CMON announce offical Game of Thrones wargame/board game

[MattW]

This will have some people very excited, I'm sure. For those of us who have converted our own, this might provide a decent source for minis like The Mountain.

Some of the detail is less than impressive, but I'll probably jump in on the kickstarter.

CMON LIMITED ANNOUNCES A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE: TABLETOP MINIATURES GAME
Mar 14, 2017
CMON Limited is proud to announce its exciting new project A Song of Ice and Fire: Tabletop Miniatures Game based on the beloved novels by George R.R. Martin in cooperation with Dark Sword Miniatures, Inc. Heading to Kickstarter in Q3 of 2017 and retail stores in 2018, this new miniatures wargame allows fans to enter the world of the novels and control units of troops and heroes with easy to pick-up rules and fast-paced, brutal gameplay.

CMON Limited Announces A Song of Ice and Fire: Tabletop Miniatures Game
Since the A Song of Ice and Fire series was first published in 1996, fans from around the world have fallen in love with the amazing lands of Westeros and Essos and the iconic characters that inhabit them. CMON’s new tabletop miniatures game brings the conflicts set in those lands and the beloved characters to life with gorgeous, pre-assembled miniatures that make picking up and playing the game a breeze right out of the box. Gameplay is strategic yet easy to learn, meaning players will get to the battles as quickly as possible.


Jim Ludwig, Founder and President of Dark Sword Miniatures, Inc., commented on the partnership leading to the creation of the game: “I have been a big fan of what CMON has done in the tabletop miniatures space since 2004. Their expertise in plastic miniature production and their extensive body of work with both board games and tabletop miniatures games, that not only look amazing but are actually fun to play, made it an easy choice on who to collaborate with on this project.”


CMON’s Founder and President, David Doust, explains, “CMON's relationship with Dark Sword dates back over a decade, and we have contemplated a more serious collaboration for a very long time. This project allows us to dig deep into George R.R. Martin's mind and recreate the iconic battles from his award-winning novels on the tabletop.”


The A Song of Ice and Fire: Tabletop Miniatures Game lets players take control of their favorite Houses from the novels, represented by trays of high-quality, pre-assembled miniatures, and lead them into battle against their opponents. Players can recreate their favorite moments from the series or create their own stories. What if the Red Wedding never happened, and Robb Stark assaulted King’s Landing? Now fans can find out!


Battles can range from large-scale wars with hundreds of miniatures, to simple skirmishes between a few units without complicating the elegantly designed rules. The game features several unique systems, including alternating activations that keep the players engaged; a Rank System that changes a unit’s capabilities as the battle rages on; a Tactics System that provides strategic powers fueled by a finite resource each round; and, most importantly, the iconic Heroes, such as Robb Stark and Jaime Lannister, that can change the course of war both on and off the battlefield.

CMON will have even more information before the launch of the A Song of Ice and Fire: Tabletop Miniatures Game: Stark vs Lannister Starter Set on Kickstarter later in 2017, with a healthy lineup of regular retail releases and support to follow.


[MattW]

Some pics (from Dakka):

[Dilettante Gamer]

Thanks, Matt!

Heroes could be interesting depending on scale. Enjoying variety of kitbashing to settle for some monopose (3 varieties!) figs.

We'll see. Cautiously optimistic.

[Captain Blood]

Thanks Matt, but alas, someone got there before you! 
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=98861.0

Don't want two threads running on the same topic, so locking this one. Please feel free to repost the pics in the other thread.

For what it's worth, I wonder how well the new (plastic?) miniatures will scale in, with those of us who have been busily making our own armies for GoT. As the figures for this are by Dark Sword, and their original metal GoT miniatures are 35mm-40mm tall. Certainly much bigger than most of the 28mm plastics many of us have been using to create our GoT armies. Still, it all looks good.