I’ve been looking for a good complex board-game to get my teeth into for a while now. There’s something very appealing about colourful punch card counters spread over an interesting-looking board, but I’ve never actually got around to buying and playing one. This year when we made our yearly trip […]
Of all the games ever released by Games Workshop, in my opinion one has always stood head and shoulders above the rest. The rules are ambiguous and poorly tested but the concept is perfection given injection-moulded, punched-card form. Instead of taking on your mates, you team up to venture into […]
A series of articles tracking the progress of a 28mm World War One project, using The ‘Great War” Rules by Warhammer Historical. There has been a bit of a surge in the popularity of World War One wargaming in the last couple of years, and some great rulesets and ranges […]
Grande Armee French forces. Miniatures by Baccus This is a Project we are hopefuly going to come back to in the future
Of course the satisfaction of owning a complete set is somewhat dimmed if it isn’t painted, and therein lies the problem. I dont have the greatest of willpower when it comes to painting but I was determined to see this one through. I wanted to keep the boardgame feel and […]
Warhammer Quest was always a game that could suprise people. I’ve often found it to be the best thing to break out when faced with a tough crowd, amongst those who wouldnt normally play a wargame or an rpg. Every GW critic, every cinic fell in love with the game […]
It was all going so well. As Rich described, we’d rolled a new world and spawned in a grassy, fertile plain: the ideal building site for the large walled town we envisioned. We even had a large open ravine right on the fringes for extracting the neccessary resources. A week […]
The unit I painted in Part 4 completed the British force up to 600 points and so the project is nearly ready for the first small scale game. This article is a quick run through of the units that comprise the British army, and I’ll also make a few ill-advised […]
In Part 2 of this series I showed a photographic walkthrough of the rapid painting process that I’m using for this project, using a 1918 German Battalion HQ unit as an example. The process for painting up the opposing British forces is almost identical, but I thought for the sake […]
Second time out and the big man himself was dropped. The final battle was preceeded spectacular fights at Smite, where he had to be downed with 2 additional adds, and at a ninja-pulled Cookie. A bad pull at Greenskin cost the group a single wipe, but fast progress through the respawns got the group to the top of the ship in good order. Van Cleef fell soon after in the groups toughest fight to date.
Attendance:
Eredin Warrior Lvl 19
Silentninja Rogue Lvl 17
Daftwandarer Paladin Lvl 19
Davlin Priest Lvl 16
Mellinda Warlock Lvl 16
Phat Lewtz:
Corsair's Overshirt
Gratz to Mellinda
Lessons Learned:
The Stormwind 1st Vs first outing resulted in a successful clearing of The Deadmines as Far as Mr Smite. Following Smites death the team pulled half the instance from Kalimdor and wiped in an heroic fashion. Obscene aggro radii FTW. Game over was declared shortly after due to respawns. Gratz to all. Attendance: Eredin Warrior Lvl 18 (Tom) Silentninja Rogue Lvl 16 (Rich) Daftwandarer Paladin Lvl 18 (Matt) Davlin Priest Lvl 15 (Alex) Mellinda Warlock Lvl 15 (James) Phat Lewtz: No blue or epic drops Lessons Learned: Repair first plx! Pros bandage between Smite phases
So my German force is now painted and complete up to 600 points. This gives me a large enough force for standard missions on a 4’ x 4’ table, about the smallest that I’d be willing to call a “game”. This page is mostly an excuse for some photos, but […]
As I’ve mentioned before, my decision start this project was significantly influenced by aesthetics. I was drawn by several of the ranges of 28mm World War One figures on the market at the moment and on a whim picked up a copy of “The Great War” from my local shop. […]
There has been a bit of a surge in the popularity of World War One wargaming in the last couple of years, and some great rulesets and ranges of miniatures to go with it. The choice in 28mm figures seems particularly strong at the moment. I was enticed by the […]
Here’s the first finished HMG for my WW1 project. I’ll be writing a couple more articles for my WW1 book over the next week. One showing the assembled 600 point German force, and one showing a step by step walkthrough of method I use for painting up British units like […]