Want to get the latest info about Test of Honour, the samurai miniatures game? Well, you're in luck, as it's all collected together in one place. There's new downloads, info about the upcoming expansi
Want to get the latest info about Test of Honour, the samurai miniatures game? Well, you're in luck, as it's all collected together in one place. There's new downloads, info about the upcoming expansions, and a look at the latest sculpts coming out. I did say it was a bit of everything.
From the article:
Time to update you with all the Test of Honour news...
With the rush of fulfilling everyone's Sohei Temple Guard orders finally in the rear-view mirror, I've had a chance to do some bonus cards.
These cards are a bonus to the Sohei Temple Guard, Fanatics and Musketmen sets, giving you more options including a Sergeant of Archery and the choice to use the Creed Bearer as a normal banner bearer. Includes the following cards:
Warlord Games has moved Test of Honour over to Grey For Now Games. Anyone who was worried about a big delay for it to launch, your fears are mitigated. They've launched the new website.
From the po
Warlord Games has moved Test of Honour over to Grey For Now Games. Anyone who was worried about a big delay for it to launch, your fears are mitigated. They've launched the new website.
Warlord Games is selling off the last of their Test of Honour miniatures kits. Dont' worry, fans of the game. It's not coming to an end. It's just moving. Grey For Now will soon be taking it over. So
Warlord Games is selling off the last of their Test of Honour miniatures kits. Dont' worry, fans of the game. It's not coming to an end. It's just moving. Grey For Now will soon be taking it over. So Warlord's just clearing their inventory before the swap.
From the post:
With Test of Honour 2 on the horizon and Grey For Now taking over the reins of the production of future products for Test of Honour, everything within this Test of Honour collection must go by the end of the month! Once the stock is gone it’s gone!
Please Note: Orders with these items included may take 15 working days longer than usual to be shipped.
A new set for Test of Honour is available to pre-order from Warlord Games. In this case, it's a set of seven ronin. For those that don't know, ronin were masterless samurai who traveled around the cou
A new set for Test of Honour is available to pre-order from Warlord Games. In this case, it's a set of seven ronin. For those that don't know, ronin were masterless samurai who traveled around the countryside, helping those in need. They're also the only people I know of who made the man-bun hairstyle look good. Anyway, you can get your orders in now so that these seven samurai don't walk past your door.
From the website:
The characters represented in this box are designed to be used together in games of Test of Honour, and if commanded well they form a powerful force. However, they are armed only with swords, and so can be vulnerable to bow fire and muskets.
For a particularly characterful battle, we recommend you use only the Skill cards in this box to form your Fate deck.
Box contains: 18 gaming cards for Test of Honour and 7 metal character miniatures plus bases.
Medieval Japan is full of badass warrior women in the form of the Onna-bugeisha. And they're hitting the battlefields in Test of Honour. Warlord Games is taking orders for the Onna-bugeisha of Asakura
Medieval Japan is full of badass warrior women in the form of the Onna-bugeisha. And they're hitting the battlefields in Test of Honour. Warlord Games is taking orders for the Onna-bugeisha of Asakura set. If you want to add to it, they also have separate sets of the different components you can get.
Onna-Bugeisha, a female martial artist, are members of the samurai class. Noblewomen trained to fight for their homes, their honour and their family. These women were not ornaments; they were as dangerous as their male counterparts, amply able to defend their homes and property while the armies were away on campaign. Historically Onna-Bugeisha have been associated with the Naginata and Kaiken as fighting weapons; one very long and one very short! That is not to say they were limited to those weapons and yumi, yari, katana and teppo all feature in an Onna-Bugeisha’s armoury.
In Japan, it wasn't just the men who could train in martial arts and learn the Samurai ways. Women were able to do that as well, and many noblewomen did just that. They were called the Onna-Bugeisha,
In Japan, it wasn't just the men who could train in martial arts and learn the Samurai ways. Women were able to do that as well, and many noblewomen did just that. They were called the Onna-Bugeisha, and if you'd like to add these kick-ass warrior women to your Test of Honour collections, you can put your name down on Warlord Game's list so they arrive as soon as possible.
