Commander Murdos Taranis Tank and Rewards Programme Update

When we began The Ion Age we had a dream of a unique miniature universe and while we have been building towards that for five years we have gathered many regular customers. These customers, as all customers do upon their first order, signed up to the Rewards Programme when they opened a personal account with us. Every order with us earns Reward Points and those points can be used to get discounts or free items in or on future orders with us. The Rewards Programme has remained great value and will continue to be so but the method of redeeming points has altered a little. Here are the details. 

The first thing to say is that the value of each point you have or will earn is UNCHANGED so there is no alteration in what you have earned. We will not short change you, not now, not ever. The second thing is that all of the existing rewards have now been updated as of October 2018. There are five levels of rewards and they range from the use of 300 Points up to 9000 Points being redeemed. 

Three levels of customer discount applicable to all orders and used before leaving the cart. Two levels of free product that will be added to your order and shipped at our expense to you worldwide. See these HERE on our website. 

10% Discount on an Order – 300 Points 

Use of this code on your order will take 300 points from your account total and on screen reduce your product total for the order, of any size, by 10%. This is done prior to the addition of the flat shipping charge and if you qualify for free shipping this will still be applied. 

15% Discount on an Order – 900 Points 

Use of this code on your order will take 900 points from your account total and on screen reduce your product total for the order, of any size, by 15%. This is done prior to the addition of the flat shipping charge and if you qualify for free shipping this will still be applied. 

20% Discount on an Order – 1800 Points 

Use of this code on your order will take 1800 points from your account total and on screen reduce your product total for the order, of any size, by 20%. This is done prior to the addition of the flat shipping charge and if you qualify for free shipping this will still be applied. 

 

Commander Murdo's Unique Taranis MBT – 2000 Points 

Use of this code on your order will take 2000 points from your account total on screen and add the unique Taranis Tracked Main Battle Tank worth 20.00GBP to your package. This is RWP02 Commander Murdo's Taranis Tank which is on our website in the Rewards Programme page. It is a resin kit, a modified tank with a standard lower hull, left tracked propulsion units, right tracked propulsion unit plus and a unique upper hull and command turret (originally from IAF100B) and a white metal sponson gun. While this kit can be purchase as normal it can also be had free for points! Go HERE. Please Note: When you have 2000 Points and wish to claim your Murdo Taranis kit you MUST add the tank TO YOUR CART BEFORE you REDEEM your points with your reward code from SLoyalty. If you run into problems please email us on info@theionage.com and we will ensure your happiness. 

 

We have a new two page official and free article to download from our website hosting for players of Patrol Angis. We present the game statistics and special rules for making use of Commander Murdo's Taranis Tank in your games. CLICK HERE to download it or go HERE to our Free Downloads page to see it and all our other free to download scenarios and articles. 

Habitation Colony Bundle – 9000 Points 

Use of this code on your order will take 9000 points from your account total on screen and add the IAF044BU03 Habitation Colony Bundle of 15mm resin terrain worth 125.00GBP to your package. This is an entire Habitation Colony with more than twenty pieces and it will provide enough structures for a standard table. You can see its exact contents HERE. While this bundle can be purchased as normal it can be had free for points! Its a big box but we will ship it for free anywhere in the world when you use your points to get it free. Please Note: When you have 9000 Points and wish to claim your Habitation Bundle you MUST add the bundle TO YOUR CART BEFORE you REDEEM your points with your reward code from SLoyalty. If you run into problems please email us on info@theionage.com and we will ensure your happiness. 

All of these rewards are online now and you can see them when you log into your account with The Ion Age. We hope you enjoy them and we welcome feedback from customers or as we call them 'IonFans'. This is all very exciting and you should sign up for our regular email campaign (see top right of the Ion Age blog for the sign up form) to get all the news and latest from us. 

This month we show the love to the mighty Tohlic Armoured Crawler the biggest 15mm vehicle kit we produce which is a firm favourite. Fifteen percent off the vehicle kit saving you 3.75GBP plus you get your Reward Points and you can use your points for discounts which will be ON TOP of this offer. Offer ends 1st November 2018. Go HERE. 

