One of the more prominent booths in the dealer area is that of Privateer Press.
Their line of "steam high fantasy" figures and games continues to expand at an aggressive pace. At GenCon, they pre-released their Hordes range - which is fully compatible with their Warmachine wargaming line and their Iron Kingdoms RPG setting. While Warmachine focuses on the mechano-magical warjacks and their warlock controllers, Hordes focuses on the warbeasts and warlords. Due out in April, the full range includes a rulebook and alternative figure boosters.
Four Hordes factions were released: Trollbloods, Legion of Everblight, Circle Orboros and Skorne. A variable number of figures come in each boxed set. Each has one warlock figure. The Trollbloods box contains three trolls (naturally enough), while there are a Carnivia and four Shredders in the Legion box. A Warp Wolf and two Argus figures come in the Circle Orboros set, with the Skorne set containing a Titan and two Cyclops.
Matt Wilson, the head of Privateer, says: "We plan to support these figures with separate tournaments from our Warmachine tourneys. However, there will be some crossover tournaments with an 'anything goes' format."