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This is the third in a series of posts about Warlord Games new offering Strontium Dog, in the previous 2 I talked about what you get in the starter box and the rules, so today it’s time to look at how the games are played. when you design a game that’s inspired by a comic
in my last post I described the first part of designing a character in the new version of Runequest and now its time for the second part of that process. so far everything has been done by myself but the next section was done buy us all meeting up on Roll 20 and rolling some
When I last rolled up a character for Runequest it was back in 1981 and I was 15, I don’t remember that much about it other than rolling 3d6 for characteristics and then deciding where you wanted to start your adventure. this was old school role playing so you started off as weak as a
As you have seen from my last few posts I have been getting back into playing RPG’s and as part of this I have been introduced to a site called Roll20 Roll20 allows players to play online, it has options for showing handouts, it manages character sheets and has dice rolling mechanics built in. whilst
after publishing my last post on Classic Warlord (it’s here if you haven’t seen it) Mike Hayes who wrote the game dropped me a mail with some comments on our first playthrough, so I thought I would post them here for everyone to read Hi Mike, On your recent Classic Warlord game. Here is quite
About 15 years ago I was introduced to a game called Warlord, which originally came out in the mid 70’s, it’s far to say i fell in love with the game and we played it a fair bit (including some large games that took all day) as Warlord was out of print and really hard
I’ve been after a Sunday afternoon game for a while (i.e. a game that can be played leisurely over a Sunday afternoon by a couple of players) and I came up with a few candidates, however I finally decided that Star Wars Rebellion was the one to get and last week I picked
After our first game of Over the Hills last week we quickly decided to play another game and try out some of the optional rules included in the book for this second game we extended the forces a bit and used one of the scenarios ‘hold until relieved’ this scenario is fairly straightforward with an
if you read one of my previous posts (it’s here) you’ll know I’ve been looking for a good set of Napoleonic rules that will allow me to use my 15mm figures, well after interviewing Adrian McWalters on the Meeples and Miniatures show I decided to pick up a copy of Over the Hills a rule
yesterday saw me traveling to my mate Marks house again for another game of NetEpic, this time it was Orks v Squats. one of Mark’s friends wanted to try out the rules so we gave him the Squats and I umpired and helped him learn the rules. this was a 3000 point game with the
after a break of many many years I finally got some Epic figures on the table and I introduced my mate Mark to the game I loved as a younger man. I wasn’t sure which version of Epic to play either 2nd edition or NetEpic, but after a read through of both sets of the
ok it’s time for the confessional (we now call it on Meeples and Miniatures, although it was nicked from Simon Mayo’s radio 2 show) so there I was trapped in a gaming convention for 3 days and it was obvious that things would be brought, but was probably not expected was what I would buy,
in my last post I explained a little about the philosophy behind the rules and today I want to go a little bit more into how forces are put together Disclaimer – as already mentioned we are still playtesting and it possible that some of the things I cover here might change The Basics As
If you have listened to some wargaming podcasts you might have heard that I’m working with Ade Deacon and Jim Ibbotson on a fantasy game that will be released by the Too Fat Lardies sometime in the near future. Well a few people have heard about it and understandably they are interested in finding out
Finally; after what seems like an age (but is actually around 3 months) I have managed to finish off my second Lord of the Rings army and the Riders of Rohan are complete This was another army I picked up from my 2 mates Ade and Jeff last year and my plan was to do
I can’t believe its been 3 months since I last updated the blog, doesn’t time fly So since I last posted on here many things have happened much of which you can find out about on the last few Meeples and Miniatures podcasts (yes I know it’s a shamless plug) but the main story has
you won’t belive it but I’ve actually finished an army, and not only that but in just over a month. I know thats a record right 🙂 yes indeed I have finished my Uruk-Hai army for this skirmish game I’m working on (can’t say anymore about that yet) here’s a picture of the whole thing
Following on from my last post where I brought a lot of Lord of the Rings figures (here) I decided to make a start painting some of them, which I know is a novel approach to wargaming (normally we just buy stuff and never use it) in total I have 5 armies that I could
It all started with a game of Lion Rampant and ended up with me starting a huge new project. Way back in the beginning of August I had an intro game of Lion Rampant put on my good mates Matt Slade and Ralph Plowman, they did a Lord of the Rings scenario and whilst I
in my previous post I discussed which base size I would use for Rommel (this is obviously after I’d based up a load of them on 80×60 bases) and I decided to try out a smaller size of 70×50 so here’s the prototype base which I thought I’d share first up an old style base
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ll know that ‘Rommel’ the new WWII rules by Sam Mustafa has been released and is now making it’s way into peoples hands. as I was involved in the playtesting I’ve had a few questions sent to me about the best sizes for bases (especially when using 6mm
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In my last post (here if you haven’t read it) I went through what you get in Warlord Games new skirmish game Strontium Dog, so today I thought I’d run through the rules and give my thoughts on it (Disclaimer I haven’t played it yet) The Rulebook The rulebook is a 112 page full colour
2000 AD was a British comic that was launched way back in 1977 and as an 11-year-old kid it was one I brought with religious devotion until I finished school and got a job. 2000 AD was obviously the home of Judge Dredd but there were other great titles that gave the comic appeal for a
a few days ago I posted about my battles with Depression and touched on how it affected me. well now the dust has cleared I thought it might be an idea to revisit the post and see where I am now. Firstly I have thank all the messages of support I’ve received about the post, these
this is not going a normal post that you would expect to read on this blog, there will be no pretty pictures of painted models, or reports on games or just ramblings about the hobby, this post is about me and my relationship with my head. here’s a fun fact for you Citalopram is one
Back when I was a teenager (in the early 1980’s) I played a lot of role playing games and my favourite game was Runequest, but that all changed when I went to college. I put down my dice and picked up a pint glass and left gaming behind. however over the years I always look
over the last 3 days (1st – 3rd June) I have visited to foreign parts to attend the UK Games Expo and thought I would share my thoughts on the visit. the Expo is a 3 day event held in the NEC birmingham and I belive it is now the 3rd largest event in the
Over the last 6 months I’ve started to play card games, and specifically Living Card games (or LCG) that are produced by Fantasy Flight games. I’ll be honest it was my mate Neil from Meeples and Miniatures that converted me to the games as he pointed out they could be played solo, take up very
in Meeples and Miniatures podcast episode 221 Neil and myself interviewed Chris and Cory from Cigar Box battles about their company and the future plans they have. it’s here if you want to listen after the recording Chris and Cory offered to send over a couple of the double sided mats for us to review
it’s been a while since I did one of these posts but I’m once again back painting Conan miniatures and this week I’ve worked on the Bossonian Archers that come in the core box the Bossonian Marches are part of Aquilonia and border the Pictish Wilderness, this area is famed for its archers and people
The last few posts have covered the 2 armies I have remaining for 40K so today I decided to look at my terrain stash for anything usable and what do you know I have lots. When I was playing 40K originally I was really into city fights so I built up a good selection of
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