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Privateer Press Launches Community Integrated Development Program

Posted on March 6, 2017 by Graphic Policy Team

Privateer Press has announced that they are implementing a new process called Community Integrated Development or CID, for playtesting the Warmachine and Hordes tabletop miniatures games. CID gives Warmachine and Hordes players the opportunity to playtest and provide feedback on the rules for new model releases before those models launch. Privateer’s goal with the CID initiative is to ensure players are getting exactly what they want in their new model releases by soliciting their feedback during the development process.

The CID process will be conducted through a new Community Integrated Development Forums. These CID forums will contain materials required for the current playtest cycle, including concept art, current model stats, and playtest direction. Each playtest cycle will last four to six weeks, though some projects may be given more or less time as needed. Playtest cycles are expected to begin at the time product solicitations for the new releases are sent to distributors but may also include previously released models related or integral to these testing cycles.

Additionally, beginning with new products releasing in July 2017, WARMACHINE and HORDES products will no longer contain stat cards. Privateer Press currently offers the War Room 2 companion app and has announced plans to provide free PDFs of all model cards online as well as to make cards available through a Print-on-Demand service with a partner to be announced.

Community Integrated Development begins with the newest Hordes faction announced February 17, Grymkin: The Wicked Harvest. First appearing in the Monsternomicon published in 2002, the Grymkin are a collection of horrific nightmare creatures rooted in the folklore of the Iron Kingdoms.

Grymkin: The Wicked Harvest models will debut at Lock & Load GameFest 2017 in Bellevue, Washington, to be held at the Meydenbauer Center from July 14–July 16. Tickets and hotel information for this event can be found at pplockandload.com. The Grymkin models will be released in waves from July through September 2017.

NOVA Open in Photos Part 2

Posted on September 8, 2015 by Brett

The NOVA Open has come and gone and folks have packed away their armies and forces. I’ll have another post with my thoughts on the convention, but while you await that, here’s some photos of some of the amazing figures and armies that were on display and played with.

In case you missed it, here’s the first batch of photos.

Warmachine: Prime and Hordes: Primal are now FREE from Privateer Press

Posted on August 31, 2015 by Graphic Policy Team

The rulebooks for the award-winning Warmachine and Hordes tabletop miniatures games, Prime and Primal, are now available in PDF format for free download.

To coincide with the release of the Warmachine and Hordes rulebooks, Privateer Press is also hosting a contest in which players and retailers can win Warmachine and Hordes prizes. Players will have a chance to win a complete army just for purchasing a Warmachine or Hordes Battlegroup Box or Two-Player Battle Box from their local gaming store. The retailers from which those purchases are made will also have a chance to win a prize package of Privateer Press product worth over $400 MSRP. Retailers can increase their odds of winning by tweeting their store’s name, alongside a photo of customer purchasing a Warmachine or Hordes Battlegroup Box or Two-Player Battle Box, to @privateerpress. You can get the full contest rules online.

Warmachine is a fast-paced 32 mm tabletop miniatures game set in the steam-powered science fiction/fantasy world of the Iron Kingdoms. Each player commands an army of detailed miniatures including a warcaster, an elite soldier-sorcerer who possesses incredible arcane power and the ability to mentally control a force of steam-powered mechanical automatons known as warjacks, and his supporting soldiers in a battle to vanquish the enemy warcaster. The fully compatible feral twin of Warmachine, Hordes, puts players in command of a battle mage known as a warlock who can control an army of powerful warbeasts and leads her own army of warriors into combat to destroy the enemy warlock.

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NOVA Open 2013 in Pictures

Posted on August 31, 2013 by Brett

NOVA Open 2013, a set on Flickr.

Running August 29 to September 1, the NOVA Open is all about gaming tournaments. Warhammer 40K, Warhammer Fantasy Battle, Magic: The Gathering, Infinity, Hordes and War Machine were all represented as well as “how to” seminars.

This was my first time attending the convention and it’s definitely not what I was expecting. I’ll be following up with my impressions of the convention in a further post.