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GF9 rolls out WizKids HeroClix Battle Maps
Monday, 09/15/08 [ General | Posted by: john ]

Gale Force Nine is proud to announce that our first two high-quality vinyl Battle Maps for WizKids HeroClix Collectable Miniature Game are shipping to stores and distributors this week!

GF9’s Battle Maps are printed on durable vinyl and lie flat for a superior game experience. These quality gaming surfaces come rolled in a solid, plastic tube for easy storage and transport. The maps may be marked with WET-ERASE markers by players who wish to temporarily alter terrain areas or make other notes about battlefield conditions played in-game.

Dawn of Man Battle Map

Dawn of Man is a 36” x 36” Outdoor Battle Map (24 squares by 24 squares) with hindering, blocking, elevated and water terrain elements.

The world is in crisis as time begins to fold in on itself. In the distant past, at the dawn of humanity, a lone cave boy learns the power of fire from an enigmatic being. With this new tool he defends his tribe from savage Neanderthals. During the battle reality is torn apart around them; heroes and villains from different eras and universes join the fight. The fate of time and existence hang in the balance.

Spaceship Crash Site Battle Map

Spaceship Crash Site is a 36” x 24” Outdoor Battle Map (24 squares by 16 squares) with both hindering and blocking terrain areas.

A mysterious spaceship crashes in a remote and savage land. Mighty heroes arrive to investigate only to be confronted by bizarre doppelgangers and past versions of themselves. The heroes battle amidst the smoldering wreckage in the first titanic battle of a secret invasion of the Earth by a mysterious alien race.

Both of these epic Outdoor Battle Maps are available in your favorite game, hobby and comic book stores! You can also get these maps as well as our 3-D Power Effects at the GF9 Online Store!

October will see the release of an Indoor Battle Map to coincide with the release of DC HeroClix: Arkham Asylum. Future Battle Map releases will accompany new WizKids releases. Also look for new Battle Maps designed by WizKids exclusively for Gale Force Nine!

Gale Force Nine will soon make classic WizKids HeroClix Battle Maps available as vinyl maps directly through our online store at www.GF9.com.

© 2006 WizKids, Inc. All rights reserved. HeroClix, HorrorClix and WizKids are trademarks of WizKids, Inc. Patent pending. All logos and artwork used with permission.

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Gear up with WarCogs!
Thursday, 09/04/08 [ General | Posted by: john ]

Gale Force Nine unleashed WarCogs at Gen Con 2008 and the response was overwhelming. We’ve made some adjustments to the final release version based on the valuable feedback we’ve received since the show. Production is now under way for the late October launch of our most anticipated token system to date!

The WarCogs token sets will allow players to track a variety of different effects and abilities for their warbands. Each token set contains a Lexicon card to note which symbol corresponds to a spell or effect. Also included in the set is the handy "Melee Gauge" which can easily slip into the swirling mass of combat to determine 1/2” melee range for hand-to-hand fighting and 2” range for reach weapons in-between models.

WarCogs Electric Blue Token Set Prototype

Whether a veteran commander or fresh recruit, our new WarCogs range gives players premium gaming accessories that work with our existing tokens. WarCogs were also designed as a stand-alone product to satisfy the needs of new players or players starting new warbands.

WarCogs will be available in five distinct colors to personalize your warband! Along with the tokens sets, we’ll release five corresponding template sets to complete your basic accessory needs. And the gears are already spinning on planning future releases for this dynamic new token system!

WarCogs Necrotic Glow Templates Prototypes

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Warmachine terrain at Gen Con
Thursday, 08/14/08 [ General | Posted by: john ]

The remainder of our Battlefield in a Box terrain sets for Warmachine will be available from our booth at Gen Con 2008. Our license to produce these limited edition items will expire very soon; afterwards these sets will no longer be available from GF9. This may be your last chance to add this fantastic pre-painted terrain to your collection. We expect the last of these pieces to go fast! See us at Gen Con in Booth 1411.

Battlefield in a Box: Cryx Necrotite Mining Rig<br />

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GF9 Heads to Gen Con 2008!
Wednesday, 08/13/08 [ General | Posted by: john ]

Gen Con 2008

The crew is out the door and on the road to Indianapolis. Gen Con is always a great show and we look forward to being part of it again this year. We are previewing a great new range this year, WarCogs™. A limited supply of WarCogs™ will be available at the show…a full six weeks ahead of its regularly scheduled release! Do not miss out on this great new series of gaming accessories.

We also have our first two premium vinyl game battle mats for WizKids HeroClix™. These mats are incredible! Not only do they look great, but they are durable and safe for use with wet-erase markers.

