 Hello, and welcome to another emergency broadcast from the Mantic bunker today. You've got me Rob I hope you've been enjoying all the broadcast so far and today we're talking Vanguard so loads has been going on with Vanguard since it launched way back in November 2018 I think that sounds about right when the world was much safer and far more normal Since then we've launched loads of warbands Abyssal Dwarfs undead goblins the best warband dwarfs Northern Alliance Abyssal's all sorts and As we kind of progress through 2020 that will continue as well We've seen the tournament scene really pick up as well for the game I mean sadly today or this weekend rather we would have had border conflict here in the UK at HQ Which is organized by Sherrod and obviously there was a depticon as well So it's been really good to see the tournament scene pick up We've also had well, hopefully three assuming the world returns to normal three sold out tournaments here at UK at the UK Mantic which was spearhead So we would one two three each one those have been really really good And hopefully that will go ahead in June So yeah loads of really good kind of feedback from people as well lots of people playing around the world, which is great I think one thing we've tried to do is make the game kind of easier to get into than ever before So we've still got the core rules for free So if you want to learn how to play make sure you go to the Mantic website And I'm sure Matt will add a thing below me that says where the free rules are he's nodding and smiling So that must mean yes We've also got the free Warbands PDF and we've updated that to make sure you've got everything you could possibly want in there So all the warbands are now in there and we've even because we're so great Updated it to include the abyssal dwarfs this weekend. I'm saying that now before we've actually done it, but I'm sure It will be fine, and they will definitely be there right now So head to the Mantic website again using that same link and you will find those abyssal dwarfs on there as well I think that's one thing we're kind of going to carry on doing this year is trying to make sure the game is Super accessible with that in mind. We're going to be doing a two-player starter set That's a secret announcement. I'm sure it's fine Ronnie's not well that I say so Ronnie's not here to stop me, but he would probably be encouraging me So yeah, we're going to be doing a two-player starter set So if someone comes into a store they can grab that as everything in there They need to play and then they can start playing the game And then obviously once you've downloaded the free rules if you want to get things like campaign rules extra magic extra items That is all in the rule book And I am delighted to announce that that is currently half price on the Mantic website Including the digital one as well. So if you want to get those make sure you head there and pick them up so in the Previous video assuming these have all gone out as planned Ronnie was talking about the Kings of War campaign the summer campaign this year Hopefully you got all that right and said that it's all about how brilliant the goblins are and how they're taking over the world Matt are you nodding? Great. Yes, he's nodding. That's exactly what he said So what we really want to do is in the kind of spirit or vanguard about these small war bands going out first and kind of You know fighting over the best locations Interrupting supply lines a bit like the kind of you know the one thing that running through the black ops guys kind of going out first So currently the idea is is that will tie into the summer campaign. So we'll have a little mini Vanguard campaign kind of around the outskirts of the Helpy Mountains. They're just arriving. They're scoping things out So if you're a vanguard player, you'll be able to get involved with that kind of play that at the minute We're looking at kind of possibly even tying it into the spearhead event But we'll have more details than that as and when we know that's happening But that's a really exciting thing I think summer campaigns are a really good idea or online campaigns are a really great idea As they kind of galvanize the community and get them all involved. So I'll be doing probably about 10 goblin war bands for that one And I'm sure you'll be doing yours as well. So keep it out for the website or the newsletter I'm gonna blow tomorrow on that as we approach it Obviously one of the most exciting things about Vanguard is when we release a new war band. We've just done the Abyssal Dwarfs, which we're The insanely popular we I think we told three times as many as we were expecting they sold out We've luckily got them back in stock now So if you've been kind of waiting to get your hands on one They're back in stock now on the website and we're starting to send them out to stores, too I think everyone really is excited when we do a new war band And we've kind of hinted. I mean, well, I say hinted. We've basically announced it on the podcast. Thanks to Matt That we the next war band in June is the ogres now Sadly, I haven't got the ogres ready yet here, but I have got some Shield breakers. I'm not gonna show them too much Shield breakers and also some alternate warriors that we're doing as well So they're actually the kings of war, but they will be released alongside the Vanguard war band Which is looking really really exciting. So the RC has been busy working on this one And we've got quite a few new models some of which are based on What you see in kings of war and some of which are totally new So we've got one of the new leaders, which is the matriarch. So that is a female ogre She's in charge of the war band Basically, they're kind of going out there. They're obviously mercenaries. They love a bit of cash as well So you'll see that kind of go through the rules with that in mind. We've got another new character, which is the pay master So that's really interesting character actually currently the rules are that the pay master can put a bounty on your enemy And if you kind of hit that one you get an extra bonus when you're attacking it So I'll be really interesting to see how those mechanics work And then we've also got characters that tie into kings of war So if you've got third edition and you've been playing ogres because they do good combat You will find You've got the berserker bully. You've got the boomer sergeant as well And so what we've done is we thought well, this is a brilliant opportunity to make those models so the berserker bully is kind of like a Punk ogre with a mehican kind of if you've seen the model He's kind of really dynamically slashing down hitting and then we've also got the boomer sergeant, which is probably my favorite model possibly in the entire Ogre range actually he's got a couple of shot sonoff shotguns He's popping the cartridge out of one getting ready to shoot someone else and the rules reflect that as well So I think that's one thing we're really trying to do is we look at the models We think oh my goodness this I mean one of the examples that actually sorry Being check this slightly but the matriarch Originally when we kind of envisioned that one it was kind of she would be kind of yeah Give me some instructions, but then when we got the model. We were like, oh my goodness She looks like a complete badass. Let's give us a more kind of stronger rules So you'll kind of see that we've tried to convey that in the rules as well So the ogres are due out in June alongside these extra little bits for Kings of War and then Kind of we're currently working on the next warband after that which although I just said that the ogres are most exciting I think this actually could be the most exciting one yet And that is now hopefully Ronnie did mention these in the previous video Matt's shrugging his shoulders. It will be a racking warband there's already Like a starter rules for those on the website in the PDF. So you've got the warlock You've got the war chief. You've got slaves that kind of stuff, but now we're expanding that with some new models No, I won't say what they are okay, so obviously there's a warlock I'll say that one because that's hopefully been talked about. Um, but yeah We're looking at what we can do for that and the racking one is going to be really exciting So this whole idea of them working as a pack Obviously, they're all together they get on quite well But then there's also the chance that they might fall out and start stabbing each other in the back So that is due for later in the year and then No, I probably can't say what we're working on after that, but you know, we are Super excited about Vanguard. It's done really really well It's one of the most popular kind of three rules on our website consistently So remember again three rules on the website And we've got plenty of exciting plans for the end of this year and into 2021 So brilliant. So thank you very much for tuning in for all the broadcasts and we will see you soon Goodbye