Wargames Factory

Wargames Factory is an American brand associated with injection-moulded plastic miniatures for tabletop wargaming. Established in 2007 as a Massachusetts limited liability company, the business focused on detailed, multi-part hard-plastic figures, principally in the 28 mm scale while also producing selected 15 mm and other-scale products. Its ranges covered a broad selection of historical periods and fictional settings, including ancient Rome and Greece, Celtic and Germanic peoples, Dark Age Britain and Scandinavia, the American War of Independence, the War of Spanish Succession, colonial warfare, sixteenth-century Japan, the Second World War, science fiction, post-apocalyptic settings, fantasy, and mythological subjects. A distinctive feature of the company was its direct-to-digital design process. Rather than beginning with a large physical sculpt and reducing it digitally, as was common in parts of the plastic-miniature industry, Wargames Factory used digital modelling software directly in the design stage. The company used Freeform software from Sensible, which was acquired by Geomagic in 2012. This approach was intended to support the creation of modular figures and multi-part sprues suitable for plastic injection moulding. Wargames Factory also developed a customer-led product-development mechanism called the Liberty and Union League. Consumers could suggest possible miniature subjects. After internal review, viable concepts were listed for community support, and customers could pre-order sprues. The company used a threshold of approximately one thousand pre-orders as an indication that a proposed subject had sufficient demand to enter production. The system gave the brand a participatory identity and allowed it to test interest in niche historical or gaming concepts before committing to tooling. The company worked with Ghost Studio, a plastic injection-moulding partner. In 2010, Ghost Studio took over the business, with George Sivy becoming its manager. The original Massachusetts LLC was dissolved on April 19, 2011, as the operation moved to Colorado. During the following years, Wargames Factory also undertook manufacturing work for other miniature-gaming businesses. Its manufacturing relationships included InMediaRes Productions' Catalyst Game Labs imprint, DreamForge-Games, and Scarab Miniatures. In January 2016, Warlord Games announced a partnership under which it would exclusively distribute Wargames Factory's plastic wargames kits worldwide. The brand's product families included historical ranges such as Might of Rome, War of Empires, Hammer of the Gods, Horse & Musket, Legacy of the Greeks, Rising Sun, and World War Two. Its fictional ranges included Alien Suns, Dark Futures, and Myths & Legends. Individual offerings included Roman legionaries, Celtic warriors and cavalry, Zulu warriors, Saxons, Vikings, American and British troops, samurai, Greek hoplites, Persian troops, Second World War German, American, and Soviet infantry, zombies, apocalypse survivors, orcs, and skeletons. Wargames Factory also previously operated an Old Soldier Recycling Program, through which customers could send unused plastic sprues for recycling and enter a product raffle. That program was later discontinued, although the company encouraged local recycling of unwanted sprues. Publicly available reference material does not establish the brand's current operating status, ownership, or present product availability.

Wargames Factory was established in 2007 as a Massachusetts limited liability company managed by Anthony Reidy. From its beginning, the brand concentrated on hard-plastic miniature kits intended for tabletop wargaming. Its principal products were multi-part figures in the 28 mm range, although the company also produced figures in other scales, including 15 mm products for twentieth-century military gaming. The kits were designed to provide interchangeable components and detailed figures that could be assembled, painted, and used in historical or fictional tabletop armies. The company entered into a production partnership with Ghost Studio, a plastic injection-moulding business. In 2010, Ghost Studio took over Wargames Factory, and George Sivy became the company's manager. The original Massachusetts LLC was dissolved on April 19, 2011, during a relocation of the business to Colorado. These changes marked a transition from the company's initial corporate structure toward an operation closely connected with its manufacturing partner. Wargames Factory differentiated itself through both its design workflow and its approach to product selection. Its models were created using a direct-to-digital process, without first making a physical master sculpt at a larger scale. The company used Freeform software from Sensible for digital modelling; Sensible was acquired by Geomagic in 2012. Direct digital modelling was particularly suited to producing modular plastic components and could support the engineering requirements of injection-moulded sprues. The brand's Liberty and Union League provided a second point of distinction. Customers proposed potential subjects, which staff evaluated for feasibility. Approved proposals were placed on the company's website and message boards, where customers could register pre-orders for the relevant sprue. When a proposal reached roughly one thousand pre-orders, that level of interest was treated as sufficient support for production. The program allowed Wargames Factory to involve its community in range planning and to explore subjects that might otherwise have been difficult to justify through conventional product forecasting. Its catalogue expanded across historical and fictional categories. The historical ranges addressed ancient Rome, the Celts, ancient Germany, Greece, Persia, the Dark Ages, the Viking and Saxon worlds, colonial conflict, the American War of Independence, the War of Spanish Succession, sixteenth-century Japan, and the Second World War. Products included infantry, cavalry, artillery, chariots, mounted samurai, heavy weapons, and company- or platoon-sized collections. The fictional ranges covered science-fiction shock troops, zombies, post-apocalyptic survivors, orcs, and skeletons. Wargames Factory also manufactured products for other companies. Reference material identifies work for InMediaRes Productions' Catalyst Game Labs imprint, including miniatures for the board game Leviathans, as well as production lines associated with DreamForge-Games and Scarab Miniatures. In January 2016, Warlord Games announced a partnership to distribute Wargames Factory plastic kits exclusively worldwide, extending the brand's access to international tabletop-gaming markets. The company previously operated an Old Soldier Recycling Program. Participants could submit unused plastic sprues for recycling and were entered into a raffle for Wargames Factory products. The scheme was later discontinued, and the company instead encouraged customers to use local recycling options. Available reference material does not provide a confirmed current owner, headquarters, active catalogue, or definitive status for the brand, so its present operating condition remains uncertain.