We shall return later in the month with our last big release for October 2018...new Muster Patrol! 

Thanks for Reading, 

GBS

Double Rewards Points on Orders Week

A whole week of extra value for customers of The Ion Age!  As outlined at the start of August on our blog we are taking a month off with no new releases while we work on projects and awesome new things for the autumn season.  It was requested by IonFans that we might run an offer which involved a chance to boost a customers Reward Points total with us.  Meaning more points in hand which could be then used in the future for discounts and free things too.  We thought this was a great idea and that now was the right time to do it.  So place your orders for an entire week until Friday 24th August 2018 getting your Reward Points as normal and we will manually add the same points which you earned with the order AGAIN to your points total with us.  Go HERE and see what you would like or read on for full details.

Here is how the offer works!

Until the end of Friday 24th August (when the offer image leaves the front page of the website) you will get DOUBLE Reward Points with us when you place an order.  There is no limit upon number of orders placed and you can redeem points as normal on your orders if you wish.  The difference is that within twenty four hours of your order being placed we will manually add points to your account with us.  The points added will be the SAME AGAIN as those earned on the order.  So in effect DOUBLE POINTS on orders.  I will be doing the manual addition myself.  It is a great opportunity to stock up on points for use later in the year when we have more new releases for you or to get yourself the Commander Murdo Taranis Tank or the Mega Hab Bundle of 15mm  terrain for free when you have enough Reward Points.  If you have any questions please do ask us on info@theionage.com and I will help you out.  It is a totally honest offer and some fun for you.  Go HERE for the website.

You can learn more about our Rewards Programme on our BLOG in an article which explains how it works and what you can redeem your points upon.  It is a free bonus from us for our customers and so far we have had nearly two million points redeemed.

We have many FREE DOWNLOADS on our website as well as our great 15mm scale tabletop game called Patrol Angis which you can see HERE as a game pack and print books plus digital downloads of the books too.

We have a huge selection of 15mm scale space opera science fiction miniatures and each of our packs contains only one of each pose of figure plus you can select any miniature from any pack as a single or buy three packs and save 10% on screen.  Just click on the white box on each product page for all the options. 

Our special offer for the month is 50% off our Smashed Hab Dome.  See it here in our 15mm Terrain Range.  Offer ends 1st September 2018.

Thanks for your time and enjoy the offer!

GBS

Create a Cold Climes Force for Patrol Angis free article

Some of the favourite miniatures which The Ion Age has in its 15mm scale range are those of the Planetary Militia Cold Climes. Armoured and uniformed against the snows and tundra of Arctic worlds and environments the Cold Climes take the fight to the alien Khanate, Marcher Barons and mercenaries in defence of their homes. Following up on the release of the new Cold Climes Gun Crew and the interest in the Cold Climes Platoon Pack we now have for you a free six page article. Creating your four platoon Cold Climes company for playing Patrol Angis. See below for the download link from our website. 

 

Creating a Force – Cold Climes Planetary Militia 

This free six page article runs you through the process of putting together four different platoons of infantry, transports, armoured vehicles, battlesuits and more to create a versatile force. The article includes four pre-filled rosters one for each platoon as well as the guide and some pictures of the miniatures for the force. Links are included to other free articles which will be of assistance as well. This is part one of three linked articles. Click HERE to download the article from our website and to see and learn more. 

 

If you want to see more of our Planetary Militia then visit the Prydian Army and the Prydian Vehicles pages for all the codes. You can get a pack or three packs with a saving or choose single poses from packs as well. Remember that when you order from us you get Reward Points assigned to your account which you can use on future orders to get discounts or free products. Read more about our Reward Programme on its page of the website. For the game system Patrol Angis check out our 15mm Publications Page for print and digital books plus value bundles and free content too. 

Towards the end of this month we will have our last of three May 2018 releases. We are getting it ready now. Rumours were right...it is a new Superblue Adder 2.0 which is replacing the original model! 