From the website:
Onna-Bugeisha, a female martial artist, are members of the samurai class. Noblewomen trained to fight for their homes, their honour and their family. These women were not ornaments; they were as dangerous as their male counterparts, amply able to defend their homes and property while the armies were away on campaign. Historically Onna-Bugeisha have been associated with the Naginata and Kaiken as fighting weapons; one very long and one very short! That is not to say they were limited to those weapons and yumi, yari, katana and teppo all feature in an Onna-Bugeisha’s armoury.
As usual for Warlord Games, they've got a whole slew of new things to order for their various games. If you're a fan of Bolt Action, Konflikt '47, Pike & Shotte, or Test of Honour, you'll want to see
As usual for Warlord Games, they've got a whole slew of new things to order for their various games. If you're a fan of Bolt Action, Konflikt '47, Pike & Shotte, or Test of Honour, you'll want to see what's new on the shelves. Konflikt '47 has the lion's share, but there's a little bit of everything.
Man’s best friend and longtime ally during warfare make their appearance on the battlefields of 1947… complete with new augmentations the British War Dog Squads are perfect additions for your battles of Konflikt ’47!
Get your hands on the new heavy Italian infantry (that will be appearing in the upcoming Konflikt ’47 supplement ‘Defiance’) early with this special preview pack!
Bearing the latest technology and protected with their prayers of their Lord respectively, the new Mounted Arquebusiers and Knight Hospitaller are standing ready.
Trained in the art of warfare these warrior women, the Onna-bugeisha of Asakura, fight for their homes, their honour and their family as lethal as any Samurai.
Helloooooooo, Saturday. You know you're my favorite. I hope the other days of the week get jealous, but you're just so great. Time to put on some appropriate music and relax... and probably play some
Helloooooooo, Saturday. You know you're my favorite. I hope the other days of the week get jealous, but you're just so great. Time to put on some appropriate music and relax... and probably play some games, too. I plan on doing that as well. But, before I go do that, I gotta make sure the people get the gaming reviews I know they so desperately desire.
This week, we have: Go Nuts for Donuts, Loot N Shoot, London, Centipede, Stellium, DropMix, Cursed Court, Einstein, Peptide, Empires: Age of Discovery, Test of Honour Ronin, Photosynthesis, and Fast Forward series (Fear, Fortress, Flee).
Ah the donut. A beautiful ring of delicious dough and sugar. The donut is a miraculous dessert that comes in so many flavors. Will we find Go Nuts for Donuts from GameWright Games just as irresistible or will this cute filler game leave a bad taste in your mouth like an old jelly filled donut?
London takes place in the years following the Great Fire which decimated much of the older parts of London. Players are tasked with rebuilding the city and stemming the rising tide of poverty that comes with a rapidly developing city.
Since this is an asymmetrical game, the Gnome and Centipede player’s set-up and turns will be different. Once set-up is complete, play begins with the Gnome player with two phases:
1. Refresh the Dice Pool: If there’s only 1 die left you re-roll all dice.
2. Activate 1 Die: Choose 1 die and take all actions listed on the die, then move that die out of the die pool.
The game board is comprised of six rotating disks held together with a cardboard boundary. Marbles drawn from a bag represent the astronomical objects placed on one of seven spaces on each disc. Objective cards are also set up beside the board that shows the configurations of colors of marbles required for scoring points.
There are actually three different ways to play DropMix, the most addicting of which is Freestyle. No rules, no challenges, just play cards and create awesome mixes (hopefully). How does it work? The DropMix board connects to your mobile device (phone or tablet) and uses a free app.
The intrigues and scandals of the realm’s greater nobility are a subject of fixation, and even obsession, for the entire kingdom. Most especially for the minor nobility, whose fortunes can be elevated — or shattered — by what happens at court.
In Cursed Court, you must consider both public and hidden information, some of the latter shared among different pairs of players, when wagering your limited influence in each season of the year. As the machinations of the nine key nobles are progressively revealed, your fortunes rise and fall. After three years, a winner is crowned.
As Albert Einstein transcended science and became a recognizable figure around the world, so the game Einstein focuses on simple rules and quick playability, an accessible strategy game for gamers and non-gamers alike.
Peptide is an open-drafting card game with resource management elements. Basically, players compete to link amino acids side-by-side, forming what’s called a Peptide Chain (in biology, this process is called RNA Translation). In order to do so, players must first select from a number of available open-drafted face up cards, which in the game represent cellular organelles. Each organelle rewards players with either molecular resources or cellular actions. Final scores are based upon the types of amino acids in your Peptide Chain, and the player with the most points at the end of the game wins!
