March To War Free Shipping three New Releases and free miniatures until 16th April

The March to War event at The Ion Age!  As part of Alternative Armies we have, until 16th April 2018 free worldwide shipping on all orders of 15GBP in the cart or more!  We have three new releases bringing personalities and nobles to your Retained Knights.  We now also have IAB01 Patrol Angis book back in stock!  Lastly every order placed with us will automatically get Reward Points and three free 15mm miniatures (Two Knight Errants and a Banneret) included in the package worth 2.50GBP (or two suitable 28mm miniatures if your order is 28mm scale).  Spring is here and space knights are cool!  Go HERE or read on for details.

Let us tell you all about the March to War 2018 event at The Ion Age.  All the information on what is happening as well as a listing of all the new codes and the free miniatures.  Click on the links to go through to what tickles your interest.  March to War and add to your collection with us!

Free Worldwide Shipping

Until the 16th April 2018 we giving free worldwide shipping automatically on all orders of 15.00GBP of product or greater in your cart.  Just add to cart and the website will do the rest.  This is our standard UK mail and standard Airmail.  If you desire 'signed for shipping' you must select this during checkout and its normal flat cost of 10GBP remains in place.  During this promotion you will save the normal 5GBP for UK shipping and 6GBP for Rest of World shipping.  A great chance to try us out or to get those models which are on your wants list from this month such as the new Mullo AFV and APC vehicles as well as the Beotan Ordos or earlier.  Want to see everything we have been doing in the last six months or so..yes..check out our home page HERE.

Three New Releases

During this promotional period we have three new releases they are character packs and a personality pack to expand your 15mm Retained Knights for Patrol Angis or any other space opera setting. Read on for the link to and basic information on each.  Note that in total there are sixteen new releases these are split across our two websites and if you wish to combine items from us with Alternative Armies please do this by email sending your name, address, paypal email address and list of codes to info@theionage.com and we will come back to you with a price and you will get the free items and discounts too.

IAF156 Marcher Barons of Prydia – Go HERE

This pack contains three different 15mm high ranking nobles of the Precinct ideal to command your forces in war all wearing elaborate Alwite powered armour and carrying a mix of energy melee weapons and Carnwennan Pistol.  Character nobles!

IAF157 Nobles of Prydia – Go HERE.

This pack contains three different 15mm nobles of the Precinct ideal to command your lances all wearing elaborate Alwite powered armour and carrying a mix of energy melee weapons and Carnwennan Pistol.  Character knights!

IAF158 Diodine Sparrow of the Quarrel Company – Go HERE.

This pack contains three personalties taken from the Prydian Precincts premier Condot organisation The Quarrel Company.  Wearing Alwite powered armour they are Diodine Sparrow bare headed with Roaz Axe, Quinus Bria the bodyguard of Diodine Sparrow with plumed helm and Hermit 44mm Plasma Rifle and lastly Loren Vasilia  lady commander of the first regiment of the Quarrel Company with data slab and Carnwennan Pistol.  There will be a free PDF article with background and Patrol Angis stats.

Free Miniatures in Every Order

During the March to War promotion we are giving you the fun with three free 15mm miniatures in every order.  Place an order and get your Reward Points (plus you can use your points to get discounts during the promotion as normal) as well as a Banneret from IAF004 and two Knight Errants from IAF057 all together worth 2.50GBP.  This fits in with our new releases.  However if you purchase from our 28mm Ranges from the Prydian Army or the Shia Khan Army we will include TWO free 28mm miniatures in your package which suits what you have purchased (so Retained or Muster or Legionaries etc).

Patrol Angis Back in Stock

We are delighted to announce that the third print run of the core book in our 15mm skirmish system is now back in print and in stock!  This mean you can get Patrol Angis on its own or as a bundle with the other books or as the famous excellent value game pack with two forces of miniatures and a unique Knight Errant found only in the game pack.  Go HERE.

Digital Downloads are 20% Cheaper than Print Books

Lastly we would like tell you about Digital Download titles which are twenty percent cheaper in PDF form than they are in print.  Go HERE for the Patrol Angis series and go HERE for our 28mm systems MOTH and Firefight.  MOTH is now a digital download!

Thanks for your time and please do contact us with any questions on info@theionage.com or on our Facebook Group HERE.