On May 25th 2018 the new General Data Protection Legislation (GDPR) comes into law in the UK and across Europe as well. Over the past weeks we have been becoming compliant in our website and on our email list as well. You might have noticed the changes while you were browsing or updating your settings. We will be sending out a Compliance Email soon to everyone on our Mailchimp List. We ask that if you wish to continue to receive from us the latest news, releases and offers through email please look out for this special email (it will contain details of an email only free offer which is coming) and take half a minute to follow its link and update your settings. We are taking the chance to also do some housework on our mailing list to remove dead emails and such so please do update your settings. If you wish to sign up for our email you can do so (it is GDPR compliant) on the top right of our blog home page by subscribing. 

Thanks for Reading and enjoy the Article 

GBS

Platoon Pack uniques for single purchase and Reward Points upgraded

Two announcements today at The Ion Age both of which are of benefit to IonFans and wargamers alike.  Since we began our space opera wargaming we have had a Rewards Programme which gives you points each time you make a purchase from us which you can trade in for discounts and free models.  The programme has been upgraded with a new interface and interactivity for you once you log in plus we are giving 100 Points to every new customer as a welcome gift.  As you know we have platoon packs where several codes are combined up into a full force for use in Patrol Angis and these are supplied with an additional unique miniature in that platoon for free. This is a popular thing for us and with feedback from our customers we have now added the ability to purchase ONLY this unique miniature from every IAFP platoon pack.  

Read on for more on this or go HERE and click on the orange button at the middle bottom and also check out all the of platoon packs.

Rewards Programme at The Ion Age

When you place an order with us you have to sign up for an account with the website.  This is not for marketing purposes, we will not contact you or send you email through the account.  It is simply so that you can get your Reward Points through our partner S-Loyalty.  From your very first order you are accumulating points which can be traded in in return for discounts on future orders or free products; five different reward choices.  The interface of the programme has been upgraded with more options for you and a bigger display; just log in to see it.  We are also giving 100 Points as a welcome start for all new customers from this time.  Go along to the website and click on the orange button at bottom centre of the home page to get started or to log in.  Here is a list of the Rewards along with their points costs and you earn 10 Points for every 1.00GBP spent with us.

10% Off Your Order – 300 Points

15% Off Your Order – 900 Points

20% Off Your Order – 1800 Points

Commander Murdo's Taranis Tank – 2000 Points

(A special variant main battle tank worth over 20.00GBP learn more about it HERE)

Habitation Colony Bundle – 9000 Points

(IAF044BU03 Habitation Colony containing more than twenty two resin structures worth 125.00GBP.  See it HERE)

Commander Murdo's Taranis Tank

Habitation Colony Bundle

We believe that our rewards programme is a valued bonus for wargamers and with hundreds of rewards claimed it is giving those who support us as we release more and more Ion Age miniatures and books extra fun for free!

Platoon Packs now with added option

We have over one hundred and fifty 15mm scale codes at The Ion Age and it expands every month.  When a faction gets large enough we create a 'platoon pack' which gives two squads plus a command team for a complete force for Patrol Angis right out of the box.  Each of these platoon packs comes with a unique to it only miniature which is added for free to the pack.  This is extra value we give you for choosing Ion Age for your wargaming.  Customer feedback over the past few months has increasingly suggested that we allow this unique to it miniature to be available on its own for purchase.  So we now offer that!  If you click on any IAFP platoon pack you will see the normal option of one pack, three packs with a 10% saving and now 'unique miniature only'.  Awesome!  Here is a list of our platoon packs as of October 2017.

The Prydian Precinct

IAFP02 Retained Lance (25 +1 Knights)

IAFP03 Desteria Lance (15+1 Super Heavy Knights)

IAFP04 Muster Platoon (25+1 Soldiers)

IAFP07 Planetary Militia Platoon (25+1 Soldiers)

IAFP11 Cold Climes Platoon (25+1 Soldiers)

The Khanate Empire

IAFP01 Malig Ordos (32+1 Goblins) 

IAFP05 Legionary Ordos (32+1 Elves)

IAFP08 Nox Ordos (15+1 Super Heavy Elves)

IAFP09 Pioneer Ordos (32+1 Armoured Elves)

IAFP10 Prang Army Platoon (20+1 Aliens)

IAFP06 Xin Trade Fleet Platoon (20+1 Soldiers)

Thank you for reading this article and we do hope you will consider trying out Patrol Angis our rules system for our 15mm scale miniatures.  We will be back with this months releases soon!

