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Tango0116 Sep 2015 9:56 p.m. PST

"Especially in recent years there are plenty of great sci-fi games on the market, and as such we decided that with Warpath we wanted to do something a little different, and not directly compete with those other games. Warpath was born out of the desire to create something aspirational and yet achievable. It's that big exciting battle that you always built up your collection to play but rarely, if ever, actually played. Warpath makes that goal both affordable, and playable in just a few hours with abstracted rules and simple mechanics.

This sort of game isn't for everyone of course, and I firmly believe that creating the Firefight rules was the right thing to do for those who want something a little more detailed. However who says we have to have just one set on rules? On with Warpath!

Warpath focuses on units rather than individuals, with small fire teams the base-level entity in the game. Essentially that means one statline for five figures rather than one for one, to improve the speed of play. There are still detailed choices to be made about the composition of your units, but these are restricted to the army-building stage so you don't have to worry about them in the middle of a game. This squad focus does two things…"

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wminsing17 Sep 2015 8:18 a.m. PST

I thought this would be a 6mm and got excited, but I see it's still 28mm, just for 40K-Apocalypse sized games.

-Will

Tango0117 Sep 2015 10:48 a.m. PST

Glad you enjoyed it my friend.

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Armand

Tango0117 Sep 2015 12:35 p.m. PST

Updated Warpath Alpha Rules

"These rules have had lots of little tweaks since the earlier release back in May, and a couple of larger ones too! Have a read, and let us know what you think. However, before you do so, there are a few things you should bear in mind:…"
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Mithmee17 Sep 2015 1:00 p.m. PST

No reason why you can't tweak them for 6mm.

wminsing17 Sep 2015 1:29 p.m. PST

No reason why you can't tweak them for 6mm.

Actually it's the opposite, I want 6mm versions of the minis. :)

-Will

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