GBS

Celesta Lament an umpire driven Patrol Angis scenario by Vic Dobson

It is my delight to present a Patrol Angis scenario for free download written by Vic Dobson.  It is called Celesta Lament and it is rather unusual as it is our first published umpire driven scenario featuring a Prydian Player and a Khanate Player alongside a third to oversee.  The free PDF is hosted on our website and in its pages it is split into three parts and each of the players should only look at their own relevant part to keep the adventure fresh.  

Celesta Lament

In this Ion Age scenario, a Prydian Noble, newly arrived on Camarthen Prime, is assigned to command a powerful force of Prydian Precinct troops who are preparing to conduct a rearguard action against the overwhelming might of the invading Khanate Empire. But such is the state of chaos and dislocation in the Prydian headquarters that things are not as they seem, and so even as the our heroic Noble travels to his new command, at the front line the situation has already begun to disintegrate…

You will need all three of the Patrol Angis books in order to play this tense scenario.  Click HERE to download the five page PDF.  Well done Vic!

Get yourself some Mullo Armoured Fighting Vehicles (AFV) or Mullo Armoured Personnel Carriers (AFV) the medium vehicle between the Adder and the mighty Taranis.  Designed by Sam Croes these vehicles come in wheeled or tracked or repulsar (anti-gravity) variants with the choice of single or buy three save 10% plus an Early Supporter on until the 23rd March.  See them HERE.  Read the full article about the Mullo on our blog HERE.

All this month we have a 25% off normal price offer for you.  It is a mecha good offer on the IAF128 Afara Strider on all three variants of this light class war walker.  Easy to assemble with a degree of pose of its resin parts the Afara stands 55mm tall when built.  See it HERE.  Rules for the Afara are in Callsign Taranis the expansion to Patrol Angis. Offer ends 1st April 2018.

Lastly our stock of printed copies of IAB01 Patrol Angis are sold out!  We thank you and we have ordered up a new print run which we hope to have in next week so until that time the game pack and book and bundle are not online.  Go to our 15mm Publications page to see all of the Patrol Angis series books in print and as digital downloads as well as free resources.

Thanks for Reading,

GBS

Mullo AFV and APC Tracked, Wheeled and AntiGrav 15mm vehicles released

The big release for March 2018 is now online at The Ion Age!  Six different variants of the 15mm Mullo with wheels, tracks and repulsar (anti-gravity) propulsions as Armoured Fighting Vehicle (AFV) and Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC).  Easy to assemble and on average 45mm wide, 80mm long and 30mm tall with resin and white metal parts.  Go HERE for them.  Thanks for your support and read on for more information  plus a free download with the rules for these vehicles in Patrol Angis. Awesome!

“The Prydian Civil War saw the production of the Type 36 Mullo Armoured Fighting Vehicle increase six fold.  Though Retained regiments had made use of them since the Battle of Fenway Prime, the design of the Mullo was entirely new unlike those of the Skylark and Adder which dated from before the Ban of Prejudice.  Its original fabrication pattern was laid down on New Glastonbury to fill a need for a ground vehicle that could provide fire power in excess of that offered by battlesuits such as the Havelock but not that needed by a battle tank like the Taranis series.  Restricted to the ranks of the Retained, the Type 36 was made to accommodate powered armoured knights with larger hatches and linked controls along with internal space suited to knights.  As it stood Adders were cheaper and faster to make and could pack a punch but their size meant they were really the domain of the Muster and some lucky Planetary Militia.  The Type 36 was given its name by the Council of Addans who with a node to the mighty Taranis took another ancient Terrain deity of celtic origins and knowing it would be a work horse of a vehicle gave it a name thus.

This auto-trainer vid is centred on the Type 36W Mullo AFV marks.  Those with a wheeled mode of movement rather than the other commonly seen Type 36G repulsar marks of the Mullo which float off the ground.  Used on worlds and asteroids where the native magnetic fields make replusars impracticable or in urban combat where rubble and enemy action requires tires on the turf for security.  In this regard its six mighty wheels provide powerful motive abilities and are capable of shrugging off small arms fire and near misses from Anvil 888 rounds.  There are seven different current marks of Type 36W Mullo AFV's.  The more common ones are the 36WA, 36WB and 36WC in which the only differences are the twin load outs of the turret support grade weapons.  Twin Valerin 15MW Laser Cannons give the Type 36WA an energy based weapons platform good against armour and aircraft.  The twin Fretan  II Rail Guns give the Type 36WB a pure anti-vehicle role in the field and the Type 36WC is every effective against enemy infantry and battlesuits with twin Angis 25mm AP Cannons.  The other common mark is the Type 36D which is in the 'battle bus' configuration giving up its primary weapons for additional space and hatches as an Armoured Personnel Carrier.  Other marks include those designated 'super blue' which is a tank hunter and the 'long bow' mark which carries heavy Anda Missile Pods for artillery support.  These are rarer but present in many regiments.  