Great new stuff, our full range of core product and some great deals make this a GF9 appearance not to miss. Stop by and check us out at Booth 1411!

Game ON!

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GF9's WarCogs™ at GenCon 2008!
Thursday, 08/07/08 [ General | Posted by: john ]

GF9 WarCogs

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GF9 Heads to Historicon
Wednesday, 07/23/08 [ General | Posted by: john ]

The Gale Force Nine team is headed to Historicon 2008 in Lancaster, PA. Come join us for Historical Miniatures Gaming's Biggest Summer Vacation!

Historicon 2008

Gale Force Nine will be there with our full line of Gaming and Hobby Accessories. At Historicon 2008 you can expect to find our new line of Gaming Aids, our convention-exclusive Warmachine templates (this will be your last chance to buy these) and some fantastic show exclusive terrain and hobby supplies as well as many other great products. Stop by the dealer room and chat up Big John, terrain master Jason Buyaki and GF9 sales guru Dan.

Game ON!

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Final week of GF9 Warmachine & Hordes sales
Monday, 07/21/08 [ General | Posted by: john ]

Warmachine Templates
This Saturday, July 26th, marks the absolute, final day that Gale Force Nine will be able to sell our Warmachine and Hordes licensed accessories directly. With items rapidly going out of stock, please be sure to get your orders in as soon as possible or come visit our booth at Historicon this weekend.

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Charge to victory!
Monday, 07/14/08 [ General | Posted by: john ]

Charge / Retreat Arrows
Gale Force Nine is launching our new line of essential Gaming Aids products. This collection features classic GF9 designs, exciting revisions to many favorite products and new accessories to enhance your tabletop wargaming experience and dominate your opponent. Over the summer we’ll be spotlighting each of these products in turn.

This new line of critical Gaming Aids will be available in Game and Hobby Shops worldwide. Gaming Aids are pre-assembled and ready to deploy to the warzone right out of the package.

New Designs! Improved Function! Better Value!

Gale Force Nine’s Charge / Retreat Arrows have been a favorite for years. While their design is simple and timeless, there was only one area we could improve on, quantity! Each pack of arrows now contains EIGHT bright red arrow markers to indicate declared charges and intended targets. Each piece is numbered FIRST through EIGHTH so there there’s no mistaking the order of attack. The flip side of the arrow is marked RETREAT to mark your fleeing troops should the fight go against them.

Gale Force Nine’s revised Charge / Retreat Arrows and our whole new line of Gaming Aids can be found on our new prodigious Gaming Aids racks in your favorite Hobby Store and right here at the GF9 Online Store.

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Warmachine Faction and Hordes Warband Dice Available for a Limited Time
Thursday, 07/10/08 [ General | Posted by: john ]

Dice
Our popular dice sets for Warmachine and Hordes are available once again! These quality dice are cast in a faction or warband specific color and emblazoned with the appropriate logo in place of the SIX. Each package contains twenty (20) dice; sixteen (16) faction versions and four (4) Privateer Press™ logo dice. While these dice are no longer packaged in a handy dice tin, each pack contains twice as many dice as before!

We only have a limited amount of these dice remaining and once they’re gone, they are gone for good! As of July 26th, Gale Force Nine will no longer be able to sell these dice as well as our templates and tokens for Warmachine and Hordes.

Warmachine Dice may be found in our webstore HERE

Hordes Dice may be found in our webstore HERE

WARMACHINE and HORDES (tm) is a Trademark of Privateer Press, Inc. Logos and artwork used with permission. All rights reserved.

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Something fun for the 4th of July!
Thursday, 07/03/08 [ General | Posted by: john ]

Hi Guys!

Here's something fun for the 4th of July Weekend.

The Star Spangled Spangled Banner - Re-Mix!

Have a great weekend and be safe. Game ON!

The GF9 Team

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GF9 unleashes the Multi-Template MKII
Thursday, 07/03/08 [ General | Posted by: john ]

GF9’s best-selling gaming aid has been taken back to the drawing board and redesigned to make it even better! The Multi-Template Mark II offers a superior level of playability, durability and visual appeal.

The GF9 Multi-Template MKII

The more compact shape allows a player to get the template into tighter spaces on the battlefield; such a whirling close combat where toy soldiers are tightly packed. We have also eliminated any extended, weaker points on the template. This greatly cuts down the chance that the template may crack or even break at one of the joints since the narrow parts are gone. Last, but most certainly not least, we made the Mark II neon orange. Try losing this template on a tabletop! Not going to happen! Game ON!


