Miniatures

October 16 2024

Infinity Comes to Level Up Games – Met Nic: Infinity Paragon

Level Up Games Duluth is now carrying the Sci-Fi skirmish miniatures game Infinity! Keep reading to see why this game is unique, meet our passionate Infinity community leader, and how you can jump into the covert battlefields of the future!

Nic is the man to talk to when asking our community any Infinity-related questions. He is the “Paragon” of the game (community leader). You can catch him at any Infinity events or reach out to our Level Up Games Discord’s Infinity channel. Here’s what he has to say about this title and his journey with it:

Hey there, I’m Nic! I’ve been in Atlanta for three years and have been playing war games on and off since 2014. I picked up Infinity with 3rd edition and have been playing it ever since.

My favorite thing about Infinity is its extremely cinematic and engaging gameplay. It’s always your turn, thanks to infinity’s Automatic Reaction Order (ARO) mechanic; even when it’s not your turn, you can react to your opponent’s choices.

Its low model count is also a huge draw as you can really focus on painting a few models rather than giant armies. That also means it’s very easy to pickup Infinity even if you play other miniature games.

Additionally, the world of Infinity has unique factions with their own themes while still having universally understood rules. From space werewolves to techno-samurai to motorbike knight priests — there’s a little something to everyone! Additionally, the new rules releasing in November means that learning the game is easier than ever across factions thanks to shared keywords and equipment.

Level Up Games Duluth is currently stocked with several different starter options for Infinity (transfers to other locations are ok!) The various Action Packs serve as the core of building any army with Reinforcements Boxes, Booster Packs, and Support Packs available to customize your forces further.

All models available in-store will be eligible when the newest edition of Infinity releases in November. Learning the rules of the current edition will serve you well if you just can’t wait to dive into this title as doing so will give you a great footing when learning the new edition. Demos are available — just reach out in our Discord!

Speaking of demos, we have an official demo event on December 9th and our first N5 League kicking off on November 25th on our Eventbrite!

If you want to jump into Infinity with the release of N5 (the new edition), we have pre-orders open for Infinity N5 – Operation: Sand Trap, a two-player starter box containing 14 miniatures, a booklet with background, a set of narrative missions, cardboard scenery, dice—everything you need to start collecting Infinity for $154.99! Just ask our in-store staff the next time you visit!

August 16 2024

Every Level Up Games Location is YOUR Location: Transfers, Orders, and More

Duluth Location

Transfers

No matter which of our locations you are shopping from: Duluth, John’s Creek, Athens, or Dawsonville, know that you have the support of each and everyone of them at your fingertips!

If you can’t find something in one of our stores while you’re shopping, you can always ask our staff members to see if we have it at our other locations.

With four game stores worth of items, we probably have you covered! Our locations can pull from each other’s inventory and get you that item you need quickly. Transfers are taken between our stores Thursday nights – Friday afternoons.

Once your item arrives, you will get a call from store staff.

Orders and Holds

If you are on the hunt for a specific item, you are always welcome to ask if any location have it in stock on our social media platforms like our Discord or call (numbers are in the top right of this webpage).

In our Discord, we have a specific “product requests and arrivals” channel where you can directly message store staff about items. Use @LevelUp(whatever store you are messaging) in your message to ping them!

If the store has the item, they will hold it up to 7 days for your arrival, or longer with a deposit made in store.

And if that location doesn’t have your item, we can transfer a copy or order one in for you. You’ll get a ring when it’s ready for pickup!

Athens Location

Webstore

Some of our items are available on this website (scroll up to “online store”) for in store pickup or direct shipping to your front door. If you don’t see an item online, be sure to give us a call or shoot us a message to see if we have it in our brick-and-mortar local GA stores!

July 13 2024

Your First Spearhead Event and Your New Hobby Community

A New Battlefield

Warhammer: Age of Sigmar 4th Edition arrived with Skaventide — the two-player launch box containing two Spearhead forces. These armies are the perfect way to get into the hobby as Spearhead is deigned for new players. Spearhead armies come from premade beginner boxes (like Skaventide) and rules are more condensed than their larger AoS game counterparts.

