Mage Knight Miniatures Game
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Mage Knight Collectible Miniatures Game
For several years, the game has been put on hiatus after Wizkids was bought out by NECA. In 2010, Wizkids/NECA announced a comeback for Mage Knights.
The Return of Mage Knight

In October 21 2010, Wizkids, now under NECA, has announced the return of Mage knight. For now, details are scant. The company would only reveal that the line will be expanded into "other platforms". The initial product will be a board game.
Mage Knight Announcement
The Mage Knight Dilemma
reasons for the Mage Knight hiatus
Because of the long history of the game there were several rules modifications. A revival with simpler rules may not appeal to veteran players although it would attract a newer player base. Keeping the old rules and figures will make the learning curve steeper for new players. This will likely discourage all but the more determined from buying the game. Also, the game play will be prone to suffering from some imbalanced playing pieces and confusing rules.
Here is a very good exposition at the Mageknight thread at Boardgame Geek
Mage Knight's fans hope that the revival announced by Wizkids will include the Mage Knight CMG and not just the game universe.
Atlantean Empire
The Atlantean Empire employs Technomagic, the arcane discipline created by their founder Tezla. The Atlanteans deploy powerful golems and stalwart soldiers. They are surprisingly resilient with abilities like Rally which repairs damage to demoralized troops and Field Repair which does the same to Golems.
Black Powder Rebellion
Rebellion figures possess numerous ranged combat abilities. Stormfire damages figures in contact with your target. Inherently longer ranges allow them to strike before the enemy gets close.
Dark Crusaders/ Necropolis Sect
Dark Crusaders are well represented with abilities related to necromancy. They can reanimate fallen units by using the Revenant ability. Vampirism lets them heal damage when they inflict it upon their enemies.
Draconum
The Draconum are draconic beings who follow the path of warrior-monks. They are dangerous in close combat. Thunder Blow allows them to continue attacking a figure in close combat so long as the attack succeeds. They only stop when the attack fails or the opponent falls.
Elemental League
Elven Lords
The Elven Lords figures are built to work together. Their special abilities ensure the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Forced March allows all units to move at the fastest unit's movement rate. Gallant Defense allows all units to use the best Defense value.
Orc Khans/ Orc Raiders
The Orc Khans have various abilities which reflect their savage and cunning warrior skills. Reckless lets them deal more damage at the price of taking a point of damage themselves. Lurk lets them use concealing terrain to reduce damage and increase defence.
Shyft
Solonavi
The mysterious Solonavi made bargains with the other factions in exchange for their aid. They have abilities which allow them to work with most anyone. Mind Tap lets them copy the attack and movement abilities of other figures.
Interesting Links
- Kevin's Miniatures & Hobby Table
- Mage Knight Kevin is Kevin Barrett, co-creator of Mage Knight. See what he' s been up to when he is not working on Bioware projects. Hint: it involves a lot of games and miniatures.
- Wizkids/NECA, Inc
- The official site for Wizkids/NECA. Heroclix gets the most news right now but the latest info may interest fantasy fans.
Mage Knight Lore
strategy books, collectors' guides and novels
Mage Knight Dial Creators
It's a fan secret that clix is a customizable miniatures game. Some enterprising fans have been modifying their figures and even creating their own dials. Here are some clix dial makers to add more surprises to your game.
- Robert's Color Dial Creator
- Fiddle with Stats. Good for all Clix games. Printable Dials
- Ibson's dungeon Adventures
- click the Old Stuff button. The dial maker link is near teh bottom of th page. You might want to check otu the other Mage knighs goodies on this page.
- Gamegeek Point Calculator
- recalculate point costs for those custom clix
Mage Knight News
- Under NECA, Developers Icarus Studios, Zabu Studio Announce Merger to Form MFV
- In addition to NECA's diverse gamut of licenses, WizKids Games, also majority owned by NECA and led by Justin Ziran, President, provides further properties, with popular hobby games such as HeroClix, Quarriors! and MageKnight.
- Under NECA Icarus Studios, Zabu Studio Announce Merger to Form MFV
- In addition to NECA's diverse gamut of licenses, WizKids Games, also majority owned by NECA and led by Justin Ziran, President, provides further properties, with popular hobby games such as HeroClix, Quarriors! and MageKnight.
Mage Knight Repaints
- MageKnight Repaints/Mods
- MageKnight Repaints/Mods pictures published by ahale1970
pictures from friends & fun photos on webshots - Mage Knight Gallery
- From a hobbyist named Dave.
- Creations-Blog: Mage Knight : repaint
- A short post with before and after pictures
- Ultimate 50: Mage Knight
- links to repaints, mods and all sorts of things Mage Knight
- JoutnFAN77's Repaints, New Pics are on Page Two. - Heroscapers
- JoutnFAN77's Repaints, New Pics are on Page Two. Custom Units & Army Cards
Mage Knight Rules and Terrain
You'd think that Mage Knight never went away. There's nothing like a dedicated fan base to make sure mage knight miniatures are still around.
- Czech Mageknight Site
- Has the old MK terrain templates and a few reworked pieces
- Dungeoncrawler's Mage Knight resources
- Mage Knight Terrain templates and rules. It includes Terrain Tiles for Mage Knight Dungeon Outdoors.
- Mage Knight Lands of Conquest
- rules variant makes it play like a Real Time Strategy Game
- CGRealms Mage Knight collection
- Resources from CGRealm
- Archived Wizkids site
- A copy of Wizkid's old website. This site could be slow at times and not all links work. Still, it's a time capsule to a lost past. Visiting the place feels like an archaeological expedition at times.
- Mage Knight Files | BoardGameGeek
- Mageknight fans have kept a repository of game files at Boardgame Geek. Check out the 3D terrain models by Scott Everts as well as the consolidated Mage Knight rules version 2.0 included.
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Mage Knight Tweets
Have your say
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Tipi
May 26, 2011 @ 5:24 pm | delete
- Looks like a entertaining game, hope to play it some day.
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TheCureForYouthMinistry Feb 3, 2011 @ 5:49 pm | delete
- Great job with the lens! I never played the game, but I have bought a few pieces for other games I play. Keep me posted.
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khael
Feb 9, 2011 @ 11:42 pm | delete
- I sure will. My group also uses Mage Knights for other games, D and D more often. Thanks for the visit!
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Mike
Jan 7, 2011 @ 2:33 pm | delete
- Hey khael, thanks for giving props to an old game. Some of us have re-discovered this gem and are teaching it to our kids. I look forward to hearing more and if ya need anything just gimme a shout mjobrien10@gmail.com
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khael
Jan 18, 2011 @ 6:08 pm | delete
- Thanks for dropping by Mike. I like games, even the old ones especially if they are innovative. Please look around because there are a lot of games pages on Squidoo. I think you'll find some more things you'll like.
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