It would appear that we at Polyhedron Collider are a shower of dirty liars and hypocrites. "What is the reason for this confession?" you may ask. It seems that we may have made the statement on an earlier podcast that “it’s not all about the bling”. Whilst true, my track record on this sort of thing isn’t exactly exemplary as I’ve got a growing number of games in my collection with more shinies than Malcolm Reynolds after having Serenity diamond-encrusted - one of which is Empires: Age of Discovery, a hefty Worker Placement/Area Control game from Eagle-Gryphon.
You are in charge of a species of tree (or you are the trees, however you want to look at it) and it’s your job to get as much energy from the sun as you can so that your trees can grow, thrive, produce seedlings for the next generation, and ultimately end their life cycle as strong, healthy trees. Succeeding at this means, inevitably, weakening the other trees in the forest, but such is the circle of life. The strong survive, the weak become mulch.
Fast Forward is a new series of games from Friedemann Friese that do not come with rulebooks. Instead, the games in the Fast Forward series are sorted decks of 90 cards each, and the rules of each game are discovered during play. The Fast Forward games also use Friese’s Fable System, introduced in Fabled Fruit, which evolves the gameplay from one game to another but whose components are fully resettable.
The series was launched with three games–Fear, Fortress, and Flee–and each game is stand-alone, yet it makes sense to review them together. For one thing, part of the fun of each game is discovering it as you go, so I have to be vague on some details to avoid spoilers. And for another thing, the system works pretty similarly in each game.
Woo! Saturday!And I'm finally mostly over being sick. You never realize just how much you are thankful that you can breathe through your nose or take a couple breaths without coughing until that's exa
Woo! Saturday! And I'm finally mostly over being sick. You never realize just how much you are thankful that you can breathe through your nose or take a couple breaths without coughing until that's exactly the opposite of how you're doing. Ah well. While I groove along to The Guess Who (because why not?), let's get you some gaming reviews.
This week, we've got: 51st State Master Set, Betrayal at Baldur's Gate, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shadows of the Past, Harry Potter Hogwarts Battle: The Monster Box of Monsters, Arkon, Pockety Odyssey, Noises at Night, Siege Storm, Rambo: the Board Game, Hardback, Voodoo, Palette Swap, Vast: The Crystal Caverns, Pryamids, Kingsburg (2nd Edition), Crossfire, Through the Desert (Euro Classics Edition), Nemesis, Bad Squiddo Games Onna-bugeisha, and Test of Honour: Ninjas of Iga Warband.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Shadows of the Past is a one versus all miniatures skirmish game. Up to four players take on the roles of the Turtles and face off against the player using the forces of evil.
The Monster Box of Monsters is the first expansion for Harry Potter Hogwarts Battle. It adds more difficulty and more content, including a new Hero to help you and creatures to fight.
theMCGuiRE review takes a look at Siege Storm a brand new (super new) TCG out of Awaken Realms and designed by Marcin Swierkot. A very cool new take on a traditional card game. There are tons of TCG's out there and this adds to a market that is already saturated. Thing is....its different in many ways and feels like a completely different experience than your standard run of the mill TCG's. Its not just the fantastic artwork but the game play mechanics and layout of the cards really feel like much more than your standard card game. Excellent design and very fun, versatile, and quick experience! Well done Marcin!
theMCGuiRE review takes a look at Rambo The Board Game a brand new one from Everything EPIC, which is currently in kickstarter (upon uploading this video) and the link is below! Here you will find a very nice and fun easy tactical miniatures war game. Simple mechanics and combat keep this title a really good gateway for anyone and the missions are based on the movies. I find the game has excellent theme and you really feel as though you are on a mission in the jungle to bring justice! This is not one to miss and is a very fun mission by mission based game!
Hardback is essentially a race game to be the first player to earn 60 points. Each player starts with a 10 cards deck of letters, eight identical and two random ones.
Each player is trying to be the first to score 11 points by casting curses on the other players. To do this, players will first need to roll five dice. If you happen to roll the required ingredient for a curse, you can spend those dice to cast it onto another player and earn victory points. This will cause the player to do certain actions during the game, such as talk like a frog, cover one eye, or don’t let your feet touch the floor. If that player doesn’t follow the curse requirements, the casting player earns extra points.
