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	Mantic is also notable for their Terrain Crate system, a series of interlocking plastic battlefield scenery and incidental furnishing kits. The quality is decent but not spectacular, price is fair but not as compelling as their minis (for ~~exmaple~~, GW and Mantic both currently want around 80 bucks for a landing pad but Mantic's is larger) and the designs lend themselves more toward RPGs and skirmish games like [[Infinity (wargame)\|Infinity]] than large scale battles. It's still a big step up from the lasercut MDF and cardstock that most other vendors have on offer, and their selection is much better and more consistent than GW's rotating carousel of FOMO bait, so anyone who wants to go beyond re-enacting the famous Battle Of The Old College Textbook would do well to at least be aware of what they have.		Mantic is also notable for their Terrain Crate system, a series of interlocking plastic battlefield scenery and incidental furnishing kits. The quality is decent but not spectacular, price is fair but not as compelling as their minis (for example, GW and Mantic both currently want around 80 bucks for a landing pad but Mantic's is larger) and the designs lend themselves more toward RPGs and skirmish games like [[Infinity (wargame)\|Infinity]] than large scale battles. It's still a big step up from the lasercut MDF and cardstock that most other vendors have on offer, and their selection is much better and more consistent than GW's rotating carousel of FOMO bait, so anyone who wants to go beyond re-enacting the famous Battle Of The Old College Textbook would do well to at least be aware of what they have.

	Really, though, this is the sort of stuff you should be using with Infinity because pairing Corvus Belli's jaw-droppingly beautiful miniatures with glorified cardboard boxes is a crime against nature.		Really, though, this is the sort of stuff you should be using with Infinity because pairing Corvus Belli's jaw-droppingly beautiful miniatures with glorified cardboard boxes is a crime against nature.

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	'''Mantic Games''' is a (relatively) new games and miniatures publisher. They primarily produce 28mm scale wargames (like [[Games Workshop]]), although there are also some spin-off games based on their two main settings, [[Kings of War]] (fantasy) and [[Warpath]] (sci-fi). Their main shtick is that they're much, ''much'' cheaper than [[Games Workshop]].		'''Mantic Games''' is a (relatively) new games and miniatures publisher. They primarily produce 28mm scale wargames (like [[Games Workshop]]), although there are also some spin-off games based on their two main settings, [[Kings of War]] (fantasy) and [[Warpath]] (sci-fi). Their main shtick is that they're much, ''much'' cheaper than Games Workshop.

	= History =		= History =

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	There is also a great overlap of minis between games, so you don't need to buy a whole new miniatures gang just to play the skirmish game set alongside the bigger game for which you already have an army. Their IPs have become much more fleshed out, and while nowhere near the 30 years of novels and back story of the other place, are still serious enough to keep people engaged, and more up to date in their focus and themes. Still, I've yet to meet anyone who cares about the world of "Mantica". It's not a love it/hate it split of [[Age of Sigmar]], it's universal apathy. Also, with 3d printing booming as a side business, the (to put it generously) ''quaint'' quality of their range is hardly gonna get better with age.		There is also a great overlap of minis between games, so you don't need to buy a whole new miniatures gang just to play the skirmish game set alongside the bigger game for which you already have an army. Their IPs have become much more fleshed out, and while nowhere near the 30 years of novels and back story of the other place, are still serious enough to keep people engaged, and more up to date in their focus and themes. Still, I've yet to meet anyone who cares about the world of "Mantica". It's not a love it/hate it split of [[Age of Sigmar]], it's universal apathy. Also, with 3d printing booming as a side business, the (to put it generously) ''quaint'' quality of their range is hardly gonna get better with age.

