Author Archives: Quirkworthy
A Few Thoughts On Age Of Sigmar
A warning: this is something of an unplanned brain dump and so it’s long and rambling. I hadn’t planned to write this, and I’ve not got a specific axe to grind or point to make; it’s just talking around the topic. People keep asking … Continue reading
Back From The Front
Back from the Derby show. Looked at lots of shiny new toys, talked to many nice people, played some interesting games, snaffled some lovely swag. A grand day out! Here’s the spoils. I was fairly restrained as I’m supposed to be … Continue reading
Out And About
This weekend is the annual Derby World Wargames show, over in, you’d guessed it, Castle Donnington. I’ve always rather liked it, so I’m happy to be going along today to see what’s going on. As seems to fast becoming my habit, I’m … Continue reading
Casting Room Website
Foundry have set up a new website called Casting Room Miniatures for the models that were made between 2006 and 2012, when “Other Hands” were running the company. These include a lot of ranges that have had spotty availability recently, … Continue reading
DZR In Action
Showed some more folk how to play the new DZR last night over at Mantic. One game was Pathfinders against Veer-myn, the other Plague against Enforcers. I didn’t get a lot of pics of the Pathfinders/Veer-myn game as that was … Continue reading
Playing Deadzone Redux
Just sorting out some tweaks before I go and play DZR with the latest iteration of the rules (and some new victims to try them on). Been tinkering with the missions again, and have a new trick to try out. I … Continue reading
More Untapped Aliens
Yesterday’s alien question ferreted out some great references and some amusing stuff too. Apparently this is a real spider… Overall, it seems like spiders have inspired a lot more alien races in computer gams and RPGs than on the tabletop in miniature form … Continue reading
Untapped Aliens?
Does anybody know of a gaming background with a race of sentient (giant) spiders in? I was cleaning the house this afternoon, and came across a mother spider guarding a dozen babies, all wrapped in a fine web. It’s the time of … Continue reading
New Old Models
While I’m thinking SF, I want to take a detour from Deadzone and to mention a couple of other things. Firstly, the Macrocosm Kickstarter is almost finished. As I type this there’s less than 24 hours left, so hurry along if you … Continue reading
Free DZ?
Just had a chat with Ronnie about a bunch of DZ questions that you guys have raised in reply to recent posts. The one I’d like to deal what today is the fact that some people might have bought the … Continue reading
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