One question has been asked more than any other regarding the Mark II Multi-Template: Why would GF9 redesign a product that they sell thousands of each year? The answer is very simple: We listened to the feedback from players all around the world and recognized that there was room for improvement on an already great product. This is how the Mark II came about...player input matters!

The Multi-Template MK II will be in stores worldwide as part of Gale Force Nine's dynamic new line of Gaming Aids releasing this summer. The template can also be purchased from the GF9 Online Store!

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Privateer Press™ not to renew the Gale Force Nine™ accessories license.
Monday, 06/30/08 [ General | Posted by: john ]

To our disappointment, Privateer Press has chosen not to renew the Warmachine and Hordes accessories license with GF9 in favor of producing their own range of gaming aids. (See “Privateer Press, Inc. announces new gaming tokens for WARMACHINE and HORDES”, May 23, 2008, www.privateerpress.com!).

This announcement will affect all Privateer Press™ licensed products including branded tokens, templates, terrain and dice tins for both Warmachine™ and Hordes™. The tokens, templates and dice tins will be available for direct sale through July 26th, 2008. Terrain sets will be available through September 16th, 2008. After this sell-through period, the tokens, templates and dice tins will no longer be available direct from GF9.

We have enjoyed creating the most successful range of branded accessories for Privateer Press games in the industry. We would like to thank Privateer Press for the opportunity to show the world how good gaming accessories can be and the many fans that made our accessories the standard by which all others are judged.


GF9 – Game ON!


About Gale Force Nine™

Gale Force Nine, LLC. (GF9) is a game manufacturing company that was started in 1998 specializing in the design and distribution of laser cut components and scaled models for the miniatures gaming industry. Since our humble beginnings, GF9 has grown into the premier gaming accessory company producing counters, markers, tokens, templates, and terrain for use with the most popular miniature games in the world.

Gale Force Nine (GF9) Token “Look and Feel,” concept, design, layout, and construction are Copyright © 2000-2008, Gale Force Nine, LLC. All rights reserved.


About Privateer Press™

Privateer Press provides total immersion in the Iron Kingdoms world through role-playing releases, the award-winning WARMACHINE and HORDES miniatures games, No Quarter Magazine, and the Formula P3 hobby and paint range.


WARMACHINE and HORDES are trademarks of Privateer Press, Inc. WARMACHINE Tokens are an official license of Privateer Press. Logos and artwork used with permission. All rights reserved.

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Look! Up in the sky! It’s the GF9 HeroClix Flight Stands!
Tuesday, 06/10/08 [ General | Posted by: john ]

HeroClix Flight Stand

Gale Force Nine introduces a new set of Power 3-D Effects for WizKids HeroClix; the fast paced game of super hero battles!

Now the world's finest heroes and their diabolical foes take their battles to a new level with GF9's HeroClix Flight Stands. These handy markers easily and gracefully indicate when your models launch themselves into the sky and soar across the game map.

Each pack of Power 3-D Effect Markers comes with four (4) colorful, laser cut plastic markers to indicate the many powers and hazards faced by your favorite heroes and villains during your HeroClix conflicts.

These new HeroClix flight stands are available in your favorite games store worldwide or you can get them direct from the GF9 Online Store!

© 2006 WizKids, Inc. All rights reserved. HeroClix, HorrorClix and WizKids are trademarks of WizKids, Inc. Patent pending. All logos and artwork used with permission.

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WARMACHINE: Legends™ Warcaster tokens NOW available from GF9
Tuesday, 05/27/08 [ General | Posted by: john ]

The Iron Kingdoms enter a new era with the introduction of WARMACHINE: Legends™. New Warcasters and epic versions of existing ones now take to the field of battle. GF9 is proud to release new token sets for the first wave of these new leaders, Master Necrotech Mortenebra and High Executioner Servath Reznik as well as the epic versions of General Adept Nemo and Supreme Kommandant Irusk. Previews of these Warcasters were featured in Privateer Press’s No Quarter Magazine. No battle will ever be the same.

New WARMACHINE token sets

Along with these new casters, Gale Force Nine presents a troop pack for The Pirates of the Broken Coast! These scurvy dogs will sign on with any captain with plenty coin in his coffers.

These colorful tokens are done in the incomparable GF9 style; laser cut from durable clear acrylic plastic and backed with felt to protect your gaming surface and miniatures.

All of these great gaming tokens are available in game and hobby shops worldwide or you can order them direct from the Gale Force Nine Online Store!

WARMACHINE is a trademark of Privateer Press, Inc. WARMACHINE Tokens are an official license of Privateer Press. Logos and artwork used with permission. All rights reserved.

