Tim Bancroft – The Antares Nexus

Tim Bancroft wrote a new post, 2020 Action Fiction Highly Commended: Z342 1 year, 2 months ago

‘Z342’ by Benjamin Buxton
This story is one of two Highly Commended for voice and viewpoint in the 2020 Antares Action Fiction Competition.

“Two, one, execute breaching.” The wall panel crashed onto the floo […]

Tim Bancroft wrote a new post, 2020 Action Fiction Highly Commended: Demon Hunters 1 year, 2 months ago

‘Demon Hunters’ by Adam Murton

This story was one of two highly commended for its voice and viewpoint in the 2020 Antares Action Fiction Competition.

The demons came.

Burning-Sky, First of the hun […]

Tim Bancroft wrote a new post, 2020 Action Fiction Third place: Spill 1 year, 2 months ago

‘Spill’ by Marc deSantis
This story by Marc came third in the 2020 Antares Action Fiction Competition.

The high albedo of the crystalline ice shield in front of the ship alerted the Isorian frigate Dil […]

Tim Bancroft wrote a new post, 2020 Action Fiction Second: Beating the Odds 1 year, 2 months ago

‘Beating the Odds’ by Kevin Stotts and Laura Marinchek

The second-place story in the 2020 Antares Action Fiction Competition.

Bright bursts of plasma streaked over the lip of the crater, exploding into the […]

Tim Bancroft wrote a new post, 2020 Action Fiction First: Opportunity 1 year, 2 months ago

‘Opportunity’ by Adam Murton
This was our winner in the 2020 Antares Action Fiction Competition.

The twisted creatures charged, devouring the distance to the crater where Sniper Tuahi lay. They moved […]

Tim Bancroft wrote a new post, Antares Action Fiction Competition 2020 – Results 1 year, 2 months ago

Antares Action Fiction Competition 2020 – Results
Despite the rigours of holidays and CoViD restrictions, we’ve finally managed to read through and judge the entries for the Antares Action Fiction Competition w […]

Tim Bancroft wrote a new post, Ghar Scutter Racing – Solo and Competitive 1 year, 7 months ago

Ghar Scutter Racing – Solo and Competitive
Whilst on furlough and starved of playing time, Warlord’s Antares afficianado Tim Bancroft has been looking at various solo alternatives. One such alternative is […]

Tim Bancroft wrote a new post, Gatebuilder Ruins or Artefacts? 1 year, 8 months ago

Gatebuilder Ruins or Artefacts?
Despite their legendary and ubiquitous presence in lore, holos and the Antares’ media, Gatebuilder artefacts are incredibly rare. Indeed, when they are discovered, many of those a […]

Tim Bancroft wrote a new post, Action Fiction Competition 1 year, 8 months ago

Antares Action Fiction Competition
Entries now closed. Thank you to all for entering.

We’d like to add some Antares action fiction to the Nexus and the universe as a whole, and thought the best way of doing so […]

Tim Bancroft wrote a new post, Games Day Rules Modifications 1 year, 8 months ago

Rules Used at Warlord Games Days
From time to time we are asked about the rules we use for our Games Days, which typically run up to 1250 points. Rather than keep referencing various games day packs, we’ve pulled […]

Tim Bancroft wrote a new post, Solo Scenario: Run the Gauntlet 1 year, 8 months ago

Run the Gauntlet
A solo scenario for 300+ points using the turret drones from ‘The Dronescourge Returns’

Terraformers and nanosphere factories on interface systems are invariably guarded by heavy defences. […]

Tim Bancroft wrote a new post, Solo Scenario: A Gulper Safari 1 year, 8 months ago

A Gulper Safari

A solo scenario for 500-1000 points.

Though gulpers were thought to originate on Xilos, it wasn’t long before sightings were reported on other worlds. In general, those worlds were p […]

Tim Bancroft wrote a new post, Pendrellor: Peter Kearins' custom-built terrain 1 year, 8 months ago

Peter Kearins impressed us all with his posts on Facebook showing some really lovely terrain over which his Ghar and Concord are to fight. Here, he gives us a quick overview of what inspired him and what materials […]

Tim Bancroft wrote a new post, The Phantoms of G'Rem Link-Aht 1 year, 9 months ago

Antares Mini-Campaign Games Day – 16th May 2020
Lenton Boulevard, Nottingham UK [Postponed due to CoViD-19 restrictions: date to be announced]

We have left this here for reference and , perhaps, ready for the […]

Tim Bancroft wrote a new post, What is Antares? 1 year, 11 months ago

What is Antares?

Beyond the Gates of Antares is a science-fiction tabletop wargame by Rick Priestley.

Antares can be played with as few as 15 figures a side but is typically played with something like 30 […]

Tim Bancroft wrote a new post, Boscombe Down Antares Campaign Day 2019 Report 2 years ago

BDAWC Antares Campaign Day 2019 Report: The Ghost of Yu Hamnu
by Tim Bancroft

Finally, I was able to put on an Antares tournament at my home club, Boscombe Down & Amesbury Wargames Club (BDAWC). I’d only […]

Tim Bancroft wrote a new post, Antares Campaign Day 2019 Report: The Ghost of Yu Hamnu 2 years, 1 month ago

Antares Campaign Day 2019 Report: The Ghost of Yu Hamnu
by Tim Bancroft

Whew… I’m finally at home recovering after a great weekend. But by no means did I have the longest journey: Jan Rudolph travelled from […]

Tim Bancroft wrote a new post, The Ghost of Yu Hamnu – Planets 2 years, 2 months ago

The Antares Campaign Day on 2019 at WLG HQ in Nottingham will have a variety of tables, each with differing terrain. But these tables are not just random – each represents a part of the planet on which the […]

Tim Bancroft wrote a new post, Occupancy of a C3T7 Transport 2 years, 2 months ago

How Roomy is a C3T7?
The premier transport drone of the Concord and Freeborn is the C3T7. It’s interior space is deceptive, simply because of the amount of compression technology and manipulator suspension […]

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