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Run an enticing demo or intro game

  • Post author:Arcane Synthesis
  • Post published:December 28, 2023
  • Post category:Beginner Guide/Community Content
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So you want to expand your playerbase, and find some opponents? The best way to encourage more players is to play demonstration games with them, let them experience the game…

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Building a Meta From (Mostly) Scratch

  • Post author:Arcane Synthesis
  • Post published:August 6, 2023
  • Post category:Beginner Guide
  • Post comments:2 Comments

By Jack AndersonIn what feels like an eternity ago, March 2020, a little game called Warcaster: Neo-Mechanika dropped onto Kickstarter, the preview rules looked interesting and the models were cool,…

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Gameplay Systems within Systems: from the Arc Economist Archives

  • Post author:Arcane Synthesis
  • Post published:May 6, 2023
  • Post category:Beginner Guide/Gameplay
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Warcaster is a series of overlapping systems: it is one of the greatest strengths of the game. Each is relatively simple mechanically, but force some decisions within them. However when…

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What you need to start Warcaster

  • Post author:Arcane Synthesis
  • Post published:March 31, 2023
  • Post category:Beginner Guide
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I've seen a lot of new people ask about how to start Warcaster: which is great to see. Below will hopefully answer any questions. If not, feel free to comment…

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Marcher Worlds: Faction Overview & first buys

  • Post author:Arcane Synthesis
  • Post published:February 5, 2023
  • Post category:Beginner Guide/Gameplay/List Building/Marcher Worlds
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Faction Overview & Strengths The Marchers are a motley collection of miners, individualists, outlaws, and the remnants of a warrior aristocracy. The Marcher Worlds themselves occupy a wide reaching area…

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Aeternus Continuum: Faction Overview & first buys

  • Post author:Arcane Synthesis
  • Post published:January 21, 2023
  • Post category:Aeternus Continuum/Beginner Guide/Gameplay/List Building
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Faction Overview & Strengths The Aeternus Continuum is a faction of ideological cultists who see the preservation of their own bodies through biomechanical enhancement as not only a pragmatic means…

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Iron Star Alliance: Faction Overview & first buys

  • Post author:Arcane Synthesis
  • Post published:November 18, 2022
  • Post category:Beginner Guide/Faction Overview/Gameplay/Iron Star Alliance/List Building
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Faction Overview ISA is the galactic empire of humans in The Thousand Worlds. It grew from the ashes of once great empires before and its planning to go the distance…

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