You Are Not Alone

If you’re interested in the hobby but want more direction, our locations have a fantastic community that can show you the ropes in terms of gameplay and painting/building!

Any new player is welcome to swing by our weekly in-person meetups or hop in our Discord to ask any questions they may have, request a practice game, and enjoy simply chatting about their new hobby!

We also have specific Spearhead format events coming up. These events are designed to let new players try their hand at their first casual tournament on August 11th at our Duluth location and August 17th at our Athens location.

David (pictured above with one of his freshly painted models) is one of our stellar Age of Sigmar community members. Not only is he putting in the time and effort to run our Spearhead event in Athens, but he also is preparing multiple Spearhead armies for new players who want to try the game!

Leading up to the big release of 4th edition on July 13th, we asked him a few questions so that any new community members could get to know him and to let David offer some insight into what makes Age of Sigmar and the Spearhead format such a fantastic hobby to fall in love with.

And check out some of the Spearhead armies he has lovingly built for this event below!

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Interview with David

Tell us about your hobby journey

I began my hobby journey in 2016 with Warhammer: 40,000. I had purchased a second-hand Necron army and learned 7^th edition, but I wasn’t in a place in my life at the time to really delve into the hobby. Fast-forward to 2019, I got back into the hobby again, with 40k and again, Necrons. I learned how to play the game, and I was hooked; then, a friend taught me the basics of painting. I knew I had found something I would be passionate about for a lifetime.

What made you choose Warhammer: Age of Sigmar as the game you want to champion in the community?

I started with 40k, and I still love 40k — especially my Leagues of Votann. However, when I learned about Age of Sigmar and really started diving into it in 3^rd edition with Sylvaneth and then Nurgle, I realized that AoS felt like “home” to me. I love the world, the sculpts are incredible, and the rules are fantastic and seem to be only getting better with 4^th edition.

Simply put, I love this game, and I want you to love it too! I mean, come on, it has dinosaurs riding dinosaurs and walking magical trees that ride giant beetles! If that’s not fun, what is?

What excites you about Spearhead and 4th edition as a whole?

The new edition excites me because it seems that Games Workshop has learned a lot of lessons from years past and from their own games and other games on the market and really created a clean, concise, and, most importantly, FUN ruleset. 4^th edition, in my opinion, seems like it’ll be the best Warhammer game GW has made in a long time.

Regarding the new Spearhead format, I absolutely love how easy it is to pick up and play while retaining depth, tactics, and replayability. From the experiences I have seen and had with Spearhead so far, I think anyone can learn to play it and have a great time The barrier of entry is very low for anyone getting in for the first time or wanting to try a new army, just buy a box, build it, and paint it up (or don’t!) then roll dice with your friends or family!

Even more, I love the fact that the rules are essentially just the basic rules for AoS 4^th edition, so transitioning to higher point level games should be easier and not as daunting for new players (and old!)

Any advice for new players?

The best advice I could give to new players is play what you want and how you want. Do not ever feel shoehorned into an army or a way of playing the game that you don’t like. You don’t have to play the meta army or be a competitive tournament player to have fun with this hobby. Pick an army you love the look of and that you think looks rad! If you fall in love with an army, you’ll always enjoying painting or playing it — at the best of times and the worst.

How can people interested in the hobby start playing over at Level Up Games Athens?

First and foremost, if folks are interested in diving into the hobby, they should certainly join the Level Up Discord, I am on there as HauntedBagel, and I am happy to answer any questions and help in any way I can. Folks in the community there are incredibly helpful with answering questions and finding games! Beyond that, go into the store and just see if there is a game being played. If there is one being played, politely ask if you can observe and hang out and watch. When the games are over, the players will probably want to chat you up about what army you play and how long you’ve been in the hobby. New players are always welcome in this hobby, which is for EVERYONE.

In this hobby there is nothing more we love than getting new folks into the whole experience. More people lead to more games, and more games lead to more friends and people to share your passion with!

See You on the Tabletop!

Thank you, David, for lending us even more of your time. We hope to see you, dear reader, in some for Warhammer: Age of Sigmar soon!

David also wanted to let y’all know he is planning more sweet miniatures events like a narrative escalation league and 40k RTT later this year. He is also a member of an Athens-based gaming club, Swamp Hawk Gaming, whose Discord is welcoming to newcomers!

July 11 2024

Warcrow — Corvus Belli’s Midsized Fantasy Wargame with Precise Tactics

Corvus Belli is a renowned game publisher with many years in the miniature wargaming market through their sci-fi battler Infinity. However, they have set their sights on the fantasy wargame genre with the addition of Warcrow expected to release later this year.

What can players expect from the initial release wave and the greater world of Lindwurm?

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The game is launching with a two-player starter set designed to get players battling quickly with everything they need. Miniatures, terrain, playmat, dice, and more are included. Each faction represented in the box has 7 miniatures for a total of 14.

And boy…are these things amazingly detailed pieces of plastic!

Players will clash in a narrative scenario included in this set along with other standard scenarios.

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The launch box contains a force from the Nothern Tribes, a bloodthirsty alliance of naturally fearsome Orcs and Varank, nature magic-empowered warriors whom of their mightiest can skinchange into terrible beasts!

Marching towards the battlefield to face them are members of the Hegemony of Embersig’s army, The Black Legion, the world’s most well-trained and powerful army consisting of members of allied Dwarves, elves, and humans under one banner.

The other nations’ warriors will be arriving later. Check them out here.

Games are played on a 3’ x 3’ mat between small groups of models. The game’s feel will land somewhere between traditional and skirmish wargames, with full-scale battles averaging 10-15 models per player. Note that some units will comprise several individual models so players won’t be bogged down with 15 individual hero-type activations.

Corvus Belli has stated that Warcrow will be more scenario/objective play focused than Infinitiy. Scenarios will include things like typical “control areas of the map to score” and more dramatic ones like those that include a neutral monster or shifting fog of death repeatedly moving every 3 rounds.

Players take turns in an alternating activation style, which makes for great moments of tension. The battlefield shifts constantly, and both players must act and react constantly in a round. That’s the very basic overview of Warcrow; now we get to more specifics.

Firstly, the math rocks. Warcrow uses two separate dice types: offensive and defensive. They are all color-coded (Blue, green, and black for defense. Red, orange, and yellow for attack), 8-sided dice with various arrangements of:

1.) Success – On attack dice. Deals a hit to enemies.

2.) Block – On Defence dice. Negates a hit from attackers.

3.) Special “Switches” – On all dice. Allows special abilities to activate or other interactions.

4.) Hollow Success – On attack dice. Deals a hit to enemies under certain criteria.

5.) Hollow Block – On defense dice. Negates a hit from attackers under certain criteria.

6.) Hollow Special – On all dice. Allows special abilities to activate or other interactions under certain criteria.

This array of hollow faces, specials, and different types of attack and defense dice give the Warcrow designers a ton of balance levels to pull — ensuring future releases are given the best framework to be designed around.

How many of these dice you will roll when acting will be denoted on the game profiles of each unit.

Also marked here is a slew of other info, such as the movement, morale, willpower, and any bonuses the unit may get.

That was a lot of stuff I snuck in that one sentence, so let’s take it piece by piece.

Movement in Warcrow is done using a movement tool measured in a unique distance called strides. Each model will have 3 MOV numbers in an X+X (X) format. The first two numbers denote the two normal move maximum distances in stride lengths a unit can make. The (X) refers to the unit’s charge length.

This means a unit with a 1+2 (5) MOV attribute may make a 1 and 2 stride length move (in any order) and may move 5 strides when charging. The charge action takes a unit’s entire activation.

See, not that bad! No need to stress…UNTIL NOW!

Stress tokens are a major piece of the strategy puzzle that is Warcrow. To summarize, stress tokens make your unit “break” and lose effectiveness once the number placed on a unit exceeds its morale value. Stress is gained several ways, including losing a combat (taking more wounds than the opponent), using an ability or attack that causes stress, and activating twice in a round.

A willpower roll can stop a unit from breaking. Stress levels are reduced through end-of-round system mechanics and other abilities.

One very juicy decision with stress comes into play after a unit has been defeated in combat (takes more wounds than they give). A victorious attacking player may “Push Back” the defeated unit equal to the first MOV value of the losing unit – and the victorious player may move their unit to close the gap (and possibly re-engage the opponent).

This movement negates nasty penalties for movement like opportunity attacks from the opponent but can be halted by adding a stress token to the pushed unit.

Plenty of special command abilities and spells also shake things up on the battlefield. Command abilities have a command token cost. Tokens are generated at the top of the game by your units (typically your characters).

Spellscasting is enticing but dangerous. As your mages cast spells, they must battle “The Tinge” an affliction caused by harnessing such power. Mages will have to make a roll, increased in difficulty if they have altered the spell.

Tinge token stack as you cast your spells, possibly harming the caster. Enemy players may also attempt to counter their spells at the cost of stress and the chance at tinge tokens themselves.

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And that’s the basics of Warcrow!

Let us know if you are interested in any of the 3 items in the initial release wave with a call to any of our locations during store hours!

Also, check out the full rulebook here.

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Core book: $78.99

Winds of the North 2-Player Starter Set: $154.99

Frost Dice Set: $15.49

Ahlwardt Ice Bear Pre-Order Exclusive Edition: $29.99

July 7 2024

Moonstone — Award Winning Whimsy and Warfare

Moonstone is a skirmish game played on a 3′ x 3′ board that took home the 2023 UK Games Expo “Best Miniatures Rules” & “Best Miniatures Range” Awards in the Judge’s Choice and Public Vote! Its world is a wonderful menagerie of fantasy classics and fairy tails with a focus on charming and whimsical elements.

As it oozes personality from each mechanic and miniature, you can’t help but be charmed by it!

Games consist of small-scale battles over the moonstones, 4-sided dice dropped over the playspace to determine their in-game location and how many actions it will take to harvest them.

Each player controls 4-6 miniatures, each with unique abilities and attributes. The gameplay follows an alternating activation style, with players taking turns using one of their miniatures to fight, harvest, move, and get up to all sorts of shenanigans — followed by their opponent.

Differentiating itself from the norm in wargaming, combat is resolved through decks of cards — one for melee combat and one for the arcana.

When an arcane or melee action is attempted, both players draw from and attempt to outwit the other through a mix of guessing and bluffing, playing cards face-down, and then revealing them.

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When using an arcane ability, a special deck is used, containing numbered and colored cards and special “Catastrophe” cards. The active player is trying to hit a determined number and/or color matching the ability they are attempting.

As the faeries would suggest…if you don’t pull the right card, you are more than welcome to fib! The opposing player must then play the mind game of whether the active player is telling the truth, call their bluff, or pass.

A correctly called or miscalled bluff will often have catastrophic consequences for one of the players!

Moonstone miniatures and rulebooks are available at our Duluth location. Stop by soon to start your journey in this enchanting skirmish game!

June 20 2024

Free RPG Day – June 22nd

Every year, our Level Up Games locations participate in Free RPG Day, a celebration of all things tabletop roleplaying with the backing of many beloved publishers.

These fine folks who craft the systems, worlds, and characters players use to tell their stories at game night have sneak previews of a handful of the exciting items participants can expect to find on June 22nd!