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Cryx & Menoth Battlefield in a Box sets on sale NOW!
Thursday, 05/22/08 [ General | Posted by: john ]

Now Available: NEW Warmachine Battlefield in a Box Sets!

Two fantastic new terrain sets from Gale Force Nine’s Battlefield in a Box collection for Warmachine are now in stores! These pre-pained resin-cast terrain sets capture the mood of the war torn Iron Kingdoms and will enhance your tabletop skirmishes. Both highly detailed sets were sculpted by Gale Force Nine’s master terrain builder, Jason Buyaki.

Menoth Altar of Flame; Miniatures shown NOT included.

The Menoth Altar of Flame is shining testament to the zealous faith of the Protectorate. Enemy forces know what a crushing blow to Menoth morale the loss of a shrine is to the Protectorate, so warbands target them for destruction whenever possible. But the inspiration Menoth troops draw from these places makes them the most stalwart of defenders. This stately terrain set is a perfect centerpiece for any Warmachine battle!

The Menoth Altar of Flame is available in game and hobby shops worldwide or direct from the Gale Force Nine Online Store!

Cryx Necrotite Mining Rig; Miniatures shown NOT included.

The fearsome warjacks and dark industries of Cryx are fueled by a charnel material known as Necrotite. Necrotite is created at sites of bloodshed and slaughter where the earth itself has been stained by agony and death. Over time a lusterless dark mineral forms that at first glance resembles coal but upon closer inspection reveals something far more sinister. The vile mineral unleashes necrotic energy which can be harnessed by skilled Necrotechs. Mining crews set up these foul mining rigs across the Iron Kingdoms and guard them violently as their foes seek to rob them of their unholy resource. This dark and fantastic terrain set sets the stage for conflicts in your games of Warmachine!

The Cryx Necrotite Mining Rig is available in game and hobby shops worldwide or direct from the Gale Force Nine Online Store!

Check out Privateer Press’s No Quarter Magazine Issue 14 (September 2007) for special scenarios and rules featuring the Gale Force Nine Battlefield in a Box terrain sets!

WARMACHINE is a Registered Trademark of Privateer Press, Inc. Cryx and Protectorate of Menoth are Trademarks of Privateer Press, Inc. Warmachine Terrain Sets are an official license of Privateer Press, Inc.

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GF9 Product Spotlight: Round Base Movement Trays
Wednesday, 05/14/08 [ General | Posted by: john ]

One of Gale Force Nine’s most innovative movement tray styles is our Round Base movement trays, sometimes called Daemon Trays. These simple yet remarkable trays allow you to place models mounted on 25mm round bases into rank and file formations.

Round Base Trays

Get your disorderly troops ranked up! Gale Force Nine's Round Base Movement Trays get all your models ranked up nice and neat. These trays allow you a greater degree of flexibility with your model collection! Models affixed to round bases for use with one game may now be used in another game without bothersome re-basing.

These trays are available in a variety of formations to give you every tactical advantage!

Our complete line of Round Base movement trays is available in finer hobby and game shops world wide or you can order them direct from us in the GF9 Online Store!! Don’t see the formation that fits your army? Don’t worry; Gale Force Nine can create custom trays to match your unit formation!

RANK UP!

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GF9 and Battlefront Miniatures Announce Distribution & Warehousing Agreement
Monday, 04/21/08 [ General | Posted by: john ]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

GALE FORCE NINE, LLC. & BATTLEFRONT MINIATURES, LTD.
ANNOUNCE DISTRIBUTION AND WAREHOUSING AGREEMENT


April 21st, 2008 (CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA) – Gale Force Nine, LLC., a world leader in the gaming accessories market, announce today that they have entered agreement with Battlefront Miniatures, Ltd to provide warehousing and distribution support in all markets outside of North America.

“GF9 and Battlefront have had a great working relationship over the past few years. Battlefront Miniatures has allowed us to make wonderful gaming aids for their highly acclaimed Flames of War WWII Miniatures game and we in turn have helped them establish a strong convention presence inside the United States,” said John Kovaleski, CEO and Founder of GF9.

Recently Battlefront Miniatures has opened up a third sales & distribution center in Nottingham, England to compliment their already successful offices in Newark, Delaware, USA and Auckland, New Zealand. This new location gives Battlefront Miniatures solid distribution access to all major markets in the specialist hobby industry.

“To help each other out with the economies of scale in both warehousing and overseas shipments, Battlefront Miniatures offered to make their facilities available to us for the mutual benefit of saving significant amounts of money on the logistical side of our businesses,” stated John.

