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🌌 No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man’s and yet as mortal as his own; that as men busied themselves about their various concerns they were scrutinised and studied, perhaps almost as narrowly as a man with a microscope might scrutinise the transient creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water.
🌍 Yet across the gulf of space, minds that are to our minds as ours are to those of the beasts that perish, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic, regarded this earth with envious eyes, and slowly and surely drew their plans against us. And early in the twentieth century came the great disillusionment.

We’re thrilled to introduce our Christmas and year-end special release: **two models inspired by H.G. Wells’ famous novel “The War of the Worlds”.

The first is the iconic Martian Tripod, moving on three legs, firing Heat-Rays, and emitting toxic black smoke.
The second is the equally legendary armoured torpedo ram HMS Thunder Child, the first ship to engage the Martian invaders and destroy three “Tripods” in the process…

The events of Wells’ novel take place in 1898, during the VI era of Gods of War: Togo.
So, we thought adding these models could bring a fun twist to casual games.
It’s worth noting that, while Martians appear in the fleet creator, they are NOT tournament legal. They are meant purely for fun, friendly games (this applies to all models designated as SPE – special).

Players can use them to create fictional scenarios at home, like Tripods clashing against the Japanese or Spanish fleets!
Isn’t that a fantastic opportunity for those who enjoy such imaginative settings? 🙂

As mentioned – Martians are just a special addition for enthusiasts 🙂
The same applies to the HMS Thunder Child model – it’s not for historical play but for battles during a Martian invasion.

We hope you’ll enjoy this special idea for Christmas, New Year’s Eve, and welcoming the New Year 🙂

What’s in the sets?

• Tripods: three models with bases and cards. Each model is made of several parts, allowing for customisation.
  Inspired by the book, we added some creative touches of our own – primarily doubling the height of the Tripods (Wells describes them as ~30 metres tall) to make them more majestic alongside ship models.We’ve also kept them as close as possible to the original aesthetic, avoiding later interpretations – staying firmly in 1898.
  Hence, the Tripods hold “boxes” that, for obvious reasons, we can call “Bolters” ;), which fire the iconic Heat-Rays.
• HMS Thunder Child: based on the HMS Eclipse model but heavily modified. It features a ram, a powerful heavy artillery turret on the bow, torpedo launchers, massive funnels (Thunder Child is described as very fast), and additional weaponry.

We hope this model will meet your expectations and, together with the Tripods, inspire unique dioramas.

Special rules for the martian fighting machines will published on our website by the end of the year.
Special sets are available here (LINK), and shipping will begin after the New Year.

We hope these will bring you great joy!

Full steam ahead!
The GM Boardgames & Bolter.pl Team

PS: Beware of bacteria 😉