Hail Caesar Epic Battles! Are Warlord Games New Ancient Miniatures A Must Have? #OTTWeekender
April 19, 2024 by lloyd
It's OTTWeekender time! Hail Caesar from Warlord Games is getting the Epic Battles treatment. We have a look at the brand-new plastic miniatures revealed at Salute and discuss the options for Historical wargamers diving into the Punic Wars period. There are some great new epic-scale Romans on the way alongside Carthaginians and Gauls.
Are you someone who might have been put off by Ancient wargaming due to the size of 28mm armies? The Epic Battles range might be your chance to play out these big battles without having to do too much painting! We also talk about Warlord Games' plans for Bolt Action and World War 2 wargaming and much more.
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Here is some of the wargaming, tabletop and miniatures news this week that caught our eye and made us go "ooooh!"
- Bolt Action Third Edition Announced - Are you excited for the next edition of Bolt Action from Warlord Games?
- Hail Caesar: Epic Battles Announced - Are you going to be diving into this new Epic Battles adventure as Warlord head back to the Punic Wars?
- Wargames Atlantic Medieval Foot Knights - A great new set of plastic miniatures for The Barons' War and more
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Let us know if something from this week made you "oooh!" and if we missed anything!
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Lots of exciting stuff this week! Spectre returning, Bolt Action 3E, and Hail Caesar Epic. Must say I don’t like those Roman blocks though.
Really? What is it your not digging abouyt them?
I had to think about that for a minute and I guess my issue is how they looked compared to all the other units that aren’t blocks. Libyan spearmen were a Carthaginian twist on the phalanx and would have been similar to triarii in use but don’t look similar in how they’re ranked up. Also the lack of pila in the hands of the Romans…they should be holding at least one a piece.
I was looking forwards on this release, BUT I must admit I would have preferred the Romans to have been cast as individual figures in two ranks like the rest of the infantry. But then I AM a grumpy sod who would look a gift horse in the mouth 😀
Happy Weekender time people’s 👍
Right who’s spiked Lloyd with speed or something ?
Love the crab thingy’s that’s coming out.
Sounds like earth ?!?🤔
Like the guy in DOOM ?
Gaul’s is Oberlisk an Asterisk in the force’s ?
Ooh that’s some fabulous looking terrain for the game’s table’s guy’s👍
You do know you sayed that out loud Gerry ?!?🤔
A fab show guy’s 👍
MOONSTONE…?
Is Halo really meaningfully different to Deadzone, and will it keep the lisence and stay in production for more than a couple of years? License reskins of games usually aren’t worth it.
As a Beer & Pretzels game of a popular IP? I say yes. I tried to get into Deadzone and just couldn’t get motivated. But I’ll definitely play Flashpoint.
meaningfully no, will it stay in production more than a couple of years, yes. Mantic’s shortest IP so far is the walking dead at over 8 years and it’s been picked up for another run, so I wouldn’t be worried that it will vanish, more that is there enough in Halo to sustain a long term game.
@lloyd those resin bricks you saw from Armored Clash were the “land battleships,” they’re kind of the centerpiece models for the factions. Most everything else will be significantly smaller.
Most interesting news out of Salute? 2nd edition of Dropfleet Commander later this year and most of the resin going over to plastics.
I love the detail warlord pic into these epic sculpts and they just get better. Tricorns next? Or samurai?
Stop talkin about the video game the whole thing is crap!
You tell them John!
41:51, enjoying Lloyd as a WW1 German.