In Palette Swap, you attempt to complete your color schemes via mixing, matching, and trading colored cubes with other players. Each player is given a color palette and six color schemes to complete based on the colors contained on their palettes and other players. A small set of primary colored cubes represent your actions – swapping with other players, mixing yours and their colors, or gaining a cube of a color they possess. Once your palette and an opponent’s contain the right colors, you complete color scheme card. The first to complete all six of their cards wins.
Explaining the entire concept of the game involves a brief description of each of the five sides in play. In general, various creatures and/or heroes find themselves at odds inside a cave littered with crystals and treasures. Each side has a separate goal depending on which other sides are also in play. The general game structure is one of continuous rounds until one side fulfills their win condition.
Players in Pyramids are ancient Egyptian architects. They complete structures by acquiring building cards from a center pool and then adding them to various buildings, including a mandatory pyramid.
Apart from the cosmetic changes in all new illustrations, a slightly redesigned board, revamped components and custom dice, this new edition from Z-Man Games plays exactly the same as the original. However, it also includes all five of the modules from the separate expansion To Forge a Realm (identical rules, as well), plus a couple of additional ones. These may be mixed and matched or thrown in all together as your heart desires – or the Queen demands.
Not to be confused with the action-packed disc-shooting game from the 1970’s (and yes there’s a new version in stores), or that other card game about futuristic agents and operatives, this Crossfire is a hidden role game set in the Specter Ops universe about agents and assassins and protecting a VIP.
Roles are dealt at the start of a round, but it’s not a straightforward deal. First everyone is given a role card (and a chance to look at it). Then everyone pass that card to the left and looks at their new role. Next, every 3rd player shuffles their role cards with their neighbors’ on either side, and deals them back out again – and finally, everyone has their final role.
Through the Desert is a network-building game for two to five players. Players are nomadic caravan leaders trying to connect their caravans to the most valuable desert territory (namely, oases and watering holes). The player with the most points at the end of the game wins.
The aim of the game is to get home, ensure the navigation computer is pointing in the right direction, make sure the engines are working and get back in the hibernation pods before the ship jumps to hyperspace. I think. One of my initial problems with the Nemesis prototype is that although the rulebook is by no means awful, it appears to leave a lot of aspects of the game open to interpretation, and appears to be missing some rules completely. Now we are talking about a prototype game here, so it’s understandable that this is by no means the final rulebook, but it does make providing my thoughts on the game rather problematic.
Ninjas of Iga is the latest box set of miniatures to be released by Warlord Games for their Test of Honour Samurai skirmish game – it is the second box set they have released which includes all new metal miniatures.
Even though ninjas never really wrapped themselves in black like we see in pop culture (that was a kabuki theater thing. Ninjas dressed like everyone else so they didn't stand out), it's still fun to
Even though ninjas never really wrapped themselves in black like we see in pop culture (that was a kabuki theater thing. Ninjas dressed like everyone else so they didn't stand out), it's still fun to have ninja figures running around on our battlefields in their iconic look. Well, if you're a Test of Honour player, you can grab a bunch of different ninja sets for the game. There's a big set, a blister, and the Dojo Assault bundle.
Hiding in the shadows, creeping in the corner of your eyes, the Ninja of Iga have selected you as their next target…
Masters of stealth, ninjitsu, both hand to hand and weapon combat, the ninja is an unprecedented threat on the battlefield, even a skilled samurai has to be cautious when fighting against a ninja!
Kazmiizumi-kanchou, the famous sword master, sits in his dojo, quietly meditating. His sharp ears hear rustling outside. But it's not simply the wind through the trees. Someone's out there... multiple
Kazmiizumi-kanchou, the famous sword master, sits in his dojo, quietly meditating. His sharp ears hear rustling outside. But it's not simply the wind through the trees. Someone's out there... multiple someones. He grabs his sword, ready to face whatever threat might be coming for him. That's what's happening in the Test of Honour: Dojo Assault set. Warlord Games is taking pre-orders for it now.
From the post:
The renowned sword-master Kazmiizumi-kanchou stands to protect his home and legacy against a wave of deadly and skilled Ninja!
