The Dubois, PA area Privateer Press Press Gangers are running Warmachine and Hordes demos.

From their announcement:

There will be a series of three free Demo Days being held in the Dubois, PA area during July. The two local members of the Press Gang, Rich and John, will be hosting the events. These will all be held at Couch Potato Sport and Iconoclast Comics in the DuBois Mall. The events are free, and everyone who is interested in Warmachine and Hordes is invited to come on in and either play a demo or take part in some friendly gaming.

• July 5 - Noon - 5pm
• July 13 - 1pm - 5pm
• July 20 - 1pm - 5pm

Privateer Press have posted the maps and scenarios for week 6 of their Broken Coast Warmachine and Hordes league.

The Privateer Press forums have a topic that purports to have information about the upcoming Epic Hordes Warlocks. No idea if these are accurate or not.

Privateer Press has posted three new previews of upcoming Warmachine and Hordes miniatures.

Anastasia di Bray
The master spy Anastasia di Bray fights the Khadoran occupiers of Llael and their collaborators with a fury fueled by loss. Traitors and the invasion took everyone she loved, and now she aids the Resistance in a war that is as much personal as patriotic. The information she steals can spell the doom of armies, and any who would interfere with her missions die silent deaths on her blades.

Stannis Brocker
Stannis Brocker cares for little beyond coin and battle. He is utterly disinterested the reasons behind any specific conflict and makes no apology for decades spent dealing death and misfortune. Commanding ranks of Steelhead mercenaries, Brocker rides to battle as if from an ancient era, when such men conquered and created nations with the edge of their blades.

Kaya the Moonhunter and Laris
Once Kaya relied solely on her instincts. Now she has been initiated into ancient rites that reveal the power the moon exert on the blood of all predators. Her command of these mysteries has brought her a new companion in the form of a ghostly white wolf. This inseparable pair stalks the battlefields of Immoren with spell, spear, and fang to bring low the foes of the Circle Orboros.

Individual photos of Kaya and Laris are also available.

Privateer Press have posted a preview of the contents of No Quarter magazine issue 19.

Privateer Press have posted the maps and scenarios for week 5 of their Broken Coast Warmachine and Hordes league.

Privateer Press has posted Word and PDF file of the beta version of the Steamroller 4 rules.

Privateer Press have posted details of an impending price increase.

From their website:

Consumers of metal miniatures have noticed that the price of non-ferrous metals has experienced a sharp upward trend over the last few years. At Privateer Press, we diligently monitor the cost of the metal and price our new products appropriately based on current rates. Unfortunately, the cost of metal has skyrocketed over the past couple years. As well, rising gas prices have dramatically increased shipping costs, the repercussions of which can be seen everywhere with the general inflation that affects all of us.

As a result, we are in a position where we must increase the prices of older models in order to keep them profitable. We continue to do everything we can to combat raising prices, from purchasing more efficient equipment, buying metal in bulk, and training our staff in an effort to create a more efficient production process. You’ll be seeing some amazing and innovative ways that we’re engineering the models in the future to decrease metal usage. While these measures have mitigated the increased price of metal and have allowed us to stave off adjusting prices for a while, these efforts are unable to completely neutralize rising costs.

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Privateer Press have posted details of their Summer Rampage 2008 gaming league.

From their website:

Once again, western Immoren shakes beneath the might of rampaging armies as the war-torn kingdoms of Warmachine clash with the savage threat of the wild Hordes. Fire up your warjacks and rile your warbeasts to prepare for the next round of Summer Rampage!

This year’s Summer Rampage takes the form of a unique map campaign. See No Quarter #18 (May) for what’s in store for this year’s biggest Summer event! No Quarter #19 (July) will provide material support for players of Summer Rampage, including a map of western Immoren, pre-order your issue at your local game store today.

They also sent along details of a new organized play website that the league will use.
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Privateer Press have announced that previous owners of the Professor Viktor Pendrake miniature can send in to get his stat card.

From their website:

The Professor Viktor Pendrake model due in stores this September will be a reissue of the model previously available for the Iron Kingdoms Role Playing Game. This blister pack will include Pendrake’s all new stat card.

Players who have already purchased the Iron Kingdoms model will be able to receive a complimentary copy of the Hordes stat card by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope to:

Privateer Press
Attn: Pendrake
13434 NE 16th St.
Suite #120
Bellevue, WA 98005

Please note: requests that do not include the self-addressed stamped envelope will be discarded and no card will be returned to the sender. Professor Viktor Pendrake is featured in Hordes: Metamorphosis, the next expansion to Hordes.

Privateer Press have posted the maps and scenarios for week 4 of their Broken Coast Warmachine and Hordes league.

Privateer Press have posted the maps and scenarios for week 3 of their Broken Coast Warmachine and Hordes league.

Version 1.3 of Tabletop Commander has been released.

