Sir Carter Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 Greetings and well met. Just wondering how many of you use Miniatures in your games. I gather its really a storytelling game, but I've been gaming since the 70s and beyond (Yes I'm Old) and miniatures play a big part in my games if only for visual representation. I was lucky enough to find almost the complete range of Thunderbolt Mountain Arthurian miniatures 28mm on eBay a bit pricey but so nice I'm looking to collect more. And use the Ral Patha ranges to add further characters and monsters etc. So I became curious if any others out there used miniatures. I believe there was a dedicated range produced for Pendragon back in the early 1st Edition days. Of which I discovered I still own the Arthurian Companion by Karr which has somehow survived the last 30 years in my shed and now rescued and back on my Bookshelves Quote Y Gododdin, "He glutted black ravens on the walls of the fort, but he was no Arthur." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morien Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 I do most of my gaming nowadays online, voice over IP kinda thing. This is due to the fact that the game group is distributed over three countries, so playing face to face is not an option. Otherwise I would prefer ftf play, obviously. I do know that some people use online miniatures/images, pogs or whatever those are called, but I don't really want to be messing with those either. But even when I was GMing face to face, I wasn't using miniatures. Never really did. Then again, we seldom use a hex map or a grid for combat anyway. If the situation is more complicated, a quick sketch map suffices, with arrows showing movement when necessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Carter Posted July 10, 2019 Author Share Posted July 10, 2019 Some Early 25mm Arthurian miniatures by Grenadier Quote Y Gododdin, "He glutted black ravens on the walls of the fort, but he was no Arthur." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffjerwin Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 I have a large collection of UMBUM Russian models of medieval castles and buildings and they come with 15mm cardboard standees. I have an entire town and small army of little people (including lots of women, children, and clergy). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Carter Posted July 10, 2019 Author Share Posted July 10, 2019 Hi Jeff i must say Umbum is new to me. But after reading your post I took s look online and see they do an interesting range. I saw a very nice castle I might invest in. I am a figure collector and I guess that stems from my early days as a gamer in DnD etc. I’m not sure this forum is the right place to discuss this topic so I would be interested in others opinions on if Miniatures can play a roll or if anyone else finds the subject interesting Quote Y Gododdin, "He glutted black ravens on the walls of the fort, but he was no Arthur." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 23 hours ago, Sir Carter said: Of which I discovered I still own the Arthurian Companion by Karr which has somehow survived the last 30 years in my shed and now rescued and back on my Bookshelves Good news! You may be able to help, is it The Reston version (hardback, dust cover) or Chaosium (softcover, reprint) http://greathall.chaosium.com/publications/chaosium-publications/cha2704-the-king-arthur-companion/ http://greathall.chaosium.com/publications/chaosium-publications/cha2704-the-king-arthur-companion-2nd-edition/ if it's the first edition, does it say who the cover artist is, and what colour is the hard cover? Many thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Carter Posted July 11, 2019 Author Share Posted July 11, 2019 It’s the Chaosium softcover Quote Y Gododdin, "He glutted black ravens on the walls of the fort, but he was no Arthur." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Carter Posted July 11, 2019 Author Share Posted July 11, 2019 Quote Y Gododdin, "He glutted black ravens on the walls of the fort, but he was no Arthur." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 Thanks, third edition. I've haven't cataloged that one yet. 4th edition out soon: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1861515217/le-morte-darthur-and-the-arthurian-concordance?ref=user_menu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandrill_one Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 (edited) 4 hours ago, Scotty said: You may be able to help, is it The Reston version (hardback, dust cover) or Chaosium (softcover, reprint) http://greathall.chaosium.com/publications/chaosium-publications/cha2704-the-king-arthur-companion/ http://greathall.chaosium.com/publications/chaosium-publications/cha2704-the-king-arthur-companion-2nd-edition/ if it's the first edition, does it say who the cover artist is, and what colour is the hard cover? Hi Scotty, if Chaosium wants to acquire a copy of the first edition book, it seems to be available from AbeBooks:https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30262819994&searchurl=sortby%3D17%26tn%3DKing%2BArthur%2Bcompanion&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-title1 at the VERY cheap price of 3.78 $, good conditions, free shipping within the USA. It's also available here:https://www.threegeeseinflight.com/product/21741/The-King-Arthur-Companion--First-Edition-Hardcover-Phyllis-Ann-Karr but not so cheap, 45 $, very good+ conditions. Hope this helps! Edited July 11, 2019 by mandrill_one New information found. