Outlaws!
about 3 years ago – Sun, Mar 28, 2021 at 06:30:56 PM

We have another update for you this time it's to share the third pack of Outlaws, armed primarily with a hand weapon instead of the customary bow.

These chaps just scream ambush! to me and have been captured by Paul jumping out of hiding to attack the tax cart.  Like the Veteran Crossbowmen earlier they come armed with two weapon choices making them versatile in-game.

I have to say the figure armed with a falchion held aloft is just crying out to join my retinue and I may even sneak a shield onto his left arm when he is recruited.

These are real favourites of mine and I can't wait to get them on the tabletop. 

~Andy

Day 8 - Veteran Sergeants with Crossbows
about 3 years ago – Sun, Mar 28, 2021 at 04:03:02 PM

Morning all and if you are in the UK make sure you have put your clocks forward an hour!

Last night Paul sent over photos of Eustace de Lowdham's Crossbowmen, veterans of many encounters these warriors are fully armoured and armed with the deadly crossbow.

In-game the crossbow is very nasty at close range causing Shock if a Morale Check is failed after only 25% casualties. Being also armed with falchions, that's right they have two weapon choices, this unit can follow up quickly making short work of your opponent's troops.

Rumour has it Paul has also finished the third pack of Outlaws who are armed with hand weapons. This means they could also make an appearance today.

Have a great Sunday, we will have more for you later today. Stay Safe!

~Andy & Paul (Hobday & Hicks)

The Priest of Wimentun
about 3 years ago – Sun, Mar 28, 2021 at 07:23:51 AM

He'd eventually arrived at the village after a journey that had seemed to have taken forever, in search of a man he had not seen for twenty years.

Almost five years ago to the day, he had found him exactly where he thought he would be working in his fathers forge. Instantly he was invited to stay, which he did, and spent the next few years repairing the broken down old church with the help of his two old friends and a stonemason from the next village over. 

When asked, "Did he want a tower on it?"  he had just laughed out loud but not very convincingly.  Turris maledicta the Accursed Tower and turris muscarum the Tower of Flies. They had always been there, one or both of them in plain sight reaching up to heaven as he walked the streets of his adopted home and ever since the day he left haunted his subconscious at the very corners of his mind's eye. Now they were towers.

He'd attacked and defended his fair share of towers, he could argue too many, and it was those experiences that made it all too easy to inform the mason he was happy not having one on his new home.

He'd come to retire near to his oldest friends. He had left the order for a simpler life, which he had found, where he wasn't known. But would he ever find peace?

671 Backers!
about 3 years ago – Sat, Mar 27, 2021 at 06:04:58 PM

"I can't believe it's been nearly a week and yet only a week," was Paul's response to us reaching 671 backers this morning. The significance of this being we now have more backers for Death and Taxes in a week than we finished with last time. This is a big deal for us and I know we say it a lot but thank you, your support for The Barons' War is incredible!

I Want to Back for both Terrain and Miniatures, how do I do that?

The most common question I have had so far is this one and I just wanted to reiterate again how this works.

If you want to back for both terrain and miniatures choose the terrain pledge either The Hamlet (physical terrain) or Wimentun Village (physical terrain) pledge level and add the extra to your pledge amount for the figures you want. For example, to back for both The Village and the All the Death and Taxes Figues choose the Village of Wimentun pledge level and add £134 to your pledge amount for a total of £334.

When the pledge manager opens you will be able to add the figures you want to your terrain pledge.

I also want to highlight that both the physical terrain pledges are limited so you MUST back them as your pledge to ensure you get one, as it stands we have no plans to add physical terrain in the pledge manager.

Wimentun VIllage

When introducing The Blacksmith yesterday we shared a birdseye view of the village as to how it looks on the tabletop. Here is what it looks like without the big red circle, as requested.

The grid indicated 1'x1' sections, the village will comfortably fit on a 4'x3' board.

Stretch Goal Figures

Having shared the new villagers a couple of days ago, Paul is well underway with finishing the Tax Cart, Veteran Sergeants with Crossbows, Outlaws 3 and the Poacher & Gamekeeper. 

We are confident we will be swapping out some of the white 'holding' images over the weekend as the figures are nearing completion.

As always any questions at all please do not hesitate to get in touch. Stay safe!

~Andy & Paul (Hobday & Hicks)

The Blacksmith of Wimentun
about 3 years ago – Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 07:02:44 PM

Wimentun Village, because of its size, is lucky to have a forge with a working Blacksmith. Since returning to his childhood home from over the sea twenty-five years ago, the current Blacksmith makes farm implements and everyday metal objects for his village and others nearby. He is also known to forge weapons and armour for Eustace’s troops.

Having married the village healer, they were gifted with a son who idolises his father.  A father who left his homeland with the Lionheart as a fiery young man of 20 to recapture the Holy City, returning aged 23 with a lifetime of experiences from just those three years away.

Present at the Siege of Acre, when night falls, he breathes life into the bedtime stories he tells his boy, recounting his tales of fighting for King Richard. During the day, as he works at the furnace, his young son spends many hours counterattacking side by side with King Guy of Jerusalem against Saladin.

Now a much wiser fellow of 48 years, kind, helpful and strong, he is well regarded in his community and some would say a leader amongst the commoners.