GBS

The Khanate Return book in April plus details and first look at pages!

Not long now until the early supporter offers for the third book in the Patrol Angis series. In April 2017 the team at The Ion Age will add The Khanate Return to the core book Patrol Angis and vehicle expansion book Callsign Taranis. After we announced the third book we saw a big uptake on the current titles and in fact they have both sold out! We will have them back in stock as well as the new book next month. In this blog post I want to show you a couple of pages from the new book and to give you a run down of what our offers will be and when they will hit the website. Click on each image to see them much, much larger. 

I have chosen as the first page to show you the client races of the Khanate Empire which is a page I am sure will be a popular one indeed. When I began writing the new book I knew right from the start that I wanted this line up to appear. The Shia Khan are enigmatic indeed and so much so that no one really knows what they look like and while the Khans themselves are still a mystery the troop of the Prydian Precinct have a firm idea of their soldiers. Drawn by Sam Croes the line up gives you the 'slave races' which form the Legions that are the primary fighting instrument of the Empire. You will be familiar with some of these not least those to the centre including the Legionary, Pioneer, Nox and Malig but others may not be so obvious. From left to right and accurately presented in relative heights to each other are: Saurad Warrior, Beotan Brave, Nox Discens, Pioneers Discens, Warlord, Legionary Discens, Pertinax Discens and a Malig Gregalis. It is our intent to make miniatures for all of these over time and details for each are in the book. Awesome! 

Click on the image here to expand it up to a full size page. 

The second page I chose to show you is a typical page from the army section, one of two, in The Khanate Return book. It is the opening page of the Shia Khan Army Organisation section (there is also a Planetary Militia section) and it gives a short account of the beginning of the Camarthen Campaign (which is covered in great detail in the book) as well as information on how to proceed. On the pages that follow are the accounts of each of the client races, the organisation of Tesserans and Ordos as well as the statistics tables for armour, weapons, formations, vehicles of all sizes written by myself. All ready to be locked into Patrol Angis for skirmish games and Callsign Taranis for larger games. An Army Book fit for any alien invaders! 

Click on the image here to expand it up to a full size page.

The Early Supporter Offers will be as follows for the new book first in print then as digital download. On Friday 14th April 2017 we will begin our Salute Season offers and from the 14th to the 24th April we will have free postage on all orders over 15GBP worldwide and you can pre-order The Khanate Return with a free Malig Orba Bike worth 2.00GBP added free plus you will get the April free miniature and Reward Points and have access to the month's 25% off offer too. There will be a new triple book bundle too with a saving so you can get all three Patrol Angis titles in one go. After the 24th we will ship out all orders which DO NOT contain the book. We will then ship worldwide all orders containing the new book from the 8th May 2017. The 8th of May will also be the day which the paid digital download version of the The Khanate Return will go on sale along with a new triple bundle of all three books in PDF format these will be 20% less than print version as always. Roll on the 14th! 

In April we will be giving you a free monthly miniature which is total mad fun and goes well with the vicious two legged feathered creatures that are the month's miniature release too. So it will be all alien and all strange for all of April....not long to wait now. Thank you for your support and for making my space opera dream an ever larger reality in miniature. 

Thanks for Reading,

GBS

IMP43 Female Muster Banner Bearer free for all March 2017!

What a mad short month February was as most of my attention was taken up with the merger of 15mmcouk back into Alternative Armies and with getting a concept article on the coming Shia Khan book out on the blog plus a whole Legion Pioneer Ordos.  Wow!  All in twenty eight short feeling days.  Now we are in March and it will be an exciting month for IonFans with several new Khanate 15mm releases plus preview page of the coming book and ending with details of when the book will be out to be in your hands.  All of this to come.  Now onto the news for the start of the month.  A new free monthly and a special ones at that.  A banner bearer free in every order placed automatically.

