Chaos Wars
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Ral Partha published a set of wargame rules in 1987 called Rules According to Ral: Chaos Wars. A range of Chaos Wars branded miniatures and box sets was brought out to supplement it. The first blister pack, 99-001, was included in the Chaos Wars rules box set. The others are a bit of a mystery. They never were listed in any of the Ral Partha catalogs and a guess is that they were special packs made available to the Chaos Wars fan club. For the most part these packs contain figures taken from various other ranges. The standard bearer in the 99-015 appears to be unique to the set.
Contents
- Chaos Wars Dragon Sets
- 10-210 Guardian Dragon
- 10-211 Silver Dragon
- 10-212 Rogon, Balrog Dragon
- Free Companies of the Chaos Wars
- 10-220 Brotherhood of the Axe
- 10-221 Dealers of Devastation
- 10-222 Fangs of Fury
- 10-223 Korg's Killers
- 10-224 Starbrow's Select
- 10-225 The Steel Wind
- Boxed Sets
- 10-414 Warlords
- 10-415 Necromancer's Throne of Bone
- 10-416 Dueling Dragons
- 10-417 Hydra
- 10-418 The Great Griffon Chariot of the Windlords
- 10-419 The Armoured Dragon
- 10-420 Clutch of Fear
- Blister Packs
- 99-001 The Chaos War Press Gang
- 99-010 Undead Bowmen
- 99-011 Perilous Flight Personalities
- 99-012 Dreadlock's Death Guards
- 99-013 Dark Elf Pikemen
- 99-014 Dreadlock and Agabar
- 99-015 Arliedian Rangers
- References
Chaos Wars Dragon Sets
10-210 Guardian Dragon
- Sculptor: Tom Meier
10-211 Silver Dragon
- Sculptor: Tom Meier
10-212 Rogon, Balrog Dragon
- Sculptor: Tom Meier
Free Companies of the Chaos Wars
This short range of box sets was listed in the 1986 catalog (page 13) and then never mentioned again. From the names of the various sets it seems that the models were merged into or simply became the Fantasy Armies (Ral Partha) range.
10-220 Brotherhood of the Axe
10-221 Dealers of Devastation
10-222 Fangs of Fury
10-223 Korg's Killers
10-224 Starbrow's Select
10-225 The Steel Wind
Box Sets
- The 10-417, 10-418, 10-419 and 10-420 product codes fit into this Chaos Wars boxed set section but of all of those boxes seen so far none of them explicitly mention Chaos Wars - this could simply be a later box cover variant just like 10-416 which has both a Chaos Wars cover and a non-Chaos Wars cover.
10-414 Warlords
- Sculptors: Bob Charrette, Julie Guthrie
10-415 Necromancer's Throne of Bone
- A PDF of the insert can be found here on the Ral Partha Yahoo group.
10-416 Dueling Dragons
- Sculptors: Bob Charrette, Julie Guthrie
10-417 Hydra
- Sculptor: Tom Meier
10-418 The Great Griffon Chariot of the Windlords
- Sculptor: Tom Meier
- The Jeux Descartes box is likely a generic box as Ral Partha "02-020 Elf Chariot" has been seen in the same one.
10-419 The Armoured Dragon
- Sculptor: Tom Meier
10-420 Clutch of Fear
- Sculptor: Sandra Garrity
Blister Packs
99-001 The Chaos War Press Gang
Also included in Chaos Wars rules boxed set
99-010 Undead Bowmen
- 12 in pack
99-011 Perilous Flight Personalities
99-012 Dreadlock's Death Guards
99-013 Dark Elf Pikemen
99-014 Dreadlock and Agabar
99-015 Arliedian Rangers
References
- [1], BoardGameGeek, "Rules According to Ral: Chaos Wars"
- [2], Ral Partha Catalog 1987 - The Chaos Wars Have Broken Out" (inserted flyer)