John-Paul Brisigotti, Managing Director of Battlefront Miniatures adds, “It’s simply makes good business sense. Gale Force Nine makes the best hobby products in the industry which are hard to come by outside of the US. This agreement will allow the rest of the world access to the GF9 range and at the same time further cement our close relationship.”

Whilst these changes will take sometime to fully implement, we believe the collaboration will be beneficial to everyone involved with the GF9 Product Range gaining better access, faster turnaround times and less expensive shipping expense to carry the range.

GF9 expects that customers will begin seeing the benefits of this new agreement as early as May, 2008. This is when the first shipments of product are due to arrive at their new warehousing locations. The European and Oceanic regions will be seeing the first of the GF9 main range available to these markets next month with a wider range coming on line over the following few months.

About Gale Force Nine
Gale Force Nine, LLC. (GF9) is a game manufacturing company that was started in 1998 specializing in the design and distribution of laser cut components and scaled models for the miniatures gaming industry. Since our humble beginnings, GF9 has grown into the premier gaming accessory company producing counters, markers, tokens, templates, and terrain for use with the most popular miniature games in the world.

Gale Force Nine, LLC. is located in beautiful Earlysville, Virginia, where the gaming is extensive and the competition intense!

About Battlefront Miniatures
Battlefront Miniatures Ltd is a New Zealand based company which manufactures Flames of War, a World War II miniature game in 15mm. Battlefront produces the complete hobby including the game, army books, and an extensive range of metal and resin miniatures from World War II for wargaming and collecting.

We are committed to giving you the most detailed range of scale WWII models in the market. We aim to bring alive the atmosphere of one of the greatest conflicts of the 20th century. We take pride in the quality of our products and all relationships that further the high standards of wargaming the market deserves.
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New Hobby Essentials now available at the GF9 online store!
Friday, 04/11/08 [ General | Posted by: john ]

Recently, Gale Force Nine updated our Hobby Scenics Racks and Hobby Tools Racks in hobby and games stores worldwide with new flocks, modeling medium and tools. Now we’re offering these new items via our online store!

Our popular range of Hobby Scenics expands with six essential new flocks and static grasses. The new colors include; Parched Straw Static Grass, Arid Static Grass, Spring Undergrowth Flock, Foundation Dirt Flock, Ash Waste Flock and Dark Green Static Grass. These great additions to the Scenics Range can be found in our Online Store and will add that extra bit of flair to your based models and hobby projects.

Spring Undergrowth FlockParched Straw Static Grass

Another exciting addition to our Hobby Scenics range is “Grey Stuff”. This versatile hobby putty yields superb results when used for converting and assembling models and miniatures; it’s also perfect to fill gaps in “build-up” kits. “Grey Stuff” is professionally proven to produce consistent results and stunning original sculptures. While “Grey Stuff” replaces “Brown Stuff” in our Scenics range and we’re confident that hobbyists will find it superior for ALL their modeling and sculpting needs. You can find “Grey Stuff” here in the GF9 Online Store.

GF9 has added a new essential tool to our Hobby Tool range. Curved Hobby Pliers are the perfect tool to make slight adjustments to your metal model, to kink the slot base tab or to reach into tight places to glue those small parts. These pliers are a great value and are now available via our Online Store.

Grey StuffCurved Hobby Pliers

The Gale Force Nine range of Hobby Tools and Hobby Scenics are available on our bright and colorful display racks in better hobby shops everywhere.

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GF9 heads to Adepticon 2008
Thursday, 04/10/08 [ General | Posted by: john ]

Gale Force Nine is excited to be a proud sponsor of Adepticon 2008. Adepticon is the largest club-run Games Workshop convention in the US.

Adepticon 2008

Gale Force Nine will be there with our full line of Gaming and Hobby Accessories as well as some exclusive merchandise and prototypes. At Adepticon 2008 you can expect to find our six new hobby scenics flocks and static grass colors, our convention-exclusive Warmachine templates and a prototype revision of one of GF9’s most iconic game accessories, as well as many other great products. One lucky Adepticon attendee will receive a GF9 gaming table. Stop by the dealer room and chat up Big John, terrain master Jason Buyaki, sales guru Dan and the new guy Chris.

Game ON!

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This "Whine" goes best with cheddar
Tuesday, 04/01/08 [ General | Posted by: john ]

Our skilled laser-whine-makers have uncorked another bottle of our finest vintage, the GF9 Whine and Cheese Pack has returned.

Two years ago we created a “Whine and Cheese” pack of tokens and listed them in the GF9 webstore, but the joke was on us when orders for these tokens skyrocketed!

Gale Force Nine will release the Whine and Cheese token set every year for the month of April and ONLY for the month of April. Get these sets from your favorite gaming store or directly from the Gale Force Nine Online Store!