The Ion Age is all about space opera adventure and warfare in the far future and to that end it assumes not only the use of powered armour and powered swords but also of concepts such as valour and heroic nature.  In Patrol Angis this concept is carried into the game on the tabletop with an Advanced Rule on page 38 called 'Valour' where the sight of a banner waving in the breeze of battle inspires troops all the more.  All of our command packs of miniatures have a banner bearer in them and these are considered core poses.  This month we present IMP43 Female Muster Banner Bearer who fits right in with your Muster or Patrol or even Planetary Militia platoons in play.

We welcome the 43rd free monthly 15mm miniature and month of our little space opera setting. Free in every order every time all month before being retired. This miniature is automatically put into every order at the rate of one per order regardless of order value. It can also be bought in any amount on the monthly IMP page of the website for this month only too before being withdrawn on the first of next month. We are into Year Four now and if you missed it you can see the Year Three Collection on the website.  Standing 17mm to the eye line the Female Muster Banner Bearer is fitting for any platoon and is wearing standard Aketon Armour and holding a Tumbler SMG.  Her banner is sculpted to the figure meaning all you need to do is choose the design to go upon it.  It is a superbly impressive 15mm scale figure. There is a growing page on the Ion Age website where the current and all former IMP series free miniatures are shown so that you can see what came before. Enjoy looking at what came before.  This miniature is worth 0.60GBP.

We ask you to sign up for a website account with us on your first order. Why? For one reason only. Not to send you emails (we never will. If you want our emails sign up for our Mailchimp list on the right top of the blog home page) or to pester you; but only to keep track of the Reward Points that all orders with us earn. Reward Points through our online partner Sloyalty which can be used once accumulated to get discounts or free stuff at any point in the future. Learn more about this HERE. Every order earns Reward Points! Yes free extra value. Part of our promise to keep the fun in wargaming. 

Lastly we have a new month long special offer...it is a bloody good one....25% off all three variants of the IAF128 Afara Strider our resin light mecha which is 55mm tall.  We will have a fun article later this month with an Afara in the service of the League of Canlaster taken from our own gaming collection.  

The Afara is generic enough for many settings and it is designed for tabletop gaming being easy to assemble from few parts and durable to use in play too.  I am also told it can be easily converted and altered with parts from our other codes such as IAF065 Vehicle Conversion Kit.  The discount is online and all you need do is add to cart, reward points are as normal and can be used on this offer too.  Offer ends 1st April.  Click on the links to learn more. 

As always if you are reading this bulletin later in the month or further into the future please do have a look at our blog and use it as a time machine to read all the excellent content that is there going right back to our start. Try August 2016 for instance where you can find a parts article on the Afara plus civilian pack releases and our Uniforms of Prydia poster too.

Thanks for your support and for enjoying The Ion Age!

GBS

Books now in! Last chance to pre-order Callsign Taranis is this weekend

The print runs of the two brand new books have arrived here in their boxes at Alternative Armies and have now been given to The Ion Age! As you can see the two books, Callsign Taranis and Patrol Angis (in its new A4 format and new cover) are looking superb! Printed here in Scotland using high quality paper and inks they are as lovely to look at as they are to read.

While we begin to pack up the pre-orders for the books which have already been placed there is still time to place your Early Supporter order for one or both with a 15% saving and extra free Reward Points if you take both of them. Read all about the offers HERE or go straight to the 15mm Publications page of the website HERE. Offers end Monday 20th June.

I am really happy with how these books have turned out and I want to thank all those involved and those who supported us and indeed myself in my on going space opera dream of wargaming. Here are four example pages from Callsign Taranis to look at. Click on them to make them larger on the blog page: 

Remember that as well as Reward Points for all purchases added to your Account with us (the only thing we use accounts for, you will never get email or anything else from your account only Reward Points) you also get the monthly special promotional miniature free automatically in the package. 

This month it is IMP34 Happy Burger Clownbot which is awesome and creepy at the same time. Read more about this miniature on our blog HERE or see the current monthly HERE where you can also purchase extra of the miniature if you wish. So please make your pre-order this weekend as the offers end on Monday of next week. We will then begin shipping out orders containing the new books to all customers all over the globe. 