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornelius Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 On 7/10/2019 at 12:20 PM, Sir Carter said: Greetings and well met. Just wondering how many of you use Miniatures in your games. I gather its really a storytelling game, but I've been gaming since the 70s and beyond (Yes I'm Old) and miniatures play a big part in my games if only for visual representation. I was lucky enough to find almost the complete range of Thunderbolt Mountain Arthurian miniatures 28mm on eBay a bit pricey but so nice I'm looking to collect more. And use the Ral Patha ranges to add further characters and monsters etc. So I became curious if any others out there used miniatures. I believe there was a dedicated range produced for Pendragon back in the early 1st Edition days. Of which I discovered I still own the Arthurian Companion by Karr which has somehow survived the last 30 years in my shed and now rescued and back on my Bookshelves Funny enough I never used minitiature for a KAP game. Even thou I sometimes use them for other games systems. I think this has to do with the more individual combat of a knight. Each knight fighting his own foe. There is less ganging up on one target. In such an instance relative distances between combatants are not needed. Another reason is that it is less of a turn based game than other systems. You alrerady declared wwho you will attack and there is no option to switch opponents in a single combat round. So it will probably be unclear who killed the opponent as both strike hin at the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffjerwin Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 2 hours ago, Cornelius said: Funny enough I never used minitiature for a KAP game. Even thou I sometimes use them for other games systems. I think this has to do with the more individual combat of a knight. Each knight fighting his own foe. There is less ganging up on one target. In such an instance relative distances between combatants are not needed. Another reason is that it is less of a turn based game than other systems. You alrerady declared wwho you will attack and there is no option to switch opponents in a single combat round. So it will probably be unclear who killed the opponent as both strike hin at the same time. There's a scene in the Post-Vulgate where Tristram tries to take on forty knights. Palomides drags him out of trouble, and gets a bit of guff from his frenemy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atgxtg Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 I have used minis off and on for KAP. One of the nice things about the way Pendragon does combat is that it's easy to downplay positioning most of the time. Recently I've been using some paper/cardboard minis. They tend to be inexpensive (even getting them printed at a print shop,on card stock, in color only runs about $1 a sheet, which works out to less than a dime a mini). There are some nice Saxon,Medieval, Normal ones over at Drivethru, too. I've bout a couple of sets and then edited the shields and minis a little to customized them to the characters. More recently, I've been looking at getting a 3D printer and making up customized figures for each PK over at HeroForge. Quote Chaos stalks my world, but she's a big girl and can take of herself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHistorian Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 On 7/11/2019 at 3:11 AM, Scotty said: You may be able to help, is it The Reston version (hardback, dust cover) or Chaosium (softcover, reprint) if it's the first edition, does it say who the cover artist is, and what colour is the hard cover? I have both versions, but they're in storage at the moment. Happy to check once I get everything out of there. Quote 44/420 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHistorian Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 There was a Pendragon line of minis back in the day: http://www.miniatures-workshop.com/lostminiswiki/index.php?title=Pendragon_(Lance_%26_Laser) Quote 44/420 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Carter Posted July 15, 2019 Author Share Posted July 15, 2019 1 hour ago, TheHistorian said: There was a Pendragon line of minis back in the day: http://www.miniatures-workshop.com/lostminiswiki/index.php?title=Pendragon_(Lance_%26_Laser) Thanks. I guess I will always be a collector of miniatures if they feature in my games or not. These Lance and Laser miniatures look very nice Quote Y Gododdin, "He glutted black ravens on the walls of the fort, but he was no Arthur." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryTroll Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 You might want to try https://www.wargamesfoundry.com/ they have a nice range of Dark Ages, Viking, Saxons and Normans plus Medieval miniatures from Early to Late periods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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