Apparently the Second Chances novel is out of print, so I purchased the PDF from Osprey Publishing and bound the book myself in leather. Loving reading through the story so far!

Hey everyone,

I've been working on my modular dungeon; it took almost 2 months to print and paint everything! I wanted to share the final look with you all! I'd love to hear your thoughts. And also, there are interactive puzzles in it!

The Kickstarter campaign is currently live for anyone interested in checking out the full dungeon.
Kickstarter campaign link

Bought an old board game tri-fold board and textured it with some wall plaster. Painted it with cheap craft paint from the thrift store icy and now I’ve got an easily collapsible board for next to nothing. Dimensions aren’t quite 4x4 though

Okay, so, I have seen loads of threads about the different soldier types added in expansions.

But I feel likepeople talk less about the different kinds of spellcasters you can have. Not just the different schools, but actually different casters altogether.

Base book - your normal wizard

Then there's apparently a Vampire Wizard?

Possibly a Giant Wizard?

I guess you can become a Lich?

And then Breeding Pits apparently has wizard upgrades.

So what's the deal here? Are these options good? Are they fun? Do they add meaningful choice?

From what I have gathered, Vampire wizard has to give up an apprentice. the Lich gets a bunch of stat increases, but has some kind of large drawback that people don't like.

What kind of stuff does Breeding Pits open up? Is that the one with the reaction spells?

I took a few pictures at Historicon 2026. I had six players for three scenarios. We got in five games. The servants of the Lich Lord, Death Cultists in the Dark Cauldron and Loot the Cart and an Apprentice in Battle on the Frozen River, were completely wiped out. I only spawned monsters in the Monster Phase as I was trying to run three games simultaneously. In retrospect I should have either have monsters spawn automatically in the Monster Phase or also rolled when treasures got touched. There were not enough monsters to keep things interesting. Next to my table was a Romans vs Picts on the Antonine Wall game. A Roman Legionnaire wandered by. It was a good time and lots of folks stopped by to ask about Frostgrave and take pictures.

Pretty much as the title. When I got started in miniatures and wargaming, things were on 20mm square bases, with some things going up to 25s. Then you had your 25x50 cavalry and a few other things. Then Games Workshop started making bigger models, bigger bases, and history is history.

Most of my bases are round these days, and I like using the 32mm bases for most humanoid miniatures because I like building bases. Then I'm working on a bear model for my witch warband, and that bear I have easily looks like it might need a 60mm base 😂. Hey, the rules said Large, right?

As much as I was resistant to it at first, I do prefer round bases now. I play and look into skirmish games almost exclusively, and the 32mm rounds give enough space for most models and still allow me to build some shit on the base itself.

So where we at hobby nerds? What are you working with?

My Frostgrave games at Historicon got a shout out from the HMGS. We played five games. The servants of the Lich Lord had a very bad day. Not one survived.

Had my first two games today with my new wizard. He got a permanent injury, "Never Quite as Strong". :( Then I raised his health with some XP I got. So he is as strong as before. So not sure I agree with the injury name. :)

Some snakemen with a couple head and arm swaps

Getting started with Frostgrave. I originally painted these models to be part of Warcry, but that didn't pan out. So I'll figure out something for the minotaur.

The sorcerer is going to be my starting wizard for my warband, I think. Going to do Witch school. Should be fun!

PS Forgive my cat photo bombing 😂

I know very little about Ghost Archipeligo, but the fact that it's a subtitle under Frostrgave suggests that the games are backwards compatible. yes yes, setting, lore, I get it. They don't take place near one another. BUT MECHNICALLY, could you get the core rules for both, and treat it as a deeper bench of options? You can start as a Wizard or a Heritor? You can hire the soldiers from Falstad or Ghost Archipeligo? etc etc.

It seems like an interesting way to just have a deeper bench of options for troops and who leads the warband.

She is a rebased and touched up HeroClix White Queen I use when my Illusionist cast beauty.

Here is the Undead Horrors of the Steppe army developed so far.