Whine and Cheese

WARNING: USE OF THE GALE FORCE NINE “WHINE AND CHEESE” TOKEN SET MAY AFFECT YOUR SPORTSMANSHIP SCORES; BUT FACE IT, IF YOU NEED TO USE THESE TOKENS, YOUR OPPONENT ISN’T GOING TO GIVE YOU A GOOD SCORE ANYWAY.

Dice not included, dice shown for scale purposes only

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AT-43 Dice and Collectable Tins now available
Thursday, 03/20/08 [ General | Posted by: john ]

Gale Force Nine is proud to release Dice and Collectable tins for RACKHAM’s AT-43 miniatures game.

Each dice set contains ten (10) quality dice cast in themed colors with the faction logo in place of the SIX. The dice are packed in a stylish tin emblazoned with faction artwork. Besides the dice, the tin has room to store your AT-43 faction T.A.C. template and your AT-43 reference cards. Each full color metal dice tin measures approx. 5 3/8" x 3 3/4" x 1" deep.

AT-43 Red Blok Dice TinAT-43 U.N.A. Dice Tin

These beautiful dice tins are available in games stores world wide and directly from the GF9 Online Store!

AT-43 is the thrilling game from RACKHAM where you play breathtaking futuristic battles using an outstanding range of pre-painted miniatures. Lead your fighters on the battlefield and command fearsome armies of flesh and steel in exhilarating and awesomely fast paced games.

AT-43 is a registered trademark belonging to RACKHAM. AT-43 Tokens are an official license of RACKHAM. Logos and artwork used with permission. All rights reserved.

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D&D Legend Gary Gygax Passes on.
Tuesday, 03/04/08 [ General | Posted by: john ]

D&D First Box Image We at GF9 were saddened to hear that Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, passed away today at his home in Lake Geneva. He was 69.

Gary was a born story teller and a wonderful person to talk with in person. Gary's rules and fantasy universe was the original reason many of us "Gamers" got exposed to role playing and the hobby industry to begin with.

We will miss you, but your game, stories and imagination will live on forever.


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The following is the AP story as it appeared on yahoo.com.

By EMILY FREDRIX, Associated Press Writer

MILWAUKEE - Gary Gygax, who co-created the fantasy game Dungeons & Dragons and helped start the role-playing phenomenon, died Tuesday morning at his home in Lake Geneva. He was 69.

He had been suffering from health problems for several years, including an abdominal aneurysm, said his wife, Gail Gygax.

Gygax and Dave Arneson developed Dungeons & Dragons in 1974 using medieval characters and mythical creatures. The game known for its oddly shaped dice became a hit, particularly among teenage boys, and eventually was turned into video games, books and movies.

Gygax always enjoyed hearing from the game's legion of devoted fans, many of whom would stop by the family's home in Lake Geneva, about 55 miles southwest of Milwaukee, his wife said. Despite his declining health, he hosted weekly games of Dungeons & Dragons as recently as January, she said.

"It really meant a lot to him to hear from people from over the years about how he helped them become a doctor, a lawyer, a policeman, what he gave them," Gygax said. "He really enjoyed that."

Dungeons & Dragons players create fictional characters and carry out their adventures with the help of complicated rules. The quintessential geek pastime, it spawned a wealth of copycat games and later inspired a whole genre of computer games that's still growing in popularity.

Funeral arrangements are pending. Besides his wife, Gygax is survived by six children.

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Legend of the Five Rings gets more Legendary!
Friday, 02/01/08 [ General | Posted by: john ]

TOKEN SETS AVAILABLE NOW!

Gale Force Nine adds to the legend with the release of our Legend of the Five Rings (L5R) tokens for use with the L5R Collectible Card Game from Alderac Entertainment Group.
Legend of the Five Rings Tokens
These great new token sets allow you to easily track changes to your characters’ Force and Chi; they also include terrific looking infantry and cavalry tokens. Each token set is tailored to a specific clan – the Unicorn set comes with all cavalry tokens, for example.

These token sets introduce a new way to track changes to Force and Chi. Each set comes with Force and Chi tracker tokens, plus modifying “counting” tokens to track changes.

For example:
Force & Chi Trackers

These tokens give you lots of flexibility, since the same “counting” tokens can be used to track either Force or Chi!

In addition to the new Force and Chi tokens, all the L5R tokens sets include a mix of Infantry and Cavalry tokens, giving you a great looking way to track followers (put away those pennies!).

These tokens are available in game shops worldwide and directly from Gale Force Nine Online Store. The tokens retail for $11.99 USD. Each set of tokens has a value of FIVE Koku!

