Mantic Games is a British miniatures and board game publisher, based in Bulwell, Nottingham, UK.

History

Mantic Games was started in 2008 by former

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Managing Director, Ronnie Renton with a range of high-fantasy miniatures that were compatible with other popular wargames, including

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. It later began publishing board games and miniature games, notable titles include Kings of War, Dwarf King's Hold, Dungeon Saga, Dreadball, Deadzone, Project Pandora,

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and

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. It has also produced the licensed-game ''

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''—based on the

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card game series and the Deadzone rules. Other licenses include The Walking Dead by Skybound Entertainment, where Mantic have produced The Walking Dead: All Out War table top game. And most recently Mantic have acquired the licence for the comic book characters from the Hellboy series, published by Dark Horse Comics. Hellboy: The Board Game was launched on Kickstarter in April 2018. So far, Mantic has used former Games Workshop designers Alessio Cavatore (

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, The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game,

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) and

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( Inquistor, Lost Patrol,

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) to develop many of its games. Later versions of Warpath are developed in house by the Mantic design studio. Most recently James M. Hewitt from Needy Cat Games - another former Games Workshop designer - has become involved with Mantic Games to write Hellboy: The Board Game.

Kickstarter activity

Mantic has used

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to fund a number of its games and expansions, making over $8.3 million to date.

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.manticgames.com Companies based in Nottinghamshire Gaming miniatures companies Board game publishing companies Internet properties established in 2008