A Tesseran September 2018 at The Ion Age

The autumn season begins and the first of the new codes we have been working on will be released this month!  Read on for more on what these new codes will be.  But what else is happening this month with us?  We have a new month long offer.  We have articles coming from talented people who are into what we do and we have a free scenario to download for Patrol Angis which focuses on armoured action.  Go to our website HERE and if you are a new customer you will get 100 Reward Points with your first order.  Read on for more information.

This month we have a treat for fans of the Shia Khan Empire with 25% off the 3rd Legionary Tesseran of eight different miniatures armed with Maia Mpi.  That is a quarter off the pack and singles from the pack.  Offer ends 1st October 2018.

IAF018 Legionary 3rd Tesseran

This pack contains eight 15mm scale white metal poses of Legion infantry, one Ordo officer with Cupid Pistol and seven different Discens (privates) armed with Maia 9.6mm Mpi.  Legion are dressed in reactive glimmer suits and self contained breather systems with auto aid ability.   As always this code can be bought as a pack or as single miniatures or select the three packs and save 10% option on the page.  Go HERE. Other Khanate Legion Codes which go excellent with this pack are IAF006 Legionary 1st Tesseran, IAF007 Canthus Monocycle, IAF011 Legionary 2nd Tesseran and IAF012 Legion 1st Pioneers.  Including this pack there over forty five different Khanate Legionary infantry 15mm miniatures with no duplicate poses!

IAF164G Grey Adder APC Tracked

This pack contains one resin vehicle. A tracked light vehicle the 'Battle Taxi' combat car APC variant which carries Eight Troopers and Two Crew. It has a large hatch at the rear and a front mounted Angis 12.5mm AP Gun.  Once assembled it is approx 60mm long, 40mm wide and about 25mm tall.   It is supplied in two pieces which are very easy to assemble. You can purchase one pack or select three packs and save 10%.  Go HERE.  4.50GBP.

Our releases this month will follow up on the three great Grey Adder 'Battle Taxi' armoured personnel carriers the tracked variant in particular as we present five different tracked Adder tankettes!  Yes, we will be releasing the Red Adder Tankette (Moth Chaingun), Yellow Adder Tankette (Missile Pod), Black Adder Tankette (Railgun), Orange Adder Tankette (Grenade Launcher) and Green Adder Tankette (Comms and Control) as 15mm resin vehicles.  Simple kits at an excellent price which will mean that the light vehicle Adders will have four different propulsion methods.  You can see the Adders HERE.   Watch for these five new releases in a couple of weeks time!

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.

Remember you get Reward Points on every order you place with us added to your account on the website (you must have an account on the website setting it up first time you use it..which includes a welcome gift of 100 Points!) and these can be used to gain discounts and free items on any future order at any time.  Millions of points earned and spent with us so far!

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Have you seen this?

By Sword Short and Long – Click HERE to download the scenario as a free PDF. 

This free full length Patrol Angis scenario sees talks with a Xin Trader go wrong for a lance of Retained Knights as they are attacked by a horde of Maligs.  It is tight quarters combat but will the powered swords of the Knights and their Duxis Battlesuits be enough to compensate for the great goblinoid numbers?  A close combat intense scenario which takes placed in the Camarthen stellar cluster after the activation of the Matter Gateway.  Will they cut their way clear?  Find out now. To play you will need a copy of Patrol Angis and The Khanate Return you can get these in print or as digital download HERE. 

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. 

Thanks for your time!

GBS

MOTH squad level rules event and 28mm platoon packs

We want to thank everyone who took part in our Double Reward Points event last week and congratulations to the two IonFans who got their points high enough to get the 9000 points Habitation Colony Bundle (worth 125.00GBP) for free!  Now we welcome you to our last event of the month and this time it is on our MOTH squad level skirmish rules as a digital download which is half price and also new extra value platoon packs of our 28mm Prydian Army and Shia Khan Empire range of miniatures.  Read on for details and half price ends midnight 31st August 2018.  Or right now go to our 28mm Publications Page and our 28mm Prydian Army and 28mm Khanate pages on the website.

