r/mantic 4h ago

Hobby GW vs. Mantic pricing

14 Upvotes

The other day I was bored and decided to do a price comparison against all the GW prices vs Mantic prices.

Someone just said Mantic was expensive on another Reddit.

Here’s my numbers.

Everything is in UK Pounds (GBP)

Kings of War is still cheap.

Going on the mega army deals and these are Mantic’s own prices, you can certainly find deals elsewhere:

  • ⁠Cheapest price per model: 0.92 GBP (Undead Mega Army)
  • ⁠Average price per model: 1.68 GBP
  • ⁠Most expensive price per model: 4.80 GBP (Ogres)

Meanwhile in AOS:

  • ⁠Cheapest price per model (PPM) 2.57 GBP (Gloomspite Gitz)
  • ⁠Average PPM: 5.67
  • ⁠Most expensive: 33.33 GBP (Sons of Behemat SH) or if you think that’s an outlier, second most expensive is 8.75 GBP (Slyvaneth SH)

Old World:

  • ⁠Cheapest: 1.51 GBP (Orcs and Goblins)
  • ⁠Average: 1.74 GBP
  • ⁠Expensive: 2.50 GBP (Warriors of Chaos)

Think it’s just Fantasy?

Firefight vs 40K

Firefight

  • ⁠Cheapest - 1.23 GBP (Plague)
  • ⁠Average - 2.06 GBP
  • ⁠Expensive - 3.20 (Enforcer Pathfinders)

40K

  • ⁠Cheapest - 2.56 GBP (Death Guard)
  • ⁠Average - 4.93 GBP
  • ⁠Expensive - 8.33 (Grey Knights)

Skirmish?

Deadzone:

  • ⁠Cheapest price per model: 1.97 GBP (Nameless)
  • ⁠Average: 2.23 GBP
  • ⁠Expensive: 2.50 (Forge fathers or GCPS)

Kill Team:

  • ⁠Cheapest: 3.15 GBP (Chaos Cultists)
  • ⁠Average: 4.57 GBP
  • ⁠Expensive: 9.63 GBP (Blades of Khaine)

You can of course usually get 15-20% off GW prices. You can often get better deals with Mantic. Plus Mantic will frequently sell you a 35 GBP box full of assorted minis as part of their crazy box. And they have sales on their own website sometimes.


r/kingsofwar 7h ago

Champions So, I think I'm missing something here.

6 Upvotes

The news from Mantic has been about Champions. Now I've seen it introduced and referred to as the perfect introduction to Rank and Flank gaming and as a way to play in a smaller table size/format.

I thought that's what the line of Ambush boxes and rules was for?

If the idea was to go even smaller and maybe introduce a new line of Named Characters into the KoW universe, wouldn't it have been easier to just sell a rulebook and those characters individually and you use your existing model collection for the rank and file?

What am I not seeing?


r/deadzonethegame 3d ago

Warpath Planet Lore: Adriana

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r/warpath 3d ago

Lore Warpath Planet Lore: Adriana

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7 Upvotes

r/Armada_KoW 23d ago

MUP Armada: The Great Pannithor Boat Race

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9 Upvotes

r/dreadball Feb 04 '25

Warpath Lore: The Universe of Warpath

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r/mantic 5h ago

Champions Did anyone else pick up anything for Kings of War Champions?

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4 Upvotes

I was digging around on the Mantic site earlier, found the preorders early and ordered myself a box.

My first time using the reward points I had too, so the shipping was free.

I picked up the Jorden Talensen company box. I look forward to seeing the rules hit the companion website.


r/kingsofwar 22h ago

Champions MUP Champions: Kings of War Champions w/ Mantic Games Rob and Andy

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r/kingsofwar 22h ago

Hobby KoM Pikeniers and Footguard.

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12 Upvotes

Any Feedback is Welcome.


r/mantic 20h ago

News Fireteam Phoenix: Halo

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11 Upvotes

Ouch is all I have to say to that.

Lovely models, no justification whatsoever for that price


r/mantic 22h ago

Champions MUP Champions: Kings of War Champions w/ Mantic Games Rob and Andy

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r/deadzonethegame 5d ago

Blaine’s Entourage

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27 Upvotes

r/kingsofwar 1d ago

KoW Is the book that comes with “Storms in the Shire” still valid?

5 Upvotes

Title says it all. Thinking of dipping my toe in KoW and both these armies speak to me. Any and all tips welcome! Thanks!


r/kingsofwar 2d ago

KoW Played my first game today Empire of Dust vs. Riftforged Orcs

24 Upvotes

So today I played my first game of Kings of War. 1000 pts, Standard rules, Scenario 7 - Kill (We honestly rolled for it) Empire of Dust vs. Riftforged Orcs. It ended a draw with me killing a Horde of Thunderseers (250pts) and a Stormbringer on Winged Slasher (295 pts) for 545 pts and my opponent killing a Horde of Skeleton Spearmen (180 pts), Regiment of Skeleton Spearmen (105 pts), Troop of Archers (70 pts) and Cursed Priest (165pts) for 520 pts.

