Author Archives: Quirkworthy

Dwarf King’s Hold in Space

As some of you will have guessed, the Corporation figures I’ve been playing with are for the current “Dwarf King’s Hold in Space” project I’m working on. It now has a much better name than that: Project Pandora. That’s the … Continue reading

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Review: Heroica (Nathhuz) – Assembly & Game Play

Having gone through the various stuff you get in the box and my initial impressions, it was time to get the bits put together and some adventuring done. Bob started assembling the “tiles” of the dungeon while I sorted out … Continue reading

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Confrontation Computer Game

This was inevitable. The company that bought the IP rights for Rackham’s fantasy world was always going to end up making a video game out of them, it was just a matter of when and how they pitched it. On … Continue reading

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Warpath Corporation From Mantic

What’s that on your desk over there, Jake? Well, I just got back from Mantic Central and have managed to get my paws on some of the first of the Corporation figures for Warpath. Now I only got them on … Continue reading

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Living FAQ: Dwarf King’s Hold Series

This is the sandpit for me to deal with any rules questions that you might have about any of the games in the Dwarf King’s Hold series. Unlike most FAQs it has a comments section for you to ask questions, … Continue reading

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Dwarf King’s Hold Week

Over on the Mantic Blog they’re having a Dwarf King’s Hold week. This includes several videos of me (the first one is here) explaining various elements and aims of the new expansion as well as some teasers of the new … Continue reading

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Foundry Christmas Open Day 2

The Saturday seemed a bit busier than the Friday and this all added to the fun. I’ll happily claim that it was because several people had come specially to play Tribes of Legend, (which was rather flattering), though it could … Continue reading

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Foundry Christmas Open Day 1

Just a quick note – I’ll post a bunch more pics tomorrow. It’s been a fun day, not least because I had a game of Tribes of Legend with Nigel Stillman (and then a bunch of us played Condottiere). For … Continue reading

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Foundry Christmas Open Days

I keep talking to people who say they’ll meet me at one event or another, and I just thought I’d let you guys know I’d be going along to the Foundry Open Days tomorrow and Saturday in case you fancied … Continue reading

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Review: Heroica (Nathuz) – What’s In The Box?

Lots of stuff. Mainly this is bags of zillions of Lego bits, as you’d expect. In fact I found it all slightly daunting. It’s not just zillions of bits – it’s zillions of different and very specific bits. I’m clearly … Continue reading

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