October News & Previews #5

The submissions are in, and now it's time to vote for your favorites!

See all entries here:

• Solo - https://photos.app.goo.gl/1GhR4KgcztHRF6Kv5

• Unit - https://photos.app.goo.gl/ceGXPxLZsSjKmTQg6

• Legendary - https://photos.app.goo.gl/jn3twy3RUGpMnEuc9

• Army - https://photos.app.goo.gl/QMxXDn1HJNawc6L29

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Good luck to all the participants, and may the best ones win. :D 

We're also pleased to announce the release of official OPR Movement Trays! With an increased interest in Age of Fantasy: Regiments, we wanted to make it easier to play our rank and flank battle game with the miniatures you already have! With 96 different movement trays and base converters available, it should now be easy to field the units you need!

We've also included several movement trays to assist with our non-regimental battle games, helping to speed up play in Grimdark Future or Age of Fantasy. Quickly get your hordes across the table without having to move them one at a time!

The trays are available both for resin printing and FDM printing, fully supported.

The movement trays have already been added to the OPR Welcome Pack, available to our Tier 2 Patreon supporters at no additional cost!

In the latest MiniWarGaming battle report it's a battle of the large beasts as the Saurian Starhost take on the Alien Hives. With lots of special movement skills on both sides, it's high tensions as we find out who's going to get the drop on who!

- Watch the Newest MiniWargaming Battle Report Here -

Last Week we released update v3.4.1 to many of our games! This update is mostly small bug fixes and typos to v3.4.0 that we released last month. We appreciate all the testing and feedback from the community that helped us with this update. This update also includes some adjustments and clarifications to some of the new rules introduced in the expanded Advanced Rules, including allowing players to choose many options that used to be randomly determined.

Yearly Updates

Now that we've released these updates and fixes, it marks the beginning of our planned yearly updates for the game rules. We are quite satisfied with where the games are now and are not planning on doing any major updates to the rules anytime soon. These rules should stay stable until September 2025, so if you were waiting to print a copy of the rules, now is the time.

- Find out more about what changed between 3.4.0 and 3.4.1 and why we moved to Yearly updates on our website post -

At the top of the post, you'll find concept art previews of some of our models releasing in December.

In December as the snow starts to fall, the trees will rise in aid of the Wood Elves. The Treeman Elders are weary warriors who've long been defending the Heartwood. The Elders use their knowledge of the forest to deftly bring the fight to the enemies of the woods, while the Elder Wraith uses the magic of the forest to awaken the canopy with spells. The Treemen channel their anger at trespassers into their combat, lashing out at the forests enemies with a flurry of attacks from their weapon like branches. The Treemen Brutes are larger and tougher versions of the Treemen with the strength to match, able to include rocks in their branches they can take care of heavy armor where other Treemen might have an issue. The Tree Giant is a mighty oak of destruction, it's roots able to whip enemies from afar, it's branch weapons massive and terrifying, and it's command of forest magic make it a tree there's no hiding behind... or from!

Also in December the Human Defense Force get some reinforcements. The Commander is up to date with all the tactical data from HQ, helping to position his troopers around the battle zone exactly where they need to be. The Veterans are experienced warriors who've survived the perils of active combat with wits and skill. Given access to the advanced weapon lockers they can outfit themselves to any and all battlefield roles. The OGRE Robots are a larger version of the GRUNTs. Their Increased size making for a stronger frame that can deploy heavier weapons at ranged but also be effective at up close maneuvers by carrying a large combat shield and dispersing crowds with heavy batons. The Attack Vehicle is a street level tank used for crowd control, it's arsenal of acid canons and flamers make it great for clearing out enemy encampments but it can also be upgraded to armor breeching weapons to take down fortifications or fortified enemy machines. The Support Vehicle is a modified Attack Vehicle retrofitted to provide artillery support. If it shoots hard and shoots far, this sturdy platform is how it gets into position to start it's bombardment and it's heavy armor makes removing it nigh impossible once entrenched.

December is also when the Dwarf Guilds break out one of their super efficient machines, the Mining Titan. Built to be dual purpose, this mech does it's name sake and makes quick work of drilling out ore. But that same drill and precision can also be used to hollow out enemy tanks and fortifications. When it comes to Mining and War, the Dwarf Guilds are always prepared for both.

That's it for now, happy wargaming!

- OPR Team