All marks of Mullo AFV's have a titanium composite hull making them rugged and durable and can be driven with a minimum of complex training. There has been a call for additional anti-personnel ball mounted micro turrets for Mullo's in action in urban warfare and these upgrades have been rolled out where possible.”

Academy Auto-Trainer Series 18, New Glastonbury, 4329 IC

The Mullo is the medium size of vehicle in our range in 15mm scale which is ideal for Retained Knights, Muster and Planetary Militia. Bigger than the Adder series of Combat Cars and smaller than the Taranis Main Battle Tank this is the wheeled AFV variant of the model. There are six different Mullo kits.  Three medium fighting vehicles and three medium personnel carriers.  Here are their details and on the page for each there are more images including scale and parts.  You can purchase one or three with a saving.

IAF042A Mullo AFV Wheeled

A Mullo is an Armoured Fighting Vehicle meaning that it fills a variety of roles from gunnery support to troop transport and strong point defence; tasks it is well suited to. Once assembled the Mullo AFV wheeled measures some 80mm in length with a width of 60mm and a height to top of turret of 30mm. It is easy to assemble with a one piece hull and pre-set bracketing points for the six wheels to be mounted. The Angis 12.5mm AP weapon on ball mount can be attached to the front of the hull or left off if chosen.  The pintle mounted Angis 22mm AP Rifle is white metal and can be left off or put on. The main turret is one piece with two mounting points for a pair of support grade weapons.  Supplied with three choices for the turret: Twin Valerin 15Mw Laser Cannons, Twin Angis 25mm AP Cannons and Twin Fretan Rail Guns.  Go HERE.  10.00GBP

IAF042B Mullo AFV Tracked 

A Mullo is an Armoured Fighting Vehicle meaning that it fills a variety of roles from gunnery support to troop transport and strong point defence; tasks it is well suited to. Once assembled the Mullo AFV tracked measures some 80mm in length with a width of 60mm and a height to top of turret of 30mm. It is easy to assemble with a one piece hull and pre-set bracketing points for two tracked units to be mounted. The Angis 12.5mm AP weapon on ball mount can be attached to the front of the hull or left off if chosen.  The pintle mounted Angis 22mm AP Rifle is white metal and can be left off or put on. The main turret is one piece with two mounting points for a pair of support grade weapons.  Supplied with three choices for the turret: Twin Valerin 15Mw Laser Cannons, Twin Angis 25mm AP Cannons and Twin Fretan Rail Guns.  Go HERE.  10.00GBP

IAF042C Mullo AFV Repulsar 

A Mullo is an Armoured Fighting Vehicle meaning that it fills a variety of roles from gunnery support to troop transport and strong point defence; tasks it is well suited to. Once assembled the Mullo AFV repulsar measures some 100mm in length with a width of 55mm and a height to top of turret of 35mm. It is easy to assemble with a one piece hull and pre-set bracketing points for two anti-gravity units to be mounted. The Angis 12.5mm AP weapon on ball mount can be attached to the front of the hull or left off if chosen.  The pintle mounted Angis 22mm AP Rifle is white metal and can be left off or put on. The main turret is one piece with two mounting points for a pair of support grade weapons.  Supplied with three choices for the turret: Twin Valerin 15Mw Laser Cannons, Twin Angis 25mm AP Cannons and Twin Fretan Rail Guns.  Go HERE.  10.00GBP