There are several rule systems set in the space opera future of The Ion Age and among these is MOTH.  It is a print book and a digital download and we have taken fifty percent off the already twenty percent cheaper digital version of the book.  Here are some details and this system works in 28mm and 15mm too with a simple alteration.

“I told you men to stay in close.  Stay close to me at all times."

"Yes, your back seat air-raft driver of a vid trainer Majoris said to spread out and avoid bunching.  So that one little Anvil hit won’t turn you all into pureed Juktuk meat; so that you can operate well on your own in this war.  Well guess what privates he don’t know a damn thing about being here on Palakus six and he didn’t know a damn thing about command either."

"So you spread out, so you ain’t all in one close group by squad, sure enough one kaboom ain’t gonna get all of you but I will tell you what will.  The first time you all wander off and can’t hear what I am a bellowing since the com-net will be down, it always is, you can bet the foe will see it.  When you go up against those Canlastrian knights you will be cut down by a hurricane of 12.5mm rounds since you ain’t hearing what I am yelling ‘bout taking cover."

"Command is personal and its experience too.  The risk of being in a close group is more than offset by being able to hear, react and act as one.  Eyeball and Moth ain’t enough…takes joined up brains too.”

- Corp Terry Junos, 12th Regiment training grounds, Galtor, Palakus VI.

Moth lets you to play out anything from a small skirmish with half a dozen miniatures a side right up to a squad level battle with more than a hundred miniatures in play if you so desire. This is a game that is fast to learn, fast to play and great for younger novice players and experienced tacticians alike. Moth has a clever central mechanic based around the D10 (ten sided dice) and the adaptable Elan Rating system. This, when combined with fluid squad mechanic allows players to add to and remove from their squads in play. Plus unique features such as Break Shots, Degrade Fire, two action choice among many others makes the game flow excellently and combines tension with fun in battle. Use cover, avoid open ground, call on your fellows for support. Win the Prydian Civil War for your noble masters! 60 Pages, Colour Covers, ISBN. Moth - Prydia Aflame gives you the Core Rules.  Go HERE for print and digital download. All you need to play the game including: 

An Introduction to the Ion Age 

The Kendal III Campaign 

The Core Rules 

Off Table Actions 

After and Between Games 

Character and Squad Creation 

The Armies of Prydian Space 

Platoon and Squad Organisation 

Quick Reference Sheet

Playing MOTH with your 15mm Ion Age Miniatures

To play MOTH in 15mm scale simply reduced all weapon ranges and movement and such distances by changing from Inches to Centimetres for the smaller scale. No other changes are needed. This allows you to use your Patrol Angis lances and platoons in a game of MOTH.

IB20 Retained Campaigner fitting bayonet

Now released 28mm Platoon Value Packs for use with MOTH and more

We are also delighted to announce several 28mm platoon value packs on general release which each contain a force of all different poses and offers a saving off single and normal smaller pack prices.  Use these miniatures in MOTH or Firefight or in any 28mm scale science fiction setting and rules system to get more bang for your buck. For the Prydian Army we have the following new value packs.

IP01 Retained Knight Lance

Retained Knights are the life long warriors of the Ion Age. This value pack contains sixteen different 28mm white metal miniatures taken from the powered armoured Retained Knights of the Prydian Army.  These can be used for any Marcher Baron or League or Condot organisation in play.  Miniatures are taken from codes IB02, IB03, IB04 and IB20 and you save off the regular prices meaning compared to single miniatures you get two of these miniatures for free!  Supplied Unpainted and with Bases.  Price 35.00GBP.  Go HERE.

IP02 Muster Platoon

Muster are the everyday soldiers of The Ion Age.  This value pack contains sixteen different 28mm white metal miniatures taken from the clam shell armoured troopers of the Prydian Army.  These can be used for any Marcher Baron or League or Condot organisation in play.  Miniatures are taken from codes IB06, IB08, IB09 and IB10 and you save off the regular prices meaning compared to single miniatures you get two of these miniatures for free!  Supplied Unpainted and with Bases.  Price 28.00GBP.  Go HERE.

For the Shia Khan Empire we have the following new value packs.