	Also Mantic are quite notorious for their tendency of using Kickstarters in order to fund (expensive) moulds for hard plastic minis for many of their games, which nowadays has become quite a common practice, but in Mantics case these Kickstarters are more of a "pre-order" thing than a "help us develop a game". But on the other hand, they are also one of the most open companies with regards to their fanbases, with many of their dramatic personae dropping by at forums and Facebook pages, and all of their rules put out for wide public beta testing to make sure there's as much balance, and as little broken, as possible (though they generally don't get a game <i>just right</i> until the 2nd edition)		Also Mantic are quite notorious for their tendency of using Kickstarters in order to fund (expensive) moulds for hard plastic minis for many of their games, which nowadays has become quite a common practice, but in Mantics case these Kickstarters are more of a "pre-order" thing than a "help us develop a game". But on the other hand, they are also one of the most open companies with regards to their fanbases, with many of their dramatic personae dropping by at forums and Facebook pages, and all of their rules put out for wide public beta testing to make sure there's as much balance, and as little broken, as possible (though they generally don't get a game <i>just right</i> until the 2nd edition).

	= Games =		= Games =

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	Mantic is also notable for their Terrain Crate system, a series of interlocking plastic battlefield scenery and incidental furnishing kits. The quality is decent but not spectacular, price is fair but not as compelling as their minis (for exmaple, GW and Mantic both currently want around 80 bucks for a landing pad but Mantic's is larger) and the designs lend themselves more toward RPGs and skirmish games like Infinity than large scale battles.It's still a big step up from the lasercut MDF and cardstock that most other vendors have on offer, and their selection is much better and more consistent than GW's rotating carousel of FOMO bait, so anyone who wants to go beyond re-enacting the famous Battle Of The Old College Textbook would do well to at least be aware of what they have.		Mantic is also notable for their Terrain Crate system, a series of interlocking plastic battlefield scenery and incidental furnishing kits. The quality is decent but not spectacular, price is fair but not as compelling as their minis (for exmaple, GW and Mantic both currently want around 80 bucks for a landing pad but Mantic's is larger) and the designs lend themselves more toward RPGs and skirmish games like [[Infinity (wargame)\|Infinity]] than large scale battles. It's still a big step up from the lasercut MDF and cardstock that most other vendors have on offer, and their selection is much better and more consistent than GW's rotating carousel of FOMO bait, so anyone who wants to go beyond re-enacting the famous Battle Of The Old College Textbook would do well to at least be aware of what they have.

	Really, though, this is the sort of stuff you should be using with [[Infinity]] because pairing Corvus Belli's jaw-droppingly beautiful miniatures with glorified cardboard boxes is a crime against nature.		Really, though, this is the sort of stuff you should be using with Infinity because pairing Corvus Belli's jaw-droppingly beautiful miniatures with glorified cardboard boxes is a crime against nature.

	= Why do we like them? =		= Why do we like them? =

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	Mantic is also notable for their Terrain Crate system, a series of interlocking plastic battlefield scenery and incidental furnishing kits. The quality is decent but not spectacular, price is fair but not as compelling as their minis (for exmaple, GW and Mantic both currently want around 80 bucks for a landing pad but Mantic's is larger) and the designs lend themselves more toward RPGs and skirmish games like Infinity than large scale battles.It's still a big step up from the lasercut MDF and cardstock that most other vendors have on offer, and their selection is much better and more consistent than GW's rotating carousel of FOMO bait, so anyone who wants to go beyond re-enacting the famous Battle Of The Old College Textbook would do well to at least be aware of what they have.		Mantic is also notable for their Terrain Crate system, a series of interlocking plastic battlefield scenery and incidental furnishing kits. The quality is decent but not spectacular, price is fair but not as compelling as their minis (for exmaple, GW and Mantic both currently want around 80 bucks for a landing pad but Mantic's is larger) and the designs lend themselves more toward RPGs and skirmish games like Infinity than large scale battles.It's still a big step up from the lasercut MDF and cardstock that most other vendors have on offer, and their selection is much better and more consistent than GW's rotating carousel of FOMO bait, so anyone who wants to go beyond re-enacting the famous Battle Of The Old College Textbook would do well to at least be aware of what they have.

