For those gentle readers who didn’t get my subtle wordplay, that was a Halo reference. Believe it or not the game of Halo is getting the miniature wargame treatment. Spartan Games have been given the licence and will be releasing a space fleet game, for more info check their blog here: http://www.spartangames.co.uk/spartan-games-is-to-produce-halo-tabletop-miniatures-games. For those of … More More news…from the Master (Chief)
The End Times are here, gentle readers. At least they are for Warhammer Fantasy. After what feels like forever GW have decided to destroy the Old World in a blaze of glory and, if rumours are to be believed, replace it with dimensional bubbles (no, I don’t know what the hell that means either). Now, … More Is new always better?
Let’s make this plain, I’m not refering to this blog, or plastic soldiers.Here I’m looking at the ways into role-playing, and possibly ways to branch out. I know this has been touched on, but I think it’s interesting. I know some people got into RPGs from the paperback books ‘where you decide your own destiny’. … More Where do we go from here?
Would you like to pre-order something, gentle readers? Well, you can’t. You went onto the website at 12:30 GMT on the 2nd of February, at the moment it was available. You had issues with the website and after some frustrating keyboard mashing it was sold out before you could say “Aaaargh, give me that new book!” … More Breaking news…and stuff
Chances are,if you’re reading this stuff, you’re vaguely familiar with rpging and wargaming. I’d just like to make clear, this is a defence of role-playing. I’m not sure what’s the point of wargaming. But this is an answer to that question family members, spouses, girls etc ask. Obviously the main point of role-playing is to … More What’s the point?
I know I do gentle reader. It didn’t seem so long ago that Forgeworld goodies were few and far between on the gaming table. Treasured rarities with an almost mythical presence and that’s before the book came out of the bag with it’s army breaking special rules. These days I think everyone in our gaming … More Do you Forgeworld?
I am concerned, gentle readers. Some days it feels as though there is something nebulous hanging over me, a shadow on my soul placed there by a haggard old crone, furious at me for disturbing her scrying of the entrails. I suffer from the Curse of the Mayfly. No matter how much I try to … More The Curse of the Mayfly
I, gentle readers, am most definitely a fluff player. What really draws me into a miniature wargame is the background. My tiny toys representing a troop of seasoned warriors fighting for their collective place within their universe. Soldiers who will take and hold that strategically important woodland (Objective Marker 3) at all costs, laying down … More Am I too fluffy?
You, gentle readers, may not know that this blog was set up by the Mighty Straw (TM) partly to record and refine a set of house rules built on Warhammer 40k. BATTLEMALLET! “In the cheery brightness of the recent past there is only hugs…and beer.” Between our gaming group we have many years of 40k … More What are the Pro’s and Con’s of house rules?
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