IP03 Khanate Legionary Ordos

The legions of the Khanate are vast and endless and Legionaries are the steadfast core of a legion.  This value pack contains sixteen different 28mm white metal miniatures taken from the glimmer suited aliens of the Styx, Cyclopes and other legions.  Miniatures are taken from codes IB35, IB43, IB47 and IB44 and you save off the regular prices meaning compared to single miniatures you get two of these miniatures for free!  Supplied Unpainted and with Bases.  Price 28.00GBP.  Go HERE.

IP04 Betrayers Ordos

You live in a city of chaos and anarchy and side with the invading aliens of the Khanate.  These Humans are Betrayers and they fight against their own kind.  This value pack contains sixteen different 28mm white metal miniatures taken from the gang members and punks of the under cities.  Miniatures are taken from codes IB34, IB40,IB41 and IB45 and you save off the regular prices meaning compared to single miniatures you get two of these miniatures for free!  Supplied Unpainted and with Bases.  Price 28.00GBP.  Go HERE.

IP05 Malig Goblinoid Ordos

Expendable cannon fodder of the Shia Khan Empire the Malig goblins are always first into the fray.  This value pack contains fifteen different 28mm white metal miniatures taken from the horde which the Legions push ahead of themselves to soak up Prydian munitions.  Miniatures are taken from IB33, IB49 and IB50 and you save off the regular prices meaning that compared to single purchase you get two of these Maligs for free!  Supplied Unpainted and with Bases.  Price 22.75GBP.  Go HERE.

Thank you as always for your support and we will return in September with a new month long special offer and great new releases!

GBS

Alternative Armies Tabletop Gaming Facebook Group random draw August 2018

Now on! Enter with a Comment! Win a 40.00GBP voucher to spend on anything Alternative Armies or The Ion Age makes and you can see on our websites.  Go HERE and join the group and look for the post with the image shown here.

Forty pounds to spend and we cover the postage worldwide too! Only open to group members and one entry per member. To enter the random draw you just need to comment on this very posting. Say anything you like from 'Hello' to your favourite game or miniature we make. You will then be assigned a number by group moderator Alissa Syme (which will be a numbered comment). 

The draw will take place at 9pm GMT Thursday 30th August. The draw will be filmed live with a random number generator and then the video will be posted to the group with the winners name tagged! No catch and an honest chance to win from a friendly company. Only one entry per member and may the fortune of random be with you! 

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

A Smashed August at The Ion Age

It is time for a break at The Ion Age in the month of highest summer and thus we have no releases this month and we will be rather quiet too.  We will spend the month working on new codes and other awesome things for the coming autumn campaign season.  No hints just now other than to say there will be a new platoon pack with unique miniature and also more melee focused infantry plus further new vehicles and free downloads.  We will not be sitting with our feet up, oh no!  So what have we for you this month instead?  Go HERE or read on for more.

(The Smashed Hab Dome in a desert setting as Sandworms and Giant Sandworm attack Ellen and Riply as well as Retained Pistoleers.  Read more in a free article download from our website.)

This month we have a fantastic terrain month long offer with 50% off (half price) on the IAF015J Smashed Hab Dome which adds damaged structures to your gaming table.  We will also have a rare thing which is a 'Double Reward Points' event (20 Points per 1GBP spent) which will be announced on our blog and through email giving a chance to get up towards the Commander Murdo Taranis Tank or huge Habitation Colony Bundle using your points saved up on your account with us. Or to stack points to get a 10%, 15% or even 20% discount on a future order (including sweet brand new releases at that time).Click on the orange box bottom middle of the website screen for full details of Reward Points.  We will also have a 28mm scale event centred around the MOTH skirmish game system towards months end which will include the book in print and as a digital download plus platoon bundles.  Keep an eye out for these news items during August.

IAF015J Smashed Hab Dome

Down but not out! This Hab Dome is battered and bruised perhaps from Marcher Baron bombardment or Khanate Legion caresses but its still standing. Cracked open like an egg with one side totally intact and then other reduced to rubble the top of the dome has slid down but its still got an intact mounting point for a turret top of your choice. This release is from a great number of world wide requests for something in between an intact and a totally destroyed structure. A high quality grey tone resin one piece casting which is 65mm wide and 20mm to 30mm tall with a high degree of external and internal detailing. It fits in well with the rest of the terrain range from the Ion Age. Suitable for use in any science fiction setting. Go HERE for our Terrain range in 15mm scale.