The Ninja have come fully prepared for dealing with this tenacious adversary. Armed with ninjato, kamas, sais, throwing knives, tekko-kagi, even shuriken and a grappling hook! They’ll do anything to achieve their goal…
Capture that iconic movie scene with this quick and easy bundle, it contains:
1 MDF Dojo, fully detailed with moveable doors and removable roof. 1 metal Samurai sword-master Kazmiizumi-kanchou. 7 Metal Ninja armed with various weaponry. 1 rules expansion booklet – Darkness & Deceit Gameplay cards for the Teacher and Ninja 2 MDF Lanterns. 1 Sword Measuring device.
Woo! Saturday! Woo!As you're reading this, I'm over at the LGS, hanging out and just taking it easy. I'm hoping you're doing much the same (or have done so and are just reading this later, as I am typ
Woo! Saturday! Woo! As you're reading this, I'm over at the LGS, hanging out and just taking it easy. I'm hoping you're doing much the same (or have done so and are just reading this later, as I am typing this earlier). Either way, I hope you're able to make good use out of the day.
As for reviews. Of course we have those for you.
Today we have: Anachrony, Elo Darkness, Don't Mess With Cthulhu, Dragoon, Test of Honour Samurai Warband, Wreck and Ruin, Lignum, Downforce, Go Nuts for Donuts, Age of Rivals iOS, 1846: Race for the Midwest, Train Heist, and Posthuman.
theMCGuiRE review takes a look at ELO Darkness a MOBA style board game that is executed very nicely! Awesome artwork and character design throughout this title. I also want to point out that this is not just a card game with extra "board game" components. The movement on the board is as critical as any card in your hand and really does give you a good translation of what you would experience in a MOBA video game title.
In this video I will teach you how to play including: Setup, player turns, completing a round, and end game conditions. I will also give you my thoughts and opinions on the game, and would love to hear yours.
In this video I will teach you how to play including: Setup, player turns, phases of a round, and end game conditions. I will also give you my thoughts and opinions on the game, and would love to hear yours.
The assembly instruction leaflets (which are copies of those included in the main game) seem to have been put together by someone who has seen the model sprues, but doesn’t seem to have much idea about how the different parts were originally intended to be used with the models. As a result there are a number of issues with how models are constructed, including the now-infamous ‘heavy sword’ pose (Samurai incorrectly shown wielding a sword with a round bulb part way down the scabbard) Ashigaru being shown wearing two swords etc. Whoever produced these seemed more intent on showing how each modelling option and accessory could be used on the miniatures, rather than taking notice of whether they should or not.
Wreck and Ruin's premise is hardly new or original, as your gang of petrol heads ventures into the wasteland in search of artefacts and resources from before the big "Pox-Eclipse". You'll manage a small car sales lot in bikes, buggies and big-rigs and face off against one to four opponents as you race to capture the tech. It may not be original, but oh boy is it fun.
In Lignum, players take the helm of competing logging companies in a contest to earn the most money. The game is played over the course of eight rounds, each of which represents an in game season. Players will be gathering supplies and hiring wood in order to chop down tress and eventually sell the wood for money.
Downforce is a racing, betting, and hand management game for two to six players. Players bid on cars, race them around the track, and bet on the winners. The player with the most money wins.
Go Nuts for Donuts (hereafter known as GNfD) is a simultaneous action selection/set collection card game that has players trying to earn the most points by acquiring useful cards (i.e, fighting over the best donuts). The game is played over several rounds.
The intricacies of Age of Rivals is worth several pages of rules explanation, so this overview will be pretty high level. A full rulebook is available on Roboto Games’ site, so readers would do well to explore the game fully if they’re interested in the details.
In 1846 players will invest in and operate train companies. To start the game players draft private companies that can give extra bonuses to the player who chooses them. During the first stock round you can choose to start any of the available public companies by buying 20% ownership in the company. Then you are able to choose the starting value of stock in the company from $40 to $150 a share. Of course depending on your decision, you will have to pay for that share from your personal money into the company’s treasury.
The goal in Train Heist is to loot the train enough times to fill your heist meter. This is accomplished through a series of heist actions. On a players turn, may perform up to four actions.
I will say that there’s a lot to cover with Posthuman so we’re going to do a high level overview but the actual rules are here if readers want them: Posthuman rules.
Players can select from 6 pre-generated characters to play or can create a custom character. After your starting stats values, equipment, weapons, skills, food, and ammo are set, play begins.
In any society, there's going to be those who don't want to follow society's rules and would rather just forge their own path. This often means taking from others, leading to a rough life of banditry.
