due to the “I really don’t want to mess these up”.
Welcome to the site!
I’m with Warren on Doctors… Tom Baker was who I grew up with, and Eccleston allowed the Doctor to truly be resurrected.
As far as Confrontation, I love the Griffin miniatures. I have used old Griffin for my rpg characters for years. These models are beautiful, and I’m so glad the game is coming back.
Confrontation is something I completely missed back in the day. Love the look of the dwarves of midnor. The whole range is full of character.
Armoured Digital looks great. Will check it out at Salute if Wordforge are there.
TOM BAKER only or peter.
Zombies of Acheron from confrontation
More Cryx? Man I can’t keep up with them all, haha.
Then again what could be more fun than undead pirates being backed up by horned devil chick raiders?
Favourite Confrontation army would be the Lions of Alaham.
I still have the Mounted standard bearer, from them, though I think I may have used the standard for a conversion on a High Elf White Lion chariot.
Oh and the wolves, you can’t not love those models
I missed Confrontation during the initial run, but the werewolves have always looked awesome to me. The Wrath of Kings werewolves seem to have drawn inspiration from these and that is the faction I would start with.
Best Faction for Confrontation is the Wolfen no question
I’m a general dwarf lover in all shapes and sizes, so the confrontation dwarves would probably get my pick. The big heads are so old school looking they’re charming to me rather than “awesome” looking.
Closely Behind that is probably the werewolves; Because you know… Were-things!
I’m no frequent watcher, but Capaldi had the most charm for me 🙂 I liked the Richard E. Grant Doctor too, he looked cute even animated in Shalka 🙂
I liked the Confrontation snakemen, Ophidians, or what was the name 🙂
Definitely the Wulfen. I’ve always love that faction.
Taking a Favourite Confrontation Faction is really easy: THE SKIMMERS OF THE OCEANS, GOBLIN CLAN with the black Troll. I have 2 of these boxes. Captain Krill is such a amzing goblin!! Goblins Pirates are the best.
Holding off on the SF Miniature game and the new Zombicide KS for Confrontation Classic! Three great KS in April and not enough money to pledge them all! Choices….
Always had a soft spot for Confrontation, Wolfen and Devourers were both favourites.
Difficult to decide on a favourite faction for Confrontation, and it has been a bit of a back and forth in my head – but at the time of writing I’m going with the Dwarves of Mid-Nor. Those are some seriously disturbing fellows and I love their cyclops.
The best Doctor – now that is a tricky one because they all have their merits. I think there are some which were let down by their scripts (late Matt Smith Era and most of Peter Capaldi’s reign, and bar an odd story Colin Baker).
There are some obvious choices – Tom Baker, having played the part for nearly twice as long as any other Doctor has become a favourite for all.
For me, my Doctor was Sylvester McCoy, it was a shame Doctor Who was cancelled as Sylvester and the writers/production team had just hit their stride, introducing a level of mysteriousness back into the backstory.
However, Sylvester not my favourite Doctor..
I’m actually going to pick two…
From Old Who – Patrick Troughton. Establishing the concept of regeneration (which is all too readily taken fro granted now) and a lot of the lore that is still a major part of the back story today. But also his slight chaotic, yet always knowing what is going on was excellent. Whilst the stories are slow by modern TV standards, there are still some excellent stories such as Tomb of the Cyberman, Celestial Toy Maker and The Wargames that are still worth watching now. Shame so much has been lost over time.
From New Who – Christopher Eccleston. For reestablishing the series, the myth and that scene when he confronts the lone Dalek – one of the best actors of his generation.
For many years my favourite Doctor was Tom Baker, but Peter Capaldi won me over and I think his characterisation was fantastic.
I do wish he had better stories that said two things stand out with me about Capaldi being my favourite. Firstly he failed, he was unable to save Clara from the Raven or bring Danny back for Clara.
Secondly, and yes they are shorter he nonetheless did an entire episode a few lines at the end aside entirely by himself and that episode Heaven Sent is a definate stand out for me.
Can’t wait for the lovely Jodie Whittaker. But Tom Baker is deffo the best.
My favourite were the Alchemists of Dirz. Never played the original, but I hunted down a Biopist mini last year, because for me, that mini is the most beautiful fantasy mini, I have ever seen.
Love my Woven, but even more fun is using my Goblins Of No-Dan-Kar muskets to head them off. Ya i lost alot. Will love to add to what i have and jump back into conforontation
My favourite Confrontation faction is the Goblins of No-Dan-Kar, the minis are hilarious and full of character!
I was a big player of Confrontation in the day. So happy to see a return. I have friends we game with that missed it and I can’t wait to introduce them to the minis!
While it isn’t arguable the the Fourth Doctor was the best he isn’t my favourite. My favourite Doctor is the Third. He was the first o saw on an old black and white tv on PBS. Seeing UNIT who scratched my GI Joe itch and then there was The Master. I can’t choose anyone else
The Wolfen were the best Confrontation minis for sure. No doubt. I was glad to get them in the Wrath if Kings KS!
