Fantasy Warlord
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| Fantasy Warlord Mass Combat Rules |
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| Designer | Ian Bailey |
| Illustrator | Gary Chalk |
| Publisher | Folio Works |
| Players | 2–4 |
| Age range | 10+ |
| Setup time | 10 minutes |
| Playing time | 90+ minutes |
| Random chance | Medium (Dice |
| Skills required | Dice rolling |
Fantasy Warlord is a fantasy miniatures game released in 1990 by Folio Works. It was written by Ian Bailey and illustrated by Gary Chalk.
The game was designed and published by two ex-Games Workshop (GW) employees who disagreed with the much more commercial direction that company was taking. It was supposed to rival the Warhammer Fantasy Battle game that GW published.
Fantasy Warlord featured some unusual game mechanics such as simultaneous movement and fog of war rules. It also featured balanced magic and troop choice systems. However the balance within the combat system reduced the opportunity to generate dramatic victories.
Much like Warhammer, the game had its own fantasy world, called Vortimax, in which the battles were imagined to take place. There was also a related range of Fantasy Warlord miniatures, and a magazine called Red Giant.
The game went out of print 18 months after first publication.
[edit] Critical Reaction
Fantasy Warlord was not well received by critics, citing problems ranging from the racial-types not effecting melee and movement being overly complicated to the cover artwork being 'garish'.
[edit] External links
- Fantasy Warlord cover by Gary Chalk
- Scan of Fantasy Warlord review from Games Master International, April 1991
- Fantasy Warlord on Yahoo! Groups
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