2013 CALENDAR

2013

January 27

Milan (I)

15mm, 400pts, Ancients

http://impetusitalia.blogspot.com/

February 3

York (UK)

28mm, 300pts

http://impetus.forumsland.com/impetus-about3826.html

March 10
Middlesborough (UK)
28mm, 300pts

http://impetus.forumsland.com/impetus-about4103.html

March 24

Crema (I)

28mm, 300pts

http://impetusitalia.blogspot.com/

April 6

Cardiff (UK)

28mm, 300pts

http://impetus.forumsland.com/impetus-about3987.html

April 7

Modena (I)

15mm, 400pts, Medieval

http://impetusitalia.blogspot.com/

April 28

Grangemouth (UK)

28mm, 300pts

http://impetus.forumsland.com/impetus-about4003.html

May 18-19

Sheffield (UK)

EUROCUP 2013

15mm and 28mm

http://impetus.forumsland.com/impetus-about3978.html

June 1-2

Dunedin (NZ)
28mm, 300pts

http://omts.org.nz/southcon/

June 16

Spilamberto (Modena - I)

28mm, 300pts

http://impetus.forumsland.com/impetus-about4442.html

June 22

Colmenar de Oreja (Madrid - E)

15mm, open

https://www.facebook.com/ICampeonatoImpetusColmenar2013

June 29

Scarborough (UK)

28mm, 350pts

http://impetus.forumsland.com/impetus-about4253.html

June 30

Vicenza (I)

15mm, 400pts, Medieval

http://impetusitalia.blogspot.com/

July 21

Sheffield (UK)

6mm, open

http://impetus.forumsland.com/impetus-about4416.html

August 17

Cardiff (UK)

28mm, 300pts, Classical period

http://impetus.forumsland.com/impetus-about4455.html

September 22Vicenza (I)28mm, 300pts

September 28 -29

Derby

15 and 28mm

More info to come

October 5-6

Sydney (AUS)

28mm, 300pts

Ancients to Dark Age

http://impetus.forumsland.com/impetus-about4474.html

December 8
Castegnato (Brescia I)
15mm, 400pts. Feudal period

Maya are coming!!

To celebrate the end of the world, 3 beta lists dedicated to Maya will be released on December 21.

Keep tuned (even from your bunker!)

In the pic: Maya army from the collection of Xavier Morlec. Photo Frederic Machu.
Figures are a mix of 28mm from Outpost Wargames Service and Brear's Den.

 

Extra Impetus 5: pre orders available

Pre orders for Extra Impetus 5 can now be taken.

To pre-order you have to send and e-mail to dadiepiombo AT libero DOT it (with your name and country) before December 31.

No payment in advance. You will receive an e-mail from paypal when the book will be printed (around January 15).
By pre-ordering you can save 2 euros on the book and receive it as soon as possible.

Extra Impetus 5 out in January

Extra Impetus 5 will be released by around January 10 2013.

It will be focussed on the Feudal Age, covering XII-XIII armies of Europe, including the Teutonic Knights and their crusades in the Baltic area. It will cover as well the Mongols and a good selection of medieval far east armies. Also Samurai (from Feudal to XVI Cent.) will be covered with 3 lists.

Extra Impetus 5 will include also a campaign game called Rebellion. The campaign features the struggle between a king and his rebellious barons.

Pre orders will be available from the end of November. More info to come.

In the picture the draft cover of the Italian version.

Late Romans from Australia

It is always a pleasure to find interesting blogs with inspiring Impetus bases.
Here a new one (new for us), from Australia, showing some excellent Units for the Late Roman army.

Storm and Conquest blog

Facebook fan page for Impetus

There is a fan page now for Impetus in facebook.
Direct link http://www.facebook.com/impetvs

You will find there the preview of Extra Impetus 5 cover!

Basic Impetus Table Top Teaser

Somewhere in northern Thrace, late third century CE.The Roman garrison of the fortress at Annonia in northern Thrace has been cut off for several months without supplies after large numbers of Ostrogoth tribesmen swarmed over the Imperial borders from Dacia.

Read more HERE 

From Australia: Romans VS Sarmatians

Enjoy a photo report of a game staged in Australia: Early Imperial Romans VS Sarmatians.
500pts per side.
READ MORE

Unfinished Armies Podcast Episode 2: interview to Lorenzo Sartori, author of Impetus
LINK

Late Romans with A&A figures

A&A figures produce some excellent ranges for Impetus.
Here a Late Roman legionary Unit from Tarty's blog (read more HERE )

New beta lists

2 new beta lists have been published

Sui Dynasty Chinese (581-618 AD)

Yuan Dynasty Chinese (1275-1368), the army of Kublai Khan

http://www.dadiepiombo.com/beta2e.html

have fun!

Shop closed from August 1 to 31

Due to holidays season Dadi&Piombo shop will be closed from August 1 to August 31.
Orders placed in this period will be shipped from September 3.

