2025 Halo: Flashpoint Essentials – Core Rules & Sets

Halo® : Flashpoint™ is the officially licensed tactical miniatures game for two or more players. Begin your journey in the War Games combat arena, bringing a range of classic Halo game modes, troop types, and weapons to life on your tabletop. Discover an exciting game that's easy to learn, challenging to master, and rewards cool thinking under fire!

Where Do I Start...or What Should I Pick Up Next?

With an amazing and ever-growing range of miniatures, accessories and terrain for Halo: Flashpoint - this is a great question we want to address today!

The good news for everyone is that it's actually very simple, with the aid of a handy flowchart....drum-roll please...

Let's do even better, and help you find that next thing that you need with some videos and hyperlinks!

1) HALO: FLASHPOINT ESSENTIALS - CHOOSE A STARTER SET

This will be either the essential RECON EDITION or the fully-featured SPARTAN EDITION.

Need some help choosing? No problem - just check out the video guide below:

2) HALO: FLASHPOINT ESSENTIALS - BUILD ADVANCED FIRETEAMS

You've been playing some games, loved how fast and exciting Flashpoint is, and now you're ready to ramp things up a notch.

This is where things evolve into a full-on skirmish game. A balanced points system replaces the drafting of the starter set (which confines the game to roughly-equal loadouts), and means the introduction of exotic/powerful new weapons - and paves the way for a much wider range of units in Wave 3 and beyond.

We like giving you choices at Mantic, and because this step is so important for what comes next - you've got plenty of ways to get these rules!

OPTION A) Halo: Flashpoint The App!

With a whole ton of features we think you're really going to want this one anyway, but it's also the first option to get the advanced fire-team building rules.

This is a one-stop web app (so easily accessible across desktop, tablet and mobile) that is your overall hub for the game - with a living rulebook, list-builder, event features and much more.

With the key features free for everyone, and some great premium subscriber content, we're really excited about how this is going to enhance your tabletop experience - whichever of those options is right for you.

Watch the below video from Ronnie and Elliott to find out more:

OPTION B) The War Games Expansion

This is where you can also get the advanced fireteam building rules as a physical booklet with four new Spartan miniatures (with new loadouts/weapons), and new physical cards for everything previously available (i.e. from the starter sets & Master Chief).

NOTE: At time of writing (early May 2025) we've sent our remaining stock of War Games out to our retail partners around the world. You can either backorder a copy HERE to reserve one from our next delivery, or click HERE to find and support a local game store near you.

Want to get a feel for how list-building works in Halo: Flashpoint? Just click below!

OPTION C) Digital Downloads

Finally, what if you want these rules in a fancy full-colour PDF instead? Yes, we've even got you covered there as well.

Starting with the Rulebook and War Games booklet, you'll be able to find these online for download from the Mantic webstore. We've even put up a free Organised Play booklet for you as well, so enjoy!

3) HALO: FLASHPOINT ESSENTIALS - TAKE YOUR GAMES TO THE NEXT LEVEL!

Now, the world really is your oyster. You've got both the essentials and more advanced rules, and you're ready to level up your tabletop Halo experience by expanding your choice of miniatures/loadouts, adding more scenery, and are prepared for our most exciting major releases.

Such as...Rise of the Banished, which is coming this summer - including a special version of Warmaster Atriox that's exclusive to this set.

Our Halo: Flashpoint releases have been in especially high demand ever since the game was announced, so if you want to secure a copy from the first delivery/print run we do always recommend pre-ordering.

NOTE: As we've mentioned in a previous blog, US players can pre-order to reserve a copy of this big box with confidence - we're watching the ever-evolving US tariffs situation very closely, looking at multiple options for how to supply, and will update all US pre-order customers with the latest situation nearer dispatch so you can make an informed decision before we ship it.

Looking Forwards

In our next couple of Halo: Flashpoint blogs, we'll (1) be back to check out all the exciting new products releasing later this month, and then (2) be taking a closer look at the upcoming Banished release with the Flashpoint Rules Committee.

So stay tuned!