A new beginning...

From ManorHouse Workshop, known worldwide for their quality, originality and the realism of their 3D wargaming scenery elements and modular, tailor-made tables, a new company has been born:

ManorHouse Miniatures has created a new miniatures line, based upon the following principals:

• Casting, using high quality white metal (with a low lead percentage, as per US and Canada laws);
• 40mm scale, permiting a very high level of detail and using full human and animal proportions;
• A strong historical integrity for weaponry, armour, equipment and so on, all researched with authentic historical documentation.

These miniatures can be used to play Mindstalkers...

...a brand new wargame!

Mindstalkers is a "skirmish" wargame. A full battle-system for entire armies will be developed soon. A lot of components have been designed to make Mindstalkers a totally new and innovative wargame:

• The game starts in the distant future of mankind, but the actual action will be set in various historical ages. The first line of miniatures and rulesets (in production right now and named "Mission: Middle Ages") regards the Italian Middle Ages (14^th - 15^th centuries). The following rulesets will be created according to the preferences of players themselves. New rules will be introduced for different historical ages: from the naval battles between pirates, to remote future wars, passing through barbarian invasions and the two World Wars... all will be possible!

• The core ruleset is based on fantasy/science fiction, but the game system allows the use of two different levels of rules. The first one is purely historical, no fantasy or sci-fi elements, designed to play a true historical skirmish wargame: rules, equipment and characters are all strictly based on the referenced age. The second level provides special rules for fantasy elements (like psionic powers), according to the plot of Mindstalkers and adding unforeseeable features and fun to the skirmishes, but always keeping the fighting realism high. Players choose how to play!

• The game system is simple but realistic! Each model can choose between 24 or more different actions to use during each turn... it can be learned in a very short time: keeping those tactical and strategical components which turn a mere throwing-dice game in an amazing wargame.

• Rulesets, templates, markers, background stories, all the necessary stuff for playing (except dice and miniatures, of course!) will be DOWNLOADABLE FOR FREE (ready to be printed) from our website. For exacting players and collectors, we are creating a top-quality printed line of gaming materials (such as manuals, markers, templates, etc.), that will be available on request.

• The game will be strongly supported worldwide, also our official international websites (with Italian and English versions and other languages in the future). On the official website, players will find everything they need to play and enjoy their hobby; including download sections, community areas, painting and modelling contests, game tournaments, novels and background stories, miniatures, an artworks gallery, how-to photographic articles about painting, modelling and scenery making, and much, much more!

• Finally, we wanted to create a funny and realistic game based on a strong and original background to let players feel themselves a part of the story. A lot of new novels will be published on the website, and so the Mindstalkers saga will become a unique, awe-inspiring body of work! Weren't you bored by wargames with a one-page background? We were!

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ManorHouse Miniatures Staff