From their announcement:

Version 1.3 of Tabletop Commander, the army building application for Warmachine and Hordes, has been released. This release introduces the internationalization of Tabletop Commander. The first translation to German is already included with other languages coming in the near future

Privateer Press have posted the maps and scenarios for week 2 of their Broken Coast Warmachine and Hordes league.

Privateer Press have posted previews of the Cankerworm Character Bonejack and Drago Character Bezerker models for Warmachine.

Drago
All Berserkers have the roughened look of decades of service, but Drago stands out even among such company. While it has a cortex as old and unstable as any Berserker’s, the passing of long years has removed many of the limited restraints that once held the machine back in battle. Mechaniks keep it chained up like a wild beast when not fighting, for Drago unleashes unmitigated violence at the slightest provocation.

Cankerworm
Cankerworm attacks with a breed of cunning and sense of self-preservation that makes mockery of life. The ‘jack’s unprecedented ability to manipulate even the most sophisticated and complex mechanikal devices makes Cankerworm a versatile and vicious tool. It waits for the mightiest of warjacks to suffer crippling damage and springs to attack the vulnerable machine. After the final strike, Cankerworm harvests weapons and other useful machinery from the fallen construct and turns them against their former masters.

Privateer Press have posted their September 2008 release schedule. All prices are in US$. They have also posted photos of the Drago Character Berseker and the Cankerworm Character Bonejack.

Monsterpocalypse Comic Issue #1 (1 comic issue)
No Quarter Issue #20 - $5.99

Caspia-Sul League Kits

• S Caspia-Sul Incursions Starter Kit - $99.98
• Caspia-Sul Incursions Core Kit - $59.99
• Caspia-Sul Incursions Reinforcement Kit - $15.00

Wamachine

• Cygnar Ol’ Rowdy Character Heavy Warjack (1 Model)
• Protectorate Fire of Salvation Character Heavy Warjack (1 Model)
• Khador Drago Character Berseker (1 Model)
• Cryx Cankerworm Character Bonejack (1 Model)
• Mercenary Anastasia di Bray Solo (1 Model)

Hordes

• Trollblood Slag Troll Light Warbeast (1 Model)
• Circle Orboros Tharn Ravager White Mane (1 Model)
• Minion Professor Viktor Pendrake (1 Model)

Privateer Press have posted previews of Professor Viktor Pendrake and the Ol’ Rowdy Legendary Ironclad miniature. Both are scheduled for release this September.

From their website:

Ol’ Rowdy has five decades of service under its chassis. It hails from the first generation of Ironclads hammered together at the Cygnaran Armory from parts manufactured at Engines East. Not until after several years fighting with distinction during the Scharde Invasions did the ornery temper that would characterize Ol’ Rowdy actually come to the fore.

Professor Viktor Pendrake has become a legend in his own time. He has passed down the wisdom of years in the wild by heading up the Department of Extraordinary Zoology in Corvis but recent events have pulled him from the halls of academia. After surviving enslavement by the Skorne he returned to the west to rejoin old friends and aid his allies in their struggles for survival.

Privateer Press have posted the maps and scenarios for week 1 of their Broken Coast Warmachine and Hordes league.

Gale Force 9 have announced the release of new token sets for the Warcasters in Warmachine: Legends are now available from their online store.

From their announcement:

The Iron Kingdoms enter a new era with the introduction of WARMACHINE: Legends. New Warcasters and epic versions of existing ones now take to the field of battle. GF9 is proud to release new token sets for the first wave of these new leaders, Master Necrotech Mortenebra and High Executioner Servath Reznik as well as the epic versions of General Adept Nemo and Supreme Kommandant Irusk. Previews of these Warcasters were featured in Privateer Press’s No Quarter Magazine. No battle will ever be the same.

Privateer Press have announced that it will soon be producing new tokens for use with Warmachine and Hordes.

From their announcement:

Privateer Press has announced that, as part of the current expansion undergoing its hobby range, it will produce new gaming tokens for its WARMACHINE; and HORDES; tabletop games. “The idea behind the new tokens is to make tracking Focus and Fury, as well as upkeep spells, a much easier task. We’re looking to enrich the overall game play experience for all WARMACHINE and HORDES players” stated Rob Hawkins, Hobby Manager for Privateer Press.

More information regarding pricing and release dates, as well as news regarding the entire Formula P3 Hobby Range, will be announced as it becomes available.

We’ve already emailed them to enquire about photos.

Gale Force 9 have announced that they are now selling the Cryx & Menoth Battlefield in a Box sets.

From their website:

Two fantastic new terrain sets from Gale Force Nine’s Battlefield in a Box collection for Warmachine are now in stores. These pre-pained resin-cast terrain sets capture the mood of the war torn Iron Kingdoms and will enhance your tabletop skirmishes. Both highly detailed sets were sculpted by Gale Force Nine’s master terrain builder, Jason Buyaki.