	Really, though, this is the sort of stuff you should be using with Infinity because pairing Corvus Belli's jaw-droppingly beautiful miniatures with glorified cardboard boxes is a crime against nature.		Really, though, this is the sort of stuff you should be using with [[Infinity]] because pairing Corvus Belli's jaw-droppingly beautiful miniatures with glorified cardboard boxes is a crime against nature.

	= Why do we like them? =		= Why do we like them? =

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	The basic rules for Kings of War, Warpath, and Deadzone are free from their website. Some people reckon they're too simplistic and lack the depth of Games Workshop games, others like the fact they're easy to pick up and don't require a Bible-sized rulebook. Either way, there seems to be no shortage of players signing up to the annual Kings of War tournament, though it should be noted that a good chunk of them (including Mantic employers) were using GW models in said tournament, hilariously. It can be theorized that Mantic will expand their game once they reach some level of popularity, and like GW in the past renege on the liberal use of their products. Time will tell...		The basic rules for Kings of War, Warpath, and Deadzone are free from their website. Some people reckon they're too simplistic and lack the depth of Games Workshop games, others like the fact they're easy to pick up and don't require a Bible-sized rulebook. Either way, there seems to be no shortage of players signing up to the annual Kings of War tournament, though it should be noted that a good chunk of them (including Mantic employers) were using GW models in said tournament, hilariously. It can be theorized that Mantic will expand their game once they reach some level of popularity, and like GW in the past renege on the liberal use of their products. Time will tell...

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			Mantic is also notable for their Terrain Crate system, a series of interlocking plastic battlefield scenery and incidental furnishing kits. The quality is decent but not spectacular, price is fair but not as compelling as their minis (for exmaple, GW and Mantic both currently want around 80 bucks for a landing pad but Mantic's is larger) and the designs lend themselves more toward RPGs and skirmish games like Infinity than large scale battles.It's still a big step up from the lasercut MDF and cardstock that most other vendors have on offer, and their selection is much better and more consistent than GW's rotating carousel of FOMO bait, so anyone who wants to go beyond re-enacting the famous Battle Of The Old College Textbook would do well to at least be aware of what they have.

			Really, though, this is the sort of stuff you should be using with Infinity because pairing Corvus Belli's jaw-droppingly beautiful miniatures with glorified cardboard boxes is a crime against nature.

	= Why do we like them? =		= Why do we like them? =

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	* [[Abyssal Dwarfs]], similar in concept to [[Chaos Dwarfs]], and these ones actually look quite menacing while being affordable too (plus they have golems).		* [[Abyssal Dwarfs]], similar in concept to [[Chaos Dwarfs]], and these ones actually look quite menacing while being affordable too (plus they have golems).

	* They released the Triden Realms of Neiritica, composed of tritons, crab people, squid people, tritons mounted on sea drakes and amphibians. That's right,[[Idoneth Deepkin\|FISH PEOPLE]], lets see you beat that, GW! Oh...		* They released the Triden Realms of Neiritica, composed of tritons, crab people, squid people, tritons mounted on sea drakes and amphibians. That's right, [[Idoneth Deepkin\|FISH PEOPLE]], lets see you beat that, GW! Oh...

	* Okay but the Nightstalkers fulfill a legitimate open niche in Wargaming: an entire army of Lovecraftian monstrosities. And some of these sculpts are the best things Mantic has ever produced. Teeth 'n' tentacles seem to have pushed their sculpting capability further than before.		* Okay but the Nightstalkers fulfill a legitimate open niche in Wargaming: an entire army of Lovecraftian monstrosities. And some of these sculpts are the best things Mantic has ever produced. Teeth 'n' tentacles seem to have pushed their sculpting capability further than before.