If you have questions or just want to chat about The Ion Age comment on the blog or email us on info@theionage.com. I am always happy to talk to those who love sci-fi wargaming as much as I do. 

Thanks for Reading, 

GBS

IMP33 Planetary Militia female officer free miniature for May 2016!

Across the entire Prydian Precinct there are Planetary Militias otherwise known as Planetary Defence Forces.  Each of these forces its own local designation and name but every one of them is known to the precinct as a whole by their home planet and numerical designation in the case that the star system has more than one inhabited world.  Their primary role and in most cases only role is to defend their world against invasion and occupation.  This they must sometimes do alone or more often with the bolstering aid of Muster and or Retained Knights from the controlling interest of that world; a Marcher Baron or the Prydian Army.  Planetary forces owe their loyalty to the Marcher Baron who controls that world.  In terms of numerical size the largest Planetary Militias number in the hundreds of millions on worlds such as Yordan Prime down to the smallest which number only in the dozens on foundling colonies.  There is an emphasis among intra atmosphere defence forces on armour and equipment that has the smallest amount of maintenance and requires minimal training.  As a result they make up for in numbers what they lack in skill against superior forces.  Ease of use wins out over higher effectiveness.  Often armaments are purchased or fabricated on mass by the Prydian Army or the local Marcher Baron and are based on the widely used Moth and Anvil families of weapons with additional simpler systems.  Mark III Aketon non powered armour (a lower cost version of Muster Aketon MkIV armour) is the typical protection for defence forces with adaptations to local environmental conditions.  These range from the closed helm and breather systems of the massive Bosworth ark cities to the bare headed and thin plates of an agri-world for standard Aketon to Cold Climes that are deployed in frozen conditions and Hot Climes in desert conditions.  There are also localised space equipped troopers who protect off world outposts and moon bases. See other training series for information on Planetary Militia platoon structure, Steornede Battlesuits, Amber Portable Weapon Platforms, Amber Quad Bikes, Grima Robot Troopers and Magog GNATS.  Training series searches for Colabreta and Hazelwurm along with Verticopters will provide vehicle information.  All banner command level soldiers and knights must have operation knowledge of local system Planetary Militias.     

Academy Auto-Trainer Series 26, New Glastonbury, 4326IC

Welcome to May at The Ion Age.  Didn't April just shoot by in a bolt of azure energy eh!  Well this month we have one central thing to say....it is Callsign Taranis time!  That is correct this month will see a pre-order offer on the expansion title to Patrol Angis bringing in not only rules for vehicles and stuctures and more but also the second part of the story of the Prydian Civil War!  There will be more on this in the coming week as well as some early looks at items from the book and more news too. Look out for these blog articles.  For the moment we are all about IMP33 Planetary Militia Female Officer our free female miniature placed in every order during April.  

IMP33 Planetary Militia Female Officer 

For the whole of May 2016 this 15mm scale Human female officer is automatically put into every order at the rate of one per order regardless of order value.  It can also be bought in any amount on the monthly IMP page of the website for this month only too before being withdrawn on the first of next month.  Dressed in standard PM uniform with a beret and armed with a Tumbler Mpi she is a character miniature for any sci-fi setting. The miniature is one piece in white metal and stands approx 16mm tall.

Of course you earn reward points on all orders too through your account.  We realise that some of you may wish to purchase the currently free miniature to get multiples of it without placing a lot of orders so you can do just that.  Visit this page on the website for the miniature at a fair price for a special miniature.  There is a growing page on the Ion Age website where the current and all former IMP series free miniatures are shown so that you can see what came before.  Enjoy and go HERE. 

The Planetary Militia are a full force in the 15mm range of The Ion Age.  They have packs of infantry and command along with battlesuits and light vehicles plus portable weapon platforms.  There is also a whole platoon which includes a unique sniper miniature for free. You can see all of them on the website in this selective search HERE and HERE for vehicles.  Plus discounts on two of those codes the Steornede Battlesuits both variants.  

Go Planetary Militia for your near future or space opera games!

Thanks for reading.

GBS