The fearsome warjacks and dark industries of Cryx are fueled by a charnel material known as Necrotite. Necrotite is created at sites of bloodshed and slaughter where the earth itself has been stained by agony and death. Over time a lusterless dark mineral forms that at first glance resembles coal but upon closer inspection reveals something far more sinister. The vile mineral unleashes necrotic energy which can be harnessed by skilled Necrotechs. Mining crews set up these foul mining rigs across the Iron Kingdoms and guard them violently as their foes seek to rob them of their unholy resource. This dark and fantastic terrain set sets the stage for conflicts in your games of Warmachine.

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Privateer Press have posted previews of two of the upcoming Hordes Epic Warlocks; Epic Madrak and Epic Morghoul.

From their website:

Madrak knew that the cursed weapon Rathrok would destroy him, but he willingly took it up to save his people. Now the ancient axe threatens to overwhelm him. Though it wins Madrak victory after victory, Rathrok’s grim power condemns those the chieftain would save. Madrak sees no other hope for his people’s survival, however, even though those he protects have come to call Madrak the “World Ender”.

Madrak 360 degree panorma

After long years of loyal but shadowy service to his master, Morghoul has stepped forward as a leader among the Skorne. The betrayal by his lord freed Morghoul’s hands, and he has found the opportunity to further his private ambitions by taking the unprecedented step of seizing leadership of the entire paingiver caste in the Army of the Western Reaches.

Morghoul 360 degree panorama

Privateer Press have posted a preview of the Epic Lylyth miniature.

From their website:

Lylyth has arisen from recent conflicts as the leading edge of Everblight’s armies and has spread the dragon’s shadow across the lands of western Immoren. She and her handpicked followers cut down any who oppose the Legion with unerring precision. Empowered to range far from the center of Everblight’s power, Lylyth drives her advanced strike elements with peerless grace and lethality.

Version 1.1 of Tabletop Commander, the army building application for Warmachine and Hordes, has been released. Install files for Windows, Mac, and Linux are on the Download page. A list of updates to the application can be found in the release notes.

Privateer Press have posted a 360 degree panorama of the upcoming Epic Eiryss figure as well as posting some fluff about the figure.

From their website:

Eiryss has spent years cutting down humans who would profane Caen and her goddess with foul sorceries, but she has seen first-hand that the wars and magics of mankind threaten to destroy her people and her gods. Eiryss has returned to her lonely fight with renewed conviction and new tools to hunt and slay human spell-casters and their perverse machines.

Epic Eiryss is set to be released in August.

Many Bothan spies died to get us this cover from Warmachine: Legends. Or is that mixing too many geek genres together? In any case, here is the cover.

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A photo of the Epic Eiryss miniature for Warmachine has been leaked. The miniature will be available as part of th Warmachine:Legends expansion.

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Privateer Press has posted two new previews of upcoming Warcasters from the Warmachine: Legends expansion.

Epic Goreshade The Cursed
A terrible hubris motivates Goreshade. His eyes fire with a mad glow all the more terrifying for its unshakable conviction. Becoming an eldritch granted him insight into the endless chasm between Caen and Urcaen from which the banes manifest and irrevocably altered his perception of reality. Even if his people refuse his unorthodox notion of “salvation”, he will bring it to them by force. He stands ready to unmake Caen if he must.

Koldun Kommander Aleksandra Zerkova
Few people in the Khadoran Empire have more drive than Aleksandra. Most of her peers see her intensity and zeal for the occult as unsettling. She employs soldiers and warjacks with equal dispassion, and most who come to know her deem her heartless and cruel. Certainly she has the will and the courage to walk into the darkness without flinching, a talent that may prove vital to Khador’s triumph in the months and years ahead.

Privateer Press have posted the matchups, maps and scenarios for week 8 of their Call to Arms: Bloodstone Borderlands league.

Privateer Press has posted two new previews of Warcasters from the upcoming Warmachine:Legends expansion.

Epic Severius
Severius’ voice has always resonated with sacred power, and he demonstrates a strength and surety that belies his age. Those who attend him can see and hear the power of unchecked divinity conveyed through his words and deeds. He has vowed to make it his life’s work to unite the Menites of western Immoren, to spread the True Faith to all of humanity, and to usher in a new age by hammering the cathedrals of Morrow to rubble and erecting new temples to the Lawgiver.

Captain Jeremiah Kraye
Even before refining his warcasting talents, Kraye earned a reputation as a recklessly daring scout both for his many exploits behind enemy lines and for arriving at the right time and place to lead flagging defenders to sudden victory. Kraye prefers to strike against an exposed flank or to harass an enemy’s reinforcements, and he instills his ‘jacks with unprecedented mobility and crushing momentum.