I play games. I read about games. I watch videos concerning games. I have many thoughts regarding games. I enjoy wargames, roleplaying games, board games, video games and sometimes card games. In short, games good!
Welcome, gentle readers, to the first friendlies of the Battlehammer Guildball League (BGL), HUZZAH! That’s right, Mr Straw and I finally got a chance to sit down had have a bash at Guild Ball. Yay! We decided to start with a couple of small games, a 2′ x 2′ board with the starter set of … More Start of the season
So, it’s been a week gentle readers, since the grand event that was Diceni. I apologise for not getting to you sooner but I’ve had a few IT issues of late (my laptop died). Rather than keeping you in the dark any longer I’d better get on with telling you all about our Diceni experience. … More DICENI!!!
Don’t be afraid gentle viewers, it’s a simple enough question. What I mean to say is what draws you into a certain game…or not? The reason I bring this up is our recent mention of Guild Ball on the site. If you don’t know what I’m talking about then shame on you and you can … More So, what grabs you?
Today, gentle readers, we will be talking about the other end of a KickStarter. The game of Guild Ball is being sent out to backers as we speak and will be available via their online store, along with their first season of miniatures, on April 27th (this coming Monday). Now I was just chatting to … More How free is Guild Ball?
Lately, gentle readers, I have been thinking about one of my other gaming loves. RPGs. I have recently finished the intro to what I hope will be a long campaign of Fading Suns, a far future setting similar in tone to Dune. Since I’d finished I wanted to reflect on what had happened so far and … More What’s your style?
I will admit, gentle readers, that I am not in this for the painting. I have no desire to spend hours hunched over my desk screaming at myself, unable to perfectly recreate an eyeball smaller than a pinhead. But don’t think that I don’t care about my army. Tiberious Xorn, the Plague Prophet, leader of … More Something worth fighting for
I won’t lie gentle readers, 99% of all the wargames I have played have been 28mm scale. Obviously a huge part of this has been Warhammer 40k (and Warhammer Fantasy Battles) but there has also been Necromunda, Mordheim, the Great Rail Wars, Gangs of Mega City One, Infinity and many more that have vanished into … More A sense of scale
Another day another Kickstarter, gentle readers. Before you set your brains to autopilot, this one is a little different. It’s for a new game. When I say a new game, I mean it. It’s not by an established company that’s really just using it as a pre-order system. It’s not a second wave of releases … More Should we waste this Kickstarter?
Here you are gentle readers, just what you’ve always wanted. Mr Straw and I chatting about our thoughts on gaming on the small screen. A little YouTube treat for you where we discuss our first few games of Infinity: Operation Icestorm (more to come soon), The nearly finished Blood Rage Kickstarter (the link is here … More The Weekly Waffle has arrived!
Think about this hypothetical situation, gentle readers. I am going to give you something cool and free this month. This month ends and you still don’t have it but I promise you’ll get it soon. Do you then go on a spree of hate filled nerd-rage complaining about how I let you down? I hope … More I want it now!
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