Each unit has been shown separately during development, but this is the first time I’ve gathered the current range into one post: spearmen, warriors, light infantry archers, knights, and the command retinue.

Physical test prints of selected models are currently underway. I’m using them to check scale, durability, detail, and compatibility between interchangeable helmets, weapons, and body combinations.

The Kickstarter is planned to launch on August 18.

The range is being designed with modularity and cross-unit compatibility in mind.

Which unit would you most like to see added next?

For free sample STLs and follow progress, check out the Kickstarter page here:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/aquatictotal/undead-horrors-of-the-steppe-28mm-stl-wargaming-miniatures?ref=b1rctl

Trying to get my friends into a game, but they're new to minis, so I'm making a couple loaner warbands for them to try out.

A lovely old-style metal mini by Forlorn Hope miniatures, look em up!

Finishing up preparation for Frostgrave at Historicon (https://tabletop.events/conventions/historicon-2026) on Saturday. I will be setting up for three scenarios from Thaw of the Lich Lord: Battle on the Frozen River; Loot the Cart; and the Dark Cauldron on Saturday. All spaces are taken, but Frostgrave enthusiasts are welcome to stop by to say hello. Also a picture of some new things to put on the tables from out of my 3D printer: creepy trees, a cart; and some things slated for the Lich Lord's castle where I am figuring out how to paint things black.

I’ve added Frostgrave Second Edition support to Rollodecks, and I need people who know the rules well enough to find everything I got wrong.

There are two connected tools in the beta.

The Warband Builder lets you choose one of the ten schools, select your starting spells, add an Apprentice, and recruit soldiers within the 500gc budget and warband limits. It calculates casting numbers based on whether a spell is from your own, aligned, neutral, or opposed school, and checks the starting spell requirements as you build.

It can also generate a random legal warband, create a shareable link, copy the roster as text, export it, or print it.

The Campaign Tracker imports the warband and handles XP, advancement, gold, debt, treasure, survival, permanent injuries, the vault, base upgrades, and a scenario log. You can improve stats, lower casting numbers, learn spells, and run most of the post-game sequence from the same page.

Both tools also have a Ghost Archipelago mode for Heritors, Wardens, abilities, branch spells, crew limits, separate XP pools, treasure, and ship upgrades.

Everything autosaves in your browser. No account is required, but it does not currently sync between devices.

The Frostgrave portion currently targets the Second Edition core book. Expansion spells, soldiers, and campaign systems are not all included yet. Missing expansion content is not a bug at this stage, although I would like to know which books people want supported first.

If you have an existing warband, the most useful test is to rebuild it and compare everything against your Wizard Sheet and rulebook:

• Wizard and Apprentice stats
• Soldier stats, equipment, and costs
• The 500gc starting budget
• Maximum warband size
• Three spells from your own school
• One spell from each aligned school
• Two spells from different neutral schools
• Casting-number adjustments
• Apprentice casting penalty

Then try to cheat. Pick the wrong spell combinations, exceed the budget, add too many figures, or otherwise build something the rules should reject. If the builder allows it, I need to know.

For the Campaign Tracker, run a fake post-game sequence. Record XP, gain an advance, improve a spell or stat, roll survival and permanent injuries, resolve normal and central treasure, spend some gold, and add something to the vault or base.

Ghost Archipelago players are especially useful because that side needs its own rules check. Please test Heritor abilities and signature ability, Warden branch spells, specialist limits, the 250gc budget, and the separate Heritor and Warden XP pools.

Also try it on a phone or tablet, and check the print and export options.

When reporting a problem, please include:

• Device and browser
• What you clicked
• What you expected
• What actually happened
• The relevant rulebook page, if it is a rules error

No formal bug report is necessary. “Chrome on Android, selected this spell, and the casting number is wrong” is enough.

Warband Builder:
https://rollodecks.net/tools/frostgrave-warband-builder/

Campaign Tracker:
https://rollodecks.net/tools/frostgrave-tracker/