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Monday, 31 August 2026

NEW ARMY: Para Bellum Games Conquest: First Blood: City States - Totally Pawsome





Just to prove that we're putting our money where our mouth is, here's the evidence that we have picked up our beginner force for Para Bellum Games Conquest: First Blood Army.  In the picture you can see that we have our Warband, our Reinforcements and of course Persenia the Gorgon.  This means that our forces to date are:

Leaders:
Persenia the Gorgon (Aristarch)
1x Andromarchos
1x Aristarch

Troops
  • 8x Thorakites (with 2 Leaders), Dual Kit Option Available
  • 2x Companion Cavalry
  • 4x Agema, Dual Kit Option Available
  • 4x Selinoi, Dual Kit Option Available
  • 4x Sacred Band
  • 1x Minotaur Thyrean, Dual Kit Option Available
We're not sure where we are going after these but after a good read of the rules we'll make our choices.  We do however really want the Terataur Prime mini out at the end of September.

Of course we'll shortly be doing an unboxing of each of these and hopefully a video of construction for each and with luck, painting tips.  We hope you'll join us for this new journey.


All the best,


ThunderMouser

Saturday, 15 August 2026

NEWS: New Artisan Miniature for City States and New Army for The Hundred Kingdoms - Para Bellum Games




Para Bellum Games have let us know about some new mini's coming to their Conquest worlds for players.  First off is the mega exciting Terataur Prime, for the City States (well we had to announce this one first as we're going to be fielding a City States Army.)  As well as a brand new Hundred Kingdoms Orders Starter (both of which are coming towards the end of September 2026.)  Here is whats happening in Para Bellum Game's own words:

Terataur Prime:
At the center of the Terataur program stand the Terataur primes, possessing not only the unstoppable mechanical might of the Terataurs, but a fully human mind.When the mortal form of a commander or decorated hero is injured beyond even the ability of the City States chirurgeons to recover, they are given a choice: a hero’s death or the promise of external glory. The few brave, or foolish, souls who agree undergo a fiendishly complex surgery. Through the divine power of phlogiston, their conscious mind is ablated layer by layer onto thin metal sheets. The techne of the City States Theurgists allows them to reconstitute the mind, or those parts that have survived transcription, by layering these sheets with incredibly complex clockwork and crystal arrays, creating a copy of the mind that came before. 


Distant and other, these incredible artifacts are then fitted into the bespoke form of a Terataur, granting 
it a power and resilience it never possessed in life, a true and unstoppable fusion of metal, techne, will 
and phlogiston. 

As an Artisan Series release, the Terataur Prime is sculpted in Conquet’s premium resin tier, making it an amazing model for painting as well; as play, and a striking new addition to a collectors shelf or on the tabletop. First Blood fans will enjoy rules that make this play as either a Populist Hero or Scholae 
Masterwork unit, each with their own strategic advantage, and disadvantage to create a challenge both 
for the gamer using this, and their opponent! 

Look for the City States Artisan Series Terratur Prime coming in September to your LGS and on the Para Bellum E-Shop (not there at the time of writing this article but should be there shortly).


Hundred Kingdom The Orders One Player Starter Set:
Para Bellum Wargames, developer and publisher of the fantasy Regimental Miniature Wargame 
“Conquest: The Last Argument of Kings” and updated Skirmish system “Conquest: First Blood,” 
announces the Hundred Kingdoms One Player Starter - The Orders, a complete Orders-themed army ready for either gameplay system. These new items will be released on September 25, 2026. 

This one-player starter delivers a fully playable First Blood army and a strong foundation for TLAOK, including the new dual-kit St. Lazarus regiments, the new Order of the Sword Priory Commander, an Order of the Sealed Temple Cavalry Set, and a dual-kit Order of the Sword/Militia infantry set. Also included are quick start guides for First Blood II and TLAOK II , assembly instructions, a Path of Conquest guide, twelve 16mm dice, a 2D Terrain Set, an Ea Paper Map, and all necessary Command Cards, bases and stands. 


Leading the force is the Order of the Sword Priory Commander, a peerless swordsman who steadies his 
Brothers Militant in the thick of battle. He’s joined by the Penitents and Martyrs of St. Lazarus, a dual kit pairing an unbreakable defensive wall with a reckless, morale-breaking vanguard, and the Order of the Sword infantry, whose Silubaster-veined arms make them among the most feared infantry in the game.  These are brand new units to the Hundred Kingdom forces that further build the Orders sub-faction. 

The Hundred Kingdoms field good troops in great numbers, backed by cavalry second to none and a 
flexibility that keeps opponents guessing. From disciplined infantry lines to thundering charges to shrewd combined-arms tactics. Learn more at  para-bellum.com/the-hundred-kingdoms

The Hundred Kingdoms One Player Starter - The Orders is available for preorder now, with release on 
September 25,2026, at your favorite FLGS and the Para Bellum E-Shop (Not there at time of writing this article but should be up shortly.)


Now I don't know about you, but we're pretty excited for both of these releases and unfortunately for us, both of these boxes are going to be must purchases.  So whilst we were initially looking at a secondary army of W’adrhÅ­n, this Hundred Kingdom force is looking very likely to overtake it, especially when paired with the fabulous Trebuchet.


All the best,


ThunderMouser