It’s hard to pick a favorite doctor since they are all so iconic, but if pressed I’d go with Tennant. I absolutely loved the entire Rackham range but in particular the Dirge.
Dirz for me on Confrontation, love the lore behind them and the mini looks great
I think the Doctor I’ve seen first, and who stuck in my mind was the American Doctor, the 8th one, probably?
I remember liking the Confrontation figures, but never had a chance to get to know them closer. There was a steampunk faction, I liked those sculpts, similar to Warmachine. Probably they were dwarves? Or something like the Warhammer Empire? I’m not sure.
Paul McGann isn’t American…
Of course his TV movie was, so ?I’m going to assume that’s what you meant!
The Wolfen are the best faction by far. Wooof!
Dirz. Always loved me some Dirz. The were more Dark Ages than some of the current Dark Ages minis.
For Confrontation it has to be the Wolfen of Yllia. Who doesn’t love wolves? I also love the Wulfen from Norsgard who are heavily influenced by the Rackham ones. And who can blame them?
I was so blown away by the minis of Confrontation the first time. But never had any. I always thought the Wolfen were cool. So, the Wolfen Howling Pack would be my choice.
Best Doctor: For me it’s the 11th. Matt Smith is cute 🙂
Confrontation: I liked the werewolves.
Aside from the Wolfen which are some beautiful models some Cynwäll Elves made it into my Slaanesh army. So those are my favourites. But there are a lot of fun models in the range.
I enjoyed Matt Smith as the Dr., but I was quite late to the party in the case of Dr. Who.
Great show. I love the Wulfen that @doctorether has been painting so beautifully, but until I joined backstage I had no idea about the range of miniatures or the game.
I love the new era of Doctor Who, but my first Doctor Who was Sylvester McCoy (later of Radagast fame). I enjoyed his chaotic style, but the monsters, effects and scripts have dated very badly.
I think if pushed I would say that David Tennant is my favourite Doctor. The combination of great actors around him (Catherine Tate, Bernard Cribbens, Billie Piper etc) didn’t hurt, but I enjoyed the storylines. I also have the privilege of shaking hands with (and having a couple of ciders with) Dan Starkey who played Strax in that and subsequent series’. Great bloke and very funny.
My favorite Confront Tatiana faction is the wolves, but the Orc riding the war hog was my favorite mini.
As far as Doctor Who is concerned, I would go with Tom Baker as he was the Doctor of my childhood. His immediate predecessor is my number 2
I think they’ve all been my favorite at one time or another, but if you make me choose one, it’s the Fifth Doctor, Peter Davison. He came on after Tom Baker, who was a very tough act to follow, but he made the character his own. And he benefited from some of the best writing the classic series has ever had.
I loved the old confrontation and have almost complete collections of Wulfen, Devourer and Daikinee elves… You see a theme here right/ so my favourite faction where/are the Wulfen
I really like several of the Doctors for various reasons or story arcs, such as Patrick Throughton, Jon Pertwee, and Sylvester McCoy. Of the new Doctors, Tennant is my favorite as he blended small quirks from many of the former Doctors and added a dash of his own thus creating a familiar though unique character.
That said, my all-time favorite has to be number four, Tom Baker. He also borrowed a quirk or two from his former selves and twisted them with his own flare. He was just fun to watch. I’m sure the primary reason I hold him so dear is, like many others, he was the first one I ever saw as a child, and the one we saw most of here in the states…when we actually got to see the occasional episode.
My favorite Confrontation faction was the Alchemists of Dirz.
I actually ended up using the first incarnation of Sasia Samaris as my wizard general in my “Cult of Slaanesh” army before there was an official list for it. I love that figure. I’ll have to post photo’s of it.
Kelt drune for me, all my love for my Formor Fiends and Wraiths
In regard to Confrontation, the Dwarves of Tir-Na-Bor are my favorites
Favorite confrontation faction is LIONS OF ALAHAN!
When Confrontation came first out i wasn`t really committed to Tabletops but i instantly liked the miniatures. The local gaming group wasn`t about skirmish games that days. Couldn`t find someone to play against but i loved the Wolfen of Yllya. Sadly i wasnt able to afford only one of them before the skirmish variant went down.
With more people into skirmish games these days and the upcoming kickstarter i look forward to finally bring some beasts onto the table.
David tenant was my favorite doctor the don’t blink episode was fantastic,
I missed out on confrontation the first ime time, but have been able to pick up a couple at shows and gaming stores, loads of character and always loved the Wolfen I have one as my hq in my kings of war/dragon rampant undead force. Great show as always
The best Doctor (for me) was Tom Baker. It was his charm to make me get interested in the series 🙂
The best Confrontation army was the horror dwarves of Mid-Nor 🙂
The nicest Confrontation minis were the Lions
David Tennant is an excellent doctor, it was no suprise he kept his looks for 2 regenerations
All the doctors of the new iterations are cool, but if I had to choose one, it would be David Tennant.