In any society, there's going to be those who don't want to follow society's rules and would rather just forge their own path. This often means taking from others, leading to a rough life of banditry. Certainly, there were those types in feudal Japan, and Warlord Games is letting you control your own outlaw group with their Bandits and Brigands sets for Test of Honour.
Selling their sword for blood money, the new Bandits and Brigands sharpen their swords whilst they wait for their next contract…
Kojir? leads a gang of bandits and brigands with a reputation for robbing travellers in sudden, vicious attacks. His lack of mercy has earned him the nickname ‘Oni’ – the demon.
Ruthless, cunning and upholding little to no honour, these bandits and brigands will fight for any side if they have the right amount of money. Nothing is too beneath them and nothing is too challenging, making them the ideal hire for anyone who wants a job done.
It's Monday morning here (though I know this is going to be posted in the afternoon). I'm trying to type up as much of my posts today before the storm gets really bad, just in case power and/or intern
It's Monday morning here (though I know this is going to be posted in the afternoon). I'm trying to type up as much of my posts today before the storm gets really bad, just in case power and/or internet goes out. Also, working from home since they closed the office. But neither rain nor sleet nor snow nor slush shall keep me from getting you those gaming news stories. At the moment, it's making sure your gaming tables look as good as possible.
Today in the Terrain Corner we have: New Test of Honour Lantern & Katana Ruler Set, Heroic Maps - Modular Kit: Mossy Dungeon Corridors Now Available, Acheson Creations to Launch Kongo-Afrika Kickstarter, Terminus Segments Industrial Set Available From Micro Art Studio, and The Valley:Fantasy Gaming Mat Available from Pwork Wargames.
Pull out a sword on your dishonourable opponents and measure their true worth, then enlighten them with this Test of Honour Lantern & Katana Ruler set!
Modular Kit: Mossy Dungeon Corridors is a printable dungeon tileset compatible with any RPG/Dungeon-Crawl game. It can be used as a standalone set, or combined with any same-scale tileset.
Modular Kit: Mossy Dungeon Corridors comprises 73 different tiles that can be printed multiple times and arranged in limitless combinations. Each tile depicts a corridor or small chamber of a stone dungeon that has become cracked and worn, and then overgrown with moss, despite the torchlight that suggests the dungeon is still inhabited. Numerous different junctions, turns, small chambers and passageways allow you to create an infinite number of torchlit layouts.
Acheson Creations, LLC is excited to announce Kongo-Afrika coming soon to Kickstarter. Featuring 28mm African native huts, totems, drums, witch doctors, dugout canoes, a riverboat... and much more!
Don't miss the opportunity for adventuring in the heart of Africa!
The Terminus Segment Industrial set is a masterfully crafted terrain bundle that complements a modular mat designed by Marcos "Topo Solitario" Hidalgo himself.
It enables you to create a fully playable 48x48 inches table for Infinity the Game. It's the very set of terrain that Micro Art Studio uses as its showcase table and which can be played upon on every Interplanetario!
The terrain pieces are supplied unpainted and unassembled. For details please check the Micro Art Studio's online store.
Warlord Games is bringing a new faction, as well as some new cavalry options to Test of Honour, their new far-Eastern miniatures skirmish game. The new faction is Ch?bei’s Renegades. They're based on
Warlord Games is bringing a new faction, as well as some new cavalry options to Test of Honour, their new far-Eastern miniatures skirmish game. The new faction is Ch?bei’s Renegades. They're based on a real figure from Feudal Japan. Ch?bei is seen as a Robin Hood type of character, who would protect the peasants from bandits and wandering samurai who might wish to do them harm. The other new unit is the Daimy?’s Retinue, which gives new options for cavalry in the game. Rounding things off, to help keep everything straight, there's new sets of tokens, as well as some scenery pieces.
Hero to the common man, Banzuiin Ch?bei leads a ragtag band of renegades against all those who intimidate and steal from the weak.
Ch?bei’s Renegades are a new faction for Test of Honour, our fast-paced samurai game. Ch?bei is historical character, remembered as a Robin Hood-type figure who protected the oppressed common-folk from the uncaring samurai and other threats.
Ever confident of victory, Daimy? Osugawa charges recklessly into battle, leading his fearsome, masked retinue to spill the blood of his foes.
Osugawa’s mounted retinue brings extra skills to the game via new cards especially for cavalry.
Upgrade your card counters from the main Test Of Honour set with these great new coloured tokens from Sarissa Precision.
