THIS... IS... STUDIO SPARTA!!!

Spartan Games has recently revealed Studio Sparta!

The best way I can see of describing it using as few words as possible is this: If Spartan Games was Games Workshop, Studio Sparta would be Forge World, but without the incredibly expensive prices.

Having had a look on the website, it seems like it may be a selling point for stuff that hasn't made it into one of Spartan Games other systems, but that people may be interested in having - it could even be a testing ground of sorts to see how well stuff sells before it gets put into or sold along side Spartan Games other systems, checking how much interest there is before making it available for retailers to stock.

Fortunately, Spartan Games is not Games Workshop, so prices are good, matching those of Spartan Games own retail products. The most expensive is the Goliath Giant at £30, but it does look to be a huge model, and does come with an alternate pair of arms. They also link back to the Spartan Games website where rules for using the Goliath in games of Uncharted Seas are available. The Invaders look like they could have come straight from War of the Worlds and look like they would go great in Dystopian Wars, so hopefully we'll see some naval and aerial themed models soon - it seems they don't come with any stat cards but I'm sure the Spartan Games forum will quickly create stats for them! Lastly is the Firestorm Armarda inspired Firestorm Invasion, a 10mm mechanised ground warfare game. I don't know anything about Firestorm Armarda other than it's a science fiction based space combat game, but what I do find interesting about Firestorm Invasion is that you can only get the rules by buying a kickstart pack. Given its current popularity, I can't help but wonder if Spartan Games are trying to emulate Kickstarter and just weren't very imaginative with the name!