You can read all about our Rewards Programme on our BLOG where the system and what you can get is laid out in detail.

We have an extensive 28mm scale range of miniatures for the Prydian Army and the Shia Khan Empire as well as rule systems for open table or grid based intense combat in that scale and close in with no vehicles and more characterisation when compared to Patrol Angis.  Look late on this month for a great offer.

Lastly remember to check out our Free Downloads page for a load to read and to make use of in your games set in The Ion Age.

Enjoy the sun!

GBS

Free Worldwide Shipping and a new free scenario for Patrol Angis

The Ion Age is delighted to team up with Alternative Armies and to make an offer of free worldwide shipping for our IonFans! If you want to get into our space opera setting or wish to try us out or expand your collection you can with no postage on orders of 15GBP or greater in the cart. Full details below.

We also have the promised free Patrol Angis scenario called 'By Sword Short and Long' a vicious close combat battle against a Malig Horde. Read on for details of these and our new release and month long offer too. Or go HERE to browse. 

Free Worldwide Shipping 

We offer two different types of worldwide shipping. Standard and Tracked. We are offering free worldwide shipping on standard (royal mail or air mail) rate on orders of 15GBP in cart of greater with no limit upon number of orders. If your order will received tracked shipping due to its value we will cover the cost of this and inform you. This offer applies to all miniatures and books and accessories on our website and all of our other offers (weekly deals, bundles, divisional army packs) which feature a discount are included too. Digital Downloads are not physical items so they do not qualify for postage but in mixed orders with physical products they will count towards the total. If you would like to take items from Alternative Armies and The Ion Age then you can do so by sending us an email with your name, address, paypal email and a list of codes and quantities to us on info@theionage.com and we will come back to you with an invoice to pay. It may take us time to reply to you but as long as your proposed order arrives with us before the end of the period we will honour it. Go to our website and add what you want to the cart. This offer ends at 9am GMT (UK Time) Wednesday 1st August 2018. Go HERE for the website and look around.

By Sword Short and Long – Click HERE to download the scenario.

This free full length Patrol Angis scenario sees talks with a Xin Trader go wrong for a lance of Retained Knights as they are attacked by a horde of Maligs. It is tight quarters combat but will the powered swords of the Knights and their Duxis Battlesuits be enough to compensate for the great goblinoid numbers? A close combat intense scenario which takes placed in the Camarthen stellar cluster after the activation of the Matter Gateway. Will they cut their way clear? Find out now. To play you will need a copy of Patrol Angis and The Khanate Return you can get these in print or as digital download HERE. 

Here are the pictures taken from our play testing of this new scenario for you to enjoy. Click on them on the blog post here to make them larger. 

There are other free files for you to download from us for Patrol Angis. Go to this PAGE on our website for the list of what we have for the game system.

IAF163 Retained Post Echo 

Our new release this month is the fifth post of Retained Knights ready to see off enemies as diverse as the Marcher Barons and the Khanate Empire. These knights are skilled in the arts of close combat and make use of powered melee weapons. Mix them in with your other knights for assault lances. Code IAF163 contains ten different poses all wearing Alwite powered armour and carrying a variety of weapons including Octa Powered Sword, Roaz Powered Axe, Pelleas Powered Mace as well as Tumbler ranged weapons. As always this code can be bought as a pack or as single miniatures or select the three packs and save 10% option on the page. Go HERE. Price 5.00GBP per pack. 

Our month long offer this time is...25% off all the variants of the fantastic Duxis Battlesuit in 15mm scale both close combat types HERE and ranged types HERE. Seven variants of a fantastic 30mm tall model. Ends 31st July 2018. 

Thanks for Reading,

 GBS

IAF163 Retained Post Echo our release for July 2018

“Brilliant with the energy flowing through its blade the first swing of Esquire Quiver's Octa Sword took the left leg of the flightless bird clean away from its body with a spray of super heated blood....”

