Great halflings set! A few more armored halflings would've been nice and this pack but well worth the purchase. I would rate it 5/5 except for this small issue. Another great mini set from Arion.

Very good artwork. Lines are registered perfectly so if cut properly there are no flaws in folding. Excellent value I would recommend these to anyone needing to keep track of minions or players playing RPGs.

This is my first time buying paper minis/terrain and I am very impressed with the quality! I only have one minor gripe. I would've liked to see the items grouped a little better. All of the tables and chairs on the same page and the chests and treasure pile would've been nice to have on the same page for easier mass printing. I recommend this to anyone using scale miniatures to keep track of players. I will be buying a lot more in the future!

Excellent artwork and interesting and comprehensive selection of characters

A nicely inventive set of paper minis on a woodland theme, in Arion's signature CGI style, and in their usual "dual format", with one page that can be made up into "A"-frame or flat "inverted-T" figures, while the second makes up into triangular vertical prisms, showing three views of the same character. Some are creatures you might expect, like a Wolf, a Bear, a modestly-attired Dryad and a human hunter with a boar spear (called "Wolflord" here). Others may be less familiar, such as the bark-skinned Forest King and Woodwitch, the demi-human Boarman, and a lean, spiky, lizard-like Forest Dragon crawling onto a stump.

On normal printing, many have colour schemes that are a little too dull and muddy for clarity, not a major point however, and this is a good, interesting group of minis, liable to spark off ideas for their game use.

A lovely introductory scenario for Maelstrom Domesday.

Your investigators are sent by a Baron to discover the truth behind the stories of a beast in Ledsham. Is there really a beast or are the locals simply using it as a story and excuse for poaching the Lords animals? Only some good investigating will unearth the truth!

This book is well laid out with the introductory plot followed by the stories background for the Referee. Each household is then documented with each person's probable responses to the investigations of your players. The men of the village also have stats to give you a good idea of what they are capable of.

The end of the book provides advice in case your investigators are taking too long (they should take a maximum of three days to solve this mystery!) in their research, and also a couple of ways the investigation may end.

This is a very nice, medium complexity scenario that provides a great introduction to Maelstrom Domesday and shows Referees how they might go about making their own stories up afterwards.

A lovely addition to the Maelstrom: Domesday series, this map book includes a number of maps and plans to use in your game.

The book includes: A map of England in 1086 with the major towns plotted; A map of the Yorkshire district showing boundaries, districts, main roads and major streams; Typical Abbey, Castle, Town, Church and Townhouse layout plans; A cross-section of a typical village house; A typical Manor Estate's layout; Example Barrows; A number of village examples with or without churches and the like.

If you buy the Cartography Symbol pack you can then lay out your own village as you see fit (these are well worth getting!)

Overall this is a very simple but nice rpg item and well worth a couple of pounds.

I had the pleasure of Proofreading this Investigators Guide, which is the book to hand to your Domesday players to read.

Chapter One provides them with information regarding character generation, explaining the benefits and drawbacks of each trait and career. It then moves on to explaining the basics of the rules system (without all the heavy information the Gm requires) and also handling social situations in game. The armour and weapons of the era are then described, followed by magick and the Maelstrom and religion.

Chapter Two concerns itself with Life in 1086, which is 20 years after the Norman conquest of England. It provides a brief history of England, then talks about its governance and law (but not the laws themselves). Nice details regarding the villages, towns and houses are given including some nice drawings of places such as York. Each of the main crafts is then described, as well as clothing, entertainment, family and education. It explains about travel and trade and gives a great list of average prices for food, drink and wares.

Each of the races of Englishmen are briefly described (the Welsh etc) and finally the guide talks about medicine, the supernatural (a big part of Maelstrom Domesday) and the church and religion. There's also a very good glossary of terms at the back.

This book is a superb addition to the Core Rulebook and means the players can look up information without grabbing the GM book and learning things they maybe shouldn't.

The drawings are simple line art, but this suits the genre quite well I feel. It is written in a very "friendly" and logical way. The guide does not assume knowledge of the era but doesn't dumb things down either.

This is well worth purchasing alongside the core rulebook.

I love all of these historical figures. As a history teacher, it helps me make the history come 'alive' for my students. I appreciate the research that has gone into them.

Love the detail and the versatility! Can be used in so many situations.

Well, First of all, let me say that this is another excellent set of Figures from Arion. Beautifully detailed, and glorious to behold. As has been noted, the skin colour doesn't match the purple of the first set, but that, in my eyes is an improvement. The variety in look, both equipment and stance, add to the flexibility of these figures, although they do seem to fit more as characters, rather than mere rank and file. I've purchased a number of different Arion sets over time, and none have disappointed. There are few that offer paper figures of such regular high quality and variety, and such excellent value for money.

These fit nicely into my campaign, even though that campaign has Black Elves in amongst the Civilised Heroes. as such, I hope we get to see another set introduced, that fleshes out the non combat gaps, for those of us who run campaigns where this race is not merely relegated to 'bad guy encounter' status. that said, I'd be happy to see another set, of any type, for these...

This is seriously lovely. Everything you could want for a low-to-mid-level military camp is here, from tents to campfires to catapults to fences and a watchtower (that you can put characters on). The graphics are quite good, assembly is easy, and you can use many of the pieces (esp. the camp incidentals and the pack animals) for other circumstances and scenarios. Well done!

Maelstrom Domesday is a great RPG set 20 years after the Norman Conquest of England. Your characters have all witnessed a supernatural event and have therefore become shunned by the society they once knew. Forced on to the road or into exile, they have then been given a task by a wealthy Norman patron to uncover the secrets behind certain goings on within their holdings.

Domesday uses a Lifepath Character Generation system which is very involved but very satisfying. You start at age 13 in a random career and progress from there until Career End when a Supernatural Event happens that causes your character to go on the road and be hired by the Patron.

Mechanically it uses percentile (d100) dice for most things, and then dice such as d3 or d6 for damage etc. The system is pretty simple but very effective and easy enough to pick up and learn.

One thing that I really like about Domesday is the section on the villages and hamlets in the York area. Each entry has a description of the village, its notable buildings or areas (Abbey and 300 acres of woodland etc) but also a small passage on local gossip/tales and also a 'Plot Hook'. I think this is awesome as you have a wealth of game ideas right there and with at least two ideas per village that's a good 60 plot ideas at your fingertips! Most RPGs have plot hooks but they are hidden within a mass of text, whereas these are right there and very easy to find and read.

Well worth buying and playing!

I have purchased several sets of Arion Games' paper miniatures and am very happy with the products. The artwork is very good and there are enough variations in the poses to create impressive units. I also like the civilian minis which I can use in modern war, near future, post-apocalyptic and science fiction settings.

I have purchased several sets of Arion Games' paper miniatures and am very happy with the products. The artwork is very good and there are enough variations in the poses to create impressive units. I also like the civilian minis which I can use in modern war, near future, post-apocalyptic and science fiction settings.