Beyond the Gates of Antares is the new science-fiction skirmish wargame from the mind of industry legend Rick Priestley (the creator of Warhammer 40,000) that pitches technologically advanced human civilizations into a conflict that no one can afford to lose.

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The game is rich in detail and extremely ambitious in scope with initial rules and army lists that describe six different Antarean factions: the PanHuman Concord, the Ghar Empire, the Isorian Senatex, the Algoryn Prosperate, the Freeborn Vardos, and the Boromite Guilds. Beyond the Gates of Antares game play utilises the successful and exciting dice activation system first pioneered in Warlord’s popular and award-winning Bolt Action WW2 wargame – ensuring that both sides remain active and engaged throughout every game. There is no down-time – action is fierce, fast, constant, and unforgiving. Resolution is by ten-sided dice offering considerable expansion and great range of detail compared to traditional six-sided dice.

Set against the backdrop of a vast and ever-expanding brand new science-fiction universe – the Warlord design studio has already created an entire year’s worth of supporting product. There are plans for six plastic kits to be released over the next 12 months, along with countless metal support teams and additional units – and of course, we couldn’t resist creating larger units such as vehicles, monstrous lifeforms, and other creations from the darker depths of Rick Priestley’s brain…

Strike Vector one: The Xilos Horizon is the battle starter set for Beyond the Gates of Antares.

Launch Edition Box Contents

• Full colour 260-page hardback rulebook.
• Quick reference sheet.
• Getting started booklet.
• 3 multi-pose plastic Ghar Battle Squad walkers.
• 3 multi pose plastic Ghar Assault Squad walkers.
• 20 multi-pose plastic Concord Strike Troopers.
• 4 plastic Concord support drones.
• 8 plastic spotter drones.
• Strike Leader Kai Lek Atastrin metal figure.
• 12 order dice.
• Ghar distort dice.
• 13 Polyhedral dice.
• Launch Edition plastic templates and tokens.
• 12 red plastic pin markers.

As a special thank you for pre-ordering from Warlord Games you will also receive the following absolutely free…

• The box cover artwork personally signed by the game’s creator Rick Priestley
• Free PDF downloads of the Ghar and Concord Army lists from the book
• The exclusive pre-order miniature Fartok, Leader of Battle Group Nine, unarmoured – this figure will not be available again after launch day!

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AND! We have a VERY limited number of the exclusive Transmat Station terrain piece which has been donated by our friends at Sarissa Precision. At the time of writing this Newsletter, we are down to the final 100 to give away. Once they’re gone, they’re gone (on a first come, first served basis) – so get your order in as soon as is possible to ensure that you secure yours!

PLUS! If you order the Beyond the Gates of Antares starter set direct from the Warlord Games webstore it is free postage, that’s right your copy of the Xilos Horizon starter set will be shipped to you ABSOLUTELY FREE!

Although the release date is slated for 7th November, we’ll be shipping them out as soon as we have all of the components available – so you’ll be among the very first people in the world to receive your copy of ‘Strike Vector One: The Xilos Horizon’ and to start exploring this brand new universe and the conflict within…

LAST – BUT BY NO MEANS LEAST!

Today marks a tremendous milestone for Beyond the Gates of Antares, as the game’s official website goes live – GatesOfAntares.com – we’re launching with heaps of content included, but believe us – there’s much more coming…

The site has been populated with an introduction to the game itself, the universe, the factions which battle over Antarean space, describes the gameplay and introduces the product range that is already available – so head over, take a look, and soak up all of the information on offer to get a taster for the new must-play science-fiction wargame in preparation for all-out war – outbreak is scheduled for November 7th.

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