New Minor Factions and future of Brethren

Hi All!

Apologies this update is a few days late.

I've now got the last of the Minor Factions ready to share with you.

Minor Factions:

For the Germanic Tribes in the Armies of the Ancients book, you will now be able to play as:

• Cherusci

• Frisians

• Marcomanni

• Suebi

I've got the remaining Successor Kingdoms for the Macedonians in the Armies of the Ancients Book:

• Antigonid Dynasty

• Kingdom of Pergamon

And Finally, there is now more variation for the Bandits in the Armies of the Dark Ages book:

Desert Bandits

Forest Bandits

While these are the last official Minor Factions, you will still be able to use the Custom Faction Builder available in all of the faction books to represent any other army of the period.

Now for what's coming next:

This April will mark the 2 year anniversary of Brethren's commercial release. My hope is to re-release the Rulebook, Armies of the Ancients and Armies of the Dark Ages at the end of April with the following:

• Lighter Background

• Larger Font

• Added Minor Factions

• Updated Custom Faction Builder with the same one as in the Armies of the Empire's End

• Updated Rules and Points Modifications

For those who have already purchased the books, I will be releasing a comprehensive FAQ and Minor Factions booklet available as a PDF on the website with the potential Print-On-Demand release on Amazon.

I've also begun compiling all of the books and updates into one large book as I want to release the collection as one big 170-ish page (not yet finished but current estimate) hardback compendium.

Looking further ahead, if you have been following the updates on Facebook, you will know I am currently working on a Fantasy version of Brethren. I have already got a few draft armies written up and begun playtesting. I would like to share some details with you now.

Brethren Fantasy:

Picture taken from a playtesting session - Dwarves VS Undead

Brethren Fantasy takes place in an alternate 12th Century. Through a combination of successive natural disasters and some other sinister forces, many parts of the world have been engulfed in darkness. The stories of things that went bump in the night have become reality. The dead have risen and creatures known only in myths and legend have begun their assault on the living.

The Brethren Order, a group founded by creatures of many races including Humans, Dwarves, Elves and others have two goals; rescue those left alive and find the source of this new terror and eradicate it.

If you want to be kept up to date on the progress of this project, make sure to join the Brethren STW Community group on Facebook. If you comment on any of my posts in that group that you wish to take part in playtesting I can add you to the private playtesting group.

I hope you are as excited for the future as I am and I hope you continue to enjoy the game!

Many Thanks

Matt