MYTH WARS: BATTLE FOR MIDIA is a New Streamlined Beginner-Friendly War Game Experience Avaialble on Kickstarter Now

War gaming is a hobby that tends to have a high cost of entry. You have to buy a bunch of figures, you have to then assemble and paint them, and then you have to have people to play with. Don’t get me wrong, this sounds like it could be fun. However, there’s no denying that the initial investment is pretty high and the games often take several hours. Well, Tyler Breinholt and his wife of Blitz Gaming have decided to make it a little easier to get into the war gaming genre of tabletop games with a new game called Myth Wars: Battle for Midia. The game just launched its Kickstarter and you can check it out now.

In Breinholt’s own words, “There are lots of people interested in war gaming but it's just too big of a gap because of cost, complexity, and time, so we removed those issues with [Myth Wars].” You can grab a 4-player box for only $49 and if you buy two of these boxes ($94), you can have up to 8 people playing a game. That’s already one heck of a deal. If you order within the first 48 hours, you can save $5 per box. Also, if you want to step up your game, you can get two boxes and an exclusive neoprene mat for $115 ($99 during first 48 hours). All of these also include all related stretch goals.

Breinholt was kind enough to send me a copy of the game to check out and invited me to play a round with him on Tabletop Simulator. I’m happy to report that our 1v1 game took roughly 1 hour and that included him explaining the rules to me. If that is not a more streamlined war game experience, I don’t know what is. I really appreciated how quick everything was (helped by the fact players take turns simultaneously) and how simple it was as well. Each player controls an army (there are recommended armies for the first time you play), you use a ruler to measure your movement and your attack range, you roll dice to determine hits and damage, and there’s terrain to consider. If you’ve ever thought about trying a war game, I’d highly recommend this. I’d also recommend this if you like to play war games and want to play something like it with friends and family who aren’t as committed to it as you.

There’s more that I like about Myth Wars though. The art is fantastic and while you have duplicate creatures in your army, each token has a different color palate making it easy to distinguish one token from another. Also, there’s quite a bit of complexity, but the rules start you out simple and then with each game across your first few you add a new level of complexity. This was very well thought out in my opinion.

You can go support Myth Wars now on Kickstarter.