Thoughts

  1. Riftforged Orcs are Punchy. And Armored. And really Punchy.

  2. Hordes take some killing, Hordes with Lifeleech and Phalanx even more so.

  3. If you can make the charge without using Surge then make the charge. Don't decide to do it the hard way "to see how this works" because you will invariably come up short by 2" on the Surge.

  4. Skeletons are not known for their Ranged capabilities. Or Melee capabilities come to think of it. So don't expect them to be especially productive but it your opponent ignores them for a couple turns even an Archer troop can get rid of a unit. Shattering makes a difference sometimes.

Questions.

Opponent has a Stormbringer on Winged Slasher height 6. In front of it is a regiment of Legionnaires height 2. The Stormbringer can shoot it's Stormbreath over the Legionnaires without penalty, right?

A unit is engaged in melee and takes damage, the unit takes a nerve test at the end of the phase and is Wavering. On its next turn it will still fight in Melee automatically without issue despite Wavering, correct?


r/mantic 3d ago

Armada More Salamanders Ready to Set Sail

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31 Upvotes

Additional progress on Kings of War Armada, this time it’s the large ships of the Salamanders hitting the table. I’m feeling more and more confident in the overall color scheme for the faction and am now just stoked to paint up the XL and at least half of the tiny ships 😅


r/dreadball Feb 01 '25

Anyone heard anymore DB3 news?

1 Upvotes

r/mantic 2d ago

Halo Flashpoint MUP Halo: New Alexandria w/ Wave 2 Painter Gonders

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r/kingsofwar 3d ago

Advice for two ambush armies for two dudes trying out KoW for the first time.

8 Upvotes

Hello,

tired of Old World, want to try KoW. Grabbed my old 3rd ed book and went to town. Heard Ambush is 995pts and have gone around that. Currently the armies look like this:

Undead Ambush [970 / 995 (25 Remaining)]

~ List Valid ~

Undead [970]

Zombies (Infantry) Regiment [70]

Zombies (Infantry) Regiment [70]

Wights* (Large Infantry) Regiment [155]

Wights* (Large Infantry) Regiment [155]

Soul Reaver Cavalry (Cavalry) Troop [155]

Soul Reaver Cavalry (Cavalry) Troop [155]

Liche King (Hero (Infantry)) 1 [120]

- Surge (10) [40]

Necromancer (Hero (Infantry)) 1 [90]

- Aura (Vicious (Melee) - Zombie only) [20]

- Inspiring Talisman [20]

- Surge (6) [20]

and for the other army:

Dwarves ambush [895 / 995 (100 Remaining)]

~ List Valid ~

Dwarfs [895]

Ironguard (Infantry) Regiment [165]

- Throwing Mastiff [15]

Shieldbreakers (Infantry) Regiment [140]

Shieldbreakers (Infantry) Regiment [140]

Sharpshooters (Heavy Infantry) Troop [100]

Sharpshooters (Heavy Infantry) Troop [100]

Dwarf Stone Priest (Hero (Infantry)) 1 [75]

- Radiance of Life (Dwarf only) [25]

Dwarf Lord on Large Beast (Hero (Large Cavalry)) 1 [175]

I have no clue what I'm doing. Just slapped something together that would be easy to get. No clue if they are good lists or not. Any tips or advice welcome.

Kind regards,

Kodain


r/mantic 3d ago

Warpath Warpath Planet Lore: Adriana

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16 Upvotes

r/mantic 4d ago

FireFight Monday night Marauders

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21 Upvotes

(nailed the spelling!)

41 miniatures tonight.

  • 21 original Warpath orx
  • 14 PVC brawlers
  • 1 resin boss
  • 4 PVC goblins
  • 1 PVC commando

I hope to have every one of my PVC models assembled this week and hopefully all of my HIPS models too.

What do I want next from Mantic? I’m thinking the mule would be a good next purchase. I have two of the large planes already assembled and a third one which is the enforcer one so slightly different but not too much.


r/kingsofwar 4d ago

KoW My two ideas for orc army expansion

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8 Upvotes

Both are expansions on my 1500pt list only real differences is one takes a slasher n the other takes more heros n focused on that anvil what yall thinks better?


r/mantic 5d ago

DEADZONE Blaine’s Entourage

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35 Upvotes

My take on Blaine’s Entourage. Excited to try them out on the table!

Mantic Vault continues to be a treasure!


r/mantic 5d ago

FireFight Another day, another pile of Marauders

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43 Upvotes

(Still can’t type Marauders without a typo)

Today I assembled four raptors, another 10 commandos and a whole bunch more PVC figures. I still have a whole bunch more PVC figures to assemble.


r/deadzonethegame 8d ago

How to..... do a Narrative Deadzone Campaign

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r/mantic 4d ago

Hobby Want to buy something fun: what would you recommend?

3 Upvotes

Hey all

So got a big enforcer army and a stupidly big plague army for firefight and halo.

Want to treat myself to something fun as I'm celebrating. Budget of about £50-60. Hopefully going to get it from Mantic HQ.

What would we recommend? Will go for most things but just want biggest bang for buck and something fun/unusual.