• 2016

  Worldwide distribution partnership with Warlord Games

  [1]Wargames Factoryen.wikipedia.org

  Warlord Games announced an exclusive worldwide distribution partnership for Wargames Factory plastic wargaming kits.

• 2012

  Expansion into contract manufacturing

  [1]Wargames Factoryen.wikipedia.org

  The company took on manufacturing projects for several miniature-gaming businesses, including work connected with Catalyst Game Labs, DreamForge-Games, and Scarab Miniatures.

• 2011

  Massachusetts LLC dissolved during relocation

  [1]Wargames Factoryen.wikipedia.org

  The Massachusetts LLC was dissolved on April 19 as the operation moved to Colorado.

• 2010

  Ghost Studio takes over the business

  [1]Wargames Factoryen.wikipedia.org

  The company's plastic injection-moulding partner, Ghost Studio, took over Wargames Factory, with George Sivy becoming manager.

• 2007

  Wargames Factory established

  [1]Wargames Factoryen.wikipedia.org

  Wargames Factory was established as a Massachusetts limited liability company and began developing hard-plastic miniature products.

A customer-influenced miniature brand emphasizing modular hard-plastic figures, digitally enabled design, broad historical coverage, and accessible multi-part kits for tabletop wargaming.

• Ancient historical miniatures

  Might of Rome

  A 28 mm ancient-world range covering late Republican Roman legionaries, early Imperial auxiliary cavalry, Celtic and Gallic warriors, Celtic cavalry and chariots, ancient German warbands and cavalry, and Numidian troops. The range supports armies and opponents associated with Roman expansion and the western Mediterranean.

• Colonial historical miniatures

  War of Empires

  A 28 mm range centred on British colonial infantry and Zulu warriors. Its opposing troop types are intended for tabletop scenarios based on nineteenth-century imperial and southern African warfare.

• Dark Age historical miniatures

  Hammer of the Gods

  A 28 mm range for Dark Age Britain and northern Europe. It includes unarmoured Saxon fyrd, armoured Saxon thegns, unarmoured Viking bondi, and armoured Viking huscarls, providing contrasting troop types for early medieval games.

• Early modern historical miniatures

  Horse & Musket

  A gunpowder-era range containing infantry, cavalry, and artillery associated with the War of Spanish Succession, together with British, Continental, and colonial forces from the American War of Independence and Woodland Indian troops.

• Ancient historical miniatures

  Legacy of the Greeks

  A 28 mm ancient Greek and Persian range featuring Amazon warriors, heavily armoured Greek hoplites, Persian infantry, and Persian cavalry. The line provides units for conflicts involving the classical Greek and Persian worlds.

• Japanese historical miniatures

  Rising Sun

  A 28 mm sixteenth-century Japanese range with Ashigaru missile troops armed with bows or arquebuses, Ashigaru yari troops, foot samurai, and mounted samurai cavalry.

• Twentieth-century historical miniatures

  World War Two

  A Second World War range spanning 28 mm German, American, and Soviet infantry, alongside 15 mm German infantry companies and American rifle companies. The larger unit sets were intended to represent formations rather than individual skirmish figures.

• Science-fiction miniatures

  Alien Suns

  A 28 mm science-fiction range built around multi-part shock troops. It included greatcoat-clad troopers and heavy-weapons teams, allowing players to assemble futuristic infantry units with specialist support weapons.

• Post-apocalyptic and science-fiction miniatures

  Dark Futures

  A 28 mm range combining multi-part male and female zombies with armed male and female apocalypse survivors. The figures support post-apocalyptic skirmish games, zombie scenarios, and other dystopian tabletop settings.

• Fantasy miniatures

  Myths & Legends

  A fantasy range comprising orc warriors and skeleton warriors in 28 mm scale. The products provide generic opposing forces suitable for fantasy wargames and army-building projects.

• Liberty and Union League

  Tabletop wargaming

  A customer-participation product-development program invited players to submit miniature concepts. After review, approved ideas were listed for community pre-orders, with approximately one thousand pre-orders serving as the production threshold.

  Outcome. The program gave customers a direct role in selecting subjects and helped the company measure demand for proposed sprues before tooling.

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• Old Soldier Recycling Program

  Tabletop wargaming

  Customers could send unused plastic sprues to the company for recycling and receive entry into a raffle for Wargames Factory products.

  Outcome. The program was discontinued; the company subsequently encouraged customers to recycle unwanted sprues through local facilities.

  Source

• 2016

  Enter an exclusive worldwide distribution partnershipStrategy

  Background

  Wargames Factory sought broader distribution for its plastic wargaming kits in international markets.

  Action taken

  The company entered a partnership with Warlord Games, which announced exclusive worldwide distribution of Wargames Factory plastic kits.

  Aftermath

  The announcement gave Warlord Games the stated exclusive distribution role, although the available reference material does not document subsequent sales or operational results.

  Source

1. 1Wargames Factoryen.wikipedia.org