Chinchilla Games, the new owner of the 2009 game Ex illis have launched their first Kickstarter campaign to create and publish a traditional rulebook for their miniature wargame.

The Ex illis franchise has been around since 2009 with a digitally enhanced war game called “Ex illis Wargaming 2.0”. Sadly, the company that started the game back then went bankrupt in 2011. Some of the former employees regrouped to form Chinchilla Games. Since then, they kept on providing support to their digital game and tried to find new ways to bring the Ex illis universe to players.

Although the potential of the digital platform is almost limitless, their goal is to provide the opportunity to players to play the way they want. Since the first days of Ex illis, people have asked for a way to play the game in a more traditional way without the Digital Rule Keeper.

The Game

Ex illis is a miniature wargame set in a pseudo-historic fantasy world populated by the historic figures of the 13th century, that also includes mythological and biblical figures from medieval Europe. Angels, demons, witches, fairies and imps fight alongside different human factions for the dominance over Europe, or to strengthen the evil grip of the Infernal army.

The rulebook game will feature:

  • Epic, large scale combat between the forces of different lands and factions helped by demonic, angelic and magical allies

  • Zone based movement (no rulers needed)

  • Management of Fatigue and Hit points, your forces’ key resources

  • A unique Morale system based on synergies built into your army list

  • Soft factions to allow units to be fielded with any army… for a cost

  • Unit specialisation and progression system. (leveling, talents spec etc.)

  • Gorgeous illustrations and historic research to accompany the game

  • Highly detailed miniatures, comaptible with the original digitally enhanced version of Ex illis on PC / Mac

During this Kickstarter campaign, Chinchilla Games are seeking support to create and publish a complete hard copy rule set of Ex illis.

The hardcover rulebook will include:

  • Original full color art and concept drawings

  • The immersive background, history and timeline of the Ex illis world

  • A traditional version of the Ex illis ruleset that captures the feel of the original digitally assisted game

  • History, statistics and gameplay tips for all the heroes and units in the base game

  • Tips for modelling and customizing your miniatures

  • Sample Army Sheet, Unit cards and blank copies

Chinchilla Games

We are the artist, game designer, writer, programmer and project manager that made the whole Ex illis world alive back in 2009. All of us are gamers. We play Card Games, Board Games, Video Games and of course Miniature Wargames. We are experienced and savvy in the world of gaming (most of us work in the video game industry) and we love sharing our passion with other people. We started Chinchilla games and this project to ensure our dreams and our efforts would continue to live on.

Our objective is to bring back people around a table with games that are fun, enjoyable and accessible to everyone (like our kids, girlfriends, etc.) but also to old school, hardcore gamers like us.

You can follow this project on Kickstarter, or be sure to find news about it on Twitter (@ex_illis) and Facebook, and please spread the word to your social media networks.

If you’d like more information or assets about Ex illis, or to schedule an interview with one of us, please email info@chinchillagames.com or send us a tweet @ex_illis.