Crab Token Set

LEGEND OF THE FIVE RINGS and all related marks are TM and © Alderac Entertainment Group, Inc. All rights reserved

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Legend of the Five Rings tokens COMING SOON!
Friday, 01/25/08 [ General | Posted by: john ]

Gale Force Nine and Alderac Entertainment Group are pleased to announce the impending release of our Legend of the Five Rings (L5R) tokens for use with the L5R Collectable Card Game.

Legend of the Five Rings Token Sets

Each set of tokens is designed around the specific factions’ theme and feel. These token sets will allow you to easily track changes to Force and Chi with a Force and a Chi tracker token and modifying “counting” tokens. Each set will also contain Follower Tokens specific to each clan.

These tokens will be available in game shops worldwide and directly from Gale Force Nine. There will be nine sets, each retailing for $11.99 USD.

We’ll be releasing more information and pictures in the coming weeks. Check back at www.gf9.com! for more details! For more information about Legends of the Five Rings and the fantastic land of Rokugan visit the Legend of the Five Rings' website!

LEGEND OF THE FIVE RINGS and all related marks are TM and © Alderac Entertainment Group, Inc. All rights reserved

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War erupts! GF9 accessories for Urban Mammoth games!
Thursday, 01/17/08 [ General | Posted by: john ]

Gale Force Nine is proud to introduce templates and tokens for use with Urban Mammoth's Urban War and Metropolis miniatures games.

Urban War: Strike-Team Actions is a fast paced sci-fi skirmish game set in a brutal far-distant universe. Players build small teams of soldiers to fight in the war-torn city planet of Iskandria, the scene of countless vicious conflicts between competing factions, now also threatened by aggressive alien incursions.

Metropolis is a fast paced sci-fi battle game set in the same brutal universe as Urban War. However the war in Iskandria is escalating and the initial skirmishing is developing into full-blown military conflict. In response, all the warring factions are throwing in ever-increasing numbers of fresh troops, including heavier armoured elements. The focus shifts from the individual to the squad, and players take command of armies, or ‘battle-forces’, containing several squads.


Urban War and Metropolis Template Set

The template set is laser cut from durable see-thru orange colored acrylic and is etched with all the markings required to play both Urban War and Metropolis.

Metropolis Token Set

The Urban War token set focuses on the status of the individual models during heated faction battles. The Metropolis token set is designed to indicate the status of entire units as they fight in the treacherous ruins of Iskandria. Both sets of durable felt-backed tokens have the bright and colorful iconography of the Urban Mammoth games.

These templates and tokens are available in games stores world wide and directly from the GF9 Online Store!

URBAN MAMMOTH, URBAN WAR and METROPOLIS are trademarks of URBAN MAMMOTH, Ltd and are copyright ©2006 - 2007 Urban Mammoth, Ltd.

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Privateer Warcasters off the port bow! New tokens from GF9!
Friday, 01/11/08 [ General | Posted by: john ]

Beware the scourge of the Broken Coast!

The terrors of the high seas are now yours to command! New token sets for Mercenary Privateer Warcaster Bartolo Montador and Mercenary Privateer Warcaster Fiona the Black are now available in game stores world wide and directly from the Gale Force Nine Online Store! These Warcasters appear in the new WARMACHINE: Pirates of the Broken Coast™ from Privateer Press.

Mercenary Privateer Warcaster Bartolo Montador tokens

WARMACHINE is a trademark of Privateer Press, Inc. WARMACHINE Tokens are an official license of Privateer Press. Logos and artwork used with permission. All rights reserved.

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GF9 Price Adjustment
Wednesday, 01/09/08 [ General | Posted by: john ]

On February 1st, 2008, Gale Force Nine will be raising prices on a limited selection of its licensed products. This price increase only affects a narrow range of goods produced as officially licensed items and in no way affects GF9 brand items such as our tool range, scenics range and game accessory packs. This creates a more uniform price point for our licensed products and evens out the pricing field across the range of great companies that have allowed us to produce licensed game and hobby accessories for them.

Click the link below for a complete listing of products affected by this price adjustment and feel free to contact us at info@gf9.com if you have any questions.

Adjusted Pricing List

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GF9 Measures Up AT-43
Thursday, 12/20/07 [ General | Posted by: john ]

Gale Force Nine is pleased to announce that our officially licensed T.A.C. [T(actical) A(ssault) C(coherency)] Templates for Rackham’s AT-43 are available via our online store.

Red Blok T.A.C. Template

The T.A.C. Template consolidates the most popular distance measurements: 10cm base measurement, 2.5cm coherency and the 6cm bonus move when your forces get in close to the enemy. These measurements can QUICKLY be brought to bear at the critical gaming moment.

