Author Archives: Quirkworthy

A point about game design

Monday’s post attracted a couple of interesting comments, and I’ve pulled out this one from EJ to reply as a post because I didn’t want it to get lost in the mix. It’s an interesting point, and worth discussing as … Continue reading

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Miniature Mondays: a battlefield to call your own

More on Old Skool Skirmish today. Diehard miniatures join the ranks I’ll be using for my personal games. Some great models in their growing range. I particularly like the Eru-kin (above), though there are plenty of other gems lurking in … Continue reading

Posted in Miniature Mondays, Old Skool Skirmish, SF skirmish, Skirmish games, Terrain | Tagged , , | 16 Comments

Played Nina & Pinta last night

I’ll be doing a full review of this once I’ve played a couple more games (I like my reviews to be based on at least 3 plays). However, I just thought I’d post my first impressions of this new game while … Continue reading

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Mantic UniCast Model

This is the last bit I’m going to be doing about UniCast for now. If you’ve been reading my other articles on the topic then you’ll know the drill by now. If not, then why go and have a quick read? I’ll wait. … Continue reading

Posted in Dungeon Sagas, Mantic, UniCast | Tagged , , | 25 Comments

Miniature Mondays: in the beginning

Miniature Mondays is a regular slot for me to talk about playing with toy soldiers. For the moment, this will be a sort of project log for the Old Skool Skirmish rules I’ve been working on, together with the models I’m … Continue reading

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DZ2 FAQ up

This has gone live on the Mantic download page.

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Made Me Smile :)

Just found one of the most amusing Kickstarter videos I’ve seen. Thought I’d share it with you 🙂

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Adding Some Structure

I’m trying some different ways of organising my work, my posts, and my gaming. For this site, whilst a rigid format is probably unhelpful, I think a bit of structure is useful. With that in mind, I’m going to try … Continue reading

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Hectic Time

It’s been a busy couple of weeks, what with the UK Games Expo and all. Still sorting through the fallout from that before I post an AAR. I’ve also been along to several gaming sessions, including some very interesting playtest … Continue reading

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UniCast LOADed

Having got my hands on some of the production (I think) models for the LOAD Kickstarter, I thought I’d put up some more pics of UniCast in action before it finished. LOAD is a full game using UniCast to make … Continue reading

Posted in Prodos, Review, UniCast | Tagged , , | 6 Comments