Announced in October – Halo and Planetfall Goodies…

This month new releases have been announced for Halo – the long awaited giant ships!

These ships look exactly what it says on the tin – massive. The rules for how such massive ships function are already built into the rules book – and they should be a lot of fun!

In Planetfall news we have a Ground Command Helix for each of the 6 core nations, and these comes with some beastly models! Have a close look for infantry manning guns left and right – I’m not sure life expectancy would be high among those crew!

Latest Releases

Spartan Games have sent out their latest newsletter, with a collection of releases for Halo, Planetfall and Dystopian Wars.

The releases for Halo we previously mentioned here, and look like a nice way to pad out your fleet – of course, the Commander and Dice packs are also really handy!

The Planetfall Aerial Helicies Reese managed to find some photos of are being released, and look really nice! I am loving the look of the Planetfall models – I absolutely cannot wait to get hold of my Aquan fliers and strafe some Relthoza scum! 😉

Great also to see a release for Dystopian Wars, with the Kingdom of Denmark getting two boxes – and they look like really solid additions to the game, and will certainly make the Danish even more formiddable on the water! I love the Danish carrier with the extendable arms loaded with torpedo boats!

Unboxing Halo Fleet Battles

In the beginning, Bill created Microsoft – then Microsoft created X-Box – then X-Box created Halo – and now Halo has become Halo Fleet Battles.

Welcome to my latest unboxing video as I break open the massive release of Halo Fleet Battles from Spartan Games. For this video I’ve brought along a special guest, my youngest son and the families biggest Halo fan.

Episode 29 – An Interview with a Halo Fan!

In this episode Peter interviews the biggest fan in the Fontebasso household to get their views on the newly released Halo Fleet Battles!

You can find the episode here: http://element270.libsyn.com/e270-029-halo-fan

Or listen to it directly here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/element270/E270-029-Halo_Fan.mp3

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Halo – What’s in the box

I was asked on our Facebook group, to post some photos of what came in the Halo box… so without any further introduction…

More Halo on the horizon!

Looks like at least one store in the UK has started posting pre-orders for the second round of Halo releases…

http://slayer-gaming.com/

Halo: Fleet Battles Command Dice Pack
Contains 20 combat dice

Covenant Commander Pack
Contains:
1x 128-page rulebook
1x reference sheet
2x Covenant token sheets
1x bag of 5 command dice
2x six sided dice
1x fleet commander card
1x statistics sheet

Covenant Core Upgrade Box
Contents are able to assemble Battle Groups from the following models:
2x CCS Battlecruisers
12x SDV Heavy Corvettes
Contains:
2x medium/small sprue
1x flight stand base
2x overlay sheets
1x assembly guide

Covenant Large Upgrade Box
Contents are able to assemble Battle Groups from the following models:
2x ORS Heavy Cruisers
4x SDV Heavy Corvettes
Contains:
2x heavy sprue
1x flight stand base
1x overlay sheets
1x assembly guide

UNSC Commander Pack
Contains:
1x 128-page rulebook
1x reference sheet
2x UNSC token sheets
1x bag of 5 command dice
2x six sided dice
1x fleet commander card
1x statistics sheet

UNSC Core Upgrade Box
Contents are able to assemble Battle Groups from the following models:
4x Marathon Heavy Cruisers
24x Paris Class Frigates
Contains:
2x medium/small sprue
3x flight stand base
3x overlay sheets
1x assembly guide

UNSC Large Upgrade Box
Contents are able to assemble Battle Groups from the following models:
2x Epoch Heavy Carriers
6x Paris Class Frigates
Contains:
2x heavy sprue
1x flight stand base
1x overlay sheets
1x assembly guide

Meeples and Miniatures show off Halo

Neil Shuck, Mike Hobbs and Mike Whitaker, of Meeples and Miniatures fame, have recorded a fantastic interview on all things Halo Fleet Battles with Spartan Neil and Derek. This episode (151), has a great overview of the game as well as an insight into the design process and future. Great job guys!

They have also posted a bunch of wonderful pictures on their website (which Mike H has had burning a hole in his hard drive since their last visit to Spartan HQ, but wasn’t allowed to release until now)!  Well worth checking out!

Mike has kindly allowed us to repost those great photos here (but still go check out the M&M Blog – as they have painting advice as well as a bunch more photos!)

Episode 27 – Recent Releases!

In this episode of Element 270 Giles and Peter take a look at the most recent releases and announcements for Dystopian Wars, Dystopian Legions, Firestorm Armada, Firestorm Planetfall and Halo…

We also mention the Spartan Survey…

Check out the episode here: http://element270.libsyn.com/e270-027-recent-releases 

Or listen directly here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/element270/E270-027-Recent_releases.mp3

Beasts of War Look at Halo…

Beasts of War have a long video interview with Spartan Neil and Spartan Derek – well worth checking out if you want to see what the (gigantic) Halo boxed set is all about!

Check it out here!

Halo Ships…

There have been some absolutely wonderful renders added over at the Halo Waypoint (and I might add a fantastic article).  Check them out here.

For now – here are the renders: