Similar to the post from December featuring the overview of the
Hybrid and Hybrid: Nemesis boxes, this will be a simple component overview of the Wolfen vs Griffin Starter box for Confrontation: The Age of The Rag'Narok.
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| Front of the box... |
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| ... and the front of the box with the lid open... |
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| ... and the back of the box. |
Stunning artwork on the cover done by Paolo Parente, a single glance is truly enough to completely immerse you into Aarklash. Love having this box on the shelf, gorgeous to look at and the pop-up lid for a quick glance at the contents inside is very neat.
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| Accessories: dice and ruler |
The famous ruler and the set of dice with the awesome Rackham dragon logo replacing the sixes. Out of the long line of Rackham products only a handful had these accessories, so it is great having them.
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| Wolfen. |
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| Griffins. |
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| Cards. |
I fall into the camp of people not very impressed by the Rackham plastics, which makes the ownership of this box a bittersweet thing. Regardless, the miniatures are good by themselves, but in no way an upgrade from previously released Rackham metals. The card design is also quite different, but good, though of course I still prefer the design from the previous Confrontation iteration.
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| Double-sided play map, side A... |
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| ...and side B. |
These maps are actually quite interesting. Extremely simple design, but visually very Aarklash since they feature small details that are truly evocative of the world. Obviously paper surfaces aren't ideal for actually playing the game, especially if they are are barely ever unfolded like mine, but if properly pressed and straightened they are great for a quick small setup.
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| "Seal of the Dragon" terrain piece. |
The legendary piece of terrain, this is the one specific element which always stood out to me in this box. Truly reminiscent of the Rackham workshop aesthetics, it is a wonderful addition to the table. My one gripe with it is that it is "hollow", aka there's no real bottom on the underside, so ideally this should be filled up and glued to some other terrain piece for some extra sturdiness and balance. Regardless, amazing piece of scenery.
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| Confrontation: The Age of The Rag'Narok rulebook. |
One thing to note in the end. My copy of the box sadly came without the rulebook, but for the sake of archiving here we are. Also worth noting is that this "Complete Rules" book is a downsized version of the main C:AoR rulebook which has the same cover art sans the "complete rules" tag and a black background/frame.
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And there you have it, one for the archive. I love doing these archive posts, mostly because I like documenting these sorts of things, but also it is nice to go over all the bits and pieces and contemplate for a while... and get sad when you realize that you are missing something! Definitely need to hunt down a copy of the rulebook.
Stay tuned, I will probably be doing a similar post for AT-43 Initiation box in the near future. Thanks for reading, see you in the next one!
