Mantic Games : Why i was so Blind and why we need To support this company!

I love Mantic I've a Kings of War dwarf army and a giant i love the models they look great and you can mix and match models there cheaper and you get more for your money. I like GW but it's the price that puts me off. I want Mantic to keep going.

I've just properly bought into Kings of War, I had the Battle for IronHold set but I recently ordered The Sands of Ahmun and looking forward to the new plastics, I miss that Mantic doesn't have The Walking Dead anymore, I'm scrounging and scouring to find all the bits I'm missing. In the wake of 10th edition 40K, I am buying Mantic stuff.

Thank you for the kind words! By the way, I’m Paul, and I’ll take care of Mantic’s crowdfunding projects from now on.

DEADZONE is really a fantastic game. Easy to learn but so many things in it make it fun to play! No rulers needed, exploding 8 (when you roll an 8 it is a succes and you get to roll another die) and special activation dice!

I got to say Rob- I agree: Mantic dont have the best quality all the time, its not the most slick looking operation, it does not have the same quality of lore built up, maybe they dont manufacture everything domestically- but they are company with a lot of heart and they are constantly improving - Their Dungeon dead are 100x times better that what they put in dungeon saga (Constant improvement)
They seem like a genuinely decent company who are really trying their best for their customers.

Nice video and yes its nice to be able to get into the hobby and be affordable especially with trying to raise a family thank you mantic!

Do you have any suggestions for the modification of rules in dreadfleet to make it work better?

Hey Rob. This is a good one. Makes me think about some of my fleet games, the one I'm thinking of in particular, is from games workshop. I have a 3.5 X copy of dreadfleet. Have you played it? I haven't gotten to it yet?

We all get here, I arrived years ago. Mantic is the Boss!

Mantic also supports local game stores and hobby shops unlike GW who seem to hate them

Just saw someone share this on Twitter & I love to hear more people get excited for Mantic. I’m always looking for more KoW channels and I’ll be checking back in for more!

Gonna give them a look. GW has been dead to me for a while now, and I've been lured back into the market by the proliferation of game lines leaning into 3D printing, but it sounds like Mantic's stuff is affordable enough and high enough quality to give a look.

Mantic is something I should have a look into

Great video mate. Been a fan of Mantic games for a long while now and everything you've said here is bang on the money.

Brilliant video, very true and you have convinced me to take another look. I have subscribed to see what you do in the future. I wish you all the best.

Firefight is an astounding game. I wish it many years and releases to come.

GW went waaay toooo far with crazy prising they products - there is no way for me to buy a single mini from them in the future Amen:)

The problem with Mantic Games is that they aren't as popular as the GW Stuff which everyone seems to automatically go for and they don't seem willing to try anything new. I bought into Deadzone, Warpath, Firefight, and could never find people interested.

We’re playing Deadzone at miniature market cave spring twice a month. We’ve also dipped our feet in firefight. Deadzone is the best system for fast and fun games. They also sponsored our store championship. That shows how much they care. I’ve dropped well over $1000 in mantic last year and that’s over 3 games, Multiple full armies for each. I love mantic.

I bought my first box of mantic miniatures to get ready for the old world. Some goblin flea bags riders. The are great models.
I've been priced out by GW and
Lately I've been dwelling in other miniatures companies that deserve support.

Deadzone is amazing. I absolutely adore that game. I adore how Mantic makes all their games' content playable across other games in the universe. Mantic truly reminds me of golden-era GW of late 90s-early 2000s. Sadly, finding games and getting traction with new players just isn't moving.

Best evidence Mantic cares about their community is how they run their game rules. They have most enthusiastic community members forming rules commity working WITH Mantic on their games.

I have played dozens, dozens of miniature games. Now I almost exclusively play Mantic. Kings of War (2 huge armies), Deadzone (2 warbands), Armada (orc fleet + waiting for new, amazing Trident). I also have FF army... Man those are great games.

Great video, I think the price point as you say, is amazing for what you get, I got all dungeon saga stuff just because I could afford it lol Gonna look into star saga now😉

I absolutely love Mantic's amazing Terrain Crates.

Rob, I am looking forward to your thoughts on Deadzone. It is my favorite skirmish game by far, and the starter box is a great value. Thanks for your work on this awesome channel!

There kings of war starter sets are awesome. There mega army sets are crazy value. They don't even care if you use other companies models in your games

Forgot to day. One of the coolest things I find about Mantic. All the si fi stuff plays with the sci fi stuff. For example I can use the factions in Star Saga set in Dead Zone. Wanna go bigger? You can use the same and just add more.

