I like things that are built to last. I don't concede to planned obsolescence (one of the many, many reasons I run Linux), and I don't like overhauls for the sake of just producing something new. And that's why the new edition of Warhammer 40,000, called the 11th edition by everyone but Games Work...
The game Titanic Duel was released in White Dwarf 523, and it enables you to pit two great battle mechs against one another on your tabletop. I have a Knight Questoris model from Games Workshop, and I've used in in some games but, appropriately, it usually dominates the battlefield so I don't use...
I bought the Foot Knights model kit by Wargames Atlantic for a drop-in painting workshop I ran, and I liked them so much I held a few back for my own fantasy miniature collection. This is a review of the model kit's sculpt quality, ease of building, and painting. The quick reivew is simple: If y...
I was talking to a friend about KapCon, an annual Wellington RPG conference that's been going for 35 years or something ridiculous like that, and he told me that he didn't think he would attend. It didn't occur to me at the time, but my friend's social anxiety was the main blocker. He thought that t...
The term terrain, in the context of roleplaying games and wargames, refers to both the ground under the feet of your character, as well as the non-living objects around your character. If your character is in a forest, then the terrain is the forest floor, all its growth and composting leaves, and...
I've written about how much I love a good gaming magazine before, and I've just finished the very good issue 522 of one of the few remaining gaming magazines, White Dwarf. I subscribe to the magazine, and it's a good thing I do because this isn't an issue I think I'd have thought to buy off the...
I'm one of those people who's best persuaded to try a new game not by the game itself but by the lore surrounding it. I've always been that way, since my first glance at a D&D Monster Manual back in grade school. When I bought Epic Warpath on Kickstarter, I put in a little extra to receive The ...
The Call of Cthulhu scenarios I've been running have all been one-shots because I've basically been mimicking the Mansions of Madness board game, or using short adventures I find online. It's been working well because my gaming groups are all currently locked into Pathfinder or Tales of the V...
I love a game that's both a good experience and an invitation for expansion. A game that provides an experience that extends outside its own box is, in my opinion, the pinnacle of good product design. The HeroQuest board game, with its recent re-release, encapsulates the ability of a humble board...
This is my final review of my read-through of the Armageddon Crusade book for Warhammer 40,000. For me, it's kinda useless to write a "review" of something I've not experienced in a game, but I think the Armageddon rules are worth looking at, even if only academically (until I try them, as in...
Flesh and Blood is a trading card game in which you play a hero battling to the death against a powerful enemy. It's mostly a melee game, in the sense that its fighting style tends to feel direct. You don't summon creatures to do your fighting for you, and instead do your own dirty work. You're not...
The third chapter in the Armageddon Crusade book is Assault on the Fire Wastes. It's about the assault on the Fire Wastes (no surprise there), and marks the end of the Third Armageddon war. This is my review of the chapter and, because this is the final lore chapter, of the narrative portion of...
I'm always looking for battle maps for my RPG sessions. I feel like I end up using dry erase markers on a blank grid most of the time, but when possible I do love a good photo-realistic map. It's a futile effort, of course, because even when I purchase maps specific to a campaign my gaming group e...
In the previous chapter of Amageddon Crusade: The Red Angel's Gate, we were introduced to the major players of the latest in a history of conflict on the planet of Armageddon. The greatest threat of all, it seemed, was the Red Angel's Gate, a hole in reality and blatant invitation for the arrival...
I bought Crusade: Armageddon for Warhammer 40,000 10th edition. Having finally finished my Pariah Nexus campaign, I'm reading Armageddon chapter by chapter. This is my review of the first chapter, War without end.
I haven't played any of the missions yet, so this is just a review of the...
I surprised myself by genuinely enjoying the War of the Rohirrim movie. When Citadel miniatures released a 28mm miniature for Héra, daughter of Helm, I bought it as an addition to my Middle Earth army. This is my review of the kit.
The box actually includes 2 models. There's Héra mounted on As...