Dies irae in Bourges

Le 1er tournoi français d'Impetus ("Dies irae") se déroulera à Bourges le samedi 13/10 (organisé par le club de Bourges : CER).
Pour ceux qui auraient le courage d'entrer dans l'arène, ce sera une journée sans pitié!

The first French tournament of Impetus ("Dies irae") will take place at Bourges saturday 13th october.

READ MORE

Impetus casualty markers

There are several way to make casualty markers for Impetus.

Tarty shows his way

READ MORE

Impetus bridgehead in Austria

A Wars of the Roses battle report in the city of Mozart

More in the forum

Konradin's Italian Campaign (1267 to 1268)

by Tillman Moritz, from Germany

Konradin's story is one about shortness, shortcomings as well, about youth and prematureness. He started too early, loosing his father in 1254 at the age of two, inheriting a lot of legal claims along with a lot of sworn enemies. And he ended too soon, becoming a mere puppet to political ambitions of both friend and foe, finally put to the sword in 1268 at the age of 16. So, actually, there is no story about Konradin. It's rather a story about his time, about politics and culture, about ideas and ideals and the change of these things in the 13th century.


READ MORE

The Rhoxolani for Impetus

by Monty, from the Twin Cities (USA)

The Rhoxolani were a Sarmatian people that migrated toward what is now the Baragan steppes in Romania.  The historian Strabo described them as nomads.  The Rhoxolani were defeated by general Diophantus in Mithradates' Crimean campaign and subsequently came over to fight with the Pontics against Rome.  There is a small mention of 100 Sarmation cavalry distinguishing themselves in the First Mithridatic campaign.

READ MORE

How to make a Basic Impetus army in 10 days

by Michael, from Austria

After some private turbulence which caused me to neglect the hobby for several weeks I decided to make a comeback and do a little project. As I recently got into Impetus and quite liked it, it was obvious to do something for it. Just what should it be? I tinkered around with my crusaders, painted a few Spartans and even did some 40K figures… but no real „drive“ would develop. Then suddenly the postman delivered 2 packs of Perry figures which I had ordered because my friend Christopher got me into a Wars of the Roses Impetus experiment

READ MORE

Galatians calling!

by Monty, from the Twin Cities (USA)

The Galatians were a Celtic people who settled south of the Pontic kingdom on an upland plateau. They forced their way into the region, fighting a series of campaigns against the armies of the local states who all stubbornly refused to be driven from their lands. As a result, the Galatians were forced to settle on a poor stretch of land where none of their neighbors considered it worthwhile to force them off. The difficulty of their situation meant the Galatians were eager to work as mercenaries

READ MORE

Become a contributor of Impetus News

We would like to give to Impetus News a more "journalistic" approach.
You, the Impetus gamers, may help as "journalists".
If you have a blog and you are posting something related to Impetus, why not prepare a small introductionary story, with a couple of pics, for Impetus News? Then there could be a link "read more" to your blog.

In this way we could keep Impetus News more updated and rich of stories and pics. At the same time this is a good way to advertise your blog and collect contacts.

Don't you have a blog? No problem, Impetus news can host your story/post.
If you prefer you can use the Impetus forum for the develop of the "story" etc.

In this way Impetus News can collect stories, scenarios, battle reports, galleries etc becoming a more useful source.

Contributes could be sent to dadiepiombo AT libero DOT it

Impetus competitions at Triples

There will be 2 Impetus competitions at Triples 2012 (Sheffield - UK).

Saturday 19th May 28mm Tournament
more info at http://impetus.forumsland.com/impetus-about3287.html

Sunday 20th May 15mm Tournament
more info at http://impetus.forumsland.com/impetus-about3304.html

Impetus at Little Wars

There will be plenty of opportunities to play Impetus at Little Wars (April 27-29) this year.

Two games on Friday -the first features Vikings in Ireland (see pictures) and the second is the battle of Adrianople 378 AD.
Samurai battle on saturday (Road to Edo) and an open gaming event Saturday night: bring a 300 point 28mm army to play with!
Sunday open gaming.

These games represent the efforts of four different local groups from the Chicago area, Madison, and the Twin Cities.

GET MORE INFO AND UPDATES IN THE FORUM

Little Wars
April 27 - 29, 2012
Technology, Innovations & Advancements
Pheasant Run Resort Resort, DuPage Expo Center
4051 East Main Street, St Charles, Illinois 60174, USA
Little Wars website

Wars of the Roses campaign

Fat Wally reports about the first stages of his Wars of the Roses campaign using "The Pretender" system (Extra Impetus 3).
LINK

New beta lists

Two new beta lists are now available:
British and Welsh Kingdoms
and Later Anglo-Saxons

LINK

Impetus sabot bases

FigurePainting.co.uk have released some sabots made to allow people to play Impetus (25/28mm) without the need to rebase their figures.

More info at
http://figurepainting.co.uk/impetus.html

2012 Tournament Rules

2012 Tournament rules can be downloaded from this LINK
They also include new experimental rules on ambushes.