I used to be a big advocate of Mantic but then they started to pull "bait and switches" with some of their kickstarters so I gave up on them That was several years ago though so after watching this I might have to have another look at their stuff.

Thanks for the post. I really enjoy Star Saga as a different take on the Space Opera genre, and I back their recent terrain crate campaign for alien world plants (and could be used as strange plants from different dimensions in Cthulhu adjacent games.

I always been a scale modeller, until i want to start try on table top miniature. my first box of tabletop miniatures was the first Mantic Army Box - Mhorgoth Rising! there are so affordable for me (i almost bought the Warhammer: The Island of Blood). Luckily i did a search and visited the Wolfgame Shop nearby my house and immediately caught by the nice scalped figures with proper scaled (i not a fan of GW's Heroic scale styling). two fully plastic armies of Undead and Dwarfs, a 56-page full colour 2nd edition Kings of War Rulebook including nearly 100 new units which such affordable price! i like those undead especially the zombie and ghoul! After that i learn more that Mantic is gamers friendly company, you can download rule book to start a games, no problem for gamers to use minis from other companies, and they contantly listen to the customers and keep improving. From there i started to put my support on Mantic.

Rob, my Mantic journey started 4 years ago. Got some gcps troopers and loved them. Then I got a copy of Vanguard. Great models, however the PVC models do require a great deal of moldline cleanup. Their resin stuff has been terrific.
Fast forward to this past Xmas, and I got a KOW starter. Wow, those models are great! I especially like the Halfling army! I now have a healthy backlog to complete.

Keep up the videos, man!

I've been bangin that Mantic drum for ages, I have no intention of stopping.
KoW is my favourite wargame of all time and Armada is just awesome. I've got most of the game lines they produce I just wish I had more time to play them.
Anyway, I look forward to seeing your Mantic content.

Yes Rob. I am totally on you side about Mantic.
I am a huge Mantic fan as well, because of all the reasons you mention. But I also grew up with GW and their fantastic games of the past. So I get distracted, when they release a new Warhammer Quest game or other stuff that reminds me of these great old games.

But after the recent price increase, the Cursed City disaster, and the way they keep coming out with new big starter sets for Warcry and Kill team every third month, I just can't keep up. GW doesn't deserve my attention anymore.

I will just keep to Mantic and OPR (onepagerules) for my miniature games. I will be looking forward to all the great content you are going to make about Mantic games in the future. Count me in.

Yip, agreed. Mantic have come a long way and continue to make progress - especially in the quality of their miniatures. Most importantly for me, Ronnie from Mantic always comes across as incredibly enthusiastic and invested in what they are trying to do… and there seems to be a real ‘genuineness’ in his approach. I haven’t played the other games mentioned, but have got Armada, and KOW is a great game - my go-to for old school fantasy battles.
Take care.

I ll be always a Mantic fan. Mars Attacks, Deadzone, Walking Dead, Star Saga, Dungeon Saga - the best games I own till today. Seriously

Subscribed!
Looking forward to seeing you show Mantic games in future episodes

Hell yeah rob sing the gospel of mantic. Love dungeon saga and star. Just too bad both are discontinued. Missed out on some expansion and now they are rare and expensive on ebay.

Mantic has swung and missed a couple times, but overall they put out great products. And they learn from their misses and do better all the time. I have been rocking an Enforcer for my profile picture for years. My favorites in order are Deadzone, Hellboy, Walking Dead All Out War (oop now), Star Saga, Dungeon Saga and Dreadball. Still want to pickup Firefight. They also put out awesome Terrain Packs too!

Well your video inspired me to go back to work and I built a squad of Enforcers for Firefight.

I really like Mantic. I wish people in my area played any of the games. Love the minis and style.

Hi Rob,

Pat from Mantic. Just want to thank you for your kind words and acknowledgement of our efforts from where we were to where we are today. If you happen to be at AdeptiCon this year please come by the booth, say hi and have a chat! Love to see you.

I have a giant pile of Hellboy sitting in a corner. I attempted to learn it once and got distracted by other things.

Think im going to take a hard look at them.

Mantic is awsome!

We need more people to start running Mantic games at cons and stores to spread the word.

And you get the rule book and a full army book in Fire Fight and Deadzone starter sets. Not to mention all the minis. I’m still building my Firefight set. I still have Deadzone and then Armada to go.

I think I bought all of the Dungeon Saga stuff and just need to get off my butt and paint them.

Ain’t seeing the light grand? As an e-GW fanatic to huge Mantic supporter, I can only say welcome one and all. Thanks Rob. Love the channel.

Sadly haven't heard of them. Maybe they got low distribution around here. Distribution and the lack of any real advertising now does not help. Be interesting to see Rob.