{"id":6233,"date":"2016-02-17T08:00:05","date_gmt":"2016-02-17T08:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=6233"},"modified":"2016-02-16T19:13:55","modified_gmt":"2016-02-16T19:13:55","slug":"age-of-tyrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/02\/age-of-tyrants\/","title":{"rendered":"Age of Tyrants"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/02\/age-of-tyrants\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"450px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/1520354196\/age-of-tyrants\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6247\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/02\/age-of-tyrants\/ageoftyrants-logo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/AgeofTyrants-Logo.png\" data-orig-size=\"345,80\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"AgeofTyrants Logo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/AgeofTyrants-Logo.png\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/AgeofTyrants-Logo.png\" alt=\"AgeofTyrants Logo\" width=\"345\" height=\"80\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/AgeofTyrants-Logo.png 345w, https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/AgeofTyrants-Logo-300x70.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last week we featured <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/02\/polyversal\/\">Polyversal<\/a>, Collins Epic Wargames&#8217; 6mm mass combat game which features some of our models in the Kickstarter campaign. Today we&#8217;re looking at another current Kickstarter with which we are involved, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/1520354196\/age-of-tyrants\">Age of Tyrants<\/a>. This only has a short while left to run (less than two days when this post appears) so if you want to back the project, don&#8217;t wait around ! Age of Tyrants is a mass combat 6mm SF game, like Polyversal, but in a different style &#8211; the game has its own miniatures which feature lots of very big tanks as well as infantry.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6249\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/02\/age-of-tyrants\/aot-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/AoT-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,450\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"AoT-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/AoT-2.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/AoT-2.jpg\" alt=\"AoT-2\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/AoT-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/AoT-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/AoT-2-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6248\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/02\/age-of-tyrants\/aot-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/AoT-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"775,436\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"AoT-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/AoT-1.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/AoT-1.jpg\" alt=\"AoT-1\" width=\"775\" height=\"436\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/AoT-1.jpg 775w, https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/AoT-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/AoT-1-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 775px) 100vw, 775px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our involvement in this game is supplying buildings from our existing 6mm ranges. We&#8217;ve set up several packs which can be added to your pledges <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6251\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/02\/age-of-tyrants\/aot-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/AoT-3.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"680,281\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"AoT-3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/AoT-3.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/AoT-3.jpg\" alt=\"AoT-3\" width=\"680\" height=\"281\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/AoT-3.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/AoT-3-300x124.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week we featured Polyversal, Collins Epic Wargames&#8217; 6mm mass combat game which features some of our models in the Kickstarter campaign. Today we&#8217;re looking at another current Kickstarter with which we are involved, Age of Tyrants. This only has &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/02\/age-of-tyrants\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-6mm-sf"],"views":2794,"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/AgeofTyrants-Logo.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p26BWy-1Cx","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6210,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/02\/polyversal\/","url_meta":{"origin":6233,"position":0},"title":"Polyversal","author":"Tony","date":"February 9, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Polyversal is a 6mm Sci-Fi mass combat miniatures game system by Collins Epic Wargames, compatible with all 6mm miniatures by means of a customisation and design system. 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