However, this does not, unfortunately, provide the full range of success and resources needed to sustain the business. This was well supported and positive feedback on the new products was given showing the popularity of the product line and ongoing demand. The company was in the process of running a Kickstarter project to raise funds for expansion of one of its successful product lines. However, despite this it continued to encounter challenging trading conditions and it became clear this month that the company could not continue to service its liabilities, particularly given the burden imposed by the amounts owing to finance companies. Results for 2016/17 were significantly improved. The business was able to continue to trade by raising additional finance and refocusing on core brands, and direct / online trading improved significantly. However, significant new development costs, timing issues and the deflection of management time from the core games brands resulted in a significant trading loss for 2015/6. The business also expanded to provide models for a well known video game, moving this into the tabletop games arena. Over this time and since, significant investment was made into machinery and infrastructure. Initially the business outsourced production but following quality control and production management issues, manufacturing was moved in house between 20. However, the tabletop games market is challenging and has changed over recent years, and suppliers are predominantly a small number of large well-known names and several small, cottage industry, type businesses. Spartan Games was launched in 2008 and grew rapidly. Rebel Publishing Ltd was formed in July 2002 and traded successfully for a number of years. Spartan Scenics – a range of detailed and easily assembled wargames terrain. Uncharted Seas, a fantasy naval combat game (now retired)įirestorm Armada, an exciting space combat game featuring highly detailed starship modelsĭystopian Legions, a game based in the world of Dystopian Wars using highly detailed 32mm scale figures and vehicles (now retired)ĭystopian Wars– an exciting journey in a Victorian sci-fi world encompassing naval combat, ground warfare and aerial combat. The company, which traded as Spartan Games, is a Somerset, UK based provider of tabletop miniature games which include All members of staff were made redundant. The following statement is issued today, Friday 25th August 2017.įollowing a prolonged period of challenging trading and despite the directors’ best efforts to manage through, Rebel Publishing Ltd was unable to continue to trade and the directors have taken the difficult decision to cease. But If anyone from 343i sees this please do not let these two ventures die! I know it's early days, and things are unclear. Someone has posted it to the Halo Ground Command Facebook Group so I've copied and pasted it below. And what's even more concerning for those of us invested in HGC and HFB is that there was no mention of the two IP's in said statement. But unfortunately, their website is 404ing so it can't be viewed. They may even be dead if a solution cannot be found.This is due to Spartan Games being in financial trouble. But it looks like we won't be getting updates in regards to these games. Which is why I hate to be the bearer of bad news. It's almost akin to having an irl version of Halo Wars and Sins of the Prophets at your disposal. I love owning both miniature ships and figurines from the universe. As a Halo fan who's been feeling a bit fatigued by the franchise, this venture was keeping me invested in the series. They did this by licensing Halo to a UK table-top company known as Spartan Games. But for those of you out of the loop 343i recently dipped its toe into the table-top genre with these two games. So for those of you who are Halo and Wargaming fans you're probably familiar with Halo Ground Command and Halo Fleet Battles.