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28  mars     17h00
Battletech: The Technical Readouts
   nbsp;The TRO’s are the fun books of the line. They give you game stats for a bunch of mechs for a given time period but they also give you a big illustration and then they also give the history of that design, where it was produced, how it was used, variants, and some sample mechwarriors who use...
26  mars     20h00
Battletech: Beyond the Basics
   nbsp;So the box sets are the main entry point to Battletech these days as you get rules, maps, and mini’s all in one go. But what about after you have that You picked up a box, played a few games, decided that you want to do more ... what now There are options.One fairly easy option is the...
25  mars     17h00
Battletech: Starting Out
   nbsp;With Battletech Mechwarrior in full swing around here I have spent a couple of months re familiarizing myself with it and catching up on the current state of the game. Knowing there may be both old lapsed grognards out there like me as well as some potential interest from new players I...
22  mars     17h00
40K Friday - Heavy Intercessors
   nbsp;I started off this year working on Tyranids and World Eaters so much backlog but lately the focus has been on getting all the marine units I’ve accumulated the last few years built and primed. I have occasional flare ups of it’s stupid to have units sitting around on sprues in an un...
12  mars     17h00
The Index Card RPG Master Edition
   nbsp;I have seen this one discussed online for a while now and I finally decided to take a look. The short version is that it’s a lighter d based RPG that I suspect gets used as a set of mods for other games at least as much as it gets played on its own. It is very focused on E style d ...
23  février     18h00
40K Friday: Terminators
   nbsp;Short and sweet this week: I’m working on the new style terminator marines. I acquired some in the Leviathan set and I picked up a couple of the full multi part boxes. This is probably overkill but I really wanted to be able to field a man squad with all weapon options for my Crimson Fists...
12  février     16h08
Meme-ish Monday Returns - Super Bowl Edition
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05  février     18h00
February Battletech
   nbsp;After laying dormant for at least a decade Battletech has been poking its head up regularly for the last few years and it did so again over the weekend. With schedule conflicts interrupting the RPG plans the night was open so we went with b tech for me. Paladin Steve, and his son Apprentice P...
25  janvier     18h00
Green Ronin’s Valiant Adventures RPG Kickstarter - Uses M&M
   nbsp;So this is similar to what GR did with DC Adventures years ago a specific universe game using M amp;M rules. That seems like a good idea for me and might bring some additional attention to M amp;M. Here’s a link to the Kickstarter.Looks like they are doing it as books rulebook setting...
10  janvier     18h00
Deadlands: The Flood - Things I Could Have Done Better as a GM
   I had one last topic I wanted to cover here after running the latest Deadlands campaign to completion what I could have done better. Anytime I have a campaign wind down I inevitably think of some things I could have done differently and likely better. Some of this is perspective looking back...
05  janvier     19h00
40K Friday - End of Year Tyranids
   nbsp;I spent some time leading up to the new year getting more big bugs built and feel pretty good about the progress here adding Tyrannofexes and a Tervigon to the swam makes it playable now granted with a pretty weird force composition but that’s just how it is when you’re building...
03  janvier     18h00
Savage Worlds - Deadlands as a Game Setting
   nbsp;I wanted to make one more point after wrapping up our campaign and that was to discuss Deadlands as a setting for an RPG because after running these sessions I am somewhat unexpectedly not tired of it. I’ve thought about why so let’s talk about that.I’ve been picking up Deadlands...
02  janvier     19h00
Wrapping up 2023 and Looking Forward to the New Year
   nbsp;It was a good year. I read more books and played more games than I did the year before. The family is good and the apprentices are operating on their own. The animals are thriving and the house and yard are in good shape so a lot is going right here. One new wrinkle is that since the wife...
14  décembre     18h00
Savage Worlds Combat
   nbsp;I’m pretty happy with Savage Worlds as a system and I am glad that it seems to be more popular than ever now. One area I do see people questioning online is combat particularly initiative and the damage system. Typically these people are coming over from D amp;D and don’t really grasp that...
13  décembre     20h00
Savage Worlds - Post-Campaign Thoughts on Characters
   nbsp;I wanted to write this post because I was expecting that after running Deadlands for two years and having played in a Fathoms campaign before that one well, I was expecting to be feeling some system burnout. That feeling when the mechanics of a game system start to grate, characters and...
11  décembre     21h00
Deadlands: The Flood - Our Finale
   nbsp;The City of Lost Angels ... up until Saturday night anyway ...This weekend we managed to wrap up our Deadlands campaign with an epic finish that I believe left everyone satisfied. The only thing left for the party to do was to shed some blood on the doorstep of Reverend Grimme’s grand...
08  décembre     18h00
40K Friday - Pictures from a Display Case
   nbsp;Well, one of them anyway. After last week’s bare plastic I wanted to get some painted stuff out there too. Call it a year end retrospective type post.A recent acquisition earlier this year the Custodes force is one I am happy with for now plenty of the main infantry types, a bike squad, a...
01  décembre     19h00
40K Friday: Works in Progress
   nbsp;Catching up the recent work has mainly been Marines, World Eaters, and Tyranids.I was building and painting my Crimson Fists and have made pretty decent progress though there is still a lot to do with all of the Leviathan stuff still in waiting for paint at least and a fair amount yet to be...
29  novembre     22h00
Wargame Wednesday - The History of Panzerblitz
   nbsp;A short post today with a link to a pretty thorough history of Panzerblitz it’s origins, early development, and eventual publishing history. Panzerblitz was a tremendously influential game as the first big popular tactical level game and one that would be in print and selling copies for...
16  novembre     18h00
Deadlands Campaign Catch-Up
   nbsp;Well I have run sessions of my Deadlands The Flood campaign and we are close to the end, likely finishing up at session or in the near future. It’s been a lot of fun and brought in some new players even as old ones stepped away and one of my challenges will be maintaining that...
08  novembre     18h00
Wargame Wednesday - Storming the Gap: World at War 85
   nbsp;I haven’t played a lot of tabletop Cold War era games. I think the only other land combat one I own is Last Battle from GDW which was closely tied to Twilight but it used all the latest Cold War era equipment. I do have the Fleet series games from Victory Games and those were great but...
06  novembre     21h00
Thoughts on Ascendant
   nbsp;Ascendant launched in January of and apparently did pretty well as they just recently did a Kickstarter for a new Platinum edition which is a pretty quick turnaround for a new edition of a game. I saw the KS and realized I hadn’t looked at the existing version so I thought I ought to and...
01  novembre     20h00
Wargame Wednesday - Catching Up on Years of Neglect
   nbsp;I used to play board wargames, also known as hex and counter wargames, quite a bit. Panzerblitz was my first like it was for so many people and from there I moved into Panzer Leader and then Squad Leader. Star Fleet Battles also entered my life around this time along with Starfire and Car...
29  septembre     19h00
40K Friday - Leviathan Work
   nbsp;I should really be working on completely finishing up the rest of the Necrons but sometimes the new and shiny takes precedence. I’ve started digging in to the Leviathan marines with the Balistus dreads going first see above because they are fairly simple to build being a simplified starter...
20  septembre     14h00
Marvel Multiverse - The Intro Adventure PDF is Out
   nbsp;Quick note Marvel finally put their intro adventure up in PDF form for free on DTRPG. It starts out as a straightforward hostage situation:When the heroes arrive on the scene, the police officer in charge informs them that the situation is even worse than what they were told. The Hydra...