The fourth aircraft arriving in the WW1 Wings of Glory Airplane Packs is the Airco DH.4, a single-engine, two-seater biplane. Fast, versatile, and heavily armed, the Airco DH.4 was the Royal Flying Corps’ first purpose-built day bomber, and is considered the best aircraft in this role during the WW1. The aircraft was also used for photo-reconnaissance, long-range fighter sweeps, and antisubmarine patrols. It was produced in …
The cover art of The Battle of Five Armies, “The Last Stand of Thorin Oakenshield”, by Lucas Graciano, was the winner of the Chesley Award as Best Gaming-Related Illustration. The Chesley Awards have been bestowed by the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists (ASFA) at LonCon3, 72nd World SF Convention, together with the famous Hugo literary awards. Chesley Awards recognize individual artistic works and achievements …
Gen Con Indy 2014 ended yesterday, August 17th, and in the four days of the show Ares Games presented the new game The Battle of Five Armies and a preview of Dino Race. The booth was also busy with demos of recently released games – such as Sails of Glory and Galaxy Defenders- as well as WW1 and WW2 Wings of Glory, Inkognito, Aztlán and Micro …
Ares Games had a great start at Gen Con Indy 2014: the Sails of Glory Record Breaker Event, just after the convention opening, was very successful and the record of largest Sails of Glory game ever was set with 53 players taking part to the battle on a very long table. The game had a length of two hours, and all participants received a ship pack …
This file includes the complete rules of The Battle of Five Armies, the new game in the War of the Ring line, which recreates the fierce struggle witnessed by Bilbo Baggins at the end of his quest for the Lonely Mountain, in “The Hobbit”. (Updated in December 2022 – version 1.2)
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