I've always been a fan of a good map campaign for a game. It adds a whole other layer to things. What territories do you want to attack? Which can you lose? Where do you want your forces to go? Well,
I've always been a fan of a good map campaign for a game. It adds a whole other layer to things. What territories do you want to attack? Which can you lose? Where do you want your forces to go? Well, Warlord Games has come out with a set of map campaign rules for Test of Honour, their new samurai skirmish game.
From the announcement:
Mark Brown and Jez Fairclough from Tabletop Games UK have been working with game writer Graham Davey to produce this campaign system – it allows your samurai to win and control territories that in turn provide extra bonuses during battles. The system is deliberately easy to use so players can jump in with minimal fuss. If your preference is for something more complex, you might like to check out Tears of the Dragon – a cool looking map-based campaign.
Gamers love to be the first ones with the new items available for the games they play. Heck, they can get outright hostile if someone else gets their toy soldiers first. As such, Warlord Games is offe
Gamers love to be the first ones with the new items available for the games they play. Heck, they can get outright hostile if someone else gets their toy soldiers first. As such, Warlord Games is offering pre-orders on the first wave of expansion sets for Test of Honour, their far-Eastern skirmish miniatures game. So get your orders in now and get them as soon as possible.
When writing rules for a game, you want to do your best to make sure they're clear and uncomplicated. Sometimes, a part of a rule sounds good, and you don't necessarily want to cut it, but you find th
When writing rules for a game, you want to do your best to make sure they're clear and uncomplicated. Sometimes, a part of a rule sounds good, and you don't necessarily want to cut it, but you find that it's just not quite in the theme or style you want for the game. That's not to say they're necessarily bad. They're just not quite what the overall game needs in the main rulebook. They're the "deleted scenes" of the game. Well, Warlord Games has posted up these rules on their website for you to check out and possibly add to the game if you and your opponent want.
From the post:
So what’s this then? Well, during the development of the game we played around with a lot of different rules that ended up being left out for reasons of space, game length or simplicity. However we didn’t want all these ideas to go to waste, so I’m gradually writing them up to share with you as optional rules!
The idea is to chat with your opponent and agree which rules you want to use (if any!) – just choose what you think is fun and make the game your own.
I’ve kicked off with a few short items to get the ball rolling such as water-based terrain and ‘Shot in the Back’ (dishonourable player will like that one). There is also a rule for varying the ability scores of your samurai to give them a little more character in campaigns, and we’ve done blank Recruitment cards to help you record the results!
Warlord Games is wasting no time in getting you another release for Test of Honour. This time around, it's a two-player starter box set.If you've been looking at the Wave 1 releases and been thinking,
Warlord Games is wasting no time in getting you another release for Test of Honour. This time around, it's a two-player starter box set. If you've been looking at the Wave 1 releases and been thinking, "I wish it was all just in one box for me to pick up so I could have two forces with which I would teach my friends." you're in luck.
From the release:
Our great new samurai miniatures game ‘Test of Honour’ is proving incredibly popular. So popular in fact that we are going to stagger the release to ensure that we have enough stock to fulfil the demand.
Traders and mail order customers in the UK and US will receive their first wave pre-orders for the 25th of March. Traders and mail order customers in the Rest of the World and Europe will have their first wave pre-orders shipped before the 1st of April.
Thank you for your patience and help in making Test Of Honour a great success!
Warlord Games continues taking pre-release orders for Test of Honour over in their webshop. I'm sure some of you have already put your order in. For those that might still be holding out, Warlord has
Warlord Games continues taking pre-release orders for Test of Honour over in their webshop. I'm sure some of you have already put your order in. For those that might still be holding out, Warlord has posted up a preview of the pair of exclusive minis you get when you do make a pre-order.
With the pre-orders of our new samurai game Test of Honour rushing in, lets take a look at the bonus models included in the offer.
All pre-orders of the game will be shipped with this lovely model sculpted by Wojtek Flis. This is what most samurai would have worn day-to-day or for travelling – armour was only donned if a battle was expected.
He’ll come with the Unarmoured upgrade card, so you can use him as one of the samurai in your force if you want. (The main rules assume that warriors are armoured so this card makes you more nimble but easier to hurt if you are hit.)