The template is available in four designs for each of the major factions; The U.N.A., The Therians, The Red Blok and The Karmans.

Karman T.A.C. Template

These new AT-43 T.A.C. Templates are available in your favorite games store worldwide or you can get them direct from the GF9 Online Store!

AT-43 is a registered trademark belonging to RACKHAM. AT-43 Tokens are an official license of RACKHAM. Logos and artwork used with permission. All rights reserved.

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GF9 jumps into action with new HeroClix tokens
Monday, 12/10/07 [ General | Posted by: john ]

Gale Force Nine introduces two new accessory sets for WizKids HeroClix; the fast paced game of super hero battles!

Actions Token Set

The Actions Token Set is designed so that you can place your hero on top of the appropriate token and easily identify their state of activation within that hero’s square. Now at a glance you'll know who's performed an "action" and who's been "pushed" to perform two actions.

Actions Tokens

Each pack contains four (4) blue Action tokens and four (4) red Pushed tokens. The tokens are designed to fit under the figure’s combat dial with colorful tab showing the figure’s status.

Smoke Effect Markers

The battlefields of titanic heroes and diabolical villains are often choked with obscuring smoke. Now you can represent these effects in your HeroClix battles with GF9’s Smoke Effect Markers.

Smoke Effect Marker

The Smoke Effects Markers have an additional function to represent their unique effect in the game. The center smoke cloud may be removed while the base remains in place to indicate when HeroClix models are moving through smoke.

These new HeroClix tokens and markers are available in your favorite games store worldwide or you can get them direct from the GF9 Online Store!.

© 2006 WizKids, Inc. All rights reserved. HeroClix, HorrorClix and WizKids are trademarks of WizKids, Inc. Patent pending. All logos and artwork used with permission.

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GF9 introduces GF9 Box-O-Bases™ HDF Miniature Gaming Bases
Monday, 12/03/07 [ General | Posted by: john ]

Introducing Gale Force Nine Box-O-Bases™!

(We DARE YOU to find a more economical basing solution ANYWHERE!)

For the past few years Gale Force Nine has been wowing gamers at the East Coast HMGS Conventions (Historicon, Fall-In, and Cold Wars) with one of the easiest, most economical miniature basing solution in the industry. At these shows, GF9 puts out dozens of five gallon buckets chock full O’ bulk bases. Gamers from around the world flock to the GF9 Booth to buy them by the fistful (literally).

GF9 Box-O-Bases™

Here’s your chance to share in the best value of miniature gaming bases in the industry: We’re bringing the fun to the web! We can’t sell them by the handful online – so we’re selling them by pints and quarts. That’s right – just pick a size, then pick a volume. You can find them all in the Gale Force 9 Store.


I’ll take six orders of bases to go, please!


How to buy the new GF9 Box-O-Bases™ HDF Miniature Gaming Bases.


Step 1: Choose your shape: Rectangular, Oval, Hex, or Round from the “Box-O-Bases™” section of the Web Store.
Step 2: Enter the dimensions of your bases.
Step 3: Choose a Pint or Quart for your Box-O-Bases™
Step 4: Rinse, Repeat
Step 5: Checkout!

Ordering bases has never been easier!

Need some bases at the best prices around? Then get yours HERE!

Want to learn even MORE about our new bases, then check out the following LINK!

Want even MORE info? There has been a healthy discussion about our GF9 Econo Bases being held on the Miniatures Page Website.

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All The News

General News
• GF9 rolls out WizKids HeroClix Battle Maps
• Gear up with WarCogs!
• Warmachine terrain at Gen Con
• GF9 Heads to Gen Con 2008!
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• GF9 Terrain - Work in Progress!


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• The Direwolf and Necropolis Tournament Series, got one near you?!?
• Leadership10.com Review GF9 Movement Trays!


Warhammer 40K News
• Adepticon Sponsor Spotlight: GALE FORCE NINE
• Battle at the Armory RTT Update!
• New from GF9: 25-28mm Terrain! Perfect for use with Warhammer 40K!
• More Pics from 40K RT at Prezcon 2002


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GF9 Convention Schedule

Gale Force Nine will be attending some of the biggest shows and gaming conventions this year.  This is your chance to meet our crew in person, grab all of our fantastic game accessories, chat about your favorite games, check out some of our awe-inspiring terrain projects and catch some sneak-peeks of up-coming releases.  Mark your calendar and come see us at the following shows:

Check back often as we expand our plans and add more shows and appearances to the list.


 
 

 

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