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	\|year = 2008		\|year = 2008
	\|guys = Ronnie Renton, Matt Gilbert		\|guys = Ronnie Renton, Matt Gilbert
	\|notable = [[Kings of War]], [[Warpath]], Deadzone, [[Dreadball]], The Walking Dead: All Out War		\|notable = [[Kings of War]], [[Warpath]], [[Firefight]], [[Deadzone]], [[Dreadball]], The Walking Dead: All Out War
	\|website = http://www.manticgames.com/		\|website = http://www.manticgames.com/
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	As of 2018, Mantic is sticking to a tiered system with shared minis, stories, and campaigns within their two universes, plus independent licensed games:		As of 2018, Mantic is sticking to a tiered system with shared minis, stories, and campaigns within their two universes, plus independent licensed games:

	* Warpath SciFi universe: Warpath (big Army) and Warpath: Firefight (medium Army), Deadzone (Skirmish), Star Saga (boardgame), Dreadball (sportsballgame and no shared minis outside of 'Escort the MVP' scenarios)		* Warpath SciFi universe: [[Warpath]] (big Army) and Warpath: [[Firefight]] (medium Army), [[Deadzone]] (Skirmish), [[Star Saga]] (boardgame), [[Dreadball]] (sportsballgame and no shared minis outside of 'Escort the MVP' scenarios)
	* <s>Mantica</s> Pannithor fantasy universe: Kings of War (Army), Kings of War: Vanguard (Skirmish), Dungeon Saga (boardgame), League of Infamy (boardgame), Armada (boardgame)		* <s>Mantica</s> Pannithor fantasy universe: [[Kings of War]] (Army), [[Kings of War: Vanguard]] (Skirmish), [[Dungeon Saga]] (boardgame), League of Infamy (boardgame), [[Armada]] (naval boardgame)
	* Licensed: The Walking Dead: All Out War, Hellboy: The Board Game, Mars Attacks (OOP)		* Licensed: The Walking Dead: All Out War, Hellboy: The Board Game, Mars Attacks (OOP)

	The basic rules for Kings of War, Warpath, and Deadzone are free from their website. Some people reckon they're too simplistic and lack the depth of Games Workshop games, others like the fact they're easy to pick up and don't require a Bible-sized rulebook. Either way, there seems to be no shortage of players signing up to the annual Kings of War tournament, though it should be noted that a good chunk of them (including Mantic employers) were using GW models in said tournament, hilariously. It can be theorized that Mantic will expand their game once they reach some level of popularity, and like GW in the past renege on the liberal use of their products. Time will tell...		The basic rules for Kings of War, Warpath, and Deadzone are free from their website. Some people reckon they're too simplistic and lack the depth of Games Workshop games, others like the fact they're easy to pick up and don't require a Bible-sized rulebook and an infinite number of FAQs and erratas. Either way, there seems to be no shortage of players signing up to the annual Kings of War tournament, though it should be noted that a good chunk of them (including Mantic employers) were using GW models in said tournament, hilariously. It can be theorized that Mantic will expand their game once they reach some level of popularity, and like GW in the past renege on the liberal use of their products. Time will tell...

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	* [[Abyssal Dwarfs]], similar in concept to [[Chaos Dwarfs]], and these ones actually look quite menacing while being affordable too (plus they have golems).		* [[Abyssal Dwarfs]], similar in concept to [[Chaos Dwarfs]], and these ones actually look quite menacing while being affordable too (plus they have golems).

	* They released the Triden Realms of Neiritica, composed of tritons, crab people, squid people, tritons mounted on sea drakes and amphibians. That's right, ~~[[Idoneth Deepkin\|~~FISH PEOPLE]], lets see you beat that, GW! Oh...		* They released the Triden Realms of Neiritica, composed of tritons, crab people, squid people, tritons mounted on sea drakes and amphibians. That's right, FISH PEOPLE, lets see you beat that, GW! [[Idoneth Deepkin\|Oh...]]

	* Okay but the Nightstalkers fulfill a legitimate open niche in Wargaming: an entire army of Lovecraftian monstrosities. And some of these sculpts are the best things Mantic has ever produced. Teeth 'n' tentacles seem to have pushed their sculpting capability further than before.		* Okay but the Nightstalkers fulfill a legitimate open niche in Wargaming: an entire army of Lovecraftian monstrosities. And some of these sculpts are the best things Mantic has ever produced. Teeth 'n' tentacles seem to have pushed their sculpting capability further than before.