IAF042DW Mullo APC Wheeled 

IAF042DT Mullo APC Tracked

IAF042DR Mullo APC Repulsar

The Mullo APC is an Armoured Personnel Carrier meaning that it transports up to fifteen troops a short distance into the fray. Once assembled the Mullo APC measures some 80mm to 100mm in length with a width of 55mm to 65mm and a height to top of turret of 30mm to 35mm. It is easy to assemble with a one piece hull and pre-set bracketing points for propulsion units. The Angis 12.5mm AP weapon on ball mount can be attached to the front of the hull or left off if chosen.  The pintle mounted Angis 22mm AP Rifle is white metal and can be left off or put on as with the 12.5mm Angis ball mount. Choose from three types using the options on page.  You can purchase one or three of the same type with a saving by selecting it.  Go HERE.  10.00GBP

Players of Patrol Angis using the heavy vehicle expansion title Callsign Taranis are most welcome to CLICK HERE to download from our website a free article with game statistics and more in it for use of these six new vehicles in play.  There are other free articles which can be had for Patrol Angis HERE on the website by following the links hosted on our website.  Enjoy!

Lastly a note upon the nature of the new Mullo 2.0.  Those of you who have been with The Ion Age since 2014 and been playing Patrol Angis may well have a wheeled Mullo in your collection.  This is now the Mark One and is gone and out of production permanently so if you have it you are fortunate and have a piece of history on your table which is still perfectly useful in play.  The re-design of the Mullo for this Mark Two set of six variants was needed in order to give other means of propulsion and once we had done that we thought a new turret would suit better and then we wanted to give you all the weapon options included plus a pintle mount..so here we are.  At once the same and not the same.  The Mullo...workhorse of the Prydian Precinct. 

Thanks for Reading,

GBS

Arcticon this weekend and March 2018 at The Ion Age

The month of the spring offensive is here at The Ion Age and it will be a bumper month of space opera wargaming fun with us.  We have some news for you beginning with a convention we are involved with happening this weekend in the USA and then a month long offer saving 25% off one of our popular packs and lastly an outline of what you can expect from us during March.  Plus remember you can playtest Starvaulters (HERE) for Patrol Angis now by getting the free download.  Lets get started!

“ArctiCon is a local Northwest Indiana charity gaming and pop culture convention. We work to build community in a family friendly safe environment at a reasonable cost to raise funds to support veterans and our community. We hope to see you at our premier con and other supported events throughout the year!  ArctiCon 2018 opens at 8am at St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church - Merrillville, Indiana on Saturday, 03. March 2018 ending 22.00pm.  See this page for location details and on Facebook HERE for the event.”

There will be an all day Ion Age event at Arcticon playing Patrol Angis.  Organised by Ben Starkey and Aris Kolehmainen you are welcome to come along and have a play plus there will be prizes and give away miniatures arranged in conjunction with us here in Scotland.  It is a shame we cannot attend but since all the airports in Scotland are currently closed and we are arm pit deep in mold making we just can't!  If you attend please go along to the Alternative Armies Tabletop Wargaming Group on Facebook and post up your Ion Age related thoughts and pictures from the day.  We would love to see them.

I was treated to a first look at the Standee for Arcticon and you can see it above.  Lovely looking artwork of the Chard Company in the Prydian Precinct.  Arcticon promises to be a top notch 15mm scale science fiction and more convention so if you can get to Merrillville Indiana this Saturday check it out.

All this month we have a 25% off normal price offer for you.  It is a mecha good offer on the IAF128 Afara Strider on all three variants of this light class war walker.  Easy to assemble with a degree of pose of its resin parts the Afara stands 55mm tall when built.  Read all about it HERE.  Rules for the Afara are in Callsign Taranis the expansion to Patrol Angis which you can fine HERE in print or as a digital download.  Offer ends 1st April 2018.  Thanks.

March 2018 will see a major new release at The Ion Age as well as a mega free scenario by Vic Dobson for the second Khanate War.  All of these new releases will occur along with an Early Supporter Offer on 9th March lasting two weeks.  While details of the new releases will occur at the time I know you will be keen to get a clue as to what they will be.  Well some IonFans have contacted us pointing out that the Mullo AFV our six wheeled medium vehicle is not on the website...that is because it is being replaced this month!  Yes a 2.0 version.  A new Mullo Armoured Fighting Vehicle will be released in kit form with three different propulsion methods and an APC option too giving your Retained Knights and Muster transport against the Barons and the Shia Khan. Not long to wait.

Thank you as always for your support with our little space opera brand.  We work hard and we make quality miniatures to continue to expand this sci-fi universe that you all so enjoy.

GBS