While supplies last, we will hand out RPG items to each visitor, and they can earn even more through themed “quests” around the store (a tracking card will be provided)! These include bringing in someone who has never been to Level Up Games, participating in one of our FRPG Day events at our Duluth, Athens, or Johns Creek locations, and more!

Check out a few of the items below (availability may vary based on location)!

With the upcoming release of the new Starfinder edition from Paizo, we expect many starfarers will enjoy the Starfinder: Second Contact item containing over a dozen iconic creatures fully compatible with the upcoming playtest and your existing campaigns!

You’ll find new friends and foes within, alongside a preview of spells, weapons, and even a squad companion to help you face extraterrestrial threats!

This item can be earned by simply visiting any of our locations.

Mutate your Marvel Multiverse RPG campaigns with this early look at a chapter from the upcoming X-Men Expansion. This preview features condensed rules, new character profiles, a map, and adventure hooks to get you started in your mutant campaign and can be earned by visting any location.

Dragonbane is a classic fantasy tabletop roleplaying game full of magic, mystery, and adventure. It is designed from the ground up to facilitate fast and furious play, with very little prep time and adventures that are a breeze to run. Dragonbane is a game with room for laughs at the table, while still offering brutal challenges for the adventurers.

Kickstart your foray into the system by completing any of our FRPG “side quests” and earning The Sinking Tower adventure! Complete with puzzles, battles, glittery treasure, pre-generated characters, and condensed rules for a 2-hour session, you’ll have everything you need!

Grab these items and more at our locations! We will also be holding a special “Buy 3 Get 1 Free” sale on ALL RPG ITEMS in our stores from June 22nd – June 23rd, so come on in and start a new adventure!

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June 14 2024

Necromolds: Breaking the Mold with Family Wargaming

Many people love miniature games like Warhammer: 40k, but they are often seen as too dense—certainly too dense for the kids play alongside their parents.

But worry not, fathers wanting to introduce their loved ones to the hobby and those looking to grab a gift for the upcoming Father’s Day this weekend, Necromolds makes for a perfect entrypoint for the hobby!

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Build your Army - Literally

Necromolds gets kids interested from the first moment of play. There are no point-buy systems to bog down setup — players use their “Spell Clay” and “Spell Books” to create their armies. When you’re out of clay, that’s your army!

Kids (and parents!) get to enjoy the tactile fun of creating their monsters while they are introduced to the basics of the hobby. You can only make so many guys after all —so players must decide how many big guys they want vs how many smaller monsters they could have swarming the battlefield.

These are the important choices in any wargamers life!

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Not only does this clay mold mini design make army building easy… IT MAKES ARMY SMASHING BETTER! When a monster is defeated, players will smash it down with their “Caster Ring” to create new terrain players need to factor in to their future battleplans.

Teirs of Play and Game Length

Gameplay comes in 3 tiers of complexity to ensure you and your family get through games engaged and enjoy the battle no matter who’s playing!

Overall, you can expect an easy-to-learn gameplay system with all the fundamentals of wargaming that wraps up a battle in an hour or so.

Come by to Grab your Copy Today!

The two-player corebox is available at the Johns Creek, Duluth, and Athens Level Up Games locations now for $59.99 with expansions in Duluth!

June 4 2024

Clash of Steel: Tank Warfare in an Alternate History

The experienced Battlefront Miniatures teams behind years of Flames of War and Team Yankee miniature gaming are rolling out a new game system, Clash of Steel, with a laser-guided focus on tank-on-tank warfare.

Why Clash of Steel over other Games?

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Then, expect wonderfully detailed miniatures of tanks lovingly crafted with details and made to be easily assembled and painted — A relaxing part of the hobby that lets you do something with your hands while some tunes or your favorite rerun in the background plays.

On the tabletop, command your tank company with keen movement and target acquisition while considering their specialization.

Tank hunters made with the biggest guns possible to crack open the enemy cans, fast movers that can outflank and hit em’ where it hurts, and heavily armored titans that anchors your forces no matter the firepower they take on are all at your fingertips!