You can nab this beautiful figure if you pre-order the Test of Honour Complete bundle (you’ll get the unarmoured samurai too). Geisha were (and still are) professional entertainers and hostesses who raised their skills and the details of their appearance to an artform.
Their position often meant having trusted access to the courts of wealthy noblemen, giving them ample opportunity to listen in on conversations or glance at secret documents if they were actually loyal to an enemy clan.
Our geisha is poised to betray her master in murderous fashion, hiding a pair of daggers behind her back while pretending her innocence behind her fan.
The model comes with a recruitment card allowing you to replace one of the samurai in your force. Her special rule means that she cannot be attacked until she has made an attack – in effect she masquerades as a friendly bystander until the moment comes to strike!
Warlord Games is still taking pre-orders for Test of Honour, their new far-East-inspired miniatures skirmish game. But I know some of you out there aren't content with just what comes in the first cou
Warlord Games is still taking pre-orders for Test of Honour, their new far-East-inspired miniatures skirmish game. But I know some of you out there aren't content with just what comes in the first couple sets. You want more. Well, Warlord Games is showing off what those next expansion sets will be.
Our new samurai game Test of Honour is supported by a range of exciting expansion sets, with new models and unique cards. We asked author Graham Davey to talk us through each one and explain how to integrate them with the main game.
Warlord Games certainly wastes no time when it comes to telling you about a game to letting you get your hands on it. Though we're not quite to "have it on your tabletop" just yet, they have started t
Warlord Games certainly wastes no time when it comes to telling you about a game to letting you get your hands on it. Though we're not quite to "have it on your tabletop" just yet, they have started taking pre-orders for different kits, from full rules and figures, to just some extras. Check it out.
Time to sharpen your katana – pre-orders for our new samurai game Test of Honour kick off today! Get the complete bundle to experience everything the game has to offer or just grab the main game to get started – both ship with FREE pre-order bonus figures:
So, by now there's a good chance you've taken a look over the Test of Honour rules preview that Warlord Games has posted up. You might have some questions about the designer's choices that they made i
So, by now there's a good chance you've taken a look over the Test of Honour rules preview that Warlord Games has posted up. You might have some questions about the designer's choices that they made in those rules, or wonder what might be coming up next. Well, Warlord Games is here to help with a look at the designer's notes for the game.
From the post:
With pre-orders kicking off on Friday, we asked author Graham Davey to talk us through the development of Test of Honour:
Andy Hobday and I have been friends for a long time having spent many years training together in the Japanese martial art of Aikido. Our enjoyment of throwing each other around a dojo naturally grew into an interest in other Japanese martial arts and in particular the legendary samurai warriors.
Fast-forward to 2015 and Andy and I are both working for Warlord Games, when Andy mentions that he’d like to play some skirmish-level samurai battles…
Well, Test of Honour, the new far-East themed miniatures skirmish game from Warlord Games got quite a response when it was announced. I know a lot of people are interested to see what the rules look l
Well, Test of Honour, the new far-East themed miniatures skirmish game from Warlord Games got quite a response when it was announced. I know a lot of people are interested to see what the rules look like. Well, you didn't have to wait long, and your wallets don't have to take a hit. Warlord Games has posted up a starter rules set for free over on their website.
We are previewing the main rules booklet as a FREE PDF download available in the webstore! Note that the rules for skills, dishonour and various other things are found in the Battle Guide booklet, which we are holding back for now – the scenarios form a linked story that we don’t want to spoil for people!
Warlord Games has many fine games on the market. If you're a fan of ancient historicals, there's Hail Caesar. If you like a more Napoleonic feel, there's Black Powder. You've got Pike & Shotte in ther
Warlord Games has many fine games on the market. If you're a fan of ancient historicals, there's Hail Caesar. If you like a more Napoleonic feel, there's Black Powder. You've got Pike & Shotte in there. Of course, you can't forget WWII in Bolt Action. Though most of that has a rather Western-civilization angle on it. How about those with Eastern-civ in mind? Well, for you, there's Test of Honour.
The Emperor is weak, challenged by the might of the Shogun.
The Clan lords align themselves with one side or the other, taking advantage of the turmoil to settle old grudges and seize new territory.
Their loyal samurai, consummate warriors trained in the art of the blade, must do their bidding without question.
Test of Honour is a skirmish wargame played with roughly 5-20 models on each side. Players select their force before each game based around a samurai hero along with one or two loyal samurai companions and a variety of clan soldiers.
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