Gates of Antares: Isorians und Kampagne

Warlord Games zeigen Neuheiten zu Beyond the Gates of Antares.

Isorian Phase Sniper

Phase Snipers of the Isorian Senatex are equipped with Phase rifles – complex weapons which utilise some of the same technology as phase armour, also unique to the Senatex. To date the Concord has been unable to replicate phase technology accurately. In part this is due to the risks in accessing Isorian nanospore.

The phase rifle is an unusual and relatively large weapon. It has a great range and the ability to fold into time effectively enabling its operator to shoot multiple times at the same moment. It is useful for picking off commanders and other individuals amongst units, and for shooting at targets in cover.

The Phase Sniper is a potent and deadly addition to the ranks of the Isorian Senatex – a must-have unit for all Isorian forces. There have been rumours of sightings around Warlord HQ, and the members of the Trade Department have been slowly but surely disappearing – their numbers dwindling at an alarming rate…

Isorian Scout Probe Shard

Spotter Drones operate in two fashions – they can often be seen working alongside Isorian Troops as part of their unit – acting as another pair of eyes to spot targets.

They have however also been sighted working as independent Drone Shards – these groups work in a reconnaissance role – scouting the battlefield, spotting targets and potential dangers, feeding information back to the combat hard and guiding the Senatex to its objectives more effectively.

Isorian Targeter Probe Shard

Targeter Probes operate independently of troops – working as Probe Shards. These groups of drones scout the battlefield, identifying targets and relaying their positions back to their combat shard – acting as reconnaissance to guide the Senatex troopers toward the enemy.

Battle for Xilos narrative supplement

Once again penned by game author Rick Priestley, the supplement continues the events from the main rulebook – triggered by the discovery of the planet of Xilos.

The book describes the struggle for control of the planet and the ancient builder tech hidden beneath its surface – and includes a campaign system featuring a series of scenarios which cover the different stages of the battle for Xilos, from the initial landings to… well, we’ll come onto that… with a cool system for gathering campaign victory points and fielding some of the strange builder tech artefacts that your forces will capture along the way!

Packed with new rules!

Battle for Xilos also includes a whole raft of new content – including the likes of rules for including allies and mercenaries in your force as well as new army lists for the Ghar Outcast Rebels, and the mercenary forces of the Freeborn Adventurers and Boromite Clans, not to mention a host of special characters, new weapons and vehicles and some rather scary native creatures.

New Models!

Naturally we’ll be bringing out a whole raft of models so you can field all these new recruits and enemies on your battlefields! You can spot a few of them in the pictures below…  the book sees new characters, weapons, troop types, vehicles and weapons for all factions.

It’s no exaggeration to say that this will take the Antares universe to a whole new level!

And that’s not all…

Summer Online Campaign

In conjunction with the release of the new book, we’re working with our friends over at Beasts of War on a massive multiplayer online campaign where you can post the results of your tabletop battles and try to affect the overall course of the war – due to run from 18th June to 30th July.

And the most exciting thing is – the outcome of the online campaign will be written into the history of the universe and become part of the official history. So this really is a chance to make your mark!

Every Antares player can join in, whatever your army – when the campaign starts you’ll sign up by registering your faction and coming up with a name for your force. After that you’ll just need to play loads of battles and report back!

We’ll bring you more details of exactly how it will work nearer the time – for the moment we wanted to let you know that the book and the campaign are on their way, so you can recruit your armies and prepare for battle.

Quelle: Warlord Games