Experienced Wargamers or Flames of War/Team Yankee Players

Play a game fully focused on armored warfare with the backbone of the awarded mechanics of Flames of Wars.

Let your creativity fly as Clash of Steel is set in an alternative history in which the war in Europe ends in 1944 with Germany’s surrender but restarts four years later in the face of Soviet hostility. In this new timeline, tanks ranging from the iconic to those that never saw the battlefield may be used without historical accuracy chaining army building.

Dynamic Mission-based gameplay rewards generals who adapt to their battlefields while getting interesting games underway quickly.

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Our Duluth location currently has both the British vs. German and American vs. Soviet starter kits containing everything you need to start playing and other individual kits for $74.99 each. You can also order them directly shipped to you here.

Swing by to start your new hobby!

May 18 2024

Charge into Warhammer: Age of Sigmar 4th Edition with Spearhead

Spearhead is a new game format for Warhammer Age of Sigmar, where you use self-contained, existing boxes of miniatures to play fast and furious games with streamlined rules and nail-biting finishes.

There are a number of differences between full-sized Matched Play games and Spearhead, which has been designed to make the game accessible but retain rich tactical depth. It’s a brilliant stand-alone game and a fantastic primer of what you can expect from full-scale battles of Warhammer Age of Sigmar.

Spearhead’s footprint is also dramatically smaller than that of a full game, played on a board measuring 30″ x 22.4″ – that’s a quarter the size of a full battlefield, and the perfect size to play on a kitchen or coffee table.

Spearhead is the best way to get into Age of Sigmar for the first time, or take a new faction for a test drive. Not only is the low entry point and smaller hobby commitment a great way to try different armies, it also allows for faster games in a shorter amount of time.

Want to know more click here to see it all on Game Workshop’s website here.

Shop for the perfect Spearhead at our webstore here.

May 7 2024

WarGlamour: Local Painting Legends

Hailing from our own neck of the woods, the painting team over at WarGlamour has been a staple in many of our community events and our partnership continues into 2024! What does that mean for you dear hobbyist/wargamer reading this?

1.) Access to some of the best artists around

2.) Exciting events

3.) And SAVINGS!

Exciting Events

We will have several upcoming WarGlamour miniature-gaming events for those looking to improve their skills with the brush and those wanting to tear up the battlefield!

May 19th: WarGlamour Paint Workshop: Sign-Ups Live

A free workshop (entry fee is returned to you upon arrival) that focuses on using speed and contrast paints is around the corner. These types of paints are designed to get lots of color on models quickly, which is perfect for beginners getting their first army ready or for veterans getting multiple armies from several game systems lookin’ great!

Minis and supplies will be provided by WarGlamour, but you’re welcome to bring your own!

For those wanting to compete on the table, WarGlamour will also be hosting Warhammer RTTs which can be found here. The waitlist for their July event is live with the tickets for their July 27th RTT going on sale July 1st!

Keep an eye out for more events going up on our Eventbrite.

And to put a bow on all this great news, WarGlamour has a special 10% off all painting commissions sale running RIGHT NOW and all through May!

Below will be some of the sweet work the crew has done, along with their recommendations on a few hobby items.

Some of the Jaw-Dropping Work War Glamour has Done!

Chris’ pick: Jolly Lark Painting Handles

Easy to handle and smooth to operate with a satisfying wooden feel!

Russell’s pick: GamersGrass

Gorgeous plant and grass tufts add an eye-catching pop to your hobby projects. They make for amazing base decorations for minis or to immerse players in a terrain feature at your tables.

Jeremy’s pick: Turbo Dork Paints

Unique paints that include color-shifting options that make your models stand out! Perfect for Cyberpunk games or for some dazzling fantasy armor options.

Make sure to check out WarGlamour and learn about their painting commissions, sign up for their sweet events held at Level Up Games, and try some of their suggested hobby items next time you’re shopping with us!