The Ion Age makes its new release for July 2018 with ten brand new 15mm miniatures in IAF0163 Retained Post Echo.  Requested by players of Patrol Angis these knights have blades!  This pack is on our website now and as with all codes you can choose from a pack or singles from the pack or three packs and save ten percent.  Go HERE for the new pack or read on for full details.

“Brilliant with the energy flowing through its blade the first swing of Esquire Quiver's Octa Sword took the left leg of the flightless bird clean away from its body with a spray of super heated blood.  Screeching the seven foot tall avian creature collapsed throwing its Malig rider clean over its razor sharp beaked head.  Quiver reversed the sword and in a glittering orange arc used it to sever the head of the bird before cutting into the back of the sprawling Malig ending the enemy's attempts to free a Cupid laser pistol from its combat harness.  All around him Quiver could see other Retained Knights of the 308th Regiment likewise engaged with the Shia Khan at sword point distance.  They were greatly outnumbered by their goblinoid foes and in the spaces between the habitation domes of the settlement it meant that every Prydian was fighting for their lives without pause.  Powered swords flashed in glittering arcs while Roaz axes rose and fell in a murderous rhythm and Pelleas maces smashed into flesh and bone.  The aliens had either known that the meeting was taking place or, perhaps more likely, it was simply a coincidence that the lance had been in the wrong place when a horde of Maligs decided to set up their camp here.   

Bullets spanged off of Quivers Alwite Armour doing little harm but scoring lines in the delicate film layers that made up the camoflage Chameleon Circuit which caused his form to blend into its surroundings.  At this range the Malig gripping its Maia 9.6mm mpi could not have failed to see him.  He brought the Octa sword up and rounds exploded as they impacted against its blade....” 

-  An extract from By Sword Short and Long.

IAF163 Retained Post Echo

The fifth post of Retained Knights ready to see off enemies as diverse as the Marcher Barons and the Khanate Empire.  These knights are skilled in the arts of close combat and make use of powered melee weapons. Mix them in with your other knights for assault lances. Code IAF163 contains ten different poses all wearing Alwite powered armour and carrying a variety of weapons including Octa Powered Sword, Roaz Powered Axe, Pelleas Powered Mace as well as Tumbler ranged weapons.   As always this code can be bought as a pack or as single miniatures or select the three packs and save 10% option on the page.  Go HERE.  Price 5.00GBP per pack.

Later this month we will have a free Patrol Angis scenario featuring the new miniatures called 'By Sword Short and Long'.  A close in vicious fight which sees goblinoid Maligs trying to encircle a lance of Retained Knights with battlesuit support who are conducting talks with a Xin Trader; they will have to cut their way clear.  This full scenario takes place in the Camarthen stellar cluster after the activation of the Matter Gateway and during playtesting it was really intense!  Look out for the article.

Including this new pack of ten poses we now have in 15mm scale nearly seventy poses of Retained Knights from such codes as:

IAF001 Retained Post Alpha

IAF002 Retained Post Beta

IAF008 Retained Post Charlie

IAF016 Retained Post Delta

IAF163 Retained Post Echo

IAF004 Retained Lance Command Alpha

IAF014 Retained Lance Command Beta

IAF076 Retained Lance Command Charlie

IAF057 Knight Errants of Prydia

IAF156 Marcher Barons of Prydia

IAF157 Nobles of Prydia

IAF005 Balthazar and Jerome

IAF017 Ellen and Ripley

IAF063 Arachne and Giliam

IAF158 Diodine Sparrow of the Quarrel Company

IAFP02 Retained Lance (with extra free unique miniature)

These can serve as Prydian Army or in a different colour scheme such as those on our poster they can be knights of the Leagues or Marcher Barons or even Condot mercenaries too.  This means you can create almost three lances of knights never repeating a miniature!  

There is also an extra free Retained Knight Errant in the Patrol Angis Game Pack starter box too which you only get with that box.  A great way to get playing and check out that page for free downloads and other materials for the game.

Our month long offer this time is...25% off all the variants of the fantastic Duxis Battlesuit in 15mm scale both close combat types HERE and ranged types HERE.  Seven variants of a fantastic 30mm tall model.  Ends 31st July 2018.

Thanks for Reading,

GBS