Of all the Confrontation armies, I think I liked those cute dwarves the most
Oh, I missed the “why?” part of the Doctor answer.
Because he is the most gook looking Doctor, that’s why 🙂
100% agree with Ben about Capaldi, he was an amazing Doctor who was marred by poor writing and that series which should have been called simply “The Clara Show”. Capaldi is my favourite “new” Doctor in theory, but Tennant probably snatches the win. Of the older Doctors, I’ve always been a big fan of Troughton.
Actually, can I vote John Simm as the Master?
As for Confrontation…… Dwarves of Mid-Nor. Demon tower…… enough said.
*Really* hope there’s a way to get faction specific starters/sets in the KS, I really don’t need 178 new minis!
…… oh, *why* David Tennant? I just think he’s a great actor that makes everything he’s in good. He could be wacky, he could be funny and bouncing with energy one minute but then be very convincingly serious and angry the next.
I didn’t get to play confrontation previously, but looking at the old model range I really like the Kelt Sessairs.
I missed Confrontation, but in a weird way it’s what got me in to the hobby when I helped a friend look for a game to replace it.
Looking at the models, I think I like the Cadwallon ones.
My favourite Doctor is Eccleston, too.
I like the Doctor he portrayed. He wants to keep doing his thing, but he’s haunted by the war and what he did.
I feel like the following Doctors still had a tender spot about it, but often seemed very light hearted otherwise.
My favorite Confrontation faction was the Cynwall army-
My favorite Doctor is Matt Smith, because he got me into the Doctor 🙂
Confrontation: Cadwallon was the most interesting army for me.
Doctor Who: I think it was the 9th Doctor, he had the kind of energy that made him interesting.
Long time no see… and it’s Thursday… Geez
Lions of Alahan definitely my favorite Confrontation faction!
Confrontation is awesome, the Wulfen was always my favourite 🙂
And from the Doctors, it was Eccleston who did it for me, he was modern and edgy.
Those cute tanks were cute 🙂 GW promised a new edition of Epic a while back, but I haven’t heard anything about that since 🙁
From the old Confrontations sets I always had my eyes on the Cadwallon range 🙂 And the Mid-Nor too 🙂
Hard to say which doc is the fav, I’d probably choose the latest one because that’s what in my mind, but she didn’t have any episode aired yet, so I’ll go with Capaldi :)
I loved Confrontation when it came out. The miniatures were so damned fine, amazing details for every model on every faction. I loved the Wolfen, really dynamic and awesomely scary to go up against. The Lions of Alahan were iconic knights of old. Gleaming armour and fantastic heroes, they were cool standing against the hordes of evil. But for me, The Kelts of the Drune Clan were just fantastic. The models were beautiful to behold and looked awesome when painted and could certainly kick-ass on the battlefield. I am so pleased that Confrontation is making a come-back. Can’t wait!!!!
The Celts of the DRUNE Clan are by far my favourite Confrontation faction.
I just love their solemnly dark and sickly twisted aura: Brooding menacing warriors, mad wild killer women, blood sacrificing tribal priests and bestial Fomorian fiends. All with that celtic tint. Also their background is deep and multilayered. Ripe with twists and contrasting aspects.
When they were released I was heavily into Simon Bisley’s SLAINE and, although obviously the Sessair Celts were already massively influenced by this comic, the Drunes really hit my soft spot.
dalways gonna be Tom Baker prob because he is the Doctor I grew up watching but I was fond of Christopher Eccleston but I tend to like him no matter what he is in 🙂
Outside of competition, please, ’cause I’m not so into the Dr. Who game (won’t win anyway, but just to be sure and rather make someone else happy):
My favourite Doctor is The War Doctor.
First up it’s John Hurt, for the universe’s sake! His character was controversal and cool. Also his grumpy side and jabs at the “youngsters” and he had great presence. In every aspect he cut a very cool figure (yes, also his outfit and hair – yes, that beard indeed!) 😀
good show as usual guys!
I cant wait for Confrontation. I was too young and too poor to invest in it fully when it was still readily available. I was able to get my favorite models ever created, the Ninja Goblins and Samurai Ogres, but college, moving 10 times and life all have seen fit to cause those models to now be lost. Another chance to get my hands on those sculpts and more so now a revival of the game has me so unbelieveably excited. I am really looking forward to getting my friends involved that don’t know about this game or world.
Can’t wait to see what’s in store!
WOOT, I won the Dark Age Path to Glory, so very cool.
My favourite Confrontation force is Lions of Alahan! Love being knights and paladins!
My fav doctor was David Tennant.
My favourite doctor is actually Christopher Eccelstone. He was my introduction to the dr. Who universe and also I just loved how he was always smiling and loving all his experiences even when in grave danger.
Whoops, missed the Confrontation comp. If I’m in time for the Dr Who, the one I first started watching was Sylvester McCoy. Loved the umbrella and of course, Ace!
Actually though, I read more Dr Who than I watched, but I’m not sure which Dr the novels were supposed to be featuring. Possibly Tom Baker?