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| Industry | Miniature wargaming and Board game publisher |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2008 |
| Headquarters | , UK |
Key people | Ronnie Renton, Alessio Cavatore, Jake Thornton, James M. Hewitt, Mark Latham |
| Website | Mantic Games |
Mantic Games is a British miniatures and board game publisher, based in Bulwell, Nottingham, UK.
Mantic Games was started in 2008 by former Games Workshop Managing Director, Ronnie Renton with a range of high-fantasy miniatures that were compatible with other popular wargames, including Warhammer Fantasy Battles . As Ed Fortune noted in 2016, "Mantic of course, has been building a reputation for doing the things that their rivals won't. Composed mostly of ex-Games Workshop staff, Mantic has been nipping away at the heels of the Nottingham giant [Games Workshop], mostly by producing products that improve on old (and out of print) Games Workshop ideas." [1]
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, Warpath and Loka. It has also produced the licensed-game Mars Attacks —based on the Topps 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, created by James M. Hewitt from Needy Cat Games, a former Games Workshop designer, was launched on Kickstarter in April 2018. The following year, Diamond Comic Distributors listed Hellboy: The Board Game at #72 in its list of "Top 100 Games for 2019" (ranked in dollar sales order.) [2]
To date, Mantic has used former Games Workshop designers Alessio Cavatore ( Warhammer 40,000 , The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game , Bolt Action) and Jake Thornton ( Inquisitor , Lost Patrol, White Dwarf ) to develop many of its games. Later versions of Warpath are developed in house by the Mantic design studio.
Mantic has used Kickstarter to fund a number of its games and expansions, making over $10.5 million to date.
| Total USD | Project name | Backers |
|---|---|---|
| 354,997 | Kings of War [9] | 1,568 |
| 728,985 | Dreadball [10] | 2,539 |
| 104,172 | Loka (with Alessio Cavatore) [11] | 745 |
| 1,216,482 | Deadzone [12] | 4,306 |
| 558,076 | Mars Attacks [13] | 2,753 |
| 575,755 | Dreadball Xtreme [14] | 2,482 |
| 1,057,975 | Dungeon Saga [15] | 5,963 |
| 366,547 | Kings of War: Second Edition [16] | 2,747 |
| 380,554 | Deadzone: Infection [17] | 2,810 |
| 484,917 | Warpath [18] | 3,355 |
| 272,409 | Kings of War: Vanguard | 2,231 |
| 1,823,571 | Hellboy: The Board Game [19] | 12,716 |
| 466,127 | Hellboy: The Roleplaying Game [20] | 6,071 |
| 296,147 | TerrainCrate 2: Crate Expectations | 2,666 |
| 174,728 | League of Infamy | 1,556 |
| 427,654 | Hellboy: The Board Game Expansions and Dice Game | 4,988 |
| 106,343 | TerrainCrate 3: Bring The Background To The Foreground | 1,046 |
| 504,060 | Dungeon Saga Origins – The Game of Classic Fantasy Adventure | 4,021 |
| 673,833 | Worms: The Board Game | 5,849 |
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